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US11779849B2	Electronic gaming machine including a wireless charging apparatus A wireless charging apparatus for use with an electronic gaming machine includes a button deck having a touchscreen video display, where the touchscreen video display is configured to display a touchscreen button at a first location. The wireless charging apparatus also includes a wireless charging device mounted within the button deck below the first location. The wireless charging device is configured to wirelessly charge a mobile communications device when the mobile communications device is positioned over the first location.
US11779842B2	Method and system for providing game using continuous and automatic battle function Disclosed are a method and system for providing game, which enable a user to access other pieces of content in game while a continuous and automatic battle is ongoing by executing a sub-process for the continuous and automatic battle when a continuous and automatic battle function is activated on a main game screen provided by a main process and providing a continuous and automatic battle screen generated by the executed sub-process in parallel to the main game screen provided by the main process.
US11779841B2	Device and method for rendering VR content that provide bird's eye view perspectives The present disclosure relates to device and method for rendering VR content that provide bird's eye view perspectives, which can render a user's avatar and game content selected by the at least one user in a VR space, and provide a VR image like the avatar plays the game content, thereby providing an effect to play a game while viewing the game content from various points of view as well as a bird's eye view in the at least one user's perspective.
US11779840B2	System and method for providing awards to users of an online game An online game is provided to users via client computing devices. Gameplay metrics are determined for users of the online game based on actions taken by the users in the online game. Secondary games are provided, where the potential awards provided by the secondary games are determined based on the gameplay metrics of the users.
US11779836B2	Vibration control apparatus Provided is a vibration control apparatus that acquires content information about content including at least either one of video and audio to be presented to a user, and vibrates a vibration mechanism in such a manner that the user feels a pseudo force sensation defined based on the content information while the content is being presented.
US11779835B1	Video game controller A video game controller includes a first controller outer housing and a second controller outer housing. The first controller outer housing and the second controller outer housing are detachably connected. A first controller inner housing, a second controller inner housing, a battery, and a wireless charging board are disposed in the first controller outer housing and the second controller outer housing. A control board is disposed in the second controller outer housing, and the control board is electrically connected to the wireless charging board. A lighting assembly is disposed on the control board, and the lighting assembly is configured to emit light for the video game controller. The first controller outer housing and the second controller outer housing are made of a transparent material, and the first controller inner housing and the second controller inner housing are in semi-transparent structures.
US11779829B2	Skateboard A skateboard includes a deck, at least a front wheel set and a rear wheel set. The front wheel set, which is arranged at a bottom of the deck at a position close to a front end thereof, includes at least one rigid and rotatable front wheel frame and at least two front wheels. The rear wheel set, which is arranged at a bottom of the deck at a position close to the rear end thereof, includes at least one rigid and non-rotatable rear wheel frame and at least two rear wheels. The outer side of the wheel is circular or arc-shaped. The structure of the skateboard allows the user to change a center of gravity and to lift the sides of the board with foot, so as to only rely on the outer arc of the left or right front and rear wheels to slide, while the rotatable front wheel frame in the left or right side may still be utilized for rotating in the forward direction, which allows a skateboard experience of forward or changing the travelling direction.
US11779827B2	System and user interface for officiating and spectating flag football Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for officiating, spectating, and scorekeeping for flag football games using one or more wirelessly interconnected electronic devices. In some embodiments, a plurality of graphical user interfaces are provided on a mobile electronic device, the interfaces allowing game officials to create games that are visible to spectators, players, coaches, and statisticians/scorekeepers on a shared geographic map. After spectators, players, coaches, and/or statisticians/scorekeepers join a game, an official inputs information regarding timing and scorekeeping of the game to an interface of a mobile device carried by the official, and the inputted information is broadcasted from the official's device to mobile devices of spectators, players, and coaches, where it is displayed in real-time on graphical user interfaces of the receiving devices. The interfaces may facilitate real-time synchronization of a play-clock and/or go-clock amongst officials, spectators, players, coaches, and/or statisticians/scorekeepers.
US11779823B2	Team roping apparatus Embodiments of the present invention disclose a team roping assembly for assisting a heeler to practice team roping without a header. The assembly includes a track having a curved portion located between a first straight portion and a second straight portion, a barrier coupled along the track, a trolley coupled to the track wherein the trolley is permitted to translate along the track, and a tether that couples a horn wrap of a steer to the trolley. Other embodiments include a drive motor assembly coupled proximately to an end of the track that pulls the trolley along the track.
US11779820B2	Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a body portion having a face portion with a face perimeter edge defined by a face toe edge, a face heel edge, a face top edge, and a face sole edge. The face portion includes a first groove portion, a second groove portion, a third groove portion on the back surface of the face portion, and a face perimeter portion between the first groove portion and the face toe edge, between the second groove portion and the face top edge, and between the third groove portion and the face heel edge. The first groove portion is connected to the second groove portion, which is connected to the third groove portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11779818B2	Golf club heads with turbulators and methods to manufacture golf club heads with turbulators A golf club head includes a crown surface having an apex at a highest point and extending between the face, the rear, the heel and the toe of the golf club head. The golf club head also includes a plurality of crown turbulators projecting from the surface of the crown and located at least partially between the leading edge and the apex, wherein the height of each turbulator decreases from the leading edge toward the rear portion.
