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| US11541518B2 |
Tool head with groove for removal from lug
Disclosed is a tool head, such as a socket, having an annular groove that allows gripping of the tool head to remove the tool head from a tool having a lug, such as ratchet, torque or impact wrenches. The groove is spaced from the drive engagement end of the socket for improved gripping performance. The groove dimensions were determined to improve gripping performance as well. For example, the groove can have a depth of 0.020″-0.050″, preferably 0.020″-0.030″. More broadly, the groove can have a depth of 5.0%-15.0%, and preferably 5.0%-10.5%, of the drive end outer diameter. The groove can, either alone or in combination with the above ranges, have a width of 0.25-0.47″, preferably 0.29-0.43″. The groove can, either alone or in combination with the above ranges, begin at a distance of 0.070-0.160″, preferably 0.090-0.140″, and have an end of groove farthest from the end of the socket of 0.32-0.63″, preferably 0.38-0.57″. |
| US11541517B2 |
Three-piece wrench
The present invention relates to a three-piece wrench comprising: a wrench body with a working head and a shaft, the working head is located at a front end of the shaft, the shaft has a length; a first extension rod with a length; and a second extension rod with a length; the lengths of the first extension rod and the second extension rod are greater than the length of the shaft; combination of the wrench body, the first extension rod and the second extension rod provides various usage lengths of the wrench, so that different connection types can be used to form required lengths according to requirements. |
| US11541516B2 |
Fastener retention and anti-camout tool bit
A tool bit with a surface layer metallurgically bonded on a substrate layer using electrospark deposition (ESD) that allows the tool bit to reduce camout and engage a fastener head for one-handed starting and removal. The surface layer has a rougher finish, compared to conventional tool bits, and therefore better grips engagement surfaces of a mating recess of the fastener during use. The reduction of camout provides greater durability to the tool bit and resists erosion and wear of the engagement surfaces of the fastener. |
| US11541513B2 |
Plumbing pliers
A pair of plumbing pliers includes two levers, a pawl and a torque spring. After adjusting the desired bite size according to a diameter of a pipe, the levers are pivoted relative to each other in a first range to clamp and release the pipe repeatedly to rotate the pipe. To adjust a bite size of the pair of plumbing pliers according to a diameter of another pipe, the levers are pivoted and then moved relative to each other in a second range. Little resistance is encountered in the first range. However, considerable resistance is encountered in the second range. Hence, the difference between the first and second ranges can easily be felt. Accordingly, it is not likely that a user will, by mistake, enter the second range, i.e., increase the bite size of the pair of plumbing pliers. |
| US11541511B2 |
Clamp with nested reversible interlocking assemblies
The present invention relates to a device and a method associated with the device. With respect to the device, it is a work holding and clamping device, which increases the usable span to almost twice its stored length. This device has an inner and outer assembly. The inner and outer assemblies are nested or telescopic. Each assembly is made of a square or rectangular tube that has a jaw affixed to one end. The inner assembly contains a locking mechanism to allow for length adjustment. When arranged so that the jaws are on the same side of the respective assemblies, the clamp is capable of a span that is almost equal to the length of the inner assembly. When arranged so that the jaws are on opposite sides of the respective assemblies, the clamp is capable of a span that is almost equal to the sum of the length of the inner assembly and outer assembly. |
| US11541509B1 |
Protective leaching mask assemblies and methods of use
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to overmolded protective leaching masks, and methods of manufacturing and using the same for leaching superabrasive elements such as polycrystalline diamond elements. In an embodiment, a protective leaching mask assembly includes a superabrasive element including a central axis and a superabrasive table, and a protective mask overmolded onto at least a portion of the superabrasive element. The protective mask includes a base portion and at least one sidewall extending from the base portion and defining an opening generally opposite the base portion. The at least one sidewall includes an inner surface configured to abut with a selected portion of the superabrasive element being chemically resistant to a leaching agent and an outer surface sloping at an oblique angle relative to the central axis. |
| US11541506B2 |
Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) polishing head with improved vacuum sealing
A CMP tool for polishing a semiconductor wafer is disclosed. The CMP tool includes a polishing head with a wafer carrier unit on which a wafer is mounted for polishing. The wafer carrier unit includes a support plate with a seal disposed on its sidewall. The seal improves sealing of the flexible membrane to the support plate. This improves reliability by avoiding slippage during the dechucking stage as well as wafer slippage during wafer loading stage, thereby avoiding wafer damage as well as non-uniform polishing. |
| US11541504B2 |
Recycled polishing pad
A recycled polishing pad includes an upper layer pad and a supplementary pad. The upper layer pad includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface has a plurality of first grooves and the second surface has a plurality of second grooves. The upper layer pad further includes a connecting body connecting the first grooves and the second grooves. The supplementary pad is in contact with the second surface of the upper layer pad. A depth of each of the first grooves is less than a depth of each of the second grooves. |
| US11541502B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
A substrate processing apparatus includes a polishing section and a transport section. The polishing section has a first polishing unit, a second polishing unit, and a transport mechanism. The first polishing unit has a first polishing apparatus and a second polishing apparatus. The second polishing unit has a third polishing apparatus and a fourth polishing apparatus. Each of the first to fourth polishing apparatuses has a polishing table to which a polishing pad is mounted, a top ring, and auxiliary units that perform a process on the polishing pad during polishing. Around the polishing table, a pair of auxiliary unit mounting units for mounting the respective auxiliary units in a left-right switchable manner with respect to a straight line connecting a swing center of the top ring and a center of rotation of the polishing table is provided at respective positions symmetrical with respect to the straight line. |
| US11541500B2 |
Numerical control device, program recording medium, and control method
A numerical control device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a reference speed calculation unit configured to calculate a spindle speed which is a rotation number of the spindle in accordance with a machining program, and a feed speed which is a movement speed of the feed axis in accordance with the machining program; an oscillation command calculation unit configured to calculate an oscillation command, which is a periodic variation component superimposed on a command of the feed axis, based on the spindle speed and the feed speed, as well as an oscillation frequency magnification set in advance; a setting acquisition unit configured to acquire an upper limit value for frequency of the oscillation command; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust the frequency of the oscillation command, or adjust at least either of the spindle speed and the oscillation frequency magnification, so that the frequency of the oscillation command does not exceed the upper limit value. |
| US11541499B2 |
Indexable milling cutter with precise coolant streams
An indexable milling cutter includes a milling cutter body with a plurality of flutes and a plurality of seating surfaces adapted to mount a cutting insert thereon. The milling cutter body includes a plurality of coolant reservoirs in fluid communication with an adapter. In one aspect, each coolant reservoir lies along a circular intersection line of a coolant manifold. In another aspect, a longitudinal axis of each coolant reservoir is oriented at a non-zero angle, A, with respect to a central, longitudinal axis of the milling cutter. A plurality of coolant ducts in fluid communication with each coolant reservoir, each coolant duct having a smaller cross-sectional area than the coolant reservoir, provide multiple streams of coolant targeted at a plurality of specific critical cutting areas of the cutting insert. |
| US11541491B2 |
Fastening system
A fastening system including a frame, a movement control assembly, a fastener drive assembly and a collar presenting assembly. The frame can be coupled to an outside structure, for example, with a part that is to be coupled with a fastener attached to the frame. The movement control assembly is configured to controllably move the fastener drive assembly relative to the frame and the part so as to grasp the collar of the fastener, engage the threaded pin of the fastener and to threadedly engage the two structures together. The collar presenting assembly presents a collar of a fastener to the fastener drive assembly. |
| US11541487B2 |
Method for producing a channel in a shaft tube
A method for producing a spray channel on a shaft tube, whereby a completed shaft tube can output fluid from within the shaft tube to outside of the shaft tube, the method may include introducing at least one through-opening with a diameter D1≥1.5 mm into the shaft tube and arranging at least one additional element in or on the at least one through-opening such that the spray channel is at least partly formed by the at least one additional element. |
| US11541485B2 |
Flux, resin flux cored solder, and solder paste
A flux according to the present invention includes a phosphine oxide. It is thereby possible to provide a flux capable of improving solder wettability, a resin flux cored solder including the flux, and a solder paste including the flux. |
| US11541483B2 |
Control device and method for formation of weld seam
The present invention discloses a control device and method for formation of a weld seam based on frontal visual sensing of a weld pool. In the present disclosure, structural light is adopted to irradiate the concave surface of the weld pool, and a visual sensor is adopted to acquire corresponding structured light images. The weld pool depression feature is acquired through image processing. The welding current is adjusted in real time to maintain the weld pool depression feature constant, and thus the uniform backside width of the weld seam can be acquired to achieve uniform and consistent penetration of the weld seam. The present disclosure only relies on the structural light information on the topside of the weld pool to achieve the control of formation of the weld seam and can be applied to the filler-wire-free DC gas tungsten arc welding of tight butt joints. |
| US11541472B2 |
Ultrasonic-assisted solder transfer
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for transferring solder to a substrate. A substrate belt moves one or more substrates in a belt direction. A decal has one or more through holes in a hole pattern that hold solder. Each of the solder holes can align with respective locations on one of the substrates. An ultrasonic head produces an ultrasonic vibration in the solder in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the belt direction. The ultrasonic head and substrate can be moved together in the longitudinal direction to maintain the ultrasonic head in contact with the solder while the ultrasonic head applies the ultrasonic vibration. Various methods are disclosed including methods of transferring the solder with or without external heating. |
| US11541471B2 |
Method of forming electrical connections with solder dispensing and reflow
A method for interconnecting multiple components of a head-gimbal assembly with a solder joint, including the steps of positioning a first component adjacent to and at an angle relative to a second component to provide a connection area between the first and second components, dispensing a solder sphere to a capillary tube having tapered walls, wherein the capillary tube is positioned with an exit orifice above the connection area between the first and second components, pressurizing the capillary tube until a predetermined pressure is reached, applying a first laser pulse to the solder sphere to liquefy the solder sphere until it falls from the exit orifice, waiting for a predetermined time period after the liquefied solder sphere has exited the exit orifice of the capillary tube, and applying a second laser pulse to reflow the solder sphere to create the solder joint between the first and second components. |
| US11541469B2 |
Rotary cutter for cutting damaged threads of a bolt
A rotary cutter for cutting damaged threads of a bolt includes a body rotatable about a rotating axis. The body includes an inner periphery delimiting a conic cutting space. The body further includes at least one cutting blade, an evasive groove, an evasive portion, a scrap discharge groove, a scrap guide groove and a scrap discharge orifice on the inner periphery delimiting the cutting space. The at least one cutting blade forms a ridge. The evasive groove and the scrap discharge groove are respectively located on a rear side and a front side of the at least one cutting blade along a circumferential direction of the inner periphery of the body. The scrap guide groove extends between the evasive groove and the scrap discharge orifice. |
| US11541467B2 |
Cutting insert and crank shaft milling tool
A cutting insert includes a top face and a bottom face parallel to the top face. Four side faces and four corner faces extend between the top and bottom faces. At least one cutting edge is formed at an intersection of the top face and at least one of the corner faces and two of the side faces connected to the corner face. The top face forms a rake surface, while an upper part of the corner face and the two side faces form a relief surface connected to the cutting edge. In order to reduce the cycle time for crank shaft milling, the cutting insert has two diagonally opposed corners including an acute angle between 70° and 85°. At least one of the acute angled corners including the corner face providing a corner cutting edge. A disc milling tool including such cutting inserts is also provided. |
| US11541465B2 |
Cutting tool comprising an adjusting device
The invention relates to a cutting tool comprising a main part that can be rotationally driven about a rotational axis, at least one cutting insert holder mounted on the main part such that it can be radially adjusted, and an adjusting device for adjusting the position of the cutting insert holder relative to the main part. The cutting insert holder is mounted in a guide recess in the main part such that it can be moved transversely, preferably radially, to the rotational axis, and the adjusting device has an adjusting element that is arranged such that it can be moved inside the main part transversely to the rotational axis and transversely to the displacement direction of the cutting insert holder and supports the cutting insert holder. |
| US11541464B2 |
Method for manufacturing diamond single crystal cutting tool using laser pulses
A method for manufacturing a cutting tool according to one embodiment is a method for manufacturing a cutting tool, the cutting tool including a base material and a diamond single crystal material fixed to the base material, the diamond single crystal material having a rake face, a flank face continuous with the rake face, and a cutting edge formed by a ridgeline serving as a boundary between the rake face and the flank face. The method for manufacturing a cutting tool according to one form of the present disclosure includes a flank face irradiation step of applying a laser to the diamond single crystal material along the cutting edge from a side of the flank face. The laser has a pulse width of 1×10−12 seconds or less and a peak output of less than 1 W in the flank face irradiation step. |
| US11541461B2 |
Coated cutting tool, and method and system for manufacturing the same by chemical vapor deposition
A coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a hard film on coated on the substrate. The hard film contains a complex nitride of Al and Cr. The hard film includes aggregates of columnar grains grown on the substrate along the thickness of the film. The nitride has an Al content of 60 atom % or more, a Cr content of 10 atom % or more, and a total content of Al and Cr of 90 atom % or more relative to the total amount of metal and metalloid elements. The complex nitride has the highest peak intensity assigned to crystal plane (311) of an fcc structure in X-ray diffractometry. In the hard film, the ratio of an X-ray diffraction intensity of plane (311) to the intensities of the other planes is 1.30 or more. A method and a system are also provided for manufacturing the coated cutting tool by chemical vapor deposition. |
| US11541459B2 |
Module for additive manufacturing apparatus
This invention concerns a module for insertion into an additive manufacturing apparatus. The module comprising a frame mountable in a fixed position in the additive manufacturing apparatus, the frame defining a build chamber and a dosing chamber. A build platform is movable in the build chamber for supporting a powder bed during additive manufacturing of a part. A dosing piston is movable in the dosing chamber to push powder from the dosing chamber. A mechanism mechanically links the build platform to the dosing piston such that downward movement of the build platform in the build chamber results in upward movement of the dosing piston in the dosing chamber. |
| US11541457B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring a powder layer in additive manufacturing processes
Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring a powder layer in additive manufacturing are disclosed. A method of monitoring a powder layer includes receiving image data corresponding the powder layer supported by a powder bed within a build chamber from imaging devices, determining leading and trailing regions of interest located adjacent to a leading end and a trailing end of the moving powder distributor, respectively, the leading and trailing regions of interest moving according to movement of the moving powder distributor, selecting at least one point located in the leading region of interest from the image data, determining first characteristics of the point, when the point is located within the trailing region of interest, determining second characteristics of the point, and comparing the first characteristics to the second characteristics. |
| US11541456B2 |
FeCrCuTiV high-entropy alloy powder for laser melting deposition manufacturing and preparation method thereof
Provided is a FeCrCuTiV high-entropy alloy powder for laser melting deposition manufacturing and a preparation method thereof, in percent by weight, the composition of the high-entropy alloy powder is: chromium 17-20%; copper 22-25%; titanium 16-19%; vanadium 17-20%; and ferrum 19-22%, wherein by utilizing the solid solution effect of alloying elements such as Ti, V and Cu of the high-entropy alloy, it can effectively alleviate the differences in thermal expansion coefficient, melting point, elastic modulus, etc. of the tungsten/steel or tungsten/copper heterogeneous interface, can reduce the residual stress level at the heterogeneous interface during the laser melting deposition manufacturing process and avoid the precipitation of Laves phase, and can meet the manufacturing requirements of tungsten/steel and tungsten/copper heterogeneous components for fusion reactors. |
| US11541455B2 |
Gold-coated flat silver particles, gold-coated flat silver particle dispersion, method of manufacturing gold-coated flat silver particles, coating film, and antireflection optical member
Provided are gold-coated flat silver particles, a dispersion including the gold-coated flat silver particles and a dispersion medium, a method of the dispersion, a coating film including the gold-coated flat silver particles, and an antireflection optical member. The gold-coated flat silver particles include flat silver particles and a gold coating layer, in which an average thickness of the gold coating layer on principal planes of the particles is 0.1 nm to 2 nm, and a ratio of the average thickness of the gold coating layer on the principal planes of the particles to an average thickness of the gold coating layer on edge surfaces of the particles is 0.02 or higher. |
| US11541453B2 |
Molding tool for molten metal or glass
A molding tool made of carbon or graphite, namely a casting mold or a casting core for the processing of molten metal or to a molding tool for the processing of molten glass, such as for example a blow mold and a method for producing the molding tool. |
| US11541452B2 |
Manufacturing method and tooling for ceramic cores
A method of manufacturing a tooling assembly and the tooling assembly (10) for ceramic cores. The tooling assembly includes a backing plate (12) comprising a top surface (20), side surfaces (18), and a bottom surface (16) and a plurality of lithographically derived inserts (14) each having a bottom surface (24), side surfaces (26), and a positive top surface (28) and pieced together on the top surface (20) of the backing plate (12). The method includes providing the backing plate (12) and plurality of lithographically derived inserts (14). A non-conformal positive surface is generated from the plurality of lithographically derived inserts (14). A negative flexible mold is created from the non-conformal positive surface. The negative flexible mold is then prepared for casting for an advanced ceramic core. |
| US11541445B2 |
Tight space pilot
A tight space pilot, tight space pilot assembly, and related method includes a tight space pilot that can be installed into a die without fasteners, fastener apertures, or added blocks for mounting. The tight space pilot assembly includes ejectors that are retained by the pilot and a retaining ring that holds the tight space pilot in place in a die member. |
| US11541442B2 |
Processing machine for flat material parts with a support unit and method therefor
A processing machine for flat material parts includes a machine frame, a lower beam, an upper beam, at least one processing tool, and a control unit and an infeed table on which the flat material part to be processed can be placed for positioning in the processing machine. A support loading unit with a plurality of suction cups is provided for the positioning of the flat material part on the infeed table. The infeed table can be moved from a parking position in an extension direction to a loading and unloading position and back again. The support unit is mounted on the movement axis assigned to the processing tool or tools for a pivoting movement into the same direction. |
| US11541436B1 |
Lancing safety cap apparatus
The present invention relates to safety caps for lancing procedures, and a method of cleaning piping systems using said safety caps. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improved safety cap for oil and gas well pipes to be cleaned onsite that allows for the cap and lancing tools to be used in hard-to-reach places. |
| US11541434B2 |
Vortex assisted powder removal end effector
An end effector for a vacuum system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the end effector includes a central duct having a first end configured for connection to a vacuum source and a second end defining a central duct inlet; a base member proximate the second end of the central duct; and a plurality of passages extending from an outer surface of the base member to an inner surface of the central duct, the plurality of passages characterized by a passage axis having an axial vector component. |
| US11541432B2 |
Cleaning machine
The present invention provides a cleaning machine capable of selecting a spray head independently of a rotational phase of a nozzle.The cleaning machine includes a slide, a pump, a main valve, a nozzle switching valve, a compressed air source, a swivel joint, a motor, and a nozzle block. The nozzle switching valve has an inflow chamber, a first chamber, a second chamber, a stem, a conical first valve element abuttable against the first valve seat, a conical second valve element abuttable against the second valve seat, a piston, and a spring. The swivel joint has a swivel housing, a swivel shaft, a first nozzle flow path and a second nozzle flow path. The nozzle block has a first nozzle connected to the first nozzle flow path and a second nozzle connected to the second nozzle flow path. |
| US11541427B2 |
Method for sorting corn kernels of a batch of corn kernels
Method for sorting corn kernels of a batch of corn kernels, the method comprising the steps of: laying the corn kernel on a support surface, the corn kernel having a resting surface in contact with the support surface, and an upper surface opposite the resting surface, acquiring at least one orientation image of the corn kernel with an orientation imaging system, the orientation imaging system having a modality adapted to enable structural features of the corn kernel to be measured, determining an orientation of the corn kernel with respect to the support surface based on the structural features of the corn kernel measured on the orientation image, sorting the corn kernel as a function of the orientation. |
| US11541420B2 |
Method for forming multilayer coated film
A method for forming a multilayer coated film includes step (1) of applying an aqueous intermediate coating composition (A), step (2) of applying an aqueous base coating composition (B), step (3) of applying a clear coating composition (C), and step (4) of heat-curing the coated films. The coating composition (A) contains a specific hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin (a1), a specific polyurethane resin (a2), a specific hydroxyl group-containing polyester resin (a3), a melamine resin (a4), and an active methylene-blocked polyisocyanate compound (a5). A ratio of the resin (a1) to the resin (a2) falls within a specific range. The heat-cured coated film of the coating composition (A) has a specific elongation at break, Young's modulus and Tukon hardness. The coating composition (C) contains a hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin (c1) and an allophanate group-containing polyisocyanate compound (c2). |
| US11541419B2 |
Apparatus and method for the drying/curing of chemical products
An apparatus for matting a coating applied on mainly flat panels includes a cleaning workstation and an excimer treatment workstation where the panels are conveyed by a belt conveyor having an upper outward section and a lower return section. In the cleaning workstation, the upper outward section of the belt conveyor has a V-shaped path, which is formed by two rollers in contact with the plane of advancement of the panel, and a roller in lower position, and which is bridged by advancing rollers, among which gaseous nitrogen is supplied that brushes all sides of the panel. In the treatment workstation, the upper outward section of the belt has a V-shaped path, where the panel is irradiated by an excimer emitter, and which is formed by two rollers in contact with the plane of advancement of the panel, and a roller in lower position, and is bridged by advancing rollers. |
| US11541416B2 |
Reusable cartridge piston
A reusable cartridge piston for use with film bag cartridges comprises a piston base, an intermediate portion and a piston head. An extension axis extends from the piston base through the intermediate portion and through the piston head. The piston also includes a lip sections extending radially outwardly with respect to the extension axis from a sidewall of the piston head, the piston base and the piston head being spaced apart from one another by the intermediate portion, with a gap between the piston base and the lip sections. The lip sections are respectively spaced apart from one another by slits formed between two neighboring lip sections, with the slits extending in a radial direction with respect to the extension axis of the piston. The piston base, the intermediate portion, the piston head and the lip sections are formed as one piece. |
| US11541412B2 |
Static mixers for continuous flow catalytic reactors
The present disclosure relates to catalytic static mixers comprising catalytic material. The static mixers can be configured for use with continuous flow chemical reactors, for example tubular continuous flow chemical reactors for heterogeneous catalysis reactions. This disclosure also relates to processes for preparing static mixers. This disclosure also relates to continuous flow chemical reactors comprising the static mixers, systems comprising the continuous flow chemical reactors, processes for synthesising products using the continuous flow reactors, and methods for screening catalytic materials using the static mixers. |
| US11541410B2 |
Dispensing pump with locking structures and methods of using the same
A dispensing pump includes a spring assembly and a locking arrangement to prevent the dispensing head from being deployed and/or actuated during shipment, stocking and pre-purchase handling. The dispensing pump includes a pump base, and a dispensing head having a piston stem. The spring assembly includes a slotted tubular spring element and first and second loading cones received at opposing ends of the slotted tubular spring element. Various locking arrangements may include interacting rotatable lugs provided between the dispensing head and the pump base, snap beads to retain the piston and dispensing head in a secured shipping position, and recyclable locking rings disposed between the dispensing head and pump base which prevent an active dispensing head from being actuated. |
| US11541409B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing an improved spray pattern with a squeeze bottle
A spray nozzle assembly includes a rotating spray nozzle and a cap for attachment to a squeeze bottle. The spray nozzle includes at least one exit orifice and at least three sidewall portions. The cap includes an indicator on an upper surface. |
| US11541408B2 |
Hair treatment system, treatments and apparatus
A hand held shower head configured to deliver a continuous dose of water dispersed treatment from a water disintegratable treatment source, the shower head including: a hollow body having water inlet opening and water outlet, the water outlet defined by a perforated plate, and a mesh formation disposed within the hollow body between the water inlet opening and the perforated plate, wherein the water inlet opening, hollow body and perforated plate are configured to create in use a pressurised turbulent water flow within the hollow body prior to exiting through the perforated plate, whereby a water disintegratable tablet treatment source introduced into the hollow body prior to use, is then agitated by the turbulent water flow against the mesh in an abrading manner and thereby dispersed into the water flow exiting the perforated plate. A water disintegratable tablet comprising emulsifier, thickening agent, surfactants, oil and rheology modifier is also disclosed. |
| US11541403B2 |
System and method for fluid delivery
A system and method of fluid delivery for providing a surface fluid pattern. The system includes a fluid delivery head for fluid flow therethrough. The fluid delivery head includes a fluid delivery surface having surface openings defined therein and arranged across the fluid delivery surface as a two-dimensional display. Some of the surface openings are grouped as a surface opening unit. The surface opening unit includes at least one aspiration opening through which fluid can be provided to the fluid delivery surface and at least one injection opening through which fluid can be moved away from the fluid delivery surface. The surface opening unit includes at least three surface openings positioned as a two-dimensional display and outwardly of at least one other surface opening. |
| US11541399B2 |
Electromagnetic fluid filter using magnetostrictive sensors
In at least one illustrative embodiment, an electromagnetic filter may include a transfer pipe and multiple electromagnetic filter elements positioned in an interior volume of the pipe. Each electromagnetic filter element includes a support comb, a solenoid coupled to the support comb, and multiple magnetic members arranged in a planar array positioned within an opening of the support comb. Each magnetic member may rotate about an end that is coupled to the support comb. The magnetic members may be magnetostrictive sensors and may include a biorecognition element to bind with a target microorganism. A method for fluid filtration includes coupling the electromagnetic filter between a fluid source and a fluid destination, energizing the solenoids of each electromagnetic filter elements, and flowing a fluid media through the transfer pipe of the electromagnetic filter. The fluid media may be liquid food such as fruit juice. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US11541398B2 |
Mincing drum for a cutting and separating device
A mincing drum for a cutting and separating device, at the first end section of which there is an inlet opening and at the second end section of which there is an outlet opening, a plurality of cutting openings being arranged in a pressure housing section of the mincing drum and passing continuously through the pressure housing section from an inner wall to an outer wall, each cutting opening having, on the inner wall, a cutting opening edge facing the outlet opening and a drawing-in opening edge facing the inlet opening. The cutting performance of the cutting and separating device and the quality of the desired food component is significantly improved as a feed channel which is recessed relative to the inner wall is situated between the cutting opening edge and the drawing-in opening edge. |
| US11541391B2 |
Magnetic separation device and method of use
The current invention relates to the method and apparatus to magnetically separate biological entities with magnetic labels from a fluid sample. The claimed magnetic separation device removes biological entities with magnetic labels from its fluidic solution by using a soft-magnetic center pole with two soft-magnetic side poles. The claimed device further includes processes to dissociate entities conglomerate after magnetic separation. |
| US11541390B2 |
Sample loading
Described herein are sample loading systems for loading a sample into a processing and/or analysis system comprising: a sample reservoir for receiving a sample and a metering volume reservoir, the sample reservoir and a first side of the metering volume reservoir being interconnected through a first channel with a first flow resistance to allow filling of the metering volume reservoir with sample; a further reservoir for receiving a second fluid interconnected with the metering volume reservoir at the first side via a second channel having a smaller second flow resistance; a first valve for blocking flow of sample from the metering volume reservoir into the second channel; a second valve connected to a second side of the metering volume reservoir for controlling the blocking and flowing of sample; and a first timing circuitry for timing the opening of the second valve as a function of filling of the further reservoir. |
| US11541385B2 |
Methods of measuring hematocrit in fluidic channels including conductivity sensor
A device and a method of using the device for determining hematocrit in a whole blood sample. The device includes a first portion having an introducer, at least one fluid channel, a fluid actuator, and an analysis sensor and conductivity sensor disposed within the fluid channel. The second portion includes at least one well containing at least one material. The first portion and second portion are movable with respect to each other. The introducer is configured to transfer at least a portion of the material from the well in portion two into the fluid channel of portion one. The method includes measuring the resistance over substantially the entire portion of a whole blood sample and calculating an average hematocrit level of the whole blood sample based on the measured resistance. |
| US11541383B2 |
Particulate filters
A vehicular exhaust filter comprising a porous substrate having an inlet face and an outlet face with the porous substrate comprising inlet channels extending from the inlet face and outlet channels extending from the outlet face is disclosed. The inlet channels and the outlet channels are separated by a plurality of filter walls having a porous structure. The vehicular exhaust filter is loaded with a refractory powder having a tapped density before loading of less than 0.10 g/cm3 and the vehicular exhaust filter has a mass loading of the refractory powder of less than 10 g/l. |
| US11541378B2 |
Molecular sieve intergrowths of cha and aft having an “sfw-GME tail,” methods of preparation and use
Molecular sieves comprising intergrowths of cha and aft having an “sfw-GME tail”, at least one structure directing agent (SDA) within the framework of the molecular sieve, an intergrowth of CHA and GME framework structures, cha cavities, and aft cavities are described. A first SDA comprising either an N,N-dimethyl-3,5-dimethylpiperidinium cation or a N,N-diethyl-2,6-dimethylpiperidinium cation is required. A second SDA, which can further be present, is a CHA or an SFW generating cation. The amount of the second SDA-2 used can change the proportion of the components in the cha-aft-“sfw-GME tail”. Activated molecular sieves formed from SDA containing molecular sieves are also described. Compositions for preparing these molecular sieves are described. Methods of preparing a SDA containing JMZ-11, an activated JMZ-11, and metal containing activated JMZ-11 are described. Methods of using activated JMZ-11 and metal containing activated JMZ-11 in a variety of processes, such as treating exhaust gases and converting methanol to olefins are described. |
| US11541374B2 |
Vanadium oxide supported catalyst for alkane dehydrogenation
A catalyst for non-oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes and a method for making and using the same is disclosed. The catalyst can include vanadium oxide derived from vanadyl oxalate. More particularly the catalyst is prepared by a method comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a transition alumina support with an aqueous solution comprising a vanadium carboxylate material solubilized therein; (b) heating the contacted alumina support to remove the water and produce a catalyst precursor material in solid form; and (c) heating the solid catalyst precursor material in the presence of an oxidizing source at a temperature of 500 to 800° C. to produce an alumina supported catalytic material comprising vanadium oxide. The catalyst can be further modified with an alkali metal oxide like potassium oxide, the precursor thereof being introduced with the impregnation solution. |
| US11541372B2 |
Adsorbents, systems and methods for the removal of heavy metals from contaminated water
An adsorbent for a target compound can include porous carbon particles having pores with a predominant pore size less than 10 nm, and magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) nucleated on the carbon surface and within the pores of carbon particles to provide a carbon magnetic nanoparticle adsorbent (C-MNA). A method for removing target compounds with an adsorbent, a system for removing contaminants from a liquid, and a method for adsorbing target compounds from a fluid are also disclosed. |
| US11541367B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing heat exchanger fouling rate
Methods of reducing heat exchanger fouling rate or of producing polyolefins may include providing a first gas stream comprising a gas and entrained fine polyolefin particles to a gas outlet line; removing a portion of the entrained fine polyolefin particles from the gas outlet line to form a bypass stream; and providing the bypass stream to a bypass line comprising a bypass line inlet and a bypass line outlet. The bypass line inlet and outlet are located upstream and downstream of a first heat exchanger. The methods may further include providing at least a portion of the first gas stream to the first heat exchanger; and combining the bypass stream and a second gas stream at the bypass line outlet to form a combined gas stream comprising one or more olefins or paraffins. A temperature of the combined gas stream is below the dew point of the combined gas stream. |
| US11541366B2 |
Method for installing a thermocouple inside a reactor tube filled with catalyst
A method of installing a temperature measuring device inside a reactor tube while filling the tube with catalyst is provided. The method includes inserting a positioning system, including a single inflatable bladder connected at a central location to a centering ring, into a reactor tube, the reactor tube comprising a distal end and a proximal end. Then inserting the centering ring around the temperature measurement device. Then locating the positioning system at a first predetermined distance from the distal end, and inflating the single inflatable bladder, thereby centering the centering ring and the temperature measurement device within the SMR tube. Then introducing catalyst into the SMR tube, thereby enclosing the temperature measurement device in catalyst. |
| US11541354B2 |
Filtration device, refining device, and production method for liquid medicine
A filtering device is for obtaining a chemical liquid by purifying a liquid to be purified, and the filtering device has an inlet portion, an outlet portion, a filter A, at least one filter B different from the filter A, and a flow path which includes the filter A and the filter B arranged in series and extends from the inlet portion to the outlet portion, in which the filter A has a porous base material made of polyfluorocarbon and a coating layer which is disposed to cover the porous base material and contains a resin having an adsorptive group. |
| US11541350B2 |
Heat recovery from an electrochemical hydrogen separation system
An EHS system includes a EHS cell having an anode, a cathode, and a cooling plate disposed proximate at least one of the anode or the cathode, the cooling plate configured to receive water and configured to output steam or a mixture of water and steam. The system further includes a liquid-vapor separator (LVS) configured to receive the steam or the mixture of water and steam from the cooling plate and to separate water and steam. The LVS is configured to output water to the cooling plate. |
| US11541348B2 |
Process and apparatus for separating carbon dioxide from a waste gas of a fluid bed catalytic cracking (FCC) installation
In a process for separating carbon dioxide from a waste gas (3) of a fluid bed catalytic cracking installation (1) containing carbon dioxide, nitrogen and possibly carbon monoxide, the waste gas (3) is separated by adsorption to form a gas enriched in carbon dioxide and depleted in nitrogen (29) and a gas rich in nitrogen and depleted in carbon dioxide (31), and at least a portion of the gas enriched in carbon dioxide and depleted in nitrogen is separated in a separation device (30) by way of separation at a temperature of less than 0° C. by partial condensation and/or by distillation to form a fluid rich in carbon dioxide (35) and a fluid depleted in carbon dioxide (37). |
| US11541345B2 |
Canister
A canister that adsorbs and desorbs fuel vapor generated in a fuel tank of a vehicle includes a housing and at least one expansion inhibitor. The housing is in a form of a cylinder configured to be filled with activated carbon. The housing includes a filled portion which is an area in the housing filled with the activated carbon; an unfilled portion which is an area in the housing not filled with the activated carbon; a boundary portion that defines a boundary between the filled portion and the unfilled portion; and a center portion which is situated at the axial center of the filled portion. The at least one expansion inhibitor inhibits an expansion of the boundary portion in an outward direction from being greater than an expansion of the center portion in the outward direction. |
| US11541344B2 |
Lightweight inorganic membrane module
An apparatus and system for separating a liquid from a mixed gas stream includes a porous graphite foam support comprising graphite foam with pores having a first pore size and a membrane support surface. A porous condensation membrane layer is provided on the membrane support surface, and interlocked with the pores of the graphite foam. The condensation membrane layer includes capillary condensation pores having a second pore size that is less than the first pore size. A mixed gas stream passageway is in fluid communication with the condensation membrane layer. A liquid collection assembly collects condensed liquid from the condensation pores and the graphite foam support pores. A gas inlet is provided for flowing the mixed gas stream into the mixed gas stream passageway. A gas outlet is provided for exhausting gas from the mixed gas stream passageway. A method for separating a liquid from a mixed gas stream is also disclosed. |
| US11541341B2 |
Dust filter
