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| US11383430B2 |
Heating system for fiber-reinforced thermoplastic feedstock and workpiece
An additive manufacturing system is disclosed that comprises two or more lasers for precisely heating a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic feedstock and a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic workpiece in preparation for depositing and tamping the feedstock onto the workpiece. The system employs feedforward, a variety of sensors, and feedback to ensure that the feedstock and workpiece are properly heated. |
| US11383428B2 |
Device for producing skin care pack using hydrogel, and control method thereof
A device for producing a skin care pack using a hydrogel is disclosed. The device includes: a housing provided with a door for selectively opening and closing a work space for forming a skin care pack; a platform having a base supported on a floor plate of the work space of the housing; a former containing one or more nozzle modules which are provided to be movable in the work space and each contains a peristaltic pump for receiving a heated hydrogel and then discharging same onto the platform through a nozzle; and a control unit for controlling the movement of the nozzle modules, and controlling the peristaltic pumps, thereby controlling the discharge of the hydrogel from the nozzle modules. |
| US11383425B2 |
Filament winding device
A filament winding device includes: a supporting unit that supports a mandrel on which a plurality of fiber bundles impregnated with a resin are wound, the supporting unit movable in the axial direction of the mandrel; and a helical unit having a plurality of fiber bundle guide units arranged radially in the circumferential direction of the mandrel and guide the corresponding plurality of fiber bundles to the mandrel, the helical unit supplying the plurality of fiber bundles to the mandrel through the fiber bundle guide units. Each of the fiber bundle guide units has a pressing roller for pressing a fiber bundle supplied to the mandrel, against the circumferential surface moving in the axial direction. The pressing roller can come into the contact with the circumferential surface of the mandrel and be rotationally driven about a roller axis extending in a roller axis direction perpendicular to the axial direction. |
| US11383422B2 |
Selective thermoforming of injection molded parts
A method for manufacturing an object is disclosed. The method includes the step of obtaining a preform of the object, with the preform having a first panel having a planar portion and at least one second panel. The second panel has an orientation which is different from that of the first panel. The planar portion of the first panel of the preform is thermoformed so as to have a protruding element. The thermoforming is done in a selective manner such that the at least one second panel is not thermoformed. The invention is also directed to a thermoforming device for performing the thermoforming. |
| US11383421B2 |
Method for leakage detection in a device for shaping container preforms
ABSTRACT The invention provides a method for leakage detection in a device for shaping container preforms, comprising a compressed air system which is connected to a compressed air source and comprises at least two fluidically connected regions that can be separated from each other and/or from the environment by shut-off elements. The method comprises a leakage test run conducted in an automated manner in which at least one of the blocking elements and/or the compressed air supply into the compressed air system is controlled in such a way that it can be determined separately for each region whether compressed air escapes therefrom. |
| US11383418B2 |
Bladder manufacturing process
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing the so-called “bladders”, that is generally tubular elements made of rubber, which can be inflated and used as compacting tools in the processed for curing composites, allowing to distribute homogeneously, on the surface in contact to the portion to be cured, the pressure obtained by inletting air or other gas inside thereof. |
| US11383417B2 |
Filament heaters configured to facilitate thermal treatment of filaments for extruder heads in three-dimensional object printers
An additive manufacturing system includes a heater for converting a filament of extrusion material into thermoplastic material. The heater has a channel configured to change the cross-sectional shape of the filament to a cross-sectional shape that has a greater surface area than the surface area of the filament before the heater receives the filament. The channel of the heater can also be configured to drive the center portion of the filament toward the heated walls of the channel and to mix thermoplastic material in the channel while exposing the center portion of the filament to the heated wall of the channel. |
| US11383410B1 |
Methods of curing ionic liquid epoxy mixtures
The present disclosure is generally directed to a method of curing an ionic liquid epoxy mixture using an electromagnetic signal. First, an ionic liquid epoxy resin comprising ionic liquid epoxide monomers and, optionally, diluent epoxy resins and powdered fillers, is combined with a curing agent to form an ionic liquid epoxy mixture. The mixture is then applied as a coating onto a surface of a material. The coating is placed in contact with a second surface of the same material or a surface of another material. An electromagnetic signal, which in some instances is a microwave signal, is applied to the coating. Following application of the signal, the ionic liquid epoxide monomers polymerize and the mixture cures, adhering the surfaces together. Alternately, the epoxy mixture is applied to a surface and cured with microwaves to form a protective coating as in cladding or paint. |
| US11383409B2 |
Undercut processing mechanism, molding die, and molded product
An undercut processing mechanism is attached to and used in a molding die for forming a molded product having an undercut portion, and allows demolding of the undercut portion. The undercut processing mechanism includes: a holder attached to or formed integrally with the molding die; a sliding piece configured to be slidable relative to the holder such that a mold core is moved so as to demold the undercut portion; a retaining piece configured to retain the sliding piece such that the sliding piece is slidable; and a support wall configured to support the sliding piece so as to prevent the sliding piece from being tilted when the sliding piece slides. The sliding piece forms a part of the mold core for forming the undercut portion. |
| US11383397B2 |
Razor assembly
A razor assembly includes a razor cartridge, a connector and a recovering force provider. The razor cartridge includes at least one shaving blade having a cutting edge, and a blade housing configured to receive the at least one shaving blade in a transverse direction. The connector is configured to extend in parallel with the transverse direction, and to be coupled to the blade housing so as to be pivotable around a pivot axis movable between a first rest position and a first position spaced apart from the first rest position in a first shaving direction. The recovering force provider includes a first recovering member configured to provide the connector with a recovering force for recovering the pivot axis to the first rest position when the pivot axis is located between the first rest position and the first position. |
| US11383396B2 |
Interactive laboratory robotic system
An interactive laboratory robotic system is described that includes devices for use in a laboratory including a robotic assistant that can perform tasks and that can be controlled and configured by humans. The robot may assist personnel in performing repetitive tasks within a laboratory, and capture and store transactional and analytical data, such as during a DNA sequencing process. The robot may include sensors and/or cameras to detect, recognize, and track objects in an environment, and a manipulable arm having a hand for grasping objects. Other components of the system may include a sample tray graspable by the robot; a tray carriage for holding sample trays within equipment; an interactive shelf for holding sample trays; a mobile cart for mating with and charging the robot; and an accessory unit to enable the robot to open doors of equipment. The system may help to reduce or eliminate mistakes by personnel. |
| US11383395B2 |
Communications module for a robot
A communications module is provided for simplifying routing of communications pathways in a robot. The communications module is attached between the robot tool flange and the end effector. Additional interchangeable modules may also be provided between the tool flange and the end effector. The communications module includes multiple input ports and at least one output port. A data switch within the module combines sensor data from multiple input ports into a single output stream that is transmitted from one or more of the output ports. |
| US11383386B2 |
Robotic drawing
A method includes providing a robot, providing an image of drawn handwritten characters to the robot, enabling the robot to capture a bitmapped image of the image of drawn handwritten characters, enabling the robot to infer a plan to replicate the image with a writing utensil, and enabling the robot to reproduce the image. |
| US11383384B2 |
Robot and method for controlling robot
Disclosed is a robot and a method for controlling a robot. The robot according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an end-effector configured to grip a tool, a tactile sensor disposed in the end-effector, the tactile sensor configured to generate tactile information about an identifier formed on the tool, and a processor configured to cause the end-effector to grip the tool, and determine at least one of a type or a posture of the tool gripped by the end-effector based on the tactile information received from the tactile sensor. Embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by executing an artificial intelligence algorithm and/or machine learning algorithm in a 5G environment connected for the Internet of Things. |
| US11383380B2 |
Object pickup strategies for a robotic device
Example embodiments may relate to methods and systems for selecting a grasp point on an object. In particular, a robotic manipulator may identify characteristics of a physical object within a physical environment. Based on the identified characteristics, the robotic manipulator may determine potential grasp points on the physical object corresponding to points at which a gripper attached to the robotic manipulator is operable to grip the physical object. Subsequently, the robotic manipulator may determine a motion path for the gripper to follow in order to move the physical object to a drop-off location for the physical object and then select a grasp point, from the potential grasp points, based on the determined motion path. After selecting the grasp point, the robotic manipulator may grip the physical object at the selected grasp point with the gripper and move the physical object through the determined motion path to the drop-off location. |
| US11383378B2 |
Grasping apparatus, learning apparatus, learned model, grasping system, determination method, and learning method
A grasping apparatus 1 includes: an image data acquisition unit 16; a robot arm 11; a control unit 12; and a grasping position determination unit 18 configured to determine, using the image data of photographed flexible objects in a folded and stacked state that is acquired by the image data acquisition unit 16, whether or not a part of the flexible objects in that image data is suitable for being grasped. The control unit 12 controls the robot arm 11 so as to deform ends of a top surface of the flexible object at the top of the stacked flexible objects. The grasping position determination unit 18 determines whether or not a part is suitable for being grasped using the image data of the photographed flexible object the ends of the top surface of which have been deformed. |
| US11383376B2 |
Bending mechanism and medical manipulator
A bending mechanism includes: a support member; a pivoting member supported at a distal end of the support member to be pivotable about an axis intersecting the longitudinal axis of the support member; a link disposed along the longitudinal axis and transmitting a force applied at a proximal end thereof to cause the pivoting member to pivot; and an adjuster adjusting stresses in the link so as not to exceed a threshold, at each pivoting position of the pivoting member with respect to the support member. The link includes a first member connected to the pivoting member and a second member disposed closer to the proximal end than the first member is. The adjuster includes a movable member moving in predetermined direction when the first and second members are relatively moved, and a spring biasing the movable member in such direction as to prevent the movement of the movable member. |
| US11383366B2 |
Fastener driving apparatus
A fastener driving device includes a fastener and at least one gas spring. Additionally, the fastener driving device includes a drive mechanism, the drive mechanism being capable of selectively engaging and disengaging the at least one gas spring, the at least one gas spring capable of moving to an energized position upon being engaged by the drive mechanism. Additionally, the device includes an anvil, wherein the drive mechanism includes a first lifting mechanism and a second lifting mechanism, wherein the first lifting mechanism actuates the at least one gas spring for a portion of an operation cycle, and the second lifting mechanism thereafter actuates the at least one gas spring for a subsequent portion of the operation cycle before the drive mechanism ceases applying a force on the at least one gas spring and the at least one gas spring releases a portion of its potential energy and accelerates the anvil to drive a fastener. |
| US11383364B2 |
Puller tool and adapter
A puller tool comprises a cross bar with a central portion having a through hole defining a first axis; a forcing screw configured to extend through the through hole; and an adapter detachably attached to the cross bar and having a threaded hole defining a second axis for the forcing screw, and wherein the first axis and second axis are substantially aligned. The adapter comprises a threaded hole configured to receive the forcing screw and defining a second axis, wherein the first axis and second axis are substantially aligned; a base portion containing the threaded hole and arrangeable adjacent a first axial side of the cross bar; at least a first wall portion extending away from the base portion and arrangeable adjacent to a first lateral side of the central portion of the cross bar, and wherein the adapter is detachably attachable to the cross bar. |
| US11383360B1 |
Box wrench with positioning-retaining tab
The wrench with position-retaining tab comprises the box wrench and a position-retaining structure. The box wrench is a hand tool used for tightening and loosening a threaded connection formed by a bolt or bolt-like structure. The box wrench and the threaded connection are defined elsewhere in this disclosure. The position-retaining structure attaches to the box wrench. The position retaining structure is a spring-loaded structure that inhibits the box wrench from slipping off the bolt or bolt-like structure during the tightening and loosening of the threaded connection. |
| US11383359B1 |
Magnetic bit holder with automatic retracting guide sleeve
A magnetic driver bit holder may include, but is not limited to: a drive portion including: a shaft portion including: a recess disposed in an end portion of the shaft portion; and one or more magnets disposed within the shaft portion, and a sleeve portion including: a hollow tube dimensioned such that the shaft portion may be inserted into the hollow tube; and a ring magnet coupled to an end portion of the hollow tube. |
| US11383356B1 |
System and method for easy rotational jewelry metal clamp
A system and method for a clamp designed for those with weak hands or damaged grip this clamp fixes material in place without having to hold with any pinching forces with a top clamp, a bottom clamp, a bearing positioned in a bearing holder, a lock ring, and an anchoring plate positioned below the bearing holder that allows the clamp to be mounted to a bench or other surface. |
| US11383354B1 |
Vise
A vise for holding a workpiece that reduces jaw lift having a vise base with a longitudinally extending guide channel that includes vise base flanges with base flange guide surfaces, the vise having vise trucks that move longitudinally within the guide channel, the vise having jaws that are selectively securable relative to the trucks wherein the jaws and the trucks include lift surfaces that move the trucks toward the jaws transversely to the longitudinal direction as the jaws engage the workpiece to lock the jaws and the trucks relative to the guide channel when the workpiece is clamped in the vise. |
| US11383352B2 |
Polishing pad
A polishing pad including a damping layer made of a resilient material including expanded semi-rigid polyurethane having a microcell structure, an adhesive layer including a layer of a hook-and-loop fastener adapted to interact and connect to a corresponding layer of the hook-and-loop fastener located at a bottom surface of the working element of the machine tool and a polishing layer including microfiber adapted for polishing a surface of a work piece. The polishing layer includes a fabric having a woven mesh of microfibers that define a back side of the polishing layer. The fabric serves as a barrier to the resilient material of the damping layer such that the resilient material does not reach an active side of the polishing layer comprising the microfibers when the damping layer, adhesive layer and polishing layer are combined, and such that the active side of the polishing layer is free of resilient material of the damping layer. |
| US11383337B2 |
Workpiece support system and workpiece support method
A workpiece support system includes: a plurality of rods that are extendable and retractable in an axial direction; a holder rotatably placed in an upper end portion of each of the rods, to hold a workpiece; a first lock part that keeps an extended/retracted position of the rod in the axial direction; and a position adjustment device including a hand portion configured to hold the rod or the holder, to perform position control of the hand portion. The position adjustment device moves the hand portion, to extend and retract the rod, based on shape data of the workpiece that is recorded in advance, in a state where the rod or the holder is held by the hand portion, and the first lock part keeps the extended/retracted position of the rod extended and retracted by the position adjustment device. |
| US11383336B2 |
Reversible flip-away work stop for strut systems
A reversible flip-away work-stop for strut systems. The reversible flip-way work stop includes a first component allowing a work stop positioning plate to pivot in a semi-circular motion allowing the work stop positioning plate to be moved and immediately configured in a right-handed configuration or a left-handed configuration without manual disassembly and reassembly in a strut in a strut system. A second component allowing the work stop positioning plate to be micro-adjusted to measurements including thousands of an inch for precisely measuring a material to be cut. A third component includes a pre-determined length to exactly match an alignment of a front face of the work stop positioning plate allowing a measurement to be read on a measuring component in the strut on the strut system without obstruction. The third component also including a pre-determined width and shape matching a width and a shape of a measuring component in the strut on the strut system allowing easy movement of the reversible flip-away work stop within the strut in the strut system and providing the ability to add a custom measuring component to the strut system. |
| US11383331B2 |
Jig for spot welding
A spot welding jig is provided. The spot welding jig presses electrode leads of battery cells to be closely adhered onto a bus bar when spot welding is performed to the electrode leads interposed on the bus bar along a width direction of the electrode leads. The spot welding jig includes a passing portion through which a welding laser passes, and a predetermined number of barriers configured to vertically partition an inner space of the passing portion. |
| US11383330B2 |
Lead-free solder composition
An electrical connector includes a first layer having a first coefficient of thermal expansion and a second layer overlaying the first layer having a second coefficient of thermal expansion. A first difference between the first coefficient of thermal expansion and a coefficient of thermal expansion of glass is greater than a second difference between the second coefficient of thermal expansion and the coefficient of thermal expansion of glass. The electrical connector further includes a layer of a solder alloy having about 15% to 28% indium by weight, about 5% to 20% zinc by weight, about 1% to 6% silver by weight, and at least 36% tin by weight. The solder layer is disposed on at least a portion of the second layer. |
| US11383326B2 |
Heat exchanger and method for manufacturing same
A heat transfer body 3 is prepared. The heat transfer body 3 forms an inner space 7 for existence of one of a higher-temperature fluid or a lower-temperature fluid. The heat transfer body 3 constitutes a heat exchanger, and is formed of a copper material as a wall surrounding the inner space 7. In the wall, a flow path through which the other of the higher-temperature fluid and the lower-temperature fluid flows is formed. By LMD treatment, an LMD layer is formed directly on an outer circumferential surface 3a of the heat transfer body 3. In the LMD treatment, a metal material is supplied to a supply position on the outer circumferential surface 3a, and the supply position is irradiated with laser light to form an LMD layer 5. An energy density of the laser light is set to melt both the metal material and the outer circumferential surface 3a. |
| US11383320B2 |
Method for positioning weld metal in an ultrasonic welding device and ultrasonic welding device
The invention relates to a method for positioning weldments (20) in an ultrasonic welding device (34) and to an ultrasonic welding device comprising a sonotrode (14), to which ultrasonic vibrations are applied and which emits longitudinal vibrations, and an anvil (16), a weldment accommodation (19) being formed between a work surface (17) of the sonotrode (14) and an opposing surface (18) of the anvil (16), a change in position Δx of a positioning device (21) defining weld position P of the weldment (20) being captured in the longitudinal direction (22) of the sonotrode (14) by means of a position sensor, the application of vibrations to the sonotrode (14) being changed such depending on the change in position Δx that a change in amplitude Δy is performed according to an amplitude characteristic curve of the sonotrode (14). |
| US11383318B2 |
Filler wire position control
A system and method for controlling the position of a filler wire and/or a laser head, or other heating head, in a welding system. The distal end of the filler wire is gradually moved, e.g., upward, until electrical continuity with the weld pool is lost; the filler wire is then moved back into contact with the weld pool. The heating head may be stationary relative to the weld pool, or it may move, with the distal end of the filler wire, relative to the weld pool. |
| US11383317B2 |
Method and apparatus for welding with short clearing prediction
A method and apparatus for providing welding-type power is disclosed and includes a short clearing prediction module that uses the second derivative with respect to time of the output voltage, or an error between a measured output voltage and an output voltage predicted using the first derivative with respect to time of the output voltage. |
| US11383316B2 |
Wire arc hybrid manufacturing
A processing head assembly is disclosed. In some examples, the processing head assembly comprises a fabrication energy source; a wire feedstock surrounded by a shield and one or more filler feedstocks surrounded by one or more nozzles. In some examples, the fabrication energy source includes the wire feedstock surrounded by the shield. A method of depositing material on a substrate using a processing head assembly for use with a fabrication energy source; a wire feedstock surrounded by a shield and one or more filler feedstocks surrounded by one or more nozzles is disclosed. In some examples, the method comprises projecting a fabrication energy beam from the fabrication energy source onto the substrate at a spot, projecting the wire feedstock surrounded by the shield onto the substrate at the spot and projecting the one or more filler feedstocks surrounded by the one or more nozzles onto the substrate close to the spot. |
| US11383314B2 |
Tool for machining festoons and attachment holes of a disc flange by PECM and method using this tool
Tooling for producing scallops and fastening holes of a clamp of a disc by electrochemical machining using an electrolyte, the tooling having: an annular support tray to receive the disc; lower and upper shields configured to protect the disc from splashes of the electrolyte; a clamping lock to hold the disc in position during machining; and a die-sinking tool having in a substantially cylindrical insulating body a first and a second coaxial conductive cathode, the first and second cathodes rigidly fastened to each other, the first annular cathode including at an external periphery a plurality of radial machining protrusions of a shape complementary to that of the scallops to be machined and the second cathode includes, on the same circumference external to the first cathode relative to the central axis of the disc, a plurality of axial machining nozzles of a shape similar to the fastening holes to be machined. |
| US11383311B2 |
Compound miter saw
A compound miter saw (1; 70; 90) includes a turntable-fixing mechanism (40) and a tilt-fixing mechanism (60; 80; 100) configured to respectively fix the miter angle and tilt (bevel) angle of a cutting-machine main body (10). The turntable-fixing mechanism includes a fixing rod (42) configured to lock rotation of a turntable (4; 91) relative to a base (2) by manually rotating a grip (41) attached thereto, and is disposed forward of a front surface of a table-extension part (5; 71; 92), downward of an upper surface of the turntable, and at the center of the table-extension part in the left-right direction. The tilt-fixing mechanism includes a manually rotatable tilt-fixing manipulatable part (61; 81; 101) provided between the front surface of the table-extension part and the grip. A rotary shaft (61a; 82a; 102a) of the tilt-fixing manipulatable part is coaxial with the fixing rod (rotary shaft) attached to the grip. |
| US11383305B2 |
cBN sintered compact and cutting tool
A cBN sintered compact has cubic boron nitride particles and a ceramic binder phase, and in the sintered compact, WSi2 having an average particle diameter of 10 nm to 200 nm is dispersed such that a content thereof is 1 vol % to 20 vol %. A cutting tool has the cBN sintered compact as a tool body. |
| US11383303B2 |
Production method for three-dimensional shaped article
A method for producing a three-dimensional shaped article by stacking a plurality of layers is provided, and is characterized in that a series of steps including a layer forming step of forming the layer using a composition containing a plurality of particles, and a joining step of joining the particles contained in the layer to one another by irradiating the layer with a laser beam is repeatedly performed, an average particle diameter of the particles is represented by D50 and a thickness of the layer formed in the layer forming step is represented by Ds, a relation of Ds/D50<5.0 is satisfied, and an arithmetic average height Sa of a surface of the layer in a state where the particles are joined to one another by the joining step is 15 μm or less. |
| US11383300B2 |
Sintered material and cutting tool including the same
A sintered material has 3% by volume or more and 80% by volume or less of cubic boron nitride grains and a binder. The binder contains: one or more types selected from the group consisting of one or more compounds composed of one or more first elements selected from the group consisting of a group 4 element, a group 5 element, a group 6 element, Al and Si and one or more second elements selected from the group consisting of C, N, O and B, and a solid solution of these compounds; and one or more metallic elements selected from the group consisting of Li, Ca, Na, Sr, Ba and Be. The binder contains the one or more metallic elements of 0.001% by mass or more and 0.5% by mass or less in total, and oxygen of 0.1% by mass or more and 10.0% by mass or less. |
| US11383296B2 |
Non-contacting molten metal flow control
Systems and methods are disclosed for using magnetic fields (e.g., changing magnetic fields) to control metal flow conditions during casting (e.g., casting of an ingot, billet, or slab). The magnetic fields can be introduced using rotating permanent magnets or electromagnets. The magnetic fields can be used to induce movement of the molten metal in a desired direction, such as in a rotating pattern around the surface of the molten sump. The magnetic fields can be used to induce metal flow conditions in the molten sump to increase homogeneity in the molten sump and resultant ingot. |
| US11383294B2 |
Side mold and low-pressure hub casting mold
The application belongs to the technical field of a casting mold and provides a side mold and a low-pressure hub casting mold. Channels of a cooling loop are processed in a back cavity of a side mold frame, a distance between the channels along a solidification direction of a casting gradually increases, and a cooling medium flows along the cooling loop, the ability of taking away heat changes from strong to weak, and a larger temperature gradient of the side mold may be formed by superposition with a temperature gradient formed by the thickness of the side mold. |
| US11383293B2 |
Double station vacuum die casting machine
The invention provides a double station vacuum die casting machine, comprising a driving device, a first die casting unit, a second die casting unit, a feeding component, a vacuum pump and a housing, the vacuum pump is arranged outside the housing, the driving device is arranged inside the housing, and the first die casting unit and the second die casting unit are respectively arranged on both sides of the driving device; the driving device comprises a driving unit, a first injection rod assembly and a second injection rod assembly, the first injection rod assembly and the second injection rod assembly are respectively arranged on both sides of the driving unit, the first injection rod assembly is used to provide power for die casting of the first die casting unit, and the second injection rod assembly is used to provide power for the second die casting unit. |
| US11383292B2 |
Mould plate
A mould plate includes a casting side and a rear side facing away from the casting side and having a cooling channel configured to open towards the rear side and having a cooling face opposite the casting side. An insert is arranged in the cooling channel to form a cooling gap between an inner face of the insert and the cooling face. A fastening bolt connects the insert to a fastening point in the cooling face, wherein the cooling gap extends, viewed from the fastening point towards the casting side, to an area below the fastening point. |
| US11383291B2 |
Hollow drive shaft using upsetting method and manufacturing method therefor
Provided are a hollow drive shaft using an upsetting method and a method of manufacturing the same, in which hot forging and upsetting processes are applied to both ends of a workpiece so that an outer diameter at both ends of the workpiece is greater than an outer diameter of a middle part of the workpiece, thereby reducing a weight of the drive shaft and enabling the drive shaft to transmit higher driving power. According to the present invention, the upsetting process is applied during the hot forging process to manufacture the hollow drive shaft, portions to be substantially processed are limited to portions at both ends of the workpiece, and the number of upsetting processes is limited to a minimum number (2 or the like), such that initial investment costs and manufacturing costs are low because the number of processes is small. |
| US11383290B2 |
Method of operating a manual press with a safety power assist
A safety power assist for a manual press is provided. In another aspect, a press includes a tool, a manual actuator, a switch and an automatically powered actuator. A further aspect of the present press employs a spring which must be compressed beyond a predetermined pinching force before a switch is activated, where switch activation causes an automatically powered actuator to advance a workpiece-contacting punch or tool. |
| US11383278B2 |
Cleaning coke deposits from process equipment
A method for cleaning a coke deposit from an internal surface of a process equipment, comprising removing at least a portion of the coke deposit from the internal surface using a flexible pig comprising a plurality of bristles, without damaging a metal protective layer of the internal surface of the process equipment. A flexible pig for cleaning a coke deposit from an internal surface of a process equipment without damaging a metal protective layer of the internal surface, comprising a flexible body formed of a polymeric material, and a plurality of bristles partially encapsulated by the polymeric material of the flexible body. |
| US11383273B2 |
Piezo motor
The invention comprises a piezo motor with a U-shaped housing lower part and a mounted cover. The piezo actuator is mounted between two clamping jaws. Planar guide tracks are formed in the housing lower part to both sides of the piezo actuator. Bearing elements of circular cross-section are arranged between the clamping jaws and the guide tracks. Thrust pieces are braced between the housing cover and the bearing elements, which thrust pieces press the bearing elements against the clamping jaws. Here, the thrust pieces together with the guide tracks of the housing lower part form V-shaped guides. |
| US11383271B2 |
Ultrasound transducer
An ultrasound transducer includes a plurality of piezoelectric elements that are layered in the thickness direction and that generate a longitudinal vibration in the thickness direction. The plurality of piezoelectric elements are arranged so that the thicknesses thereof are sequentially larger from the antinode side of the longitudinal vibration towards the node side of the longitudinal vibration. |
| US11383270B2 |
Vibration generator for vibrating in multiple directions
A vibration generator includes a housing, a vibrating body accommodated in the housing, an elastic support supporting the vibrating body such that the vibrating body can vibrate along a first direction and a second direction intersecting each other, and a magnetic drive configured to drive the vibrating body along the first direction and the second direction using a magnetic force, and wherein the magnetic drive includes a plurality of first magnetic field generators disposed side by side at a predetermined interval in the vibrating body in the first direction or the second direction, and a plurality of second magnetic field generators disposed on positions facing both ends of each of the plurality of first magnetic field generators in the housing, and wherein a longitudinal direction of the housing is in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction. |
| US11383265B2 |
Device for applying adhesive and/or sealant
A device for applying adhesive and/or sealant having a housing for receiving a container, said housing having the following: a receiving chamber for receiving the container; a closable application tip which is connected to the receiving chamber and through which the adhesive and/or sealant can be discharged; a stable casing for the receiving chamber; at least one region of the housing which is in the form of a deformable pressure region and which allows pressure to be exerted from the outside onto the container which can be placed in the receiving chamber. |
| US11383264B2 |
System for applying finishing compound
A system for finishing surfaces with a finishing material includes a handle assembly with proximal and distal ends. A material reservoir is mounted on the handle distal and includes an inlet and an outlet. A material applicator tool is mounted on the reservoir and receives material from the reservoir outlet. A discharge mechanism includes an extendable-retractable component or linear actuator connected to the reservoir for discharging or reloading material. Multiple embodiments utilizing different linear actuators are disclosed. An alternative embodiment includes a push-to-open valve mechanism. Additional embodiments include an adjustment mechanism on the push-to-open valve mechanism accommodating adjustment of flow of finishing compound when the push-to-open valve is engaged. |
| US11383263B2 |
Coating device
The present disclosure provides a coating device including a first storage tank for storing a material to be coated, a needle cannula to which the first storage tank is connected by means of a corresponding first line, a gas output device for outputting a first pressurized gas from a gas source, including a first gas output line extending into the first storage tank, wherein the gas output device is capable of outputting the first pressurized gas to the first storage tank through the first gas output line such that the material to be coated stored in the first storage tank is discharged under a gas pressure and enters the needle cannula through the first line. |
| US11383261B2 |
Valve, system for application of covering product including such a valve and dedicated mounting and dismounting tool
Valve for a system for applying a covering product, including projecting or recessed shapes on a peripheral part, configured to cooperate with projecting or recessed shapes of a dedicated mounting and dismounting tool, these projecting or recessed shapes of the valve being configured to transmit a rotational movement to the valve, and to be secured to the tool. The projecting or hollow shapes of the valve include a first peripheral profile having at least one planar surface, and a second peripheral profile located behind the first profile relative to an outer end of the valve. The second profile has at least one first planar surface aligned with the planar surface of the first profile, and at least one second planar surface angularly offset relative to the planar surface of the first profile, such that the second planar surface of the second profile forms a shoulder relative to the first profile. |
| US11383256B2 |
Powered water dispenser
A powered water dispenser is plugged into a vehicle or uses a rechargeable battery. The powered water dispenser is connected to a pump and a portable water source. The powered water dispenser may use a prepackaged water container that contains sterilized, distilled or potable water. Additionally, the transparent water container may use an LED light to view water level in the dark. There may also be notches that indicate water level. Also included may be a heating element to warm the water prior to use. |
| US11383253B2 |
Low pressure plural component spray system
A method and apparatus for applying a foamed mixture of paints on a structural surface. A continuous stream of high velocity gas moves through a nozzle and is directed toward the structural surface, and two or more paints may be intermittently moved into the gas stream of the nozzle and aerated and mixed with each other and moved with the gas stream to form a foam that is applied to the structural surface. The components of the foamed mixture may include single component or plural component materials such as polyurethane foam, adhesive, and polyurea formulations, and may be moved through a volumetric metering device consisting of material heaters, a heated hose, and an applicator gun. The nitrogen gas stream fluidizes the mixture as it passes through and out of the nozzle and forms the mixture into a foam that is applied to the structural surface. |
| US11383252B2 |
Air controlled electrospray manufacturing and products thereof
Provided in certain embodiments herein are gas controlled electrospray systems and processes for manufacturing depositions, such as thin layer films. In some embodiments, processes and systems provided herein are suitable for and configured to manufacture uniform depositions, such as having uniform thickness. |
| US11383247B2 |
Systems and methods for active particle separation
A device and method for extracting particles contained in a ferrofluid medium are provided. Such methods may comprise suspending particles of different sizes in a ferrofluid medium and containing the ferrofluid medium in a cylindrical reservoir, and applying a first magnetic field to at least a portion of the reservoir. The first magnetic field is configured to indirectly exert a force on at least a portion of the particles of a predetermined size, and direct the portion of particles in a desired direction. |
| US11383244B2 |
Brewer's spent grain grinder and production line for producing product with high protein content
A brewer's spent grain (BSG) grinder includes a charging tank connected to a grinding unit, the charging tank being equipped with a device for BSG moistening, and the grinding unit having an outlet for discharging grinded BSG. The grinding unit includes a stator and a rotor located coaxially with a gap defined between their working surfaces. A device for mixing and moving a mixture into the gap is fixed on a central part of an upper side of the rotor. A device for discharging grinded BSG is located under the rotor. The rotor is configured to allow staged grinding of BSG to obtain coarser and finer fractions of BSG at upper and lower stages of the rotor respectively. An upper part of the rotor is equipped with blades located around a circumference of the rotor, an outer surface of each blade being part of the working surface of the rotor. |
| US11383243B2 |
Shredder
A shredder having a substantially tubular casing, which is closed upward by a cover and downward by a base. The shredder also includes a rotating shaft, which is internal and coaxial to the casing, with multiple supporting elements being keyed on the shaft, each element for supporting a number of shredding elements. The shredding elements have circular trajectories with a circumference that at least partially increases from the upper part toward the lower part of the shredder. |
| US11383242B2 |
Channel structure of nucleic acid extracting cartridge
The present invention discloses a flow path structure of a cartridge for nucleic acid extraction comprising: a plurality of elongated grooves formed on the surface of the cartridge body; and a shaft hole formed in the center of the body, wherein the plurality of grooves have a starting point formed around the shaft hole and an ending point extending from the starting point toward the outer region of the body. |
| US11383241B2 |
Mechano-node pore sensing
Mechano-node-pore sensing (mechano-NPS), is a rapid, multi-parametric cell screening method that simultaneously quantifies cell diameter, transit time through a contraction channel, transverse deformation under constant strain, and recovery time after deformation. |
| US11383240B2 |
Single cell whole genome amplification via micropillar arrays under flow conditions
The present invention relates to, inter alia, a microfluidic device for performing single cell genomic DNA isolation and amplification under flow. The microfluidic device comprises a solid substrate having one or more microfluidic channel system formed therein. Each microfluidic channel system of the microfluidic device comprises: (a) an intake region comprising a single microchannel; (b) a plurality of cell segregation microchannels; (c) a cell capture site located downstream of each cell segregation microchannel; and (d) a DNA capture array positioned downstream of the cell capture site and comprising a plurality of micropillars. Also disclosed is a whole genome amplification system that includes the microfluidic device of the present disclosure, as well as a method for conducting single cell DNA analysis via on-chip whole genome amplification while under flow, and a method for multiple displacement amplification (MDA) reactions of one or more nucleic acid sequence isolated single cells. |
| US11383239B2 |
Microfluidic device having partially enclosed microfluidic channel and use thereof
A microfluidic device in which microfluidic channels are embedded in a culture medium chamber and have open sides. The microfluidic device is patterned with a fluid moved along a hydrophilic surface due to capillary force, and the fluid may be rapidly and uniformly patterned along an inner corner path and a microfluidic channel. In the microfluidic device, the microfluidic channel is connected to facilitate fluid flow with a culture medium through open sides thereof and openings, and thus may provide a cell culture environment in which high gas saturation is maintained. In addition, several microfluidic devices formed on one common substrate are described. Such microfluidic devices may be manufactured of a hydrophilic engineering plastic by injection molding. |
| US11383233B1 |
Diagnosis method and diagnosis device of ecotoxicity of solid waste soil in pesticide production site
The disclosure relates to a diagnosis method and diagnosis device of ecotoxicity of solid waste soil in a pesticide production site. The diagnosis method is as follows: performing multi-point distributed collection on solid waste soil of a to-be-diagnosed pesticide production site, and subsequently pretreating the connected soil sample; synchronously performing a first toxicity test, a second toxicity test and a third toxicity test on the pretreated solid waste soil by using the diagnosis device. The diagnosis device comprises a first test device, a second test device and a third test device. The method of the disclosure is used for synchronous diagnosis of ecotoxicity by utilizing multiple diagnosis methods, and therefore is high in diagnosis efficiency and high in accuracy rate. |
| US11383229B2 |
Methods of separating substances from fluids
Disclosed are composite materials and methods of making them. The composite materials comprise a support member and a cross-linked gel, wherein the cross-linked gel is a polymer synthesized by thiol-ene or thiol-yne polymerization and cross-linking. The cross-linked gel may be functionalized by a thiol-ene or thiol-yne grafting reaction, either simultaneously with the polymerization or as the second step in a two-step procedure. The composite materials are useful as chromatographic separation media. |
| US11383224B2 |
Ceria-containing mixed oxides for oxygen storage
The present disclosure is directed to compositions comprising Ce-containing mixed oxides, especially those having a stoichiometry of LnyCexMwOz; where 0.15≤x≤0.5, y≤0.25, w=(1−x−y)≥0.5, and z=(2x+2w+1.5y); M is Zr, Hf, Ti, Sn or Ge or a combination thereof; Ln is Y and/or one or more rare earth metals, exclusive of Ce, and the uses of these compositions. These compositions are characterized by the even distribution of the Ce in the lattice of the mixed oxide. |