US11779815B1	Adjustable and interchangeable modular hosel golf club assembly A golf club with a multi-piece adjustable and interchangeable modular hosel system comprises a shaft tip connector portion, an upper hosel portion, and optional, intermediate interchangeable hosel adjustment spacer(s). The modular hosel system can be used, for example, with no spacers in place, or one or more risers in each of the hosel adjustability regions. The adjustment spacers can be used to increase the hosel length and shaft axis to head center of gravity offset or intersection. Angled risers can be oriented to adjust the shaft axis relative to club head orientation to fit and adjust specifications including loft and lie angle, alone or in combination. The modular hosel construction provides a quick and efficient means of fitting the putter specification to a large number of golfer requirements and also adjusting the specifications for changing user needs or course conditions.
US11779814B2	Polyurethane golf ball A golf ball according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is covered with an injection-molded crosslinked polyurethane. The golf ball may have excellent scuff resistance and light resistance of a cover as well as excellent driving distance and spin by using a cover composition containing crosslinked polyurethane obtained by adding a crosslinking agent to thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). A polyurethane cover composition according to an embodiment can make it possible to prepare a crosslinked polyurethane cover by injection molding without the burden of facility investment cost.
US11779812B2	Treadmill configured to automatically determine user exercise movement Treadmill configured to automatically determine user exercise movement. In some embodiments, a treadmill may include a deck, a first pulley disposed in the deck, a second pulley disposed in the deck, a tread belt surrounding the first pulley and the second pulley, an electronic sensor incorporated into the treadmill and configured to automatically produce measurement data in response to exercise movement performed by a user over the deck, an electronic console including an electronic display, a processor, and a memory. The memory may include programmed instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to automatically analyze the measurement data produced by the electronic sensor to automatically determine a characteristic of the exercise movement performed by the user over the deck, and automatically present, on the electronic display, an indication of the characteristic of the exercise movement performed by the user over the deck.
US11779807B2	Information processing system Provided is a computer to function as an acquirer that acquires information indicating an exercise state of a user, a storage controller that allows the information indicating the exercise state acquired by the acquirer to be stored, and an output controller that allows provision information that is to be provided to the user to be output, the provision information being generated on the basis of a history of the information indicating the exercise state stored by the storage controller.
US11779806B1	Exercise machine for exercising wrist and forearm muscles Method and apparatus for an improved exercise machine for specifically exercising the wrist and forearm muscles of a user. The exercise machine includes a rectangular shaped framework having left and right side vertical frame members along with upper and lower connecting cross members mounted on a pair of left and right support legs wherein a generally rectangular framework is formed. A rotatable vertically adjustable exercise bar is positioned forwardly on left and right U-shaped brackets so that the rotatable exercise bar is height adjustable using left and right vertical adjustments means. The forwardly extending rotatable exercise bar is disposed in a spaced away manner in front of the machine so as to be comfortably positioned for use by a user standing in front of the machine.
US11779804B2	Pedaling exercise machine and fixing method thereof A pedaling exercise machine according to the present embodiment includes: a pair of right and left pedal portions on which feet of a user are placed; a rotation mechanism that rotates the pedal portions when the feet of the user step on the pedal portions; a seating portion that is disposed on a rear end side of the rotation mechanism separately from the rotation mechanism and on which the user is seated; a fixing member disposed on a front end side of the rotation mechanism; and a belt member that is detachably connected to the seating portion and provided to extend from the fixing member to the seating portion.
US11779796B2	Portable exercise device The present disclosure describes a portable exercise device that may be arranged in a number of different orientations and positions on the body of an individual. The portable exercise device includes a resistance assembly that enables a resistance of the portable exercise device to be adjusted.
US11779793B2	Assisted unpacking of digital resistance Assisted unracking of digital resistance includes detecting a state of a cable. A motor is mechanically coupled to the cable to provide resistance during an exercise by tensioning the cable. It further includes determining a readiness of the user to accept resistance based at least in part on the detected state of the cable. It further includes selectively applying resistance by the motor to the cable according to the determined readiness of the user to accept the resistance.
US11779792B2	Foldable and movable fitness or weight rack A fitness rack is provided for performing exercising, training and weight lifting activities. The rack includes a base having a foldable cross-member with a handle. The rack also includes a first pair of uprights connected to the base. The handle is configured to be raised to horizontally collapse the pair of uprights such that the squat rack is transferred from an extended position to a closed position.
US11779791B2	Exercise bands and methods of manufacturing same In some examples, an exercise band comprising includes a main stretchable tubing defining a first lumen, a main safety cord disposed within the first lumen of the stretchable tubing, a Y-shaped cord coupled to the main safety cord at one end within the first lumen of the main stretchable tubing, at least one lasso tubing defining a second lumen, and at least one lasso safety cord disposed within the at least one lasso tubing, the at least one lasso safety cord being coupled to two ends of the Y-shaped cord within the second lumen.