A dust filter includes a filter medium configured to filter foreign substances, such as dust, from atmospheric air. The dust filter also includes a case within which the filter medium is disposed. A first chamber in the case on one side of the filter medium defines a clean side, and a second chamber in the case on the other side of the filter medium defines a dirty side. The case includes a first port that provides fluid communication between the first chamber and the air passage, and a second port that provides fluid communication between the second chamber and the surrounding atmosphere. The second port is configured to allow water accumulated in the case to drain to the outside of the case by gravity while the case is mounted on the vehicle. |
| US11541340B2 |
Inducer assembly for a turbine engine
A turbine engine having an inducer assembly. The inducer assembly includes a centrifugal separator fluidly coupled to an inducer with an inducer inlet and an inducer outlet. The centrifugal separator includes a body, an angular velocity increaser to form a concentrated-particle stream and a reduced-particle stream, a flow splitter, and an exit conduit fluidly coupled to the body to receive the reduced-particle stream and define a separator outlet. |
| US11541334B2 |
Integral filter endcap, mold, and seal
An integrated seal member includes an at least partially annular body defining a longitudinal axis, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction. The at least partially annular body includes a top annular mounting portion, a sealing portion including at least one top sealing feature and at least one bottom sealing feature, and a connecting portion that extends at least radially outwardly from the top annular mounting portion to the sealing portion. |
| US11541333B2 |
Sand filter LED status light
A system for treating water for use in aquatics or recreational facilities is disclosed. The system includes a media filter vessel, a pressure sensor, and a monochromatic light source. A method of treating water for use in aquatics or recreational facilities is also disclosed. The method includes fluidly connecting a media filter vessel to a source of water for use in aquatics or recreational facilities, illuminating a media inside the media filter vessel, observing a monochromatic light source display a first indicator and observing a monochromatic light source display a second indicator. A method of retrofitting a media filter vessel is also disclosed. The method includes installing a pressure sensor on the media filter vessel, installing a monochromatic light source and operably connecting the monochromatic light source to a manual control and to the pressure sensor. |
| US11541331B2 |
Chromatograph
When a liquid in the column is replaced by carbon dioxide in a supercritical state in the chromatograph, an operation of a first pump is controlled by a flow rate control unit, and the carbon dioxide in the supercritical state is supplied at a constant pressure. Moreover, when a flow rate of the carbon dioxide in the supercritical state reaches a predetermined flow rate thereafter, the flow rate control unit controls an operation of the first pump so that the carbon dioxide in the supercritical state is supplied at a constant flow rate. |
| US11541325B2 |
Device for evaporating a liquid medium in a filling product filling system
A device for evaporating a fluid medium in a filling product filling plant includes an inclined evaporator surface, a medium supply line for applying the fluid medium that is to be evaporated to the evaporator surface, and grooves in the evaporator surface for conducting the fluid medium. The grooves along the evaporator surface have a non-linear design. |
| US11541322B1 |
Mat controllable by remote computing device
A smart block can include a plurality of displays and configurable magnet components to selectively attract or repel other smart blocks. The smart block can include proximity sensors to identify a surface of another smart block close to the smart block to determine if the smart blocks are correctly oriented based on an application or game associated with the operation of the smart blocks. A plurality of smart blocks can be configured to display a portion of a picture (as a puzzle), such that when the smart blocks are oriented correctly they collectively display the complete picture. The smart blocks can be used in conjunction with a smart mat that is configured to move the smart blocks in response to commands received from a remote computing device. The smart blocks and the smart mat can facilitate interactivity with other, remote users, such as between a caregiver and a child. |
| US11541319B2 |
System and method for filtering stream chats
The subject disclosure relates to filtering stream chat messages. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology can include operations for receiving messages from a plurality of user accounts, detecting a section trigger indicating one or more filtering attributes, and filtering messages based on the filtering attribute. In some aspects, the process can further include operations for creating a section, adding one or more users to it and generating a section level, where the section level and messages associated with it are displayed to the added users. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. |
| US11541317B2 |
Automated weapon selection for new players using AI
An inexperienced computer simulation player is assisted in playing the simulation by identifying in previously-played simulations successful players in terms of simulation play. The virtual weapons selected by those players are identified and a recommendation of the weapon presented to the inexperienced player of the computer simulation. |
| US11541316B2 |
Electronic device and method for detecting abnormal device operation
An electronic device and a method for detecting abnormal device operation are provided. The method includes: obtaining multiple action events of a movable input device, and each action event including a relative coordinate and a time stamp of the movable input device; generating multiple absolute coordinates based on the relative coordinate of each action event; estimating multiple speed vectors based on the absolute coordinates and the time stamp of each action event; estimating multiple acceleration vectors based on the speed vectors and the time stamp of each action event; and estimating a probability of abnormal operation based on the speed vectors and the acceleration vectors. |
| US11541314B2 |
Personalized user interface based on in-application behavior
Methods and systems to provide a user interface to access games available for a user account. Selection of a game for game play is detected at the user interface and, in response, a game play is initiated. Interactions provided by a user during game play are used to affect an outcome of the game. The interactions are analyzed to determine game behavior of the user. Behavior metrics are generated for different portions of the game, based on the user's game behavior. The behavior metrics for the user for the game are associated with a game icon of the game provided on the user interface, the association causes specific ones of the behavior metrics to be rendered for the different portions of the game during subsequent game play and are provided to help the user to improve the user's game play for the different portions of the game. |
| US11541311B2 |
Program, electronic device, and method for simulating a joystick in a virtual space
One or more embodiments of the invention is a program that is executed on an electronic device, the program causing the electronic device to execute: holding data points indicated by values on a first axis and values on a second axis, obtained on the basis of touch events; terminating the holding of a data point for which a predefined holding period has expired among the held data points; determining the slope of a regression line on the basis of the held data points; determining an amount of rotation by which the determined slope of the regression line is to be rotated, on the basis of a displacement direction of the set of the held data points; and determining an angle by which the user controls an object being operated in a virtual space, on the basis of the determined slope of the regression line and the determined amount of rotation. |
| US11541309B2 |
Quickly suspending and resuming applications running on a cloud server
Many times, users play games to certain places in the game and decide to save the game and resume it later. When users resume the game, they have to wait for it to load, wade through menus to select the saved game, and wait again for the game to resume. The introduced technique directly suspends and resume games that are rendered on a cloud server based on user initiated suspend and resume control commands. As the games are directly suspended and resumed, the users can skip past menu and screen loading. The introduced technique can track game information of multiples users in cloud tokens, and can move these cloud tokens from one memory location to another based on the user initiated suspend and resume control commands. |
| US11541308B2 |
Methods for compressing video for streaming video game content to remote clients
Computer-implemented methods for hosting online video games are provided. One method includes generating a plurality of video frames. The method includes initiating a sending of each one of the plurality of video frames to a client. Each of the video frames that is sent is compressed. The method includes stopping the compression and sending of video frames when one of the plurality of video frames is taking longer than a frame time to compress and send. A frame time is defined as one over a frame rate, and wherein stopping the compression of video frames includes ignoring said video frames by an encoder. The method includes continuing to compress and send audio data to the client when one or more of said plurality of video frames are not sent to the client. |
| US11541306B2 |
Gaming machine with floating mid-screen input deck
An inventive gaming machine is disclosed that includes a floating, mid-screen input deck positioned facing an active display region. The gaming machine positions the input deck relative to the active display region such that a part of the active display region extends below the input deck. The gaming machine implements a large active display region within a relatively compact envelope. The gaming machine further provides an ergonomically superior gaming machine configuration that enables a player to view the full extent of the active display region while requiring minimal head and eye movements. |
| US11541304B2 |
Recording medium and information processing apparatus
A computer readable recording medium storing a program that is executed by a processor. The program causes the processor to acquire touch position information on a touch panel, identify a first position based on the touch position information, if the touch position is in a first input region for receiving an input instruction in a first operation direction in a touch period during which continuous touching of the touch panel is carried out, and the touch position satisfies a first condition, identify a second position based on the touch position information, if the touch position is in a second input region for receiving an input of an instruction in a second operation direction in the touch period, and the touch position satisfies a second condition, and determine positions of the first input region and the second input region, based on the first position and the second position. |
| US11541303B2 |
Educational gaming system
An educational gaming system includes control cards, road pieces and a robotic device. Each of the control cards has a graphic corresponding to an instruction. The road pieces are arranged to form a road on which the robotic device is configured to move. The robotic device is communicable with an electronic device that executes an application program. The electronic device captures an image of the graphic of the control card, conducts a machine learning algorithm based on the image to obtain the instruction, and transmits the instruction to the robotic device. The robotic device obtains a road-piece signal value that is generated by scanning one of the road pieces, and performs movement based on the instruction and the road-piece signal value. |
| US11541302B2 |
Airplay activity table
An air table system is provided. Such a system includes an air table that includes a plurality of holes or perforations, a fan that blows air through the plurality of holes or perforations when activated, a puck component that glides across the air table when the fan blows the air through the plurality of holes or perforations, and an air activated component. The air activated component is positioned around an edge of the air table and includes an air activatable feature configured to be activated by the air when the air activated component is placed on the air table. |
| US11541295B2 |
Golf swing speed trainer
A golf swing speed trainer for releasable attachment via a retainer to a shaft sleeve of a golf club shaft, including a head, a sleeve, and a weighting system. The trainer provides a highly customizable golf swing speed trainer that more accurately mimics the feel of a real club as a golfer works to increase their swing speed, without introducing any new bad habits. It allows a golfer to use their “gamer” shaft and grip during speed training, thereby increasing the user's familiarity with the trainer, which should result not only in increased swing speed but also improved consistency and accuracy. |
| US11541293B1 |
Batting tee
A batting tee that can be used by righthanded and lefthanded hitters to expand their batting zone. The batting tee comprises of two weighted legs that extend from a point of origin, an angle of twenty-five degree is created between the two weighted legs. Each weighted leg is hollow and defines an upper and a lower linear channel that can receive a block that sustains a screw in post. The post has a ball holder. A triangular weighted sheet attaches to an inside side of each weighted leg. Each leg defines a block insertion point at a location that is at a furthest distance from the point of origin, the block insertion points are defined on the upper part and the power part of each leg. |
| US11541289B2 |
Golf club having removable weight
A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member, and the weight member is preferably constructed so that it has a low profile. |
| US11541288B2 |
Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having an interior cavity, a front portion, a back portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a sole portion, and a top portion. A face portion is attached to the front portion to enclose the interior cavity. The golf club head may further include a port on the body portion that is connected to the interior cavity. A first mass portion may be coupled to the body portion such that the port is configured to receive the first mass portion to close the port. A second mass portion may be coupled to the body portion and include a different material than a material of the first mass portion. The maximum width of the interior cavity may be below a horizontal midplane of the body portion and above the port. The interior cavity may be at least partially filled with a filler material from the port. The interior cavity may at least partially extend over the port at a location of the maximum width. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US11541287B2 |
Club head having balanced impact and swing performance characteristics
Described herein are embodiments of golf club heads having a balance of the following parameters: a low and back club head center of gravity position, a high moment of inertia, a large Ixy product of inertia, and low aerodynamic drag. Methods of manufacturing the embodiments of golf club heads having a balance of club head center of gravity position, moment of inertia, product of inertia, and aerodynamic drag are also described herein. |
| US11541281B2 |
Golf ball and resin composition for cover or topcoat thereof
Provided are a golf ball and a resin composition for a cover or topcoat thereof which can suppress the yellowing of the golf ball caused by ultraviolet rays even if a naturally derived substance is used as an ultraviolet absorber, and they are environmentally and human friendly. A resin composition for a cover or topcoat of a golf ball of the present invention contains: a resin for a cover or topcoat; and a plant-derived extract which absorbs ultraviolet rays. The resin composition has a color difference ΔE of 10.0 or less in a Lab color system between before and after a color tone change test, the color tone change test being carried out by irradiating a film formed from the resin composition with a xenon lamp. In the golf ball of the present invention, the cover or the topcoat is formed by using the resin composition. |
| US11541279B2 |
Wearable computer with fitness machine connectivity for improved activity monitoring
Embodiments are disclosed for a wearable computer with fitness machine connectivity for improved activity monitoring. In an embodiment, a method comprises: establishing, by a processor of a wireless device, a wireless communication connection with a fitness machine; obtaining, by the processor, machine data from the fitness machine; determining, by the processor, a workout session according to the machine data; initiating the workout session on the wireless device; during the workout session: obtaining, from a sensor of the computing device, physiological data of a user of the fitness machine; determining, by the processor, fitness data for the user based on the physiological data, the machine data and at least one user characteristic; and sending, by the processor, the fitness data to the fitness machine. |
| US11541277B2 |
Portable therapeutic strengthening apparatus using adjustable resistance
A lightweight, portable leg strengthening apparatus includes a footplate and calf support which form a leg rest, a top a friction free sliding element running longitudinally along and supported on a rectangular base. The leg rest is hinged at its attachment to the sliding element to allow a longitudinal tilting movement. The leg rest has adjustability at the hinge point at the ankle to enable alterations in the foot position. The apparatus uses resistance material/rubber cords or springs attached via a plate to a steel cable, travelling via an aperture in the end of the device to the back of the sliding element a top the body of the device to create tension as the leg rest a top the sliding element is moved longitudinally along the body of the device. Resistance can be varied and progressed by using different numbers of resistance cords/springs. |
| US11541273B2 |
Treadmill rack
The present disclosure provides a treadmill rack, including a mounting frame, an adjusting board and a supporting board, where the mounting frame includes a first beam, a second beam, a third beam and a fourth beam, the first beam is parallel to the third beam, the second beam is parallel to the fourth beam, the adjusting board is rotatably connected to the third beam and is configured to be rotated to abut against the first beam, the supporting board is detachably connected with the adjusting board, the first beam, the second beam, the third beam and the fourth beam enclose a receiving cavity, the supporting board is configured to be accommodated in the receiving cavity after being detached from the adjusting board. |
| US11541270B2 |
Ergonomic exercise equipment handle
The goal of this invention is to provide an ergonomic handle for cable-based exercise equipment which is comfortable in the user's hands and increases user strength and range of motion. This exercise handle allows wrist flexion and extension as well as forearm and hand pronation and supination. The handle is composed of a grip which is rotatably coupled to a bracket, which is in turn connected to a rotatable connection assembly which freely rotates along an axis parallel to the cable. |
| US11541269B2 |
Weight rack and mounting rail, accessory, and assembly for weight rack
An assembly for use with a weight rack includes a mounting rail for mounting to the weight rack, including a plurality of rail sections extending laterally and spaced along the length of the mounting rail to define slots therebetween. The accessory includes a mounting portion for removably mounting to the mounting rail and a functional portion connected to the mounting portion for use in a weightlifting exercise. The mounting portion includes a fixed portion and a moveable portion that is moveable with respect to the fixed portion between a locked position, where the fixed portion and the moveable portion engage the mounting rail, and a release position, where the accessory can be removed from the rail. The mounting portion also includes a peg received in one of the slots of the mounting rail and a locking mechanism that moves the moveable portion between the locked position and the release position. |
| US11541267B2 |
Resistance training system
A physical training system includes a belt having a belt attachment member and a first band attachment loop for an elastomeric belt. The belt attachment member is moveably positioned on the belt and at least partially encircles the belt. The belt attachment member comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion extending completely across a width of the belt on the outer side of the belt, and the second portion extending at least partially across the width of the belt on the inner side of the belt. The first band attachment loop is moveably connected to the belt attachment member. The elastomeric band extends through the first band attachment loop. A foot coupling includes at least one flexible strap and a second band attachment loop. The elastomeric band extends between the foot coupling and the belt attachment member. |
| US11541265B2 |
Wearable device and operation method thereof
A wearable device may include a motor, a motor driver circuit, a frame connected to the motor, the frame to be worn on the body of the user to support the body, a processor configured to generate a control signal to control an electrical connection in the motor driver circuit, and a sensor configured to sense a body motion of the user. The processor is further configured to provide an exercise load through the frame according to a speed of the sensed body motion by controlling, based on the speed of the body motion, a changing ratio per time between a first control state in which the electrical connection in the motor driver circuit is a closed loop and a second control state in which the electrical connection in the motor driver circuit is an open loop. |
| US11541263B2 |
Nitrogen-generating composition for fire extinguishing and method for producing the same
The invention relates to nitrogen-generating compositions for saturation fire-extinguishing and to methods for producing same. The composition comprises: 25.0-45.0% by mass of a heavy metal oxide, 12.0-18.0% by mass of a combustion modifier in the form of aluminium oxide modified with cobalt (II) nitrate (Co(NO3)2), with accelerating additives of nickel oxide and copper oxide, with an alkali metal azide making up the remainder to 100% and 0.07-2.0% by mass of a carboxylic acid ester as moistener (residue after drying) above 100%. The composition is produced by mixing aluminium oxide with cobalt nitrate and with the moistener, allowing the mixture to stand and dry out so as to produce a first mixture, separately mixing the first mixture with the heavy metal oxide and the moistener until a second mixture is produced, separately preparing a mixture of alkali metal azide powder with the moistener until a third mixture is produced and then mixing the second mixture and the third mixture simultaneously with copper oxide and nickel oxide, drying out the produced mass and forming granules. |
| US11541262B2 |
Control mechanisms for fire suppression systems
A control mechanism includes an actuator having first and second positions, a resilient member arranged to bias the actuator toward the second position, and an input cable. The input cable is arranged along a serpentine path and is connected to the actuator, the input cable arranged to retain the actuator in the first position using tension applied by a plurality of detector cables along the serpentine path of the input cable. Fire detector connector modules, fire suppression systems, and methods of integrating detector cables into control mechanisms are also described. |
| US11541260B2 |
Fire suppression system and method
A fire suppression system includes at least one high pressure gas source containing an inert gas, at least one low pressure gas source containing an organic halide gas, a distribution network connected with the high pressure gas source and the low pressure gas source to distribute the inert gas and the organic halide gas, and a controller in communication with the distribution network. The distribution network includes flow control devices configured to control flow of the inert gas and the organic halide gas. The controller is configured to initially release the inert gas in response to a fire threat to reduce an oxygen concentration at the fire threat below a preset oxygen concentration threshold, and release the organic halide gas to increase an organic halide gas concentration at the fire threat above a preset organic halide gas concentration threshold while the oxygen concentration is below the preset oxygen concentration threshold. |
| US11541249B2 |
Systems and methods to provide circadian impact
Certain examples involve controlling a circadian impact of a lighting system. For instance, a lighting system includes a first lighting fixture. The first lighting fixture includes at least one lighting element to illuminate a first space and a first controller to control a first light output of the at least one lighting element. Additionally, the lighting system includes a first background circadian system that provides a first modifying factor to the first controller of the first lighting fixture. The first modifying factor is associated with a first circadian impact profile that specifies a first circadian impact level in the first space. Further, the first controller of the first lighting fixture controls the first light output based on the first modifying factor. |
| US11541247B2 |
Magnetic stimulation probe
A magnetic stimulation probe is provided to produce a probe electromagnetic field within a patient. The magnetic stimulation probe has a first generally planar magnetic field generating coil having a first coil trace having a decreasing radial spiral which passes about a first central portion, the first coil trace having a first electric current traveling in a first direction and having a first plurality of separated portions each having a first respective set of different radii from the first central portion along a bisecting line. The first planar coil has a second coil trace having a second electric current traveling in a second direction which is parallel to the first direction, and having a second plurality of separated portions each having a second respective set of different radii from the first central portion along the bisecting line along the bisecting line. Two such coils can be arranged to produce a high intensity focused magnetic field at a distance from the probe. The probe electromagnetic field is operable to induce a current in a conductive material. |
| US11541244B2 |
Detachable seal for medical implants
A medical implant includes a first component having a surface and a plurality of electrical contacts and a second component having a surface and a plurality of electrical contacts. Each contact of the first component contacts an assigned contact of the second component in an electrically conducting manner. A seal is disposed between the two surfaces for sealing the contacts. The seal and the two surfaces are formed of a thermoplastic material. The seal is fused to the two surfaces for sealing the contacts and the seal is meltable so as to separate the two components from one another. A method for producing a medical implant is also provided. |
| US11541240B2 |
Pain management based on brain activity monitoring
This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for managing pain of a subject. A system includes one or more physiological sensors configured to sense a physiological signal indicative of patient brain activity. The physiological signals may include an electroencephalography signal, a magnetoencephalography signal, or a brain-evoked potential. The system may extract from the brain activity signal one or more signal metrics indicative of strength or pattern of brain electromagnetic activity associated with pain, and generate a pain score using the one or more signal metrics. The pain score can be output to a patient or a process. The system may select an electrode configuration for pain-relief electrostimulation based on the pain score, and deliver a closed-loop pain therapy according to the selected electrode configuration. |
| US11541237B2 |
Methods for improving shoulder range of motion and functionality
Methods, apparatus, compositions and kits for inhibiting a disorder in a human patient, including non-cerebral neurovascular disorder or muscular headache pain, or loss of motor or sensory function, sympathetic tone or range or fluidity of motion that affect a nerve pathway at more than one locus associated with the disorder to inhibit the disorder. Alternatively or in addition, neuropathy associated with a disorder is treatable by palpating to determine a Keystone nerve essential to the neuropathy, applying pressure to determine a point of maximum discomfort or trigger of increased symptoms to identify a Levin Sign as a locus of initial intervention, and intervening to treat the neuropathy at the location of the Levin Sign by administering a pharmaceutically active agent, internal implanted or external neuro stimulation affecting the nerve pathway to inhibit the neuropathy. |
| US11541236B2 |
Method, system and apparatus for automated termination of a therapy for an epileptic event upon a determination of effects of a therapy
A method comprising detecting an epileptic event in a patient; applying an electrical therapy to a first target area in at least one of a brain region or a cranial nerve of said patient in response to said detecting; receiving a body signal responsive to the electrical therapy, wherein said body signal is selected from an autonomic signal, a neurologic signal, a metabolic signal, an endocrine signal, or a tissue stress marker signal; determining whether said body signal indicates that said electrical therapy has an efficacious effect; and terminating the application of said electrical therapy if the response indicates that the electrical therapy has an efficacious effect. An apparatus capable of performing the method. A non-transitive, computer-readable storage device for storing data that when executed by a processor, perform the method. |
| US11541234B2 |
Determining quality of electrode contact with skin surface
A patient monitoring system within an Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) device includes a patient monitoring channel including a first electrode and a second electrode, with each electrode coupled to a respective lead. The monitoring system also includes an Alternating Current source structured to inject a test current to the first electrode lead or the second electrode lead and a differential amplifier structured to measure differences between signals received from the first electrode lead and the second electrode lead. Related methods include evaluating a quality of an electrode contact with a skin surface by injecting a lead of the electrode and one input of a differential amplifier with a known electrical current, comparing a difference between an electrical signal received from the lead of the injected electrode as well as from a lead of a passive signal electrode, and evaluating the compared difference. |
| US11541233B2 |
ECA oxide-resistant connection to a hermetic seal ferrule for an active implantable medical device
A hermetically sealed feedthrough assembly for an active implantable medical device having an oxide-resistant electrical attachment for connection to an EMI filter, an EMI filter circuit board, an AIMD circuit board, or AIMD electronics. The oxide-resistant electrical attachment, including an oxide-resistant sputter layer 165 is disposed on the device side surface of the hermetic seal ferrule over which an ECA stripe is provided. The ECA stripe may comprise one of a thermal-setting electrically conductive adhesive, an electrically conductive polymer, an electrically conductive epoxy, an electrically conductive silicone, an electrically conductive polyimide, or a thermal-setting electrically conductive polyimide, such as those manufactured by Ablestick Corporation. The oxide-free electrical attachment between the ECA stripe and the filter or AIMD circuits may comprise one of gold, platinum, palladium, silver, iridium, rhenium, rhodium, tantalum, tungsten, niobium, zirconium, vanadium, and combinations or alloys thereof. |
| US11541232B2 |
Electrode configuration for a medical device
An example device includes an elongated housing, a first and second electrode, and signal generation circuitry. The housing can be implanted within a single first chamber of the heart. The first electrode extends distally from the distal end of the elongated housing. A distal end of the first electrode can penetrate into wall tissue of a second chamber of the heart. The second electrode, extending from the distal end of the elongated housing, is configured to flexibly maintain contact with the wall tissue of the first chamber without penetration of the wall tissue of the first chamber by the second electrode. Signal generation circuitry can be within the elongated housing and coupled to the first and second electrode. The signal generation circuitry can deliver cardiac pacing to the second chamber via the first electrode and the first chamber via the second electrode. |
| US11541231B2 |
Reduced larsen effect electrode
The disclosure relates to a reduced Larsen Effect electrode. Specifically, the disclosure relates to an electrode with an insulation-coated electrode wire coaxially surrounded over a substantial portion thereof, by predetermined assembly of alternating rigid and isolating layers. |
| US11541230B2 |
Implantable electric connecting structure between an electric implant and an electric feed and drain line structure
The invention is an implantable electrical connection between an electrical implant which has at least one electrical conductor and at least one electrical feed line. The invention further relates to a method for producing an implantable electrical connection between an electrical implant. The invention comprises at least one electrical cable having a cable end, to which an electrically conductive flat piece is unsupportedly fined, and that the at least one implant-side electrical conductor is joined to the flat piece. |
| US11541229B2 |
Apparatus of muscle treatment comprising electrical muscle stimulation electrode and method of muscle treatment using that
An apparatus of muscle treatment may have a plurality of treatment modes and may generate a specific motion of a human body simultaneously or with an interval for muscles anatomically distinguished and related to each other, thereby being able to simultaneously strength the muscles related to each other. Since muscles are treated in accordance with a transmitting pattern of RF energy enabling composite motions of a human body, thereby being able to increase the treatment effect. |
| US11541227B2 |
Dual sensor electrodes for providing enhanced resuscitation feedback
A system for facilitating resuscitation includes: a first electrode assembly having a therapy side and a first motion sensor; a second electrode assembly having a therapy side and a second motion sensor; processing circuitry operatively connected to and programmed to receive and process signals from the first and second motion sensors to estimate at least one of a chest compression depth and rate during administration of chest compressions and to compare the chest compression depth or rate to a desired range; and an output device for providing instructions to a user to administer chest compressions based on the comparison of the estimated chest compression depth or rate to the desired range. One or both of the electrode assemblies may be constructed so that the conductive therapeutic portion is able to maintain substantial conformance to the anatomy of the patient when coupled thereto. For example, at least a portion of the flexible electrode pad may be able to flex from a more rigid sensor housing, or the sensor housing itself may be relatively small compared to the flexible electrode pad so as not to cause lift off of the therapeutic side from the patient. |
| US11541225B2 |
Vascular coupling device
A vascular coupling device for connecting an artificial heart pump to the vascular system of a subject is disclosed. The artificial heart pump may form part of a total artificial heart (TAH). The vascular coupling device comprises a first and a second coupling element, each one of said first and second coupling elements has a first end comprising a resilient coupling portion, a second end comprising a vascular grafting material, and a tubular midsection is arranged between said first and second ends. The vascular coupling device further comprises a coupling plate comprising a first receptor and a second receptor configured and adapted for receiving said resilient coupling portions of the first and second coupling elements. The vascular coupling device further comprises a docking plate, comprising a first and a second docking port configured to be arranged to an inlet channel and an outlet channel of said artificial heart pump and one or more fastening means for connecting said coupling plate to the docking plate. A method for connecting the vascular coupling device to the vascular system of a subject is also disclosed. |
| US11541218B2 |
Seal assembly for a surgical access assembly and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a seal assembly for a surgical access assembly includes forming a seal assembly having a monolithic construction. The seal assembly includes a support member, seal sections connected to the support member, bridges disposed between adjacent seal sections and interconnecting the adjacent seal sections, and a plurality of standoffs extending from each seal section. The method also includes placing the seal assembly into a treatment bath, cutting the bridges, and folding the seal assembly. |
| US11541217B2 |
Tattooing apparatus
An oscillating apparatus, such as a tattooing apparatus applying an electric motor such as a linear motor, and a first sensor and a controller. A method for controlling an oscillating apparatus such as a tattooing apparatus, includes a controller and various sensors to control, among other things, the position, velocity and acceleration of a needle either directly or via a needle connector. |
| US11541216B2 |
Methods for manufacturing tissue interfacing components
Methods of manufacturing tissue interfacing components, such as solid needles comprising one or more therapeutic agents, are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method for manufacturing a tissue interfacing component comprises compressing a granular therapeutic agent within a mold cavity of a mold to form a solid tissue interfacing component. The mold cavity may define an elongated shape extending along a longitudinal axis from an opening of the mold cavity to a distal end of the mold cavity, and the granular therapeutic agent may be compressed by moving a mold punch along the longitudinal axis towards the distal end. After compressing the granular therapeutic agent to form the solid tissue interfacing component, the tissue interfacing component may be removed from the mold and subsequently inserted into tissue to deliver the therapeutic agent to a subject. |
| US11541214B2 |
Balloon dilation catheter for use in sinus passageways
A balloon dilation catheter includes a substantially rigid inner guide member and a movable shaft coupled to a balloon that is slidably mounted on the substantially rigid inner guide member. To treat a sinus cavity of a subject using the balloon dilation the substantially rigid inner guide member is advanced into a drainage pathway of the sinus (e.g., frontal recess) of the subject via a nasal passageway. The shaft and balloon are advanced in a distal direction over the substantially rigid inner guide member to place the balloon in the drainage pathway. The balloon is inflated to expand or otherwise remodel the drainage pathway. |
| US11541213B2 |
Delivery system for implantable flow connector
A delivery system for delivering an implant to a first space within a body of a patient including an elongate delivery member having a proximal portion, a distal portion, a lumen and a receiving area, the receiving area dimensioned for receipt of the implant. A deforming member is movable with respect to the delivery member from a first position to a second position to apply a force to the implant to deform the implant positioned in the receiving area of the delivery member. |
| US11541211B2 |
Methods for delivery of therapeutic materials to treat cancer
Disclosed is a localized method for treatment of cancer including the steps of providing a drug delivery catheter; navigating the catheter to the bile duct; and delivering a therapeutic agent into the bile duct. According to one aspect of the method, the drug delivery catheter is a multi-occlusion balloon catheter. The multi-occlusion balloon catheter may include at least two balloons. The multi-occlusion balloon catheter may optionally include a pressure transducer between the balloons to optimize delivery technique. |
| US11541208B2 |
Medical catheter
In some examples, a catheter may include an elongate body and a push assembly. The elongate body may include an inner liner defining an entry port into a lumen defined by the elongate body, and an outer jacket. The push assembly may an anchor member positioned at a distal end of an elongate member. Distal to a proximal end of the elongate body, a first portion of the push assembly, comprising the anchor member, may be positioned between a portion of the inner liner and a portion of the outer jacket. The anchor member may extend only partially around an outer perimeter of the inner liner when the catheter is assembled. Proximal to the proximal end of the elongate body, a second portion of the push assembly, proximal to the first portion, may be positioned outside of the outer jacket and the inner liner. |
| US11541206B2 |
Removable catheter cap and applications thereof
Removable catheter cap, and applications thereof, for delivering medical tubes in bodily passages. Removable catheter cap covers flexible medical tube (e.g., catheter) distal tip during delivery in a body lumen. Catheter cap includes: cap body removably connectable to, for capping, catheter distal tip, and transformable into a predefined constituent part freely passable through catheter lumen; and cap releasing member extending through catheter proximal end when catheter cap is connected to the catheter, and manipulatable for transforming cap body into constituent part or/and for withdrawing constituent part from catheter distal tip through catheter lumen. Exemplary applications are: provision of a catheter assembly including a catheter and the removable catheter cap connected thereto; a medical kit including one or more catheters and one or more correspondingly configured removable catheter caps; and a method for delivering a catheter in a blood vessel of a subject, for example, via an over-the-wire technique. |
| US11541205B2 |
Coated urinary catheter or ureteral stent and method
A coated urinary catheter or urinary stent device includes a urinary catheter or stent which, in a deployed position, includes or defines a protective surface area and a protected surface area and a coating upon at least a portion of the protective surface area. The coating includes a lubricant and an antimicrobial and/or pH buffering material. The device is configured such that, upon application of negative pressure to the catheter or stent, tissue of a urinary tract of a patient conforms or collapses onto the protective surface area and is thereby prevented or inhibited from occluding one or more protected drainage holes, ports or perforations of the catheter or stent. |
| US11541200B2 |
Ventilation system
A respiration device (1) supports cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and a method for operating a respiration device (1) supports cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The respiration device (1) has a control and regulation unit (7) in order to actuate an expiratory metering unit (3), and an inspiratory metering unit (2) such that, in a first phase, a current value of pressure is increased relative to a first pre-defined value (16) and such that, in a second phase, the current value of the pressure is reduced relative to the first pre-defined value (16). |
| US11541198B2 |
CPAP system
An apparatus for humidifying a flow of breathable gas includes a water reservoir and a water reservoir dock forming a cavity structured and arranged to receive the water reservoir in an operative position. The water reservoir comprises a reservoir base including a cavity structured to hold a volume of water, the reservoir base including a main body and a thermally conductive portion provided to the main body. The thermally conductive portion comprises a combined layered arrangement including a metal plate and a thin film, the thin film comprising a non-metallic material and including a wall thickness of less than about 1 mm. The thin film is adapted to form at least a bottom interior surface of the water reservoir exposed to the volume of water, and the metal plate is adapted to form a bottom exterior surface of the water reservoir. |
| US11541197B2 |
Breathing assistance apparatus