| US11383215B2 |
Continuous production method for aromatic polymer and continuous production apparatus for aromatic polymer
To provide a continuous production apparatus and a continuous production method for an aromatic polymer which enable resource conservation, energy conservation, and equipment costs reduction. A continuous production method for an aromatic polymer having an ether bond or an imide bond, the method including: (a) supplying a polymerization solvent and a reaction raw material to a continuous production apparatus including a plurality of reaction vessels; (b) performing a polycondensation reaction in the polymerization solvent in at least one of the reaction vessels to form a reaction mixture; and (c) successively moving the reaction mixture to each of the reaction vessel, the steps (a), (b), and (c) being performed in parallel; wherein an ether bond or an imide bond is formed by the polycondensation reaction; respective gas phase parts of the plurality of reaction vessels communicate with one another; and a pressure of each of the gas phase parts is uniform. |
| US11383214B2 |
Stripper and packing apparatuses
A packing system includes a first packing element layer including a plurality of blades and a second packing element layer including a plurality of blades. The packing system includes intra-layer variation and/or inter-layer variation. Intra-layer variation includes (i) varying spacing between blades within the first and/or the second packing element layer, (ii) varying sizes of the blades within the first and/or the second packing element layer, and/or (iii) varying angle of inclination of the blades within the first and/or second packing element layer. Inter-layer variation includes the blades of the first packing layer having a first spacing, a first size and a first angle of inclination, and the blades of the second packing layer having a second spacing, a second size, and a second angle of inclination. The second spacing, size, and/or angle of inclination is different from the first spacing, size, and/or angle of inclination. |
| US11383210B2 |
Washing machine and micro-bubble generator thereof
A washing machine that includes a cabinet; an outer basket in the cabinet and configured to accommodate wash water; an inner basket in the outer basket and configured to accommodate laundry; a water supply valve unit in the cabinet and connected to an external water supply source, configured to receive wash water; and a micro-bubble generator configured to receive the wash water from the water supply valve unit, generate micro-bubbles, and supply the micro-bubbles to a washing space. The micro-bubble generator includes a dissolving unit configured to mix or dissolve gas into the wash water from the water supply valve unit. The dissolving unit includes: a water supply line connection connected indirectly to the water supply valve unit, configured to introduce the wash water; a supply hole providing a path in which gas is introduced into a dissolution space; and a dissolved water drain portion discharging the wash water in which gas is mixed or dissolved. |
| US11383205B2 |
Integrated membrane module rack
Fluid treatment system comprising a row of vertically arranged cylindrical filtration modules having a cylindrical shell, an upper end, a lower end and a shell interior and an upper and a lower header coupled to upper and lower end of the shell. In the shell interior, hollow fiber membranes are embedded with their ends in an upper and a lower tube sheet and are open at the ends. An exterior filtrate space is formed around the membranes extending between upper and lower tube sheets and an inner surface of the shell. Upper and lower head spaces are formed between upper and lower tube sheets and the respective headers. The lumina of the hollow fiber membranes are in fluid communication with the head spaces. The cylindrical shells comprise outlet ports being in fluid communication with the exterior filtrate spaces and being connected to a filtrate branch pipe. Upper headers are in fluid connection with each other thereby forming an upper collecting duct running along the row at the same level as or above the upper headers. Lower headers are in fluid connection with each other thereby forming a lower collecting duct running along the row on the level of or below the lower headers. The filtrate branch pipes are connected to and open into a filtrate collecting pipe running lengthwise of the row at the upper end of the filtration modules. Upper collecting duct and filtrate collecting pipe are arranged at the upper headers eccentrically and on different sides with respect to a cross-sectional center of the shell and parallel to each other at the same height level. |
| US11383203B2 |
Integrated aftertreatment system
Implementations described herein relate to features for an integrated aftertreatment system. In one implementation, an integrated aftertreatment system comprises a casing that includes a mating flange having a first constant diameter and a catalyst component configured to mate to the mating flange of the casing. The catalyst component includes a canned body including a first portion sized to a second constant diameter to mate with the first constant diameter of the mating flange. In another implementation, an integrated aftertreatment system comprises a casing, a catalyst component positioned within the casing, a particulate filter having an outer casing with an outlet, and a particulate filter joint coupled to the outer casing of the particulate filter at the outlet. An end of the particulate filter joint is aligned with an end of the particulate filter. |
| US11383201B2 |
Humidity controller
To reduce loss due to water evaporation and to efficiently release moisture from a moisture absorbing portion, in the humidity controller according to the present invention, a moisture absorbing portion (2) is formed to include at least two gel sections each with a different thermal conductivity and to release absorbed moisture from an exposed surface (31) that is a specific region exposed outside and that is disposed on the surface opposite to a heater (5) on the basis of heating by the heater (5). |
| US11383200B2 |
Membrane process for H2 recovery from sulfur recovery tail gas stream of sulfur recovery units and process for environmentally greener sales gas
Methods and systems are provided for treating the tail gas stream of a sulfur recovery plant. The methods including generating a tail gas stream from a sulfur recovery plant, treating the tail gas stream with a hydrogen sulfide removal unit and a hydrogen selective membrane unit, generating a stream low in hydrogen sulfide and a stream rich in hydrogen. The hydrogen sulfide rich stream is recycled to the sulfur recovery unit. The hydrogen selective membrane unit includes a glassy polymer membrane selective for hydrogen over hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide. |
| US11383199B1 |
Process and system for low pressure CO2 capture and bio-sequestration
A flue gas extraction system provides extraction, collection, cooling, enriching and distributing flue gas from a vent stack of a stationary flue gas generator to carbon dioxide consuming crops, orchards, and other photosynthetic organisms. The collected flue gas is processed through the system to achieve optimal temperature, pressure, flowrate, water content and carbon dioxide concentration for application to plants for increasing plant productivity and sequestering the carbon dioxide. The gas distribution network may have one or more membrane modules which receive a low pressure gas mixture, where the membrane modules are utilized to enrich the CO2 concentration and to separate out a nitrogen rich component from the flue gas. Application of carbon dioxide may be supplemented by providing additional components to the plants which maintain a level of fertilization and irrigation suitable for the increased biomass and water utilization efficiency of the plants resulting from the increased intake of carbon dioxide. |
| US11383197B2 |
Contaminant removal process
Disclosed is a process comprising: step a) contacting a feed stream comprising a contaminant with an absorbent stream in a counter-current flow to produce a contaminant depleted product stream depleted in the molar quantity of the contaminant relative to the molar quantity of said contaminant in the feed stream, and a contaminant enriched absorbent stream enriched in the molar quantity of the contaminant relative to the molar quantity of said contaminant in the absorbent stream; and step b) treating the contaminant enriched absorbent stream to form a gaseous stream comprising said contaminant and a regenerated absorbent stream lean in the molar quantity of said contaminant relative to the molar quantity of said contaminant in the contaminant enriched absorbent stream; herein said absorbent stream comprises at least 15 wt. % of at least one compound (A) of general formula (I) or a mixture (M) comprising at least one compound (B) of general formula (II) and at least one compound (C) of general formula (III). |
| US11383195B2 |
Device for capturing particles
A device for capturing particles includes a gas-guiding unit, a gas-guiding unit and a mist-elimination unit. The gas-guiding unit has opposing first and second ends. The mist-elimination unit is disposed at the second end. The liquid-circulation unit, disposed under the mist-elimination unit by surrounding the gas-guiding unit, includes through holes below the gas-guiding unit by a gap. A gas containing particles enters the channel via the first end and then the mist-elimination unit via the second end. While the gas flows into the channel, the liquid in the liquid-circulation unit is inhaled into the channel via the gap to form droplets containing particles. After the droplets are captured by the mist-elimination unit, the liquid formed at the mist-elimination unit flows down into the liquid-circulation unit to reform the liquid to be further inhaled back to the channel of the gas-guiding unit via the gap. |
| US11383194B2 |
Reusable air filter system and method
A reusable air filter and methods are provided for filtering air being conducted to an air intake of an internal combustion engine. The reusable air filter comprises a filter medium configured to pass an airstream and entrap particulates flowing within the airstream. The filter medium is comprised of cotton gauze disposed in a sinusoidal arrangement that provides a filtration surface area that is larger than a perimeter area of the filter medium. An end cap and base may be configured to retain the filter medium therebetween. The base provides an interface between the air filter and an air inlet of the engine. The filter medium may be disposed in a flat, panel shape that is bordered by a supportive tray. Support rods may be embedded within the tray to prevent bowing of the tray due to air pressure when coupled with an air box of the engine. |
| US11383187B2 |
Suction tube filter arrangement and fluid tank system for a fluid tank
A suction tube filter arrangement includes a suction tube defining a suction tube direction and a filter member extending along the suction tube direction. The suction tube is at least partially arranged inside the filter member. |
| US11383183B2 |
Cap for refillable water filter
A water filter assembly for filtering water, adapted to be coupled to piping of a piped water system, the water filter apparatus comprising: a housing having first and second housing ends, the housing having an inlet and an outlet located at the first housing end, the second housing end having an opening, the housing being for removably receiving a filter element assembly through the opening in the second housing end, and a housing bottom cover releasably mountable over the opening in the second housing end. Preferably the assembly further comprises a filter head adapted to be coupled to piping of a piped water system and means for removably securing the first housing end to the filter head. Preferably the housing bottom cover is adapted to be secured to the housing via an interference fit. |
| US11383177B2 |
Sequentially operated modules
Method, modules and a system formed by connecting the modules for controlling payloads are disclosed. An activation signal is propagated in the system from a module to the modules connected to it. Upon receiving an activation signal, the module (after a pre-set or random delay) activates a payload associated with it, and transmits the activation signal (after another pre-set or random delay) to one or more modules connected to it. The system is initiated by a master module including a user activated switch producing the activation signal. The activation signal can be propagated in the system in one direction from the master to the last module, or carried bi-directionally allowing two way propagation, using a module which revert the direction of the activation signal propagation direction. A module may be individually powered by an internal power source such as a battery, or connected to external power source such as AC power. The system may use remote powering wherein few or all of the modules are powered from the same power source connected to the system in a single point. The power may be carried over dedicated wires or concurrently with the conductors carrying the activation signal. The payload may be a visual or an audible signaling device, and can be integrated within a module or external to it. The payload may be powered by a module or using a dedicated power source, and can involve randomness associated with its activation such as the delay, payload control or payload activation. |
| US11383175B2 |
Home arcade system
The present invention provides an affordable at-home toy arcade game experience. This invention brings authentic arcade game play into the home and dormitory. The invention utilizes authentic joysticks and buttons, with an LED screen. The game console is plug-n-play and provides 4 games in 1 game cabinet with one game featured in the cabinet art. The present invention is designed to be sold in a retail box through box retailer and assembled at home into the game console for use. The retail box can be configured either horizontal or vertical. The present invention is further detailed in the following pages and figures. |
| US11383173B2 |
Automatically generated search suggestions
Some implementations relate to methods and computer-readable media to automatically generate search suggestions. In some implementations, a method includes receiving search session data for a plurality of search sessions, each search session comprising a plurality of search terms input by a respective user. The method further includes, for each search session, identifying that a particular search term of the plurality of search terms is followed by a gameplay session of a particular game of a plurality of games of an online gaming platform, determining that the particular search term is a successful term when the particular search term is a last search term in the sequence, and in response to the determining, adding the search session data to a training corpus. The method further includes applying a machine learning algorithm to the training corpus to generate a plurality of embeddings of search terms. |
| US11383172B1 |
Music mash up collectable card game
An intuitive music composition game platform with various modes of operation in a single reader system and a music mash up collectable card game and method using cards with tags and unique identifications. A single reading platform includes a cover for card storage and for supporting a smart device platform for reading many Near Field communication (NFC) embedded cards, with stacking features and colored light indicated input lanes selection for user identification and selection. Various game modes include individual, studio mix, party modes game play features in music mash up collectable card games, which may be used together with or independent of accessory devices as controllers, or smart device user interfaces with Bluetooth™ or Wi-Fi for communicating user selection and operation. |
| US11383169B1 |
Systems and methods for adjusting online game content and access for multiple platforms
Embodiments of systems and methods for enabling access to an online game, modifying user progress within the online game, monitoring user interactions with the online game, or adjusting user gameplay with the online game, via multiple platforms. The multiple platforms may include virtual reality platforms and non-virtual reality platforms. |
| US11383167B2 |
Automated artificial intelligence (AI) control mode for playing specific tasks during gaming applications
A method for gaming. The method includes assigning a default game play profile to a user, wherein the default game play profile includes a default game play style that simulates human game play, and wherein the default game play profile is configured to control game play for the user based on the default game play style. The method includes monitoring a plurality of game plays of the user playing a plurality of gaming applications. The method includes generating a user game play profile of the user by adjusting the default game play style based on the plurality of game plays, wherein the user game play profile incudes a user game play style customized to the user. The method includes controlling an instance of a first gaming application based on the user game play style of the user game play profile. |
| US11383166B2 |
Interaction method of application scene, mobile terminal, and storage medium
An interaction method is provided for a mobile terminal. The method includes performing real-time image acquisition on a target face by using a camera configured on the mobile terminal, to obtain a first frame of image and a second frame of image, the first frame of image and the second frame of image being two successive frames of images that are separately captured; comparing the first frame of image with the second frame of image, to obtain an action of the target face and a corresponding amplitude; generating a control instruction of a simulated object in an interactive application scene according to the action of the target face and the corresponding amplitude, the simulated object and an interactive item being displayed in the interactive application scene; and controlling, according to the control instruction, the simulated object to interact with the interactive item in the interactive application scene. |
| US11383164B2 |
Systems and methods for creating a non-curated viewing perspective in a video game platform based on a curated viewing perspective
Systems and methods are described for creating a non-curated viewing perspective in a video game platform based on a curated viewing perspective. For example, a user may be viewing a gameplay video of a video game. The user may be interested in viewing the same gameplay from a different perspective in the video game. Accordingly, a media guidance application may identify the video game in the video and retrieve video game engine data associated with the video game, to replicate, on a video game console, the gameplay depicted in the video. The user may be able to change the perspective (e.g., in-game position of the camera and the camera angle) within the replicated video game platform, via user commands. In response to receiving a user command to change the curated viewing perspective to a non-curated viewing perspective, the media guidance application may re-render the gameplay from the non-curated viewing perspective. |
| US11383163B2 |
Game presenting system
To provide a game presenting system having a plurality of game systems for each executing a process of a game in which a plurality of users participate, and a game presenting machine for presenting a situation of the game executed by the game system, wherein the game presenting machine obtains a motion image related to the game executed by each of the plurality of game systems, and produces a game presenting screen image showing, as a list, at least some of the plurality of motion images obtained. |
| US11383161B2 |
Virtual character control method and apparatus, terminal, and computer-readable storage medium
A virtual character control method is provided. The method includes displaying a user interface (UI) of an application program, the UI including a virtual environment image and a movement control superimposed on the virtual environment image, and the virtual environment image being an image of a virtual environment, including a virtual character, observed with a perspective; receiving a pressure operation with respect to the movement control, the pressure operation having a pressure greater than a pressure threshold; and controlling, based on the pressure operation satisfying a trigger condition, the virtual character to perform a target action in the virtual environment. Apparatus, terminal, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium counterparts are also contemplated. |
| US11383151B2 |
Automated game scoring and pin tracking system
An automated system is provided for scoring and tracking pin position and pin placement, gameplay, and playing time during games of FOWLING™. A modified pin with a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag affixed to or implanted in the pin provides tracking of individual pins during gameplay. A RFID reader is used to poll the set of pins on the platform to determine when a pin has left a set position. A processor controls the RFID tag reader and a clock so as to track pin position versus time. A pin position array is used in conjunction with conductive or magnetic disks on the bottom portion or surface of the pin for tracking pin position, pin placement, and gameplay. The conductive or magnetic disks complete circuit junctions in the array that confirm the presence of a standing pin and when a pin has been dislodged and presumably toppled over. |
| US11383149B2 |
Protective equipment
The present application provides a protective apparatus that includes a left and a right generally arched shaped portion with a foam padding system. The foam padding system comprising an adjustable channel that accommodates a shape of a shoulder, the foam padding system including a shoulder pad removably attached to an upper end of at least one of the generally arched shaped portions, and a pair of adjustable body pads removably attached to beneath the shoulder pad in a variable configuration that creates the adjustable channel. |
| US11383148B2 |
Reflective video display apparatus for interactive training and demonstration and methods of using same
A method includes capturing real-time video of a user participating in a first exercise class, using an Internet of Things (IoT) device. The real-time video is displayed concurrently with video of an instructor via a display in communication with the IoT device, to provide a visual comparison of the user to the instructor. The method also includes analyzing the real-time video to determine a performance of the user, and causing display of a warning, via the display, in response to determining the performance of the user. Biometric data associated with the user is received at the IoT device from a wearable device, at multiple times. Heart rates of the user are identified based on the biometric data, and scores based on the heart rates are identified and displayed. A recommendation for a second exercise class is determined based on a profile of the user and displayed via the display. |
| US11383145B1 |
Let detection system for monitoring movement of a net cord
A let detection system includes a sensor including an accelerometer attached to a tennis net. The sensor is in wireless communication with an umpire device able to send a message to the sensor, wherein the message causes the sensor to calibrate and begin monitoring for a let. The sensor determines a three-dimensional (3D) vector representing the gravity acting on the sensor as a baseline. When the sensor detects vertical acceleration of the net relative to the baseline and the vertical motion is above a preset threshold, the sensor automatically transmits a let notification message to the umpire device. |
| US11383144B2 |
Positional analysis using computer vision sensor synchronization
System and techniques for positional analysis using computer vision sensor synchronization are described herein. A set of sensor data may be obtained for a participant of an activity. A video stream may be captured in response to detection of a start of the activity in the set of sensor data. The video stream may include images of the participant engaging in the activity. A key stage of the activity may be identified by evaluation of the sensor data. A key frame may be selected from the video stream using a timestamp of the sensor data used to identify the key stage of the activity. A skeletal map may be generated for the participant in the key frame using key points of the participant extracted from the key frame. Instructional data may be selected using the skeletal map. The instructional data may be displayed on a display device. |
| US11383143B2 |
Exercise machine rail system
An exercise machine rail system for improved exerciser mounting and dismounting, improved functional ergonomics, and reduced risk of exerciser injury when using an exercise machine. The exercise machine rail system generally includes either two rails in close relationship which are linked together via connectors or a singular rail. Bias members are disclosed as either extending along either outer side of the rails, internally to the rail, or underneath the rail. Due to the narrow nature of the rails used by the present invention, an exerciser is able to mount and dismount the exercise machine easily and efficiently. |
| US11383142B2 |
Fencing training device and method of using the same
A fencing training device including: a first part configured to be coupled to a fencing weapon; a second part configured to be coupled to a lower portion of a fencer's body; and a retractable connector disposed between the first and second parts. Also provided is a method of training a fencer to perform a lunge and a fencing training system for providing feedback to a fencer regarding improper technique. |
| US11383127B1 |
Mechanism to provide intuitive motion for bicycle trainers
Provided herein is a dynamic device that can provide lateral rocking with fore-aft action to a stationary bicycle trainer. Also provided herein is a dynamic device, which can include a four-bar linkage mechanism that can provide a stationary trainer or stationary bicycle with an intuitive and natural-feel lateral rocking action and fore-aft action to simulate motions of a bicycle being ridden in a non-stationary environment. |
| US11383126B2 |
Fluid-damped direct-drive bicycle riding platform and use method thereof
A fluid-damped direct-drive bicycle riding platform includes a rack for supporting, a main shaft, a transmission shaft and a fluid resistor, wherein the rack includes a front bottom foot tube, a rear bottom foot tube, a front support rod, a main beam and an angle adjuster; the front support rod is fixed on the front bottom foot tube, the main beam is fixed on the rear bottom foot tube, the angle adjuster is fixed on the main beam, the upper end of the front support rod is hinged to the angle adjuster through a spline, the main beam is provided with the main shaft and the transmission shaft, the main shaft is press-fitted on the main beam in an interference fit, the main shaft and transmission shaft are driven by a pulley and a belt to drive the liquid resistor fixed to the left end of the transmission shaft. |
| US11383123B2 |
Weightlifting accessory
A barbell grip for a barbell shaft is disclosed. The grip is removably attachable to the barbell shaft. The grip includes a cantilever grip arm and a brace arm which is normal or oblique to the cantilever grip. A pair of grips may be used when exercising with the barbell, for example, with a modified bench press. |
| US11383121B1 |
Pulley weight exercise method and system
A pulley weight exercise method includes the placement of a plurality of weights from an adjustable dumbbell on a base. The weights each have a centrally positioned opening vertically extending therethrough to define a receiving space. A user determines a quantity of the weights to be used during an exercise to define a selected number. The selected number of the weights is engaged to a carriage. The carriage is attached to a first end of a cable positioned on a pulley suspended from an upper end of a vertical support. The vertical support is attached to and extends upwardly from the base. Pulling a second end of the cable pulls the carriage and the secured weights upwardly toward the upper end. To perform an exercise, a handgrip is attached to the second end of the cable. |
| US11383120B2 |
Physical therapy and fitness device
A physical therapy and fitness device which includes one or more balance pedals slidahle along one or more resistance bands. Handles may be used with the resistance bands, and the balance pedals may include an elongated slot through which the band(s) slide. Each balance pedal may include opposing projecting raised ledges to facilitate bolding a foot in place during use of the device. |
| US11383117B2 |
Layered, composite lens and method of construction
A protective lens is provided having a first layer, a second layer and a third layer. The first, second and third layers each comprises a first surface and a second surface. The first layer comprises a substantially non-reactive material. The first surface of the second layer is positioned adjacent to the second surface of the first layer. The second layer comprises a substantially fire resistant material. The first surface of the third layer is positioned adjacent to the second surface of the second layer. The third layer comprises a substantially hydrophobic material. |
| US11383116B2 |
Foam material for fire prevention and extinguishing and a preparation method and a use thereof
The present invention discloses a foam material for fire prevention and extinguishing and a preparation method and a use thereof. The foam material for fire prevention and extinguishing comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 2-4 parts of foaming agent, 2.5-3.5 parts of foam stabilizer, 10-16 parts of expandable graphite, and 100 parts of water. The foam material for fire prevention and extinguishing has a foaming multiple up to 15-30 times, a viscosity of only 700 mPa·s at a flow state, and the foam could be stable for more than 12 h. After being transported to an ignition point of the goaf via the mine grouting pipeline, the foam material for fire prevention and extinguishing can spread and pile in a large area in the goaf, and thus cover and plug the float coal at low and high places, with a piling height above 1.5 m. |
| US11383101B2 |
Applicator, applicator system and method for using an applicator with a radiotherapy device
The present disclosure lies in the field of medical radiotherapy and relates to an applicator for a medical radiotherapy device, an applicator system for a medical radiotherapy device and a method for using an applicator or an applicator system. The applicator includes an applicator head and an applicator body. The applicator head and the applicator body are embodied such that the applicator head can be assembled on, and disassembled from, the applicator body, in each case without damage. |
| US11383100B2 |
System and method for adaptive radiotherapy
Interstitial brachytherapy is a cancer treatment in which radioactive material is placed directly in the target tissue of the affected site using an afterloader. The accuracy of radiation placement is monitored during the cancer treatment. The location plan for the radioactive material may be adjusted during the cancer treatment based on real-time analysis of the location and dosage of radiation measured in, at and around the target tissue of the affected site. |
| US11383091B2 |
Implantable neurostimulator having power control and thermal regulation and methods of use
Leadless, implantable microstimulators for treating chronic inflammation. These devices can include a static magnetic field detector (e.g., non-Hall effect sensors/detectors, including those based on a Wiegand effect or generating pulses at a predetermined frequency range and using a detection circuit to determine the decay rate of the pulses), to trigger an emergency shut off of the micro stimulator. Also described are methods and apparatuses for regulating the temperature of an implant based applied power from a charger (e.g., voltage across the charger when unloaded and when loaded by the implant) to yield a power control loop correlated with the power drawn by the implant to determine temperature of the implant. A negotiation protocol can exchange data between the charger and the implant (e.g., type of charger, type of implant, nature of the coupling between the two, etc.) to set target power control loop parameters to estimate and regulate implant temperature. |
| US11383089B2 |
Method and device utilizing far field signals to identify and treat under-detected arrhythmias
Methods, devices and program products are provided for under control of one or more processors within an implantable medical device (IMD). Sensing near field (NF) and far field (FF) signals are between first and second combinations of electrodes coupled to the IMD. The method applies an arrhythmia detection algorithm to the NF signals for identifying events within the NF signal and designates events marker based thereon and monitors the event markers to detect a candidate arrhythmia condition in the NF signals. The candidate under-detected condition comprises at least one of an under-detected arrhythmia or over-sensing. In response to detection of the candidate arrhythmia condition, the method analyzes the FF signals for a presence of an under-detected arrhythmia indicator. The method delivers an arrhythmia therapy based on the presence of the under-detected arrhythmia indicator in the FF signals and the candidate under-detected arrhythmia condition in the NF signals. |
| US11383087B1 |
Movement disorder therapy system, devices and methods, and intelligent methods of tuning
The present invention relates to methods for tuning treatment parameters in movement disorder therapy systems. The present invention further relates to a system for screening patients to determine viability as candidates for certain therapy modalities, such as deep brain stimulation (DBS). The present invention still further provides methods of quantifying movement disorders for the treatment of patients who exhibit symptoms of such movement disorders including, but not limited to, Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism, Dystonia, Chorea, and Huntington's disease, Ataxia, Tremor and Essential Tremor, Tourette syndrome, stroke, and the like. The present invention yet further relates to methods of tuning a therapy device using objective quantified movement disorder symptom data acquired by a movement disorder diagnostic device to determine the therapy setting or parameters to be provided to the subject via his or her therapy device. The present invention also provides treatment and tuning remotely, allowing for home monitoring of subjects. |
| US11383082B2 |
Formulating, tracking, displaying, and using electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) intensity values
Described herein are techniques, devices, and systems for formulating, tracking, displaying, and using electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) intensity values that are meaningful and intuitive. Electrical impulses may be delivered via multiple electrodes of an EMS suit in accordance with pulse intensity settings, the pulse intensity settings comprising multiple channel intensity values associated with multiple channels. Each channel intensity value can be multiplied by a predefined number to generate displayable channel intensity values, and a global intensity value can be derived from the displayable channel intensity values. The global intensity value can be presented on a display, such as by presenting the global intensity value as a graphic overlaying media content featuring an instructor conducting a workout session. |
| US11383080B2 |
Implantable medical devices and methods for making and delivering implantable medical devices
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an implantable medical device. The implantable medical device may include an implantable pacing member having a housing and a lead input. A lead may be coupled to the lead input. The lead may be designed to extend along a pericardial space, epicardium, or both and engage a heart chamber. A passageway may be defined along a portion of the length of the lead. |
| US11383079B2 |
Activation fixation lead for cardiac conductive system pacing
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include an implantable lead. The lead may include a taper or tapered portion and a fixation helix both configured to embed within tissue. In addition, the apparatuses, systems, and methods may include a guide wire configured to obtain and record signals from the heart tissue and facilitate placement of the fixation helix. |
| US11383078B2 |
Flexible high-density mapping catheter tips and flexible ablation catheter tips with onboard high-density mapping electrodes
Flexible high-density mapping catheter tips and flexible ablation catheter tips with onboard high-density mapping electrodes are disclosed. These tips can be used for diagnosing and treating cardiac arrhythmias. The flexible, distal tips are adapted to conform to tissue and comprise a plurality of microelectrodes mounted to permit relative movement among at least some of the microelectrodes. The flexible tip portions may comprise a flexible framework forming a flexible array of microelectrodes (for example, a planar or cylindrical array) adapted to conform to tissue and constructed at least in part from nonconductive material in some embodiments. The flexible array of microelectrodes may be formed from a plurality of rows of longitudinally-aligned microelectrodes. The flexible array may further comprise, for example, a plurality of electrode-carrying arms or electrode-carrier bands. Multiple flexible frameworks may be present on a single device. A delivery adapter having an internal compression cone is also disclosed. |
| US11383077B2 |
Automatic lead identification using electric field fingerprinting
A method, programmer for a neurostimulator, and neurostimulation kit are provided. The kit comprises a neurostimulator, and a plurality of elongated lead bodies configured for being coupled to the neurostimulator, each having a plurality of proximal contacts and a plurality of distal electrodes respectively electrically coupled to the proximal contacts, wherein an in-line connectivity between the electrodes and proximal contacts carried by the different lead bodies differs from each other. Electrical energy is conveyed between the electrodes of the selected lead body and the tissue, an electrical fingerprint is measured at the proximal contacts of the selected lead body in response to the conveyed electrical energy, and the selected lead body is identified based on the measured electrical fingerprint. These steps can be performed by the programmer. |
| US11383073B2 |
Luer having tubing retention pocket bond
A connector comprises a body having a tubing portion and a luer portion axially opposite the tubing portion and connected thereto, an internal passageway defined by an inner circumferential surface of the connector, the passageway extending axially between the tubing portion and the luer portion and in fluid communication therewith, a stopping mechanism disposed in the luer portion and configured to limit an extent of a fluid line disposed in the connector, and a retaining mechanism disposed in the tubing portion and configured to retain the fluid line in the connector. |
| US11383069B2 |
Safety device for retraction of a needle and guidewire for medical procedures and method of use
The medical safety device utilizes an active needle retraction assembly and a guidewire retraction assembly which retracts the guidewire at a retraction rate greater than the needle retraction rate to safely manage significant lengths of guidewire. A passive retraction system may be used with the active retraction assembly to rapidly retract the needle and guidewire after initial retraction. The guidewire retraction assembly includes a pulley system to increase forces applied to the device to retract the guidewire and needle retraction assembly retracts the needle. The device encloses the needle and guidewire to protect from contact with contaminated materials. |
| US11383067B2 |
Medical elongated body
A medical elongated body is disclosed that suppresses elongation in an axial direction while maintaining high flexibility and has high torque transmission capability even in a bent state. The medical elongated body includes a tube shaped body. The tube shaped body has a slit extending in a spiral shape while meandering, the slit is formed from a pair of a first opposing surface and a second opposing surface, the first opposing surface forms a first convex portion, the first convex portion has a first wide portion having a width wider in a circumferential direction Y, the second opposing surface forms a first concave portion which surrounds and accommodates the first wide portion, the first convex portion has a first plane portion and a first side portion connected to both end portions, and in a circumferential developed view, the first side portion and the first plane portion have tangential discontinuity. |
| US11383059B2 |
Conversion of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) to nitric oxide (NO)
Inhalation of low levels of nitric oxide can rapidly and safely decrease pulmonary hypertension in mammals. A nitric oxide delivery system that converts nitrogen dioxide to nitric oxide employs a surface-active material, such as silica gel, coated with an aqueous solution of antioxidant, such as ascorbic acid. |
| US11383055B2 |
Patient ventilator system and method
A patient ventilator system includes a patient delivery circuit having an inspiratory section that delivers an inspiratory gas flow to a patient and an expiratory section that receives expiratory gas flow from the patient, wherein a bidirectional blower motor drives the inspiratory gas flow in the inspiratory section and controls the expiratory gas flow in the expiratory section. A flow sensor measures gas flow rate between the bidirectional blower motor and the patient delivery circuit. A four quadrant controller is configured to control speed and direction of the bi-directional blower motor based on the measured flow rate so as to effectuate ventilation for the patient. |
| US11383053B2 |
Medical device for olfactory stimulation
The invention relates to a device for olfactory stimulation of a patient with a plurality of scents, said device comprising: —a source (2) of a carrier gas (G); —a plurality of scent odorization circuits, each odorization circuit (4) comprising: —a container (18) containing an odorous volatile substance (V), —a container inlet line (26), provided with a container inlet valve (28), connecting an inlet (30) of said container with said source of carrier gas, and —a container outlet line (36), provided with a container outlet valve (38), connecting an outlet (40) of said container with an exit line (12); —a control unit (8), configured to control said container inlet valve and container outlet valve according to a medical protocol. |
| US11383041B2 |
Prefilled injection device with cleaning chamber
The invention relates to an injection device comprising an End-of-Content mechanism. The End-of-Content mechanism comprises a piston rod (10) being driven forward by a rotatable piston rod guide (20), a driver (50) attached to a dose setting tube (30) and an End-of-Content tube (40). The End-of-Content tube is moved axially forward during dose setting a distance which correlates to the size of the dose being set. When the accumulated set and ejected dose equals the injectable amount initially available in the cartridge (3), the End-of-Content tube engages a lock mechanism provided in the piston rod guide and the driver engages a stop surface on the End-of-Content tube. Once the End-of-Content mechanism is locked, no further dose can be set and the piston rod guide cannot be rotated. In order to provide a proper engagement between the piston rod guide and the driver, the End-of-Content mechanism is released during dose expelling. |
| US11383040B2 |
Injection device fill volume management
An apparatus for a firing mechanism for use in an injection device and including: a rear cap having an elongate member extending axially forwards when installed within the injection device; a plunger releasably connected, directly or indirectly, to the elongate member and, upon release of the connection to the elongate member, axially displaceable in a forward direction; and a plunger driver to drive the plunger axially forwards upon release of the connection to the elongate member, wherein the plunger and the rear cap define an axial length of the assembly, which in turn determines a start position of a forward end of the plunger before release of the connection to the elongate member, and wherein, during construction of the assembly, the plunger is releasably connectable, directly or indirectly, to the elongate member at one of a plurality of positions for controlling the axial length of the assembly. |
| US11383039B2 |
Adaptor and drug delivery device
An adapter for use with a drug delivery device having a reservoir for containing a product, the reservoir having a distally projecting end-piece defining a passageway for the transfer of the product from the reservoir, includes a collar engageable with the end-piece, an adaptor securing member limiting translational movement of the collar with respect to the end-piece once the collar is engaged with the end-piece, at least one adaptor anti-rotation member limiting the rotation of the collar with respect to the end-piece once the collar is engaged with the end-piece, at least one deactivating member neutralizing the adaptor anti-rotation member in response to a turning torque equal or greater than a predetermined value applied to the collar when the collar is engaged with the end-piece, thereby allowing the rotation of the collar with respect to the end-piece. |
| US11383034B2 |
Monitoring a physiological parameter associated with tissue of a host to confirm delivery of medication
A physiological parameter associated with tissue of a host may be monitored in the tissue to confirm subcutaneous delivery of medication to the host. More particularly, such may involve delivering medication subcutaneously to the host with a medical device which includes a sensor used to measure the physiological parameter, particularly within a predetermined time period after delivery of the medication. Such may also or otherwise involve forming a depot in the tissue with the medication, and using the sensor to measure the physiological parameter while the sensor is at least partially within the depot. |
| US11383032B2 |
Method and system for performing a continuous infusion process