US11779788B2	Fire protection sprinkler assemblies and installations with adjustable push-to-connect fittings Adjustable fire protection assemblies and methods are provided. The assembly includes a sprinkler having a body with an outer encasing surface and a deflector supported from the body. An escutcheon having a receiver and a rim surround the fire protection sprinkler to define an aperture between the receiver and the sprinkler. A push-to-connect fitting of the assembly includes a tubular member with an end for connection to a pipe and an internal conduit that receives the sprinkler body. A seal member and a retaining ring are disposed within the tubular member to form an adjustable seal and grip about the sprinkler body. A releasing member translates to disengage the retaining ring from the sprinkler body; and the escutcheon translates with respect to the tubular member in a sliding surface engagement to define an adjustable deflector-to-rim distance between the rim of the escutcheon and the deflector of the sprinkler.
US11779785B2	In-rack fire protection sprinkler system including at least one unitary horizontal barrier that covers racks of adjoining racks and at least one rack level fire protection sprinkler disposed below the at least one horizontal barrier A fire protection sprinkler system includes a horizontal barrier that covers two adjacent racks, and the vertical flue space between the racks. The horizontal barrier is provided at a predetermined height, and has a width that is at least equal to a width of the rack, and a depth that is at least equal to a sum of a depth of the rack, a depth of the other rack, and a depth of the vertical flue space. In addition, the horizontal barrier can be a sheet having one or more apertures. The system also includes a rack level fire protection sprinkler connected to a fluid supply conduit, and being disposed in the vertical flue space below the horizontal barrier. The rack level sprinkler has a K-factor of 11.2 gpm/(psi)1/2 or greater, and is vertically spaced from commodities stored on the rack and the other rack covered by the horizontal barrier.
US11779783B2	Fall-protection apparatus comprising braking device with velocity-actuated, acceleration-modulated pawl(s) A fall-protection apparatus with a drum and a rotationally-activated braking device including at least one velocity-actuated pawl that is mounted on a pawl-support plate that is rotatable relative to the drum through a predetermined range between a first position and a second position. The pawl-support plate is rotatable relative to the drum from the first position to the second position upon the pawl-support plate experiencing a rotational acceleration that is above a predetermined threshold value of rotational acceleration. When the pawl-support plate is in the second position, the velocity-actuated pawl can be actuated by a rotational velocity that is lower than a rotational velocity required to actuate the pawl when the pawl-support plate is in the first position.
US11779780B1	Controlled ascender/descender device A variable speed controlled device used for ascending and descending along a rope such as used in mountain climbing, tree climbing, rescue operations and the like. A friction mechanism controls the speed of the movement of the device along a rope line. A person can quickly and freely ascend a steep slope along a rope line. A person can also descend a steep slope along a rope line and be confident that a friction mechanism will control the rate of descent. An optional e-brake mechanism can further ensure the device will lock and prevent further downward movement if the person begins a freefall. The device allows other persons (e.g., a teammate, guide or rescue agency) to safely lower an incapacitated or unconscious person down, for example, an alpine mountain, burning building, cliff or the like.
US11779776B2	Systems and methods for decalcifying cardiac valves and vessels Provided are systems and methods for decalcifying aortic valves and/or other valves, blood vessels, and/or cardiac tissues in a mammalian (e.g., a human) patient (e.g., a patient having or suspected of having calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD)). A transcatheter (aortic) valve decalcification system/method can include applying one or more pulsed magnetic fields to the calcium deposit(s) within a valve or other vessel or tissue within the patient. The system can include a catheter having pulsed magnetic field ribbons disposed therein, and the catheter can be provided to the patient.
US11779768B2	Protein activity modification A method of modifying tissue behavior, comprising: determining a desired modification of tissue behavior for at least one of treatment of a disease, short or long term modification of tissue behavior, assessing tissue state and assessing tissue response to stimulation; selecting an electric field having an expected effect of modifying protein activity of at least one protein as an immediate response of a tissue to the field, said expected effect correlated with said desired modification; and applying said field to said tissue.
US11779767B1	Systems and methods for improved spinal cord stimulation Stimulation treatments for various medical disorders, such as neurological disorders, comprise novel systems, strategies, and methods for providing TMS, electrical, magnetic, optical and other stimulation modalities. Some stimulation methods comprise varying the stimulation parameters to improve the therapeutic efficacy of stimulation, and decrease risk of habituation and side-effects such as interference with normal brain, sensory, motor, and cognitive processes. The creation, and subsequent variation, of stimulation parameters can use sensed data in order to match, adjust, or avoid matching characteristics of the stimulation therapy relative to certain endogenous brain activities. Novel methods are described for choosing, creating and subsequently stimulating with partial signals which summate to produce therapeutic vector fields having unique temporal patterns and low- or high-frequency spectral content. Improvements for the treatment of pain are disclosed.
US11779766B2	Measuring load impedance with active stimulation pulses in an implanted pulse generator The present disclosure provides a medical stimulation system that includes a plurality of implantable channels each operable to obtain a voltage signal from a designated area of a body tissue. The medical stimulation system includes an impedance measurement device. The impedance measurement device includes a plurality of attenuators each coupled to a respective one of the channels. The attenuators are each operable to attenuate an amplitude of the voltage signal received from its respectively-coupled channel. The impedance measurement device includes a multiplexing component that receives the amplitude-attenuated voltage signals from each of the attenuators. The multiplexing component selectively outputs two of the amplitude-attenuated voltage signals. The impedance measurement device includes a differential amplifier that receives the two amplitude-attenuated voltage signals outputted from the multiplexing component as a differential input signal. The differential amplifier generates an amplifier output signal that includes at least partially an amplified version of the differential input signal.