A breathing assistance apparatus is disclosed, for use with delivery of respiratory gases to a patient. The breathing assistance apparatus includes a patient interface, having a body section adapted to cover the nose, or nose and mouth of a patient and a sealing interface. The sealing interface includes at least an outer sealing member. The outer sealing member is adapted to attach to the body section in a sealing manner and has a substantially thin section in at least its nasal bridge region. The thin section is substantially thinner than the rest of the outer sealing member. The patient interface comprises a mask body and a seal assembly. The seal assembly includes a flexible seal, and a rigid seal clip, the seal assembly being removably attached to the mask body via the rigid seal clip. The mask body and rigid seal clip are profiled to match the contours of a user's face so that the seal has a substantially constant wall depth. |
| US11541193B2 |
Method for controlling temperature of heater of aerosol generation device for each interval and aerosol generation device for implementing same method
Provided is an aerosol generating device including a heater configured to generate an aerosol by heating an aerosol generating substance; and a controller configured to control power supplied to the heater, wherein the controller distinguishes a first section, a second section, and a third section and controls power supplied to the heater, and calculates a control reference ratio by using at least two from among the first section, the second section, and the third section and controls power supplied to the heater based on the calculated control reference ratio. |
| US11541192B2 |
Delivery device and formulation
The present invention relates to a handheld vibrating mesh nebuliser for delivery of a medicament to the respiratory system in therapy. The present invention also relates to a supply container for loading the nebuliser with liquid medicament. The present invention also relates to a kit for delivery of a medicament to a respiratory system and a method of loading a vibrating mesh nebuliser with liquid medicament from a supply container. The present invention also relates to compositions for use in a method of treatment of a respiratory disease in a patient by therapy. |
| US11541189B2 |
Injection device with a cap for removing a needle protection cap from a product container, and method for providing such an injection device
This relates to an injection device comprising a housing for receiving a product container, which has a rigidly connected injection needle, and a cap for removing a needle protection cap from the product container. The cap comprises an engagement element in order to carry out the removal of the needle protection cap from the product container while removing the cap from the injection device. The cap further comprises a rotating sleeve, wherein the rotating sleeve has a reverse rotation protection element, and the engagement element or the housing has a reverse rotation protection counter-element in order to allow a rotation of the rotating sleeve in one direction and block the rotation in the opposite direction. |
| US11541188B2 |
Autoinjector
An autoinjector includes a case adapted to hold a medicament container having a needle, a needle shroud telescopically coupled to the case, and a plunger rotationally and slidably disposed in the case. The needle shroud is movable between a first extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered and a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed. The plunger is rotatable relative to the case between a first rotational position in which the plunger is engaged to the case and a second rotational position in which the plunger disengages the case. The needle shroud is operably coupled to the plunger. When the needle shroud translates from the first extended position to the retracted position, the plunger rotates from the first rotational position to the second rotational position. |
| US11541187B2 |
Injection monitoring device
Drug delivery systems, devices and methods of use for recording a drug dose completion signal in a data management system are provided. Aspects of the invention include drug delivery systems comprising a syringe stopper rod that comprises a sensor component comprising a wireless transmitter module and an activation component configured to activate the sensor component when the syringe stopper rod has completed a delivery stroke, wherein the wireless transmitter module is configured to transmit a report comprising a drug dose completion signal when the sensor component is activated. |
| US11541184B2 |
Fat suction and graft syringe having negative pressure adjustment means
A fat suction and graft syringe includes a negative pressure adjustment mechanism. The negative pressure state in a barrel can be maintained during a procedure only by pulling and releasing a plunger, and only by slightly rotating the plunger. The plunger can be pushed inside the barrel without being constrained by a multi-level holding plate and a single-surface rotation clip, whereby the syringe has enhanced convenience in the use and production thereof so that many practitioners accustomed to using a normal syringe can easily use the syringe without separately learning how to manipulate the syringe. |
| US11541183B2 |
Device activation impact/shock reduction
A drug delivery device includes a container for storing a drug having a longitudinal axis. A plunger rod aligned with the longitudinal axis of the container has a first end and a second end, where the second end is disposed within the container. A stopper is disposed in and movable relative to the container for expelling the drug, and a drive mechanism is operatively coupled to the first end of the plunger rod. The drive mechanism is configured to deliver a drive force to move the plunger rod along the longitudinal axis and through the container. A chamber disposed between a plunger rod and the stopper is adapted to oppose the drive force of the drive mechanism. |
| US11541182B2 |
Integrated syringe and guidewire system
A syringe with an integrated guidewire tract. The tract provides a physical channel by which a guidewire is guided through the syringe structure. The syringe is configured to allow for a one-handed aspiration operation or injection operation, while freeing the other hand to move the guidewire through the guidewire tract of the syringe system. |
| US11541171B2 |
Methods and systems for filling IV bags with therapeutic fluid
A portable electronic fluid dispensing system can provide pre-filled, pre-primed IV bag assemblies comprising therapeutic fluids. The same fluid line and connector in the IV bag assembly can be used to fill the IV bag as is used to withdraw fluid from the IV bag and infuse such fluid into the patient. The connection points along the IV assembly, such as the connection between the IV bag and a drip chamber, or between an IV bag and tubing, or between a drip chamber and tubing, or between tubing and a closeable, resealable connector, can each be resistant to disconnection by a user. The healthcare practitioner at the patient care site is not required to attach any of these components to each other, and the healthcare practitioner at the patient care site is not required to introduce a spike into a spike port on the IV bag. |
| US11541170B2 |
Drug delivery device
The present application provides a self-powered drug-delivery device. The device includes a chamber having a wall. The chamber contains a fluid and is in connection with an administration means. The device also includes a displacement-generating battery cell. The device further includes an electrically-controlled battery unit, which includes the displacement-generating battery cell coupled to the chamber by a coupling means. The displacement-generating battery cell includes an element that changes shape as a result of charge or discharge of the battery cell so as to cause a displacement within the battery unit. The arrangement of the battery unit, the coupling means, the wall, the chamber, and the administration means is such that the displacement derived from the battery unit is conveyed by the coupling means to cause displacement of the wall of the chamber such that the fluid is expelled from the chamber to force a drug towards the administration means. |
| US11541164B2 |
Tamper evident closure container
A closure container that can house a preset drug applicator in an easily accessible manner with tamper evidencing means. The closure container contains a plurality of dosing ribs and a retainer to retain the syringe in a preset dosage amount and preferably has a window to view the barrel of the syringe. |
| US11541162B2 |
Method of managing medical suction device through network and management server used for the same
A method of managing a medical suction device through a network may be embodied by the management server through the steps of: storing operation information of at least one medical suction device in a storage unit provided in the management server, generating an operation start determination reference value of the medical suction device based on the operation information, receiving information on conditions of a patient from a medical suction device installed at an outside, and determining whether to start an operation of the medical suction device that has transmitted the information on conditions of the patient based on the operation start determination reference value and the information on conditions of the patient. |
| US11541159B2 |
Dual lumen cannula and method of use
The present invention is directed to a dual lumen cannula configured to be inserted into a patient's body as simple as a single lumen cannula. The dual lumen cannula includes at least one inner lumen configured to be inserted into an outer lumen and connected via an inner lumen connection unit and an outer unit connection unit. Embodiments of the presenting invention further allow for the connection of at least one flow router to the other end of the inner lumen connection unit. When installed, the outer lumen is first inserted into the patient's body, followed by the insertion of the inner lumen into the outer lumen of the already cannulated patient until the inner lumen connector unit is in coupling contact with the outer lumen connector unit. Advantages of the inventive cannula presented herein include, among other things, reduction of external forces on the dual lumen cannula. |
| US11541158B2 |
Oxygenation system
An exhaust gas flow control system for an oxygenator of an extracorporeal ventilation system connected to an oxygenation gas supply line and to an exhaust line for removal of exhaust gas comprises a flow control path, a pressure control path, an exhaust flow regulator responsive to the controller, and an exhaust gas pressure regulator responsive to a controller configured to maintain a pre-determined pressure level in the exhaust line. This provides a better degree of control over the pressure across the oxygenator from oxygenation gas inlet to exhaust. |
| US11541157B2 |
Membrane oxygenator with gas exchange fiber lumen access based on fiber effective length
Membrane oxygenators useful in a variety of medical situations, including various short-term procedures and relatively longer-term life support, and components of membrane-based oxygenators, such as conditioning modules for exchanging oxygen for carbon dioxide during extracorporeal conditioning of blood, are described. A conditioning module includes a plurality of mats of hollow fibers and a potting material disposed throughout the peripheral edges of the mats to create a circumferential seal that defines a passageway through the plurality of fiber mats having a substantially circular cross-sectional shape. The circumferential seal defines an effective fiber length for each of the hollow fibers. A resisting member is disposed across the proximal ends of at least some of the hollow fibers and is adapted to resist fluid flow into each of the hollow fibers based on the effective fiber length of the particular hollow fiber. |
| US11541154B2 |
Electrospun material covered medical appliances and methods of manufacture
A medical appliance or prosthesis may comprise one or more layers of electrospun nanofibers, including electrospun polymers. The electrospun material may comprise layers including layers of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Electrospun nanofiber mats of certain porosities may permit tissue ingrowth into or attachment to the prosthesis. |
| US11541145B2 |
Fluid treatment apparatus
A fluid treatment apparatus including a photocatalyst filter having a first surface and a second surface, a light source unit spaced apart from the photocatalyst filter to provide light to the first surface, a housing including an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path formed between the photocatalyst filter and the light source, and a guide member disposed at one side of the housing and including at least one slat to guide a movement direction of a fluid, in which the slat is inclined at least in a direction closer to the first surface of the photocatalyst filter along an advancing direction of the flow path when an air flow rate of the fluid has a first value, and in a direction away from the first surface of the photocatalyst filter along the advancing direction when the air flow rate of the fluid is greater than the first value. |
| US11541139B2 |
Apparatus and method for sterilizing material
A method of sterilizing material includes receiving the material in a sterilizing chamber, vaporizing sterilant supplied to vaporizer from a sterilant source, exposing the material to the vaporized sterilant by conducting a sterilization cycle in the sterilizing chamber, heating ambient filtered air supplied to the vaporizer from an ambient filtered air source, and removing residuals of the vaporized sterilant absorbed or adsorbed by the material during the sterilization cycle by conducting an aeration cycle in the sterilizing chamber. The removing of the residuals includes conducting a plurality of aeration pulses to provide the sterilizing chamber with an aeration atmosphere comprising the heated filtered air to vaporize the absorbed or adsorbed residuals, and conducting a plurality of aeration vacuum pulses to evacuate the aeration atmosphere and vaporized residuals from the sterilizing chamber. |
| US11541138B2 |
Method for cleaning surfaces in interior spaces and in technical equipments with benign bacteria
Method that allows surfaces in interior spaces or technical equipments to be cleaned, characterised in that it comprises at least the following step: —the targeted atomization on the surfaces of a liquid with spores of benign bacteria on all or certain types of surfaces by means of an electrically and/or pneumatically powered atomizer, while the space remains accessible to people and animals, with the purpose of speeding up the cleaning of interior spaces and of technical equipments, lowering the cleaning frequency, and lowering the dust deposit. |
| US11541137B2 |
Indoor lighting apparatus including ultraviolet light source
An overhead lighting fixture containing both visible light sources and UV light sources is disclosed herein. UV light can sanitize/disinfect the surrounding environment after the environment over a period of about 30-45 minutes. In this way, viruses, germs, bacteria, mold, and the like can be destroyed to clean the air and/or surfaces (e.g., furniture). Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention provide a controllable UV lighting assembly that can produce UV light to sanitize/disinfect an area and can be automatically disabled to prevent UV light exposure to those in the area using a motion sensor. The lighting assembly can produce visible light while the UV light source is disabled. According to some embodiments, the duration of UV light production is controlled by a timer for power savings. |
| US11541136B2 |
Light disinfection system and method
A lighting system includes a light source configured to generate light to inactivate one or more pathogens. The light includes an inactivating portion having wavelengths in a range of 280 to 380 nanometers. |
| US11541134B1 |
Stabilized compositions of radionuclides and uses thereof
Provided herein are radiopharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof. The radiopharmaceutical compositions can comprise one or more stabilizing agents, an aqueous vehicle, and a conjugate that comprises a targeting ligand and a radionuclide bound to a metal chelator. The targeting ligand can be a small molecule compound or a peptide such as a monocyclic peptide. The targeting ligand can be configured to bind with a tumor target. The stabilizing agent can comprise a radiolysis stabilizer, a free metal chelator, and/or a pH stabilizer. Further provided herein are methods of preparing the radiopharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating cancer by administering the described radiopharmaceutical compositions. |
| US11541133B2 |
Treatment of cancer cells overexpressing somatostatin receptors using ocreotide derivatives chelated to radioisotopes
A cancer targeting composition, kit, and method for treatment of cancer cells overexpressing somatostatin receptors is disclosed. The composition includes a radioisotope, a chelator, and a targeting moiety. The chelator includes a nitrogen ring structure including a tetraazacyclododecane, a triazacyclononane, and/or a tetraazabicyclo [6.6.2] hexadecane derivative. The targeting moiety includes a somatostatin receptor targeting peptide. The somatostatin receptor targeting peptide includes an octreotide derivative. The targeting moiety is chelated to the radioisotope by the chelator whereby the cancer cells are targeted for elimination. |
| US11541127B2 |
Drug conjugates comprising antibodies against claudin 18.2
The present invention provides anti-CLDN18.2 antibody-drug conjugates which are effective for treating and/or preventing cancer diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN18.2, including gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, hepatic cancer, head-neck cancer, and cancer of the gallbladder and metastases thereof. |
| US11541124B2 |
Biologically active compound conjugated to a stapled or stitched peptide
The invention relates to improvements in drug delivery and more particularly to the use of Cell Penetrating Agents (CPA's) or Cell Penetrating Peptides (CPP's) which have been stabilized by, for example: i) stapling two amino acids to form Stapled CPP's (StaP's) or ii) stitching three or more amino acids to form stitched CPP's (StiP's). These stabilized CPP's are conjugated to a drug or Biologically Active Compound (BAC) directly or via a Bi-Functional Linker (BFL) so that the BAC can be carried through a cell membrane by the CPP. The resulting molecules are referred to as Drug Carrying Cell Penetrating Molecules (DCCPM's). The preferred BAC is an electrically low charge carrying oligonucleotide such as a phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligonucleotide (PMO). The invention also relates to a method of facilitating the uptake of a BAC into a cell, the use of a DCCPM in the treatment of a disease requiring alteration of an endogenous or exogenous gene, a method of improving the bioavailability of a drug or BAC, a method of introducing a drug or BAC to a site which is refractory to the drug or BAC in its native state, a method of treating a subject comprising administering the DCCPM's of the invention and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the DCCPM and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. |
| US11541120B2 |
Phosphonium-based ionic drug conjugates
Phosphonium-based ionic conjugates (PBICs) are described. The PBICs each include a cationic binding partner comprising a phosphonium ion and an anionic binding partner comprising a pharmaceutically active compound, or prodrug, or derivative thereof. The conjugate can have at least one enhanced physiochemical, pharmacokinetic and/or therapeutic quality as compared to the pharmaceutically active compound when not provided in a PBIC. The phosphonium-containing cationic binding partner can also serve to enhance delivery of the anionic binding partner to the cytosol and/or the inner mitochondrial space. Methods of preparing the PBICs and using the PBICs to treat disease are also described. |
| US11541116B1 |
Methods and compositions for inducing ferroptosis in vivo
Methods and systems for the induction of ferroptosis in a tissue in a subject are provided. Various ferroptosis-inducing agents a described. Various methods of administration are described for optimal ferroptosis induction and killing of target cells. |
| US11541112B2 |
Coronavirus vaccine formulations
Disclosed herein are coronavirus Spike (S) proteins and nanoparticles comprising the same, which are suitable for use in vaccines. The nanoparticles present antigens from pathogens surrounded to and associated with a detergent core resulting in enhanced stability and good immunogenicity. Dosages, formulations, and methods for preparing the vaccines and nanoparticles are also disclosed. |
| US11541110B2 |
Comprehensive vaccine design for commensal disease progression
Provided are vaccine compositions and methods against Streptococcus pneumoniae. The composition comprises liposomes which have polysaccharides from one or more serotypes and have proteins non-covalently attached to the surface and exposed to the exterior. |
| US11541108B2 |
Targeted gene disruption methods and immunogenic compositions
Targeted disruption of a specific gene and its subsequent restoration in obligate intracellular bacteria remains extremely challenging due to their absolute requirement for residence inside a host cell to replicate. Here, targeted allelic exchange mutations were created to inactivate two genes and then to restore one of the two genes of a rickettsial pathogen, Ehrlichia chaffeensis. These methods were then also successfully utilized in Ehrlichia canis and Anaplasma phagocyophilum. The resultant mutated pathogens are useful in immunogenic compositions for reducing the incidence of or severity of infection with ricksettsial pathogens. |
| US11541107B2 |
Peptides and T cells for use in immunotherapeutic treatment of various cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US11541104B2 |
Method for preventing or treating osteoporosis, characterized by administering teriparatide or salt thereof at a frequency of twice a week
[Problems] To provide a method for treating and/or preventing osteoporosis with teriparatide or a salt thereof, the method having excellent safety and/or efficacies.[Solving Means] A method for treating and/or preventing osteoporosis in which teriparatide or a salt thereof is an active ingredient, including administering teriparatide or a salt thereof in a unit dose of 28.2 μg at a frequency of twice a week. |
| US11541103B2 |
Interleukin-21 mutein/ anti-PD-1 antibody conjugates
Provided herein are IL-21 muteins and fusion proteins comprising the same for use in methods of treating a disease. Related conjugates, nucleic acids, vectors, host cells, pharmaceutical compositions and kits are also provided herein. Methods of making the IL-21 muteins and fusion proteins comprising the same, as well as methods of treating a subject in need thereof, are provided by the present disclosure. Further provided are PD-1 antigen-binding proteins. |
| US11541102B2 |
Methods for inducing cell division of postmitotic cells
The present disclosure provides methods for inducing cell cycle reentry of postmitotic cell. The present disclosure further provides cells and compositions for treating diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, neural disorders, hearing loss, and diabetes. |
| US11541100B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition comprising nanoperforator for preventing or treating viral infectious diseases
The present invention relates to a nanoperforator having a lipid-bilayer nanodisc and a membrane-structured protein surrounding the nanodisc and to a pharmaceutical composition having the nanoperforator as an active ingredient for preventing or treating viral infectious diseases. The use of the lipid-bilayer nanoperforator provided in the present invention can lead to the safe prevention or treatment of a disease caused by viral infection regardless of whether the virus is a variant or not, and thus the present invention can be widely used for the safe and effective treatment of viral infectious diseases. |
| US11541098B2 |
Peptide composition for treating excitatory neurotoxicity related injuries
There is provided in the present application a pharmaceutical composition comprising a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence of YEKLLDTEI (SEQ ID NO: 1) or a functional variant thereof, a pH adjusting agent, and a filler. The peptide is an active peptide for the treatment of a central nervous system injury. The present application also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a chimeric peptide comprising an active peptide and an internalization peptide, a pH adjusting agent, and a filler. The present application also provides medical use of a pharmaceutical composition comprising the active peptide or the chimeric peptide. |
| US11541097B2 |
Crude drug composition for preventing or treating respiratory diseases
The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating respiratory diseases and a food composition for preventing or relieving respiratory diseases comprising a mixed extract of Dioscoreae Rhizoma, Taraxaci Herba and Schizonepetae Spica as an active ingredient. A composition comprising a mixed extract of Dioscoreae Rhizoma, Taraxaci Herba and Schizonepetae Spica of the present disclosure has an advantage of preventing respiratory diseases and relieving the symptoms of respiratory diseases, restores damages in the lung tissue and has efficacy for inhibiting inflammation, oxidative stress and ageing reactions induced by fine dust. More particularly, the composition of the present disclosure increases the expression of a telomerase which extends the length of a telomere, and thus is expected to fundamentally treat degenerative respiratory diseases induced by fine dust unlike existing symptom alleviating agents. |
| US11541087B2 |
Replication competent attenuated vaccinia viruses with deletion of thymidine kinase with and without the expression of human Flt3L or GM-CSF for cancer immunotherapy
The present invention relates generally to the fields of oncology, virology and immunotherapy. More particularly, it concerns the use of poxviruses, specifically the replication competent attenuated vaccinia virus with deletion of thymidine kinase (VC-TK−) with and without the expression of human Flt3L or GM-CSF as oncolytic and immunotherapy. The foregoing poxviruses can also be used in combination with immune checkpoint blocking agents. The foregoing poxviruses can also be inactivated via Heat or UV-treatment and the inactivated virus can be used as immunotherapy either alone or in combination with immune checkpoint blocking agents. |
| US11541086B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating Alzheimer's disease
Provided herein are antibodies against amyloid-beta (Aβ) oligomers, and methods of use thereof for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In particular, neuronal expression of single-chain variable fragment (scFv) antibodies against Aβ oligomers is provided as a therapeutic approach in the treatment of AD. |
| US11541074B2 |
Hydroxypropyl beta-cyclodextrin compositions and methods
This disclosure provides mixtures of beta-cyclodextrin molecules substituted at one or more hydroxyl positions by hydroxypropyl groups, the mixture optionally including unsubstituted beta-cyclodextrin molecules, for use as a pharmaceutically active ingredient; methods of making such mixtures; methods of qualifying such mixtures for use in a pharmaceutical composition suitable for intrathecal or intracerebroventricular administration; pharmaceutical compositions suitable for intrathecal or intracerebroventricular administration comprising such mixtures; and methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of Niemann-Pick disease Type C. |
| US11541071B1 |
Nucleoside derivatives and methods of use thereof
Certain anti-viral compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods related thereto are disclosed. |
| US11541069B2 |
One or more HMOs for reducing or preventing fatigue and/or improving focus or concentration
The invention relates to a human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) for use in reducing or preventing fatigue and/or improving focus or concentration on a mental or physical activity in a human. The invention also relates to a synthetic composition for use, comprising one or more of said HMOs. The invention further relates to a method for reducing or preventing fatigue and/or improving focus or concentration on a mental or physical activity by administering at least one HMO and the use of said one or more HMOs in a dietary management of a human. |
| US11541067B2 |
HMO compositions and methods for reducing detrimental proteolytic metabolites
A method and a composition comprising human milk oligosaccharides for decreasing the production of detrimental proteolytic metabolites such as ammonia and branched chain fatty acids in the intestinal microbiota of humans, which is useful for the treatment of brain-gut disorders like autism, stress, anxiety, and depressive disorders, are disclosed. Methods of treatment of colon cancer and liver damage are also disclosed. |
| US11541066B2 |
Stable ready-to-use parenteral compositions of fosaprepitant
The present invention provides stable ready-to-use parenteral compositions of fosaprepitant and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts or derivatives. The compositions of the present invention do not require reconstitution and/or dilution prior to administration to the patient, and are stable over the shelf-life of the product. |
| US11541065B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating brain injury
A method for treating a hyperhomocysteinemic subject having cerebral ischemic stroke generally includes administering to the hyperhomocysteinemic subject, following cerebral stroke, a composition that includes an inhibitor or an antagonist of a GluN2A-containing N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) in an amount effective to ameliorate at least one symptom or clinical sign of cerebral stroke. |
| US11541064B2 |
Methods of identifying dosing regimens
Methods for identification of new dosing strategies which optimize positive treatment outcomes and patient safety. Specifically, new dosing strategies for fosfomycin and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which have improved treatment outcomes in mammals. For example, a method of treating mammals having a bacterial infection with fosfomycin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof using improved dosing regimens. |
| US11541061B2 |
Neuroblastoma treatment with taurolidine hydrolysis products
Neuroblastoma is a tumor primarily affecting children. The current standard of care is not curative except in the rare case of a surgically-resectable lesion, although very high survival rates have been documented for low-risk neuroblastoma and moderate-risk neuroblastoma. Taurolidine was developed as an anti-infective, but it has been found to have surprising oncolytic activity in cell cultures and now in a rodent cancer model. The efficacy in rodent model is superior to the efficacy in cell culture. This invention relates to the use of taurolidine hydrolysis products (tarultam and/or taurinamide and/or methylene glycol and/or selected combinations thereof) for the treatment of neuroblastoma in juvenile mammals. |
| US11541055B2 |
Inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus replication
Compounds of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and compositions and methods for treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are set forth: |
| US11541053B2 |
Methods and compositions for the treatment of hair loss
Compositions and methods for the treatment of hair growth and the prevention of hair loss. |
| US11541049B2 |
Tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives, preparation process and use thereof
Provided are tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives, the preparation and use thereof. More specifically, provided are the tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, stereoisomer, tautomer, polymorph, solvate, isotopically labeled compound, metabolite or prodrug thereof. Further provided are a preparation process of the compound, the intermediates, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound and the use thereof in the treatment or prevention of a thromboembolic disorder. |
| US11541048B2 |
Bupropion as a modulator of drug activity
Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan. |
| US11541047B2 |
Dosages of immunoconjugates of antibodies and SN-38 for improved efficacy and decreased toxicity
The present invention relates to therapeutic immunoconjugates comprising SN-38 attached to an antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragment. The antibody may bind to EGP-1 (TROP-2), CEACAM5, CEACAM6, CD74, CD19, CD20, CD22, CSAp, HLA-DR, AFP or MUC5ac and the immunoconjugate may be administered at a dosage of between 4 mg/kg and 24 mg/kg, preferably 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16 or 18 mg/kg. When administered at specified dosages and schedules, the immunoconjugate can reduce solid tumors in size, reduce or eliminate metastases and is effective to treat cancers resistant to standard therapies, such as radiation therapy, chemotherapy or immunotherapy. |
| US11541045B2 |
Methods of treating cancer with farnesyltransferase inhibitors
The present invention relates to the field of cancer therapy. Specifically, provided are methods of treating cancer, for example, peripheral T-cell lymphoma (“PTCL”), with a farnesyltransferase inhibitor (FTI) that include determining whether the subject is likely to be responsive to the FTI treatment based on gene expression characteristics. |
| US11541044B2 |
K-Ras modulators
Provided herein, inter alia, are methods and compounds for inhibiting K-Ras and for treating cancer. |
| US11541041B1 |
Compounds that interact with the Ras superfamily for the treatment of cancers, inflammatory diseases, Rasopathies, and fibrotic disease
Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating cancers, inflammatory diseases, rasopathies, and fibrotic disease involving aberrant Ras superfamily signaling through the binding of compounds to the GTP binding domain of Ras superfamily proteins including, in certain cases, K-Ras and mutants thereof, and a novel method for assaying such compositions. |
| US11541039B2 |
Compounds and their use as therapeutically active substances in the treatment and/or reducing signs or symptoms of diseases involving the retinal pigment epithelium
A method of treating and/or preventing disease wherein retinal pigment epithelium, including administering compound of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, racemic mixture, corresponding enantiomer or, if applicable, corresponding diastereomer, wherein: X is either NH or O, R11, R12 and R13 are independently selected from consisting hydrogen group, fluoro, chloro, trifluoromethyl, methyl and difluoromethoxy, A is selected from consisting residue group of formula (II)-(VII) or (VIII) “*” denotes point of attachment to molecule remainder, and R2, R3, R4, R5, R2I, R3I, R4I, R5I, R2II, R3II, R4II, R5II, R2III, R3III, R4III, R5III, R2IV, R3IV, R4IV, R5IV, R2V, R3V, R4V, R5V, R2VI, R3VI, R4VI and R5VI are independently selected from hydrogen consisting group, linear or branched alkyl having 1-3 carbon atoms, fluoro, chloro, bromo, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, trifluoromethyl, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl and difluoromethoxy and R6 is selected from hydrogen consisting group, linear or branched alkyl having 1-3 carbon atoms, trifluoromethyl, and 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl. |
| US11541033B2 |
Agent for preventing or treating Alzheimer's disease
An object of the present invention is to provide a drug which prevents progress of Alzheimer's disease and a method of preventing progress of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease can be effectively prevented or treated by initiating administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising 1-(3-(2-(1-benzothiophen-5-yl)ethoxy)propyl)azetidin-3-ol or a salt thereof as an active ingredient to a patient within a certain period from clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. |
| US11541032B2 |
Composition containing sumo inhibitor and application
A composition containing SUMO inhibitor, and belongs to the technical field of medicine includes FXR agonist and SUMO inhibitor. In activated hepatic stellate cells, the FXR agonist does not have an effect in inhibiting the activation of hepatic stellate cells. After the FXR agonist and the SUMO inhibitor are compounded according to the present invention, the activation of hepatic stellate cells can also be inhibited for those cells under activated state. Of note, the hepatic stellate cells of an individual with hepatic fibrosis symptoms have been in an activated state, therefore a good anti-fibrotic effect cannot be achieved by using the FXR agonist alone. |
| US11541028B2 |
Peptide pharmaceuticals for treatment of NASH and other disorders
The disclosure provides peptide products comprising a peptide covalently attached to a surfactant moiety which have improved properties, including increased duration of action and bioavailability. The peptide products are useful for treating insulin resistance, diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases, and conditions associated therewith, such as NASH and PCOS. |
| US11541027B2 |
Use of dianhydrogalactitol and analogs or derivatives thereof in combination with platinum-containing antineoplastic agents to treat non-small-cell carcinoma of the lung and brain metastases
The use of dianhydrogalactitol provides a novel therapeutic modality for the treatment of non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) and ovarian cancer, as well as other types of malignancy, including brain metastases of NSCLC. Dianhydrogalactitol acts as an alkylating agent on DNA that creates N7 methylation. Dianhydrogalactitol is effective in suppressing the growth of cancer stem cells and is active against tumors that are refractory to temozolomide, cisplatin, and tyrosine kinase inhibitors; the drug acts independently of the MGMT repair mechanism. Dianhydrogalactitol can be used together with other anti-neoplastic agents and can possess additive or super-additive effects. |
| US11541026B2 |
Method for treatment of rosacea
A regimen is described for the therapeutic treatment of rosacea. The regimen includes topically applying a pharmaceutical composition to the skin of a subject in need of said treatment. The pharmaceutical composition includes from about 2.5% to about 10% benzoyl peroxide as the only active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient. The regimen achieves, in a group of such subjects, a primary measure of success of at least about 9%, at least about 25%, at least about 40%, or at least about 47%, after application of said pharmaceutical composition once daily for at least about 2 weeks, at least about 4 weeks, at least about 8 weeks, or at least about 12 weeks, respectively. |
| US11541023B2 |
Compounds and compositions for the treatment of neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases
The invention relates to compounds exhibiting kallikrein inhibitory activity, and to compositions comprising at least one of these compounds for use in the treatment of diseases or disorders in which kallikrein activity is dysregulated, particularly neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases. |
| US11541018B2 |
Adhesive matrix with hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains and a therapeutic agent
An adhesive matrix and adhesive formulation are described. The adhesive matrix is comprised of a hydrophilic domain and a hydrophobic domain, and a therapeutically active agent contained in the matrix in a supersaturated, stable, condition. The hydrophilic domain and the hydrophobic domain are co-soluble in a solvent system, to provide a homogeneous blend in which the active agent is solubilized. The proportion of the hydrophilic domain and hydrophobic domain is selected to optimize, or maximize, solubility of active agent in the matrix. |
| US11541017B2 |
Fortified micronutrient salt formulations
Salt formulations, which are resistant to moisture and cooking conditions, are described herein. The formulations provide particles of micronutrients and vitamins encapsulated within heat resistant pH-sensitive water-insoluble polymers, which are packaged within a salt shell. The pH-sensitive, water-insoluble, thermally stable materials stabilize the micronutrients, particularly at high temperatures, such as during food preparation and cooking, and release the micronutrients at the desired locations such as the stomach, small intestine, etc. Preferred pH-sensitive polymers release at a low pH, less than the pH present in the stomach. The particles can be used to deliver daily-recommended doses of micronutrients simultaneously with salt, eliminating the need for vitamin pills. This is particularly important in populations suffering from severe malnutrition. |
| US11541012B1 |
Compositions comprising disodium levofolinate
Provided herein are compositions comprising disodium levofolinate. Also provided are processes for preparing compositions comprising disodium levofolinate. Also provided are compositions comprising disodium levofolinate prepared by the processes provided herein. Also provided are methods of treating folic acid deficiency in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering a composition provided herein to the subject. Also provided are methods of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering 5-fluorouracil and a composition provided herein to the subject. Also provided are methods of reducing the immediate toxic effects of methotrexate overdose in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering a composition provided herein to the subject. Also provided are methods of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering high-dose methotrexate and a composition provided herein to the subject. Also provided are methods of treating megaloblastic anemia in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering a composition provided herein to the subject. |
| US11541011B2 |
In situ gelifying powder
A composition in powder form comprising alginic acid or sodium alginate, -pectin and chitosan, wherein the % by weight of the polysaccharides is at least 20% with respect to the total weight of the powder, the process for preparing the powder and its use in the treatment of cutaneous wounds and in the sector of food preservation are described. |
| US11541004B2 |
Method for treating or mitigating Parkinson's disease using nicotine inhaler or nicotine nasal spray
A method for treating or mitigating Parkinson's disease (PD) symptoms or progression, including administering an effective amount of nicotine to a subject in need thereof, via inhalation using a nicotine inhaler or via nasal spray using a nicotine nasal spray. Significant dose-dependent improvement of all symptoms by nicotine inhaler or nicotine nasal spray is expected. A novel treatment in PD is thus provided. |
| US11541001B2 |
Oral product
An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix, and an additive dispersed in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral product is adapted to release the additive from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity and exposed to saliva. |
| US11540999B2 |
Deodorant compositions
A deodorant stick comprising: at least about 25% of a liquid triglyceride; at least one antimicrobial; a primary structurant with a melting point of at least about 50° C.; and less than 8% of secondary structurants having a melting point of at least about 60° C.; said stick being free of an aluminum salt; and said stick having a hardness from about 80 mm*10 to about 140 mm*10, as measured by penetration with ASTM D-1321 needle. |
| US11540997B2 |
Skin perfecting cosmetic compositions and methods of use
Skin tightening compositions for application to the skin for providing an instantaneous and dramatic improvement to the appearance of skin. The skin tightening compositions typically include about 5 to about 45 wt. % or more of one or more hydrophobic film-forming polymers comprising acrylates/stearyl methacrylate copolymer; about 0.5 to about 20 wt. % of a mineral thickening agent; about 1 to about 15 wt. % of a silicone elastomer; and about 30 to about 85 wt. % of a volatile hydrocarbon oil, wherein all percentages by weight are based on the total weight of the skin tightening composition. Additionally, the skin tightening composition may have a weight ratio of the total amount of hydrophobic film-forming polymers to the total amount of mineral thickening agent is 1:1 to 10:1 and a weight ratio of the total amount of silicone elastomer to the total amount of mineral thickening agent is 1:2 to 8:1. |
| US11540996B2 |
Oral care compositions
Described herein are oral care compositions comprising a crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone complexed with hydrogen peroxide, together with particular co-polymers as additional excipients; including some embodiments which further comprise a calcium abrasive. |
| US11540995B2 |
Eye-makeup cosmetic composition
The present invention relates to a colored cosmetic composition for making up eyes, in particular eyelids. One of the aspects of the present invention is a colored cosmetic composition for making up eyes, in particular to eyelids, comprising: (i) at least one polymer which has a Tg of −30° C. or less; (ii) at least one hydrophilic thickener; (iii) at least one pigment; and (iv) water. The cosmetic composition according to the present invention can provide a good feeling during use and appropriate adhesiveness to fake eyelashes, and is stable over time. |
| US11540989B2 |
Hair cosmetic