A method for performing a continuous infusion process includes delivering a first fluid through a first delivery line at a first flow rate using a first infusion device in a first phase, and delivering a second fluid through a second delivery line at a second flow rate using a second infusion device in a second phase following the first phase. A relay device connected to said first and second delivery lines configured to discharge first or second fluid to an outlet delivery line connected to the relay device, the outlet delivery line having a predefined delivery volume. Subsequent to the delivery of the first fluid in the first phase, the second infusion device in an intermediate phase is operated for a predetermined delivery time to deliver the second fluid at the first flow rate, the predetermined delivery time determined taking the predefined delivery volume into account. |
| US11383026B2 |
Wearable injector
A wearable injector for automated delivery of biologic drugs that solves the problem of high volume and high viscosity drug administration by providing a device that can be worn by the patient through use of an adhesive patch to deliver the medication slowly over extended periods of time. |
| US11383022B2 |
Nozzle for an enema device, a packaging including the nozzle, and an enema device comprising the nozzle
A funnel-shaped enema nozzle (1) that includes a flared proximal part (2) that tapers into a tubular distal part (3), has at least a part of an exterior annular wall (3a) of the tubular distal part (3) provided with a hydrophilic coating (4) to provide reduced friction during use of the nozzle (1) during performing an enema. |
| US11383019B2 |
Wound view dressing and customization kit
A dressing includes a foam layer, a plurality of cores extending substantially through the foam layer, and a drape sealable over the foam layer and a wound bed. The drape is couplable to a pump operable to create a negative pressure in the substantially-airtight volume. Each core is substantially removable from the foam layer to reveal a channel through the foam layer. Each core is defined by perforations that facilitate separation of the core from the foam layer. |
| US11383016B2 |
Custom data fields for automated apheresis procedures
A method and automated system for processing blood in which the automated system includes a programmable controller, a database, and an interactive display screen for displaying information and receiving operator input. The programmable controller is configured to automatically control the system to perform the method. Upon activation of the system, the screen displays a listing of different blood processing procedures that may be performed using the system. The operator may then input into the controller an identification of a specified blood processing procedure that is to be performed, such that an initial list of parameters that are associated with the specified blood processing procedure are displayed on the screen. The operator may then input into the controller an identification of the parameters that are to populate the display screen during performance of the procedure and indicate a format in which the selected parameters are to be presented on the display screen. The controller then creates a display for the specified blood processing procedure. Current values of the selected parameters in the selected format are displayed on the screen during performance of the specified procedure. The controller automatically saves an image of the display screen periodically during performance of the specified blood processing procedure, and transfers information from the saved images of the display screens to a procedure record form. |
| US11383007B2 |
Perforated tissue matrix
The present disclosure relates to tissue matrix products. The products can includes tissue matrices that have holes or perforations located at certain positions to improve certain in vivo functions without substantial loss of strength or other important properties. |
| US11383006B2 |
Bioerodible cross-linked hydrogel implants and related methods of use
The present disclosure is directed to a composite implant for the sustained release of a therapeutic agent from a hydrogel matrix. The hydrogel matrix may be a cross-linked bioerodible polyethylene glycol (PEG) hydrogel with a therapeutic complex dispersed within the cross-linked bioerodible PEG hydrogel. The therapeutic complex may include a therapeutic agent in association with mesoporous silica particles. The composite implant is configured to be delivered to or implanted into an eye of a subject or patient. The composite implant may be used treat ocular disease in a subject or patient. Ocular diseases may be selected from at least one of neovascular age related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic macular edema, or macular edema following retinal vein occlusion. |
| US11382998B2 |
Scent device
A scent device comprises a container defining a volume and configured to hold a fill material, which may include one or more chemical compounds, natural formulations, or both configured to absorb odor and/or moisture, and/or emit a scent. The scent device includes a vented cap reversibly coupled to the container via a connection mechanism, and a breathable insert sandwiched between the container and the cap. The breathable insert may comprise a non-woven fabric supported along its perimeter by a structural mount. Methods of manufacturing the scent device involve cutting a mount from a support material, attaching a breathable material to the mount to form a breathable insert, depositing a scent-controlling material within a container, and sandwiching the breathable insert between the container and a cap upon coupling the cap with the container. |
| US11382996B2 |
Method and apparatus for sterilizing sleeve
Provided are a method and an apparatus for sterilizing a sleeve that can shorten a sterilization process for a paper container sleeve and ensure a sterilization effect.In a method for sterilizing a sleeve in an aseptic filling system that molds the sleeve into a paper container having a bottomed tubular shape by closing surfaces of an open end part of the sleeve and performs sterilization, filling and sealing of the paper container, the sleeve being a tubular body having walls formed by laminating at least paper, in a state where the sleeve stands in a columnar shape, heated air containing a sterilizer is blasted to an inner surface of the sleeve that is to form a bottom part of the paper container to perform sterilization of the inner surface of the bottom part and heating for the closing at the same time. |
| US11382994B2 |
Clean in place ice making system
An ice machine prevents micro-organism growth by utilizing a clean-in-place process. The ice making process of the ice making machine is turned OFF, and then ozonated water, from an ozonated water generation system, is pumped into a distribution system, within the ice making machine so that the ozonated water is sprayed onto surfaces of the ice making machine which are susceptible to micro-organism growth and/or scale. Exposing the surfaces to ozonated water kills the micro-organisms and rinses the dead micro-organisms out of the ice making machine. |
| US11382992B2 |
Room and area disinfection utilizing pulsed light
Room and/or area disinfection apparatuses are provided which generate pulses of germicidal light at a frequency greater than 3 Hz and project the pulses of light exterior to the disinfection apparatuses. In some cases, the apparatuses include an occupancy sensor for determining presence of an individual in a region extending at least 1.0 meter from the disinfection apparatus and processor executable program instructions for inhibiting and terminating the generation of light from the light source upon the occupancy sensor detecting presence of an individual. In addition or alternatively, the apparatuses may include wheels to affect portability of the apparatus. In some cases, the apparatuses may additionally or alternatively include an actuator for moving the light source relative to a support structure of the disinfection apparatus and processor executable program instructions for activating the actuator while the light source is emitting light. |
| US11382989B2 |
Engineered microbial population
Provided herein are genetically engineered bacteria that are native to a host insect microbiome. Further provided are methods of inducing RNA interference in an insect, such as a bee, by administering the genetically engineered bacteria. |
| US11382985B2 |
Anti-tumour immune responses to modified self-epitopes
The present invention relates to modified citrullinated enolase peptides that can be used as targets for cancer immunotherapy. These peptides can be used as vaccines or as targets for monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy. Such vaccines cur mAbs may be used in the treatment of cancer. |
| US11382978B2 |
Percutaneous absorption composition
The embodiments provide a percutaneous absorption composition for a basic medicament having improved transdermal absorbability. The percutaneous absorption composition comprises a sorbic acid and/or a metal sorbate as a percutaneous absorption promotor. The molar ration of the sorbic acid and/or the metal sorbate to the basic medicament is 0.5-2.5. The composition of the present disclosure may further comprise a basic component. |
| US11382974B2 |
Methods and compositions for treatment of amyloid deposition diseases
Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of amyloid deposition diseases using chimeric (e.g., mouse-human) antibody are disclosed, including a method for treating amyloid deposition diseases with cardiac involvement by administering pharmaceutical compositions comprising a chimeric anti-amyloid fibril antibody. The methods herein can improve myocardial function in patients diagnosed with light chain amyloid light chain amyloidosis (ALA) having a cardiac involvement in as little as three weeks after treatment. |
| US11382972B2 |
Composition comprising PIC for treatment of cancer
The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising PIC for treatment of cancer. More particularly, the present disclosure discloses a composition for treatment of cancer comprising polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid, an antibiotic or polyamine compound, a positive ion, and optionally a virus, and the use thereof in manufacture of a medicament for treatment of cancer. No figure for publication. |
| US11382970B2 |
Treatment of insect bite hypersensitivity
The present invention relates to compositions, immunogenic or vaccine compositions and pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of insect bite hypersensitivity of equine mammals, preferably of horses. Furthermore, the invention provides methods for preventing or treating insect bite hypersensitivity of equine mammals, preferably of horses. |
| US11382962B2 |
Yeast vaccine vector including immunostimulatory and antigenic polypeptides and methods of using the same
Vaccine compositions including a yeast comprising an immunostimulatory polypeptide and optionally an antigenic polypeptide are provided herein. The immunostimulatory polypeptide and the antigenic polypeptide are expressed or displayed on the surface of the yeast vaccine composition. Methods of using the vaccine composition to vaccinate subjects are also provided. |
| US11382960B2 |
High frequency application of botulinum toxin therapy
The present invention relates to methods for treating diseases and disorders by administering a composition containing the neurotoxic component of a Clostridium botulinum toxin complex, wherein the composition is devoid of any other protein of the Clostridium botulinum toxin complex and wherein the composition is administered at short intervals and/or in high doses. |
| US11382952B2 |
Molecular marker for cancer stem cell
A molecular marker for detecting a cancer stem cell in a cell mass which is a subject of interest, wherein the molecular marker can be detected in a cancer stem cell contained in the subject of interest but cannot be detected in a normal cell and a cancer cell that is different from a cancer stem cell; a method for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell in a subject of interest by using the molecular marker as an measure; a kit for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell, which comprises at least a reagent for detecting the molecular marker; a polypeptide encoded by the molecular marker; an antibody capable of recognizing an epitope of an expression product of a gene derived from the molecular marker; a nucleic acid capable of inhibiting the expression of the molecular marker; and a nucleic acid vaccine comprising a gene derived from the molecular marker. |
| US11382951B2 |
Methods for preventing or treating certain disorders by inhibiting binding of IL-4 and/or IL-13 to their respective receptors
The present disclosure relates to methods of treating, ameliorating or preventing a disorder comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a protein which inhibits the ligand of Uniprot #P05112 and/or the ligand of Uniprot #P35225 from binding to their respective receptors to a subject in need thereof. In some embodiments, the disorder is preferably associated with an increase of the Th2 immune response. In some embodiments, administration is preferably locally to the lung in order to treat, ameliorate or prevent allergic asthma, rhinitis, conjunctivitis, lung fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis or adult respiratory distress syndrome. |
| US11382950B2 |
Compositions and methods for cell delivery
The present disclosure described herein provides compositions with a membrane-penetrating properties and methods for allowing translocation across a membrane without disruption. |
| US11382949B2 |
Anthelmintic depsipeptide compounds
The present invention provides cyclic depsipeptide compounds of formula (I) wherein the stereochemical configuration of at least one carbon atom bearing the groups Cy1, Cy2, R1, R2, R3, R4, Ra and Rb is inverted compared with the naturally occurring cyclic depsipeptide PF1022A. The invention also provides compositions comprising the compounds that are effective against parasites that harm animals. The compounds and compositions may be used for combating parasites in or on mammals and birds. The invention also provides for an improved method for eradicating, controlling and preventing parasite infestation in birds and mammals. |
| US11382946B2 |
Multi-functional peptides and use thereof
The present invention provides a novel multi-functional peptide that effectively regulates the activity of immune cells while also exhibiting excellent antibacterial activity against various bacteria such as Gram-negative bacteria and Gram-positive bacteria. |
| US11382937B2 |
Proteins derived from Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria and use thereof
Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention, alleviation, or treatment of inflammatory diseases, metabolic diseases, and cancer, comprising a Streptococcus pyogenes culture broth or a protein isolated from the culture broth as an active ingredient. The inventors of the presently claimed subject matter confirmed that, when administered to inflammatory disease, metabolic disease, and cancer models, a Streptococcus pyogenes culture broth or a protein isolated from the culture broth exhibited anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity, liver function-improving, and anticancer effects, and thus the Streptococcus pyogenes culture broth or the protein isolated from the culture broth according to the presently claimed subject matter can be effectively used to develop a drug, a health functional food, an inhalant, a cosmetic composition, or the like for preventing inflammatory diseases, metabolic diseases, and cancer, or alleviating or treating symptoms thereof. |
| US11382931B2 |
Methods and composition for producing and using immune cells and stem cells for cell-based therapies
Described herein are methods for selecting lymphocytes for adoptive cell therapy based on P-glycoprotein expression and compositions comprising same. |
| US11382929B2 |
Compositions and methods to treat disease
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a membranolytic polymer or a salt thereof and a chemotherapeutic agent or a salt thereof and compositions comprising a membranolytic polymer or a salt thereof and a shielding polymer or a salt thereof. Also disclosed are methods and uses for treating diseases such as cancer with these compositions. |
| US11382921B2 |
Use of compounds in preparation of a medicament for treatment of hemorrhagic stroke
Disclosed is a use of 5α-androstane-3β,5,6β-triol, an analogue, a deuterated derivative, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of hemorrhagic stroke in a patient. The hemorrhagic stroke is intracerebral hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage. |
| US11382920B2 |
Therapeutic effects of Guanabenz treatment in vanishing white matter
The invention relates to Guanabenz or an analogue thereof for use in the treatment and to methods of treatment of a subject that has vanishing white matter (VWM), comprising administering the compound Guanabenz or an analogue thereof to the subject in need thereof. Also provided are methods with which the success of a medical intervention in a subject with VWM can be determined. Such methods comprise quantifying the translocation of Bergmann glia into the molecular layer in the cerebellum in a suitable sample of the subject. The sample is typically a post mortem sample. |
| US11382919B2 |
Prevention and treatment of viral infections
Methods and compositions are provided for inhibiting or treating a viral infection in a subject using cell-impermeable inhibitors of Akt, scramblase and/or a phosphatidylserine. |
| US11382918B2 |
Methods for treating Huntington's Disease
The present description relates to a method or use of a compound for treating or ameliorating HD (Huntington's Disease) in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound of Formula (I): or a form thereof, wherein w1, w2, w3, w4, w5, w6 and w7 are as defined herein. In particular, the present description relates to a method of use of a compound of Formula (I) or a form or composition thereof for treating or ameliorating HD in a subject in need thereof comprising, administering an effective amount of the compound or a form or composition thereof to the subject. |
| US11382917B2 |
Liquid oral formulations for tadalafil
The present disclosure is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a PDE V inhibitor and one or more pharmaceutical excipients or additives wherein the pharmaceutical compositions are in the form of liquid pharmaceutical compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions of the present disclosure are useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions which are treatable by administration of PDE V inhibitor drug such as pulmonary arterial hypertension, erectile dysfunction, etc. |
| US11382909B2 |
Ophthalmic composition
Provided herein is an ophthalmic composition. In some embodiments, the ophthalmic composition includes a low concentration of an ophthalmic agent for treatment of an ophthalmic disorder or condition; and an ophthalmically acceptable carrier, wherein the ophthalmic agent is distributed with substantial uniformity throughout the ophthalmically acceptable carrier. Further disclosed herein include an ophthalmic composition including a low concentration of an ophthalmic agent and deuterated water. Also disclosed herein are methods of arresting or preventing myopia development by administering to an eye of an individual in need thereof an effective amount of an ophthalmic composition as described herein. |
| US11382908B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating inflammatory bowel disease
Disclosed herein are compounds for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Additionally, provided herein are compositions and methods for using these compounds and compositions in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease in a subject. |
| US11382907B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating aging-associated impairments using CCR3-inhibitors
Methods of improving neurodegenerative disease with CCR3 modulating agents are provided. The methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of the CCR3 modulating agent to the subject, with a concomitant improvement in cognition, motor, or other neurodegenerative-affected function. Cognitive and motor diseases upon which the methods of the invention can improve cognition include Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, frontotemporal dementia, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, myotonic dystrophy, vascular dementia, progressive supranuclear palsy. |
| US11382904B2 |
Therapeutic drug for diseases related to endoplasmic reticulum cell death in corneal endothelium
The present invention provides a treatment drug or prophylactic drug for diseases, disorders, or conditions related to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Specifically, the present invention provides a treatment drug or prophylactic drug for diseases, disorders, or conditions related to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the corneal epithelium, the drug containing a TGFβ-signal inhibitor. As a preferred TGFβ-signal inhibitor, the drug contains 4-[4-(1,3-benzodioxole-5-yl)-5-(2-pyridinyl)-1H-imidazole-2-yl]benzamide. |
| US11382901B2 |
Tropicamide-based ophthalmic formulations
An ophthalmic composition includes tropicamide, at least one cyclodextrin at concentrations of less than 2.5%, at least one surfactant at concentrations of less than 2.5%. The composition is physically stable at neutral pH. |
| US11382900B2 |
Composition for preventing or treating sleep disorders
Disclosed is a method for preventing or treating sleep disorders using TRPV1 receptor antagonist, (R)—N-[1-(3,5-difluoro-4-methanesulfonylamino-phenyl)-ethyl]-3-(2-propyl-6-trifluoromethyl-pyridin-3-yl)-acrylamide. The method of the present invention can effectively and safely prevent or treat sleep disorders accompanying pruritus caused by atopic dermatitis. |
| US11382895B2 |
Methods for treating injury associated with exposure to an alkylating species
Compounds may be administered to prevent or rescue organ injury following exposure to alkylating agents, such as sulfur mustards. The compounds may be substituted metalloporphyrins. |
| US11382892B2 |
Method for administration
There is provided a new dosage regimen for Compound A which maximizes anti-tumor activity while maintaining acceptable toxicity levels. |
| US11382890B2 |
Prevention of rosacea inflammation
The disclosure demonstrates the role of mast cell stabilizers in treating rosacea. The disclosure also shows the role of mast cells, cathelicidin, serine protease and/or vitamin D3 in rosacea pathology and the use of antagonists and inhibitors thereof to treat rosacea. |
| US11382889B2 |
NRF2 activators for the prevention and/or treatment of axonal degeneration
Therapeutic solutions for axonal degeneration include use of NRF2 activators in prevention and/or treatment of axonal degeneration. A method of prevention and/or treating axonal degeneration includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a NRF2 activator selected from a GSK3 inhibitor or the compound of formula (I): wherein R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, independently represent H, a linear, branched wherein R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, independently represent a linear, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated C1-6 alkyl radical, a pharmaceutical salt thereof or a metabolite or precursor of the dimethyl fumarate to a patient in need of the treatment. |
| US11382887B2 |
Ophthalmic composition for glaucoma treatment
An eye drop composition for treating glaucoma is disclosed. The eye drop composition includes a prostaglandin analogue, a thickening agent, and a solubilizing agent, wherein the thickening agent is carboxymethylcellulose or a salt thereof, and the solubilizing agent is tyloxapol. |
| US11382886B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating cancer
Methods for treating cancer are disclosed which comprise administering to a subject T cells which have been pretreated ex vivo or in vitro with a fatty acid catabolism promoter to condition the T cell to use fatty acids rather than glucose for energy production. Still other methods comprise co-administering to a subject having a cancer characterized by a solid tumor (a) an immunotherapeutic composition targeting an antigen or ligand on the tumor cell; and (b) a compound or reagent that promotes the use of fatty acid catabolism by tumor antigen-specific T cells in the tumor microenvironment and/or T cells pretreated ex vivo with the fatty acid catabolism promoter to condition the T cell to use fatty acids rather than glucose for energy production for adoptive cell transfer. Both methods may also employ co-administration of a checkpoint inhibitor. |
| US11382883B2 |
Intermediate metabolism products to potentiate aminoglycoside antibiotics in bacterial infections
Provided herein are compositions and methods to improve treatment of chronic infections, and reduce, delay, or inhibit formation of biofilms, using specific combinations of aminoglycoside antibiotics and treatment with one or more proton motive force (PMF) stimulating compounds. These novel methods are easily adapted to clinical settings as toxicity and efficacy of the antibiotics and metabolites used have already been studied in vivo, and as dosing for both the antibiotics and metabolites are known. |
| US11382882B2 |
Anti-virulence compositions and methods
A method of reducing the virulence of a bacterium that expresses accessory gene regulator A (AgrA) includes administering to the bacterium an amount of AgrA antagonist effective to inhibit the synthesis of one or more virulence factors by the bacterium. |
| US11382879B2 |
Methods for improving physical performance and capsicum compositions used therein
Methods of improving physical performance and endurance include administering a capsicum composition to a subject. More particularly the methods include administration of an effective amount of a capsicum composition including capsaicinoids alone and/or in combination with other nutrients for improvement in performance of physical activities. The methods described include administration of a capsicum composition to a subject undergoing physical activity to deliver daily dose of capsaicinoids in an effective amount. The methods include administering a capsicum composition to a subject in an effective amount to reduce blood lipids and oxidative stress. Methods for enhancing physical endurance and exhaustion time include administering an effective amount of a capsicum composition to a physically active subject, wherein body antioxidants are increased and muscle lactates are decreased, resulting in recovery from muscle fatigue arising due to such indoor and/or outdoor physical activities. |
| US11382877B2 |
Formulation of (E)-2,4,6-trimethoxystyryl-3-[(carboxymethyl)amino]-4-methoxybenzylsulphone with enhanced stability and bioavailability
Pharmaceutical compositions of (E)-2,4,6-trimethoxystyryl-3-[(carboxymethyl)amino]-4-methoxybenzylsulphone and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described as well as methods of their use, and a dose regimen of (E)-2,4,6-trimethoxystyryl-3-[(carboxymethyl)amino]-4-methoxybenzylsulphone, sodium salt to reduce the incidence of urothelial toxicity. |
| US11382876B2 |
S-enantiomerically enriched compositions of beta blockers for treating muscle weakness
The use of S-enantiomerically enriched compositions of beta blockers for treating muscle weakness. The beta blocker can be oxprenolol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US11382872B2 |
LSD1 inhibitors as skeletal muscle hypertrophy inducers
The present invention relates to LSD1 inhibitors and their uses as skeletal muscle hypertrophy inducers as well as to promote skeletal muscle regeneration, to prevent skeletal muscle atrophy, or in the treatment or prevention of a disease or injury resulting in loss of skeletal muscle tissue and/or muscle weakness. It further relates to the non-therapeutic use of such compounds to increase muscle mass, muscle strength and/or muscle performance in a subject. |
| US11382871B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition containing curcumin
The subject matter of the invention is a pharmaceutical formulation which, according to the invention, contains curcumin or a curcumin derivative dissolved in an alcohol, an acid and an solubiliser. The formulation contains at most 12 percent by weight water and makes possible the production of an aqueous infusion solution, by means of which curcumin can be administered intravenously in dissolved form. |
| US11382870B2 |
Risperidone-containing patch
The present invention provides a risperidone-containing patch having an excellent drug release property and patch physical properties. Specifically, the present invention provides a medical patch comprising an adhesive composition comprising risperidone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a carboxylic acid; a fatty acid ester; and an adhesive, characterized in that said adhesive is a star-shaped acrylic block polymer having a star-shaped structure in which at least three chain polymer portions radiate from a sulfur residue of a mercapto group situated at the center, wherein the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester structural units having 7-17 carbon atoms account for 30-99.99% by mass of the whole structural units in said star-shaped acrylic block polymer, and at least one of said chain polymer portions has a structural unit having a copolymer structure of polymerizable monomers comprising a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having 7-17 carbon atoms and a polyfunctional monomer. |
| US11382869B2 |
Dextromethorphan transdermal delivery device
Provided herein are transdermal delivery devices comprising dextromethorphan. The transdermal delivery device can be characterized by the novel design, for example, with an adhesive layer and a reservoir layer, with an adhesive layer comprising a mixture of two adhesives, and/or with a skin permeation enhancer, e.g., in an amount that can significantly enhance the flux of dextromethorphan. The transdermal delivery device can also be characterized by its in vitro and/or in vivo release profile, for example, that can provide a desired pharmacokinetic profile described herein. Also provided herein are methods of administering dextromethorphan, and methods of treating a disease or disorder described herein, using the transdermal delivery device herein. |
| US11382861B1 |
Nicotine pouch
The disclosure provides chewable nicotine formulations comprising an orally-acceptable nicotine salt, an orally-acceptable alcohol, flavor components, and an orally-acceptable binder in a water-permeable, water-insoluble pouch, together with methods of making and using the same. |
| US11382860B2 |
Optimized pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of inflammatory conditions of the esophagus
Disclosed is an optimized pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of inflammatory conditions of the esophagus. A pharmaceutical formulation in the form of an orodispersible effervescent tablet is stable, easy to produce, and can be used without dissolving same in a liquid. It is not necessary to drink anything with the tablet as this would reduce the time that the budesonide solution remains in the affected regions of the esophagus. The effervescent tablet of the invention surprisingly resulted in an unexpectedly high rate of histological remission in patients with active eosinophilic esophagitis. |
| US11382858B2 |
Active ingredient obtained from Nymphaea alba flowers
The subject matter of the invention is a cosmetic active ingredient comprising at least one hydrolysate of Nymphaea alba flowers, as well as cosmetic compositions including said active ingredient and its use in cosmetics. In particular, the invention relates to the use of an extract of Nymphaea alba flowers for improving skin complexion. |
| US11382857B2 |
Composition comprising a fatty phase, a lipophilic polymer and a volatile hydrocarbon-based oil
The present invention relates to a composition for topical application comprising at least one fatty phase; at least one volatile hydrocarbon-based oil; and at least one lipophilic polymer comprising at least hydroxyethyl acrylate units and acrylate units bearing a lipophilic group, the weight ratio of the sum of all the hydroxyethyl acrylate units to the sum of all the acrylate units bearing a lipophilic group ranging from 1:30 to 1:1 and the lipophilic polymer having a number-average molecular weight Mn ranging from 2000 to 9000 g/mol. The composition in accordance with the invention has improved sensory properties, allowing faster and more complete absorption into the skin. In particular, the composition in accordance with the invention leaves a non-greasy and non-tacky feel on the skin, during and after application, even in the presence of solid fatty substances such as waxes. |
| US11382855B2 |
Compositions and methods for improving the appearance of the skin
The disclosure relates to compositions and methods for improving the appearance of the skin. Compositions comprise at least one thermoplastic elastomer, at least one adhesive polymer, and at least one filler. Methods comprise applying the compositions to the skin to tighten the skin or hide skin imperfections by forming a film on the skin. |
| US11382854B2 |
Polymer
A polymer having the following monomers in polymerized form (in weight %): A) 49-60% of a first monomer which is selected from the group consisting of methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, C3-alkyl acrylate, C3-alkyl methacrylate, C4-alkyl acrylate, C4-alkyl methacrylate and mixtures thereof, B) 30-40% methacrylic acid, C) 4-15% acrylic acid, and D) 0.02-0.30% of a crosslinking agent having at least two allyl moieties, wherein the sum of the amounts of monomers A to D is 100%. A hair styling composition containing the polymer and use of the polymer or of the hair styling composition for styling hair also are disclosed. |
| US11382849B2 |
Non-dyeing composition comprising a cationic acrylic copolymer and a conditioning agent
The present invention relates to a non-dyeing composition comprising: (i) one or more cationic acrylic copolymers comprising at least the units obtained from the following monomers: a) monomer derived from acrylic or methacrylic esters or amides and comprising at least one cationic group, and b) alkyl acrylate or methacrylate monomer, the alkyl radical comprising from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 22 carbon atoms, better still 1 to 10 carbon atoms and preferentially 2 to 6 carbon atoms. and (ii) one or more conditioning agents chosen from functionalized silicones, cationic polymers and cationic surfactants, and mixtures thereof. |
| US11382843B2 |
Alcogel sheet for cosmetic use, and method for producing same
A cosmetic gel sheet suitable for a cosmetic field or a medical field is provided.The cosmetic alcogel sheet of the present invention comprises: a water-soluble nonwoven fabric or a water-soluble film; and an alcogel which is laminated on it and contains carboxy group-containing water-soluble polymer, polyalcohol and acid as essential components, and the sheet is characterized in that the water content of the gel is 30% by mass or less. It is more preferred that the carboxy group-containing water-soluble polymer is carboxy group-containing polysaccharides, and the polyalcohol is glycerin. The cosmetic alcogel sheet of the present invention can be manufactured by: drying an aqueous solution containing carboxy group-containing water-soluble polymer, polyalcohol and acid as essential components on a releasable sheet to manufacture gel, and then laminating the gel on a water-soluble nonwoven fabric or a water-soluble film. |
| US11382840B2 |
Method for creating a mineral trioxide aggregate material with improved biological effects
A dental device is improved in its ability to produce hydroxyl apatite by having a layer of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) deposited thereon. A tile of MTA is prepared, heat treated and sintered to produce a micronized tile of MTA that can then be deposited by physical vapor depositions, hot isostatic pressing, molding or other conventional technique. |
| US11382837B2 |
Medicinal dosage device
A medicinal dosage device may comprise a base having dosing indicators operably connected to the base. The dosing indicators may comprise about four arms spaced at about ninety degree intervals, which may indicate a three hour block of time. The dosing indicators may be selectably movable as a unit relative to the base to indicate medicinal dosage times for at least two different medications. |
| US11382835B2 |
Dosing device for measuring and dispensing mini-tablets
A multiple dose spoon device for scooping, retaining, and delivering to a patient a specific number of mini-tablets from a container, e.g., bottle, or bulk pile, of mini-tablets. The device comprises a top housing, a bottom housing, and one or two sliders movably positioned between top housing and bottom housing, said: a) top housing having a plurality of nests, and also having a handle with an open window and slider retention notches, and b) one or two sliders with slider tabs, having a plurality of sequential whole number markings equivalent to the plurality of nests, and a plurality minus 1 of tablet blocking ribs, wherein slider movement is regulated by the slider retention notches, and wherein the plurality of nests and the plurality of whole number markings are a same number. Alternatively, the top housing does not have slider retention notches, and the one or two sliders have slider retention notches. |
| US11382831B2 |
Device container
Device containers, such as therapeutic kit containers, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a device container comprises a first member configured to releasably hold a syringe barrel, a second member configured to releasably hold a vial, wherein the second member is coupled to the first member by a first hinge, and a third member configured to releasably hold a vial adapter, wherein the third member is coupled to the second member by a second hinge. |
| US11382830B1 |
Semiconductor acupuncture device and method of use
Semiconductor electroacupuncture needles are disclosed, as well methods of making and using the semiconductor electroacupuncture needles. A controller for controlling the characteristics of the voltage applied to the needles and/or the current flowing through the needles is described. In some embodiments, a portion of the electro acupuncture needle is insulated to control the position below the skin at which the current enters the patient. In some embodiments, an LED on the needle lights when current above a threshold value is passing through the needle and into the patient. |
| US11382829B2 |
Electronic steam seat
An electronic steam seat device includes a base section that is removably engaged to a steam chamber that is removably engaged to a seat section. The base section includes (i) a receptacle removably positioned in its central cavity, (ii) a heating element for heating the receptacle, (iii) a control interface, and (iv) a control system configured to operate the heating element based on temperature data. The steam chamber includes (i) a temperature sensor positioned at a top portion of the steam chamber and configured to provide the temperature data to the control system for operating the heating element, (ii) a conductive contact that is positioned along a bottom edge of the steam chamber and removably coupled to the control system when the steam chamber is engaged with the base section, and (iii) a cable that connects the temperature sensor to the conductive contact. |
| US11382827B2 |
Massage device comprising a pressure element, method for the use thereof, and method for the manufacture thereof
The group of inventions relates to massage devices for personal use. The present device for massaging the genitals includes a first elongate member having a first and a second end, and a second member that is connected to the first end of the first member, wherein the first member has an arc-shaped bend and includes a first surface region that is capable of interaction with a first region of the body, and the second member includes a second surface region that is capable of interaction with a second region of the body. The first surface region is elongate with an arc-shaped bend, and is capable of translational movement along the first region of the body, the first member being capable of straightening elastically during the translational movement, thus substantially conferring the shape of the first region of the body to the first surface region. |
| US11382826B2 |
Mutual stimulation device
A method of providing sexual stimulation between first and second penises includes the steps of providing a body including first and second openings on a front face, wherein first and second channels extend into the body from the first and second openings, respectively, along first and second longitudinal axes, respectively, that tend toward each other within the body, wherein the first and second channels partially merge to form a chamber; inserting a first penis and a second penis into each of the first and second openings, respectively, such that the penises contact each other within the chamber of the body; and inserting the penises further into the chamber such that the penises move along the respective longitudinal axes and contact the inside surface of the chamber such that an underside of each penis is in contact with the other. |
| US11382825B2 |
Massage roller mechanism
A massage roller mechanism has two round disks and a plurality of massaging units between the two round disks, a shaft connecting the two round disks, a plurality of through apertures evenly and respectively disposed around the shaft on the two round disks. The massaging unit utilizes an elastic band to connect a plurality of massage beans, and the massaging units are secured onto each through aperture between the two round disks via the elastic band. |
| US11382817B2 |
Patient securement system for the surgical Trendelenburg position
A patient securing overlay is provided that includes a sheet of fabric for supporting a patient's torso on a surgical table. The sheet of fabric has an upper surface configured to face the patient and a lower surface configured to face a surgical table mattress or underbody support. The sheet of fabric includes friction enhancing elements applied to at least a portion of the upper surface thereof. The sheet of fabric can include an extension at a foot end of the sheet of fabric that provides material to be tucked under a foot end of the surgical table mattress or underbody support for securing the foot end of the sheet of fabric to the surgical table mattress or underbody support. The extension can include one or more friction enhancing elements. |
| US11382816B2 |
Surgical table and accessories to facilitate hip arthroscopy
Embodiments disclosed herein concern a distraction system for use with a surgical table having a table portion and a base portion. The distraction system includes a pair of arms rotatably connectable to the base portion at a proximal end portion of each arm. A pair of telescopically adjustable support posts extend upwardly from corresponding arms. Each arm rotates about a vertically oriented axis to provide for hip adduction and abduction of a patient's leg. Each support post extends from a linear bearing attacked to the corresponding one of the pair of arms for movement along the arm to facilitate applying traction to a patient's leg. The system can also include a table extension attachable to the table portion and a friction pad mounted on the table extension. |
| US11382811B2 |
Patient support apparatus
A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a stationary member mounted relative to the frame, a movable member having a pivot member rotatably mounting the movable member about the stationary member, and a fastener securing the pivot member to the stationary member. The patient support apparatus also includes a joint between the pivot member and the stationary member, which is configured to apply a tension force on the fastener. |
| US11382810B2 |
Fold, recline, and tilt mechanisms for a personal mobility vehicle
A personal mobility vehicle, such as a stroller, has spaced apart side frame assemblies that each include a backrest portion and a seat frame portion. The backrest portion is moveable to several recline positions relative to the seat frame portion by actuating a latching mechanism. The backrest portion and the base frame are both moveable to a folded position relative to the seat frame by actuating the same latching mechanism. The side frame assembly further has a tilt mechanism that permits the backrest and seat frames to move as a unit relative to the base frame. |
| US11382805B1 |
Medicated patch applicator and associated use thereof
A medicated patch applicator includes a handle having a centrally registered longitudinal axis, a frame statically connected to the handle and configured to maintain a fixed spatial relationship therewith, and a generally L-shaped implement coupled to the frame and disposed subjacent to the handle. Such an implement is located adjacent to a juncture of the frame and the handle. The implement arcuately protrudes forwardly from posterior of the handle, traverses the centrally registered longitudinal axis, and terminates anterior of the handle. The implement is capable of removing an existing back liner of an existing medicated patch during an application process of placing the existing medicated patch onto a skin of a user. |
| US11382803B2 |
Absorbent article
Absorbent article suppressing occurrence of malodor after use while preventing a rash on a wearer's skin. The absorbent article includes an absorbent body, and a fumaric acid-supported sheet disposed on a skin surface side of the absorbent body. The fumaric acid-supported sheet is a sheet which supports fumaric acid particles having an average particle diameter of 30 μm or less, and/or a sheet in which at least a part of constituent fibers is coated with fumaric acid. When being in contact with the body fluid or the like, fumaric acid is not immediately but slowly dissolved so that alkalization at the area around fumaric acid can be prevented over a long period of time. In addition, fumaric acid has an action of inhibiting proliferation of putrefactive bacteria and, therefore, can prevent occurrence of malodor from the absorbent article having absorbed the body fluid or the like. |
| US11382801B2 |
Absorbent articles having apertured, three-dimensional materials and methods for making same
An absorbent article is provided. The absorbent article includes a nonwoven, liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet. The topsheet includes a layer of fibers and has a plurality of apertures defined in the layer of fibers. At least some of the apertures have a side wall having a portion disposed an angle in the range of about 55 degrees to about 90 degrees, in the range of about 60 degrees to about 80 degrees, or in the range of about 63 degrees to about 75 degrees, according to the 2D X-Ray CT Scan Test herein. |
| US11382800B2 |
Method of making wearable article comprising elastic belt