US11779765B2	Posture-based control of electrical stimulation therapy Devices, systems, and techniques are described for selecting an evoked compound action potential (ECAP) growth curve based on a posture of a patient. The ECAP growth curve defines a relationship between a parameter defining delivery of stimulation pulses delivered to the patient and a parameter of an ECAP signal of a nerve of a patient elicited by a stimulation pulse. In one example, a medical device detects a posture of a patient and selects an ECAP growth curve corresponding to the detected posture. The medical device selects, based on the ECAP growth curve corresponding to the detected posture and a characteristic of a detected ECAP signal, a value for a parameter for defining delivery of the stimulation pulses to the patient and controls delivery of the stimulation pulses according to the selected value for the parameter.
US11779763B2	Capacitive voltage multiplier for providing adjustable control during a stimulation pulse An implantable medical device (IMD) includes an adjustable capacitive voltage multiplier (CVM) that is responsive to diagnostic circuitry configured to provide control signals within a single stimulation current pulse for adjusting the voltage output applied to an electrode of the IMD's lead system. A control counter is coupled to the diagnostic circuitry for incrementing or decrementing an N-bit counter output signal operative to reconfigure a charge pump arrangement of the CVM so as to facilitate an adjusted voltage output.
US11779762B2	Systems for treatment of a neurological disorder using electrical nerve conduction block One aspect of the present disclosure is a system including a waveform generator, a controller, and an electrical contact. The waveform generator is for generating an electrical nerve conduction block (ENCB). The controller is coupled with the waveform generator. The controller is configured to receive an input comprising at least one parameter to adjust the ENCB. The electrical contact is coupled with the waveform generator. The electrical contact is configured to be placed into contact with a nerve. The electrical contact comprises a high charge capacity material that prevents formation of damaging electro-chemical products at a charge delivered by the ENCB. The electrical contact is configured to deliver the ENCB to the nerve to block transmission of a signal related to a pain through the nerve.
US11779761B2	Non-invasive nerve stimulation A topical nerve stimulator patch and system are provided including a dermal patch; an electrical signal generator associated with the patch; a signal receiver to activate the electrical signal generator; a power source for the electrical signal generator associated with the patch; an electrical signal activation device; and a nerve feedback sensor.
US11779758B2	Apparatus and method of non-invasive directional tissue treatment An apparatus for non-invasive directional tissue treatment comprises an energy source and an array of energy delivery elements placed in a predetermined order defining a tissue treatment area such that tissue tightening obtained is higher in a first direction than in a second direction of the two-dimensional array.
US11779757B2	MRI-compatible implantable medical devices One or more antennas are electrically coupled to one or more switches of an implantable medical device (IMD) in which the one or more switches are additionally electrically coupled to one or more lead wires of an IMD lead. The one or more switches also are electrically coupled to one or more electrodes or electrical circuitry of the IMD's implantable pulse generator (IPG). In response to exposure of the IMD to an energetic electromagnetic field, a voltage signal is induced in the one or more antennas and provided, possibly via one more filters, as a control signal to the one or more switches. Receipt of the control signal by the one or more switches automatically configures the one or more switches into a non-conductive state, thereby electrically isolating the one or more lead wires from the one or more electrodes or the IPG electrical circuitry.
US11779756B2	Systems and methods for vagal nerve stimulation Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve to treat or prevent disorders in a patient. The methods comprise transmitting impulses of energy to the vagus nerve according to a treatment paradigm. The treatment paradigm may include generating and transmitting the electrical impulse as a single dose from about 30 seconds to about 5 minutes. The treatment paradigm may comprise a treatment session of 2 to 4 times within an hour time period and/or as a single dose from 2 to 5 times during a day.
US11779754B2	Cochlear implants, magnets for use with same and magnet retrofit methods A cochlear implant exomagnet that includes a magnet apparatus and a magnet mount configured to secure the magnet apparatus to a cochlear implant in such a manner that the magnet apparatus is not located within the internal magnet pocket of the cochlear implant.
US11779753B2	Positioning of electrodes for transcranial brain stimulation A method of guiding positioning of a headset for transcranial brain stimulation on a head of a user of the headset is disclosed The method includes: capturing, using a camera, one or more head images depicting the head; detecting, in the one or more head images, features of the head; creating, using the detected features of the head, a model of the head; computing, using the model of the head, an intended headset position on the head; and displaying, on a display, a representation of the headset as an overlay on an image of the head of the user. Also a kit includes a headset for transcranial brain stimulation, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium is disclosed, which configures an electronic device to perform the method of guiding positioning of a headset.