A hair cosmetic containing (A) a specified quaternary ammonium salt, (B) a dimethylpolysiloxane having a weight average molecular weight of 300 or more and 3,000 or less, and water, the hair cosmetic being used by applying on the hair and then rinsing away, wherein the content of the component (B) is 0.5 mass % or more and 60 mass % or less, and a receding contact angle (θR) of water droplet as measured by the expansion-contraction method with respect to the surface of a polyethylene plate which is applied with the hair cosmetic and then subjected to water washing is 82° or more and 110° or less. A treatment method of hair including (I) applying the hair cosmetic on the hair and spreading it over the entire hair, and (II) rinsing away the hair cosmetic with water from the entire hair. |
| US11540985B2 |
Stable microcapsule compositions
Disclosed are stable microcapsule compositions each containing a microcapsule dispersed in an aqueous phase and a stabilizing agent. The microcapsule compositions are stable for at least 4 weeks when storing at 45° C., and the microcapsule composition is considered stable when (i) the composition has a viscosity of 3000 cP or less and (ii) 20% or less water by volume of the composition is separated from the composition. Also disclosed are consumer products having such a stable microcapsule composition. |
| US11540980B2 |
Personal care compositions and methods for the same
A personal care composition and methods for generating increased foam volume in the personal care composition are disclosed. The personal care composition may include a carrier and at least two hydrocolloids, wherein the at least two hydrocolloids are present in an effective amount to produce increased foam volume. The method may include contacting a carrier of the personal care composition with at least two hydrocolloids. The at least two hydrocolloids may include xanthan gum and carrageenan in a ratio of from about 1.5:1 to about 9:1. |
| US11540979B2 |
Method for producing capsules comprising at least one water-soluble or hydrophilic substance, and resulting capsules
The present invention relates to a method for preparing solid microcapsules that comprises of the following steps: a) the preparation of a composition C1, comprising at least one water-soluble or hydrophilic substance dispersed in a hydrophobic phase; b) the addition, under stirring, of the said composition C1 in a polymeric composition C2, the compositions C1 and C2 being immiscible with each other, whereby an emulsion (E1) is obtained; c) the addition, under stirring, of the emulsion (E1) in a composition C3, the compositions C2 and C3 being immiscible with each other, whereby a double emulsion (E2) is obtained; d) the application of a shear to the emulsion (E2), whereby a double emulsion (E3) is obtained; and e) the polymerisation of the composition C2, whereby solid microcapsules dispersed in the composition C3 are obtained. |
| US11540977B2 |
Injection apparatus and method of use
The present disclosure relates to a system and kit for preparing a reconstitutable cytotoxic pharmaceutical formulation within a closed system to prevent unintended contact with or release of the cytotoxic pharmaceutical formulation. A safety connector and a vial adapter are provided, which include check valves that prevent the unintended release of the cytotoxic pharmaceutical formulation. Also disclosed herein are methods of using the system and kit. |
| US11540976B2 |
Vial adapter for drawing drugs from a vial
A vial adapter for reconstituting a drug and drawing a drug from a vial. The vial adapter includes a passageway for passage of a diluent into the vial to mix with and reconstitute the drug and a chamber containing the reconstituted drug drawn from the vial. A vacuum is applied through the adapter to draw the reconstituted drug from the vial. The reconstituted drug can be accessed in one or two ways, either via a luer locked syringe or via a needled syringe. |
| US11540974B2 |
Smart pill box
A device for organizing and tracking medication. The device includes compartments to contain medication, and each compartment includes an access door. A sensor element can detect if the device is moved, if the access door is opened and/or closed, and/or if medications have been placed into or removed from a compartment. A processor and/or external computing system provides alarms if medications is not properly taken, a filling service for stuffing the compartments and an administration service to verify the medications are properly taken. |
| US11540969B2 |
Ergonomic exoskeleton system for the upper limb
Exoskeleton kinematic chain arranged to pivotally connect a first element to a second element, said first element comprising two pivot points A1 and B1 located at a distance A1B1, said second element comprising two pivot points A2 and B2 located at a distance A2B2. The exoskeleton kinematic chain comprises a first external link pivotally connected to the first element at the pivot point A1 and a first end link pivotally connected to the first external link at a pivot point D1, said pivot point D1 being located at a distance A1D1 by the pivot point A1. The exoskeleton kinematic chain comprises then a second external link pivotally connected to the second element at the pivot point A2, and a second end link pivotally connected to the second external link at a pivot point D2, said pivot point D2 being located at a distance A2D2 by the pivot point A2. The exoskeleton kinematic chain also comprises a first intermediate link pivotally connected to the first element at the pivot point B1 and integrally connected to the second end link at a junction point C2, a second intermediate link pivotally connected to the second element at the pivot point B2 and integrally connected to the first end link at a junction point C1. The first and the second end link are pivotally connected to each other at a pivot point M. Defining ==θ, for any value of θ, the projections of the pivot points A1, B1, A2, B2 in a plane π, lay in a circumference K having center O and radius r=A1D1=A2D2=D1B2=MB2=D2B1=MB1, in such a way that decreasing the value of θ the first and the second element rotate with respect to each other about an axis z orthogonal to the plane π and passing through the center O in the direction for which the point A1 is overlapped to the point B2. |
| US11540968B2 |
Headrest for surgical chairs
A headrest device may include a first plate, a second plate, and a locking mechanism, where the second plate is free to shift in any direction along a surface of the first plate while the locking mechanism is in an unlocked state, and where the second plate is prevented from shifting along the surface of the first plate when the locking mechanism is in a locked state. A method may include forming a first plate, forming a second plate, and attaching a locking mechanism to the second plate, where the second plate is free to shift in any direction along a surface of the first plate while the locking mechanism is in an unlocked state, and where the second plate is prevented from shifting along the surface of the first plate when the locking mechanism is in a locked state. |
| US11540967B2 |
Headset system
Arrangements described herein relate to a headset system and a method to manufacturing the headset system, the headset system including a headset configured to lay on top of a surface and to support a head of a subject when the subject is in a supine position or a reclined position, at least one probe adjustment mechanism, and a probe coupled to the at least one probe adjustment mechanism and configured to emit acoustic energy. |
| US11540965B2 |
Lifting devices positionable in high range positions and low range positions
Lifting devices for positioning a lift actuator in a high range position and a low range position are disclosed. The lifting devices may include a lift mast, a lift arm pivotally coupled to the lift mast, a lift actuator having a first end and a second end, and a linkage member having a first end and a second end. The first end of the lift actuator is pivotally coupled to the lift mast. The first end of the linkage member is pivotally coupled to the lift arm and the second end of the linkage member is pivotally coupled to the second end of the lift actuator such that the lift actuator includes a high range position relative to the lift arm and a low range position relative to the lift arm. |
| US11540964B2 |
Patient support surface control, end of life indication, and x-ray cassette sleeve
A patient support apparatus may include a support surface configured to conduct air along a top face of the support surface so that heat and moisture from a patient lying on the support surface are drawn away from the top face of the support surface. An opening may be formed in a side of the support surface. A cavity may extend from the opening into the support surface. An inlet port may be positioned within the cavity and fluidly coupled to the top face. A blower assembly may be configured to position within the cavity. The blower assembly may have an outlet port that couples to the inlet port when the blower assembly is positioned within the cavity. The blower assembly may conduct air through the inlet port to the top face of the support surface. |
| US11540959B1 |
Therapy seat cushion with interspersed selectively inflatable load bearing cells and off loading cushioning cells
A therapy seat cushion, method of making the cushion and method of using the cushion. The cushion has a planar array of at least two sets of alternatively inflatable and deflatable cells controlled by an inflation control system, and at least one non-inflatable offloading cushioning cell interspersed amongst the inflatable cells. The non-inflatable offloading cushioning cell configured and arranged to align with a pressure sore or an area prone to development of a pressure sore on an individual. |
| US11540957B2 |
Absorbent article with pivotable wings
An absorbent article can have a pair of pivotable wings. The pair of pivotable wings can be formed from a wing material which can be bonded to a backsheet layer of the absorbent article and each wing can be configured to pivot between a first wing configuration and a second wing configuration. The wing material can be provided with a wing pivot point and fold lines which can enable the pivoting between the first wing configuration and the second wing configuration. |
| US11540954B2 |
Elastic composite sheet manufacturing method
An elastic resin material having a thermoplastic elastic resin as a main component is heated and melted, and the elastic resin material is discharged in a film or a linear shape from a discharge mechanism to form a film-shape or a linear-shape intermediate product. At a temperature above the temperature region at which the elastic resin material elastically deforms, extending is performed until the thickness or width of the film-shape intermediate product or the thickness of the linear-shape intermediate product assumes a prescribed value; with a cooling roller, the intermediate product is cooled to the temperature region at which the elastic resin material elastically deforms, and the intermediate product is hardened, forming a film-shape or linear-shape elastic member. The elastic member is stretched with a stretch roller to a prescribed stretching ratio, and the stretched elastic member is laminated on and bonded to a first base material sheet. |
| US11540953B2 |
Compression garment
A compression garment for a body includes a first material, an upper part having a first opening adapted to receive the body part, a central portion, and a lower part. The compression garment further includes a tensioning device adapted to adjust the level of compression of the garment on the body part. |
| US11540948B1 |
Vibrating surgical instrument
A vibrating tissue separator suitable for use in separating a lenticule established by a femtosecond laser during a smile procedure may include a surgical implement such as a blunt spatula mounted on a handle that carries a haptic actuator for applying vibratory motion to the surgical implement. A damping arrangement may be provided to isolate the surgeons hand from the vibrations which would otherwise be transmitted through the handle. The actuator may apply a linear vibration along the axis of the handle which applies a lifting and chopping motion to the tip of a surgical implement having a bend. The tip may be suitable to the tissue being separated. For example, for SMILE lenticule separation, a blunt or semi-sharp spatula, blunted wire or loop may be used. The direction of vibration at the tip may be changed by rotating the implement in a plane other than the plane of the bend or by rotating an actuator such as an LRA with respect to the handle. |
| US11540947B2 |
Systems and methods for high speed modulation of a resonant scanner in ophthalmic laser applications
An ophthalmic surgical laser system includes: a laser that produces a pulsed laser beam having a pulse energy and pulse repetition rate; a high frequency fast scanner; an XY-scan device; a Z-scan device; and a controller. The controller controls the high frequency scanner to produce a scan line having a scan width; controls the XY-scan device and the Z-scan device to carry out of first sweep of the scan line in a first sweep direction and to carry out a second sweep of the scan line in a second sweep direction that is not parallel to the first sweep direction thereby defining an overlap region. At least one of the pulse energy, repetition rate, XY-scan speed, and the scan width is varied so as to accelerate the cutting speed and reduce the exposure of ophthalmic tissue in the overlap region to multiple exposures of laser pulses configured to modify ophthalmic tissue. |
| US11540936B2 |
Carpometacarpal thumb brace
A brace for a carpometacarpal joint of a thumb includes a body made of an elastomeric material. The body includes a wrist strap configured to surround a wrist, a dorsal projection extending from the wrist strap, a first palmar strap extending between a proximal end connected to the wrist strap and a distal end configured to removably attach to the dorsal projection, and a second palmar strap extending between a proximal end connected to the wrist strap and a distal end configured to removably attach to the dorsal projection. The brace also includes a heat-moldable insert positioned within the body. The heat-moldable insert is configured so as to be positioned over a CMC joint of the thumb. |
| US11540933B2 |
Implantable medical device constraint and deployment apparatus
An implantable device delivery system is disclosed. The delivery system includes a constraining member situated between an interior layer and an exterior layer of a cover. The interior layer of the cover is disposed about an implantable medical device, and the exterior layer of the cover extends over a portion of the interior layer. The cover is generally tapered to minimize deployment forces. The constraining member is disposed about a portion of the interior layer and operates to constrain the implantable device to a delivery configuration. The cover and the constraining member are generally configured to be removed concurrently during deployment of the implantable device. |
| US11540932B2 |
Stent and stent connection interface
A stent with a common connection interface, and a method and platform used to create a stent with a common connection interface is described. A common connection interface used to connect a stent to a pusher is described. |
| US11540931B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying personalized vascular implants from patient-specific anatomic data
Embodiments include methods of identifying a personalized cardiovascular device based on patient-specific geometrical information, the method comprising acquiring a geometric model of at least a portion of a patient's vascular system; obtaining one or more geometric quantities of one or more blood vessels of the geometric model of the patient's vascular system; determining the presence or absence of a pathology characteristic at a location in the geometric model of the patient's vascular system; generating an objective function defined by a plurality of device variables and a plurality of hemodynamic and solid mechanics characteristics; and optimizing the objective function using computational fluid dynamics and structural mechanics analysis to identify a plurality of device variables that result in desired hemodynamic and solid mechanics characteristics. |
| US11540930B2 |
Implantable endoluminal prosthesis
An implantable endoluminal prosthesis for use in the treatment of aneurysm involving branches is described, where at least one self-expandable braided framework extending along an axis is able to expand from a radially compressed state in a delivery configuration to a radially expanded state. The self-expandable braided framework includes a plurality of layers of wires made of biocompatible material forming a lattice with a plurality of wires of said layers; the wires being integrated in the mesh of at least one of the adjacent layers; the self-expandable braided framework including a lumen in a cylindrical form; characterized in that, in radially expanded state, a ratio of a thickness of a wall of the implantable endoluminal prosthesis in the radially expanded state to the diameter of wire being greater than 3.0; and the surface coverage ratio (SCR) of the braided framework is at least 30% and at most 50%. |
| US11540927B2 |
Intervertebral implants, systems, and methods of use
An intervertebral implant frame that is configured to engage a spacer can include a pair of arms that extend longitudinally from a support member such that the arms engage the spacer. The spacer can be made from bone graft, and include a first spacer body made of cortical bone, and a second spacer body made of cancellous bone. |
| US11540926B2 |
Implant for restoring height of a vertebral body
An implant for restoring height of a vertebral body. The implant includes upper and lower plates configured to be moved away from one another in the craniocaudal direction for the implant to be deployed. Supports are coupled to the upper plate and a distal end portion, and arranged in a crisscross configuration in the proximal-to-distal direction in each of an insertion configuration and a deployed configuration. The crisscross configuration facilitates increased expansion of the implant. The supports may be laterally spaced from one another to define a void space for receiving retaining element, and inner and outer arcuate surfaces may provide a generally cylindrical profile to the implant. One of the supports may be a support fork arranged in a V-shaped configuration. A length of the supports may be approximately 50-90% of a length of the upper and lower plates. The implant may be formed through additive manufacturing. |
| US11540920B2 |
Internal pedicle insulator
A pedicle insulator implant is designed to protect the nerves and surrounding tissue from injury by pedicle screws or other surgical devices and instruments. The implant is configured to shield a fixture, reduce nerve root irritation, and diminish loosening of the fixture, when the fixture is implanted into the void of a target site. The implant includes features for stabilizing and securing the implant within the void at the target site. For example, in one embodiment, the implant includes one or more ridges and one or more teeth sections that stabilize the implant against rotational and extractive forces that could disturb the implant. |
| US11540919B2 |
Low profile ribbon frame for valve repair devices
A low profile implant, system and method of deployment includes a frame comprising an elongate body having ends that overlap to form an annular configuration of the frame. A circumference of the frame may be modified by varying an extent of the overlap between the ends of the elongate body. The elongate structure may extend through a sleeve of a number of respective anchor housings of the implant along a first axis, and anchors may be deployed through bores in the anchor housings along a second axis to secure the anchor housings to tissue. The implant may be deployed about and anchored to a valve annulus, and the circumference of the frame, and associated anchored tissue, may be adjusted to reconfigure the valve annulus. |
| US11540914B2 |
Corneal implants
Reversibly deformable corneal implants for replacing excised corneal tissue, the implants including an optical portion and an anchoring portion having different mechanical properties from each other. |
| US11540913B2 |
Reinforcement insert for tissue graft
Devices and methods for reinforcing tissue grafts are described herein. In one embodiment, an implant is described that includes a proximal end portion having a through-hole formed therein, a distal end portion, and a reinforcing insert disposed in the through-hole. The insert includes a proximal face, a distal face opposed to the proximal face, a first upper surface extending between the proximal and distal faces and having a generally convex shape that abuts against at least a portion of a sidewall of the through-hole, and a second lower surface extending between the proximal and distal faces and having a generally concave shape. The second lower surface and portions of the sidewall of the through-hole not abutted by the first upper surface form a reinforced through-hole of the implant. |
| US11540906B2 |
Processing digital dental impression
A computer-implemented method and system of automatically detecting and removing extraneous material from a digital dental impression includes detecting one or more dental features in a digital dental impression, filtering the one or more dental features, digitally joining the one or more dental features, and determining one or more regions of interest from the joined one or more digital dental features. |
| US11540905B2 |
Self-ligating orthodontic bracket and opening method thereof
A self-ligating orthodontic bracket. The self-ligating orthodontic bracket comprises a bracket body and a movable closure member, and the bracket body includes a first body portion, a second body portion and an archwire slot therebetween, running through the bracket body. The movable closure member is engaged with the second body portion and movable relative thereto between an opened position and a closed position; the first body portion and/or the movable closure member include, at the inward end thereof, a tool receptacle having a receptacle top and a receptacle bottom, and the tool receptacle is adjacent to the archwire slot, the archwire slot and the first body portion co-form a first side surface, while the archwire slot and the second body portion co-form a second side surface, the tool receptacle includes a smooth surface that slopes downwardly to the first side surface. |
| US11540901B2 |
Bone foundation guide system and method
A bone foundation guide system having a bone foundation guide with a foundation guide body forming an open surgical space connecting a top of the bone foundation guide body with a bottom of the bone foundation guide body, the bottom contoured to removably affix the bone foundation guide body to the bone of a dental implant surgical site, the body further contoured to guide the cutting of bone from a dental implant surgical site and supporting a dental implant surgical guide; the dental implant surgical guide contoured to removably mate to the bone foundation guide body; wherein a combination of the bone foundation guide and the dental implant surgical guide forms a double open-ended placement channel that passes through a plurality of guiding cylinders held in tandem alignment to aid in the placement of a dental implant that is anchored in a site remote from the mouth. |
| US11540894B2 |
Rigiditying brace
A brace for retaining an organ in an expanded state configured to adhere and substantially conform to an external surface of the organ includes an inner layer, an outer layer, and at least one sheet of thin malleable material forming a middle layer between the inner layer and outer layer, the at least one sheet being enclosed and configured to rigidify and maintain the organ in an expanded state upon application of a vacuum. The brace can be incorporated into a brassiere. |
| US11540893B2 |
Container
A container includes an upper opening portion, a holder, which is placed in the container, for holding at least one medical device, and a gas non-permeable film for sealing the opening portion. The holder includes a basal plate portion having a plate shape, a plurality of tubular portions protruding downwardly from the basal plate portion, a plurality of stays formed around each of the plurality of tubular portions and connecting another of the plurality of tubular portions, and a support rod protruding downwardly from the basal plate portion and having a length longer than the plurality of tubular portions. The support rod is arranged such that a medical device housed in each of the plurality of tubular portions is not adapted to contact a bottom surface of the container, or another holder adjacent to the holder when the holder and the another holder are stacked. |
| US11540891B2 |
Accessory support and coupling systems for an accessory support
The present disclosure provides a coupling system for coupling a medical accessory to an accessory support is provided. The present disclosure also provides a system for powering a medical accessory with an accessory support. |
| US11540890B2 |
Haptic user interface for robotically controlled surgical instruments
A powered user interface for a robotic surgical system having a manipulator and a surgical instrument mounted to the manipulator includes a base and a linkage assembly that includes two two-bar linkage mechanisms. The linkage assembly is rotatably mounted to the base at a base joint, and a handle mounted to each of the two-bar linkage mechanisms. Sensors and actuators are arranged to measure and actuate the position and orientation of the user interface. |
| US11540889B2 |
Tension control in actuation of jointed instruments
A medical instrument system includes actuators, a medical instrument, and a control system operably connected to the actuators. The medical instrument includes an end portion and transmission systems, each of which couples the end portion to an actuator of the actuators such that the actuators are operable to drive the transmission systems to move the end portion. The control system is configured to execute operations including determining a difference between a current configuration of the end portion and a desired configuration of the end portion, and operating the actuators to apply tensions to the transmission systems based on the difference and based on constant offset tensions. The constant offset tensions are independent of current tensions experienced by the transmission systems. |
| US11540886B2 |
Surgical navigation system providing attachment metrics
A system and method for providing enhanced information to a surgeon is described. A three-dimensional reconstruction of a patient's anatomical structure selected for surgery and a representation of a surgical treatment apparatus are rendered on a display device. At least one attachment metric for a proposed attachment between the surgical treatment apparatus and the patient's anatomical structure is calculated using the three-dimensional position of the surgical treatment apparatus relative to the patient's anatomical structure. And, an indication of the attachment metric is rendered on the display device. |
| US11540880B2 |
Electrosurgical apparatus
An electrosurgical apparatus having a feed structure comprising a radiofrequency (RF) channel for conveying RF electromagnetic (EM) radiation from an RF signal generator to a probe and a microwave channel for conveying microwave EM radiation from a microwave signal generator to the probe, wherein the RF channel and microwave channel comprise physically separate signal pathways, wherein the feed structure includes a combining circuit having an input connected to the signal pathway on the RF channel, another input connected to the signal pathway on the microwave channel, and an output connected to a common signal pathway for conveying the RE EM radiation and EM radiation separately or simultaneously to the probe, and wherein the microwave channel includes a waveguide isolator connected to isolate the signal pathway on the microwave channel from the RF EM radiation. |
| US11540879B2 |
Personalized heart rhythm therapy
Disclosed includes a body surface device for diagnosing locations associated with electrical rhythm disorders to guide therapy. The device can sense electrical signals and determine multiple sites that may be operative in that patient. The patch may encompass the heart regions from where the heart rhythm disorder originates. The patch comprises an array of electrodes configured to detect electrical signals generated by a heart. A controller may determine the locations of interest based on detected electrical signals. The controller is configured to locate these regions relative to the surface patch. The system may be coupled to a sensor or therapy device inside the heart, to guide this device to a region of interest. The controller is further configured to instruct the operator to use the trigger or source information to treat the heart rhythm disorder in an individual using additional clinical data and methods for personalization such as machine learning. |
| US11540876B2 |
Irrigated high density electrode catheter
An irrigated high density electrode catheter can comprise a catheter shaft. The catheter shaft can include a proximal end and a distal end and can define a catheter shaft longitudinal axis. A flexible tip portion can be located adjacent to the distal end of the catheter shaft. An irrigated coupler can be disposed on the distal end of the catheter shaft and can be configured to discharge fluid over the flexible tip portion. |
| US11540875B2 |
Minimally invasive access channels into bodily regions
The present invention discloses access devices and methods to create an access channel for introduction of one or more working devices into an anatomical region. The access channel is created using a visualization modality that is later removed before inserting one or more working devices through the access channel. This allows the methods and devices of the present invention to be used even in small sized natural or surgically created insertion tracts leading to the anatomical region. The access channel can be made of a device such as a sheath, a guidewire, and an elongate device comprising a lumen. Examples of visualization modalities are endoscopes and body insertable ultrasound imaging devices. The working devices can be used to perform a variety of diagnostic, therapeutic, or preventive procedures. Endometrial ablation devices and procedures have been used as an example to describe various aspects of the present invention. |
| US11540874B2 |
Devices and methods for enhanced denervation procedures
The present disclosure relates to methods, devices, kits and systems for enhancing the efficacy and longevity of denervation procedures. |
| US11540873B2 |
Surgical instrument for tissue identification
A method for identifying and treating tissue includes providing an electrosurgical treatment device including an electrode assembly. One or more electrical property values of target tissue are measured. The measured electrical property values of the target tissue are compared against electrical property values of known tissue types. A tissue type of the target tissue is identified. An energy delivery configuration of the electrosurgical treatment device is adjusted to the type of target tissue. The electrosurgical treatment device is activated to treat the target tissue. |
| US11540859B2 |
Surgical access system including instrument retaining clip
A surgical access system includes a clip, a cannula, and an obturator. The clip includes a first housing half and a second housing half. The first and second housing halves have first end portions pivotably coupled together and second end portions having respective first and second fastener portions. The clip is movable between an open position in which the second end portions are spaced apart from each other and a closed position in which the first and second fastener portions of the second end portions are engaged with each other. The cannula and the obturator are retained between the first and second housing halves when the clip is in the closed position. |
| US11540858B2 |
Multi-lumen arthroscopy cannula (MLAC) and methods of use
A multi-lumen arthroscopy cannula (MLAC) is described which may be used to contain and manage joint irrigation fluid as a means of improving the state of arthroscopic surgery. The MLAC includes an arrangement of components within a cannula housing. An internal passage (central lumen) through which surgical instruments may be inserted into the body includes a series of components which greatly reduce the leakage path of fluid through the central lumen while enabling manipulation of surgical instruments during arthroscopic procedures. A dual-tapered diaphragm seal grips the instruments as it is manipulated to prevent leakage. This works in concert with the consecutively placed multi-leaflet valves, which act to prevent internal leakage and maintain pressure within the surgical cavity. Unique features of this cannula, aside from the multiple valves and dual-tapered diaphragm seal, include bilateral lumens which provide infusion and withdrawal of irrigation inside the joint capsule. Complementary to this is an elongated central lumen which accommodates both straight- and curved-tip arthroscopic instruments. |
| US11540855B2 |
Controlling activation of an ultrasonic surgical instrument according to the presence of tissue
Various systems and methods for selectively controlling the activation of an ultrasonic surgical instrument according to the presence of tissue within an end effector are disclosed. A control circuit can be configured to determine whether tissue is present within the end effector and permit activation of the ultrasonic transducer at a power level according to whether tissue is present within the end effector. In some aspects, the control circuit can be configured to automatically activate the ultrasonic transducer in response to tissue being detected within the end effector. |
| US11540854B2 |
Ultrasonic probe, ultrasonic treatment instrument, and ultrasonic treatment assembly
The disclosed technology is directed to an ultrasonic probe comprises a probe main portion configured to transmit ultrasonic vibration generated by an ultrasonic transducer. A treatment portion is configured on a distal side of the probe main portion along a longitudinal axis thereof. The treatment portion includes first direction surfaces disposed in a first direction intersecting the longitudinal axis and second direction surfaces that are adjacent to the first direction surfaces and are disposed in a second direction different from the first direction surfaces. The first direction surfaces further includes a plurality of surfaces formed into a staircase shape when being viewed from the treatment portion and one or more surfaces formed into a staircase shape when being viewed from a side opposed to the distal side of the treatment portion. The second direction surfaces further includes a plurality of surfaces formed into a staircase shape toward the distal side. |
| US11540848B2 |
Ultrasonic thrombus removing system
An ultrasonic thrombus removing system includes a front sheath tube (1) and a rear sheath tube (5) that are independent and that are inserted into a blood vessel (2); a rear end outer portion of the front sheath tube (1) is mounted with a front blocking balloon (105), and a front end outer portion of the rear sheath tube (5) is mounted with a rear blocking balloon (504); a breaking cavity (4) being formed between the two blocking balloons; the front blocking balloon (105) and the rear blocking balloon (504) expand or contract in the blood vessel (2) by means of the squeezing or loosening of an external force so as to block or open front and rear sides of the thrombus (3); an inner portion of the rear sheath tube (5) is provided with a core tube (502) that co-axially penetrates therethrough, a front end of the core tube (502). |
| US11540846B2 |
Aiming device for intramedullary nails, and related systems and methods
A device for implanting an intramedullary nail includes a base member and an adjustable member coupled together and translatable relative to each other along a direction. The device includes an insertion handle configured to carry the nail and mount to the adjustable member. A drill guide is attachable to the base member and configured to carry one or more guide sleeves for alignment with locking holes of the intramedullary nail. A first reference member extends from the base or adjustable member and has a first contact portion configured to contact an exterior location of a patient's limb. A second reference member extends from the other of the base and adjustable members and has a second contact portion configured to contact another exterior location of the limb. At least one of the first and second reference members is positionally adjustable relative to the base or adjustable member from which it extends. |
| US11540844B2 |
Disposable acetabular modular reamer and methods
Described herein are examples of orthopedic reamer heads for preparing a bone to receive an implant, as well as methods of assembling reamer heads. An illustrative example of a modular reamer head can include a body and a cutting system. The body can include a generally dome shape having an outer surface extending from an apex region to a base. The outer surface can have a recess including one or more arcuate channels that extend from the apex region towards the base of the dome. The cutting system can have one or more arcuate elements having cutting elements. One or more arcuate elements can extend from first end portions in the apex region towards second end portions proximate the base. At least a portion of the one or more arcuate elements can be located in the one or more arcuate channels to extend outward beyond the outer surface. |
| US11540842B2 |
Medical devices for treating hard tissues and related methods
Medical devices such as osteotomes are provided. The medical device may include inner and outer members that form a working end portion. Distal end portions of the inner and outer members can cooperate to allow deflection of the working end portion. Medical devices including indicators are also provided. The indicator may communicate a direction of deflection of the working end portion to a practitioner. Additionally, medical devices including torque release mechanisms are provided. The torque release mechanism may uncouple a first portion of the medical device from a second portion of the medical device when an amount of torque applied to the medical device exceeds a predetermined value. The torque release mechanism may limit damage to components of the medical device during use of the medical device. |
| US11540841B2 |
Powered surgical drill having transducer assembly including at least two rotation sensor devices for use in determining bore depth of a drilled hole
A surgical drill for drilling a hole in a workpiece includes a housing, a probe moveably mounted to the housing, and a transducer assembly. The transducer assembly includes a gear coupled to the probe and at least two rotational sensor devices coupled to the gear to determine an amount of movement of a probe relative to a housing to determine a bore depth of the hole. The gear has a reference point having an angular path of rotation about a gear axis subdivided into separate first and second arcuate regions. A first sensor device is configured to detect a rotational position of the reference point in the first arcuate region, and a second sensor device is configured to detect a rotational position of the reference point in at least the second arcuate region, with the first sensor device incapable of detecting the reference point in the second arcuate region. |
| US11540837B2 |
Medical device for modification of left atrial appendage and related systems and methods
Devices, methods and systems are provided for occluding an opening within the tissue of a body, such as a left atrial appendage. In one embodiment, a medical device coupled to a delivery catheter includes a fluid flow path that facilitates contrast fluid to pass through the delivery catheter and the medical device to a distal side thereof to provide imaging information as to the position of the medical device positioned in the opening, such as the left atrial appendage. In another embodiment, a medical device is coupled to a delivery catheter, the medical device including flaps adjacent a hub of the medical device that close-off a bore of the hub upon the catheter being detached from the medical device. |
| US11540834B2 |
Anvil assembly with snap backup ring
An anvil assembly is provided. The anvil assembly includes center rod assembly, a head assembly pivotal relative to the center rod assembly between an operative position and a tilted position, and a mechanism for selectively maintaining the head assembly in the operative position. |
| US11540829B2 |
Surgical instrument system including replaceable end effectors
A surgical instrument system that includes a housing and a rotatable drive shaft, a motor operably coupled to the drive shaft, and a plurality of replaceable end effectors that can be connected to the housing. Each replaceable end effector includes a drive screw that is turned a fixed number of revolutions by the motor-driven rotatable drive shaft when the end effector is connected to the housing. Each end effector further comprises a firing member operably coupled with the drive screw of the end effector. The drive screw is configured to displace the firing member over a firing length as a result of the fixed number of revolutions. In certain embodiments, each replaceable end effector can include a drive screw with a thread pitch set to the firing length divided by the fixed number of revolutions. |
| US11540827B2 |
Hand-held electromechanical surgical instruments
A handle assembly of a hand-held surgical instrument includes a motor and an actuation trigger. Clamping and/or stapling tissue may be carried out by actuation of the trigger. The motor may be activated to assist the manual actuation of the trigger. The handle assembly may include distinct gears for effecting discrete functions of an attached end effector. |
| US11540826B2 |
Surgical stapler end effector sled having cartridge wall support feature
A staple driver actuator for a surgical stapler includes a base having at least one bottom surface. The bottom surface defines a plane and is configured to slide longitudinally relative to a jaw of the surgical stapler. The staple driver actuator also includes a plurality of rails extending upwardly from the base. Each of the plurality of rails includes at least one cam surface, and each of the cam surfaces is inclined relative to the plane. The plurality of rails includes a laterally-opposed pair of outer rails and a laterally-opposed pair of inner rails. The staple driver actuator further includes a distal nose extending distally from at least a portion of the base and having at least one ledge surface. The ledge surface faces upwardly, is parallel to the plane, and is at least partially positioned distally relative to each of the outer and inner rails. |
| US11540825B2 |
Surgical device with tandem fasteners
A surgical fastener applier having a handle and a fastener housing extending from the handle. The housing contains at least one anvil movable within the staple housing, the anvil has a proximal position and a distal position. When in the distal position a distal end of the anvil extends distal to the distal end of the staple housing. The housing contains a plurality of surgical fasteners each of which in the shape of a loop. At least one of the fasteners is placed around a portion of the anvil when in the distal position. The applier has a first mechanism for moving the anvil distally after a fastener has been deployed, and a second mechanism for moving the anvil distally after a fastener has been deployed. The second means is independent of the first means. |
| US11540824B2 |
Tissue thickness compensator
In various embodiments, a tissue thickness compensator can comprise one or more capsules and/or pockets comprising at least one medicament therein. In at least one embodiment, staples can be fired through the tissue thickness compensator to rupture the capsules. In certain embodiments, a firing member, or knife, can be advanced through the tissue thickness compensator to rupture the capsules. |
| US11540822B2 |
Cardiac tissue anchoring devices, methods, and systems for treatment of congestive heart failure and other conditions
A heart tissue gripping device may include a body portion, an elongate shaft, and a tissue gripping member that is attached to the distal end of the elongate shaft. The tissue gripping member being may be positioned adjacent a heart surface by insertion through an incision in the body. The tissue gripping member may releasably attach to tissue of the heart surface to facilitate a surgical instrument in performing one or more procedures. A coupling of the tissue gripping member may releasably attach the surgical device to the tissue gripping member to allow the device to access the tissue of the heart surface. |
| US11540820B2 |
Robot-mounted retractor system
A retractor mounting assembly including an end-effector having a body extending between first and second faces. The first face is configured for attachment to an interface plate on the robotic arm of a surgical robot. The second face defines an arm mount. An arm extending between first and second ends with the first end configured for attachment to the end-effector arm mount and the second end providing a retractor mount configured for supportive attachment of a retractor. |
| US11540813B2 |
Handheld ultrasound imaging systems and methods for cooling transducers and electronics in the probe housing via air circulation through the housing