A method of manufacturing a wearable article is disclosed. The method includes advancing a first layer of continuous sheet and a second layer of discrete continuous sheet having a smaller width than the first layer of continuous sheet; intermittently joining a first group of elastic bodies between the first layer of continuous sheet and the second layer of discrete continuous sheet; joining a second group of elastic bodies to the first layer of continuous sheets outward of the second layer of discrete continuous sheet; joining a center chassis with the first layer of continuous sheet and overlapping the first group of elastic bodies not joined to the first layer of continuous sheet; folding the first layer of continuous sheet to form a first layer fold over, wherein the first layer fold over overlaps the second group of elastic bodies, the center chassis, and the second layer of discrete continuous sheet. |
| US11382799B2 |
Tampon with intravaginal cannabinoid delivery device
A tampon and therapeutic delivery device is disclosed and includes a generally cylindrical applicator tube defining a cartridge within which a tampon is slidably received for ejection through one end of the cartridge. A generally hollow cylindrical plunger member is slidably received within an opposite end of the cartridge for ejecting the tampon therefrom. A cannabinoid-infused disintegrable carrier material is partially embedded in and movably held by the tampon for intravaginal delivery when ejected from the cartridge, whereupon the cannabinoid agent is released into the vagina and absorbed through the vaginal mucosa to provide relief of dysmenorrhea. The cartridge has a plurality of slots to permit pre-lubrication of the tampon, if desired, prior to insertion into the vaginal cavity. The system delivers a higher concentration to the muscle of the uterus, the primary site for the dyskinetic muscle contraction, which is the pathophysiologic cause of dysmenorrhea. |
| US11382797B2 |
Breathable interface system for topical reduced pressure
A reduced pressure tissue treatment system includes an applicator having an aperture, a first pad section, and a second pad section substantially covering the aperture and positioned substantially adjacent the first pad section. A fabric layer is located at least partially between the second pad section and the drape, and the fabric layer includes a woven or non-woven fabric made from a fiber material. A drape substantially covers the first pad section, the second pad section, the fabric layer, and the applicator. A reduced pressure source is in fluid communication with at least one of the first pad section and the fabric layer for providing reduced pressure to the aperture. |
| US11382792B2 |
Ophthalmic treatment device, method for controlling ophthalmic treatment device, and fundus lesion treatment method
The present invention relates to an ophthalmic treatment device, a control method therefor and a fundus lesion treatment method, the ophthalmic treatment device comprising: a treatment beam generation unit for generating a treatment beam; a beam delivery unit for forming a path through which the treatment beam generated from the treatment beam generating unit is irradiated into a patient's fundus; and a control unit for controlling the beam delivery unit to irradiate the treatment beam into a location adjacent to the lesion area of the fundus. |
| US11382791B2 |
Drug delivery device and applications of same
A drug delivery device includes a catheter; a retention cap attached to an end of the catheter, having an operably openable surface; a flexible membrane having a rim securely connected to an inner surface of the catheter to define a first volume and a second volume therein, such that the second volume is substantially the same as a desired drug volume; and a pressurizable member coupled to the catheter. In use, the desired drug volume is preloaded into the second volume of the catheter that in turn is slided into a guidance device, when the guidance device is placed in a target, the pressurizable member applies a pressure into the first volume to exert a force upon the flexible membrane to operably squeeze the second volume, which in turn pressurizes the operably openable surface of the retention cap to open, thereby unloading the desired drug volume into the target. |
| US11382786B2 |
Apparatus and methods for receiving discharged urine
A system suitable for collecting and transporting urine away from the body of a person or animal may include an assembly having a fluid impermeable casing having a fluid reservoir at a first end, a fluid outlet at a second end, and a longitudinally extending fluid impermeable layer coupled to the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet and defining a longitudinally elongated opening between the reservoir and the outlet. The assembly can further include a fluid permeable support disposed within the casing with a portion extending across the elongated opening, and a fluid permeable membrane disposed on the support and covering at least the portion of the support that extends across the elongated opening, so that the membrane is supported on the support and disposed across the elongated opening. The assembly can further include a tube having a first end disposed in the reservoir and a second, fluid discharge end. |
| US11382784B2 |
Joint for an orthopedic device
A joint for an orthopedic device which has a first articulated arm and a second articulated arm, which are mounted about a swivel axis such that they can be swiveled relative to one another, and a blocking device which can be moved into a release position and a blocking position. The blocking device, when in the blocking position, blocks the swiveling of the first articulated arm relative to the second articulated arm in the first swivel direction, independently of a swivel angle between the first articulated arm and the second articulated arm, insofar as the swivel angle is in a predetermined range, and allows the swiveling in the first swivel direction, insofar as the swivel angle is outside of the predetermined range. |
| US11382781B2 |
External steerable fiber for use in endoluminal deployment of expandable devices
The present disclosure describes treatment of the vasculature of a patient with an expandable implant. The implant is constrained to a reduced delivery diameter for delivery within the vasculature by at least one sleeve. The implant can be constrained to other diameters, such as an intermediate diameter. The sleeves can be expanded, allowing for expansion of the diameter of the expandable implant, by disengaging a coupling member from the sleeve or sleeves from outside of the body of the patient. The expandable implant can comprise a steering line or lines which facilitate bending and steering of the expandable implant through the vasculature of a patient. |
| US11382780B2 |
System and method for loading a self-expandable prosthesis on a delivery device
A system and method for loading a self-expandable prosthetic device into a delivery device. The system includes a compression member that has a chamber with a tapered inner surface, a support member, a splay member and a constriction member. The compression member and the constriction member can be releasably attached to each other directly or via a spacer element, in two different positions relative to each other. The first position offers an optimal configuration for releasable attachment of the prosthetic device to the delivery device and the second position offers an optimal configuration for reducing the diameter of the delivery device. The risk of damaging the delivery device and to the prosthetic device during the loading procedure is thereby reduced. |
| US11382777B2 |
Stents having radiopaque mesh
A stent including a mesh made of strands. The mesh has at least one radiopaque strand and at least one non-radiopaque strand, and the at least one radiopaque strand and the at least one non-radiopaque strand each have different diameters. Each strand has an index of wire stiffness EI, where EI is the mathematical product of the Young's modulus (E) and the second moment of area (I). The EI of all strands in the mesh is no more than five times the EI of the strand having the smallest EI of any of the strands. |
| US11382776B2 |
Biliary stent
The present disclosure provides an endoprosthesis where a preferably polymeric coating has a number of surface features such as protrusions or textures that are arranged in a micropattern. The endoprosthesis optionally has an expanded state and a contracted state, and in some cases includes a stent with a polymeric coating attached to an outer surface of the stent. The stent may have an inner surface defining a lumen, an outer surface, and a stent thickness defined between the inner surface and outer surface. The stent may comprise a plurality of surface textures extending from the stent surfaces, wherein the textures are arranged in a macropattern. |
| US11382774B2 |
Methods for bone stabilization
A method for reducing motion of a skeletal structure in a limb towards a wall of an interface is described. The interface comprises a plurality of compression areas that are longitudinally-shaped and oriented longitudinally along the length of limb. The method comprises selecting, during a process of creating the interface, a compression level for the compression areas that compresses soft tissue against the skeletal structure. The method also comprises donning the interface over the limb to apply a plurality of compressive forces that is sufficient to aid in suspension of the interface on the limb and reduce motion of the skeletal structure toward a wall of the interface. |
| US11382772B2 |
Finger prosthesis with adjustable biological activation
Prosthesis for at least one cut-off finger resulting in a stump at the height of the proximal, middle and/or distal phalange, or in a finger with missing stump. The prosthesis from a modular hinged mechanism allowing for a self-return flexion movement and the activation of said mechanism from at least one force applied to any point of a plane on said mechanism. A prosthesis for a hand with missing stumps is also provided from the wrist movement providing a range of operation greater than the art, wherein said flexion is activated from an extension movement of the wrist. |
| US11382770B2 |
Method of forming and decorticating a void in a sacroiliac joint
A method for forming and abrading an implant void in a sacroiliac joint (“SI Joint”) without the use of a rotary cutting instrument. The method incorporates a multimodal abrading device having abrading surfaces on opposing sides and an open tip comprising a cutting edge. The method includes the step of using the abrading head to cut bone tissue from the SI Joint at an insertion point while simultaneously using the abrading surfaces to decorticate the cortical bone at the insertion point. |
| US11382768B2 |
Implant inserter having a laterally-extending dovetail engagement feature
A method of inserting a screw into a fusion cage, comprising the step of: i) attaching a screw head of a bone screw to a flexible bone screw driver comprising: a) a proximal handle, b) an intermediate shaft, c) a flexible distal end portion comprising a plurality of interlocking segments portion defining a periphery and a distal tip adapted to engage the screw head, and d) a flexible pre-bent sleeve that is configured to be placed radially over and around the plurality of interlocking segments to provide a loaded configuration, wherein the plurality of interlocking segments portion is substantially straight in its unloaded configuration, whereby the pre-bent sleeve pre-determines the trajectory of the tip in the loaded configuration, ii) inserting the bone screw into a threaded throughhole of a fusion cage comprising a front wall, a pair of opposing side walls, a back wall, and top and bottom surfaces adapted for gripping opposed vertebral endplates, wherein the front wall comprises the threaded throughhole. |
| US11382766B2 |
Prosthetic component extractor
The present device described herein is intended to effect the removal of an intramedullary component of an orthopaedic prosthetic implant. The extraction device utilizes a hook which can be secured to the implant, particularly the neck of a femoral prosthetic component. The hook is attached to an elongated member that contains two striking surfaces. A force applied to the striking surface(s) is transmitted to the prosthesis so as to extract the implant from the intramedullary cavity of a bone. |
| US11382763B2 |
Interbody spacer
An interbody spacer is provided including a body portion defining a longitudinal axis. The body portion includes a distal end portion, a proximal end portion, opposed side surfaces that extend between the distal and proximal end portions, and top and bottom surfaces configured and adapted to engage vertebral bodies. The interbody spacer includes first orifices defined through the top surface. The first orifices include orifices having first and second cross-sectional configurations and the first orifices are arranged in rows extending along the longitudinal axis. |
| US11382761B2 |
Expandable interbody spacer
An expandable interbody spacer for the spine is provided. The interbody spacer includes a housing, a top endplate and a bottom endplate. An actuator is located inside the housing between the top and bottom endplates. A locking screw is configured to drive the actuator and move the endplates between collapsed and expanded configurations. Variations of the expandable spacer are provided in which the endplates move bilaterally outwardly into uniform and parallel expansion along the latitudinal axis, the endplates angulate about a pivot point along a longitudinal axis such that the distal end of the spacer increases in height relative to the proximal end, and the endplates angulate about a pivot along a lateral axis such that the height along one lateral side of the spacer increases in height relative to the other lateral side. |
| US11382755B2 |
Mating instrument set for fusing a sacroiliac joint
An instrument set for installing a fusion implant into the sacroiliac joint (“SI Joint”). The apparatus comprises a working channel having an alignment means, a joint locator having a first keying means, an abrading device having a second keying means, and an implant inserter having a third keying means. The first, second, and third, keying means mate with the alignment means when the joint locator, abrading device, and implant inserter, respectively, are inserted into the working channel. |
| US11382753B2 |
Devices and methods for positioning and monitoring tether load for prosthetic mitral valve
Apparatus and methods are described herein for positioning an epicardial anchor device and measuring the load of a tether extending from a prosthetic heart valve and coupled to the epicardial anchor device. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a handle assembly coupled to an elongate member and a docking member coupled to a distal end of the elongate member. The docking member can be releasably coupled to an epicardial anchor device configured to secure a tether extending from a prosthetic heart valve implanted with a heart at a location on an exterior of a ventricular wall of the heart. A force sensor device is coupled to the handle assembly and can measure a force exerted on the force sensor device. The force is associated with a tension of the tether extending through the elongate member and handle assembly. |
| US11382752B2 |
Minnimally invasive device for treating chronic heart failure
A device for treating chronic heart failure made of a construct composed of cardiac tissue and a frame supporting the construct. The frame has a plurality of elongated members and the cardiac tissue is attached to the elongated members. The elongated members extend outwardly from a converging region and diverge to provide a distal opening and a space proximal of the distal opening between the elongated members, the space dimensioned to fit over a heart of the patient to treat chronic heart failure. |
| US11382751B2 |
Self-expandable filler for mitigating paravalvular leak
A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible stent and a valve assembly disposed within the stent. A first cuff is disposed adjacent the stent. A filler is annularly disposed about the stent radially outward of the first cuff and radially outward of the stent. The filler has a first circumferential layer with a first inner wall, a first outer wall, and a plurality of first ribs connecting the first inner wall to the first outer wall. The filler has an expanded condition in which the first inner wall is spaced a first distance from the first outer wall in a radial direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the stent, and a collapsed condition in which the first inner wall is spaced a second distance from the first outer wall in the radial direction, the first distance being greater than the second distance. |
| US11382742B2 |
Medical device handle
A medical device handle may include a handle housing including a cavity disposed within the handle housing. The medical device handle may include a carriage assembly disposed within the cavity and operatively connected to the tubular member and the medical implant, the carriage assembly being longitudinally movable between a distal position and a proximal position by rotation of a control knob with respect to the handle housing, the control knob being disposed around a proximal end of the handle housing. The carriage assembly may include a carriage member, a first sliding member, a second sliding member, and a locking element configured to releasably fix the first sliding member and the second sliding member relative to the carriage member. The locking element may be rotatable relative to the handle housing. |
| US11382739B2 |
Replacement heart valve
A replacement heart valve assembly has a stent frame and a replacement valve. The replacement valve has a plurality of leaflets and a valve frame. The leaflets are attached to the valve frame. Further, the assembly has a plurality of suspension struts attached to the stent frame and the valve frame. The valve frame is suspended within the stent frame via the suspension struts. In some embodiments, the assembly further has a sealing member attached to the stent frame to prevent leakage around the replacement heart valve assembly. |
| US11382736B2 |
Injector, intraocular lens system, and related methods
An intraocular lens system may include a base that may include an annular body, an opening extending through the annular body in an axial direction of the annular body, and a recess extending circumferentially about the opening. The system also may include a lens that may be insertable into and removable from the recess. The lens may include a central optic, a first tab protruding radially away from the central optic, and a second tab protruding radially away from the central optic. The second tab may be more resistant to compression in a radial direction than the first tab. The first tab may include a first arm protruding radially away from the central optic, a second arm protruding radially away from the central optic and extending away from the first arm, and a third arm extending from the first arm to the second arm. Movement of one or more of the first, second, and third arms may result in deformation of the first tab. |
| US11382735B2 |
Stent graft and stent graft indwelling device
The present invention eliminates the need for highly accurate alignment with a branched tubular tissue when implanting a stent graft. A stent graft 30 comprises: a framework section 31; and a tubular graft section 40. A side surface opening 42 that passes through to the lumen of the graft section is provided in one section of a tube wall 41 of the graft section. In the framework section, among the six frame bodies, the frame bodies 34, 35 that are provided facing the side surface opening section have a first frame body structure section Q that is present in the tube wall along the entire circumference, and a second frame body structure section P that is present in the tube wall in a partial region 41A, which excludes the side surface opening section in the circumferential direction of the tube wall. |
| US11382734B2 |
Embolic filter with controlled aperture size distribution
Methods and devices are provided for protecting the cerebrovascular circulation from embolic debris released during an index procedure. An embolic protection filter is delivered in a reduced profile configuration via an access catheter, and positioned in the aorta spanning the ostia to the three great vessels leading to the cerebral circulation. An index procedure catheter is thereafter advanced through the same access catheter to conduct the index procedure. The index procedure may be a transcatheter aortic valve replacement. A pore distribution in the filter blocks passage of debris greater than a predetermined threshold, minimizes total cumulative volume of debris passing through the filter and minimizes blood pressure drop across the filter. |
| US11382733B2 |
Intra-aortic emboli protection filter device
An embolic protection device including a porous deflector screen including a filter, arranged to expand and to conform to a wall of the aortic arch covering entrances to arteries branching from an aorta, an emboli collector including a cylinder arranged to expand and to lie along walls of a descending aorta, pushing against walls of the descending aorta and anchoring the porous deflector screen, and a connecting portion for connecting the porous deflector screen and the emboli collector, arranged to push the porous deflector screen against a wall of the aortic arch while anchoring against the emboli collector. Related apparatus and methods are also described. |
| US11382731B2 |
Medical devices with sealing properties
The present disclosure relates to a medical device and methods of using the same. In embodiments, the medical device may be a buttress formed of nucleophilic buttress components and electrophilic buttress components which react to both form the buttress and provide the buttress with self-sealing capabilities after a staple or some other fixation device is placed therethrough, thereby enhancing its hemostatic properties. In other embodiments, the medical device is a hernia patch formed of a fibrous substrate, nucleophilic precursor components and electrophilic precursor components. |
| US11382723B2 |
Peel away printed metal orthodontic assemblies
An orthodontic apparatus includes a printed assembly conforming to the tooth with a separation line or zone defined therein having a configuration adapted to facilitate removal of the printed assembly. The separation zone or line takes the form of a slit, slot, serration, thinned indentation, a horizontal or vertical separation line or zone or a combination thereof, and an open slot defined in a cross configuration into the printed assembly with a vertical slot and intersecting horizontal slot, the vertical slot extending to the lower edge of the assembly. The assembly includes at least two separate portions, a buccal portion and a lingual portion conformed to the tooth, the separation line or zone being defined on at least one of the two separate portions. A three dimensional structural fixture may also be defined in the printed assembly for engagement with a tool. |
| US11382722B2 |
Orthodontic brackets for deciduous teeth
The present invention relates to orthodontic brackets designed for use with the deciduous teeth and method for its use. The brackets provide one or more debonding tabs which reduces the potential for damage to the deciduous tooth due to the application of excessive force during the debonding process. The small size of the brackets allow the brackets to fit available crown space on the deciduous teeth. Further the brackets are shaped to minimize mechanical forces applied to the deciduous teeth when engaged with an archwire. The bracket bases are shaped to conform to the morphology of the deciduous tooth crown surface thereby providing an optimal adhesive interface with the deciduous tooth. The deciduous brackets provide proper adhesion to avoid unwanted detachment of the brackets which often occurs when the use of permanent brackets is attempted on the deciduous teeth. |
| US11382719B2 |
Method for producing a customized orthodontic appliance
The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self-ligating orthodontic bracket system that includes a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of a bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket system disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot. Other embodiments include an orthodontic appliance and method of producing and using the same, and preferably employed in a lingual orthodontic system, that includes friction reducing features between an interior of an archwire slot portion of the appliance and an archwire placed within the archwire slot. |
| US11382718B2 |
Arrangements for remote orthodontic treatment
Systems and methods of remote orthodontic treatment include receiving a plurality of images from a customer where the plurality of images represent teeth of the customer, receiving a first approval from a staff computing device where the first approval is indicative of a staff user approving the plurality of images for assessment by a dental professional, receiving a second approval from a provider computing device where the second approval is indicative of the provider approving a fitness of the customer for treatment, generating, in response to receiving the second approval, a treatment plan including a series of steps to reposition at least one tooth of the teeth of the customer, and manufacturing one or more aligners based at least in part on the treatment plan where the aligners are specific to the customer and are configured to reposition the at least one tooth of the teeth of the customer. |
| US11382712B2 |
Mirroring in image guided surgery
An imaging system, including a head-mounted display worn by a system operator. A marker defines a plane when attached to a human subject. Optically reflective elements are disposed on the marker and on opposing sides of the plane in a non-symmetrical arrangement with respect to the plane. A memory stores a graphical representation of a tool used in a procedure performed on the human subject, and an image of anatomy of the human subject. A camera attached to the display acquires an image of the marker and the tool. A processor analyzes the image to identify the plane and to identify a side of the plane wherein the camera is located, and to render to the display the image of the anatomy of the human subject with the graphical representation of the tool superimposed thereon from a point of view in the identified side of the plane. |
| US11382711B2 |
Cyclo olefin polymer and copolymer medical devices
An illuminated medical system comprises a medical instrument and a light transmitting waveguide. The waveguide projects lights from a distal portion of the waveguide toward a target area. The waveguide is formed primarily of a cyclic olefin copolymer or a cyclic olefin polymer. |
| US11382708B2 |
Surgical instrument apparatus, actuator, and drive
A surgical instrument apparatus for performing a surgical procedure within a body cavity of a patient is disclosed and includes an elongate manipulator having a distal end for receiving an end effector and including a plurality of control links extending through the manipulator operable to cause movement of the distal end in response to movement of the control links in a longitudinal direction. An actuator chassis is disposed at a proximal end of the manipulator and includes a plurality of actuators slidingly mounted within the actuator chassis for linear movement in the longitudinal direction. Each actuator is coupled to a control link and adjacently disposed about a curved periphery of the actuator chassis. An outwardly oriented portion couples a drive force to the actuator to cause movement of the control link. |
| US11382705B2 |
Independent tensioning and aligning mechanisms for a surgical instrument
A robotic surgical instrument comprising: a shaft; an articulation at a distal end of the shaft configured to articulate an end effector, the articulation driveable by a pair of driving elements; and an instrument interface at a proximal end of the shaft, the instrument interface comprising: an instrument interface element configured to drive the pair of driving elements, the instrument interface element displaceable over a displacement range, the pair of driving elements fast with the instrument interface element such that a displacement of the instrument interface element is transferred to the pair of driving elements; a tensioning mechanism configured to tension the pair of driving elements; and an alignment mechanism configured to set the displacement position of the instrument interface element to a predetermined alignment position when the end effector has a predetermined configuration, the alignment mechanism being independent of the tensioning mechanism. |
| US11382702B2 |
Medical robotic system providing an auxiliary view including range of motion limitations for articulatable instruments extending out of a distal end of an entry guide
A medical robotic system includes an entry guide with surgical tools and a camera extending out of its distal end. To supplement the view provided by an image captured by the camera, an auxiliary view including articulatable arms of the surgical tools and/or camera is generated from sensed or otherwise determined information about their positions and orientations are displayed along with indications of range of motion limitations on a display screen from the perspective of a specified viewing point. |
| US11382700B2 |
Extended reality headset tool tracking and control
A surgical tool tracking array can include a first marker holder, a second marker holder, and a tool holder. The first marker holder is configured to couple a first marker to the surgical tracking array in a first plane. The second marker holder is configured to couple a second marker to the surgical tool tracking array in a second plane that is independent and substantially parallel to the first plane. The tool holder is configured to couple a portion of a surgical tool to the surgical tool tracking array in a third plane that is independent from the first plane and the second plane. |
| US11382696B2 |
Virtual reality system for simulating surgical workflows with patient models
Planning surgical robotic workflow with a surgical robotic system can include generating a virtual surgical environment, the virtual surgical environment including a virtual surgical robotic arm and a virtual patient. A workspace can be determined in the virtual patient. A position of a virtual tool, attached to the virtual surgical robotic arm, can be determined. A position of the virtual surgical robotic arm can be determined to maintain a reach of the virtual tool in the workspace. |
| US11382687B2 |
Systems and methods for treating cancer and/or augmenting organ function
Systems, methods and devices for controlled sympathectomy procedures for neuromodulation in the treatment of subjects having neoplastic conditions are disclosed. Systems, methods, and devices for interventionally treating a cancerous tumor and cancer related pain are disclosed. |
| US11382685B2 |
Electrosurgical forceps
An electrosurgical forceps includes a pair of first and second shaft members pivotably coupled to one another, an end effector assembly coupled to the pair of first and second shaft members, and a resilient, compressible pivot assembly pivotably coupling the first and second shaft members to one another. |
| US11382684B2 |
Electrode blade for shavers
Disclosed herein is a medical device. The medical device includes an outer tubular member, an irrigation line, and a bipolar electroblade. The irrigation line is configured to be received within the outer tubular member. The bipolar electroblade is configured to be capable of rotating or oscillating within the outer tubular member. |
| US11382683B2 |
Wide band microwave tissue ablation probe with variable length antenna parameters
A variable-length microwave ablation probe is provided. The probe is configured to have a range of resonant frequencies. The probe includes a microwave antenna, an outer conductor, and a cap. The probe further includes a radiation window that is at least partially transparent to microwave energy. The distal boundary of the outer conductor or the proximal boundary of the cap varies in distance from the probe distal end. The probe can have a choke length, an arm length, a radiating portion length, and a cap length. The lengths can each affect the resonant frequency of the antenna. Some examples provide a variable choke length, a variable arm length, a variable radiating portion length, and/or a variable cap length. |
| US11382682B2 |
Closed irrigated radiofrequency bipolar tined ablation probe
The disclosure relates to systems and methods for irrigated bipolar radiofrequency ablation. The system includes an ablation probe that includes an elongate inner electrode assembly and an elongate outer electrode assembly. An irrigation path for irrigation fluid flow is defined between the outer surface of the inner electrode assembly and the outer surface of the outer electrode assembly. The irrigation path enables cooling fluid to be circulated within the probe body, cooling the outer electrode during ablation. |
| US11382681B2 |
Device and methods for delivery of high frequency electrical pulses for non-thermal ablation
The present invention relates to the field of biomedical engineering and medical treatment of diseases and disorders. Methods, devices, and systems for in vivo treatment of cell proliferative disorders are provided. In embodiments, the methods comprise the delivery of high-frequency bursts of bipolar pulses to achieve the desired modality of cell death. More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to a device and method for destroying aberrant cells, including tumor tissues, using high-frequency, bipolar electrical pulses having a burst width on the order of microseconds and duration of single polarity on the microsecond to nanosecond scale. In embodiments, the methods rely on conventional electroporation with adjuvant drugs or irreversible electroporation to cause cell death in treated tumors. The invention can be used to treat solid tumors, such as brain tumors. |
| US11382680B2 |
System for controlling tissue ablation using temperature sensors
Body tissue ablation is carried out by inserting a probe into a body of a living subject, urging the probe into contact with a tissue in the body, generating energy at a power output level, and transmitting the generated energy into the tissue via the probe. While transmitting the generated energy the ablation is further carried out by determining a measured temperature of the tissue and a measured power level of the transmitted energy, and controlling the power output level responsively to a function of the measured temperature and the measured power level. Related apparatus for carrying out the ablation is also described. |
| US11382676B2 |
Articulating implant connectors and related methods
Articulating implant connectors and related methods are disclosed herein. Exemplary connectors can include first and second bodies that are rotatable relative to one another about a rotation axis and selectively lockable to resist or prevent such rotation. Each of the bodies can be configured to couple to a rod or other fixation component, and the connector can be used to lock first and second rods together even when the rods are obliquely angled with respect to one another. |
| US11382673B2 |
Power pedicle screwdriver
Disclosed herein are gear shifters to reverse an output shaft rotation and a method for using the same. A gear shifter in accordance with the present invention may include a housing, an input shaft, an output shaft and an idler shaft. The input shaft may have input gears, the output shaft may have output gears and the idler shaft may have idler gears. The output shaft may be slidably coupled with the input shaft and the idler shaft to rotate in a first direction in a first position and in a second opposite direction in a second position. A method of reversing an output shaft direction using a gear shifter may include the steps of pushing the gear shifter in a first direction to rotate the output shaft in a first direction and pushing the gear shifter in a second direction to rotate the output shaft in a second direction. |
| US11382671B2 |
Surgical instrument and method
A surgical instrument includes a first arm having a slot and a part defining a cavity configured for disposal of a spinal implant. The part is sagittally movable relative to vertebrae and selectively fixable relative to the first arm. A second arm includes a slot and a part defining a cavity configured for disposal of the spinal implant. The part of the second arm is sagittally movable relative to the vertebrae and selectively fixable relative to the second arm. The first arm has a member that is movable within the slot of the second arm and the second arm has a member that is movable within the slot of the first arm to facilitate movement of a first vertebral surface relative to a second vertebral surface. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and methods are disclosed. |
| US11382668B2 |
Bone fixation screw structure
Disclosed is a bone fixation screw structure, particularly a bone fixation screw structure including a receiver configured to provide a space in which a bone screw is inserted into the lower end thereof, a pair of openings formed at facing sides of the receiver and provided in an open form along a longitudinal direction of the receiver, and a pair of closures formed at remaining facing sides of the receiver and provided in a closed form along the longitudinal direction of the receiver, thereby enabling a user to easily change a closed-type receiver to an open-type receiver and thus fundamentally preventing interference with a rod or an insert component. |
| US11382667B2 |
Adjusting spinal curvature
Devices for adjusting or correcting the curvature of a vertebral column are described. One such device comprises a spring and at least three fixation members for attaching the spring to the vertebral column in at least three different locations. Another such device comprises a plurality of springs, each spring for attaching to at least two attachment locations of the vertebral column, and at least three fixation members for attaching the plurality of springs to the attachment locations of the vertebral column such that the plurality of springs are attached longitudinally along a length of the vertebral column. A method of adjusting the curvature of a vertebral column is also described. |
| US11382664B2 |
Device for neutralizing ectoparasites
The present invention relates to a device (1) for neutralizing ectoparasites. In order to prevent a release of toxic substances into a host body by an ectoparasite during its removal the device comprises a container (3) containing a neutralizing freezing medium, preferably an aerosol cooling medium, in particular preferably an aerosol of a mixture of isohexadecane, isopropyl myristate and cooling medium, preferably 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane; a body (2), in which the container (3) is located and which comprises a terminal front wall (21) with a discharge opening (212) located on the axis (O) of the outlet (31) of the container (3) and a terminal rear wall (22); a body end part (23) in a form of a convex shell element that encloses the discharge opening (212) of the terminal front wall (21) on the external side of this wall (21) and comprises an exhaust opening (231) located on the axis (O) of the discharge opening (212) of the terminal front wall (21) at a distance from this discharge opening (212) and at least one vent opening (232). |
| US11382662B2 |
Trocars and veress-type needles with illuminated guidance and safety features
The present disclosure provides devices and methods for insufflating abdomens of subjects under direct visualization. Such devices and methods, in some implementations, include features for cleaning the devices, and certain implementations of the methods permit procedures wherein it is not necessary to use a typical obturator to place a cannula, resulting in safer procedures. |
| US11382661B2 |
Endoscopic ultrasound fine needle fiducial system
Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for implanting a plurality of fiducial markers into a tissue. Systems include a needle, a stylet sized to slide within a lumen of the needle, and a multi-stop stylet spacer having stopping features configured to engage with the stylet to stop the distal end of the stylet at one or more predetermined distances from the distal end of the needle. Methods for implanting a plurality of fiducial markers into a tissue are described and include inserting a needle preloaded with fiducial markers into a tissue, adjusting a multi-stop stylet spacer from a safety position to a first deployment position, deploying a first fiducial marker into the tissue, adjusting the stylet spacer from the first deployment position to a second deployment position, and deploying a second fiducial marker into the tissue. |
| US11382658B2 |
Surgical robotic access system
The surgical robotic access system provides access for robotic instruments and/or actuators including the introduction, operation and withdrawal of such robotic manipulators into a body cavity without permitting the escape of pressurized fluid or gas. The surgical robotic access system also provides a multi-faceted range of movement without touching or effecting pressure on the opening in the patient's body cavity. |
| US11382657B2 |
Surgical devices with triggered propulsion system for inserting a trocar-cannula assembly
Surgical devices and methods of using the surgical devices are disclosed. The surgical devices generally include a trocar, a cannula releasably mounted on the trocar, and a propulsion system operatively connected to the trocar. The cannula includes a hub, and has a central opening through which the trocar extends. The propulsion system is operable to drive the trocar axially in a forward direction away from a proximal end of the surgical device. |
| US11382654B2 |
Steerable endoluminal punch with cutting stylet
A transseptal needle or punch is described wherein the distal end of the transseptal needle is able to articulate laterally out of the longitudinal axis of the steerable transseptal needle. The transseptal needle includes a blunted distal end configuration that is minimally traumatic. Under control by the user or a computer, the transseptal needle can be articulated to generate various curves with high bending force. The transseptal needle is configured for use with an introducer which can also include side windows. |
| US11382653B2 |
Atherectomy catheter
Described herein are atherectomy catheters, systems and methods that include longitudinally displaceable drive shafts that drive actuation of one or more cutters at the distal end of the catheter. The catheters described herein may include one or more imaging sensors for imaging before, during or after cutting tissue. In some variations the imaging sensor may be rotated around the perimeter of the catheter independently of the rotation of the cutter. Also describe herein are imaging catheters that may be used without cutters. |
| US11382648B2 |
Treatment tool
A treatment tool includes an long member; a treatment portion rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the long member; a twisting wire one end of which is connected to the treatment portion, the other end extending toward a proximal end side of the long member; an operating portion, at the proximal end side, that includes a body fixed to the long member, and an operating member configured to rotate around and move along the axis; and a mechanism configured to couple the operating member with the wire and convert a rotation of the operating member into traction of the wire. The body includes a portion configured to come into contact with the operating member to prevent the rotation in a case where the operating member is urged in a direction toward a distal end side of the long member together with the mechanism by a restoring force of the wire. |
| US11382640B2 |
Medical device and method for treatment of hip joint
A medical device for delivering an action to an area of a hip joint or its surroundings, inside a human body of a patient, the hip joint comprising a collum femur and a ball shaped caput femur, being the proximal parts of the femoral bone, and an acetabulum, being a bowl shaped part of the pelvic bone, said medical device comprising an elongated member, having a length axis along its elongated distribution, and a first portion having an end being adapted to enter the body of the patient, said first portion of said elongated member having a first portion cross-section area substantially perpendicular to the length axis of the elongated member, said first portion is adapted to pass through a hole in a bone of the patient, the hole having a hole cross-section area, wherein said first portion cross-section area is smaller than said hole cross-section area, the first portion comprising a mounting portion, and a holding member adapted to hold a mechanical element inside the body of said patient, and a mechanical element having a functional status ready to deliver an action inside the body when held by said holding member inside the body of the patient, wherein said mechanical element has a mechanical element cross-section area substantially perpendicular to the length axis of the elongated member, being substantially larger than said first portion cross-section area and unable to pass through the holes when said mechanical element is in said functional status, characterized in that the mechanical element comprises at least one mounting recess for mounting the mechanical element onto the mounting portion of the elongated member in a direction substantially perpendicular to the elongated member, such that a user of the medical device can mount the mechanical element on the elongated member without having access to the end of the first portion of the elongated member, wherein said mechanical element is adapted to be used during an operation in the hip joint or its surroundings, when placed inside the body. |
| US11382639B2 |
Medical drive unit of the handheld type with sensor device and kickback control
A medical drive unit receives and rotationally drives a medical, preferably surgical tool, by a motor, preferably an electric motor, housed in the drive unit which can be operated via a control or regulation unit. The medical drive unit includes a sensor device for directly or indirectly detecting or determining a movement of the drive unit or a holding movement of the user which is triggered by the motor corresponding to the power applied to the tool and a kickback control which automatically effects a reduction of the driving power or turning off of the motor upon detection of a predetermined drive unit or holding movement or a predetermined drive-unit or holding-movement amount. |
| US11382635B2 |
Occlusive medical device
An example occlusive implant is disclosed. The example occlusive implant includes an expandable framework configured to shift between a first configuration and an expanded configuration and a fixation member disposed along the expandable framework. The fixation member includes a first engagement portion and an anchor portion. Further, the first engagement portion is designed to be secured to the expandable framework and the anchor portion extends away from an outer surface of the expandable framework. |