US11779746B2	Fluid transfer connectors A fluid transfer connector comprises a medical standard connector part comprising a fluid transfer port, a connector part for flexible tubing, the connector part arranged to form a fluid connection with the fluid transfer port such that, in use, a fluid flow can pass between flexible tubing connected to the connector part and the fluid transfer port. The connector further comprises a moveable member arranged to interrupt the fluid flow in the flexible tubing when moved from a first position to a second position. The moveable member is further arranged to release a connection, in use, between the medical standard connector part and a corresponding adaptor part such as a female hub).
US11779745B2	Flush enhancing male luer tip design for syringes and any luer connector A luer connection device is disclosed having a housing including a side wall having an inside surface defining a lumen with a central axis, an proximal end, and a distal end including a male luer tip within the lumen having a central flow diverter extending outwardly from the central axis to direct a fluid to a circumferential dead space distal to the male luer tip. A luer connection device is also disclosed having a flow expansion channel disposed in the lumen tapering outward from the wall of tubular housing and partially extending along a longitudinal axis from the tip opening toward the base opening for increasing mixing and flow through a circumferential dead space in the fluid path distal to the male luer tip.
US11779743B2	Hemostasis valve design for introducer sheath A hemostasis valve for use in a medical device. The hemostasis valve may include a generally cylindrical body having a proximal side, a distal side, and a thickness extending therebetween. The proximal side may include a tapered central region having a surface sloped towards a center of the body and the distal side may include a distally extending curved central region.
US11779736B2	Adjustable neck catheter A catheter having a head with a head orifice and a head channel connected to the head orifice, a primary lumen wall that defines an internal primary lumen volume, an adjustable neck that connects the head channel to the internal primary lumen volume, an adjustment system partially enclosed in the primary lumen wall that provides an articulation of the adjustable neck between an extended position to a contracted position, wherein the articulation from the extended position to the contracted position provides a flexible tip catheter while the articulation from the contracted position to the extended position provides an ability to angulate toward a target.
US11779735B2	Housing for storage and manipulation of a surgical guide wire A housing has a spiral passageway for a catheter that is manually extracted from the housing by means of a wheel having a textured circumferential surface and mounted on a shaft that extends through a non-circular bearing defined in an outer portion of the housing. An inner portion of the wheel extends into the spiral passageway adjacent the wire catheter and an outer portion of the wheel outwardly from the housing whereby the upper surface of the knob can be manipulated in one direction and the wire catheter below the knob will be advanced in the opposite direction. The non-circular bearing has a generally circular outer portion in which the textured surface of the knob is only intermittently in contact with the catheter whereby the wire catheter may be advanced, and a generally linear inner portion sloping inwardly towards the catheter.
US11779734B2	Catheter assembly A catheter assembly including a catheter carried by a catheter adapter, a needle having a sharp distal tip and disposed in the catheter such that in a first needle position, the needle extending beyond the catheter, a septum actuator having openings, the septum actuator disposed in the catheter adapter and configured to pierce a septum, and a spring clip disposed in the septum actuator and engaging the openings of the septum actuator in the first needle position.
US11779731B2	Delivery catheter systems and methods Disclosed herein is a delivery catheter for implanting a leadless biostimulator. The delivery catheter includes a shaft and a tubular body having a lumen and an atraumatic end. The atraumatic end includes at least one of a braided, woven or mesh construction configured to facilitate the atraumatic end changing diameter. When a distal portion of the shaft is coupled to a proximal region of the leadless biostimulator, at least one of distally displacing the tubular body relative to the shaft or proximally displacing the shaft relative to the tubular body causes the leadless biostimulator to be received in the volume of the atraumatic end and the atraumatic end to encompass the leadless biostimulator. Conversely, at least one of proximally displacing the tubular body relative to the shaft or distally displacing the shaft relative to the tubular body causes the leadless biostimulator to exit the volume of the atraumatic end.
US11779727B2	Urinary catheter assembly A urinary catheter assembly includes a urinary catheter having a proximal part with an insertion tip, a distal part and a tubular shaft extending between the insertion tip and the distal part. A package having at least a first compartment with an opening is provided to enclose the proximal part and at least a part of the tubular shaft therein in a curved or curled state during storage. A protective sleeve arrangement is arranged around the distal part of the urinary catheter, and a distal end of the protective sleeve arrangement is connected to the urinary catheter, at or in the vicinity of a distal end of the catheter. The protective sleeve arrangement includes at least two sleeves that are telescopically displaceable in relation to each other, and the protective sleeve arrangement is transformable between a retracted position and an extended position.
US11779724B2	Respiration sensor attachment device A respiration sensor fluid delivery device is provided. The device includes first and second nasal exhalation flow passages that extend through the device, wherein the first and second nasal exhalation flow passages can be aligned in parallel to one another with respect to a nasal respiratory flow direction. A housing of the respiration sensor fluid delivery device fluidly couples with one of a nasal cannula assembly and a respiratory mask assembly. The device provides for respiration monitoring of a subject via a sensor and fluid delivery, such as oxygen, to the subject. Methods of using a respiration sensor fluid delivery device and fluid delivery devices are also provided.