Systems and methods of transmitting heat away from an ultrasound probe are disclosed within. In one embodiment, a handheld ultrasound probe includes a transducer, electronics configured to drive the transducer, and a housing surrounding the transducer assembly and the electronics. A slot extending from a first side of the housing to a second side of the housing and can allow air to pass adjacent transducer and the electronics. The slot can be sized to inhibit accessibility of an operator's finger to an inner surface of slot. |
| US11540812B2 |
Method and system for increasing effective line density of volume compound ultrasound images
Systems and methods for increasing effective line density of volume compound ultrasound images while maintaining the frame rate, penetration depth, and other image characteristics are provided. The method includes acquiring a first lateral plane at a first elevational position. The first lateral plane includes a first set of receive lines at a first set of lateral positions. The method includes acquiring a second lateral plane at a second elevational position adjacent the first elevational position. The second lateral plane includes a second set of receive lines at a second set of lateral positions laterally offset from the first set of lateral positions. The method includes combining the first lateral plane and the second lateral plane to generate a compound image and presenting the compound image at a display system. The compound image may be a volume compound image in an A-plane generated based on volume compound imaging rendering algorithms. |
| US11540807B2 |
Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method of operating the same
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a two-dimensional (2D) transducer array in which a plurality of transducers that transmit/receive an ultrasound signal to/from an object are arranged in two dimensions; an analog beamformer configured to perform analog beamforming in a first direction, and perform analog beamforming in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on signals respectively received by the plurality of transducers; and a digital beamformer configured to perform digital beamforming on the signals that are analog-beamformed in the first direction, and perform digital beamforming on the signals that are analog-beamformed in the second direction. |
| US11540806B2 |
Device and system for generating ultrasonic waves in a target region of a soft solid and method for locally treating a tissue
This device (2) for generating ultrasonic waves in a target region of a soft solid, includes at least two ultrasound sources (32), light sources (40) distributed around a central axis (X2) of the device (2), for enlightening a zone of the soft solid via subsurface scattering, and a video camera (50), for capturing images of the zone enlightened by the lighting means. The ultrasound source (32), the light sources (40) and the video camera (50) are mounted on a body of the device (20) and oriented toward a common target zone which includes a focal point of the ultrasound sources (32). A boresight of the video camera is aligned on the central axis (X2). |
| US11540805B2 |
Universal ultrasound device and related apparatus and methods
A system comprising a multi-modal ultrasound probe configured to operate in a plurality of operating modes associated with a respective plurality of configuration profiles; and a computing device coupled to the handheld multi-modal ultrasound probe and configured to, in response to receiving input indicating an operating mode selected by a user, cause the multi-modal ultrasound probe to operate in the selected operating mode. |
| US11540803B2 |
Systems and methods for calibrating, correcting and processing images on a radiographic detector
A radiographic imaging system includes a radiographic detector having a scanning device to obtain patient identifying information. The detector is programmed to display the patient identifying information in human readable form and to access additional information about the patient stored in networked databases. |
| US11540797B2 |
Tomographic image generation apparatus, method, and program
An image acquisition unit acquires a plurality of projection images corresponding to a plurality of radiation source positions at the time of tomosynthesis imaging, the plurality of projection images being generated by causing an imaging apparatus to perform tomosynthesis imaging. A positional shift amount derivation unit derives a positional shift amount between the plurality of projection images based on body movement of the subject with a reference projection image generated at a radiation source position where an optical axis of the radiation emitted from the radiation source is perpendicular to a detection surface of the detection unit, among the plurality of projection images, as a reference. A reconstruction unit generates a tomographic image of at least one tomographic plane of the subject by reconstructing the plurality of projection images while correcting the positional shift amount. |
| US11540796B2 |
Prediction of risk of post-ablation atrial fibrillation based on radiographic features of pulmonary vein morphology from chest imaging
Embodiments discussed herein facilitate generation of a prognosis for recurrence or non-recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). A first set of embodiments discussed herein relates to training of a machine learning classifier to determine a prognosis for AF after PVI based on radiographic images, alone or in combination with clinical features. A second set of embodiments discussed herein relates to determination of a prognosis for a patient for AF after PVI based on radiographic images, alone or in combination with clinical features. |
| US11540793B2 |
X-ray imaging system
Provided is an X-ray imaging system capable of performing X-ray imaging quickly. The X-ray imaging system is provided with: an X-ray tube device including a cathode and an anode, the X-ray tube device being capable of performing X-ray imaging by irradiating an imaging target with X-rays in a state of rotating the anode; a light irradiation device including a collimator defining an X-ray irradiation range of the X-rays with respect to the imaging target, a visible light irradiation unit for emitting visible light to the imaging target and a light irradiation operation unit for performing an operation for making the visible light irradiation unit in the light irradiation state; and a controller for controlling operations of the X-ray tube device and the light irradiation device. The controller rotates the anode at an imaging possible rotation speed capable of performing X-ray imaging when the light irradiation operation unit is operated. |
| US11540789B1 |
Self-shielded x-ray computed tomography system
A system for breast computed tomography includes a table supporting a patient in a prone position with an opening positioned for a breast of the patient to extend downwards therethrough, a gantry assembly positioned beneath the table with a platform driven to rotate by a motor, an x-ray source assembly coupled to the platform to rotate therewith and positioned to irradiate with an x-ray beam at least a portion of the breast, and a detector assembly coupled to the platform to rotate therewith and positioned to receive the x-ray beam from the x-ray source assembly. The system includes a shielding enclosure rigidly mounted atop the platform to rotate therewith, enclosing during rotation of the platform the detector assembly, the breast, and the x-ray beam, and having walls composed of a material and a thickness to attenuate an x-ray beam of a predetermined energy and intensity by a predetermined amount. |
| US11540787B2 |
Medical devices for diagnostic imaging
A medical imaging system for detecting ionizing radiation. The system includes one or more pixilated imagers positioned to acquire patient image data and one or more position sensors positioned to acquire patient position data. Once the patient image data and patient position data are acquired, one or more processors operably connected to each of the one or more pixilated imagers and one or more position sensors calculate a three-dimensional mass distribution based on patient image data and patient position data. |
| US11540784B2 |
Infection risk and illness assessment method
A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically monitoring for possible infection or other physical health concerns, such as from Covid-19. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The method and system automatically uses and/or learns user location and activity patterns and determines and infection risk or illness-based deviation that can be communicated as a warning to community members. |
| US11540783B2 |
Alarm system for intravenous pump or catheter based upon fuzzy logic
In some embodiments, a self-monitoring intravenous catheter system is provided. An alarm controller is provided that receives signals representing a pH value, an oxygen saturation value, and a pressure value in proximity to the distal end of the catheter. By performing a fuzzy logic analysis of the values, the alarm controller is able to detect that the catheter is about to fail or has failed, and can cause alerts to be presented. In some embodiments, an intravenous catheter is provided that has a pH sensor and an oximeter disposed at a distal end of the catheter to obtain the pH value and oxygen saturation values analyzed by the alarm controller. Embodiments of the catheter and self-monitoring intravenous catheter system may be particularly useful in treating neonates, who are sensitive to catheter failure and are not capable of detecting the signs of failure themselves. |
| US11540780B2 |
Device, system and method for determining a vital sign of a person
The present invention relates to a device, system and method for determining a vital sign of a person. To improve accuracy and reliability of vital sign determination, the device comprises an input unit (20) for obtaining a vital sign related signal of at least a body part of the person, from which a vital sign can be derived, a body part position determining unit (21) for determining if said body part of the person is in contact with a support or not and generating a contact signal indicating if said body part is in contact with the support or not, a quality metric setting unit (22) for setting, based on said contact signal, a quality metric for use in the determination of a vital sign of the person, and a vital sign deriving unit (23) for deriving a vital sign from the obtained vital sign related signal, wherein the set quality metric is used in the derivation of the vital sign and/or in a judgment of the reliability of a derived vital. |
| US11540779B2 |
Bio-information measuring apparatus and bio-information measuring method
A bio-information measuring apparatus bio-information measuring method are provided. The bio-information measuring apparatus includes: a pulse wave obtainer configured to obtain a pulse wave signal, and a processor configured to correct a feature of the obtained pulse wave signal based on a variation in an amplitude of the obtained pulse wave signal, and to measure bio-information based on the corrected feature. |
| US11540778B2 |
Reducing sensor noise in multichannel arrays using oversampled temporal projection and associated systems and methods
A method for suppressing sensor noise in a spatially oversampled sensor array includes receiving spatially oversampled multi-channel sensor data from a region of interest and building a spatial model from the data for essential spatial degrees of freedom. The method further includes decomposing the data into the underlying spatial model to obtain associated amplitude components containing a mixture of original temporal waveforms of the data and, for each channel of the multi-channel sensor, estimating time-domain amplitude components using cross-validation. Next, for each channel, based on the estimated time-domain amplitude components, sensor noise and/or artifacts for that channel are identified. Finally, for each channel, the identified sensor noise and/or artifacts can be suppressed from the data. |
| US11540776B2 |
Catheter for imaging and measurement of pressure and other physiologic parameters
A catheter system includes an elongated tube structure configured for insertion into a luminal space, such as the vasculature, of a body. The catheter is conductive and configured to conduct electrical signals. The catheter includes one or more power and data coupling devices configured to send and receive power and/or data signals, such as from an underlying guidewire disposed within a lumen of the catheter. One or more sensors are coupled to a distal section of the catheter and are electrically connected to the one or more power and data coupling devices. |
| US11540775B2 |
Optically coupled catheter and method of using the same
The embodiments include an apparatus used in combination with a computer for sensing biopotentials. The apparatus includes a catheter in which there is a plurality of sensing electrodes, a corresponding plurality of local amplifiers, each coupled to one of the plurality of sensing electrodes, a data, control and power circuit coupled to the plurality of local amplifiers, and a photonic device bidirectionally communicating an electrical signal with the data, control and power circuit. An optical fiber optically communicated with the photonic device. The photonic device bidirectionally communicates an optical signal with the optical fiber. An optical interface device provides optical power to the optical fiber and thence to the photonic device and receives optical signals through the optical fiber from the photonic device. The optical interface device bidirectionally communicates an electrical data, control and power signal to the computer. |
| US11540770B2 |
System for determining a sleep quality, sensor arrangement for such a system, and sleep or rest furniture comprising such a system
The invention relates to a system for determining a value representing a sleep quality, wherein the system has an evaluation device (10) for connecting to at least one sensor (11), which can be coupled to a piece of sleep or rest furniture for detecting vibrations, movement and/or sound in order to extract physiological data (12) of at least one person using the piece of sleep or rest furniture. The system is characterized in that at least one additional sensor (21) is provided on the sleep or rest furniture or in an environment of the sleep or rest furniture, which sensor is designed for detecting environmental parameters (5). |
| US11540768B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting biomechanical and functional parameters of the knee
Method for detecting biomechanical and functional parameters of the knee in a situation of performance stress, which comprises: a step for the set up of video recording means (1); a step for the set up of multiple optical markers (4) at specific landmark anatomic points (PA) of the foot and of the knee of a person; a step for the set up, at the plantar surface of the foot, of baropodometric means (5); a step for the acquisition, by means of the video recording means (1), of images of at least one reference action, and a step for the detection, by means of the baropodometric means (5), of baropodometric parameters; a step for calculating, from the baropodometric parameters, the coordinates of the center of pressure (COP) of the foot and of the constraining reaction force (FV) acting on the foot; a step for calculating a force arm (BF) given by the distance between the center of pressure (COP) and a reference point (PR) of the knee; a step for calculating a biomechanical parameter indicative of the valgus moment, derived from the vector product (PV) of the force arm (BF) and the constraining reaction force (FV). |
| US11540766B2 |
Nuclear magnetic resonance systems and methods for noninvasive and in-vivo measurements using a unilateral magnet
An apparatus for non-invasive evaluations and in-vivo diagnostics includes an open magnet, an RF antenna, and an NMR analytics logical circuit communicatively coupled to the RF antenna, wherein the open magnet is shaped to generate a static magnetic field that extends unilaterally into an object or internal organ of a subject when the open magnet is positioned against or in proximity to the object or subject, the static and RF magnetic fields shaped to generate a sensitive volume within a target region. The RF antenna or antenna array is configured to transmit RF pulses into the target region of the object or internal organ and receive sets of NMR signals generated by hydrogen or other elements, and the NMR analytics logical circuit is configured to obtain and analyze sets of NMR signals. |
| US11540764B1 |
Group association system and method based on brainwave response to external stimulation
A group association system attempts to identify if an individual is “gifted” in any particular area. A group association system is based on brainwave response to stimulation is disclosed. The system including a brainwave stimuli device which provides stimuli to groups of highly skilled, general skilled, and a general population groups, as test stimuli for determination of group association. A brainwave collection device collects brainwaves of individuals, with the brainwave collection device storing collected brainwaves in a brainwave database. A brainwave processing device analyzes brainwaves received from the brainwave database. A brainwave analysis device uses analyst screens, artificial intelligence or machine learning to analyze the brainwaves create at least one signature development module for determination of similar brainwaves related to different individuals' responses to the same stimuli. In addition, at least one signature development module determines which individuals have the same or similar brainwave responses to the same test stimuli. |
| US11540763B2 |
Control method and system for filtering power line interferences
A control method and system for filtering power line interference is disclosed. The control method includes the following steps. First, ECG signals are pre-segmented and rectified; then the sinusoidal frequency, amplitude, and phase of the rectified segmented signals are extracted. These estimated sinusoidal parameters from each recorded channel are weighted by their individual signal to noise ratios before being averaged to achieve the optimal powerline frequency, amplitude, and phase. Based on these optimal sinusoidal parameters, the individual sinusoidal waveform is reconstructed and then is subtracted from the corresponding ECG segment, in order to obtain the clean ECG signals. This method of filtering the powerline interference through removal from recorded signals enables accurate measurement without any ringing effect that could lead to signal distortion issues. Thus this invention solves the ringing problem encountered by traditional notch filter techniques when signal amplitude suddenly changes in a measurement. |
| US11540760B1 |
Retrofittable and portable commode and systems for detecting, tracking, and alerting health changes
A retrofittable commode attachment device that automatically measures and charts electronically one or more types of health data. The device includes a base platform with a back portion, a left side portion, a right side portion and a front portion, a plurality of load cells on the left side of the base platform and a plurality of load cells on the right side of the base platform, at least one microphone, at least one camera, and at least two commode connector brackets that engage the horizontal support of a commode and the base platform is positioned below the toilet seat of the commode and is not part of the toilet seat. |
| US11540759B2 |
Biosignal headphones
There are described headphones comprising earcups to be placed about ears of a user, with a headband linking the earcups and to be extending above a head of the user. A flexible band distinct from the headband is secured below the headband for contact with the head of the user. Removable headband sensors are embedded in the flexible band and have a portion thereof protruding downwardly from the flexible band to reach the scalp. The flexible band has a flexibility which makes the flexible band deform under the weight of the earcups to conform with the head of the user to ensure high quality contact between the headband electrodes and the scalp. There are further provided earcup electrodes on the earcups for contact with a region on or behind an ear of the user. Signals from the electrodes can be used for different purposes such as concentration monitoring and feedback. |
| US11540758B2 |
Mood aggregation system
Described is a mood aggregation system. The system includes a server having a memory storing user information and a user computing device coupled to the server. The server may be programmed to automatically generate a mood request with response capabilities and send the request to the user computing device for display in response to the user computing device accessing the system. The server may also be programmed to receive and store mood data sent from the user computing device, wherein the mood data comprises a mood selection, a time the mood data was sent and a location of the user computing device when sending the mood data. The user may send a request for a report that is received and stored in the server for a user associated with the user computing device and automatically access the stored mood data and generate a report responsive to the report request. |
| US11540757B2 |
Assessing the functional ability of a person to perform a task
Presented is a system and method for assessing the functional ability of a person to perform a task. The system comprises: a task identification unit adapted to identify the task to be performed by the person; and a task complexity unit adapted to obtain a task-specific complexity signal representative of a required level of functional ability to perform the identified task. A functional ability unit is adapted to obtain a functional ability signal representative of a determined functional ability of the person. An assessment unit is adapted to determine an ability of the person to perform the identified task based on the task-specific complexity signal and the functional ability signal. |
| US11540756B2 |
Biological fluid collection and stabilization system
A biological fluid collection system that receives a sample and provides flow-through blood stabilization technology and a precise sample dispensing function for point-of-care and near patient testing applications is disclosed. A biological fluid collection system of the present disclosure is able to effectuate distributed mixing of a sample stabilizer within a blood sample and dispense the stabilized sample in a controlled manner. In this manner, a biological fluid collection system of the present disclosure enables blood micro-sample management, e.g., passive mixing with a sample stabilizer and controlled dispensing, for point-of-care and near patient testing applications. |
| US11540755B2 |
Systems and methods for low power pulse oximetry
Methods and systems are provided for a light-emitting diode (LED) drive circuit of an optical probe. As an example, a method for an optical probe including an LED in an LED drive circuit comprises reducing power consumption of the LED drive circuit by adjusting a drive voltage of the LED drive circuit based on one or more LED drive circuit characteristics and one or more LED drive circuit operating parameters. In this way, the LED drive circuit may be efficiently operated. |
| US11540752B1 |
Devices, systems, and methods for individualized chronic health condition management
Systems, methods, and devices of a health device network may include: a non-invasive glucometer that non-invasively measures analyte levels; an invasive glucometer communicatively coupled directly to the non-invasive glucometer; a cloud-based server communicatively coupled to the non-invasive glucometer or the invasive glucometer; a user device communicatively coupled to the cloud-based server; and/or a user interface that displays the invasive glucose measurement, the non-invasive glucose measurement, a data batch, and/or processed data to the user. The non-invasive glucometer and/or the invasive glucometer may aggregate an invasive glucose measurement and a non-invasive glucose measurement into the data batch. A data analytics application on the cloud-based server may be configured to: integrate the invasive glucose measurement and the non-invasive glucose measurement; identify a correlation between the invasive glucose measurement and the non-invasive glucose measurement; and/or generate a predictive model based on the invasive glucose measurement and the non-invasive glucose measurement. |
| US11540751B1 |
Device networks for chronic health condition management
Systems, methods, and devices of a health device network may include: a non-invasive glucometer that non-invasively measures analyte levels; an invasive glucometer communicatively coupled directly to the non-invasive glucometer; a cloud-based server communicatively coupled to the non-invasive glucometer or the invasive glucometer; a user device communicatively coupled to the cloud-based server; and/or a user interface that displays the invasive glucose measurement, the non-invasive glucose measurement, a data batch, and/or processed data to the user. The non-invasive glucometer and/or the invasive glucometer may aggregate an invasive glucose measurement and a non-invasive glucose measurement into the data batch. A data analytics application on the cloud-based server may be configured to: integrate the invasive glucose measurement and the non-invasive glucose measurement; identify a correlation between the invasive glucose measurement and the non-invasive glucose measurement; and/or generate a predictive model based on the invasive glucose measurement and the non-invasive glucose measurement. |
| US11540749B2 |
System and method for automated detection of neurological deficits
The disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods for predicting presence of one or more neurological deficits. The system may include a microphone, a camera, one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to extract audio information including a period density entropy coefficient and a mel frequency cepstral coefficient from an audio feed received from the microphone. Additionally, the instructions may cause the processor to determine position and depth information of eye movement from a video feed received from the camera and detect features of interest including facial landmarks, spatial orientation of limbs, and positional information of limb movements from the video feed. The one or more processors may further extract the features of interest from the video feed and process the extracted features of interest by aligning the extracted features of interest to a common reference. |
| US11540747B2 |
Apparatus and a method for passive scanning of an object or a scene
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus (100) for passive scanning of an object. The apparatus comprises a distance sensing unit (110) adapted to measure distances to a plurality of points of the object, an orientation sensing unit (120) adapted to determine orientations of the distance sensing unit (110), and a processor (140) adapted to derive information about the object or a scene in which the object is used based on the measured distances and orientations of the distance sensing unit (110). |
| US11540746B2 |
Hip surgery systems and methods
Orthopedic systems and methods are provided for use in preparing joints for implants. Specifically, hip preparation systems and methods are disclosed which can include a surgical orientation device. The hip preparation systems and methods can be used, for example, to orient the hip during the procedure, determine the orientation of an anatomical plane or planes, and orient a prosthetic component or components. |
| US11540741B2 |
Method and medical imaging apparatus for supporting a preparation of a patient for a medical imaging investigation
In a method and apparatus for supporting preparation of a patient for a medical imaging investigation, in particular a magnetic resonance investigation, patient data of a patient are acquired by operation of an acquisition unit. An item of position information of an object is calculated by a calculation computer, the calculation of the position information of the object taking place on the basis of the patient data and/or on the basis of an item of investigation information and/or on the basis of data from accessory units. The position information of the object is projected by means of a projection unit. |
| US11540739B2 |
Skin sodium measurement using bioimpedance
A technique for determining skin sodium content using bioimpedance spectroscopy includes applying a current at a predetermined frequency to skin of a subject, measuring a voltage across the skin of the subject produced by the current, determining a resistance across the skin of the subject at the predetermined frequency using the measured voltage, and determining skin sodium content using the measured voltage. |
| US11540736B2 |
Wearable electronic device including biometric sensor
A wearable electronic device is disclosed, including: a housing having a front plate disposed facing in a first direction, a rear plate disposed facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, at least a part of the rear plate substantially transparent, and a side member defining a space between the front plate and the rear plate, a substrate disposed within the space, a biometric sensor module disposed between the substrate and the rear plate including at least one light source configured to emit light to an exterior of the wearable electronic device and at least one light detector configured to receive reflected light corresponding to the emitted light reflected from the exterior, and at least one magnetic substance disposed between the light source and the light detector to limit an amount of light reaching the biometric sensor module other than the reflected emitted light. |
| US11540734B2 |
Apparatus for noninvasive measurement of a heart performance metric
An apparatus for measuring a performance metric of a heart includes a housing, a tactile sensor, a finger clamp, a linear actuator, and a controller. The tactile sensor measures blood pressure pulsatility in a digital artery of a finger via applanation tonometry and outputs pulsatility signals indicative of the blood pressure pulsatility. The finger clamp extends from the housing to clamp the finger against the tactile sensor with the digital artery aligned over the tactile sensor. The linear actuator drives the finger clamp with a clamping force directed along a linear path. The controller is coupled to the tactile sensor and the linear actuator to control the clamping force and to generate pulsatility data, based upon the pulsatility signals, from which the performance metric of the heart may be determined. |
| US11540732B2 |
Dual pressure sensor aortic-valve catheter
Disclosed is a system and method for in-situ and instantaneous measurement of a pressure gradient by real-time localized pressure measurement with two or more pressure sensors, operating with respect to blood pressure gradient across the aortic valve, or other heart valves, and associated regurgitation of blood flow due to leakage resulting from insufficient valve closure. The system includes a multi-sensor catheter, with sensors arranged along the length of the distal segment of the catheter body, spaced apart to provide simultaneous pressure measurement on either side of the valves of the heart, in addition to one or more lumina in the core of the catheter that will provide a path for introduction of diagnostic fluids which flow out through a multitude of holes in the body of the distal segment of the catheter body. |
| US11540730B2 |
Dry electrode and physiological multi-parameter monitoring equipment
A dry electrode and a physiological multi-parameter monitoring equipment are disclosed. The waterproof dry electrode comprises an encapsulation, extraction electrode and a contact surface layer, wherein the extraction electrode and the contact surface layer are connected with each other and disposed in the encapsulation; the contact surface layer comprises an exposed part and an embedded part encapsulation; the encapsulation comprises flexible silica gel and hard plastic portion, the embedded part being embedded into the hard plastic portion, and the hard plastic portion being packaged in the flexible silica gel. Through the above arrangement in the present invention, the dry electrode can reach a waterproof grade of IPX7, which is higher than living waterproof grade of an ordinary dry electrode. The PMPME can be a patch-type acquisition and monitoring equipment which is convenient for long time wearing and physiological multi-parameter monitoring, with excellent sealing and waterproofness, and the electrode is reusable. |
| US11540728B2 |
Heart sound measurement using mobile devices
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to heart sound measurements using mobile devices. In an embodiment, a medical system for monitoring heart sounds of a subject comprises a medical device configured to obtain, during a first sampling interval, a first physiological signal. The medical system further comprises a mobile device comprising an accelerator, wherein the accelerator is configured to obtain, during a second sampling interval, a second physiological signal. And, the medical system comprises an analysis component configured to extract heart sounds data from the second physiological signal. |
| US11540725B2 |
Systems and methods for generating 3D images based on fluorescent illumination
There is provided a computer implemented method for generating a three dimensional (3D) image based of fluorescent illumination, comprising: receiving in parallel by each of at least three imaging sensors positioned at a respective parallax towards an object having a plurality of regions with fluorescent illumination therein, a respective sequence of a plurality of images including fluorescent illumination of the plurality of regions, each of the plurality of images separated by an interval of time; analyzing the respective sequences, to create a volume-dataset indicative of the depth of each respective region of the plurality of regions; and generating a 3D image according to the volume-dataset. |
| US11540724B2 |
Real-time 3D microwave monitoring of thermal therapy
A method for determining a change of temperature of an object. The method may include heating an object and measuring scattering parameters (S-parameters) of scattered microwave electric fields from the object. A distorted Born iterative method may be used to determine a change of a dielectric property of the object based on the measured S-parameters. A change of temperature of the object may be determined based on the change of the dielectric property of the object. |
| US11540719B2 |
Optical coherence tomography system
Disclosed is an optical probe of an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. The optical probe of the OCT system includes: an optical fiber receiving light generated from a light source and transferring the received light to a plurality of lenses and receiving light reflected from tissue from the plurality of lenses and transferring the received light to an optical coherence system; a plurality of lenses including a first lens positioned at a distal end of the optical fiber and a second lens positioned at a predetermined point in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber; and a sheath capable of accommodating the optical fiber therein. |
| US11540717B1 |
Relative feature 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. |
| US11540715B2 |
Wearable ambulatory medical device with multiple sensing electrodes
A wearable arrhythmia monitoring and treatment device for improving confidence in determined arrhythmias prior to treatment includes a plurality of sensing electrodes, one or more therapy electrodes, and an electrode signal acquisition circuit having a plurality of inputs. The electrode signal acquisition circuit is configured to sense a respective signal provided by each of a plurality of different pairings of the plurality of sensing electrodes. The wearable arrhythmia monitoring and treatment device includes a monitoring and detection circuit including at least one processor configured to analyze the respective signals provided by each of the plurality of different pairings of the plurality of sensing electrodes, change a confidence level in a determined arrhythmia condition based on the respective signals provided by the plurality of different pairings of the plurality of sensing electrodes, and initiate a therapy to the patient via the one or more therapy electrodes based on the confidence level. |
| US11540701B2 |
Medical holding apparatus, medical arm system, and drape mounting mechanism
There is provided a medical holding apparatus including: a first actuator configured to cause a medical optical tool that guides light from a body cavity of a subject to a camera head during a surgical operation, to rotate about an optical axis of the medical optical tool and a rotation mechanism configured to support the camera head that acquires an image of the body cavity of the subject via the medical optical tool, the camera head being rotatable about the optical axis of the medical optical tool independently from the medical optical tool. |
| US11540700B2 |
Medical supporting arm and medical system
A medical supporting arm according to the present disclosure includes a supporting arm and a calculation unit. The supporting arm supports an oblique-viewing endoscope. The calculation unit calculates a rotation angle of the oblique-viewing endoscope around an axis in a longitudinal direction, and an insertion amount of the oblique-viewing endoscope into a human body on the basis of a first expression that defines coordinates of a subject in a coordinate system in which an insertion opening allowing the oblique-viewing endo scope to be inserted into the human body serves as an origin, and a second expression that defines the coordinates of the subject positioned in an optical axis direction of an objective lens disposed at a distal end of the oblique-viewing endoscope in a coordinate system in which the distal end of the oblique-viewing endoscope serves as an origin. |
| US11540699B2 |
Medical manipulator system
The technology disclosed herein is directed to a medical manipulator system having a medical device. The medical device such as endoscope or other surgical instrument includes an elongated insertion portion. A holder assembly includes an articulated arm carrying the medical device that is attached thereto and is actuated following movement of the medical device and holds the medical device in a stationary state at a desired position. A position/attitude detection unit detects positions and attitudes of the elongated insertion portion in plurality states into which the medical device is caused to swing about a constraint point. A constraint point estimation unit estimates a position of the constraint point based on the positions and attitudes of the insertion portion as detected by the position/attitude detection unit. |
| US11540698B2 |
System and method for treatment of gastroesophageal varices
The present disclosure relates to the field of endoscopy. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to delivery systems and methods for coagulating sites of bleeding within mucosal tissues, and in particular, for eradicating esophageal varices. |
| US11540697B2 |
Tissue clip application fitting/retrofitting set
A tissue clip application fitting set or retrofitting set includes a cap attachment for placement on the distal head of a medical endoscope, which has a placement section and a tissue clip holding section. The cap attachment is notched at least at two angular positions forming at least two notches/slots/grooves. A working channel leads into the hollow chamber and exits the hollow chamber radially in a region distal to the placement section and proximal to the radially supported tissue clip. A first guiding or leading element is arranged after the working channel belonging to the retrofitting set, as seen in the distal direction. A corresponding second guiding or leading element is arranged within the hollow chamber at an angular distance from the first guiding or leading element so as to be oriented in extension to a working channel belonging to the endoscope. |
| US11540696B2 |
Noise aware edge enhancement in a pulsed fluorescence imaging system
Fluorescence imaging with reduced fixed pattern noise is disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor to generate a plurality of exposure frames. The method includes applying edge enhancement to edges within an exposure frame of the plurality of exposure frames. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm. |
| US11540685B2 |
Nozzle for cleaner, and vacuum cleaner
A nozzle for a cleaner according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a housing; and a rotation cleaning portion rotatably coupled to the housing and having a body part and a brush part which is coupled to the outer peripheral side of the body part. The brush part comprises: a first brush coupled to the outer peripheral side of the body part and extending in the radial direction of the body part; and a second brush disposed alongside the first brush. The first brush is disposed so as to come in contact with a floor surface prior to the second brush during the rotation of the rotation cleaning portion, and is less stiff than the first brush. |
| US11540679B2 |
Toilet with internal lifting system
A toilet including a frame; a bowl supported by the frame; a seat supported by the frame; an at least partially removable shroud for covering the frame; and at least one first seat actuator pivotally attached to the frame and to the seat for adjusting the height or angle of the seat; and at least one second seat actuator pivotally attached to the frame and to the seat for adjusting the height or angle of the seat is disclosed. Also, a toilet including a frame; a bowl supported by the frame; a seat supported by the frame; an at least partially removable shroud for covering the bowl, frame, and other toilet components; at least one first seat actuator pivotally attached to the frame and to the seat for lifting and lowering the seat or changing the angle of the seat with the user sitting thereon; at least one second seat actuator pivotally attached to the frame and to the seat for lifting and lowering the seat or changing the angle of the seat with the user sitting thereon; and at least one third seat actuator pivotally attached to the at least one first seat actuator or to the at least one second seat actuator and to the frame for raising and lowering the seat or changing the angle of the seat with the user sitting thereon is also disclosed. |
| US11540676B2 |
Dispenser for rolled sheet material
A dispenser for sheet materials is disclosed. The dispenser includes a housing and a front cover. The dispenser includes a first internal door configured to secure a first roll of sheet material in a dispensing position and a second internal door configured to secure a second roll of sheet material in a dispensing position. The first and second doors include first and second nozzles for dispensing sheet material. The dispenser is a centrally unwinding dispenser. |
| US11540675B2 |
Sheet product dispensers and related methods for reducing sheet product usage
A resistance mechanism for a sheet product dispenser for dispensing a length of sheet product from a roll of sheet product rotatably supported by the sheet product dispenser is provided. The resistance mechanism includes an arm configured to frictionally engage a surface of the roll of sheet product, and a spring attached to the arm and configured to bias the arm into engagement with the surface of the roll of sheet product, such that the resistance mechanism provides a pull force resistance opposing a pull force applied to a tail portion of the roll of sheet product. |
| US11540672B2 |
Bathtub closure systems and methods
A bathtub closure system may include a step configured to be retrofit onto a bathtub and a plug. The step may include a first side panel, a second side panel, and an elongated platform defining a cavity configured to facilitate ingress and egress into the bathtub, and a first attachment recess extending downward from the first top surface less than an entire height of the first side panel or extending downward from the second top surface less than an entire height of the second side panel. The plug includes a body and a first attachment member affixed to the body and corresponding to the first attachment recess defined by the step. The plug cooperates with the step to form a substantially watertight seal when the first attachment member is mated with the first attachment recess and the body of the plug is positioned at least partially within the cavity. |
| US11540671B2 |
Hand wash station
A portable hand wash station includes a base that can set upon the ground. A fresh water tank and greywater tank are disposed atop the base. A tank cover is disposed atop the tanks. The sink member is pivotally mounted to the tank cover with a hinge. The sink member defines two sink basins that oppose one another. Each sink basin can be shaped and sized to allow the user to wash their forearms. A backsplash member can be secured to the sink member between the individual sink basins. The fresh water tank access can be secured by locking the sink member to the tank cover. A plurality of rods secure the tanks in place between the base and tank cover without protruding through a sidewall of the tanks. |
| US11540670B2 |
Microwave whisk assembly