| US11382634B2 |
Embolic device suited for ease of delivery and placement
An embolic device and a corresponding embolic device delivery system and method. In one example, an embolic device delivery system comprises a delivery catheter, a coupler disposed inside the delivery catheter, and an embolic device that may be carried and placed by the coupler. The embolic device includes a primary winding that forms a hollow tube such that a coupler may be threaded therethrough. Further, the embolic device may include a slotted metal tube suited to be affixed to one end of the hollow tube formed by the primary winding. Additionally, the embolic device may include a retaining mechanism that includes one or more protrusions suited to engage with one or more slots of the slotted metal tube. In this manner, the retaining mechanism is affixed to the slotted metal tube and the hollow tube formed by the primary winding. |
| US11382631B2 |
Systems and methods for mechanical displacement of an esophagus
An example assembly for use with a vacuum system and an esophageal positioning device esophageal positioning device includes an introducer, in which the esophageal positioning device includes a first segment and a second segment. The second segment is pivotally connected to the first segment. A gap portion of an outer tube of the introducer is defined along a longitudinal axis between a tube tip of the introducer and the distal end of the second segment of the esophageal positioning device when the esophageal positioning device is disposed within the introducer. The gap portion defines one or more radial vacuum holes. |
| US11382629B2 |
Surgical stapling device with audible indicator mechanism
A surgical stapling device includes a proximal handle assembly, an elongated central body portion that extends distally from the proximal handle assembly to a distal end portion, a tool assembly supported on the distal end portion of the elongated central body portion, and an audible indicator mechanism supported by the proximal handle assembly. The proximal handle assembly includes a contact arm and the audible indicator mechanism includes a cam member. The cam member contacts the contact arm of the proximal handle assembly as the cam member moves between distal and proximal positions to generate an audible sound that indicates that the tool assembly was fired. |
| US11382627B2 |
Surgical stapling assembly comprising a firing member including a lateral extension
A surgical stapling assembly comprising an anvil, a cartridge channel, a staple cartridge configured to be operably positioned in the channel, a firing member, and a ramp is disclosed. The channel comprises a base, an elongate internal slot, and a proximal channel opening defined in the base. The elongate internal slot comprises an encased internal passageway. The proximal channel opening is separate from the elongate internal slot. The firing member is movable from a first position to a second position distal to the first position. The firing member comprises a lateral extension configured to be received in the encased internal passageway as the firing member travels through the elongate internal slot during a firing motion. The proximal channel opening is configured to indicate when the firing member is in the first position. The ramp is for guiding the lateral extension into the encased internal passageway during the firing motion. |
| US11382626B2 |
Surgical system including a knife bar supported for rotational and axial travel
A surgical system is disclosed. The surgical system comprises a surgical end effector, a housing configured to operably interface with a source of rotary input motions, and a first rotary output member operably supported by the housing. The surgical system further comprises a second rotary output member operably supported by the housing, a knife bar supported for rotational and axial travel, and an axially movable closure member configured to apply closure and opening motions to the second jaw. The surgical system further comprises a knife bar interface, a first rotary control interface between the first rotary output member and the knife bar, and a second rotary control interface between the second rotary output member and the knife bar. |
| US11382624B2 |
Surgical staple cartridge with improved staple driver configurations
A surgical staple driver array configured for operable use with a surgical staple cartridge. A distal staple driver is slidably supportable in the surgical staple cartridge and is configured to operably support a distal surgical staple thereon that is oriented in a distal direction. At least one intermediate staple driver is configured to be slidably supported in the surgical staple cartridge adjacent the distal staple driver. Each intermediate staple driver is configured to operably support a first surgical staple that is oriented in a first direction, a second surgical staple that is oriented in a second direction and a third surgical staple that is oriented in a third direction. A proximal staple driver is slidably supported adjacent a proximal most one of the intermediate staple drivers. The proximal staple driver is configured to operably support a proximal surgical staple thereon. |
| US11382623B2 |
Handheld electromechanical surgical system
A handheld electromechanical surgical device includes a non-sterile power-pack having a drive component(s) including a rotatable drive shaft extending therefrom, a main processor configured to control each drive component, a battery configured to power each drive component, an electrical receptacle, and a control interface(s) configured to control a functionality of the drive component. A sterile outer shell housing is configured to removably encase the power-pack to define a sterile barrier thus enabling use in a surgical environment without breaking sterility. The outer shell housing includes a coupler configured to transmit a rotation from the rotatable drive shaft through the outer shell housing, a control button(s) operatively positioned such that actuation of the control button actuates the control interface, and a pass-through connector configured to transmit electrical communications from the electrical receptacle through the outer shell housing. |
| US11382618B2 |
Apparatus and method for securing tissue
An apparatus and method is disclosed for securing tissue to a bone comprising a novel screw anchor for insertion into a bone by a novel rotational driver. The screw anchor and rotation driver enables the screw to be completely embedded into the bone while permitting a suture to be threaded through a transverse aperture in the screw. The rotation driver facilitates insertion and engagement of a capture with one of a series of protuberance formed along a length of a suture. In addition, the method is disclosed of forming the series of protuberance. |
| US11382616B2 |
Systems for securing sutures
Described herein are systems and methods for securing sutures that obviate the need for tying knots. Instead of tying two ends of a suture or two sutures together with a knot, two or more suture portions can be fused or cauterized together using heat. A device can be applied to adjacent suture portions that heats the suture portions and causes the suture portions to fuse together, effectively securing the suture portions together without a knot. Such devices can include a shaft, a heating element positioned within the shaft, and a suture holder at the distal end of the shaft. The holder in an open position receives sutures and in a closed position holds the sutures. Actuation of the device causes the heating element to apply heat and fuse together sutures held by the holder. The holder can separate from the fused sutures after the sutures are fused together. |
| US11382608B2 |
Disposable biopsy unit
A biopsy device includes a housing, a probe assembly, and an insert aid. The probe includes a biopsy needle unit, a vacuum pressure-generating device, and a flexible connection tube that connects the biopsy needle unit to the vacuum pressure-generating device. The insert aid device has a body that defines a pair of cradles configured to respectively receive the biopsy needle unit and the vacuum pressure-generating device, and configured to orient the biopsy needle unit to lie parallel to the vacuum pressure-generating device in the insert aid device for insertion of the biopsy needle unit and the vacuum pressure-generating device into the housing. |
| US11382607B2 |
Rotating full-core biopsy needle
There is disclosed, among other things, embodiments of a biopsy needle for taking a full core sample through soft tissue. In the illustrated embodiments, the needle includes a single monolithic tubular member having a notch cut part-way through a distal portion of the tubular member to form an arch-shaped finger. At least a portion of the finger is bent toward the notch and into the lumen of the tubular member. Methods for using these embodiments are also described. |
| US11382606B2 |
Skin patch
The application relates to a chemical monitoring system comprising a skin patch for detecting an analyte in perspiration and a processor adapted to receive parameter data and to return an output indicative of a presence of an analyte in a subject's body based on the parameter data. The skin patch (100) includes a first layer (105) permeable to perspiration; a second layer (110) coupled to the first layer, the second layer being adapted to receive the perspiration; wherein a property of the second layer changes upon receiving the analyte; an electrical detector coupled to the second layer, adapted to detect parameter data indicative of the property of the second layer; and a flexible electronic circuit (140) coupled to the second layer, comprising a readout circuit for reading parameter data from the electronic detector and a transmitter adapted to transmit the parameter data to a processor. |
| US11382605B2 |
Ultrasound probe, ultrasound imaging apparatus and method of controlling the ultrasound imaging apparatus
An ultrasound probe, including a transducer module configured to receive an echo ultrasound signal reflected from a subject in response to a transmitted ultrasound signal, and a driver chip provided in the transducer module, the driver chip being configured to focus at least one of the ultrasound signal and the echo ultrasound signal, wherein the driver chip includes a fine analog beamformer configured to apply a fine delay and a coarse analog beamformer configured to apply a coarse delay, wherein the fine analog beamformer is arranged in a first inner region of a plurality of inner regions of the driver chip, the first inner region being located opposite to the transducer module, and wherein the coarse analog beamformer is arranged in a second inner region of the plurality of inner regions of the driver chip, the second inner region being different from the first inner region. |
| US11382604B2 |
Ultrasonic image system with synthesis of images of different ultrasonic waves received at respective positions of a probe
An ultrasonic imaging system is provided which can obtain an accurate synthesized image, even if a specimen has a surface with a large curvature. An ultrasonic imaging system may include a probe and processing circuitry. The probe may perform scan of first and second ultrasonic waves different from each other. The processing circuitry may generate a first ultrasonic image based on the first ultrasonic wave and generate a second ultrasonic image based on the second ultrasonic wave. The processing circuitry may calculate a spatial relationship based on two first ultrasonic images at two positions and two second ultrasonic images at the two positions. The processing circuitry may synthesize one of the first and second ultrasonic images at one of the two positions with the one of the first and second ultrasonic images at the other position based on the calculated relationship. |
| US11382603B2 |
System and methods for performing biomechanically driven image registration using ultrasound elastography
A method and system for registering a pre-operative 3D medical image volume of a target organ to intra-operative ultrasound images is disclosed. An intra-operative 3D B-mode ultrasound volume and an intra-operative 3D ultrasound elastography volume are acquired. Patient-specific boundary conditions for a biomechanical tissue model of a target organ are determined using the intra-operative 3D B-mode volume. Patient-specific material properties for the biomechanical tissue model of the target organ are determined using the 3D ultrasound elastography volume. The target organ in the pre-operative 3D medical image volume is deformed using the biomechanical tissue model with the patient-specific material properties with the deformation of the target organ in the pre-operative 3D medical image volume constrained by the patient-specific boundary conditions. |
| US11382601B2 |
Method and apparatus for annotating ultrasound examinations
An ultrasound imaging system includes a processor to associate an ultrasound image with one or more pictographs that correspond to the image. A processor provides ultrasound image data to one or more trained neural networks that classify the image data. The processor is programmed to select one or more pictographs that correspond to the classified image data for presentation to the operator. In some embodiments, the processor is programmed to use a neural network to determine if an ultrasound image captured during an examination corresponds to one or more required views for a particular type of examination. |
| US11382588B2 |
Non-invasive method for using 2D angiographic images for radiosurgical target definition
A non-invasive method and system for using 2D angiographic images for radiosurgical target definition uses non-invasive calibration devices and methods to calibrate an angiographic imaging system and a six-parameter registration algorithm to register angiographic images with 3D scan data for radiation treatment planning. |
| US11382581B2 |
Radiation detection device
There is provided a radiation detection device capable of protecting a radiation detection panel stored thereinside. A radiation detection device includes: a front surface member; a rear surface member that is assembled with the front surface member and that comprises a first rib formed along an outer edge and a second rib formed along the first rib inside the first rib; and a radiation detection panel that is disposed between the front surface member and the rear surface member and detects radiation incident from the front surface member side. |
| US11382578B2 |
Fluorscopic markers for single view positioning
An intravascular catheter includes an electrode carrying member. The catheter includes features visible in the fluoroscopic image that allow the practitioner to determine the radial position of the electrode carrying member within a blood vessel, and to confirm that the electrodes are positioned at the desired part of the vessel wall (e.g. against the posterior surface) and at the desired position along the length of the vessel, all without re-orienting the fluoroscope during the course of electrode positioning within the vascular. The features are shaped, formed in patterns, or possess other properties selected so that the appearance of the features on the fluoroscopic image differs depending on the rotational orientation of the electrodes. This can thus be used by the practitioner to determine whether, for example, an electrode carrying member having the features is positioned on the anterior or posterior wall of the blood vessel in which the array is positioned. |
| US11382576B2 |
Ergonomic support device for users in medical environment
The present invention relates to ergonomic supports in medical environment. In order to provide improved ergonomic support while providing a minimum impact of the user's activities, an ergonomic support device (10) for users in medical environment is provided. The support device comprises a seating support arrangement (14), an X-ray shielding arrangement (18) and a base support structure (12). The base support structure provides mechanical support for the seating support arrangement and the X-ray shielding arrangement. The seating support arrangement comprises a seat support surface (16) that is configured for supporting a buttocks area of a user. The X-ray shielding arrangement comprises at least one X-ray shield (20) that is configured for shielding at least a part of an X-ray radiation to which a user is exposed to while supported by the support surface. The at least one X-ray shield is movably mounted to the base support structure to be adjustable in its position relative to a user at least partly resting on the seat support surface. |
| US11382571B2 |
Noninvasive predictive and/or estimative blood pressure monitoring
Tools and techniques for estimating and/or predicting a patient's current and/or future blood pressure. In some cases, the tools will analyze physiological data captured from the patient against a model of blood pressure values to estimate/predict the patient's blood pressure value. In particular cases, derived parameters, such as a patient's compensatory reserve index (“CRI”) can be analyzed against such models, while in other cases, data captured from sensors can be directly analyzed against such models. |
| US11382570B1 |
Encrypted securitized databases for devices and systems that measure, quantify, compare, package, and capture data
Data obtained by computer processing device(s) includes human biological change data from event data stream(s) and dynamic marketplaces allowing for ranking change(s). The data can correlate biological change data with ranking statistics from an event such that the correlation identifies and measures a magnitude of change of human biological responses from data acquired from event data stream(s). The correlation of human biological change data and/or dynamic changing marketplace data with ranking statistics creates object(s) for storage and analysis within database(s), wherein the objects possess time synchronized responses before, during or after events. These objects can be packaged with a Packager such that the Packager extracts data from data set(s) wherein data is contained in data sets as data slices and/or other data subsets optionally contained in these objects allowing selectivity of data sets according to desired types and intensities of change(s) of a magnitude determined and measured by the devices. |
| US11382564B2 |
Medical monitoring system with a foot diagnostic device
Described herein is a monitoring system that includes a foot diagnostic device. The foot diagnostic device is shaped to receive one or both of a user's feet. The foot diagnostic device is equipped with a number of sensors that may work together or separately from each other, which are able to measure different diagnostic attributes of the feet. The system includes a mobile application and the ability to transmit information to the mobile application and other locations such as a physician's office. |
| US11382558B2 |
Skin feature imaging system
An imaging device for monitoring a skin feature includes a camera, at least one processor and memory. The imaging device displays a body area guide, receives a selection of a body area, initiates an image sequence of the body area, the image sequence including capturing, using the camera, a plurality of images, determines whether all body areas have been imaged, analyzes the images, and provides the analyzed images to a clinician. The imaging device can be part of a system including a server in communication with a monitor, where the clinician views the images on the monitor. Additionally, each skin feature can be ranked in order of risk and presented to the clinician in that order. |
| US11382557B2 |
Systems and methods for evaluating the integrity of a uterine cavity
A system for accessing a patient's uterine cavity and detecting perforations in the uterus includes an elongated probe having a flow channel extending to a terminal outlet in a distal region of the probe. A fluid source is coupled to the flow channel, and a seal on the probe is positionable in an endocervical canal. The probe may be trans-cervically inserted into the uterine cavity, and a fluid may be introduced through the channel to flow outwardly from the terminal outlet into the uterine cavity. A parameter of said fluid flow is monitored to detect a perforation in the uterus. |
| US11382556B2 |
Brain activity analyzing apparatus, brain activity analyzing method, program and biomarker apparatus
[Object] An object is to provide a brain activity analyzing method for realizing a biomarker using brain function imaging for neurological/mental disorders.[Solution] From data of resting-state functional connectivity MRI obtained by measuring groups of healthy subjects and patients, a correlation matrix of degrees of activities among prescribed brain regions is derived. By a sparse canonical correlation analysis (SCCA) of attributes of subjects and the correlation matrix, elements of correlation matrix that connect to canonical variables corresponding only to the diagnosis label are extracted. By sparse logistic regression (SLR) during Leave-One-Out Cross Validation of a first sum-set of elements of correlation matrix obtained as a result of feature extraction by a sparse regularized canonical correlation analysis, a second sum-set of elements of the correlation matrix is extracted. By discrimination analysis using sparse logistic regression on the second sum-set, a discriminator is generated. |
| US11382555B2 |
Non-invasive cardiac monitor and methods of using recorded cardiac data to infer a physiological characteristic of a patient
The present invention relates to a non-invasive cardiac monitoring device that records cardiac data to infer physiological characteristics of a human, such as cardiac arrhythmia. Some embodiments of the invention allow for long-term monitoring of physiological signals. Further embodiments allow for processing of the detected cardiac rhythm signals partially on the wearable cardiac monitor device, and partially on a remote computing system. Some embodiments include a wearable cardiac monitor device for long-term adhesion to a mammal for prolonged detection of cardiac rhythm signals. |
| US11382548B2 |
Apparatus, system, and methods for urinalysis
Described is an apparatus for inline urine analysis comprising a control unit and at least one image capture unit comprising an image sensor and an optical assembly. The apparatus is configured to be coupled with an indwelling urinary catheter or conduit leading from the catheter. Embodiments of the apparatus comprise a dispenser configured to dispense inert or reactive matter into the urine stream to aid in the analysis of properties of the urine and an illumination device configured to illuminate the urine stream. Also described is a system comprising at least one of these apparatuses and at least one image analyzer unit operatively connected to it. The image analyzer unit comprises a processor and software adapted to analyze the captured images to derive information therefrom relating to identification of properties of the urine and/or objects of interest in the urine stream. Embodiments of the system may comprise other peripheral devices. |
| US11382542B2 |
Connectors for making connections between analyte sensors and other devices
Glucose monitoring devices and related systems and methods, the glucose monitoring devices including a sensor electronics unit having a housing and a printed circuit board disposed within the housing, a transcutaneous glucose sensor assembly, and a conductive sensor connector. The printed circuit board includes a first electrical contact, the transcutaneous glucose sensor assembly includes a distal portion having a working electrode and proximal portion having a working-electrode contact in electrical communication with the working electrode, and the conductive sensor connector electrically connects the working-electrode contact with the first electrical contact. Further, the conductive sensor connector extends through a hole in the proximal portion of the transcutaneous glucose sensor assembly and through a hole in the printed circuit board. |
| US11382535B2 |
Detection and measurement of breathing using an optical camera and projected shadows
A respiratory monitoring device comprises: a light source (30) arranged to generate a projected shadow (S) of an imaging subject (P) positioned for imaging by an imaging device (8); a video camera (40) arranged to acquire video of the projected shadow; and an electronic processor (42) programmed to extract a position of an edge of the projected shadow as a function of time from the acquired video. In some embodiments, the light source is arranged to project the shadow onto a bore wall (20) of the imaging device, and the video camera is arranged to acquire video of the projected shadow on the bore wall. The electronic processor may be programmed to extract the position of the edge (E) as a one-dimensional function of time (46) based on the position of the edge in each frame of the acquired video and time stamps of the video frames. |
| US11382534B1 |
Sleep detection and analysis system
A method of detecting the presence of a person on a bed comprising, receiving movement data in pseudo-real-time, extracting features from the movement data for a time period in pseudo-real-time, determining whether the bed is occupied for the time period in pseudo-real-time, for each time period in which the bed is indicated as occupied, determining a user on a side of the bed, based on data from a plurality of time periods, and utilizing a sleep engine to determine sleep stages for the user. The method in one embodiment further comprising flagging when a majority of the plurality of time periods indicate that the sleep stage for the user is awake and providing a sleep recording to the user, showing the sleep stages for the user. |
| US11382533B2 |
Motion analyzing device
A motion analyzing device includes a myogenic potential measuring unit (20) and a myogenic potential measurement processor (101) to measure the muscle activity of a person who performs a motion and a motion measuring unit (30) and a position measurement processor (102) to measure the body motion. The motion analyzing device also includes an AA muscle co-activation ratio calculating unit (103), a muscle synergy calculating unit (104) and an equilibrium point calculating unit (105) to calculate an equilibrium point of the person and a muscle synergy that is a set of base vectors describing the equilibrium point based on a musculoskeletal model of the person and a constraint condition that the position of the endpoint of the limb matches the position of the equilibrium point in a static situation to keep a posture still under gravity compensation. |
| US11382529B2 |
Electro-magnetic needle catheter insertion system
A device for magnetizing a tissue-penetrating medical device is disclosed including a housing having a proximal portion and a distal portion; a magnetic field generator contained within the distal portion of the housing and a tissue penetrating subassembly including a hub and a tissue penetrating medical device having a proximal end and a distal end. The hub is detachably connected to the distal portion of the housing and the proximal end of tissue penetrating medical device extends proximally from the hub such that the proximal end of the tissue penetrating medical device is exposed to the magnetic field to magnetize the distal end of the tissue penetrating medical device. Methods of magnetizing tissue-penetrating medical devices are also disclosed. |
| US11382522B2 |
Position detection of blood pressure device
An aspect of the disclosure pertains to detecting a position of a blood pressure measurement device. An inflatable bladder of the blood pressure measurement device defines, at least in part, a pressurizable volume. The inflatable bladder may be inflated to pressurize a user's appendage and temporarily occlude blood flow in the user's appendage. A pump may initiate inflation of the inflatable bladder when one or more accelerometers and/or one or more proximity sensors determine that the blood pressure measurement device is within sufficient proximity or elevation to a user's heart and stationary. |
| US11382520B2 |
Blood pressure measuring apparatus and blood pressure measuring method
A blood pressure measuring apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a touch sensor; a pulse wave measurer configured to measure pulse waves from a user; a contact force measurer including at least three force sensors and configured to measure a contact force between the touch sensor and the user by using the at least three force sensors; a contact area measurer configured to measure a contact area between the user and the touch sensor; and a processor configured to determine a vertical direction error, which indicates a degree of deviation of a direction of force, applied by the user to press the touch sensor, from a vertical direction to a surface of the touch sensor based on sensor values sensed by the at least three force sensors, and estimate blood pressure according to a determination result of the vertical direction error based on the pulse waves, the contact force, and the contact area. |
| US11382519B2 |
Blood pressure measuring apparatus and blood pressure measuring method
A blood pressure measuring apparatus may include: a touch sensor; a pulse wave measurer configured to measure pulse waves from a user's finger when the user's finger is in contact with the touch sensor; a contact pressure measurer configured to measure a contact pressure between the user's finger and the touch sensor; a fingerprint recognizer configured to recognize a fingerprint of the user's finger; and a processor configured to determine a degree of position coincidence between the user's finger and the pulse wave measurer based on the recognized fingerprint, and to estimate a blood pressure of the user based on the pulse waves and the contact pressure according to the determined degree of position coincidence. |
| US11382516B2 |
Apparatuses, methods, and storage mediums for lumen and artifacts detection in one or more images, such as in optical coherence tomography images
One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums for performing optical coherence tomography (OCT) while detecting one or more lumen edges and/or one or more artifacts are provided. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, capsules and needles (e.g., a biopsy needle). Preferably, the OCT devices, systems methods and storage mediums include or involve a method, such as, but not limited to, for removing the detected one or more artifacts from the image(s). |
| US11382515B2 |
Renal denervation using nerve fluorescing dye
A target peripheral nerve is treated by providing a real-time fluorescent image of a tissue region where the target peripheral nerve has an enhanced appearance in the fluorescent image. A treatment element is advanced from an adjacent body lumen or cavity through the tissue region or externally aimed toward the peripheral nerve while viewing the fluorescent image, and the peripheral nerve is treated using the treatment element. |
| US11382514B1 |
Relative activation scores for brain parcels
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating explainability data that explains a medical condition in a subject. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining data identifying a plurality of brain parcels that are predicted to be relevant to the medical condition; receiving fMRI data for a brain of a subject; processing the fMRI data for the brain of the subject to determine a respective activation score for each of the plurality of brain parcels that are predicted to be relevant to the medical condition; determining, for each of the plurality of brain parcels that are predicted to be relevant to the medical condition, a relative activation score for the brain parcel; and taking an action based on the relative activation scores. |
| US11382512B2 |
Energy transfer system for spinal implants
An energy transfer system includes a spinal implant having one or more antennae, and the spinal implant is configured to be positioned within a spinal area of a patient, and a relay device configured to be positioned within the patient between the implant and the skin of the patient when implanted. The relay device is configured to receive energy from a reader device located externally to the patient and convey at least a portion of the received energy to the one or more antennae of the spinal implant. |
| US11382509B2 |
Patient support apparatuses with location/movement detection
A patient support apparatus includes a first transceiver adapted to wirelessly communicate with a second transceiver of a headwall interface that is positioned off of the patient support apparatus. A communication link is automatically established between the first and second transceivers without requiring a user of the patient support apparatus to activate a designated control and without requiring the user to identify the headwall interface. The first transceiver includes a unique identifier assigned to the headwall interface in its messages to the headwall interface. The first transceiver may also automatically transmit a disconnect signal to the headwall interface indicating the termination of the communication link is not accidental. The disconnect signal is sent based on one or more of the following: (1) a brake being off, (2) an A/C power cord being unplugged; and/or (3) a signal strength between the transceivers decreasing. |
| US11382508B2 |
Remote monitoring of analyte measurements
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for remote monitoring. In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a remote monitor, a notification message representative of an event detected, by a server, from analyte sensor data obtained from a receiver monitoring an analyte state of a host; presenting, at the remote monitor, the notification message to activate the remote monitor, wherein the remote monitor is configured by the server to receive the notification message to augment the receiver monitoring of the analyte state of the host; accessing, by the remote monitor, the server, in response to the presenting of the notification message; and receiving, in response to the accessing, information including at least the analyte sensor data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. |
| US11382501B2 |
Foot pedal controlled OCT-display for vitreoretinal surgery
OCT-display for vitreoretinal surgery may be foot pedal controlled. Specifically, the tissue layers displayed in an en face image generated from OCT scanning may be navigated downward or upward based on user input supplied by a foot pedal device. |
| US11382497B2 |
Bending operation wire attaching structure and endoscope
The disclosed technology is directed to a bendable tube bendable by a bending wire that comprises a plurality of bending pieces configured to be joined together. The bending pieces including a distal-end bending piece disposed at a foremost end of the bendable tube. The distal-end bending piece includes a flat portion forming a flat surface. An attaching portion is disposed on the flat portion. The attaching portion having a first insertion region and a second insertion region. The bending wire is inserted from within the distal-end bending piece outwardly of the distal-end bending piece through the first insertion region. The bending wire is inserted from outside the distal-end bending piece into the distal-end bending piece through the second insertion region. The bending wire disposed outside the distal-end bending piece between the first insertion region and the second insertion region being attached to the distal-end bending piece by the attaching portion. |
| US11382496B2 |
Stereoscopic endoscope
A stereoscopic endoscope includes at least one illumination source disposed at a distal end portion in a position to project light to illuminate an object. The endoscope also includes an image capture assembly mounted at the distal end portion. The assembly includes first and second lens trains extending proximally from the distal end portion. The assembly includes an image sensor having a surface with a right side image area and a left side image area. The sensor surface lies in a plane substantially parallel to a plane in which the first and second lens trains lie. The assembly includes at least one optical element disposed to intercept light passing through the first and second lens trains. The optical element is configured to direct light exiting the first lens train to the right side image area and to direct light exiting the second lens trains to the left side image area. |
| US11382495B2 |
Endoscope hanger, endoscope holding method, and cart, cleaning sink, cleaning and disinfecting device, stand, and endoscope storage cabinet having said endoscope hanger
An endoscope hanger which frees a doctor's hands without causing pain to a patient, and a cart, washing sink, washing and sterilization apparatus, stand, and endoscope storage cabinet having said endoscope hanger are provided. This endoscope hanger is characterized by having a polygonal shape and/or an ellipsoid shape (including a perfect circular shape) or a shape that is a combination of these, and is characterized by having at least one hole that can hold an endoscope at an oblique angle; this cart, washing sink, washing and sterilization apparatus, stand, and endoscope storage cabinet comprise said endoscope hanger. |
| US11382494B2 |
Covering for a medical scoping device
The present invention relates to a cover having a plurality of moveable, external, angled projecting elements for use with flexible medical scoping devices such as endoscopes or enteroscopes. The invention includes the cover with an over cuff and use of the disposable removable covering in methods of medical scoping procedures or examinations. The invention also includes an applicator for assisting in placing the covering about or over a medical device and a kit of parts. |
| US11382493B2 |
Multi-stage instrument connector
An instrument connector comprises a housing, a first connector, and a second connector. The housing includes a proximal face at a proximal end of the instrument connector, and the proximal face is coincident with a reference plane. The first connector extends proximally away from the proximal face and includes a rod and a first interface for a first transmission channel. The rod is configured to mate with a first socket of a console connector. The second connector is recessed within the housing, includes a second interface for a second transmission channel, and is configured to mate with a second socket of the console connector. The proximal end of the second connector is distal to the reference plane. The rod is configured to engage with the first socket to at least partially align the second connector with the second socket before the second connector engages with the second socket. |
| US11382492B2 |
Wireless endoscopic surgical device
An endoscopic surgical device used for minimally invasive procedures comprises a handheld component and a power control module. The handheld component consisting of a handle, and a conduit houses a wireless imaging module and a single LED light source. The imaging module comprises a wired or wireless camera coupled to an optically folded assembly or imaging assembly. A battery-operated power module can control both the intensity of the LED and the camera action. The handle and conduit are designed to accommodate surgical tools, wherein the imaging model is parallel offset to the tool, or the tool are parallel offset to the imaging. In alternative embodiments, the handheld component is self-contained. |
| US11382491B2 |
Endoscope, distal end structure of endoscope and method for modifying distal end structure of endoscope
An endoscope includes a fixed barrel non-turnably provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion, an image pickup unit held to the fixed barrel, a movable barrel including a channel holding hole for holding a distal end of a treatment instrument channel inserted through the insertion portion, the movable barrel being supported by the fixed barrel so as to be turnable around an optical axis of the image pickup unit and being located closer to a distal end side than the fixed barrel, and a power transmission mechanism that transmits, to the movable barrel, power for causing the movable barrel to turn. |
| US11382489B2 |
Endoscope handpiece
An endoscope handpiece and system may include an angle of view selector, a depressible button, which may be connected to a lock disposed within a port of the endoscopic handpiece. The system may further provide an endoscope, which may be connected to the handpiece via the port and locked in place by the lock. |
| US11382488B2 |
Wireless endoscopic camera
A wireless endoscopic camera system includes a surgical endoscope for viewing tissue within a patient, an imager for converting an optical image viewed by the endoscope into digital image data, a processor for processing the digital image data, a transmitter for establishing at least one wireless link to a remote receiver and conveying the processed digital image data over the at least one wireless link, and a plurality of antennas of a camera head that are in communication with the transmitter for receiving the digital image data from the transmitter and wirelessly relaying the digital image data to the remote receiver. |
| US11382487B2 |
Micro CMOS scopes for medical imaging
In various embodiments, a scope-based imaging system is introduced. An optical sensor assembly located at the tip of the scope may include the CMOS sensors, filters, and lenses/mirrors, to perform fluorescence imaging using the scope. |
| US11382485B2 |
Blade and pump impeller assembly for a dishwasher
A dishwasher comprising a chassis, a tub supported by the chassis and at least partially defining a treating chamber, and a pump that circulates wash liquid in the treating chamber. The pump has an impeller that has a cover, a base with an axis of rotation, and at least one fin protruding from the base. The impeller also has a cap removably coupled to the impeller and at least one blade integrally formed with the cap. |
| US11382473B2 |
Predictive maintenance of mobile cleaning robot
Described herein are systems and methods for assessing a health status of a cleaning head assembly in a mobile cleaning robot. The mobile robot includes motorized cleaning member that rotatably engages a floor surface to extract debris. An exemplary system includes a processor circuit that receives robot data produced by the mobile cleaning robot traversing an environment, determines a robot parameter using a portion of the received robot data corresponding to a floor area having a specific surface condition traversed repeatedly by the mobile cleaning robot, and determines a state of the cleaning head and an estimate of remaining useful life of the cleaning head based on the robot parameter. The determined state of the cleaning head system can be provide to a user via a user interface. |
| US11382472B2 |
Cleaning apparatus having vacuum cleaner and docking station
A cleaning apparatus including a vacuum cleaner and a docking station is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a vacuum cleaner including a dust collecting chamber in which foreign substances are collected, and a docking station configured to be connected to the dust collecting chamber to remove the foreign substances collected in the dust collecting chamber. The dust collecting chamber is configured to collect foreign substances through centrifugation, and configured to be docked to the docking station, and the docking station includes a suction device configured to suction the foreign substances and air in the dust collecting chamber docked to the docking station. |
| US11382471B2 |
Cleaning apparatus having vacuum cleaner and docking station
A cleaning apparatus including a vacuum cleaner and a docking station is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a vacuum cleaner including a dust collecting chamber in which foreign substances are collected, and a docking station configured to be connected to the dust collecting chamber to remove the foreign substances collected in the dust collecting chamber. The dust collecting chamber is configured to collect foreign substances through centrifugation, and configured to be docked to the docking station, and the docking station includes a suction device configured to suction the foreign substances and air in the dust collecting chamber docked to the docking station. |
| US11382470B2 |
Filter assembly
A filter assembly includes a filter housing, a first filter, and a second filter, wherein the first filter is a pre-motor filter, and the second filter is a post-motor filter, and both the first and second filters are fixed to the filter housing and are annular about a common axis. |
| US11382467B2 |
Spindle assembly for a web material dispenser, web material roll dispensing assembly and method for inserting a web material roll in a dispenser
A spindle assembly for supporting a web material roll in a web material dispenser, the web material roll having first and second extremities and defining a central cavity provided with a bushing toward the first extremity. The spindle assembly includes a bushing-engaging member having: a first dispenser mounting portion mountable to a first side of the dispenser, and a bushing-engaging portion sized and configured to fit at least partially in the bushing; and a spindle connection member having: a second dispenser mounting portion mountable to a second side of the dispenser, and a connecting portion removably mountable to the bushing-engaging member; thereby allowing use of the roll with the bushing in the dispenser. Also, a roll dispensing assembly and a method for inserting a roll of web material in a dispenser. |
| US11382464B2 |
Portable washing station
An example portable washing station may include a reservoir, a lid removably attached to the reservoir, an opening for receiving an extendable nozzle, a submersible pump positioned within the reservoir, a hose connecting the extendable nozzle and the submersible pump, and a battery electrically coupled to the submersible pump via a detachable power cord. |
| US11382459B2 |
Cookware lid with basting projections
A cookware assembly comprises a lid including an underside and a plurality of basting projections. The underside has a center and extending toward a perimeter of the lid. Each of the plurality of basting projections protrudes downwardly from the underside of the lid. Each of the plurality of basting projections includes an interior concave surface, an exterior concave surface, and a drip ridge. The interior concave surface extends downwardly away from the underside to form a bay adjacent to the interior concave surface. The drip ridge is formed along a border between the interior concave surface and the exterior surface and defines a vertex along the drip ridge. During use of the lid, condensate formed on the underside collects along the interior concave surface, which funnels the condensate to the vertex for droplet formation and release from a corresponding one of the plurality of basting projections. |
| US11382454B2 |
Combined apparatus for heating, cooking, grilling and defrosting of foods of various kind