US11779716B2	Method for making medicinal delivery device having multi-layer coating Methods of making components for a medicinal delivery device are described, in which a base composition comprising a polysulphone is applied to the surface of a component to create a base layer, a primer composition comprising a silane having two or more reactive silane groups separated by an organic linker group is applied to the base layer to create primed surface, and a coating composition comprising an at least partially fluorinated compound is applied to the primed surface. Corresponding coated components and a medicinal delivery device are disclosed.
US11779704B2	Status indicator for drug delivery systems Electronic modules for attachment to a drug delivery device include delivery status sensing means (21, 22) for monitoring a delivery status of the device, a status indicator (25) with an indicator element controllable to indicate a delivery or module status, and a status indicator controller (23), which generates an indicator control signal on behalf of the status indicator element, which in turn produces a status signal. The indicator control signal has an amplitude varying monotonically in time between a minimum value and a maximum value in a first interval of a base cycle, and between the maximum value and the minimum value in a second interval of the base cycle. In at least one of the first and the second interval, the mean value of the indicator control signal is below the average of the maximum and the minimum values of the indicator control signal to realize increased energy savings.
US11779691B2	Pumping cassette A pumping cassette including a housing having at least two inlet fluid lines and at least two outlet fluid lines. At least one balancing pod within the housing and in fluid connection with the fluid paths. The balancing pod balances the flow of a first fluid and the flow of a second fluid such that the volume of the first fluid equals the volume of the second fluid. The balancing pod also includes a membrane that forms two balancing chambers. Also included in the cassette is at least two reciprocating pressure displacement membrane pumps. The pumps are within the housing and they pump the fluid from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet line and pump the second fluid from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet.
US11779690B2	Oxygenator antithrombotic coating and method of manufacture Hollow fiber membranes in an oxygenator for an extracorporeal blood circulator are coated with an antithrombotic polymeric material. The porous hollow fiber membranes for gas exchange have outer surfaces, inner surfaces forming lumens, opening portions through which the outer surfaces communicate with the inner surfaces in a housing. A blood flow path is outside of the hollow fiber membrane bundle in the housing, between a blood inlet port and a blood outlet port. The coating is obtained by filling the blood flow path with a colloidal solution containing an antithrombotic polymeric compound, and moving the colloid solution between the blood inlet port and the blood outlet port for a time that coats a predetermined amount of antithrombotic polymeric compound on the outer surfaces of the hollow fiber membranes. Other surfaces within the oxygenator contacting the blood flow likewise receive the coating.
US11779681B2	Macroscopically alignable, injectable, soft hydrogel composition The present invention relates to a macroscopically alignable, injectable, soft hydrogel composition which is able to form an anisotropic structure in vivo, after injection, to generate healthy functioning tissue and regenerate injured or diseased soft tissue.
US11779679B2	Tissue-adhesive material The invention is directed to a tissue-adhesive polymer blend comprising a bioresorbable carrier polymer and a bioresorbable synthetic tissue-reactive polymer as well as to a tissue-adhesive device for sealing dura mater comprising said tissue-adhesive polymer blend.
US11779678B2	Antimicrobial compression wrap The present invention relates to a compression bandage for treating wounds comprised of a linear elastic compression wrap and a sterilized polymer foam layer containing a plurality of antimicrobial dyes with at least one dye being gram positive and at least one other dye being gram negative and a biofilm reduction agent and wherein said foam is secured to said linear elastic compression wrap.
US11779673B2	Airborne virus, fungi, bacteria and other microorganisms air sterilization system The formation of sterilization tubes by plates with parts that match in whole or in part, that when assembled together form ducts, passages, channels, or tubes in a mass or block of heat resistant material. The size of the block may be reduced by forming the ducts as curved passages or tubes that will keep or increase the length of the tube while keeping the same or more exposure time while the gas is passing through. If the length of the curved duct is the same as a straight tube would have been, the overall size of the assembly may be reduced from what it otherwise would have been. If the curved length is made longer while the size of the assembly is kept the same, the exposure time is increased for a more effective sterilization.
US11779671B2	UV sanitizing apparatus A portable sanitizing apparatus, such as a case, includes a first case portion arranged to receive an object to be sanitized, and a second case portion connected to the first case portion and including at least one UV light source configured to emit UV electromagnetic radiation. The second case portion includes an expansion member having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. When the expansion member is in the expanded configuration, a distance between the second case portion and the first case portion is increased compared to when the expansion member is in the collapsed configuration, thereby increasing a distance from the at least one UV light source to the object to be sanitized.
US11779667B2	Ultraviolet led light sanitizer and devices sanitized thereby A portable sanitizing system for rapidly dispensing reusable finger coverings for handling contaminated surfaces in a sanitary fashion. A battery operated ultraviolet LED system sanitizes finger coverings which are customized for use with the sanitizing device. The sanitary finger coverings can be rapidly applied to the user's hand without contamination, using a single hand. Repeated sanitization and utilization are similarly rapid and easy. The sanitizer can be carried by the user or attached to their uniform. The reusable finger covers can be custom fit to a variety of hand sizes and are optimally designed to work with the sanitizing device. The implement aids in grasping surfaces securely without touching the surface with the user's bare fingers.