A microwave whisk assembly for mixing food while in the microwave includes a whisk body having a top end and a bottom end. The bottom end has a receiving cavity extending towards the top end. A suction cup is coupled to the top end and is configured to selectively engage a roof of a microwave. Each of a plurality of whisk attachments includes an engagement shaft and a mixer extension. The engagement shaft has an upper end and a lower end. The engagement shall conforms to, and is selectively engageable with, the receiving cavity of the whisk body. The mixer extension is coupled to the lower end of the engagement shaft and is configured to mix the contents of a bowl rotating within the microwave. |
| US11540668B2 |
Toaster device
Systems, methods, and devices may include a toaster device. The toaster may include a toaster body having a housing having a top outer surface, a bottom outer surface, and a side outer surface extending between the top and bottom outer surfaces. The toaster device may include a control system comprising a power supply and a switch configured to cut power to the heating element when in a cut-power state. The toaster device may include a toaster cover comprising an actuation element. The toaster cover may be alterable between a detached state in which the toaster cover is separated and remote from the toaster body and an assembled state in which the toaster cover rests atop the toaster body to cover the bread slot and the actuation element of the toaster cover actuates the switch into the cut-power state. |
| US11540667B2 |
Rotisserie cooking appliance
A cooking appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a heating element, a first false wall, a second false wall, and a spit rod. The cabinet may define a cooking chamber. The cooking chamber may extend along a lateral direction between a first chamber side and a second chamber side. The heating element may be mounted within the cabinet. The first false wall may be slidably positioned within the cooking chamber at the first chamber side. The second false wall may be slidably positioned within the cooking chamber at the second chamber side. The spit rod may define a rotation axis from a first rod end to a second rod. The first rod end may be attached to the first false wall to slide therewith. The second rod end may be attached to the second false wall to slide therewith. |
| US11540664B2 |
Apparatus for making a beverage, capsule for making a beverage and combination of an apparatus and at least two different capsules for making beverages
An apparatus for making a beverage using a capsule (3), (4), wherein, respectively for a first and a second type of beverage selectable, first data and second data are saved which comprise a first and a second supplying start temperature value, a first and a second steady-state supplying temperature value, a first and a second total supplying time and a first and a second activation mode for the pump (16), and wherein an electronic control unit (19) is programmed to cause the supplying respectively of the first and second type of beverage using the first data and the second data for controlling a pump (16) and a boiler (17); wherein the first total supplying time comprises a pre-infusion time, a wait time and an infusion time; and wherein the first activation mode comprises an electricity supply to the pump (16) with an average power that is greater than that in the second activation mode. A capsule is also claimed, which is usable with the apparatus and the system which comprises the apparatus and two different capsules for making two different beverages. |
| US11540663B2 |
Differential pressure flow meter for beverage maker
A beverage maker device is disclosed. In embodiments, the device includes an external housing and a water tank coupled to a water supply via an inlet. The beverage maker includes a manifold within the housing, the manifold controlling the dispensing of the water into a server or through a faucet via solenoid valves. Within the inlet body connecting the tank to the water supply are plumbed two pressure transducers on either side (e.g., tank-side and coupling-side) of a restriction orifice. The tank-side and coupling-side pressure transducers sense flow pressure on their respective sides of the restriction orifice and generate tank-side and coupling-side flow pressure signals. Within the housing a process control board (PCB) includes control processors and control circuitry in communication with the solenoid valves. The PCB control processors determine a differential pressure associated with the water flow based on the received tank-side and coupling-side pressure signals. |
| US11540661B2 |
Water preparation system
A system, apparatus and method are provided for preparing water for human consumption. Water from a public or other source is input to the system or apparatus and is filtered internal or external to the system/apparatus. A temperature adjustment may be applied, such as cooling or heating the water to a specific or approximate temperature. One or more water enhancements may be added to the water, in specified amounts or proportions. Enhancements potentially include flavoring agents, sweeteners, vitamins, nutrients, minerals, carbonation, and so on. A given combination of enhancements and corresponding amounts, and possibly other characteristics (e.g., the temperature, a quantity of water to prepare), may be saved as a recipe. The system, apparatus and method operate in association with an application or online service for creating, sharing, and preparing recipes. |
| US11540652B1 |
Erectable shelf display
A method and apparatus for an erectable shelf display can transition between a collapsed flattened configuration and a deployed standing display configuration simply and quickly without the need for tools, fasteners, adhesives, or complicated instruction. The erectable shelf display makes use of a foldable frame and folding shelves that work in conjunction to allow the erectable shelf to have a collapsed flattened configuration for storage and transportation and a deployed standing display configuration wherein the foldable frame maintains and locks the deployed configuration of the shelves into place, while the deployed configuration of the shelves maintains and locks the foldable frame in the deployed standing display configuration. This allows the erectable shelf display to be formed of lighter, less durable, and/or disposable materials typically used for temporary displays but still support weight comparative to a permanent display and have durability more comparable to a permanent display. |
| US11540649B2 |
Carry handle anchor system
A carry handle includes a shoulder strap and strap anchors at opposite ends of the shoulder strap. Each strap anchor can be mated to one end of an object to be carried to allow a user to wear the carry handle in an over-the-shoulder manner. The carry handle can be coupled to an infant carrier for use by a caregiver during transport of the infant carrier. |
| US11540648B2 |
Infant, toddler and child sensory enhancing bed
A bed shaped device or structure provides sensory enhancement for the comfort of the infant, baby, toddler, or child. The invention replicates the physical, physiology, and sensation of the mother to the child during the pregnancy period. The structure of the present invention facilitates transfer of the nurturing, characteristics of the mother through dynamics, temperature, graphical imagery, sound, scent, and nourishment to the infant, baby, toddler, or child whereby each senses the replicated comfort, attachment, and/or bonding the mother, as in the womb. |
| US11540647B2 |
Portable baby diaper changing platform for use in a motor vehicle
A portable diaper changing pad for use in a motor vehicle includes a flexible elongated diaper changing pad with one or more fold lines, a flap member having multiple vertically and horizontally laid semi-rigid sections separated by horizontal and vertical fold lines. The horizontally laid segments of the flap member fold with the pad to transform into a handheld bag for storage and portability, and the vertically laid segments are selectively transformed into a required configuration for facilitating efficient and effective use of the diaper changing pad. The diaper changing pad further includes another flap member having one or more pockets suitably sized for accommodating one or more baby care products. |
| US11540642B2 |
Adjustable bed system
Sleep systems include multiple foundation sections. For example, one sleep system includes a foundation with modular first, second, and third foundation sections. The modular first foundation section extends laterally along a first portion of a width of the foundation and extends longitudinally along a first portion of a length of the foundation. The modular second foundation section extends laterally along a second portion of the width of the foundation and extends longitudinally along the first portion of the length of the foundation. The modular third foundation section extends laterally across substantially the entire width of the foundation and extends longitudinally along a second portion of the length of the foundation. |
| US11540636B1 |
Foldable hanging basket
A foldable hanging basket includes a hanger and a hanging basket body. The hanging basket body is suspended on the hanger by a sling chain. The hanging basket body comprises a hanging basket chair and a lifting frame assembly. The lifting frame assembly comprises a main frame and several auxiliary frames. The main frame and the several auxiliary frames are arranged in intervals, a lower border of the main frame is hinged and matched with a front border of the hanging basket chair, and two ends of each of the several auxiliary frames are successively hinged and matched with borders on both sides of the hanging basket chair. The main frame and the auxiliary frames may be rotated and folded in a plane of the hanging basket chair. |
| US11540633B2 |
Chair frame mechanism and chair having the same
A chair frame mechanism and a chair having the same are provided. The chair frame mechanism includes a movable component, a chair bracket, a leg component, a back component and a sequence component. The movable component is connected with the chair bracket. The leg component and the back component are pivotally connected with the chair bracket, respectively, and the back component is connected with the movable component. The sequence component is connected with the movable component and the chair bracket, respectively, and connected with the leg component and the back component by transmission, respectively. The sequence component is capable of controlling the chair bracket to move relative to the movable component along a preset trajectory, and orderly controlling the leg component and the back component to extend or fold relative to the chair bracket. |
| US11540629B2 |
Undermount drawer slide position adjustment apparatus and method of use
An undermount drawer slide mounting clip releasably attaches a drawer to a drawer rail assembly mounted in a cabinet carcass. The apparatus is capable of effecting positional adjustments of the drawer in three directions without removing the drawer from the cabinet carcass. The apparatus is comprised of a body slidingly engaged with a bonnet. A trigger pivotally connected between the body and the bonnet. A spring loaded catch slidable within the bonnet and acted on by the trigger to releasably attach the apparatus to a drawer rail assembly. A threaded spindle rotates within the base and adjusts the horizontal position of the drawer. A ramp adjustably connected to the base adjusts the vertical position of the drawer by rotation of a threaded barrel. A plunger extends from a housing connected to the body to adjacent the drawer rail assembly and adjusts the depth of the drawer. |
| US11540628B2 |
Merchandise display
A merchandise display device includes a plurality of merchandise compartments, separated from one another by means of a merchandise divider, and displaceable slats delimiting these merchandise compartments in a common dispensing area. The merchandise display device has a base plate and two side walls connected to it. In addition, a slat rail carrying the slats is attached to both side walls. The merchandise display device that can be easily assembled and adapted. |
| US11540623B2 |
Side table
A side table includes a base unit, a top board, and a telescopic tube unit that is mounted to the base unit, and that includes an outer tube subunit, an inner tube subunit and a roller subunit. The outer tube subunit extends in an up-down direction. The inner tube subunit is coupled telescopically to the outer tube subunit. The roller subunit is mounted to the inner tube subunit, and includes a plurality of rollers that are in slidable contact with the outer tube subunit. The top board corresponds in position to the base unit in the up-down direction, and is mounted co-movably to the outer tube subunit such that a distance between the base unit and the top board in the up-down direction changes during telescopic operation of the telescopic tube unit. |
| US11540615B2 |
Flexible fluid reservoirs with closures and structural members
Disclosed fluid reservoirs include closure mechanisms for sealing an upper opening of the reservoir. The reservoir can have plates adjacent the upper opening. When the upper end of the reservoir is folded, the plates can be positioned on opposite sides, and a closure frame can be slid over the plates to pressure them together. The plates can have pins that engage with slots in the closure frame, and a separate closure lock can be slid over the end of the closure frame to prevent the pins from exiting the slots. The plates can also bias the opening open when the closure is not engaged. Also disclosed are flexible fluid reservoirs that include structural elements, such as baffles, that help retain a desired shape of the reservoir when filled or empty. Some baffles can be elastically deformable to allow flattening and expansion of the bladder while biasing toward a neutral position. |
| US11540609B2 |
Concentrator and hair dryer including concentrator
A concentrator and hair dryer including a concentrator are provided. The concentrator may include a head having at least one flow path provided therein to enable gas discharged from a gas discharge of the hair dryer to flow therethrough, and a body that extends backward from the head and coupled to a main body of the hair dryer. Accordingly, the concentrator may be securely coupled to the hair dryer to prevent separation and shaking upon use. |
| US11540606B2 |
Luggage cover and wheel well assembly for transporting luggage
A luggage cover and wheel well assembly for transporting luggage. The luggage cover includes a generally rigid base and wheel well assembly positioned within the protective base. The wheel well assembly includes a base support and a pair of expandable members. The expandable members cooperate with the base support to move between a retracted position to an expanded position to secure luggage of various sizes within the luggage cover. |
| US11540599B1 |
Watch band with adjustable fit
Watch bands can be provided with an ability to dynamically adjust the fit of a watch against a wrist of a user. One or more of a variety of tensioning elements can be provided with a shape memory polymer that responds to a stimulus to adjust a fit of the band. Such stimulus can be from user or actively applied by the watch. The shape memory polymer can be a composite material that provides high durability under cyclic stretching and high speed response of shape recovering while avoiding a drastic moduli drop by shape recovering. |
| US11540598B2 |
Heat-fusible textile hook-and-loop fastener
The present invention relates to a heat-fusible woven fabric hook-and-loop fastener including a woven fabric hook-and-loop fastener obtained by using a weft yarn in which a sheath component is a polyester-based hot melt resin (B) and a heat-fusible resin layer formed of a polyester-based hot melt resin (A) formed on the back surface of the woven fabric hook-and-loop fastener, wherein the heat-fusible resin layer is fused to a warp yarn only, and the melting point of the polyester-based hot melt resin (B) is higher than the melting point of the polyester-based hot melt resin (A) by 50 to 110° C. The heat-fusible woven fabric hook-and-loop fastener has excellent flexibility before being fused to an adherend, can be firmly fused and fixed to an adherend such as a fabric or a soft vinyl chloride sheet, and has excellent flexibility and high engagement force even after being fused and fixed. |
| US11540596B2 |
Last system for articles with braided components
A last system and a method of making the last system are disclosed. The last system includes a last member and an exterior layer. The exterior layer becomes deformable when heated above a characteristic temperature. The method can include forming a braided footwear component on the last system. The exterior layer may be joined with the braided footwear component by heating the last system above the characteristic temperature. |
| US11540594B2 |
Footwear bladder system
A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a bladder system with a first bladder enclosing a first sealed chamber retaining fluid, and a second bladder overlying and bonded to the first bladder and enclosing a second sealed chamber isolated from the first sealed chamber and retaining fluid. The first bladder establishes a ground-facing surface and the second bladder establishes a foot-facing surface of the bladder system. The first bladder includes first domed pods extending at the ground-facing surface and at an upper surface of the first bladder, the first sealed chamber filling the first domed pods. The second bladder includes second domed pods and annular ring pods, the second domed pods and the annular ring pods extending at the lower surface of the second bladder and at the foot-facing surface, the second sealed chamber filling the second domed pods and the annular ring pods. |
| US11540592B2 |
Dual-layered midsole
A dual-layered midsole for footwear includes an internal midsole layer and an external midsole layer, which are coupled to and separated by a Strobel board. The internal midsole layer may compress and expand with the movement of a wearer of an article of footwear including the dual-layered midsole, while the external midsole may provide stability and cushion for the wearer. Materials selected for the internal and external midsole layers may provide tuned viscoelastic properties to different areas of the midsole as a function of midsole layer thickness at each sole area. |
| US11540589B2 |
Shoes for ball sports
Described are shoes for ball sports including an upper having an outer surface. An actuator is configured to change at least one surface property of a portion of the outer surface of the upper, and a sensor is configured to be sensitive to movements of the shoe. A processing unit is connected to the actuator and the sensor and configured to process sensor data retrieved from the sensor and to cause the actuator to change the at least one surface property of the portion of the outer surface of the upper if a predetermined event is detected in the sensor data. |
| US11540588B1 |
Footwear insole
A trim to fit insole for insertion into a shoe has a raised metatarsal pad on the insole upper surface, wherein the raised metatarsal pad has a first region rising at a slope inboard from a medial edge of the insole board, and configured to underlie the first metatarsal head of the wearer, a second, raised top surface region configured to underlie the second to fourth metatarsal shafts of the wearer, and a third region sloping downward towards the lateral edge of the insole configured to underlie the fifth metatarsal shaft of the wearer, wherein all three regions cooperate to evert the first metatarsal and to invert the fifth metatarsal of the wearer. |
| US11540587B2 |
Visor with multi-position locking system
A multi-positional helmet visor system in which the visor can be repositioned to a plurality of positions. Cooperating structures in the visor and helmet inhibit the unwanted changes in visor position. The helmet uses a magnetic source disposed on a boss in a sliding element of the visor, which cooperates and mates with a series of ferromagnetic elements disposed in detents along the medial front to assist in holding the visor in place. The magnetic force and boss-detent structures inhibit unwanted movement the visor. The visor may be inhibited from being lowered into the cyclist's field of view by sets of cooperating stops on the visor and helmet. |
| US11540580B2 |
Helmet comprising surface reinforcing component with embedded anchors
Described herein are helmets comprising at least one surface reinforcing component. In some embodiments the surface reinforcing component comprises at least one anchoring feature embedded in a structural feature of the helmet, such as a force absorbing element. In other embodiments, the surface reinforcing component comprises fasteners configured to mate with a respective fastener on a shell of the helmet. |
| US11540578B2 |
Helmet system
A helmet system having: an outer helmet, an inner helmet, at least one connector resiliently joining the outer helmet to the inner helmet, the resilient connector being configured to allow the outer helmet to rotate about the inner helmet, and one or more straps configured to be connected to the inner helmet to secure the inner helmet to a wearer's head. The helmet system does not have any straps configured to secure the outer helmet directly to the wearer's head. A helmet visor and other helmet configurations are also provided. |
| US11540577B2 |
Helmet system
A helmet system having an outer helmet, an inner helmet, and one or more orbital connectors joining the outer helmet to the inner helmet. Each orbital connector may include: a slip disc housing, a slip disc, and a post. The slip disc housing is mounted on one of the outer helmet and the inner helmet and has a first face and an opening through the first face. The slip disc has a second face abutting the first face, and the second face is movable in sliding contact with the first face relative to a spherical center. The post extends through the opening and mounts the slip disc to the other of the outer helmet and the inner helmet. The post is dimensioned to move within the opening to allow the second face to move tangentially to the spherical center in sliding contact with the first face. |
| US11540576B1 |
Head and neck restraining system
A head and neck restraining system includes a helmet, a neck brace structure, and a tether system. The neck brace structure includes a neck extension that is attached to shoulder extensions. The tether system includes at least one ring structure that is configured to attach to the helmet and a single tether material that slides through the at least one ring. The single tether material is guided along the neck extension and attached to the shoulder extensions. The at least one ring structure is positioned between the neck and shoulder extensions along the single tether material and splits the load on the helmet to the neck extension and the shoulder extension along to the single tether material created by exerted forces. |
| US11540571B2 |
Layered thumbhole structure
A sleeve cuff is provided for a sleeve having an anterior patch affixed to the sleeve and covering at least a portion of a cutout in the sleeve, a distal strap affixed to the sleeve and spanning over at least a portion of a cutout in the sleeve, and the distal strap overlapping at least a portion of the anterior patch to form an aperture for receiving a thumb therethrough. The sleeve cuff has a plurality of configurations, including at least a closed configuration where the aperture is closed and minimizes the wearer's exposure to wind and air elements therethrough, and an opened configuration where the aperture is opened and minimizes the air penetration around the received thumb. |
| US11540570B1 |
Multi-layered moisture wicking sweat absorbing wristband
A multi-layered moisture-wicking sweat-absorbing wristband that is used in conjunction with a gymnastic grip. The multi-layered wristband generally comprises a garment forming a tubular body having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the tubular body includes a first opening and the second portion includes a second opening. The first portion of the garment may include a first layer, a second layer, and at least one inner layer between the first and second layer. The second portion of the garment may include a third layer and a fourth layer. The garment is configured to be disposed over the wrist of a user with the second portion of the tubular body folded over a grip that is attached to the user and the first portion of the tubular body. |
| US11540568B2 |
Apparatuses, and systems for triggering a mobile scanning device
Various embodiments described herein illustrate a glove that includes an anterior portion and a posterior portion. The anterior portion is knitted seamlessly with the posterior portion to define a metacarpal region and a plurality of finger regions extending out from the metacarpal region. A first conductive pad is knitted on the anterior portion of the glove. The first conductive pad is knitted on a distal end portion of a first finger region. A second conductive pad knitted on the posterior portion of the glove. Further, the second conductive pad is knitted on a second finger region. An electronic device is removably attached to the posterior portion and is in electrical communication with the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad. The electronic device is triggered in an instance in which the first conductive pad contacts the second conductive pad. |
| US11540562B2 |
Inhaler device, and method and program for operating the same
An inhaler device including an atomizer configured to consume a first accumulated capacity and a second accumulated capacity to generate aerosol, and a light emitting diode (LED) configured to output a notification to an inhaler of the aerosol. The inhaler device further including circuitry configured to cause the LED to function in a first mode when the first accumulated capacity, detected or estimated, is smaller than a first threshold and the second accumulated capacity, detected or estimated, is equal to or larger than a second threshold, and cause the LED to function in a second mode different from the first mode when the first accumulated capacity is smaller than the first threshold and the second accumulated capacity is smaller than the second threshold. |
| US11540561B2 |
Electronic smoking device employing multiple cartridges
An electronic smoking device cartridge arrangement is provided. The device includes an upper joint joinable to an upper cartridge, a central passageway configured to fit with and provide gasses to the upper cartridge, a reservoir comprising a product, and a heating element, wherein heating the product forms a quantity of smoke that passes to and through the central passageway toward the upper cartridge. In one embodiment, product is also heated in the upper cartridge and the combined smoke or gas is provided to a mouthpiece to a user. |
| US11540560B2 |
Fabric having tobacco entangled with structural fibers
A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers. |
| US11540559B2 |
Method for drying filter rods
The method for drying filter rods comprises the steps of providing a filter rod, providing a support surface for receiving the filter rod and guiding the filter rod on the support surface by a guide element arranged above the support surface. The method further comprises the step of supplying a gas stream of compressed gas having a pressure between 0 and 6 bar to the filter rod through the guide element when the filter rod is transported along the support surface, before wrapping the filter rod with a wrapping material. |
| US11540557B2 |
Nicotine pouch product
A nicotine pouched product is disclosed, the nicotine pouched product having a pouch composition and a pouch membrane enclosing the pouch composition, the pouch composition including at least one water-insoluble fiber, water in an amount of at least 15% by weight of the composition, and nicotine, wherein the pouch membrane comprises further nicotine in an amount of at least 15% by weight of a total content of nicotine in the pouched product. |
| US11540556B2 |
Homogenized tobacco material with improved volatile transfer
There is provided a heated aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol, the heated aerosol-generating article including: an aerosol-forming substrate that is a homogenized tobacco material including tobacco, a fat having a melting point between 20° C. and 50° C., and one or more aerosol-formers, the homogenized tobacco material containing at least 60% tobacco on a dry weight basis. A homogenized tobacco material is also provided. |
| US11540554B2 |
Oral tobacco product
An oral tobacco product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix and tobacco fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral tobacco product can be formed by extruding a mixture of mouth-stable polymer and tobacco fibers. |
| US11540553B2 |
Legume-based food products
The present invention, in an embodiment, is a product having an outer shell and an inner filling. In the embodiment, each of the outer shell and inner filling include a legume and an additive such as vitamins and minerals. In the embodiment, the outer shell and the inner filling are substantially free of grain-based flour, the product is a ready-to-eat food, the outer shell is crispy, and the inner filling is creamy. |
| US11540551B2 |
Edible edible composition with low caffeine
An energy composition includes a methylated xanthine, a choline derivative, and at least one flavorant in a sufficient amount to render the energy composition palatable. The energy composition may also include vitamins, amino acids, enzymes, preservatives, and the like. |
| US11540546B2 |
Nutraceuticals for the management of conditions related to type 2 diabetes
Disclosed are nutraceutical formulations, including extracts comprising the hydrophilic and lipophilic fractions of stabilized rice bran. Also disclosed are methods for using said nutraceutical formulations for the management or remediation of conditions related to type II diabetes in humans, including methods for decreasing HbA1c and fasting glucose blood concentrations, and for increasing serum fasting insulin levels. |
| US11540543B2 |
Sweetened consumables comprising mogroside IV as sweetness enhancer and method of enhancing sweetness of consumables
Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside. |
| US11540540B2 |
Cold smoked meat product and method of making same
The present disclosure relates to a flavored jerky product and a method of preparing a flavored jerky product. The method comprises applying a curing agent to an external skin surface and/or an exposed muscle surface of a meat source, curing the meat source with the curing agent, and drying, cold smoking, and drying both the external skin surface and the meat source. The meat source is then chilled, the external skin surface is removed, and the meat source is sliced and/or segmented into a meat portion. The meat portion is marinated in a marinade solution, and then dried, cold smoked and dried to attain a water activity between about 0.7 and about 0.9 to produce the flavored jerky product. |
| US11540539B2 |
Reduced sodium food products
Naturally-derived compounds having various structures elicit the perception of salty taste or enhance the perception of salty taste of a salt. Food products may include such salty compounds, which may be used to reduce the sodium content, while parting a similar level of saltiness. |
| US11540537B2 |
Lycopene colorant having fresh-keeping function, preparation method therefor and application thereof
Disclosed is a lycopene food colorant having a fresh-keeping function. The food colorant is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 1-3 parts of a lycopene crystal, 5-20 parts of an emulsifier, 0.5-5 parts of an antioxidant, 60-70 parts of glycerol, and 10-20 parts of water. The food colorant is prepared by mixing the raw materials and then emulsifying and grinding same. The granularity of the obtained lycopene colorant is moderate; the tone is suitable for coloring a minced fillet product; the lycopene colorant has high tinting strength, achieves a bright color, and has the effect of triggering myoglobin, so that the minced fillet product has a bright color and appears fresher; the lycopene colorant further has a fresh-keeping function and can kill some food microorganisms, so as to keep food fresh and prolong the shelf life. |
| US11540536B2 |
Method for preserving plant material
Disclosed herein is a method for preserving a plant material. The method comprises applying a composition comprising a microwave attractant to the plant material; and then drying the plant material while exposing the plant material to microwave energy, wherein the microwave energy heats the plant material to a temperature effective to inactivate the majority of any browning enzymes in the plant material, and wherein the microwave attractant results in the heating of the plant material occurring at a rate whereby browning of the plant material by the browning enzymes during heating is substantially prevented. Also disclosed are uses of the preserved plant material. |
| US11540533B2 |
Method and apparatus for making and dispensing liquid or semi-liquid food products
A method for making and dispensing liquid or semi-liquid food products is implemented in a machine including a one containment tank for containing a liquid basic product, a processing circuit for that product, to obtain a liquid or semi-liquid food product, a dispenser for dispensing the food product, an actuator acting on the basic product and/or on the food product and/or on parts of the machine, and a user interface for controlling the making and dispensing. The method, implemented by a control and processing unit connected with the user interface, includes: measuring one or more operating parameters, activating a first data communication for obtaining the operating parameters, receiving the operating parameters, activating a second data communication with the user interface for receiving commands representing selectable settings of preparations, and controlling the actuator as a function of the operating parameters and commands received. |
| US11540532B2 |
Confectionery product
A shelf-stable mousse comprising (i) an aerated fat-free composition of a protein whipping agent, water and a sugar syrup, which composition is in admixture with (ii) at least one of a fat-containing substance; wherein the mousse has a water activity of less than 0.75, a hardness of less than 0.8N (measured as the force required to insert a probe to a depth of 7 mm into the mousse), and a loss factor tan δ value of greater than 0.95. |
| US11540531B2 |
Device and method for degassing granular or powder material and the use of a blower element for degassing said material
A device and related degassing method for granular or powder material and the use of a blower element, wherein a containment chamber of the granular or powder material and of a gas produced by said material is provided, means for supplying an injection gas with the gas produced by the material having the blower element for feeding the injection gas into said chamber for mixing and/or homogenizing the material and the relative gas produced by the material itself with the injection gas. |
| US11540530B2 |
Oil-and-fat composition and manufacturing method thereof
The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a novel oil-and-fat composition usable as an oil-and-fat sensation imparting material that can impart an oil-and-fat sensation to food and drink at a more natural and moderate intensity or can enhance or improve the oil-and-fat feeling in food and drink, and that can further enhance the flavor or texture that can be sensed in the oral cavity, such as a richness of taste, depth of taste, voluminous feeling, and feeling on the tongue; and a novel manufacturing method therefor. The present invention pertains to an oil-and-fat composition that has a moisture content of less than 1.0 mass % and that includes: component A that is three types of free fatty acids comprising free palmitic acid, free oleic acid, and free stearic acid; and component B that is two types of unsaturated aldehydes comprising 2-decenal and 2-octenal, wherein 0.002-0.2 parts by mass of component B is contained with respect to 100 parts by mass of component A, and at least 8.5 mass % of component A is contained with respect to the total mass of the composition. |
| US11540528B2 |
Salt reduction in processed cheese compositions, processed cheese composition and use
The present invention concerns the field of processed cheese compositions, and, more particularly, relates to reduced salt processed cheese compositions. The present invention derives from the surprising finding that potassium lactate can be used in the manufacture of processed cheese compositions with reduced sodium content, without detrimental consequences on the taste of the final product. A processed cheese composition according to the invention imparts to the final product an improved flavour perception, as well as strengthening salty, savoury and cheesy taste. An additional surprising finding of the method of the invention is that the use of potassium lactate according to the invention has beneficial consequences on the safety and shelf life of the final product. The use of potassium lactate, in particular potassium lactate in the form of a fermentation product in accordance with the invention, also obviates the need to incorporate artificial flavorings and flavor enhancers, which results in a product with an improved label. |
| US11540521B2 |
Process for the production of a soft bakery product storable at room temperature
A process for the production of a soft bakery product with a moisture content of at least 11%, which can be stored at room temperature for at least two months, while keeping its softness characteristics substantially unchanged is disclosed. The process includes the steps of: a) providing a semi-finished product obtained from a flour-based leavened dough; b) baking the semi-finished product in an oven, obtaining a bakery product having a moisture content of between 10% and 35% by weight; and c) injecting water or a hydroalcoholic solution into the product, in an amount such as to bring about an increase of at least 10% of the moisture content of the bakery product. |
| US11540515B2 |
Use of dialkoxybenzenes for control of honey bee mite varroa destructor
The present disclosure provides acaricidal compounds, i.e. compounds 3c {3,6}, 3c {4,6}, 3c {3, 3}, 3c {4,3} and 3c {6,6}, that are effective in killing Varroa destructor mites while being harmless to honey bees. |
| US11540513B2 |
Stabilization of particles coated with non-amphoteric, quaternizable and water-soluble polymers using a dispersing component
Described herein is an aqueous composition including particles coated with at least one non-amphoteric, quaternizable polymer which is water soluble at 20° C., and at least one dispersing component, where the dispersing component includes a dispersing agent selected from an amphiphilic graft polymer based on water-soluble polyalkylene oxides (A) as a graft base and side chains formed by polymerization of a vinyl ester component (B), the polymer having an average of ≤1 graft site per 50 alkylene oxide units and a mean molar mass Mw of from 3000 to 100 000. |
| US11540510B2 |
Method of storing and retrieving products using cryogenic storage rack with rotatable shelves
A storage rack for storing and retrieving products to be maintained at a desired cryogenic temperature is provided. The storage rack includes an elongate mounting bar carrying a plurality of shelves, and an elongate stop bar that extends generally parallel to the mounting bar. The shelves are independently rotatable relative to the mounting bar towards and away from the stop bar, thereby enabling alignment of all of the shelves when the storage rack is to be stored, and also enabling easy access to each of the individual shelves. A handle projects upwardly and horizontally in a curved configuration from the stop bar and the mounting bar to provide a gripping surface for moving the storage rack. The shelves receive cylindrical vial containers with threadably removable lids to make retrieval and replacement of sample vials quick to perform, thereby avoiding temperature-induced damage to other samples in the storage rack. |
| US11540509B2 |
Apparatus and method for ex vivo lung ventilation with a varying exterior pressure
In a method of ventilating excised lungs, a ventilation gas is supplied to an airway of a lung and a vacuum is formed around the lung. A quality of the vacuum is varied between a lower level and a higher level to cause the lung to breathe, while the pressure of the ventilation gas supplied to the airway is regulated to maintain a positive airway pressure in the airway of the lung. The vacuum may be cyclically varied between the two vacuum levels. The levels may be maintained substantially constant over a period of time, or one or both of the lower and higher levels may be adjusted during ventilation. The lung may be placed in a sealed chamber, and a vacuum is formed in the chamber around the lung. |
| US11540508B2 |
Organ perfusion systems
An organ perfusion system comprises: a perfusion fluid circuit (16) arranged to circulate perfusion fluid through the organ; a surrogate organ (126) arranged to be connected into the circuit in place of the organ so that the circuit can circulate fluid through the surrogate organ; and organ sensing means arranged to distinguish between the presence of the organ in the circuit and the presence of the surrogate organ in the circuit. The sensing means may comprise one or more pressure sensors (136, 137, 138), or a flow meter (125). Further aspects relate to adjusting the content of at least one component, such as oxygen or a nutrient, in the perfusion fluid. Bubble detection means (113), and means (74) to measure the amount of fluid secreted by or leaked from the organ, may also be provided. |
| US11540504B2 |
Tree stand lift system
The present application is directed to a tree stand lift system for elevating a person into a tree or other structure. The tree stand lift system includes, in an embodiment, a hunting platform assembly for supporting a person; a hoist assembly positioned above the platform; a hoist cable secured to the hoist assembly and positioned to lift a person from the ground up to the platform. |
| US11540499B1 |
Lure with oscillating blade
A fishing lure is comprised of a blade member that is pivotably and slidably coupled to a two-leg wire form member. The first leg of the wire form member passes through a first aperture in the blade member, while the second leg of the wire form member passes through a second aperture in the blade member. The blade member is supported by the wire form member at solely the first and second aperture locations. If desired, the blade member can be removed and replaced without needing to bend the blade member. The lure remains in a generally upright position and the blade member exhibits a rapid oscillating movement as the lure is pulled forward in water. |
| US11540497B2 |
Foldable lobster net
A foldable handheld net having a handle portion defining a first end of the lobster net, a net frame assembly with a first and second frame members forming at least a portion of the handle portion and each having magnets or another fastener disposed thereon, wherein the first and second frame members have a meshed net attached thereto and are operably configured to selectively rotate and selective couple with respect to one another and be retained in a folded position along a frame translation path with the magnets or fasteners. Additionally, the handle portion may have tickling stick selectively removably coupled thereto for detachment and use by the user. |
| US11540493B1 |
Method and apparatus for poultry colony storage and conveyance
An apparatus and method for a colony system for growing poultry includes a rack system including vertically and horizontally oriented support members, where the support members can be beams that are structurally interconnected forming multiple vertically tiered channels through which a poultry basket can be conveyed, and where each channel formed by the support members has an entry end and an exit end. The system further includes an entry end pulley having multiple side-by-side entry end pulley grooves around an entry end circumference of the pulley. The system further includes an exit end pulley, and the exit end pulley has multiple side-by-side exit end pulley grooves around an exit end circumference of the exit end pulley, where the exit end pulley is rotatably mounted on an exit end bearing axle where the exit end bearing axle has opposing ends fixedly positioned. |
| US11540488B2 |
Travel pet bed
A bed assembly for pets includes a case and a fluid-filled bladder. The case defines an interior volume and has a top portion and a bottom portion opposite the top portion. The top portion includes a bed and a bolster extending from the bed around an outer periphery of the bed, and the bottom portion includes a shoulder strap and a securing mechanism configured to secure the bed in a stowed position. The fluid-filled bladder is disposed in the interior volume and is configured to be inflatable between an uninflated position and an inflated position. The fluid-filled bladder includes a bed bladder adjacent the bed of the case and a bolster bladder adjacent the bolster of the case. |
| US11540484B2 |
Safety valve for a dairy system component
A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit. |
| US11540481B2 |
Soybean cultivar 97282440
A soybean cultivar designated 97282440 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 97282440, to the plants of soybean cultivar 97282440, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 97282440, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 97282440. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 97282440. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 97282440, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 97282440 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11540474B1 |
Maize hybrid X05P311