A combined apparatus for heating, cooking, grilling and defrosting of foods of various kinds, depending on the type of foods to be treated from time to time and the duration of the foods treatment foreseen by each user of the same apparatus, where each hot treatment of foods may be effected either by heating or by microwaves only, or by heating and microwaves combined to each other. There are described in detail all the technical characteristics of the apparatus and the relative control circuits either for heating or for generating the microwaves. Advantages include use of a sole and single apparatus for hot treating the foods for providing for the heating, the cooking, the grilling and the defrosting of the same foods, instead of employing as it happens hitherto of single separated apparatuses for performing the same functions. |
| US11382449B2 |
Steam generator and cooking apparatus including steam generator
A steam generator and a cooking apparatus having a steam generator are provided. The steam generator may include a steam generation tube; an inflow tube configured to provide a passage so that water is introduced into the steam generation tube; at least one heater disposed on an outer surface of the steam generation tube to heat the water and generate steam; a discharge tube disposed above the steam generation tube to provide a passage so that the steam is discharged; and an adaptor unit configured to branch discharge water and the steam discharged from the discharge tube. The discharge tube may have an inner diameter that gradually increases in an upward direction. |
| US11382448B1 |
Plant mixture processing systems
A processing system for processing plant mixture into milk and pulp preferably includes a filter, a plunger mechanism, and a pulp catcher. The filter has a filter wall and floor that together define a chamber. The plunger mechanism (which has a plunger shaft with an actuator end and a plunger head end) is insertable into the chamber. A preferred plunger head at the plunger head end may have at least one clearing blade and/or a first part of a connector. The pulp catcher has a second part of a connector that may connect to the first part of the connector. The processing system may also include a filter lid and/or a ring funnel. |
| US11382444B2 |
Adjustable mounting bracket apparatus and method
An adjustable mounting bracket comprising a body portion adapted to be one or both of connected to or disposed on a support structure and an interchangeable and/or replaceable attachment, adapted to be one or both of connected to or disposed on the body portion. |
| US11382443B2 |
Heavy duty detachable beverage and phone holder and associated systems and methods
The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to a durable, magnetic cup holder having one or more magnets disposed in a housing, such as a metal or steel housing. The magnetic cup holder can have more than one opening or lumen, so as to be configured to house both a drink and a mobile phone. |
| US11382441B2 |
Portable filter
In a method for cleaning a portable filter assembly including an elongated housing and a mouthpiece assembled with an outlet end port of the housing, the mouthpiece is disassembled from a female threaded portion of the outlet end port. A male threaded end connection of a cleaning fluid source is assembled to the female threaded portion of the outlet end port. A pressurized cleaning fluid is supplied from the cleaning fluid source to the outlet end port and through a filter element disposed in a fluid passage of the housing to expel the cleaning fluid and trapped contaminants from an inlet end port of the housing. |
| US11382440B2 |
Cuboctahedral transparent thermoplastic image and object display
A cuboctahedron-shaped photo cube, comprised of six identically folded sheets of strong, but flexible transparent thermoplastic, assembled to allow the display of six two or three dimensional pieces of art or other objects. Each sheet has a square area, serving as a display panel and is accompanied by a backing sheet to press two-dimensional art firmly against it. Users access the interior by pulling a sheet from the structure. Art or objects are then placed inside the unit. To replace the removed sheet, one of its winged tabs is pinched with a thumb and forefinger and inserted into one of the available slots on the structure until it snaps into place. This action is repeated for the remaining aligned tabs and slots. The purpose of this invention is to present six display panels simultaneously without any being placed on the bottom, hidden from the viewer. |
| US11382439B1 |
Locking case system and method for cosmetic products
A locking case system for cosmetic products includes a fixture adapted to receive cosmetic products and a locking case adapted to be coupled to the fixture. Upon coupling the locking case to the fixture, at least one snap member of at least one side wall of the locking case is snapped into at least one receiving portion of the at least one side wall of the fixture. In addition, at least one snap member of a rear wall of the locking case is snapped into at least one receiving aperture in a top edge of a rear wall of the fixture. Further, at least one snap member of a front member of the locking case is snapped into the at least one receiving aperture of a front wall of the fixture to secure the cosmetic products to the fixture. |
| US11382437B2 |
Rotatable clip-on table seat
A rotatable clip-on seat for attachment adjacent an edge of a tabletop comprising a main frame supporting a seat for a child and grip arms extending distally from the seat for positioning atop the table. Moveable clamping arms connect to the main frame and are rotatable about a longitudinal axis between folded and unfolded orientations. When unfolded, the clamping arms extend downwardly from the main frame and forwardly, generally parallel to the grip arms on the underside of the tabletop opposite of the grip arms. User-adjustable clamps connected to the clamping arms include upwardly extendable members to engage the underside of the table to secure the seat frame to the tabletop. The clamps are pivotable about a clamp axis which is parallel to the longitudinal axis to ease installation on the tabletop and to allow frame folding for storage which positions the clamping arms and clamps generally between the grip arms. Extensible member position is adjusted by a selectively releasable ratcheting apparatus conveniently accessible to the user for both ratcheting and releasing operations. The seat may be rotated about an upstanding axis and locked into one of a plurality of orientations to enable user-selectable orientation of the child occupant. |
| US11382433B2 |
Device for changing frame angle of foldable article
Provided is a device for changing a frame angle of a foldable article. The device combines frames using a connecting and assembling member and an elastic string and makes up a leg or a support frame of the foldable article. The connecting and assembling member with which a first end of the elastic string is combined and which has multiple combination grooves in such a manner that the frame combined with a second end of the elastic string is selectively combined with the connecting and assembling member. The first end of elastic string is combined with the connecting and assembling member, and the second end of the elastic string is combined with the frame such that the frame can be elastically operated. The frame is combined with the first end of the elastic string and is elastically insertable into or separable from the connecting and assembling member. |
| US11382432B2 |
Step stool with tread
Treads are provided which allow a stepping surface to be made of a rubber, plastic, or other gripping material while limiting or eliminating recesses or corners that are difficult to clean. Concentric rings of alternating hills and valleys are provided on a top surface of a step. The hills and valleys are wide, have limited slopes, and reduce abrupt directional changes in the surfaces. A user can clean the surface easily with a sponge, towel, mop, or other cleaning tool because the cleaning surface can reach most or all of the tread surface. |
| US11382430B2 |
Heater device
A heater device for warming a user has a heater panel including a planar heating element which generates heat by energization, a first heat radiation surface formed on one surface side of the heating element, and a second heat radiation surface formed on the other surface side of the heating element. The temperature of the first heat radiation surface is higher than the temperature of the second heat radiation surface. In the heater panel, the first heat radiation surface is configured as a non-contact heater that warms the user in a non-contact manner, and the second heat radiation surface is configured as a contact heater that warms the user in a contact manner. |
| US11382426B2 |
Bleacher seat with retractable and foldable armrests
A bleacher seat with retractable and foldable armrests comprises two hook assemblies, a cushion assembly, a backrest assembly, two cushion-backrest connecting assemblies and two armrest assemblies, wherein the two hook assemblies are symmetrically arranged at the front end of the bottom surface of the cushion assembly, the lower ends of the two symmetrical cushion-backrest connecting assemblies are fixedly mounted at the rear ends of left and right sides of the cushion assembly respectively, and the upper ends of the two cushion-backrest connecting assemblies are symmetrically arranged at and rotatably connected to the lower ends of two sides of the backrest assembly. The two armrest assemblies are arranged symmetrically, the upper end and lower end of each armrest assembly are rotatably connected to a corresponding side of the cushion assembly and a corresponding side of the backrest assembly respectively, and the armrest assemblies are retractable; and a detachable cushion cloth is arranged on the cushion assembly, and a detachable backrest cloth is arranged on the backrest assembly. Armrests of the bleacher seat are retractable and foldable, all components are rotatably connected, and the cushion cloth and backrest cloth are detachable, so that the bleacher can be folded to be stored. |
| US11382416B2 |
Stress-dispersing structure, frame and table having same
A foldable table includes a tabletop, first and second table leg assemblies, and first and second supporting assemblies. Each of the first and second table leg assemblies is pivotally coupled with the tabletop and rotatable with respect to the tabletop between a use position and a storage position. The first supporting assembly is pivotally coupled with the tabletop and first table leg assembly, and the second supporting assembly is pivotally coupled with the tabletop and second table leg assembly. Each of the first and second supporting assemblies includes first and second supporting members slidably and rotatably coupled with each other such that sliding and rotating movement between the first and second supporting members of a respective supporting assembly allows a corresponding table leg assembly to rotate with respect to the tabletop between the use and storage positions. |
| US11382413B2 |
Oral care implement
An oral care implement sanitization system that includes an oral care implement and a case for storing the oral care implement and activating a sanitization or sterilization procedure. The oral care implement may include tooth cleaning elements, a light source, and a first electrical coupling element operably coupled to the light source. The case may include a housing having a cavity for holding the oral care implement, a power source, and a second electrical coupling element operably coupled to the power source. When the oral care implement is positioned within the cavity of the housing of the case, the first and second electrical coupling elements are operably coupled together. Operable coupling of the first and second electrical coupling elements initiates, either immediately or upon the occurrence of some additional action, activation of the light source for sanitizing or sterilizing the tooth cleaning elements. |
| US11382408B2 |
Hair brush structure
An improvement of hair brush structure includes a brush head, a handle, and an adjustment device interconnected to the brush head and the handle. A repeated rotation of the adjustment device causes changing an appearance of the hair brush. |
| US11382400B2 |
Material applicator
A dispenser, such as for lip balm, has a casing, a manually operable dispense mechanism with an actuation dial, lip balm in the casing, and a cap for covering a dispense end. The dispense mechanism included a snap-in actuator that interfaces with cantilevered fingers unitary with the casing. Finger tips interface the actuator at a retention flange for rotatably retaining the actuator within the casing, the finger tips further interface with circumferentially spaced ribs or nubs rearward of the flange for providing a user perceivable tactile clicking and/or a variable rotation resistance upon rotation of the dial. The casing having an enlarged dispense end, a narrowed lower waist region, an exterior surface include an overmolded softened high friction gripping surface on the casing. The exterior surface may include light transmissive portions defining indicia that extend into the casing interior. |
| US11382399B2 |
Stick product refill system
A system for refilling a stick product, such as lipstick or deodorant, in a propel-repel dispenser allows the reuse of the propel-repel mechanism. The stick product refill is shaped and dimensioned to be inserted into the open end of the dispenser and to attach to the receptacle that holds the stick product after the used product has been removed. Attachment of the refill to the stick receptacle is by an attachment component on the outer surface of an anchor cap enclosing the distal end of the refill and/or on the receptacle itself. Once secured to the receptacle, the refill can be advanced and retracted by the propel-repel mechanism so that it protrudes when in use and is withdrawn with the dispenser to protect it when not in use. |
| US11382396B1 |
Umbrella holder for vehicles
An umbrella holder including a holder assembly, an arm assembly and a vehicle assembly is disclosed. The holder assembly includes an arm slot that extends the length of the holder. Mounted within the arm slot is an arm from the arm assembly. The arm swivels within the arm slot to permit desired positioning thereof. The arm includes a channel that houses a retractable arm within. The retractable arm extends and retracts from the channel. The retractable arm includes a claw mounted to a distal end thereof. The claw opens and closes to grip an umbrella in an open configuration. The umbrella provides cover to either of the front or rear door entrances of the vehicle. Thereby allowing a user to load items into the vehicle, while being covered and protected by the open umbrella from weather elements. The user is protected even while both hands are preoccupied by other items. |
| US11382392B2 |
Cut for gemstone
The invention relates to a gemstone cut, comprising a crown having a flat table and main crown facets (10-12) being arranged around the table (1) and being inclined relative to the table, a girdle (5) at which the gemstone has its largest transverse dimension, and a pavilion adjoining the girdle from below the girdle and having main pavilion facets (7) around the girdle, whereby the number of the main pavilion facets is odd. The invention also relates to an article comprising a gemstone according to the invention and a method for improving the optical properties of a gemstone. |
| US11382388B2 |
Sole structure with electrically controllable damping element
A sole structure may include a damping pad. The damping pad may include a chamber, a foam element located within the chamber, particles located within the chamber and at least partially filling cavities in the foam element, and a set of electrodes positioned to create, in response to a voltage across the electrodes, an electrical field in at least a portion of the particles. |
| US11382385B2 |
Footwear arch support
An arch support may include a base plate having a base plate top surface. The arch support may further include a contoured arch plate attached to the base plate at a joint. The arch plate may include an arch plate bottom surface. The arch plate bottom surface may face and be separated from the base plate top surface, with an extent of the separation increasing toward a medial side of the arch support. |
| US11382381B2 |
Structural arrangement of uppers on sandals
The utility model relates to a structural arrangement for attaching flexible uppers to sandals such as flip-flops, consisting of an upper (2) comprising three longitudinal straps (7, 8 and 9) provided with, in the most distal regions thereof, an upper protuberance (10) in contact with an upper surface (5) of a sole (1), a lower protuberance (11) in contact with a lower surface (6) of said sole (1), and a hollow space (12) that passes through cavities (4) in the sole (1) and receives a stopper (3) made of rigid plastic, said stopper having both a region with a smaller diameter (13) and a region with a larger diameter (14), the latter covering the lower recess (11) of the most distal end of the upper (2), as well as a central hole (15) that connects the inside of the hollow space to the outside environment. |
| US11382376B1 |
LED safety light for snowmobile helmets
A LED safety light for a snowmobile helmet is provided. The LED safety light includes a RCA male connector, a RCA female connector, and a LED light strip configured to attach to an outer surface of the snowmobile helmet. A double layered junction block includes an outer cover and an inner cover housing a PCB and at least a portion of the RCA female connector. The outer cover completely encapsulates the inner cover, wherein the junction block is configured to attach to the outer surface the snowmobile helmet. The RCA female connector is configured to be electrically connected to an auxiliary power output port of a snowmobile to provide power for the LED safety light and the RCA male connector is configured to electrically connect to a power input of a heated shield power input of the snowmobile helmet. |
| US11382371B2 |
Medical apparatus
Medical apparatuses for securing, protecting, retaining, and/or concealing various medical devices such as catheters or electrical leads are disclosed herein. The medical apparatus can be a garments which for use by a patient having a central venous catheter in place. Medical garments as disclosed herein can be used for a wide variety of medical devices attached to a patient, by implantation or otherwise, for varying lengths of time. Medical garments described herein may be used with any of a variety of medical devices which include or comprise one more conduits used for medical treatment or diagnosis, including conduits which comprise catheters as well as electrical conduits such as electrical leads. |
| US11382367B2 |
Outdoor activity suit
An outdoor activity suit includes a body having a front portion, a back portion, opposed sides where the front portion connects to the back portion, a neck receiving portion, an arms receiving portion and a legs receiving portion. The front portion, the neck receiving portion and the legs receiving portion of the body form a first component of the body. The back portion and the arms receiving portion form a second component of the body. An endless loop zipper connects the first component and the second component such that the second component is selectively removable from the first component. |
| US11382364B2 |
Wearable health monitoring fabric
A wearable health monitoring fabric is provided. The wearable fabric includes a set of textrodes. The set of textrodes is configured to measure thoracic electrical bioimpedance (TEB) of a user's body. The set of textrodes include at least two first textrodes. The set of textrodes also include at least two second textrodes. The set of textrodes is fabricated on an upper part of the wearable fabric. Further, the wearable health monitoring fabric is more compatible and user friendly as the textrodes are non-invasive in nature. |
| US11382362B2 |
Brassiere
Provided is a brassiere which is supremely comfortable and which has an excellent breast movement mitigation effect, in other words, excellent movement mitigation properties. The brassiere includes a front part which covers right and left breasts of a wearer, a pair of left and right shoulder straps which are connected to an upper part of the front part, and a pair of wing parts arranged on the left and right of the front part, wherein the front part includes a pair of inner cup parts arranged on the wearer side, and a front cup part arranged outside the inner cup parts, the front part includes a reinforced part having a predetermined width, and the ratio (S2/S1) of elongational stress (S2) of the reinforced part of the front part to elongational stress (S1) of a non-reinforced part of the front part is 1.2/1 to 700/1. |
| US11382361B2 |
Garment with convertible sleeve cuffs
The present invention presents a garment with convertible sleeve cuffs comprising of a body having a right sleeve and a left sleeve, wherein the right sleeve and the left sleeve each start at a wearers right shoulder and left shoulder respectively and reach a wearers right wrist and left wrist respectively, and a garment sleeve cuff attached to the wrist end of each of the right sleeve and the left sleeve, the garment sleeve cuffs each comprising of a first extension comprising of a connector, the connector comprising of two or more corresponding parts, and a second extension comprising of a connector, the connector comprising of two or more corresponding parts. |
| US11382358B2 |
Aerosol-generating device with susceptor layer
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing defining a chamber configured to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article; an inductor coil disposed around at least a portion of the chamber; an elongate susceptor element projecting into the chamber; and a power supply and a controller connected to the inductor coil and configured to provide an alternating electric current to the inductor coil such that the inductor coil generates an alternating magnetic field to heat the elongate susceptor element and thereby heat at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article received in the chamber, the elongate susceptor element including an elongate support body and at least one heating portion formed from a susceptor layer on an outer surface of the elongate support body, and the elongate support body being formed from a thermally insulative material and the susceptor layer including one or more susceptor materials. |
| US11382355B2 |
Cartridge for an aerosol-generating system
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a liquid storage portion including a housing with a first opening, to contain a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a heater assembly including an electrically insulating support having a second opening, an electrical heating element supported by the insulating support and to heat the substrate to form an aerosol, and first and second electrically conductive contact portions disposed at opposite sides of the second opening and to connect to electrical connectors of a battery to supply power to the heater assembly, and a capillary material having first and second faces, the first face being in physical contact with the heating element and the second face being opposite the first face, the capillary material to convey the substrate to the heating element by capillary action, the heater assembly being connected to the housing of the liquid storage portion. |
| US11382353B1 |
Insert system including flavor releasing mechanism held within a polymer holder
An insert system including a flavor releasing mechanism held within a compressible polymer holder disposed between two filter elements is provided. The insert system may be used as a mouthpiece with any type of suitable smokable, including, but not limited to, a blunt, a cigar, a cigarette, a cone, a pre-roll, an empty cone, any other type of smokable, and any combinations thereof. The insert system may be squeezed to activate the flavor releasing mechanism to release flavor into the smoke passing through the insert system to enhance the smoking experience. In one example, the insert system is coupled with one or more Cordia leaves to form a blunt smokable. |
| US11382352B2 |
System and method for folding cigarettes
A system for folding cigarettes filled with a smoking material, including a body, an insert coupled to the body, the insert is configured to store the cigarette, the insert includes a base and sidewalls extending upwards from the base, where the base and the sidewalls match a size of the cigarette, the insert, the cigarette is configured to be mounted on a top surface of the base, a folding mechanism secured to the body, the folding mechanism includes multiple folding units, each folding unit of the multiple folding units includes a moving member that moves towards the insert for hitting a top portion of the cigarette from another angle, a mechanism for moving the moving member towards the cigarette. |
| US11382348B2 |
Compositions for the administration of APOA1 and dosages
The present invention relates to new compositions for the oral administration of apolipoproteins in the dimeric or multimeric form, with specific dosage regimens for use in the treatment of atherosclerosis. |
| US11382345B2 |
Selenium-rich wheat whole-sprout juice beverage and method for preparation thereof
The present invention discloses a selenium-enriched wheat whole bud seedling juice drink and a preparation method thereof. The selenium-enriched wheat whole-seedling juice drink comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 60-120 parts of selenium-enriched wheat whole bud seedlings, 0-50 parts of selenium-enriched wheat seedling leaves, 250-1000 parts of mineral water, and 5-15 parts of fresh ginger slices, wherein the selenium content of the selenium-enriched wheat whole bud seedlings is 0.15-0.25 mg/kg; and the selenium content of the selenium-enriched wheat whole bud seedling juice drink is 0.01-0.05 mg/L. |
| US11382343B1 |
Pelleting system
A pelleting system and method for pelletizing a cellulosic fiber into feed pellets. The pelleting system includes a mixer adapted to combine a shredded cellulosic fiber with at least one additive and a preservative to form a mixture; a pellet feeder for injecting said mixture into a conditioning chamber, the conditioning chamber adapted to apply steam to the mixture to add moisture and heat to said mixture for softening the mixture to facilitate pelletizing; and a pellet mill adapted to compress the mixture to form feed pellets. The final product may be a feed pellet having a compression ratio between about 7 L/D and about 16 L/D and containing between about 9 wt. % moisture and about 12 wt. % moisture. |
| US11382342B2 |
Silica formulation including cashew nut shell liquid or the like
A silica formulation comprising cashew nut shell liquid, anacardic acid, cardol, or cardanol, and silica particles, wherein the silica particles have adsorbed therein the cashew nut shell liquid, the anacardic acid, the cardol, or the cardanol, and wherein the silica particles have an average particle diameter of 150 μm or more. |
| US11382341B2 |
Process for preparing a beverage or beverage component from brewer's spent grains
A process prepares a beverage or beverage component. The process includes an enzymatic treatment of brewer's spent grain including addition of one or a combination of enzymes with alpha-amylase, gluco-amylase, cellulase, xylanase, protease and/or beta-glucanase activity and fermentation by a strain of lactic acid bacteria. The combination of enzymes and enzymatic treatment conditions is such that the lactic acid bacteria produce 4.5 g/L lactic acid and metabolise sugar such that the resulting fermented broth contains less than 2.5% w/w and preferably less than 0.5% w/w residual sugar or the lactic acid bacteria produce 4.5 g/L lactic acid and metabolise sugar such that the resulting fermented broth contains at least 2.5% w/w residual sugar. |
| US11382340B2 |
Topping dispenser system and device
The disclosure extends to systems and devices for a topping dispenser. The topping dispenser may include a dispenser framework having a plurality of spouts mounted thereto configured to dispense a topping and one or more topping reservoirs. The plurality of spouts may include a first spout in fluid communication with a topping reservoir via a first tube that connects to a fitting of the first spout. The plurality of spouts may include a second spout in fluid communication with a topping reservoir via a second tube that connects to a fitting of the second spout. The fitting of the first spout and the fitting of the second spout may be offset from each other within the dispenser framework such that the fittings and tubes do not interfere with each other. |
| US11382338B2 |
Organic acid glycoside contained in coffee beans
The present invention provides a novel organic acid glycoside existing in coffee beans and a use thereof. wherein, each of R1 to R7 is independently selected from a group consisting of H, OH, NH2, OCH3, OC(O)CH3, and NHCOCH3; A is selected from C1 to C6 alkyl or C1 to C6 alkenyl, and the C1 to C6 alkyl or C1 to C6 alkenyl may be substituted by methyl or ethyl. |
| US11382336B2 |
Emulsified oil composition for suppressing off-taste and off-flavor including oil containing polyunsaturated fatty acids, food containing the same, and methods for preparing the same
The present disclosure relates to emulsified oil composition including an oil containing a polyunsaturated fatty acid which is applicable to food, a rosemary extract, and a non-ionic surfactant, wherein the product quality of the food using the oil containing the polyunsaturated fatty acid is maintained during the processing and storage of the food, by preventing the oxidation of the oil containing the polyunsaturated fatty acid to suppress the production of a rancid flavor and an off-flavor. |
| US11382334B2 |
Starch-based texturizers for low protein yogurt, yogurt composiiton and method of making the yogurt composition
Disclosed herein is at least one low protein yogurt composition comprising at least one dairy ingredient, dairy alternative ingredient, or mixture thereof, and a texturizing agent comprising an inhibited starch and a non-granular, enzymatically-debranched waxy starch selected from waxy maize, waxy tapioca, and combinations thereof, wherein said low protein yogurt comprises less than 2.9% dairy protein content, and at least one method for making these low protein yogurt compositions. Also disclosed herein is a texturizing agent comprising an inhibited starch and a non-granular, enzymatically-debranched waxy starch selected from waxy maize, waxy tapioca, and combinations thereof. |
| US11382328B2 |
Rapid drug discovery methods for pathogen inactivation
Provided herein are rapid, large-scale screening methods for identifying metal-biocide combinations that are synergistically effective to kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms. Also provided herein are novel, synergistically antimicrobial metal-biocide combinations and uses of such compositions to curb or slow microbial growth. |
| US11382326B2 |
Compositions and methods for preservation and fixation
The present inventive concept provides non-toxic compositions including ethanol, a polymer, and a polar aprotic solvent and methods of using the same in the field of preservation of plant, human and non-human animal tissue and anatomic pathology disciplines (e.g., surgical pathology, histopathology, cytopathology, forensic pathology). In particular, the compositions provide a safer alternative to aldehyde-based compositions. |
| US11382321B1 |
Live bait container assemblies
Live bait container assemblies for mounting on a seat pedestal of a watercraft seat on a watercraft may include a bait container having a container bottom panel. A plurality of container corners may be carried by the container bottom panel. A plurality of recessed container side panels may extend between the plurality of container corners. A plurality of container handles may extend between the plurality of container corners in spaced-apart relationship to the plurality of recessed container side panels, respectively. A container top panel may be carried by the plurality of container corners and the plurality of recessed container side panels. A container interior may be formed by the container bottom panel, the plurality of container corners, the plurality of recessed container side panels and the container top panel. A container neck having a neck opening may extend from the container top panel in communication with the container interior. A container lid assembly may be removably carried by the container neck and closing the neck opening. The container lid assembly may include a container lid rim detachably carried by the container neck, a dish-shaped inner lid portion detachably carried by the container lid rim and a container lid handle carried by the inner lid portion. Container lid assemblies for a container are also disclosed. |
| US11382320B2 |
Fishing swivel
A fishing swivel for connecting a main fishing line and a leader is provided. The fishing swivel includes a first connecting portion connected with the main line, a second connecting portion connected with the leader, and a main body rotatably coupled to the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion. The first connecting portion has a first contact portion that contacts the main body, the second connecting portion has a second contact portion that contacts the main body, and the main body has a main body contact portion that contacts the first contact portion and the second contact portion. A plating layer containing fluororesin is provided on surfaces of the first contact portion, the second contact portion, and the main body contact portion. |
| US11382319B1 |
Spinning type fishing reel with bi-directionally rotating rotor and drag control to prevent line twist
A fishing spinning reel that eliminates problems associated with line twist by providing a rotor adapted for both forward and reverse rotation wherein a drag assembly applies drag to the rotor using an adjustable cam mechanism to prevent the rotor from imparting twist on the line when in the winding mode. By enabling the rotor to rotate in a reverse direction with the application of drag the present invention prevents line twist when fighting a fish by allowing the rotor to rotate in a reverse direction to let out line and/or to remain stationary as the handle is cranked thereby preventing the rotor from imparting twist on the line. |
| US11382317B2 |
Climate control system for insect farming
The invention relates to a climate control device for controlling the temperature and humidity of air supplied to colonies of insects cultured in an industrial scale insect farm. In particular, the invention relates to a controllable air conditioning system involving a network of pipes connecting at least one cluster having at least one insect farming cage, such that air is conditionable in the cages at the cluster level. More specifically, the invention relates to a system having a central main air conditioning facility providing temperature conditioned air and absolute air humidity conditioned air to each of a number of local air conditioning devices, each separate local air conditioning device providing temperature conditioned air and absolute air humidity conditioned air to each of a plethora of clusters of insect breeding cages separately, said cages housed in a temperature conditioned farming room. This way, insects in cages housed in farming rooms are farmed under improved conditions with regard to minimized cage-to-cage temperature differences and differences in relative air humidity, due to the use of the climate control device of the invention. |
| US11382316B2 |
Transgenic mice with inducible neuron-specific inactivation of HuR gene and method of screening
Provided herein non-human transgenic animals comprising a genome that: i) under-expresses, or is inducible to under-express, Hu Antigen R (HuR) in at least some neurons of said transgenic animal; ii) does not express HuR, or is inducible to not express HuR, in at least some neurons of said transgenic animal; or iii) does not express functional HuR, or is inducible to not express functional HuR in at least some neurons of said transgenic animal, as well as methods of screening drugs and therapies (e.g., useful in treating ALS) using such animals. |
| US11382315B2 |
Systems and methods for the cultivation of target product
Systems and methods for cultivating or accumulating climate-focused marine target products are described herein. The target product may be microalgae, macroalgae, plankton, marine bacteria or archaea, filter feeders (such as oysters or clams), or crustaceans either for the purpose of bioremediation, eventual cultivation or for sequestering carbon dioxide; or the target product may be direct chemical or biological accumulation of carbon or carbon containing organisms. The system is primarily a floating apparatus designed to hold the target product in a region of the water column and in a spatial region of the water where it will best accumulate target product mass. In some embodiments the system is designed to achieve eventual passive sinking (transformation from a floating to sinking apparatus) into the deep ocean. In some embodiments, the system is equipped with purpose-chosen sensors to instrument and quantify the various biological and mechanical processes occurring onboard. |
| US11382311B2 |
Destruction resistant pet toy with attractant and method of making same
A destruction-resistant pet toy for a canine includes a main body for biting, grasping, or playing by the canine with its mouth; an attractant for attracting the canine, the attractant includes a scent source for emitting a scent; a cavity disposed in the main body for holding the attractant; and a plurality of scent passages for passing the scent to the canine, each scent passage having a first end at the cavity and a second end at an exterior surface of the main body. The destruction-resistant pet toy further includes an access channel for passing the attractant to the cavity, the access channel extending from an exterior surface of the main body to the cavity. |
| US11382310B2 |
Pet carer and controlling method thereof
Disclosed is a pet carer. The present invention includes a base, a container located on the base, the container having a space for receiving a pet therein, an entrance for the pet to enter/exit the space, and a discharge hole provided therein to discharge air, a door selectively opening/closing the entrance, a door drive device provided to the base to drive the door, a compressor supplying the air to the discharge hole, a filter unit located under the container to filter off dirt separated from the pet, and a suction fan located under the container to suck air into the filter unit. |
| US11382309B1 |
Animal claw shearing apparatuses and methods of using the same
Apparatuses disclosed herein aid in shearing animal claws. Specifically, the present invention provides a shearing apparatus having at least one curved blade, but preferably two curved blades, allowing cutting of the animal's claw from opposite sides of the animal's claw, and at least one well for placing the animal's claw therein, wherein said two curved blades are disposed at an aperture located at the bottom of the well. The well and aperture combination stops the animal's claw from being sheared too close to nerve endings and the animal's blood supply, preventing or minimizing the incidence of injury and suffering to the animal. Methods of using the apparatus are further disclosed herein. |
| US11382306B2 |
Apparatus for receiving food products
An apparatus for receiving a food product having a cover and a removable liner are discussed. The cover has a top and bottom opening and a sidewall that extends at least partially between the top and bottom opening. At least one aperture is disposed on the sidewall. The removable liner can be inserted within the cover to form the apparatus for receiving the food product. After use of the removable liner, a user can dispose the removable liner by using the aperture to lift the cover with the removable liner inside, and dropping the removable liner into a waste receptacle. |
| US11382303B2 |
Tomato variety NUN 05510 TOF
The disclosure provides for tomato variety NUN 05510 TOF, as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 05510 TOF is a chocolate marmande tomato variety for the fresh market, comprising resistance to Meloidogyne incognita, Verticillium sp., Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici Race 0, Fulvia fulva Race 0, Fulvia fulva Groups A-E, Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV) Strains 0, 1, and 2, Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV), and Torrado Virus (ToTV). |
| US11382298B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV764443
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV764443. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV764443, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV764443 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 CV764443 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 CV764443. |
| US11382296B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV400433
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV400433. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV400433, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV400433 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 CV400433 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 CV400433. |
| US11382294B2 |
Variety corn line BFJD5618
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated BFJD5618, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line BFJD5618 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line BFJD5618, including culturable cells. Additionally, provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line BFJD5618, and plants produced according to these methods. |
| US11382291B2 |
Corn plants with improved disease resistance
Corn plants exhibiting broad-spectrum resistance to Exserohilum turcicum are provided, together with methods of producing, identifying, or selecting plants or germplasm with a Exserohilum turcicum resistance phenotype. Such plants include sweet corn plants as well as agronomically elite dent corn plants comprising introgressed genomic regions conferring disease resistance. Compositions, including novel polymorphic markers and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a disease resistance phenotype are further provided. |
| US11382288B2 |
Apparatus for cultivating plants
An apparatus for cultivating plants may include a cabinet having a cultivation space; a machine compartment separated from the cultivation space and that accommodates a compressor and a condenser; at least one bed disposed in the cultivation space and on which at least one seed package including nutrient solution and seeds is seated; at least one light assembly that radiates light toward the at least one bed; and a water tank disposed in the cultivation space, positioned in front of the machine compartment, and that stores water to be supplied to the at least one bed. The water tank may be inserted into and withdrawn out of the cultivation space. |
| US11382282B2 |
Multifunctional seedling culturing apparatus
A multifunctional seedling culturing apparatus includes a fixed seedling culturing pedestal and a movable seedling culturing shelf cart, where the fixed seedling culturing pedestal includes a frame, and light sources are disposed on the frame; the movable seedling culturing shelf cart includes a board shelf, at least two boards are disposed on the board shelf, planting plates are disposed on the at least two boards, a movable apparatus is disposed on a bottom of the board shelf, and the at least two boards on the board shelf match light source positions on the fixed seedling culturing pedestal. |
| US11382280B1 |
Diffused fiber-optic horticultural lighting
Laser light emanates from optical components that are mounted on a substrate, each optical component being coupled to an optical fiber that delivers laser radiation combined from multiple lasers. A linear or elliptical holographic diffuser is located to diffuse the light emanating from the optical components. The laser wavelengths excite plant photopigments for predetermined physiological responses, and the light source intensities may be temporally modulated to maximize photosynthesis and control photomorphogenesis responses. Each laser is independently controlled. At least one laser emits ultraviolet-C radiation. |
| US11382279B2 |
Apparatus for aerial tool configurations
A field-configurable apparatus for different aerial applications is provided. The field-configurable apparatus attaches to an aerial boom on a mobile carrier. The apparatus can perform rapid semi-precise cutting of vegetation. Additionally, the apparatus can perform more precise trimming of one or more areas (e.g., limbs) and optionally use a limb clamp to prevent cut limbs/vegetation from arbitrarily falling on objects below the cutting area. Still further, the apparatus can have a grapple or similar device attached to the end of the boom for use in relocating debris or for loading debris. Other industrial applications are also possible (e.g., commercial water blasting, deicing of planes, etc.). In each configuration, the apparatus comprises one or more rotatable or pivoting couplings to allow for rotation about one or more axis and therefore allow precise manipulation of an aerial tool assembly from an operator in the vehicle or on the ground. |
| US11382278B2 |
Twine severing blade for protecting against baler needle over-tension conditions
A bale binding mechanism is configured to form crop material into a bale. The bale binding mechanism includes a baling needle and a twine tensioner. A baler chassis presents a baling chamber in which the bale is formed. The baling needle is shiftable up and down relative to the baling chamber, with the needle being shiftable to advance twine upwardly along an end of the bale. The twine tensioner is configured to maintain tension on a tensioned twine section extending between the twine tensioner and the needle, with the tensioned twine section defining a twine feed axis. The twine tensioner includes a tension device that restricts upward advancement of the tensioned twine section. The twine tensioner also includes a shiftable guide element. The guide element is shiftable into and out of a twine feed position associated with upward advancement of the tensioned twine section, with the guide element operable to define an offset twine section offset from the twine feed axis in the twine feed position. The twine tensioner includes a cutting device that severs the offset twine section when a twine over-tension condition causes the guide element to shift out of the twine feed position toward the twine feed axis. |
| US11382274B2 |
Separation arrangement for a combine harvester