US11779665B2	Electrochemical flash fluorination and radiofluorination Provided herein are methods of fluorinating organic compounds. The electrochemical fluorination and radiofluorination of organic molecules using the cation pool technique is described, where the 18F and/or 19F-fluorine ions are added after the process of electrochemical oxidation, i.e., after formation of a carbocationic organic compound (i.e., a compound having a carbon atom with a positive charge).
US11779663B2	Specific conjugation linkers, specific immunoconjugates thereof, methods of making and uses such conjugates thereof The present invention relates to novel linkers containing a 2,3-disubstituted succinic group, or 2-monosubstituted, or 2,3-disubstituted fumaric or maleic (trans (E)- or cis (Z)-butenedioic), or acetylenedicarboxyl group for conjugation of a cytotoxic agent, and/or one or more different functional molecules per linker to a cell-binding molecule, through bridge linking pairs of thiols on the cell-binding molecule specifically. The invention also relates to methods of making such linkers, and of using such linkers in making homogeneous conjugates, as well as of application of the conjugates in treatment of cancers, infections and autoimmune disorders.
US11779662B2	Fluorescent compound comprising a fluorophore conjugated to a pH-triggered polypeptide The present subject matter provides compounds, compositions, and methods for identifying, monitoring, treating, and removing diseased tissue. Compounds, compositions, and methods for identifying, monitoring, and detecting circulating fluids such as blood are also provided.
US11779659B2	RNA constructs and uses thereof Disclosed herein are RNA polynucleotides comprising a 5′ Cap, a 5′ UTR comprising a cap proximal sequence disclosed herein, and a sequence encoding a payload. Also disclosed herein are compositions and medical preparations comprising the same, and methods of making and using the same.
US11779658B2	Expression vectors comprising engineered genes The invention provides expression vectors, nucleic acids, vector particles and methods of treatment involving these vector particles, comprising an engineered KCNA1 gene encoding an edited Kv1.1 potassium channel, as well as methods of confirming the presence of engineered KCNA1 mRNA in a cell. The features of the engineered KCNA1 gene combine to advantageously enhance the translation and activity of the Kv1.1 protein and improve detection of KCNA1 gene expression in a cell and can be used for example in the treatment of epilepsy and similar neurological disorders.
US11779655B2	AAV-ABCD1 constructs and use for treatment or prevention of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and/or adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) The present disclosure generally relates to polynucleotides and AAV vectors that provide for the expression of ALD protein in target (e.g., neurons or glial) cells when administered to subjects in need thereof. The present disclosure further relates to compositions comprising such a polynucleotide or vector. These polynucleotides, vectors, and compositions may be used for the treatment and prevention of ALD or AMN in subjects in need thereof.
US11779654B2	PCSK9 endonuclease variants, compositions, and methods of use The present disclosure provides improved genome editing compositions and methods for editing a PCSK9 gene. The disclosure further provides genome edited cells for the prevention, treatment, or amelioration of at least one symptom of hypercholesterolemia or a condition associated therewith.
US11779653B2	Multi-armed polyrotaxane platform for protected nucleic acid delivery In various embodiments a polyrotaxane carrier for in vivo delivery of a nucleic acid is provided. In certain embodiments the carrier comprises: a multi-arm polyethylene glycol (PEG) backbone comprising at least three arms; at least one cyclic compound having a cavity, where an arm of said multi-arm PEG backbone is threaded into the cavity of said cyclic compound forming an inclusion complex; a bulky moiety capping the terminal of the arm(s) threaded into said cyclic compound where said moiety inhibits dethreading of the cyclodextrin from the arm(s) of said backbone; and where at least one arm of said PEG backbone is free of cyclic compounds; and where said carrier has a net positive charge.
US11779651B2	Bivalent, bispecific binding proteins for prevention or treatment of HIV infection Provided herein are bivalent, bispecific binding proteins that specifically bind to two different HIV-1 Env protein epitopes.
US11779649B2	Antibodies to PMEL17 and conjugates thereof This application discloses anti-PMEL17 antibodies, antigen binding fragments thereof, and antibody drug conjugates comprising antibodies or antigen binding fragments conjugated to a GNAQ/GNA11 inhibitor. The application also discloses methods of treating or preventing cancer using the antibodies, antigen binding fragments, and antibody drug conjugates. Also disclosed herein are methods of making the antibodies, antigen binding fragments, and antibody drug conjugates, and methods of using the antibodies and antigen binding fragments as diagnostic reagents.
US11779644B2	Sensitizing cells to proton radiation Materials and methods for enhancing the effectiveness of proton radiation therapy (e.g., high linear energy transfer (LET) proton radiation therapy) against tumor cells are provided herein.
US11779643B2	Methods and compositions for the treatment of an inflammatory bowel disease Disclosed herein are methods for the treatment of an individual having an inflammatory bowel disease (“IBD”). The disclosed methods may include the detection of Oncostatin M (OSM) in a biological sample obtained from an individual having an IBD. The detection of OSM may be used to characterize the individual as a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor (TNFi) responder or a TNFi non-responder for selection of appropriate treatment.