A novel maize variety designated X05P311 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X05P311 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05P311 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X05P311, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05P311 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05P311 and methods of using maize variety X05P311 are disclosed. |
| US11540473B1 |
Maize hybrid X05P327
A novel maize variety designated X05P327 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X05P327 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05P327 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X05P327, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05P327 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05P327 and methods of using maize variety X05P327 are disclosed. |
| US11540472B1 |
Maize hybrid X03P566
A novel maize variety designated X03P566 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X03P566 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03P566 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X03P566, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03P566 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03P566 and methods of using maize variety X03P566 are disclosed. |
| US11540471B1 |
Maize hybrid X85P997
A novel maize variety designated X85P997 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X85P997 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X85P997 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X85P997, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X85P997 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X85P997 and methods of using maize variety X85P997 are disclosed. |
| US11540469B1 |
Maize hybrid X13P478
A novel maize variety designated X13P478 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13P478 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13P478 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13P478, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13P478 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13P478 and methods of using maize variety X13P478 are disclosed. |
| US11540467B1 |
Maize hybrid X18P235
A novel maize variety designated X18P235 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X18P235 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18P235 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X18P235, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18P235 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18P235 and methods of using maize variety X18P235 are disclosed. |
| US11540463B1 |
Wheat cultivar 01083051
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01083051. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01083051. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01083051 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01083051 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods. |
| US11540460B2 |
Apparatus for applying a liquid and method of use
An apparatus for applying a liquid to a plant growing in soil includes a handheld assembly having a spray configuration for applying a liquid to a plant as a spray at a location above the surface of the soil in which the plant is growing, and a probe configuration for applying a liquid below the surface of the soil proximate to the roots of the plant. The assembly is selectively reconfigurable by a user between the first spray configuration and the second probe configuration. |
| US11540459B2 |
Plant holder and method
This disclosure relates to a planter device, and in some implementations, a planter for providing water to a plant and its method of use. The planter device may optionally include a double-walled vessel comprising a plurality of supporting sidewalls. In some embodiments, the inner and outer supporting sidewalls may be connected to one another by a supporting bridge. |
| US11540454B1 |
Flower protector
A flower protector includes a tubular translucent shield having a ventilated topside face and a plurality of supporting base arms. A locking mechanism secures the shield in place. The shield is capable of being manipulated between a fully extended state and a fully collapsed state to effectively cover the foliage. |
| US11540446B2 |
Method for operating a round baler and a round baler
The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a round baler. The method comprises providing a nonstop baler type machine; feeding of crop into a prechamber and a main bale forming chamber; and providing, by a binding unit, a binding material to the main bale forming chamber for wrapping a bale formed in the main bale forming chamber, comprising, in a first mode of operation, providing a stretching apparatus in contact with the binding material, thereby, applying a compressive force to the binding material for stretching the binding material; and in a second mode of operation, providing the stretching apparatus free of contact with the binding material. Furthermore, a round baler is disclosed. |
| US11540442B2 |
Working machine
A working machine may include an operation rod; a tool disposed on a front portion of the operation rod; a prime mover configured to drive the tool; a first harness connector disposed frontward of a center of gravity of the working machine and configured to be connected to a first end of the harness; and a second harness connector disposed rearward of the center of gravity of the working machine and configured to be connected to a second end of the harness opposite to the first end. In a side view of the working machine, the center of gravity of the working machine may be positioned on a first harness connector side with respect to a plane that passes through a midpoint of a line connecting the first harness connector with the second harness connector and is perpendicular to the line. |
| US11540438B2 |
Mulching insert and system for mounting a mulching insert to a lawn mower
A mulching insert for use with a lawn mower having a frame and a cutting deck supported by the frame, includes a molded, single-piece body configured to be received in the cutting deck. The body includes an attachment portion that is configured to be engaged by a portion of the lawn mower to removably mount the body to the cutting deck. The body defines a mulching chamber within the cutting deck that provides clearance for a cutting blade of the lawn mower. |
| US11540436B2 |
Apparatus for dressing surface of grained material or granules
In an apparatus below an uppermost module 7 having a centrifugal flow guide there is an axially positioned nozzle 17 supplying a dressing agent, directed onto a dispersing screen 20 which constitutes a cover of a chamber 19 arranged axially below the nozzle 17 and connected with an external blower 21, whereas above the nozzle 17 on the vertical axis of the body 1 there is positioned a shield 16, whereas below the chamber 19 there is arranged a module 10 having a centripetal flow guide, below which there is positioned another module 7 having a centrifugal flow guide, and the lower end of the body 1 is constituted by a module 10 having a centripetal flow guide. |
| US11540434B2 |
Curved cultivating disc with a straight cutting edge portion
A cultivating disc for a tillage implement includes an attachment portion positioned at a radial center of the cultivating disc. The attachment portion includes one or more attachment features configured to couple the cultivating disc to the tillage implement about an axis of rotation of the cultivating disc. The attachment portion extends along a first plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cultivating disc. The cultivating disc also includes a cutting edge portion positioned at a distal end of the cultivating disc relative to the axis of rotation. The cutting edge portion extends along a second plane parallel to the first plane. The cultivating disc further includes a curved connecting portion positioned between and connecting the attachment portion to the cutting edge portion. The curved connecting portion further defines one or more radii of curvature. |
| US11547032B2 |
Tray-type component supply device
A tray-type component supply device includes an exchanging table configured to lift and lowered between an upper position and a lower position, a conveyance section configured to receive a tray from the exchanging table and convey the tray, and a control section configured to receive a detection signal from the detection sensor and cause the driving section to operate the exchanging table, the control section including an abnormality detecting section configured to detect an abnormal state in which a height position of the exchanging table becomes unidentified, a retraction operating section configured to cause the exchanging table to move to the retraction position at a low speed when the abnormal state is detected, and a calibration and restoration section configured to calibrate the height position of the exchanging table to restore a normal state. |
| US11547024B2 |
Electrical assembly
An electrical assembly may include a first contactor, a second contactor, a bus bar assembly electrically connected to the first contactor and the second contactor, a cooling member, a bracket configured to connect the cooling member to the first contactor and the second contactor, and/or potting material that may be disposed at least partially between the bus bar assembly and the cooling member. A method of assembling an electrical assembly may include disposing the first contactor and the second contactor on a fixture, connecting the bus bar assembly to the first contactor and the second contactor, connecting the bracket to the bus bar assembly, the first contactor, and/or the second contactor, connecting the cooling member to the bracket, and/or providing the potting material between the bus bar assembly and the cooling member. |
| US11547020B2 |
Vertical exhaust duct for electronic equipment enclosure
An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion. |
| US11547016B2 |
Control panel unit for machine tool
A technology downsizing a control panel unit is provided. The control panel unit for a machine tool comprises a casing, a duct, and a fan. The casing has an openable door. A control device is arranged in an internal space, which is closed when the door is closed. The duct has a groove and a ventilation opening. The groove is closed at a closed end and open to the internal space at an open end. The ventilation opening connects the groove with the internal space in a position nearer the closed end than the open end. The duct is fixed to an inner wall of the casing in such manner as the groove faces the inner wall. The fan is mounted on the ventilation opening. The air in the internal space is taken into the groove enclosed by the inner wall and the duct by the operation of the fan. |
| US11547012B2 |
Rail kit strengthening bracket
A rail kit, comprising: an outer slide; a first strengthening bracket attached to a back of the outer slide; a rear bracket to fit over the outer slide; and a second strengthening bracket attached to a back side of the rear bracket. |
| US11547009B2 |
Adaptive transceiver power supply
An improved power supply for the AN/PRC-117G military radio has been developed. The presently disclosed power supply includes an AC-DC power conversion module; a DC-DC power module and an onboard battery backup. The disclosed power supply is an adaptable power supply which configures to provide AC-DC power; DC only power and battery backup power. The AC and DC power modules are independent and separable, and may be configured by the radio user to remove the AC module and operate in a DC only mode. The adaptability of the power supply includes universal power supply for the Harris Corporation Falcon III series of radios which includes the AN/PRC-117G; RF-7800H-MP; RF-7800M-MP; RF-7800-RC; AN/PRC-160 and the RF-7800-RT intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance terminal. |
| US11547008B2 |
Electronic device including magnetic structure
An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a display; a rear plate disposed in a direction opposite to the display; a side member surrounding a space between the display and the rear plate and including a support member configured to support the display; and at least one magnetic structure included in at least a portion of the side member. Where the at least one magnetic structure includes a magnetic force generating source and a magnetic force output guide connected to the magnetic force generating source, and at least a portion of the magnetic force output guide extends in a direction of the display. Where at least a portion of the magnetic force output guide includes a structure formed in a direction of an upper surface of the side member. |
| US11547004B2 |
Bicycle component made of composite material and related manufacturing process
A process for manufacturing a bicycle component and a bicycle component manufactured by the process. The process includes protecting a printed circuit board, inserting the protected printed circuit board into the mold cavity, inserting a composite material into the mold cavity so it is around and in contact with the circuit board, and subjecting the mold cavity to a temperature and pressure profile until the composite material hardens. |
| US11547003B2 |
Electronic device and maintenance method for electronic device
An electronic device including a housing that accommodates a circuit board and a first electronic component connected to the circuit board, and that has an opening portion that opens upward; a cover that is provided on an upper portion of the housing, that at least partially covers the opening portion, and that has a second electronic component mounted thereon; a connecting wire that connects the second electronic component to the circuit board; and an opening/closing mechanism that can open and close the cover in a state in which the second electronic component and the circuit board are connected by the connecting wire. |
| US11547001B2 |
Consumer appliance and touch panel interface
A consumer appliance or touch panel interface, as provided herein, may include a substrate panel, a flexible capacitance touch circuit, a deformable conductive joint, and a rigid circuit board. The flexible capacitance touch circuit may be joined to the substrate panel. The deformable conductive joint may extend from a first end to a second end. The first end may be bonded to the flexible capacitance touch circuit. The rigid circuit board may be bonded to the deformable conductive joint at the second end, the rigid circuit board being positioned behind the substrate panel along the axial direction. |
| US11546995B2 |
Method of forming a low loss electronics assembly
A method of forming an electronics assembly includes providing a substrate, attaching an electronics component to the substrate, disposing one or more dielectric ramps on the substrate along at least a portion of a perimeter of the electronics component, disposing a first ground plane over the substrate and the dielectric ramp(s), disposing a first dielectric over the first ground plane, disposing a stripline over the first dielectric, disposing a second dielectric over the stripline and the first dielectric, and disposing a second ground plane over the second dielectric. |
| US11546994B2 |
Voltage regulator module
A voltage regulator module with a vertical layout structure includes a circuit board assembly, an electroplated region and a magnetic core assembly. The circuit board assembly includes a printed circuit board and at least one switch element. The printed circuit board includes a first surface, a second surface, a plurality of lateral surfaces, an accommodation space and a conductive structure. The switch element is disposed on the first surface. A conduction part is formed on the second surface. The conductive structure is perpendicular to the printed circuit board and disposed within the accommodation space. The electroplated region is formed on the corresponding lateral surface, arranged between the conduction part and the first surface, and electrically connected with the conduction part and the switch element. The magnetic core assembly is accommodated within the accommodation space. Consequently, an inductor is defined by the conductive structure and the magnetic core assembly collaboratively. |
| US11546993B2 |
Wireless communication device and method of manufacturing same
A wireless communication device includes a base sheet in a folded state, a first conductor pattern disposed on a first principal surface of the base sheet, a second conductor pattern disposed on a second principal surface of the base sheet opposite to the first principal surface, an RFIC chip disposed on the base sheet so as to electrically connect to the first conductor pattern, and a sheet-shaped connection conductor coupled to a turning part of the base sheet so as to partially overlap with an end portion of the first conductor pattern near the turning part and an end portion of the second conductor pattern near the turning part. |
| US11546992B2 |
Modular motherboard for a computer system and method thereof
One feature pertains to a modular design of a motherboard for a computer system. The mother board is disaggregated into a CPU board and an IO board. The CPU board contains at least one CPU, the associated memory subsystem and the voltage regulator module. The integrated IO ports escape to a high speed connector mating with its counterpart on an IO board which contains all peripheral devices including system logic not part of the CPU. In a multi-socket configuration the CPUs are on the CPU board and the processor interconnects are routed directly in a point to point manner. |
| US11546985B2 |
Differential signal routing line of circuit board and circuit board
The present application discloses a differential signal routing line of a circuit board and a circuit board, which comprises a circuit board, and the circuit board is provided with differential signal routing lines including a first differential signal routing line and a second differential signal routing line that are disposed at different layers of the circuit board. |
| US11546984B1 |
Architecture for chip-to-chip interconnection in semiconductors
A PCB bridge for interconnection of two or more semiconductor chips for data communication between the semiconductor chips includes a plurality of metal strips; and a dielectric material disposed in between the plurality of metal strips. The PCB bridge is employed in a vertical direction in a semiconductor module for interconnection of two or more semiconductor chips, the vertical direction of the PCB bridge provides a flexible impedance matching by adjusting the dielectric material and a trace width of the PCB bridge, and the vertical direction of the PCB bridge avoids signal reflections by matching the impedance to a source, and a trace length of the PCB bridge is limited by spacing in between two semiconductor chips which further limited inductance of the trace of the PCB bridge. |
| US11546981B1 |
LED light string with automatic sequencing function and method of automatically sequencing the same
A method of automatically sequencing an LED light string. The LED light string includes a plurality of LED modules. The method includes steps of: (a) building a start reference time before the LED modules start to operate, (b) generating a plurality of time difference values from the start reference time when a working voltage of each of the LED modules rises to an identification voltage after the LED modules operate, (c) determining the sequence of the LED modules according to the time difference values to achieve an automatic sequencing function. |
| US11546978B2 |
Lighting apparatus and lighting system including the same
A lighting apparatus including a controller, an LED driver, and an LED luminaire, in which the LED luminaire implements a color temperature from a minimum color temperature of 3,000K or less to a maximum color temperature of 5,000K or more, and the controller controls the LED driver to change the color temperature of the LED luminaire corresponding to change in color temperature of sunlight. |
| US11546976B2 |
Cooking apparatus and control method thereof
A cooking apparatus has a cooking chamber, a microwave unit to radiate microwaves to the cooking chamber, a convection unit to supply hot air to the cooking chamber, a grill unit to supply radiant heat to the cooking chamber, an input unit to receive a cooking command and a control unit to perform a cooking corresponding to the received cooking command by performing one of a first heating stage and a second heating stage, and after performing the one of the first heating stage and the second heating stage, performing the other one of the first heating stage and the second heating stage. In the first heating stage, the control unit operates the microwave unit and at least one of the convection unit and the grill unit, and in the second heating stage, the control unit operates the grill unit and the convection unit while not operating the microwave unit. |
| US11546974B2 |
Conductive fabric and its preparation and applications
The present invention provides a conductive fabric comprising base cloth and a conductive metallic circuit structure formed on the surface of the base cloth. The conductive metallic circuit structure comprises at least one metallic seed layer and at least one chemical-plating layer. The metallic seed layer is an evaporation-deposition layer or a sputter-deposition layer and has a circuit pattern. The chemical-plating layer is applied over the surface of the metallic seed layer. The conductive fabric has improved conductivity and heat generation efficiency. |
| US11546970B2 |
Plasma processing apparatus and temperature control method
A plasma processing apparatus includes a stage having a placing surface on which a workpiece is accommodated; a heater provided in the stage and configured to adjust a temperature of the placing surface of the stage; and a controller. The controller is configured to control a supply power to the heater; measure the supply power in a transient state where the supply power to the heater increases and in a second steady state where the supply power to the heater is stable in an extinguished state of plasma; calculate a heat input amount and a heat resistance by performing a fitting on a calculation model that calculates the supply power in the transient state using the heat input amount from the plasma and the heat resistance between the workpiece and the heater as parameters; and calculate a temperature of the workpiece in the first steady state. |
| US11546969B2 |
Aerosol-generating system including solid and liquid aerosol-forming substrates
An aerosol-generating system may include a cartridge, a heater section, and an aerosol-generating device. The cartridge may include a cartridge housing, a solid aerosol-forming substrate positioned within the cartridge housing, and a liquid aerosol-forming substrate positioned within the cartridge housing. The heater section is separate from the cartridge and includes an electric heater. The aerosol-generating device may include a device housing configured to receive the cartridge and a power supply for supplying electrical power to the electric heater. The power supply may be positioned within the device housing. |
| US11546967B2 |
Determining a radio access technology availability indicator to present
This disclosure relates to techniques for a wireless device to determine a radio access technology availability indicator to present. A wireless device may establish a wireless link with a cellular network via a cell that operates according to a first radio access technology. The wireless device may determine if access to the cellular network is also available via a cell that operates according to a second radio access technology, by configuration by the serving cell or from another standalone cell. The wireless device may select a radio access technology availability indicator to present based at least in part on determining if access to the cellular network is also available via a cell that operates according to the second radio access technology. |
| US11546959B2 |
Link recovery method and apparatus
Example link recovery methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes determining a link failure of a first control resource set, where the first control resource set is a control resource set configured by a first master information block MIB. A link failure recovery request is sent, where the link failure recovery request is used to request to recover a communication link of the first control resource set. The first control resource set may be a control resource set (CORESET), a control region, or an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) set defined in a 5G mobile communications system. |
| US11546958B2 |
Beam failure recovery response
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for managing beam failure recovery operations. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) generally includes performing beam failure detection (BFD) of a beam pair link (BPL) associated with a secondary cell (Scell) of a base station (BS), sending a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) message in another cell of the BS, the BFRQ message including an indication of a candidate recovery beam for the Scell, and starting a timer based on sending the BFRQ. |
| US11546957B2 |
Interworking system and operation in V2X applications
A communication system and method for supporting a plurality of vehicle-to-everything radio access technologies (V2X RATs) is provided. The communication system configured to support multiple V2X RATs transmits, using a first V2X RAT, an indication of its availability to support an interworking function between the plurality of V2X RATs. The communication system receives an instruction to provide the interworking function between different V2X RATs. The interworking function may be incorporated in a vehicle that is joined to a platoon configured to use a first V2X RAT, and provide the interworking function between the first and a second V2X RAT. The interworking function may be used to add further vehicles to the platoon that communicate using only the second V2X RAT. |
| US11546956B2 |
Bearer control for secondary radio access technology in dual connectivity networks
A method for controlling bearers in a core network includes receiving, from a user equipment (UE) device, a request for access to network resources, where the core network is coupled with a primary radio access technology (RAT) and a secondary RAT. The method includes determining an access point name (APN) RAT access restriction in response to the received request, where the APN RAT access restriction associates an APN with a corresponding RAT, where the corresponding RAT comprises at least one of the primary RAT or the secondary RAT. The method also includes assigning a radio bearer based on the determined APN RAT access restriction, wherein the assigned radio bearer exchanges data via the corresponding RAT; and identifying, to a master node, the assigned radio bearer for exchanging data between the UE device and a device specified by the APN via the corresponding RAT. |
| US11546954B2 |
Device and vehicle pairing using a network connection
A server device includes a memory and processor. A vehicle identification number (VIN) is stored in the memory. The VIN is associated with connection information for a vehicle associated with the VIN. The processor executes A VIN matcher stored in the memory, and denies a request for connection information in response to a mismatch between a supplied VIN from a connecting device and the VIN stored in memory. The processor executes a network connector stored in the memory, and sends connection information to a connecting device in response to a match between the supplied VIN from the connecting device and the VIN stored in memory. The connection information is sent through the network connection using a first communication protocol and contains information for the connecting device to connect to the vehicle through direct pairing using a second communication protocol. |
| US11546953B2 |
Multi-user time tracking mesh network
A transceiver of a mobile device may receive a beacon transmitted by a mesh network member mobile device. A processor of the mobile device may extract a crew ID from the beacon. The processor may determine that the crew ID matches a crew ID of a user logged into the mobile device. In response to determining that the crew ID matches the crew ID of the user, the processor may generate a reply beacon. The transceiver may transmit the reply beacon. The transceiver may receive a response to the reply beacon. The response may include a job ID enabling the user to clock into a job. The processor may clock the user into the job. As a result of clocking the user into the job, the mobile device may become a member of the mesh network. |
| US11546950B2 |
Truncated identification indicators for early user equipment (UE) capability retrieval
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may truncate or remove a number of bits from its UE identity based on identity truncating information to generate a truncated UE identity. The truncated UE identity can be transmitted by eMTC devices to a base station in an RRC connection request, and can be used by the base station to determine which core network entity stores the UE's capabilities. In some implementations, the UE may truncate or remove a number of bits from the 48-bit 5G-S-TMSI based on the identity truncating information to generate a 40-bit truncated 5G-S-TMSI that can be transmitted by an eMTC device to the base station in the RRC connection request and yet still provide the base station with enough information to determine which AMF stores the UE context. |
| US11546947B1 |
Aligning physical random access channel communications and data communications
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may receive, using a first beam, a first physical random access channel (PRACH) communication during a first random access channel (RACH) occasion. The base station may receive, during the first RACH occasion, a data communication having a timing that is aligned with a timing of the PRACH communication to provide a beam switching gap before reception of a second PRACH communication during a second RACH occasion. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US11546942B2 |
Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit
A terminal apparatus transmits one random access preamble in multiple time sections, and changes a transmit beam to be used to transmit the one random access preamble in one of the multiple time sections or each of the multiple time sections, and monitors a random access response to the one random access preamble. The random access response includes first information for identifying any one of the multiple time sections. |
| US11546940B2 |
Channel access methods and listen-before-talk solutions for new radio operation in unlicensed bands
Methods, systems, and devices for channel access and listen-before-talk approaches for new radio operation in unlicensed bands and/or licensed bands. A gNB and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may operate in unlicensed spectrum. The gNB may perform listen-before-talk operation, and when successful, may send a downlink control channel with a slot format indication (SFI) to the WTRU. There may also be a handshaking procedure with an exchange of a request to transmit (RTT) and a request to receive (RTR). Prior to receiving the downlink channel, the WTRU may monitor search spaces at a first level, and once the downlink channel is received the WTRU may monitor search spaces at a second level. At the end of transmission, the WTRU may revert back to monitoring search spaces at the first level. In one example, the first level may be a mini-slot level and the second level may be a slot level. |
| US11546938B2 |
Physical layer preamble and signaling for wireless communication
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for wireless communication, and particularly, methods, devices and systems for including signaling regarding enhanced features of new wireless communication protocols. The signaling may be included in various portions of a physical layer preamble of a wireless transmission. In some implementations, the physical layer preamble may be used to indicate puncturing of subbands or content channels that may carry further signaling in accordance with preamble signaling designs of this disclosure. The physical layer preamble signaling be parallelized for different subchannels of a wireless channel that consists of multiple subchannels. Some implementations of the physical layer preambles may be used to multiplex different types of wireless local area network communications into different subsets of the plurality of subchannels of the wireless channel. |
| US11546937B2 |
System and method for reservation and resource selection for sidelink communication
Methods and systems are provided that facilitate sidelink (SL) retransmission scheduled by the network if a SL transmission of a transport block (TB) is unsuccessful. Signalling is used by the network to send a configured grant of transmission resources available for SL transmissions by the UE that repeat on a periodic basis within each of period. The UE makes SL transmissions during one of the periods by transmitting one or more SL transmissions of at least one transport block using the configured resources. The network can schedule a retransmission by transmitting a downlink control information (DCI) to schedule a SL retransmission of one of the transmitted TB. The UE transmits a SL transmission containing a retransmission of the transport block using resources specified in the DCI. The UE transmits a sidelink control information associated with each SL transmission, containing a HARQ process ID for the SL transmission. |
| US11546931B2 |
Systems and methods for UL scheduler optimization with a self-adjustment BSPR scheme
Systems and methods are provided for transmitting buffer state report poll (BSRP) triggers from a WLAN device with a BSRP frequency that is based on an amount of pending data at the UL buffer of each station associated to the WLAN device. The BSRP frequency can further be based on a priority of the pending data at the UL buffer. The amount of pending data at the UL buffer can be compared to a threshold, the value of which can depend on the priority of the pending data, and the BSRP frequency can be based on the comparison. |
| US11546926B2 |
Bidirectional positioning reference signal measurement exchange in millimeter wave-based round trip time positioning
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device may receive a directional positioning reference signal over one or more beams from another device. The device may transmit a broadcast positioning reference signal in response to receipt of the directional positioning reference signal. The device may receive, from the other device, a report including timing and directionality associated with transmission of the directional positioning reference signal. The report may also include timing and directionality associated with receipt of the broadcast positioning reference signal at the other device. Responsive to receipt of the report, the device may transmit beam specific measurement information associated with the one or more beams to the other device. The device may communicate with the other device using a beam of the one or more beams based at least on the report and the beam specific measurement information. |
| US11546925B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving channel state information in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
Disclosed is a method for transmitting and receiving channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, in a method for reporting channel state information (CSI) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, a plurality of BWPs are configured for the UE, and the plurality of BWPs include an activated first BWP and an inactivated second BWP, wherein the method may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information related to CSI for the second BWP on the first BWP; receiving a reference signal from the base station on the second BWP; performing a measurement on the basis of the reference signal; and transmitting, to the base station, CSI obtained on the basis of the measurement on the first BWP. |
| US11546920B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic event-based resource allocation in a radio access network
A system described herein may provide a technique for identifying User Equipment (“UEs”) associated with relevant users, such as “personal” UEs associated with first responders, based on the occurrence of an event, notifying the UEs of the event, and modifying radio access network (“RAN”) parameters such that the identified UEs are provided with priority access. Further, such modifications may be temporary (e.g., reverted after the event has occurred). In this manner, personal UEs associated with relevant users may be dynamically provided priority access in situations where such access may be beneficial, without needing to permanently provide the priority access to such UEs. |
| US11546919B1 |
Systems and methods for controlling beam parameters to improve signal strength
Systems and methods are provided to address issues related to poor radio conditions (e.g., SS-RSRP/SS-RSRQ/SS-SINR) associated with poor coverage for user devices (e.g., user equipment (UEs)) positioned between Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) beams emitted from a cell tower. Specifically, Next Generation Node B (gNB) may identify the location of the user devices (reporting poor signal strength due to poor radio conditions) based on angle or arrival and/or timing advance. Systems and methods further include controlling a phase and amplitude of the SSB beam(s) serving the user device to improve the signal strength of these user devices experiencing poor radio conditions, until the signal strength is within/above target threshold value(s). In this manner, user coverage is improved, with the option to prioritize premium subscribers, without the need for employing a more expensive alternative (e.g., building additional cell sites and towers) for improving user coverage. |
| US11546913B2 |
Data transmitting method, data receiving method, terminal device, and network device
A data transmitting method, a data receiving method, a terminal device, and a network device are provided. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a target resource based on a time index and/or configuration information; and transmitting, by the terminal device, data to a network device on the target resource. The terminal device can control resource granularity of the target resource to meet transmission requirements of the terminal device, and can further avoid an actual data transmission process from occurring only on a same frequency domain resource and can further improve the frequency diversity gain in the non-slot transmission. In addition, randomness of interference can be enhanced as much as possible to avoid a same user from always or frequently being in conflict, so when a DMRS of the terminal device conflicts with that of other terminals, performance of user identification can be effectively improved. |
| US11546912B2 |
Resource conflict resolution
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may switch semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) or configured grant (CG) transmissions for a user equipment (UE) across component carriers according to a resource switching pattern to avoid resource conflict with control information on one or more component carriers. The resource switching pattern may have multiple flows spanning different component over a time interval for redundancy. According to some aspects, a base station may transmit a synchronization signal block (SSB) in one of a set of flexible SSB locations or candidate SSB locations, where each of the set of candidate SSB locations is associated with a respective SSB identifier. |
| US11546911B2 |
Enhancements to support multiple semi-persistent resource allocations per serving cell
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for supporting multiple semi-persistent resource allocations per serving cell. Embodiments include determining an association between one or more semi-persistent resource allocations and one or more identifiers. Embodiments include receiving signaling indicating activation or deactivation of at least one of the one or more semi-persistent resource allocations. Embodiments include determining an identifier of the at least one of the one or more semi-persistent resource allocations based on the association. Embodiments include sending an acknowledgment of the activation or deactivation. The acknowledgment may indicate the identifier of the at least one of the one or more semi-persistent resource allocations. |
| US11546909B2 |
Power allocation method and device of internet of vehicles system
The present application provides a power allocation method and device of an Internet of Vehicles system, wherein a multi-carrier technology is adopted for a side link of the internet of vehicles system, and the method comprises: allocating power for a data transmission of a sidelink according to a preconfigured priority criterion. |
| US11546908B2 |
History augmented synchronization signal based antenna beam selection
Systems and apparatuses providing history augmented synchronization signal based antenna beam selection are described. History augmented synchronization signal based antenna beam selection of an antenna beam may be based on receive metrics and beam historical information. Receive metrics may include a measured aspect for synchronization signal transmitted via a respective antenna beam. Beam historical information may include information regarding a previous random access channel (RACH) procedure attempt using an antenna beam of the plurality of antenna beams, information regarding physical broadcast channel (PBCH) decode history for an antenna beam of the plurality of antenna beams, information regarding recency of a measurement of an aspect of the synchronization signal corresponding to an antenna beam of the plurality of antenna beams as received when scanning the antenna beam, etc. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described. |
| US11546901B2 |
Enhanced DRX and control channel
A wireless device receives first configuration parameter(s) indicating that a first search space and a second search space are used together for reception of DCI and a second configuration parameter indicating a value of a DRX timer. The wireless device receives first DCI based on: monitoring in a CORESET based on the first search space and in first symbol(s), and monitoring in a CORESET based on the second search space and in second symbol(s) that are after the first symbol(s). The wireless device may start the DRX timer with the value in a third symbol that is after the second symbol(s). |
| US11546899B2 |
System and method for allocating resource blocks
A system and method for allocating network resources are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to perform: determining a resource indication value based on at least a first parameter and a second parameter, the resource indication value indicative of a number of resource blocks to be allocated to a communication node, wherein a number of possible different values of the resource indication value is limited by a predefined relationship between the first parameter and the second parameter; and transmitting the resource indication value to the communication node. |
| US11546896B2 |
User terminal and radio communication method
To appropriately notify information of a control channel configuration domain in a radio communication system that uses a synchronization signal block, one aspect of a user terminal according to the present invention includes: a reception section that receives a Synchronization Signal (SS) block including given bit information indicating a configuration of a control resource set; and a control section that decides contents of the given bit information according to a subcarrier-spacing and/or a frequency band applied to transmission of the SS block, and controls reception of a downlink control channel. |
| US11546887B2 |
Information transmission method and apparatus, and computer storage medium
Provided is an information transmission method and apparatus. The method applied to a first base station includes: acquiring related information of a terminal, where the related information is uplink information or downlink information, and includes traffic data and/or control information; sending the related information to the second base station through a common transmission channel between base stations. When the related information is uplink information, the first base station is a current serving base station of the terminal, the second base station is a previous serving base station of the terminal, and the uplink information is supplied to the second base station to be decoded. When the related information is downlink information, the second base station is the current serving base station, the first base station is the previous serving base station, and the downlink information is sent to the terminal to be decoded. Further provided is a computer storage medium. |
| US11546886B2 |
Communications method and apparatus
Methods, systems and apparatus for communications are provided. In the methods, a network device sends first indication information to a terminal device, where the first indication information indicates a first bandwidth part (BWP) that is to be activated, other than a primary BWP, to the terminal device, and the primary BWP is a BWP that remains activated between the terminal device and the network device. The network device communicates with the terminal device in an activated first BWP and the primary BWP. |
| US11546881B2 |
Resource reselection in sidelink