A separator arrangement has an inlet head housing, a feed drum and two axial separating rotors projecting by one end portionwise into the inlet head housing. The inlet head housing has planar inlet portions which extend over the width of the respective axial separating rotor and between which is arranged a ramp-shaped housing portion extending paraxial to the conveying direction of the axial separating rotors and which assists in dividing a harvested material flow into partial flows to be fed to the axial separating rotors. At least one separating element is associated with the ramp-shaped housing portion and has a base body which extends perpendicular to the surface of the housing portion and which has an end face formed as a cutting edge. A coating comprising a wear-resistant second material is arranged on the end face and extends substantially medially in the longitudinal direction of the end face. |
| US11382272B2 |
Traction belt for an inclined conveyor of a combine harvester
A traction belt (2) for an inclined conveyor (12) of a combine harvester (1), with a traction belt body (20) which extends substantially in the longitudinal direction (X) of the belt (2) and is endlessly closed or designed to be endlessly closable. The traction belt (2) has at least one tension strand (22) which runs in the longitudinal direction (X) is embedded in the traction belt body (20) and is enclosed by the traction belt body (20). |
| US11382269B2 |
Apparatus for harvesting cannabis/hemp materials
An apparatus has a trailer with one or more wheels and a connector that connects the trailer to an automotive machine that mobilizes the trailer from a first position to a second position within a field of one or more plants. Further, the apparatus has a branch trimming device operably positioned on the trailer. Additionally, the apparatus has a conveyer belt operably positioned on the trailer. The conveyer belt receives a trimmed plant that has one or more branches trimmed off by the branch trimming device. The apparatus also has one more cutting devices. Finally, the apparatus has a tumbler that receives the trimmed plant from the conveyer belt and rotates with respect to the one or more cutting devices to cut the trimmed plant into the one or more buds. A bottom portion of the tumbler is positioned in proximity to the one or more cutting devices. |
| US11382264B2 |
Mower unit for heat discharge and soundproofing
A mower unit 3 includes a rotational shaft extending upwards through a top wall of a mower deck, a cutter blade attached to a lower portion of the rotational shaft, a mower motor 4 having a rotor 43 disposed upward and a coil 42 disposed downward along an axial direction of an output shaft 41, a mount deck 5 having a horizontal mounting face for mounting the mower motor 4 in such a manner that the output shaft 41 assumes a vertical posture, the mount deck protruding outwards from a side wall of the mower deck, and a cooling arrangement 50 incorporated in the mound deck 5 for discharging heat of the mower motor 4. |
| US11382263B2 |
Articulating cutting deck
An articulating mower deck system. The system is adapted to disable power to a blade associated with the wing deck section before the wing deck section begins to lift—from an operating position toward a folded position—yet does not interfere with blade operation when the wing deck section floats relative to a center deck section during normal operation of the deck. Articulating decks of modular construction are also provided, allowing assembly of multiple deck widths with a minimum of modular deck sections. |
| US11382262B2 |
Infeed head flex to rigid mode lock out mechanism
A header for an agricultural harvester having a cutterbar lockout control mechanism that can be set in flex or rigid modes independent of the position of the cutterbar assembly. The cutterbar lockout control mechanism may be set to flex or rigid modes without the operator having to reach under the header, and the operator may reposition the cutterbar assembly without leaving the cab. Also, a method for setting the operating mode of a cutterbar assembly of a header for an agricultural harvester, and a method for repositioning a cutterbar assembly of a header for an agricultural harvester. |
| US11382260B2 |
Estimation of crop type and/or sowing date
Method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for estimating crop type and/or sowing date. In some embodiments, a historical crop growth time series and a plurality of simulated crop growth time series are determined, and the historical time series is matched against each simulated time series to determine an estimated crop type and/or sowing date. For example, one simulated time series may be determined for each crop type/sowing date combination within a set of one or more crop types and one or more sowing dates based on historical crop data. Each time series represents crop growth in an area of interest and comprises element(s) including crop-specific parameter(s), such as leaf area index (LAI). The historical time series may be determined based on remote sensor data. Each simulated time series may be determined using a crop growth simulation model and based on historical crop data, geospatial data, and weather data. |
| US11382255B1 |
Method and system for storing emission rights for point and nonpoint source pollution based on internet of things
A method for storing emission rights for point and nonpoint source pollution based on internet of things is provided. In the method, agricultural nonpoint source pollution is monitored based on internet of things; monitoring data of the agricultural nonpoint source pollution is collected and processed; data on migration of the agricultural nonpoint source pollution is analyzed, and an emission reduction amount of storable nonpoint source pollution of the agricultural nonpoint source pollution is calculated; and the emission reduction amount of storable nonpoint source pollution is added to a regional emission rights storage system as reserve emission rights. In this way, the emission reduction amount of nonpoint source pollution can be allocated to industrial point source pollution, and it is possible to combine agricultural nonpoint source pollution emission reductions and industrial point source pollution emissions, to achieve free distribution therebetween. |
| US11388849B2 |
Component mounting machine, component suctioning method, nozzle disposing method and method for disposing component supplying device
A component mounting machine includes multiple component supplying devices, a head, a head moving device, and a nozzle lifting and lowering device. The component supplying device feeds out a component to a component supply position. The head includes multiple nozzles configured to suction a component. The head moving device moves the head to cause the nozzles to face the respective component supply positions with two or more thereof. The nozzle lifting and lowering device lifts and lowers the nozzle located to face the component supply positions. In positioning the nozzles to face the respective component supply positions, the head is moved so as to prioritize a positional correction of a nozzle facing a smallest sized component over positional corrections of the other nozzles, and in this state, the nozzles facing the respective component supply positions are lifted and lowered simultaneously to suction corresponding components. |
| US11388843B2 |
Equipment cabinet and method for operating a cooling device
The invention relates to an equipment cabinet for receiving information-technology (IT) and communication-technology components which generate waste heat during operation. Here, the IT and communication-technology components draw in cooling air from the front side of the equipment cabinet for cooling and discharge this air into a hot-air region after having been heated. The air is guided out of the hot-air region and cooled by a cooling device comprising fans. Furthermore, sensors are provided for determining the pressure differential between the pressure in the hot-air region and in the surroundings of the equipment cabinet. In addition, a method is described for regulating a cooling device in an equipment cabinet of this kind. |
| US11388842B2 |
Electric device
An electric device includes an electric component mounted on a circuit board, a cabinet, a heat conducting member, and an elastic portion. The cabinet faces the circuit board. The heat conducting member has heat conductivity, a first contact portion that is in contact with the electric component, and at least one second contact portion that is in contact with the cabinet. The elastic portion has elasticity in a direction in which the circuit board and the cabinet face each other. The first contact portion and the second contact portion are separated from each other in the direction in which the circuit board and the cabinet face each other. The elastic portion applies an elastic force to at least one of the first contact portion and the second contact portion in a direction in which the first contact portion and the second contact portion are separated from each other. |
| US11388841B2 |
Electronic device including heat dissipation structure
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes: a housing including a plurality of acoustic holes; an enclosure mounted in the housing; at least one heating element disposed in the enclosure; a heat dissipation structure disposed on the heating element to transfer heat generated from the heating element; and a heat dissipation duct disposed at least partially on the heat dissipation structure to provide a path for transferring the heat transferred from the heat dissipation structure to the outside through the acoustic holes. The heat dissipation structure may include: at least one first heat transfer member coupled to the one heating element; and a second heat transfer member disposed at least partially on the first heat transfer member to transfer, to the heat dissipation duct, heat transferred from the first heat transfer member. |
| US11388839B2 |
Power electronics cooling assemblies and methods for making the same
A power electronics module includes a cold plate manifold, a heat sink base layer at least partially embedded in the cold plate manifold, an electrically-insulating layer in direct contact with the heat sink base layer, a conductive substrate positioned on the electrically-insulating layer, and a power electronics device coupled to and in direct contact with the conductive substrate. |
| US11388837B2 |
Systems and methods of forming a backplane airflow guide
A server information handling system may include a processor; a network interface device (NID); a power source; a vertical backplane for providing electrical and data coupling to a plurality of hard disk drives (HDDs) operatively coupled to the vertical back plane; a plurality of vent holes formed through the vertical backplane; and an acoustic dampening device including a duct extension protruding away from the plurality of vent holes formed through the vertical backplane; the duct extensions to acoustically separate a fan system of the server information handling system from the plurality of HDDs within the information handling system server by mitigation of acoustic energy transmission generated by airflow through the plurality of vent holes. |
| US11388835B1 |
Placement of custom servers
A server placement controller determines a placement location for a custom server based on infrastructure support system requirements of the custom server and based on infrastructure support system capacities at respective unoccupied slots of a server mounting structure of a data center. In some embodiments, a server placement controller may utilize a hierarchical optimization process to select a placement location for a custom server, wherein the selected placement location meets the requirements of the custom server while also optimizing use of one or more infrastructure support systems, such as power infrastructure support system, a networking infrastructure support system, a cooling infrastructure support system, or other infrastructure support systems of a data center. |
| US11388832B2 |
Blind-mate connection design for liquid-cooled electronic racks
A holder for connecting a rack manifold of an electronic rack and a room manifold of a data center room to provide liquid cooling to the electronic rack includes an L-shaped frame with a first arm having a first end and a second end, and a second arm extending from the second end of the first arm and substantially perpendicular to the first arm. The holder additionally includes a pivot point to be coupled to a pivot connector on a panel to pivotally move the L-shaped frame between a first position and a second position. The holder further includes a first blind-mate connector disposed on the L-shaped frame to be coupled to a second blind-mate connector at an engagement interface. The first blind-mate connector and the second blind-mate connector are coupled in response to the L-shaped frame moving to the second position in response to contact with the electronic rack. |
| US11388829B2 |
Chassis mounting frame and chassis
A chassis mounting frame includes a frame body, a fixing plate, a coupling member, a rotating member, and a pivoting member. The fixing plate is mounted on a side of the frame body and includes a resisting structure. The rotating member is provided on the frame body and coupled to the coupling member and configured to drive the coupling member to move inside the frame body and drive the coupling member and the frame body to move together. The pivoting member is provided on a side of the frame body and coupled to the coupling member. The coupling member is configured to drive the pivoting member to rotate to resist against the resisting structure. |
| US11388827B2 |
Fixing structure for electronic device
A fixing structure for an electronic device includes a mounting body and a mounting bracket. The mounting body includes a side surface, a bottom surface, and at least one limiting member disposed on the bottom surface. The limiting member includes a fixed end and a pillar. The pillar extends downward from the fixed end and protrudes from the bottom surface. The mounting bracket includes a fixing plate and a release assembly. The fixing plate is disposed under the bottom surface of the mounting body, and the fixing plate and the pillar are buckled with each other. The release assembly is disposed on the fixing plate, and the release assembly abuts against the side surface of the mounting body. |
| US11388824B2 |
Component carrier having a three dimensionally printed wiring structure
A component carrier and a method for manufacturing a component carrier is described wherein the component carrier includes a carrier body with a plurality of electrically conductive layer structures and/or electrically insulating layer structures and a wiring structure on and/or in the layer structures where the wiring structure is at least partially formed as a three-dimensionally printed structure. |
| US11388822B2 |
Methods for improved polymer-copper adhesion
Methods for forming circuit boards and circuit boards using an adhesion layer are described. A substrate with two surfaces is exposed to a bifunctional organic compound to form an adhesion layer on the first substrate surface. A resin layer is then deposited on the adhesion layer and the exposed substrate surfaces. Portions of the resin layer may be removed to expose metal pads for contacts. |
| US11388816B2 |
Flexible substrate
According to one embodiment, a flexible substrate includes a flexible insulation base material and a plurality of wiring lines provided on one surface side of the insulation base material, and the insulation base material includes a thinned first area and a second area having a thickness larger than that of the first area, the first area includes a first lower surface, the second area includes a second lower surface, the first lower surface and the second lower surface are formed on an opposite side of a surface on which the wiring lines are provided, and the first lower surface includes an inclined portion inclined towards the second lower surface. |
| US11388811B1 |
Heat-dissipating substrate structure with built-in conductive circuits
A heat-dissipating substrate structure with built-in conductive circuits is provided. The heat-dissipating substrate structure includes an electrically insulating layer, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a heat-dissipating layer. The first metal layer and the second metal layer are disposed on the heat-dissipating layer at an interval. The electrically insulating layer encloses and is in contact with side walls of the first metal layer and side walls of the second metal layer, such that a top wall of the first metal layer and a top wall of the second metal layer are exposed from the electrically insulating layer, and at least one of the conductive circuits extends through at least one of the side wall of the first metal layer and the side wall of the second metal layer and is embedded in the electrically insulating layer. |
| US11388810B2 |
System, apparatus and method for multi-frequency resonator operation in linear accelerator
An apparatus, system and method. An apparatus may include an RF power assembly, arranged to output an RF signal; a resonator, coupled to receive the RF signal, the resonator comprising a first output end and a second output end, and a drift tube assembly, configured to transmit an ion beam, and coupled to the resonator. As such, the drift tube assembly may include a first AC drift tube electrode, coupled to the first output end, and a second AC drift tube electrode, coupled to the second output end and separated from the first AC drift tube by a first gap. The RF power assembly may be switchable to switch output from a first Eigenmode frequency to a second Eigenmode frequency. |
| US11388808B2 |
Biphasic plasma microreactor and method of using the same
The present invention relates to a plasma reactor and more specifically to an plasma microreactor comprising a support, made at least partially of a dielectric material, the support comprising a gas inlet, a liquid inlet, at least a fluid outlet, a liquid microchannel in the support, a gas channel, at least a ground electrode, at least a high voltage electrode, separated from the gas channel by the dielectric material of the support, wherein said ground electrode and said high voltage electrode are arranged on opposite sides of the gas channel so as to be able to create an electric field inside the gas channel, wherein the liquid microchannel and the gas channel are contiguous and at least an opening is arranged between the liquid microchannel and the gas channel so as to form a fluid channel and to cause the liquid flow contact the gas flow and wherein the liquid flow is retained within the liquid microchannel by capillarity action. |
| US11388807B2 |
X-ray CT apparatus, X-ray high voltage apparatus, and X-ray control method
According to one embodiment, an X-ray CT apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire set tube current waveform, and specify, based on the set tube current waveform, a period of a first tube current and a period of a second tube current lower than the first tube current. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a waveform of a grid voltage such that a first grid voltage is applied during a period corresponding to the period of the first tube current and a second grid voltage, which is higher than the first grid voltage, is applied during a period corresponding to the period of the second tube current. |
| US11388795B2 |
Field-configurable LED tape light
LED tape is provided that employs a plurality of surface-mounted contact terminals. The LED tape can be severed at discrete locations adjacent to the contact terminal to create a tape segment configured to interconnect to a power source or to another tape segment by way of a wire selectively received and secured within corresponding terminal connectors. The use of the connecting wire omits the need for a mechanical connector or integration by soldering currently required to interconnect LED tape segments. |
| US11388793B2 |
Dimmable lighting apparatus
The present invention provides a dimmable lighting apparatus, comprising a light emitting circuit and a driving circuit coupled with the light emitting circuit. The driving circuit comprises a rectifier module, a filtering module coupled between the light emitting circuit and the rectifier module, a constant current module coupled between the filtering module and the light emitting circuit, and a dimming module. In particular, the dimming module is configured to receive a driving signal supplied to the light emitting circuit from the constant current module, and feed the driving signal back to the constant current module to adjust an output power of the constant current module. |
| US11388787B2 |
Convection system for employment with an RF oven
An air circulation system for an oven includes a plenum disposed proximate to the cooking chamber, an airflow generator configured to draw air from the cooking chamber through a chamber outlet port and discharge the air into the plenum, and an air heater configured to heat at least some of the air in the plenum prior to a portion of the air entering the cooking chamber from the plenum via air delivery orifices. The chamber outlet port includes outlet perforations combining to form a first geometric shape centered on an axis of the airflow generator. The air delivery orifices include a first set of inlet perforations and a second set of inlet perforations. The first and second sets of inlet perforations combine to form respective second and third geometric shapes that are disposed on opposite sides of the outlet perforations. The second and third geometric shapes are different than the first geometric shape. |
| US11388785B2 |
Connection interface for induction coil array
An induction cooking apparatus includes a plurality of induction coils arranged in at least one array. At least one beam structure is configured to support the at least one array of induction coils. At least one electrical circuit is in connection with the at least one beam structure and in communication with each of the plurality of induction coils forming the at least one array. At least one inverter assembly is configured to drive the induction coils. The electrical circuit and the inverter assembly form a connection interface including a plurality of mating connectors. The mating connectors of the connection interface electrically connect the array with the inverter assembly. |
| US11388783B2 |
Method of making a heater of an electronic vaping device
A method of forming a heater assembly of an e-vaping device includes bending a wire to form a first lobe and bending the wire to form a second lobe. The first lobe and the second lobe form a generally sinuously-shaped heater having a first set of lobes and a second set of lobe. A first apex of the first lobe is generally opposite a second apex of the second lobe. The method may also include curling the first set of lobes towards the second set of lobes to form a heater having a substantially tubular form. The heater defines an opening there through. |
| US11388782B2 |
Heating blanket
An electric blanket including a flexible sheet-like heating element, a shell comprising two flexible sheets covering the heating element, one or more welds coupling the sheet of the shell about the edges to hermetically seal the heating element there between; and a flexible insulating layer extending over the heating element and covered by the shell providing at least one of thermal insulation and electrical insulation, wherein the heating element is held in position between the two sheets of the shell without using connectors that pierce the two sheets. |
| US11388772B2 |
User equipment and communication method for detection of a control channel in a discontinuous reception cycle
The present invention relates to user equipment, an electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a storage medium. According to the present invention, the user equipment comprises a processing circuit, configured to: detect a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on a first bandwidth part of an unlicensed frequency band in a detection time of a discontinuous reception (DRX) period; and detect the PDCCH on a second bandwidth part of the unlicensed frequency band when the PDCCH is not detected on the first bandwidth part. By using the user equipment, the electronic device, the wireless communication method, and the storage medium in the present invention, a DRX mechanism of the user equipment operating on the unlicensed frequency band can be improved. |
| US11388770B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting connection maintenance and release for user equipment
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a method for controlling services of a user equipment (UE) in a light connection, including: a first radio access network (RAN) node determines whether a predetermined condition is met, when determining that the predetermined condition is met, the first RAN node controls to transmit information about light connection state of the UE, and/or, indication information about light connection of the UE, based on the connection control. The present disclosure also provides a method for controlling data continuity of a UE, including: a core network (CN) node receives information about light connection state of the UE, and/or, indication information about light connection of the UE; the CN node control services of the UE, based on foregoing received information. The present disclosure also provides another method for controlling services of a UE in a light connection, and a corresponding device. By adopting the technical solution of the present disclosure, from one aspect, signaling overheads are saved by using the light connection, from another aspect, implementations of existing functions and services will not be affected by introducing the light connection. The present invention provides a data continuity controlling method for a UE, which recites: determining, by a first radio access network node, whether a preset condition is satisfied; and when determining that the preset condition is satisfied and the UE performs Cellular Internet of Things (CIOT) service, transmitting, by the first radio access network node, data transmission information associated with the UE and/or data forwarding requirement information associated with the UE. The present invention further provides another data continuity controlling method for a UE, which recites: obtaining, by a first core network node, data transmission information associated with the UE, and/or receiving a data packet of the UE; performing, by the first core network node, Cellular Internet of Things (CIOT) data transmission control according to the obtained data transmission information associated with the UE and/or the received data packet of the UE. The present invention further provides other data continuity controlling methods for a UE and corresponding devices. According to technical solutions disclosed by the present disclosure, data continuity can be implemented at the same time when saving UE energy. |
| US11388769B2 |
Techniques for communicating management information for mechanisms using wireless communications
Aspects described herein relate to enabling data network devices to communicate using wireless network nodes, including user equipment (UE) and/or core network nodes, in a wireless network. The data network devices can have associated mechanisms for interfacing with the wireless network nodes, and the wireless network functions can facilitate transparent transfer of control information for the associated mechanisms. |
| US11388766B2 |
Method and arrangement for connection re-establishment in a telecommunication system
The invention relates to a method in a user equipment and a user equipment (700) for controlling connection re-establishment between said user equipment and a network. The method comprises the steps of —receiving (501) a configuration message from the network defining at least one condition; —upon detection of connectivity problems (503) towards the first cell, evaluating said at least one condition (504); —if said at least one condition is fulfilled for a neighboring cell (B), applying at least one special criterion for initiating connection re-establishment to said neighboring cell (505), said at least one special criterion being different from at least one criterion that is applied if said at least one condition is not fulfilled. The invention furthermore relates to a method and an arrangement in a network node (800) for controlling connection re-establishment between the network and a user equipment (700). |
| US11388765B2 |
Communications between wireless devices in building automation and control network
A manager device manages communications between wireless devices in a building automation and control (BAC) network. The manager device includes multiple RF modules and a CPU, all disposed within a single housing. Each RF module includes an antenna and RF transceiver for transmitting and receiving wireless RF signals to and from the wireless devices. Each RF transceiver of each RF module operates on a different RF frequency from the RF transceiver of each of the other RF modules. The CPU runs multiple processes in a wireless network protocol stack, including an event handler process and multiple transceiver control processes. The event handler process monitors events within the BAC network, and manages message traffic to and from the transceiver control processes. The transceiver control processes receive messages from and send messages to the event handler process. Each transceiver control process is associated with a corresponding one of the RF transceivers. Each transceiver control process sends messages to and receives messages from the wireless devices via its associated RF transceiver. |
| US11388764B2 |
Method and apparatus for user equipment-assisted coverage enhancement in mobile communications
Various solutions for coverage extension allowing improved high-frequency and high-data-rate cellular coverage of devices located in conditions of poor network coverage in mobile communications are described. The described solutions may extend coverage, for example, via a sidelink interface between two mobile devices, a relay device in good coverage and a remote device that may be in poor coverage, thus allowing the remote device to communicate using the relay device as a backhaul link to a cellular network. |
| US11388760B2 |
Enhanced RACH (random access channel) design for 5G Clot (cellular internet of things)
Techniques for random access (RA) in a cellular internet-of-things (CIOT) are discussed. An example apparatus configured to be employed within a User Equipment (UE), comprises a receiver circuitry, a processor, and transmitter circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive RA resource allocation information via one of a system information message or a downlink control information (DCI) message. The processor is operably coupled to the receiver circuitry and configured to: select a RA preamble sequence; generate a payload; and spread the payload via a spreading sequence. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit, based on the RA resource allocation information, a RA message comprising the RA preamble sequence and the payload, wherein the RA message is transmitted in a RA slot. The receiver circuitry is further configured to receive a response comprising a device identity of the UE and one of an uplink (UL) grant or a RA reject message. |
| US11388758B2 |
Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal for receiving data from plurality of wireless communication terminals
A wireless communication terminal communicating wirelessly with a base wireless communication terminal and unassociated with the base wireless communication terminal is disclosed. The wireless communication terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor configured to receive, by using the transceiver, a multi-station Block ACK frame which indicates whether at least one of MAC frames transmitted from at least one of wireless communication terminals is received by using a first field of the multi-station Block ACK frame for indicating an association identifier corresponding to an association of each of the at least one of wireless communication terminals and the base wireless communication terminal, from the base wireless communication terminal, and determine whether a MAC frame transmitted from the wireless communication terminal is received by the base wireless communication terminal based on whether a second field of the multi-station Block ACK frame includes a MAC address of the wireless communication terminal. |
| US11388756B2 |
Terminal for communicating with a base station apparatus
User equipment includes a receiver that communicates with a base station apparatus, and that receives, from the base station apparatus, one or more blocks associated with one or more beams transmitted from the base station apparatus, the one or more blocks including information used for initial access; a controller that selects a block used for determining a resource for transmitting a preamble from the one or more blocks, based on received power or reception quality of the one or more beams; and a transmitter that transmits the preamble to the base station apparatus using the resource. |
| US11388751B2 |
Data transmission method and apparatus technical field
Embodiments of this application provide a data transmission method and apparatus. The data transmission method is applied to a network based on a CSMA/CA mechanism and the network includes a plurality of nodes that share one channel. According to the data transmission method, a sending node determines, in the plurality of nodes through a first clear channel assessment, that the channel is idle. The sending node then waits for a delay duration, and performs a second clear channel assessment on the channel after the delay duration. The sending node sends a data frame to a receiving node in the plurality of nodes through the channel in response to determining, through the second clear channel assessment, that the channel is idle. The sending node performs a clear channel assessment twice before sending a data frame, which reflects priorities of different types of data frames and shortens a network latency. |
| US11388746B2 |
Methods and apparatus for utilizing short transmission time intervals in a wireless communications network
A terminal device for a wireless communication network is configurable with a plurality of transmission time intervals. An example method comprises: receiving a grant message comprising an indication of radio resources in which the terminal device can transmit one or more wireless messages, the radio resources being configured according to a first transmission time interval of the plurality of transmission time intervals; determining the presence of data to transmit, the data being associated with a logical channel; determining a maximum transmission time interval associated with the logical channel; and, responsive to a determination that the maximum transmission time interval associated with the logical channel is less than the first transmission time interval, transmitting a scheduling request message. The scheduling request message is configured according to a second transmission time interval of the plurality of transmission time intervals, shorter than the first. |
| US11388743B2 |
Scheduling request sending method, scheduling request processing method, and related device
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose devices and methods for sending and/or processing a scheduling request. The scheduling request sending method includes: determining whether there has a first scheduling resource configuration corresponding to the first logical channel according to first indication information, when the first logical channel of a terminal device has to-be sent data and a first scheduling request (SR) is triggered; where the first indication information includes a first mapping relationship which indicates a correspondence between a logical channel of the terminal device and a scheduling resource configuration, and the first scheduling resource configuration includes a first uplink control channel resource corresponding to the first logical channel; and sending the first SR to an access network device by the first uplink control channel resource, when the first logical channel has a corresponding first scheduling resource configuration. |
| US11388740B2 |
Method and apparatus for using indication information of time domain resource allocation
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for using indication information of time domain resource allocation. The method comprises receiving from a network node indication information of time domain resource allocation for a first type of message. The method further comprises determining a location of time domain resource for a first type of message based at least in part on the indication information and/or configuration information. |
| US11388738B2 |
Method and device for determining time-domain resources, storage medium, and system
A method and device for determining time-domain resources, a storage medium, and a system. The method comprises: receiving allocation information of time-domain resources to be scheduled, which is sent by a network device (S401), the time-domain resources to be scheduled comprising time-domain resources for performing channel transmission; determining time-domain positions corresponding to the time-domain resources to be scheduled according to a set determining rule and uplink and downlink time-domain resource configuration information and the allocation information (S402); and performing, by means of the time-domain resources to be scheduled, channel transmission according to the time-domain positions corresponding to the time-domain resources to be scheduled (S403). The condition of failure to transmit a channel by a terminal in a short time period due to a conflict with time-domain configuration information when the terminal performs channel transmission is avoided, signaling overheads when the terminal performs channel transmission with the base station are reduced, and the increase of the probability of erroneous detection caused by repeated transmission of control signaling is also avoided. |
| US11388736B2 |
Multiscale approach to predictable wireless networking
A distributed sensing and control network includes a plurality of sensing/control nodes, each of the sensing/control nodes includes a sensor, a local controller, a local memory and a wireless transmitter/receiver. The local memory stores instructions for implementing a multiscale networking protocol for wireless transmissions. The multiscale networking protocol controls at least a first factor at a first timescale and at least a second factor at a second timescale, distinct from the first timescale. The at least a first factor includes an instantiated physical-ratio-K (PRK) interference model for wireless transmissions. The at least a second factor includes at least one of a channel assignment, a node transmission signal power control, a node transmission rate control, a real-time scheduling control, and a local signal map stored in the local memory. Wherein the local signal map, together with instantiated physical-ratio-K (PRK) interference models, defines an interference relationship between a sensing/control node storing the local signal map and each other sensing/control node of the plurality of sensing/control nodes within an exclusion region of the sensing/control node storing the local signal map. |
| US11388732B2 |
Method for associating user equipment in a cellular network via multi-agent reinforcement learning
A method for associating user equipment with base stations of a cellular network such as a 5G network. An agent receives an observation of its environment and deduces an action therefrom, this action being manifested as an association request of the user to a neighboring base station. This action is chosen according to a strategy of the user seeking the maximum of a function of action value for the observation and several possible actions. Once the actions have been carried out by the various actions, a common reward is provided by the network to the various users, the latter being zero in the case of a collision of association requests and the result of a utility function otherwise. The function of action value for the various possible actions is predicted by a recurrent neural network trained on a set of experiments stored in a local memory. |
| US11388731B2 |
Control channel code rate selection
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to methods and apparatus for code rate selection for control channels. An exemplary method generally includes selecting, from a set of code rates, a code rate to be used to encode a stream of bits using a polar code, based on at least one of a downlink control channel aggregation size, an uplink control channel assignment, or a payload size of the stream of bits, encoding the stream of bits using the polar code and the selected code rate, and transmitting the encoded stream of bits. |
| US11388729B2 |
Adjusting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format in a wireless communication network
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for adjusting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format in a wireless communication network. In particular, the method is implemented for adjusting a PUCCH format in an uplink transmission from a terminal device to a network device in a wireless communication network. The method comprises: using a first PUCCH format having a first duration for a service between the terminal device and the network device; and using (804) a second PUCCH format having a second and different duration for the service of the terminal device responsive to a determination that the first PUCCH format is in need of change based on one or more events. |
| US11388725B2 |
Method and device for transmitting PPDU on basis of FDR in wireless LAN system
Disclosed is a method and a device for transmitting and receiving a PPDU based on FDR in a wireless LAN system. More specifically, an AP generates FDR indication information on that the AP is capable of performing the FDR and transmits a DL PPDU including the FDR indication information to a first STA and a second STA. The AP receives a first UL PPDU from the first STA and a second UL PPDU form the second STA. A DL PPDU, a first UL PPDU, and a second UL PPDU are transmitted and received based on the FDR. |
| US11388724B2 |
Time resource allocation for radio access networks
There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The method includes communicating utilising a time resource allocation, the time resource allocation being indicated by a time resource allocation indication in a received control information message, wherein the time resource allocation indication is mapped to one of a plurality of table representations based on a signaling characteristic of the received control information message. The table representations represent tables having one or more table entries, wherein the table entries associate different values of the time resource allocation indication to a set of time resource allocations. |
| US11388722B2 |
Common downlink control channel transmission method and device
A common downlink control channel transmission method and a relevant device are provided. The common downlink control channel transmission method includes: receiving, by a UE, a target signal from a network side device, a resource set for transmitting a common downlink control channel is associated with the target signal; and determining, by the UE, the resource set in accordance with the target signal, and receiving the common downlink control channel from the network side device through the resource set. |
| US11388721B1 |
Use of voice muting as a basis to limit application of resource-intensive service
A method and system for controlling air-interface resource utilization in a wireless communication system in which an access node provides service on a carrier defining air-interface resources. An example method includes monitoring a rate of voice muting on the carrier, detecting when the monitored rate of voice muting on the carrier is at least predefined threshold high, and responsive to detecting that the monitored rate of voice muting on the carrier is at least predefined threshold high, starting to apply a maximum limit on how many user equipment devices (UEs) the access node will concurrently serve with a resource-intensive service on the carrier. |
| US11388716B2 |
Power headroom report for LTE-NR co-existence
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for a power headroom report for multiple radio access technologies (RATs). A user equipment (UE) may support multiple RATs that correspond to different transmission time intervals (TTIs). A UE may determine a reporting schedule for power headroom reports (PHRs) for a first RAT and a second schedule for PHRs for a second RAT. The UE may generate a PHR for the first RAT and a companion PHR for the second RAT, and may transmit the PHR and companion PHR based at least in part on the first PHR schedule. In some examples, the UE may receive a PHR type from the base station, and may determine a joint PHR based on the type. The UE may determine a joint PHR schedule based on a granularity of supported RATs. |
| US11388714B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing user equipment triggered semi-persistent scheduling activation in wireless communication system
A user equipment (UE) receives a SPS resource configuration from an eNodeB (eNB), and transmits information related to a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation for a specific logical channel to the eNB. The information may include timing information for the specific logical channel which indicates when a SPS resource for the specific logical channel should be activated. The specific logical channel may correspond to a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. |
| US11388709B2 |
Method for determining slot format and device
A method for determining a slot format and a device are disclosed, to determine an ECP slot format. The method for determining a slot format includes: obtaining first indication information, where the first indication information includes indication information of a slot format a, the slot format a is one of slot formats of a first-type slot, the first-type slot includes N symbols, and N is 14; and determining a slot format b of 2(μ-μa) consecutive second-type slots based on a subcarrier spacing μa applicable to the first indication information, a subcarrier spacing μ applicable to the second-type slot, and the indication information of the slot format a, where the second-type slot includes M symbols, and N is not equal to M. |
| US11388706B2 |
Information acquiring method, terminal, base station, and system
Embodiments disclose an information acquiring method. The method includes sending indicating information, where the indicating information indicates a resource set used for sending initial information, and the initial information comprises a master information block (MIB); and determining, according to the resource set used for sending initial information, a resource used for sending non-initial information, wherein the non-initial information comprises information carried over a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and the resource used for sending the non-initial information does not overlap with the resource set used for sending initial information. |
| US11388704B2 |
Terminal device, base station device, and communication method