A user equipment (UE) determines that at least one resource of a first set of resources selected by the UE for sidelink communication overlaps with a second set of resources reserved by a set of UEs. The UE determines whether to reselect at least a subset of the first set of resources for a sidelink transmission upon determining that the at least one resource is an overlapping resource. The at least a subset of the first set of resources includes one of a first overlapping resource of the overlapping resource, the overlapping resource, or the overlapping resource and at least a subset of non-overlapping resources of the first set of resources. |
| US11546880B2 |
Techniques for contending for access to channels of a shared radio frequency spectrum band for broadcast/multicast transmissions
Techniques are described for wireless communications. One method includes determining a contention window size for a first broadcast transmission or a first multicast transmission on at least one channel of a shared radio frequency spectrum band, where the first broadcast transmission or the first multicast transmission is targeted for a first plurality of UEs, and contending for access to the at least one channel of the shared radio frequency spectrum band for the first broadcast transmission or the first multicast transmission based at least in part on the determined contention window size. In some cases, the first broadcast transmission or the first multicast transmission may be an example of a multipoint transmission, which may include a coordinated multipoint transmission. |
| US11546878B1 |
Paging early indication for paging occasion
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a paging early indication that indicates one or more paging occasions (POs) in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames. The UE may process a physical downlink control channel communication received in a PO of the one or more POs. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US11546874B1 |
Systems and methods for reducing network traffic
Systems and methods are provided for reducing network traffic in a mesh network by reducing the number of status messages communicated over the network. The nodes of the network can provide status information to a gateway based on each node's distance from the gateway. The closer nodes respond to the request from the gateway first and then the farther nodes respond to the request. When a node is ready to transmit a status message with status information to the gateway, the node sends the message to the nodes in communication with the transmitting node. One of the closer nodes that receives the message then forwards the message to additional nodes in communication with the forwarding node, while the other nodes that received the message do not forward the message. The process of forwarding messages by a single closer node is repeated until the status information is received by the gateway. |
| US11546868B2 |
Wireless communication method, control device, terminal and wireless communication system
A radio communication method executed by a control apparatus controlling a base station apparatus performing communication with a terminal in a predetermined region, and includes determining whether there is the terminal that is asynchronized in communication with the base station apparatus transmitting a synchronization signal, and controlling, in a case where it is determined that there is the asynchronized terminal, the base station apparatus to increase an allocation time of the synchronization signal in compliance with a radio scheme used by the asynchronized terminal or to shorten an allocation cycle of the synchronization signal. |
| US11546864B2 |
Uplink power control in dual connectivity
Methods and apparatuses for managing dual connectivity. A method for operating a UE includes receiving a configuration for dynamic power sharing (DPS) between transmissions on a master cell group (MCG) and transmissions on a secondary cell group (SCG) and determining a time offset as a function of sub-carrier spacing (SCS) configurations and of configurations for a PUSCH processing capability on the MCG and on the SCG. The method further includes determining a maximum power for a PUSCH transmission on the SCG, at a beginning of the PUSCH transmission on the SCG, when each of the transmissions on the MCG is scheduled by a downlink control information (DCI) format in a PDCCH reception that ends at least the time offset before the beginning of the PUSCH transmission on the SCG. The method further includes transmitting the transmissions on the MCG and the PUSCH transmission on the SCG. |
| US11546862B2 |
Dropping a configured transmission based on transmission power and feedback channel priority
A wireless device, receives configuration parameters of: a first resource for a first channel, of a carrier, for transmitting first feedback; and a second resource for a second channel of the carrier for transmitting second feedback. The first resource and the second resource overlap in one or more symbol durations. Power levels are determined comprising: a first power level for transmission of the first feedback via the first resource; and a second power level for transmission of the second feedback via the second resource. In response to a sum of the power levels being larger than an allowed transmission power, a configured transmission of the first feedback via the first resource is dropped. The dropping is based on a first priority of the first channel. The second feedback is transmitted via the second resource. |
| US11546859B2 |
Interference control for uplink transmission
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for interference control for uplink transmission, for example, using multiple transmission configurations (e.g., antennas, beams, and/or antenna panels). A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining a transmit power for one or more uplink transmissions to a base station (BS) using one or more transmit power parameters. The one or more transmit power parameters are based, at least in part, on a transmission configuration of the one or more uplink transmissions. The method generally includes transmitting the one or more uplink transmissions to the BS using the determined transmit power. |
| US11546857B2 |
Wireless sensor network for pipeline fluid leakage measurement
A wireless sensor network (WSN) includes a sensor node cluster having a plurality of sensor nodes positioned along a section of a pipeline; a base station; a designated cluster head for the sensor node cluster, the designated cluster head configured to forward sensor data packets towards the base station; and a server having circuitry. The circuitry is configured to determine when the designated cluster head has a battery energy level below a predetermined level, elect a replacement cluster head for the designated cluster head when the battery energy level is below the predetermined level, and forward an energy status of the designated cluster head to the replacement cluster head. |
| US11546856B2 |
Managing power consumption of a network
Examples provided herein describe a method for managing power consumption of a network. For example, a network device may monitor a set of network area zones of a network coverage area, where each network area zone is associated with a set of edge devices. A first occupancy state may be determined for a first network area zone of the set of network area zones based on usage of a first set of edge devices of the first network area zone. Based on the determined first occupancy state, a first power consumption policy for the first network area zone may be determined. Responsive to determining the first power consumption policy, the determined first power consumption policy may be applied to the first set of edge devices in the first network area zone at least edge changing a power consumption mode of a first edge device in the first set of edge devices. |
| US11546855B2 |
Method for transmitting WUS in wireless communication system, and device therefor
Disclosed are a method for transmitting a wake up signal (WUS) by a communication device in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor, according to various embodiments. Disclosed are a method for transmitting a WUS by a communication device, and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps for: setting a group WUS configuration related to the setting of a WUS resource for each UE group; transmitting the set group WUS configuration; and transmitting a WUS on the basis of the group WUS configuration, wherein the group WUS configuration is divided into a second WUS configuration for discontinuous reception (DRX) and a first WUS configuration for eDRX. |
| US11546853B2 |
Methods and apparatus for monitoring wake up signal
The 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 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. A method and apparatus for monitoring wakeup signal and method and apparatus for securing unicast V2X communication are provided. |
| US11546852B2 |
Method and device for signal transmission
A method and a device for signal transmission are provided, the method comprising: a terminal device determining a QCL relationship between a paging related signal and an energy saving signal, wherein the paging related signal comprises a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for scheduling a paging message and/or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrying the paging message; and the terminal device receiving the energy saving signal on the basis of the QCL relationship, or the terminal device receiving the paging related signal on the basis of the QCL relationship. |
| US11546851B2 |
Method for transmitting/receiving signal in wireless communication system and device therefor
The present invention relates to a method by which a terminal transmits/receives a signal in a wireless communication system and a device therefore and, more particularly, to: a method comprising the steps of receiving configuration information related to the activation or the deactivation of a wake-up signal (WUS), and monitoring the WUS and a channel corresponding to the WUS, when the WUS is activated on the basis of the configuration information, wherein the configuration information related to the activation or the deactivation of the WUS is configured to be terminal-specific; and a device therefor. |
| US11546850B2 |
Wake-up signal management
The invention relates to a method for a wireless communication apparatus, and such an apparatus, configured to use a wake-up signal (WUS), transmitted for waking up a main receiver of a wireless communication device responsive to detection of the WUS by a wake-up receiver (WUR) of the wireless communication device. The method comprises controlling a bandwidth associated with the WUS based on a reception condition metric for the WUR. Embodiments may comprise determining the reception condition metric for the WUR by correlating a received signal comprising the WUS with a WUS reference signal to provide an extreme correlation value, and determining the reception condition metric for the WUR based on the extreme correlation value. In some embodiments, controlling the bandwidth associated with the WUS based on the reception condition metric may comprise controlling a WUS bandwidth based on the reception condition metric. The wireless communication apparatus may be the wireless communication device or the access point. |
| US11546847B2 |
Radio communication system, radio station, radio terminal, communication control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A radio terminal (3) can perform carrier aggregation using a first cell (10) of a first radio station (1) and a second cell (20) of a second radio station (2). The first radio station (1) or the second radio station (2) transmits constraint information to the radio terminal (3). The constraint information contains an information element necessary to specify a reception constraint and/or transmission constraint related to the first cell (10) and/or the second cell (20) when the carrier aggregation is performed. The reception/transmission constraint is a constraint related to downlink signal reception/uplink signal transmission by the radio terminal over one or more subframe periods of the primary cell (10) and the secondary cell (20). It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to reduction in wasteful power consumption in the radio terminal in the carrier aggregation of a plurality of cells served by different radio stations. |
| US11546845B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for terminal identification and paging signal transmission for terminal in power saving state
Disclosed is 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 relates to an operating method of a terminal in a power saving state, a method for identifying a terminal and transmitting a paging signal to the terminal at a base station, and a system including such a terminal and such a base station. |
| US11546844B2 |
Power supply and power system
This application discloses a power supply and a power system. A first power supply is configured to set an output voltage of the first power supply to a plurality of voltage values. A second power supply is configured to send a plurality of first parameters to the first power supply, where the first parameters are used to identify power efficiency of the second power supply. The first power supply is further configured to obtain a plurality of second parameters, which are used to identify power efficiency of the first power supply. The first power supply is further configured to determine, based on the plurality of first parameters and the plurality of second parameters, maximum power efficiency of the power system and a voltage value corresponding to the maximum power efficiency. |
| US11546836B2 |
Telecommunications apparatus and methods
A terminal device for use in a wireless telecommunications system comprises a transceiver to perform wireless communication with a base station and to obtain system information defining communication parameters from system information data received from that base station; system information storage; and a controller to detect whether the system information storage already holds at least some of the system information applicable to a newly communicating base station and to control the transceiver to obtain any portions of the system information not already held by the terminal device, in which: the system information comprises a plurality of system information blocks; and the controller is configured to detect parts of a system information block stored by the system information storage which are applicable to the newly communicating base station and to obtain other parts of that system information block as a partial system information block from the newly communicating base station. |
| US11546833B2 |
Controlling equipment access to slices in a 5G network
5G introduces the concept of network slices. Although the 5G standard contemplates some form of slice access control, it is premised on subscriber identity-based checks. Because subscriber identities are associated with/maintained via subscriber identity module (SIM) cards, and because SIM cards can be swapped from one device (user equipment) to another, slice access control based on subscriber identities can fail to prevent unauthorized device access. Systems and methods are provided for enhanced slice access control vis-à-vis an enhanced access and mobility management (AMF), and equipment identity register (EIR) functions. In some embodiments, a localized EIR function can reduce latency/messaging overhead. |
| US11546832B2 |
Methods and apparatus to redirect internet clients for media monitoring
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to redirect internet clients for media monitoring. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a wireless communication controller to establish a plurality of connections to a WI-FI router, the plurality of connections corresponding to simulated WI-FI clients, and a client interface to identify a connection of a WI-FI client to the apparatus and route network traffic of the WI-FI client to the WI-FI router via the plurality of connections. |
| US11546831B1 |
Closing open loops of wireless mesh networks
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for closing open loops of a wireless mesh network are disclosed. One method includes determining a representation of a wireless mesh network including nodes, and wireless links between the nodes, identifying end-site nodes of the wireless mesh network, determining open loops of the wireless mesh network that include the identified end-site nodes, generating a list of potential nodes for closing each of the open loops with the identified end-site node, testing one or more of the potential nodes, comprising testing performance of a wireless connection between each end-site node and the one or more potential nodes, wherein the performance includes a number of wireless hops around each closed loop formed including the end-site node and each potential node, selecting a closing node based on the testing, and providing a wireless link connection between one or more of the end-site nodes and the closing node. |
| US11546827B2 |
Method and device for changing wireless path in wireless communication system
Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present invention relates to a method by which a terminal for performing vehicle communication (connected car or vehicle to everything) in a wireless communication system improves reliability in data transmission. |
| US11546826B2 |
Systems and methods for optimal channel selection
Embodiments described herein provide an optimal communication channel recommendation engine by assessing whether the environment the customer is situated in is conducive to the channel selected by the customer. Specifically, the optimal channel recommendation engine obtains data artifacts indicative of ambient noise, motion, customer sentiment, network quality, customer focus, and/or the like to assess quality of the environment and recommend an optimal channel for the communication between the customer and the call agent. With the recommendation to switch to a different channel, the client component resumes communication with the new channel and retains the context of the interaction. |
| US11546825B2 |
Techniques for multiple transmission/reception point (multi-TRP) operation via repeaters
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a base station may identify one or more communication paths to a user equipment (UE), and may determine an end-to-end signal quality for each communication path (e.g., a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)), one or more hop SNR values for each hop of each communication path, a ratio of the hop SNR values and the end-to-end SNR of each communication path, or a combination thereof. Based on the determined SNR values, ratios, or both, the base station may select a first communication path for a first type of communications (e.g., uplink, downlink, signal type, or the like) and a second communication path for a second type of communications (e.g., uplink, downlink, signal type, or the like), and may communicate with the UE using the selected communication paths. |
| US11546822B2 |
Methods and systems for selecting SIM card
The present invention discloses methods and systems for selecting at least one SIM card for data communication at a wireless communication device which is capable of housing a plurality of SIM cards. When a switching condition is satisfied, the wireless communication device selects a second SIM card group, and disconnects one or more connections established using any non-second group SIM card. Non-second group SIM cards are SIM cards that are not in the second SIM card group. A selected SIM card from the second SIM card group is then used for data communications. The steps are repeated until (i) the switching condition is no longer satisfied, (ii) no more SIM cards selected from the second SIM card group can be used for data communications or (iii) no more connection is made using non-second group SIM cards. |
| US11546821B2 |
Methods and systems for selecting a gateway node to support handover in a wireless communication network
A method for selecting a gateway node to support handover when a user equipment (UE) attaches to a 4G long-term evolution (LTE) network may include receiving a prediction from a machine learning engine predicting whether the UE is more likely to handover between the 4G LTE network and a 3G network or between the 4G LTE network and a 5G network based on handover data in the UE's location area. The method may further include selecting a first gateway node if the prediction indicates that the UE is more likely to handover between the 4G LTE network and the 3G network, and selecting a second gateway node if the prediction indicates that the UE is more likely to handover between the 4G LTE network and a 5G network. The first gateway node may support 4G and 3G sessions, and the second gateway node may support 4G and 5G sessions. |
| US11546820B2 |
Enhanced handover methods and apparatuses using the same
A User Equipment (UE) including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a first cellular station and a second cellular station. The controller continues to send or receive UP data to or from the first cellular station via the wireless transceiver after receiving a handover command message for a handover of the UE from the first cellular station to the second cellular station, and receives a Radio Resource Control (RRC) request message from the second cellular station via the wireless transceiver after sending a handover complete message to the second cellular station. Also, the controller detaches from the first cellular station in response to receiving the RRC request message. |
| US11546819B2 |
Cellular telecommunications network
The invention relates to a method in a cellular telecommunications network, the method including discovering a second donor base station having a first interface for communicating with the first central base station unit and a second interface for wirelessly communicating with the distributed base station unit; determining a capacity of a connection between the central base station unit and the distributed base station unit via the second donor base station; determining that the capacity of the connection satisfies a functional split threshold; and, in response to this determination, causing the centralized base station unit and the distributed base station unit to implement a second functional split in which a third set of protocol functions are implemented in the distributed base station unit and a fourth set of protocol functions are implemented in the central base station unit; and initiating a handover of the distributed base station unit from the first donor base station to the second donor base station. |
| US11546818B2 |
Cell reselection control method
A cell reselection control method according to an embodiment comprises transmitting, by a base station configured to manage a cell having a first coverage and a second coverage as a portion enhanced more than the first coverage, to a radio terminal under the cell, a reselection instruction that instructs to reselect a neighboring cell different from the cell, and reselecting, by the radio terminal, the neighboring cell according to the reselection instruction when the radio terminal is in the second coverage. |
| US11546816B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing a handover procedure
A handover command message can be received. The handover command message can include at least one handover condition. The at least one handover condition can include an indication that handover can occur after at least one beam failure. A handover procedure can be performed based on the at least one handover condition. |
| US11546815B2 |
System and methods for phased reconfiguration in wireless systems
A system and methods for performing phased reconfiguration in a wireless communications system are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may perform a phased reconfiguration from a source cell to a target cell. The WTRU may be connected to the source cell and may execute a first set of functions towards the source cell. The WTRU may monitor for a first set of preconfigured trigger conditions and a second set of preconfigured trigger conditions. The WTRU may commence a second set of functions towards the target cell based on detection of at least one of the first set of preconfigured trigger conditions while continuing to execute the first set of functions towards the source cell. The WTRU may cease to perform at least a subset of the first set of functions towards the source cell based on detection of at least one of the second set of preconfigured trigger conditions. |
| US11546811B2 |
Method for establishing a fronthaul interface, method for performing access for a UE, method and apparatus for performing a handover for a UE, data forwarding method, user equipment and base station
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 performing access for a UE. In addition, the present disclosure discloses a data forwarding method and a data forwarding equipment, user equipment and base station. By the technical solutions disclosed in the present disclosure, a UE may help a base station to forward data of other UEs. |
| US11546808B2 |
Communication of vehicle-to-everything support of a cell between base stations
A first base station receives, from a second base station, a message comprising at least one parameter of a first cell of the second base station. The at least one parameter indicates that the first cell supports at least one vehicle-to-everything (V2X) service. A handover decision for a wireless device is made. The first base station sends, to the second base station, a handover request for the wireless device based on the handover decision and the message. |
| US11546806B2 |
Communication system
A communication system is disclosed in which communication resources are dynamically partitioned into a plurality of slices, each slice having at least one associated network-level performance requirement. A network-level performance requirement is translated into cell-level resource requirement(s) for determining, based on the cell-level resource requirement(s), whether to admit a slice instance. When the slice instance is admitted, information identifying the cell-level resource requirement(s) for the slice instance is provided to a scheduler function. The cell-level resource requirement(s) for a given slice instance may be used to determine an associated packet delivery deadline and entitled resource amount before deadline. The scheduler function allocates communication resources to each admitted slice based on an earliest-deadline-first method. |
| US11546803B2 |
Time-division communication analysis and bandwidth allocation in a wireless network
A communication management resource receives first input indicating a first time-division communication configuration associated with first wireless stations operated by a first wireless network service provider. The communication management resource receives second input indicating a second time-division communication configuration associated with second wireless stations such as operated by a second wireless network service provider. Based on spectral analysis of implementing the first time-division communication configuration and the second time-division communication configuration, the communication management resource controls implementation of time-division communication configurations by the first wireless stations and the second wireless stations. |
| US11546802B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting flexible UE bandwidth in next generation communication system
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. A method and a system for supporting flexible user equipment (UE) bandwidth by the UE during a random access are provided. The method includes transmitting, to a base station, a random access preamble over a first bandwidth selected among a plurality of channel bandwidths of the UE, receiving, from the base station, a random access response over a second bandwidth selected among the plurality of channel bandwidths, and transmitting, to the base station, a scheduled transmission message over a third bandwidth selected among the plurality of channel bandwidths of the UE. |
| US11546797B2 |
Communication device, communication method, and communication system
A first communication device in a communication systems including the first communication device and the second communication device that performs wireless connection with the first communication device and relays communication with the first communication device, the first communication device includes a receiver configured to receive packets from the second communication device, and a transmitter configured to store reception confirmation packets corresponding to the packets in a buffer, perform transmission at least a portion of the reception confirmation packets stored in the buffer, and discard reception confirmation packets not to be transmitted in the transmission according to a discard ratio. |
| US11546795B2 |
Method for transmitting predicted route information via mobile communication network by terminal device mounted on autonomous vehicle
A method and a device for transmitting information related to an estimated trajectory of an autonomous vehicle are provided. The method, performed by a terminal device mounted in an autonomous vehicle, of transmitting information to a server includes: determining a format to transmit the information to the server, based on network information received from the server; estimating a trajectory of the autonomous vehicle; generating estimated trajectory information indicating the estimated trajectory of the autonomous vehicle according to the determined format; and transmitting the generated estimated trajectory information to the server. |
| US11546794B2 |
QoS flow control parameters signaling
The present disclosure provides methods for signaling QoS Flow control parameters, and corresponding NF entities. The method comprises generating one or more data flow rules associated with a QoS Flow and a QoS Flow profile. The data flow rules include parameters specific to a data flow that belongs to the QoS Flow, while the QoS Flow profile includes parameters that are common to all data flows that belong to the same QoS Flow. The present disclosure further discloses a corresponding method of receiving the QoS Flow control parameters. The present disclosure further provides corresponding computer readable medium. |
| US11546790B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting carrier aggregation in wireless communication system
An idle mode measurement method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving measurement configuration information in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode; performing measurement in the RRC idle mode, based on the measurement configuration information; receiving a UEInformationRequest message for requesting a result of the measurement in the RRC idle mode; and transmitting a UEInformationResponse message including the result of the measurement in the RRC idle mode. |
| US11546789B2 |
Cell map built and used by mobile devices
A knowledge base of cell information can be built and made available to one or more mobile devices. A mobile device with access to this cell information may proactively perform a radio signal scan at a frequency of an expected cell(s) that is/are indicated in the cell information (e.g., if the expected cell is associated with a serving cell and/or with a geolocation that corresponds to the current Global Positioning System (GPS) location of the mobile device). After performing the radio signal scan, the mobile device may store measurement information (e.g., signal strength) about the expected cell(s) in local memory of the mobile device, and, upon receiving an instruction from the serving cell, the mobile device may access the stored measurement information from its local memory, and may send the measurement information to the requesting serving cell. |
| US11546787B2 |
CSI definitions and feedback modes for coordinated multi-point transmission
A method and apparatus report channel state information (CSI) feedback of a user equipment (UE) in a coordinated multipoint communication system. The method includes identifying, when downlink transmissions to the UE are configured with at least two CSI subframe subsets, an interference measurement resource within one of the CSI subframe subsets belonging to a CSI reference resource. The method also includes using the identified interference measurement resource to derive an interference measurement. The apparatus includes a controller configured to, when downlink transmissions to the UE are configured with at least two CSI subframe subsets, identify an interference measurement resource within one of the CSI subframe subsets belonging to a CSI reference resource. The controller is configured to use the identified interference measurement resource to derive an interference measurement. |
| US11546782B2 |
Radio link monitoring method, radio link monitoring configuration method, user equipment and network device
A radio link monitoring method, a radio link monitoring configuration method, a UE and a network device are provided. The radio link monitoring method for the UE includes: receiving configuration information of a reference signal for a radio link monitoring operation, wherein the configuration information comprises configured reference signal or reconfigured reference signal, and/or, radio link monitoring parameter of the configured reference signal reference signal or radio link monitoring parameter of the reconfigured reference signal; and performing the radio link monitoring operation in accordance with the configuration information. |
| US11546779B2 |
Method and apparatus for accelerating estimation of a radio model of an access point
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to accelerate the estimation of a radio model of an access point within a radio environment, such as an access point that has been newly added to or relocated within the radio environment. In the context of a method, the presence of a first access point in a radio environment is determined and the signal propagation characteristics of one or more existing access points in the radio environment are also determined. The signal propagation characteristics are represented by respective radio models of the one or more existing access points. The method also includes estimating the radio model of the first access point based at least upon the signal propagation characteristics of the one or more existing access points in the radio environment as represented by the respective radio models of the one or more existing access points. |
| US11546775B2 |
Dual non-contiguous channel allocation for reliable communication
In order to facilitate communication in a shared-license-access band of frequencies, an electronic device (such as an electronic device that implements a spectrum allocation service) allocates, to a radio node in a set of radio nodes, at least a first channel and a second channel in unallocated channels in the shared-license-access band of frequencies. Note that the first channel and the second channel are noncontiguous in the shared-license-access band of frequencies. Then, the electronic device monitors for transmissions by a higher-priority user than the set of radio nodes in the shared-license-access band of frequencies. When the transmissions are detected in the first channel, the electronic device instructs the radio node to discontinue use of the first channel, where allocation of at least the second channel allows uninterrupted communication by the radio node in the shared-license-access band of frequencies. |
| US11546772B2 |
Method for providing assistance for pairing a Wi-Fi type terminal with a Wi-Fi type access point
Method for pairing a Wi-Fi type terminal with a Wi-Fi type access point connected to a display unit, the pairing method comprising the steps, implemented by the access point, of: detecting the presence of a terminal; detecting whether the terminal is located near the access point; if the presence of the terminal near the access point is detected, displaying a message proposing to pair the terminal to the access point on the display unit; when a pairing acceptance signal is received, displaying a pairing information message on the display unit providing assistance for pairing the terminal with the access point. |
| US11546767B1 |
Cybersecurity system for edge protection of a wireless telecommunications network
A method performed by a system includes instantiating a vulnerability-risk-threat (VRT) service for a security edge protection proxy (SEPP) element of a 5G telecommunications network. The system intercepts and parameterizes network traffic of the SEPP element to identify network functions (NFs) or associated services that requires cybersecurity protection and selects security resources for protecting the identified NFs or associated services. The system prioritizes an NF or associated service that is most frequently used (MFU) or most recently used (MRU) and then allocates the security resources in accordance with the prioritization. |
| US11546766B2 |
First path acceptance for secure ranging
A method for first path acceptance for secure ranging includes determining a Channel Impulse Response (CIR) of a communication channel for a plurality of channel taps. Each channel tap corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of time slots of the CIR, wherein the CIR includes a plurality of estimated CIR values. A statistical characteristic is extracted from the estimated CIR values within a temporal range of the channel taps. The statistical characteristic is compared to a reference value to detect a distance decreasing attack. |
| US11546764B2 |
Active base apparatus
In accordance with some embodiments, an apparatus for privacy protection is provided. The apparatus includes a housing arranged to hold a personal communication device and a peripheral interface supported by the housing, where the peripheral interface is connectable to a supplemental functional device. The apparatus further includes a local communication device coupled to the peripheral interface and supported by the housing, where the local communication device includes a personal communication device interface modem operable to provide a communication channel between the peripheral interface and the personal communication device. The apparatus further includes a controller coupled to the peripheral interface and the local communication device, where the controller is operable to manage the communication channel between the supplemental functional device and the personal communication device. |
| US11546763B1 |
Managing and monitoring infrastructure access in networked environments
Embodiments are directed to managing access to network resources. Mesh agents for an overlay network may be provided. If a client requests access to a resource, a first mesh agent configured to provide the client with ingress to the overlay network may be determined. If a security engine validates the request received from the first mesh agent, a route from the client to the resource may be determined. A secure tunnel may be generated between the first mesh agent and a last mesh agent based on forwarding the request to mesh agents on the route. If the request is provided to the last mesh agent credential information for the resource may be provided to the last mesh agent and the last mesh agent, the request and the credential information may be employed to access the resource. |
| US11546761B2 |
Access control in an observe-notify network using callback
Various systems and methods for implementing observe-notify callback context automation in a connected device framework are described herein. In an example, the techniques for context automation may include: expansion of RESTful permissions to include an OBSERVE command (e.g., as part of a CRUDON (Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete, Observe, Notify) command definition); configuration of a callback resource to implement the OBSERVE command; access control policies to implement the OBSERVE command; and OBSERVE registration events to be monitored within an access management service. |
| US11546758B2 |
System and method for an extender device
Many customers have difficulty setting up a new extender device in the customer premises environment to improve their multimedia service. Some embodiments include configuring an extender device based on existing WiFi network credentials to minimize errors. Some embodiments include an application for mobile devices that may enable the transfer of network credentials from existing multimedia devices on the WiFi network to configure a new extender device in real time. For example, the configuration may be based on a customer account, a corresponding environment, and corresponding multimedia devices associated with the customer account. The extender device may be configured with the network credentials (e.g., a WiFi service set identifier (SSID) and password) that is common to the corresponding multimedia devices associated with the customer account. |
| US11546757B2 |
Encrypting network slice credentials using a public key
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for protecting the user identity and credentials. One apparatus includes a processor registers with a mobile communication network using a first set of credentials, the mobile communication network supporting a plurality of network slices. The processor receives a public key for a network slice where slice-specific authentication is required and encrypts a second set of credentials using the public key. Here, the second set of credentials is used for authentication with the network slice. The apparatus includes a transceiver that sends a message to the mobile communication network, the message including the encrypted second set of credentials. |
| US11546756B2 |
System and method for dynamic multifactor authentication
A method of authenticating a user. The method comprises the step of sending an authentication request to a remote authentication device and generating a first piece of authentication information. A mobile device receives the first piece of authentication information from either an access terminal or the remote authentication device. The mobile device of the user generating a second piece of authentication information which is at least partially based on the received first piece of authentication information. The second piece of authentication information is sent to the remote authentication devices and the second piece of authentication information validated. If the second piece of authentication information is successfully validated an authentication signal is generated. |
| US11546748B2 |
Electronic device sharing peripheral device with external electronic device and method thereof
An electronic device includes a short-range wireless communication circuit that performs first short-range wireless communication based on a first protocol and second short-range wireless communication based on a second protocol, and a processor that connects the first short-range wireless communication with a peripheral device through the short-range wireless communication circuit, transmits a service discovery frame including service information associated with the peripheral device to devices included in a cluster configured to include the electronic device through the second short-range wireless communication when a trigger event occurs, establishes a wireless data communication path with an external electronic device, which transmits a message in response to the service discovery frame to the electronic device through the second short-range wireless communication, from among the devices included in the cluster, and transmits input information received from the peripheral device through the short-range wireless communication circuit or control information corresponding to the input information to the external electronic device through the wireless data communication path. |
| US11546746B2 |
Method, device, and system for controlling a Bluetooth device over a Bluetooth mesh network
The present application discloses methods, devices, and a system for controlling a Bluetooth device connected to a Bluetooth mesh network. A method includes receiving, by one or more processors associated with a server connected to a Bluetooth mesh network, a control request, wherein the control request is sent to the server by at least one Bluetooth gateway, and the at least one Bluetooth gateway is connected to the Bluetooth mesh network that received the control request sent by a user, and the control request corresponds to a request to control a to-be-controlled Bluetooth device, and controlling, by one or more processors, the to-be-controlled Bluetooth device via at least one Bluetooth gateway among a plurality of Bluetooth gateways connected to the Bluetooth mesh network, the to-be-controlled Bluetooth device being controlled based at least in part on the control request. |
| US11546741B2 |
Call routing using call forwarding options in telephony networks
In some embodiments, a method receives a call from a caller device that is initiated via a first communication channel and directed to first contact information for a recipient's device. The call is forwarded using a call forwarding option to the computing device. Second contact information for the recipient's device is retrieved where the second contact information different from the first contact information used in the call. The method initiates a communication to the recipient's device using the second contact information via a second communication channel that is different from the first communication channel. The communication avoids triggering the call forwarding option for the recipient's device. The call is connected between the caller device and the recipient's device upon initiating the communication where the computing device is in a call path of the call and performs a call feature for the call. |