A terminal device (UE) includes a reception unit configured to monitor an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) on a Serving cell with frame structure type 3. In a case that the terminal device detects downlink control information (DCI) in a subframe, the terminal device assumes a configuration of OFDM symbols according to a field in the DCI in the subframe. The OFDM symbols are used for downlink transmission. A demodulation reference signal (DMRS) associated with the EPDCCH is mapped in the subframe according to the configuration of the OFDM symbols. |
| US11388702B2 |
Resource determining method, apparatus, network element, and system
Provided in the implementations of the present application are a resource determining method, apparatus, terminal, access network device, and system. The method includes: on the basis of first configuration information and second configuration information, a terminal determines a first time domain resource occupied by an aggregate PUCCH in each time slot for sending uplink control information; and, in n time slots, sending the uplink control information to an access network device by means of the first time domain resource, n being a positive integer; the first configuration information is used for indicating second time domain resource configured by the access network device for the aggregate PUCCH, the first time domain resource belonging to the second time domain resource; and the second configuration information is used for indicating a third time domain resource configured by the access network device and used for uplink signal transmission. |
| US11388698B2 |
Communication device, communication method, and program
[Object] To achieve communication between terminal devices in a more preferred aspect even in a situation in which wireless access technologies in which definition of resources is different are multiplexed in a communication system in which a base station device and terminal devices communicate with each other.[Solution] A communication device includes: a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; a control unit configured to allocate a resource to each of a first channel for transmitting control information and a second channel for transmitting data in communication between a plurality of terminal devices; and a notification unit configured to notify at least any terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices of information regarding the resource. |
| US11388692B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting access control and mobility management
The present application provides a method and apparatus for supporting general registration of user equipment to facilitate MO only mode preferences. |
| US11388691B2 |
Method, system and apparatus for electronic device enrollment
A system, method and apparatus for automatically enrolling wireless end devices with a base station and/or other device or system. A wireless end device is scanned using a smart phone's native capabilities, without the use of a downloadable, third party app. Information from the scan indicates the name of the base station to which enrollment is desired. The base station name is used in an mDNS request in order to determine a local IP address of the base station. When the IP address is returned to the local, wireless communication device, the wireless communication device sends an HTTP GET message comprising attributes of the end device. The base station receives the HTTP GET message and enrolls the wireless end device with the base station. The base station my further alert another base station, system, server or other entity of the enrollment. The base station may then send the local, wireless communication device a web page indicating that the wireless end device was successfully enrolled with the base station and/or other base station, system, server or entity. |
| US11388689B2 |
Timing advance indication method, base station, UE and device
A timing advance indication method, a base station, a terminal and a device are provided. The method includes: transmitting subcarrier spacing configuration information of a physical uplink shared channel and/or a physical uplink control channel to a terminal; receiving a preamble fed back by the terminal based on subcarrier spacing configuration information; obtaining a quantized value of a timing advance corresponding to a tracking area based on the preamble; and transmitting the quantized value of the timing advance to the terminal. |
| US11388686B2 |
User terminal and radio communication method
Measurement is efficiently performed while suppressing an increase in an overhead. A user terminal according to the present invention includes: a reception section that receives frequency information indicating a plurality of frequencies in a single component carrier; and a control section that, when a signal block including a synchronization signal and a broadcast signal is transmitted at each of the plurality of frequencies, controls measurement at the plurality of frequencies. |
| US11388684B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing the maximum power on a secondary carrier
A method and apparatus provides for determining an upper bound of a maximum power in the user equipment, which can configure the maximum power in a range that is defined by the upper bound and a lower bound. The method includes determining whether a configured output power for a master cell group in a dual connectivity mode of operation is less than a minimum of a maximum allowed power for a particular serving cell and a maximum allowed combined power. The upper bound of the maximum power in the user equipment is set equal to the minimum of (1) the minimum of the maximum allowed power for the particular serving cell and the maximum allowed combined power, less the configured output power for the master cell group, (2) a maximum allowed power for a secondary cell group, and (3) an adjusted maximum power of a power class of the user equipment, based upon a determination that the configured output power for the master cell group in a dual connectivity mode of operation is less than the minimum of the maximum allowed power for the particular serving cell and the maximum allowed combined power. The upper bound of the maximum power in the user equipment is set equal to zero power, based upon a determination that the configured output power for the master cell group in a dual connectivity mode of operation is not less than the minimum of the maximum allowed power for the particular serving cell and the maximum allowed combined power. |
| US11388682B2 |
Device noise-based received signal strength indicator value modifications
In one example, a device may include a transceiver to receive a signal at a first transmit power from an access point via a wireless network connection. The first transmit power may be based on a feedback received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value. Further, the device may include a noise detection unit to determine device noise generated in the device and a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) monitoring unit to determine that an SNR value associated with the wireless network connection falls below a threshold due to the device noise. Furthermore, the device may include a control unit to modify the feedback RSSI value upon determining that the SNR value falls below the threshold and transmit the modified feedback RSSI value to the access point via the transceiver. |
| US11388676B2 |
Power-efficient body proximity sensing for mmWave systems
A user equipment (UE), or other network component can operate to generate new radio (NR) communications in millimeter wave (mmW) frequencies. Body proximity sensing (BPS) operations can be performed to determine whether a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) event is triggered. A safe transmit power level associated with the one or more bands can then be used to provide the NR communications. Additionally, determinations of whether various conditions are satisfied to suspend the BPS operations for a period can be evaluated and implemented. The BPS can be configured such that a BPS period of the BPS operations are aligned with a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle at a beginning of a DRX on-duration of a DRX cycle, wherein the one or more conditions comprise a DRX idle time or state. |
| US11388673B2 |
Control method and device
A control method includes: establishing a connection by a first electronic device with a second electronic device through a connection component in an activated state; and in response to the established connection, switching, by the first electronic device, a target functional component called by the second electronic device from an inactivated state to an activated state to implement a target function corresponding to the target functional component of the first electronic device. A state of the first electronic device includes: a first state and a second state. When the first electronic device is in the first state, the connection component is in the activated state, the target functional component being in the inactivated state. A power consumption of the first electronic device in the first state is lower than a power consumption of the first electronic device in the second state. |
| US11388672B2 |
Apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable medium for communication in a wireless local area network
Various aspects related to various apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable medium are described herein. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to protect downlink (DL) communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform DL communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to communicate regarding uplink (UL) communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform operation(s) related to an allocation vector. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform operation(s) related to random access. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform UL communication(s). The written description and appended drawings provide detailed descriptions regarding these and many other aspects. |
| US11388671B2 |
Selecting reference signal occasions for wakeup
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Multiple reference signal occasions may occur during an inactive period of a discontinuous reception cycle configured for a wireless device. An amount of time the UE will be awake during the discontinuous reception cycle if the UE wakes up during a reference signal occasion of the multiple reference signal occasions may be determined for each of the reference signal occasions. The UE may wake up during the reference signal occasion associated with the shortest amount of awake time relative to the other reference signal occasions. |
| US11388670B2 |
System and method for optimizing power consumption in voice communications in mobile devices
The present invention provides a system and method for optimizing power consumption in voice communication in mobile devices. The system comprises pre-processing modules, a speech codec encoder module, a speech codec decoder module and post-processing modules. The pre-processing and post-processing modules are implemented on a DSP/VLIW processor, while the speech encoder and decoder modules are implemented on a CPU with SIMD extensions. This pipelined implementation of modules in multi-core reduces current consumption in the SoC by up to 50 percent compared to an implementation of the modules in a single DSP/VLIW core. The significant reduction in current consumption of the modules enables reduction of power consumption in the talk time. |
| US11388669B2 |
Method and apparatus for power consumption reduction with multi-link operation in mobile communications
Various solutions for power consumption reduction with multi-link operation with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may establish a first link with a first network node. The apparatus may establish a second link with a second network node. The apparatus may receive a dormancy indication via a physical layer signaling from the first network node. The apparatus may transit a dormancy state of the second network node according to the dormancy indication. |
| US11388666B2 |
Method and system for user equipment power saving
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide a false grant detection service. An end device may receive downlink control information when in a discontinuous reception active state. The downlink control information may include a new downlink transmission grant or a new uplink transmission grant. When downlink data pertaining to the new downlink transmission grant is unsuccessfully decoded, the end device may identify the new downlink transmission grant as a potential false grant and invoke a verification procedure. Depending on the result of the verification procedure, the end device may or may not start a discontinuous reception inactivity timer depending on whether the potential false grant is deemed a false grant or a valid grant. Similarly, the end device may invoke a verification procedure for a new uplink transmission grant. The detection of false grants may minimize the waste of power for the end device. |
| US11388662B2 |
Apparatus and methods for generating and distributing policy in wireless networks
Apparatus and methods for prioritizing spectrum and controlling data traffic steering within a wireless network. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods provide enhanced wireless services which allow network operators to prioritize utilization of spectrum for their subscribers. In one variant, an enhanced 3GPP UE Route Selection Policy (URSP) framework is provided for a UE connected to 5G wireless network, which allows the UE to use one or more prioritized 3GPP spectrum Band Class(es) based on one or more selection criterion or preconditions. In another variant, UE location information is used to dynamically update a data traffic steering mode or other functionality of an enhanced ATSSS (Access Traffic Steering, Switching, and Splitting) rule framework is described for dynamic control of steering or routing functionality, including between 3GPP- and non-3GPP network accesses for the data traffic. |
| US11388659B2 |
Tiered re-allocation of wireless channels
A tiered service management resource providing management of wireless channels in a network environment receives notification of wireless bandwidth such as multiple wireless channels allocated by a spectrum access system (a.k.a., SAS). The spectrum access system allocates the wireless channels for use by a wireless base station in the network environment. Prior to re-allocating the wireless bandwidth (such as a selected wireless channel) to customer premises equipment, the tiered service management resource further receives a communication indicating a wireless spectrum scan performed at a location from which customer premises equipment in the network environment is (being) installed to wirelessly communicate with the wireless base station. Based on an identified fixed wireless service tier (or level) assigned to the customer premises equipment and supplemental information such as the wireless spectrum scan, the tiered service management resource allocates a selected wireless channel from SAS-assigned bandwidth for use by the customer premises equipment. |
| US11388656B2 |
Method and device for terminal attaching and creating home-routed PDU session in roaming environment supporting network slice
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method in a roaming environment supporting a network slice is provided. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a terminal, a first packet data unit (PDU) session request message including slice assistance information indicating the properties of a service the terminal intends to use; transmitting, to a network function (NF) repository function, a first discovery request message including a home public land mobile network (PLMN) ID of the terminal and the slice assistance information; and receiving, from the NF repository function, a first discovery response message including a session management network function (SM NF) address of the home PLMN. The SM NF is selected, on the basis of the slice assistance information, from SM NFs of a PLMN associated with the home PLMN ID. |
| US11388653B2 |
Method and apparatus providing access control
A method comprises receiving information at a user device about one or more types of access and associated barring configuration information. The one or more types of access may comprise programmable access classes. The method further using by the user device one or more of said types of access and respective barring configuration information when determining whether to attempt access to a network. |
| US11388652B2 |
Method and apparatus for indicating position of cell-defining synchronization signal block and searching for the same, and base station
A method of indicating a position of a cell-defining SSB includes: acquiring on-off indication information set in a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) of a non-cell-defining SSB, where the on-off indication information is a first value or a second value. In response to that the on-off indication information is the first value, the base station sets SSB position indication information in the PBCH to indicate a position of a raster or a raster group in which a cell-defining SSB is located. In response to that the on-off indication information is the second value, the base station sets gap indication information in the PBCH to indicate that there is no cell-defining SSB within a range of a current frequency band. The range has a length of a gap value and is centered at a position of the current SSB; and sending the SSB to user equipment (UE). |
| US11388651B2 |
Base station configuration sharing in a wireless network
A base station distributed unit receives at least one message from a first base station central unit. The at least one message comprises one or more first configuration parameters associated with the first base station central unit. The at least one message comprises one or more second configuration parameters associated with a second base station central unit. The base station distributed unit transmits the one or more first configuration parameters and the one or more second configuration parameters. |
| US11388650B2 |
System information transmission method, terminal device, and network device
A method includes: broadcasting, by a network device, a minimum system information (MSI) message, where identification information of each SIB/system information block group in the MSI message includes an identifier of the SIB/system information block group and a type indication of the identifier, and the type indication of the identifier is used to indicate that a type of the identifier of the SIB/system information block group is an area specific system information identifier or a cell specific system information identifier. A corresponding terminal device and network device are also disclosed. |
| US11388645B2 |
Network node and method for communicating with a wireless device using channel quality of SCell
A network node and a method performed thereby for communicating with a wireless device are provided. The network node is operable in a first communication network, and provides a PCell in a licensed frequency band and a SCell in an unlicensed frequency band. The method comprises determining that a channel quality for the SCell does not meet a predetermined threshold; and when the channel quality for the SCell not meeting the predetermined threshold is due to interference from devices and/or nodes not belonging to the first communication network, triggering a channel switch of the SCell. |
| US11388644B2 |
Apparatus and method for load balancing in wireless communication system
A 5th generation (5G) or 6th generation (6G) communication system for supporting higher data rates, compared to that of a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE) communication system are provided. An apparatus and a method for load balancing in a wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a transceiver, a memory storing one or more instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to receive first information about a relation between a base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE) from each of a plurality of BSs, determine, based on the first information, a number of UEs on which handover has to be performed from among UEs served by each of the plurality of BSs, and transmit, to each of the plurality of BSs, priority information determined based on the number of UEs. |
| US11388643B2 |
User terminal and mobile communication method
A user equipment, apparatus, and method transmits a random access preamble to a cell and receives a message including a random access response as a response to the random access preamble from the cell. The message indicates that a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection to the cell is rejected. |
| US11388635B2 |
Method and apparatus for measurement reporting in carrier aggregation wireless communication systems
When detecting occurrence of an event for transmitting a measurement report of a radio condition of a cell at a frequency set for a base station apparatus, to the base station apparatus (3) communicating with a terminal apparatus (2), the terminal apparatus (2) in a wireless communication system (1) creates a measurement report including information indicating radio conditions of cells at a frequency at which the event occurred and at another different frequency. The base station apparatus (3) controls whether or not to perform handover of the terminal apparatus (2) to another cell, on the basis of the measurement report transmitted from the terminal apparatus (2). Thereby, there is provided a wireless communication system in which a base station apparatus and the terminal apparatus are communicable with each other using multiple frequencies, the wireless communication system being capable of shortening time required for handover. |
| US11388634B2 |
Selection of a target cell for handover based on channel impulse response metric
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium are provided for selecting a target cell based on channel impulse response (CIR) measurements, which may include receiving measurement configuration information including a CIR parameter from a first network node and may further include generating one or more measurement reports based on the CIR parameter, the one or more measurement reports including CIR measurements of one or more beams of one or more neighbor cells associated with the first network node and/or second network nodes and transmitting the one or more measurement reports to the first network node.The selecting a target cell based on CIR measurements may include transmitting measurement configuration information including a CIR parameter and receiving one or more measurement reports, including CIR measurements of one or more beams of one or more network nodes and selecting a target cell for handover using the measurements. |
| US11388633B1 |
Managing frequency band assignment based on wireless device characteristics
Systems and methods provide inter-band EN-DC coverage combinations to wireless devices in a cell wherein each inter-band coverage has corresponding handover criteria. The method includes determining a power class for at least one wireless device, wherein the power class is one of a high-power class and a low power class. The method additionally includes comparing the handover criteria of at least two inter-band coverage combinations to identify relaxed handover criteria and assigning the high-power class wireless device to an inter-band coverage combination having the relaxed handover criteria. |
| US11388630B2 |
Information processing method and device in baseband processing split architecture, and storage medium
An information processing method and device in a baseband processing split architecture, and a computer storage medium, the method includes: receiving, by a distributed unit (DU), load information of a plurality of central units (CUs), and determining, by the DU and according to the load information of the plurality of CUs, a first CU having a load greater than a target threshold value and a second CU having a load less than the target threshold value among the plurality of CUs; and, sending, by the DU, control signaling to the first CU and the second CU respectively to instruct to migrate cell data of the first CU from the first CU to the second CU to balance the load among the plurality of CUs. |
| US11388629B2 |
Methods and systems for extending ATSC 3.0 physical layer broadcast to enable convergence with unicast 5G
The ATSC 3.0 physical layer broadcast standard is extended with new OFDM numerology, L1 signaling and frame structure aligned with 5G. This is done to enable improved broadcast mobility and convergence 5G release 16 as a Non-3GPP access network. The 5G core network and Broadcast core network interwork over defined interfaces to enable convergence layer 3. This enables improvements of broadcast physical layer for physics of broadcast. The 5G unicast physical layer is enhanced for physics of unicast, and then both are converged at layer 3. This is novel and has many benefits compared to the legacy LTE broadcast method (e.g., Evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (eMBMS)), which combines both broadcast and unicast into a single shared LTE frame at layer 1. The eMBMS method is then improved for dominate unicast mode in shared L1 frame. The result is the broadcast performance and efficiency in eMBMS are less than optimal. |
| US11388627B2 |
Vehicular micro cloud transmission control protocol
A system and related method for transmitting data to one or more connected vehicles. The system includes one or more processors and a memory. The memory includes one or more modules that cause the one or more processors to establish a communication connection between the system and one or more of the connected vehicles, the connected vehicles forming a vehicular micro cloud and having a shared identification, send a first portion of data to one or more of the connected vehicles, the data having the first portion and a remaining portion, receive acknowledgment data from one or more of the connected vehicles, the acknowledgment data including the shared identification, validate the acknowledgment data, and in response to the acknowledgment data being validated, send the remaining portion of data to one or more of the connected vehicles. |
| US11388621B2 |
Flexible high capacity-radio network temporary identifier
Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a base station (BS) includes generating an indicator indicating that the BS is capable of supporting a high-capacity radio network temporary identifier (HC-RNTI), wherein a size of the HC-RNTI is based on a configurable granularity; generating a system information block including the indicator and information indicating the size of the HC-RNTI; transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), the system information block; and transmitting, to the UE, the HC-RNTI, wherein the HC-RNTI is allocated to the UE. |
| US11388618B2 |
Distributed radio access network implementing fronthaul operational measurements
A distributed radio access network (RAN) includes a plurality of radio points (RPs), each being configured to exchange radio frequency (RF) signals with at least one user equipment (UE). The distributed RAN also includes a baseband controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of RPs via a fronthaul network. The baseband controller is configured to determine, for each of the plurality of RPs, a number of successfully received packets on the fronthaul network, for a wireless channel, during a measurement interval. The baseband controller is also configured to determine, for each of the plurality of RPs, a number of packet losses (reflecting dropped and/or delayed packets), for the wireless channel and during the measurement interval, based on the number of successfully received packets. |
| US11388611B2 |
Communication control apparatus and communication control method
A communication control apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires information on a plurality of second wireless systems that perform wireless communication by utilizing a radio wave of a frequency band used by a first wireless system, a first determination unit that determines, based on the information on the second wireless systems, an operation parameter regarding radio transmission of each of the second wireless systems so as to satisfy a protection standard regarding interference of the radio wave of the first wireless system, a calculation unit that calculates a residual interference quantity that is allowed to be additionally allocated to the second wireless systems based on the operation parameter determined by the first determination unit and the protection standard of the first wireless system, a classification unit that classifies the second wireless systems into a single or a plurality of sets. |
| US11388609B2 |
Method and apparatus for coverage determination and download opportunity notification
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for coverage determination and download opportunity notification. A method for content coverage determination and download opportunity includes obtaining, by a content coverage application running on a mobile device, an itinerary from a map application on the mobile device. The content coverage application sends the itinerary and mobile device characteristics to a coverage determination system and receives a wireless coverage profile based on the itinerary and the mobile device characteristics. The content coverage application generates a list of entertainment applications running on the mobile device. The content coverage application provides a notification of a wireless coverage gap based on the wireless coverage profile and displays the list of entertainment applications and status for each listed entertainment application in response to user input. The content coverage application sends instructions to one or more of the listed entertainment applications to download content in response to user selections. |
| US11388608B2 |
Soft service migration between spectrum access system (SAS) providers for citizens broadband radio service (CBRS) networks
Techniques and mechanisms for a soft migration from an initial or source Spectrum Access System (SAS) of a source SAS provider to a destination SAS of a destination SAS provider for a base station operative to serve as a Citizens Broadband Radio Service Device (CBSD) in a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) network are described. While the base station operates to facilitate communications for one or more user equipments (UEs) and is registered with the source SAS for spectrum access, the base station may communicate in one or more message exchanges for registering with the destination SAS and for receiving from the destination SAS a grant for spectrum access to spectrum according to a plurality of operating parameters. After communicating in a message exchange with the destination SAS in a heartbeat procedure for receiving an authorization to use the granted spectrum, the base station may deregister with the source SAS. |
| US11388606B2 |
Methods and systems for environmental sensing capability planning in a shared spectra
Techniques for planning locations of receiver systems for an environmental sensing capabilities (ESC) system are provided. An ESC system is used to detect activity of primary users in shared spectra. The techniques can be used to reduce dead zone area(s), created by the receiver systems, for radios of secondary systems using the shared frequency spectrum. |
| US11388603B2 |
Channel mapping in shared spectrum in the presence of higher tier users
Techniques and apparatus for channel mapping in shared spectrum in the presence of higher tier users are provided. One technique includes evaluating, for different channel locations of orthogonal channel(s) within available spectrum, an amount of transmission limitation imposed to a group of devices due to incumbent protection, an amount of available bandwidth, and/or a maximum contiguous channel size. A channel location is assigned to each orthogonal channel, based on the evaluation. Another technique includes determining first channel location(s) in order to assign at least a first orthogonal channel within available spectrum. Each first orthogonal channel is associated with a group of devices sharing bandwidth within one or more networks. An exchange is participated in with a network entity to share a first set of information associated with the first channel locations. A determination is made whether to modify portion(s) of the first set of information, based on the exchange. |
| US11388602B2 |
Network slicing with a radio access network node
Systems, methods, and apparatuses may comprise a Radio Access Network (RAN) node for performing RAN-layer network slicing. The system may comprise a User Equipment (UE) in communication with the RAN node to provide the UE access to a core network (e.g., a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G network). The core network may comprise one or more Network Functions (NF) including an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) for facilitating communications between the RAN node and other NFs. By sending one or more RAN node messages and/or AMF messages, the system may perform RAN-layer slicing to register the UE with a network slice, establish a PDU session for the UE with the network slice, and/or provide a service to the UE with the network slice. In some instances, RAN-layer network slicing may be performed for multiple, specific use cases to meet UE service requirements. |
| US11388598B2 |
Recover from vehicle security breach via vehicle to anything communication
Systems, apparatus, methods, and techniques for reporting an attack or intrusion into an in-vehicle network are provided. The attack can be broadcast to connected vehicles over a vehicle-to-vehicle network. The broadcast can include an indication of a sub-system involved in the attack and can include a request for assistance in recovering from the attack. Connected vehicles can broadcast responses over the vehicle-to-vehicle network. The responses can include indications of data related to the compromised sub-system. The vehicle can receive the responses and can use the responses to recover from the attack, such as, estimate data. |
| US11388593B2 |
Mobile terminal and control method thereof
There is provided a mobile terminal capable of being protected against unauthorized use by a third party without using a dedicated key device. A plurality of mobile terminals are previously registered mutually. When unlocked among them, one mobile terminal communicates with another mobile terminal in a communication range of short-range wireless communications, unlocks the above another mobile terminal, and when out of the communication range, locks it again. |
| US11388592B2 |
Security context handling in 5G during handover
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for flexible, security context management during AMF changes. One aspect of the disclosure is a mechanism for achieving backward security during AMF changes. Instead of passing the current NAS key to the target AMF, the source AMF derives a new NAS key, provides the new NAS key to the target AMF, and sends a key change indication to the UE, either directly or through some other network node. The UE can then derive the new NAS key from the old NAS key. In some embodiments, the AMF may provide a key generation parameter to the UE to use in deriving the new NAS key. In other embodiments, the target AMF may change one or more security algorithms. |
| US11388588B2 |
Optimized small data transmission over uplink
Various communication systems may benefit from an improved signaling protocol. For example, machine-to-machine communications in a network may benefit from improved signaling and security. A method includes establishing a secure data transmission path for an application. The secure data transmission path is used to transmit data between a user equipment and a network element. The network entity includes a gateway or an application server. The method also includes transmitting data for the application over the secure data transmission path using a pre-configured radio bearer. The radio bearer is pre-configured for data transmission between the user equipment and an access node located between the user equipment and the network element. In addition, the method includes receiving a response message at the user equipment from the network element through the secure data transmission path. |
| US11388586B2 |
Downlink control channel monitoring capability for ultra-reliable low-latency communications
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a baseline physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring capability of the UE and an enhanced PDCCH monitoring capability of the UE, where the enhanced PDCCH monitoring capability facilitates monitoring by the UE of more PDCCH monitoring opportunities per slot than the baseline PDCCH monitoring capability. The UE may report, to a base station, the enhanced PDCCH monitoring capability and also the baseline PDCCH monitoring capability. The UE may receive, based on the UE reporting the enhanced PDCCH monitoring capability, at least one control resource set configuration that includes an indication that a corresponding control resource set is configured for enhanced PDCCH monitoring. The UE may monitor the corresponding control resource set in accordance with the enhanced PDCCH monitoring capability of the UE. |
| US11388585B2 |
Temporary handling of wireless communication device capabilities
A wireless communication device (UE) may provide information pertaining to one or more operating capabilities of the UE to LTE and 5G-NR networks. The UE may transmit information to an LTE base station directly, and to a 5G-NR base station directly, or indirectly via the LTE base station. The information may include preferred values corresponding to any number of different operating parameters associated with wireless communications or wireless communication capabilities of the UE in both LTE and 5G-NR networks, to inform and/or request the LTE and 5G-NR networks to make provisions based on the transmitted information for the wireless communications of the UE on those networks. The UE may thereby provide assistance information to LTE and 5G-NR networks in a multi-radio-access-technology dual-connectivity setting to request the respective networks to adjust certain operating capabilities of the UE in order to alleviate one or more operating issues that may be affecting the UE. |
| US11388583B2 |
Method for reporting capability information and dual mode user equipment adapted thereto
A system and a method that reports capability information regarding a dual mode User Equipment (UE) are provided. The UE supports Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD). The UE capability transmitting method includes receiving a message requesting UE capability information from an evolved Node B (eNB), generating first capability information and second capability information according to the UE capability information requesting message, and transmitting UE capability information including the first and second capability information to the eNB. The first capability information comprises FDD capability information applicable to an FDD mode or TDD capability information applicable to a TDD mode. The second capability information comprises capability information applicable to both the FDD mode and the TDD mode. The system and method can allow a dual mode UE to efficiently report its capability information. |
| US11388581B2 |
Robust adjustment of access and mobility management functions
A method and apparatus for robust adjustment of access and mobility management functions are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a radio access network (RAN)-user equipment (UE) identifier from a first access and mobility management function (AMF), the RAN-UE identifier configured to identify a UE or UE context for a RAN; producing an AMF-UE identifier, the AMF-UE identifier configured to identify the UE or UE context for a second AMF; selecting a transport network layer association (TNLA) link towards a RAN; and sending the AMF-UE identifier to the RAN. |
| US11388578B2 |
Mobile communication terminal and communication control method for selecting a communication device according to calculated communication scheduling information
A mobile communication terminal communicates with a plurality of base stations using a plurality of communication devices, and includes a movement route information management unit which manages movement route information of a moving member, a plurality of communication units which communicates using the plurality of communication devices, communication environment information which contains a position of each communication area, a communication quality of the communication device available in the communication area, and a communication cost, a mobile communication planning unit which calculates communication scheduling information on the basis of the movement route information, the communication quality information, the cost information, and a communication requirement of data to be transmitted, and a communication control unit which selects the communication device according to the calculated communication scheduling information. |
| US11388577B2 |
Station steering profiles in a wireless network control system
In a managed wireless environment where a controller is gathering data in order to optimize the wireless network, certain data parameters are gathered in order to optimize the network. The gathered parameters are then utilized to determine best case links for various attached wireless station devices in order to: 1) optimize the network and 2) optimize the per station (STA) links. The control points utilized to determine the network optimization will vary based on the desired outcomes for the system. As such, configurable ‘profiles’ will be utilized in order to prioritize outcomes for the system. These profiles may be utilized by the network steering controller in order to steer wireless station devices to optimize the network in the desired fashion. |
| US11388570B2 |
Method of programming a load control device
A load control device is able to receive radio-frequency (RF) signals from a Wi-Fi-enabled device, such as a smart phone, via a wireless local area network. The load control device comprises a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series between an AC power source and an electrical load, a controller for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive and non-conductive, and a Wi-Fi module operable to receive the RF signals from the wireless network. The controller controls the controllably conductive device to adjust the power delivered to the load in response to the wireless signals received from the wireless network. The load control device may further comprise an optical module operable to receive an optical signal, such that the controller may obtain an IP address from the received optical signal and control the power delivered to the load in response to a wireless signal that includes the IP address. |
| US11388569B2 |
Index of everyday life
A mobile phone connected to a fleet of radio transceiver chips that can be individually identified by the mobile station, which automatically are associated with a photo when the phone camera is used in proximity. The transceiver chips have a small loudspeaker, vibrator and/or light emitter for producing an alarm, and the transceiver chip also can determine and send back its location to the mobile phone. The mobile phone deduces its location by GPS or triangulation, and has an application which can be programmed to check the location of items given predetermined criteria are met, or upon user request. For example the mobile phone can be used to program luggage lists, and check whether everything is with the user at a time. The best mode involves typically a smartphone with relevant application software and RFID tags enhanced by light emitter, loudspeaker and/or vibrator and adhesive. |
| US11388568B2 |
MTC key management for sending key from network to UE
A root key (K_iwf) is derived at a network and sent to MTC UE (10). The K_iwf is used for deriving subkeys for protecting communication between MTC UE (10) and MTC-IWF (20). In a case where HSS (30) derives the K_iwf, HSS (30) send to MTC-IWF (20) the K_iwf in a new message (Update Subscriber Information). In a case where MME (40) derives the K_iwf, MME (40) sends the K_iwf through HSS (30) or directly to MTC-IWF (20). MTC-IWF (20) can derive the K_iwf itself. The K_iwf is sent through MME (40) to MTC UE (10) by use of a NAS SMC or Attach Accept message, or sent from MTC-IWF (20) directly to MTC UE (10). In a case where the K_iwf is sent from MME (40), MME (40) receives the K_iwf from HSS (30) in an Authentication Data Response message, or from MTC-IWF (20) directly. |
| US11388563B2 |
System and method for determining data usage in a converged charging system
Systems and methods described herein include receiving, at a network device and from a session management device, a first message that includes a first identifier associated with a subscriber and a second identifier associated with a first service that is charged using an online charging system. The network device transmits a second message that indicates a first time period in which to report data usage associated with the first service and a second time period in which to report data usage associated with one or more second services that are charged using an offline charging system. The network device receives first data usage information associated with the first service after the first time period and second data usage information associated with the one or more second services after the second time period. The network device processes the data usage information. |
| US11388561B2 |
Providing a summary of media content to a communication device
A wireless communication device includes a processor, a display device coupled to the processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory includes instructions executable by the processor to perform operations. The operations include receiving a user input to play a media content item. The operations include sending a request for a summary of the media content item to a network device in response to the user input in lieu of sending a particular request for the media content item. The operations also include, in response to the reply including media content, sending the media content to the display device for display. |
| US11388560B2 |
Radio terminal, radio station, and method therefor
A radio terminal (1) is configured to transmit data using a first communication architecture type, in response to an occurrence of a request for specific data transmission when the radio terminal (1) has already been configured by a network (3) to use a second communication architecture type. This contributes to, for example, when the radio terminal has already been configured by the network to use the second communication architecture type that involves suspension and resumption of an RRC connection, facilitating effectively performing communication according to the first communication architecture type that involves data transmission over a control plane. |