US11779640B2	Lentiviral vector-based Japanese encephalitis immunogenic composition The present invention relates to a lentiviral vector-based Japanese encephalitis (JE) immunogenic composition. The present invention is directed to a recombinant lentiviral vector expressing the precursor of membrane (prM) and the envelope (E) protein, in particular glycoprotein of a Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) or immunogenic fragments thereof. The present invention also provides cells expressing the lentiviral vector, uses and methods to prevent a JEV infection in a mammalian host, especially in a human or an animal host, in particular a pig or a piglet, preferably a domestic pig or a domestic piglet.
US11779633B2	Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists and uses thereof The present invention provides modified glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) polypeptides, fusion proteins comprising modified GLP1 polypeptides, and methods of use thereof. In various embodiments of the invention, the fusion proteins are GLP1 receptor agonists that comprise a modified GLP1 fused to a stabilizing domain. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins comprising modified GLP1 are useful for treating or ameliorating a symptom or indication of a disorder such as obesity and diabetes.
US11779632B2	IL-2 muteins and uses thereof The present application provides for IL-2 muteins, compositions comprising the same, and methods of using the same.
US11779631B2	CD47 blockade therapy by HDAC inhibitors CD47+ disease cells such as cancer cells are treated using a combination of CD47 blockade drug and a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor. The anti-cancer effect of one drug enhances the anti-cancer effect of the other. Specific combinations include SIRPαFc as CD47 blockade drug, and one of depsipeptide and romidepsin as HDAC inhibitor. These combinations are useful particularly to treat blood cancers including lymphomas, leukemias and myelomas.
US11779630B2	Peptides and methods of using the same Disclosed herein are SERPIN peptides, and analogues and derivatives thereof, and uses of the same for treating various conditions associated with LRP1 mediation.
US11779629B2	Compositions comprising cyclic peptides derived from an A-beta peptide The disclosure pertains to methods of treating or preventing a disease or condition associated with and/or induced by soluble A-beta oligomer such as Alzheimer's disease by administering to a subject in need thereof conformation specific and/or selective antibodies or binding fragments thereof and related products.
US11779628B2	Use of cell-permeable peptide inhibitors of the JNK signal transduction pathway for the treatment of various diseases The present invention refers to the use of protein kinase inhibitors and more specifically to the use of inhibitors of the protein kinase c-Jun amino terminal kinase, JNK inhibitor sequences, chimeric peptides, or of nucleic acids encoding same as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing same, for the treatment of various diseases or disorders strongly related to JNK signaling.
US11779625B2	Composition and application thereof in preparing product for protecting mitochondria The invention relates to the field of health food technologies, and particularly to a composition and an application thereof in preparing a product for protecting mitochondria. The invention provides a composition, the raw materials of which include Haematococcus pluvialis, Lycium ruthenicum, Cordyceps militaris and nicotinamide. The composition has the effects of improving an oxidative stress level under a mitochondrial dysfunction and delaying mitochondrion-related aging. Compared with a single constituent, constituents in the composition cooperate with each other to produce a synergistic effect, which significantly improves an effect of protecting a mitochondrial function.
US11779623B2	Enriched mineral pitch resin products and methods of manufacturing enriched mineral pitch resin products Compositions and methods of manufacturing mineral pitch resin compositions comprising at least one of a cannabinoid, a terpene, a terpenoid, an essential oil and a fatty acid are provided. Such mineral pitch resin compositions may be safely consumed orally, topically or otherwise, and have numerous health benefits.
US11779622B1	Packaged raw cannabis powder A raw cannabis powder is formed and packaged for convenient and low-cost access to raw cannabis. First, raw cannabis material having a pre-determined ratio of cannabinoids is collected. Next, the raw cannabis material is dried. Next, the dried raw cannabis material is grinded to obtain a finely ground powder. Next, the raw cannabis powder is packaged into a container. High concentrate cannabis extract is optionally added to increase potency of cannabinoids. Instructions are provided that instruct a consumer on amounts and types of cannabinoids, dosing and serving sizes for consuming the powder in its raw non-decarboxylated form, dosing and serving sizes for a decarboxylated (heated) version of the powder, and how to decarboxylate the cannabinoids within the powder. A consumer purchases the container of raw cannabis powder and adds the raw cannabis powder to food or beverages, consumes the powder directly, or decarboxylates the powder and consumes the decarboxylated powder.
US11779617B2	Phage therapy The present invention relates to bacteriophage therapy. More particularly, the present invention relates to novel bacteriophages having a high specificity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains, their manufacture, components thereof, compositions comprising the same and the uses thereof in phage therapy.
US11779616B1	Method of improving memory and learning ability A probiotic composition of improving memory and learning ability is disclosed. The probiotic composition comprises Lactobacillus acidophilus GMNL-185 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus GMNL-680, wherein the Lactobacillus acidophilus GMNL-185 was deposited in the China Center for Type Culture Collection in Wuhan, China on Nov. 3, 2017 under an accession number CCTCC NO. M 2017764, and the Lactobacillus rhamnosus GMNL-680 was deposited in the China Center for Type Culture Collection in Wuhan, China on Nov. 3, 2017 under an accession number CCTCC NO. M 2017766, wherein a ratio of a number of bacteria of the Lactobacillus acidophilus GMNL-185 to a number of bacteria of the Lactobacillus rhamnosus GMNL-680 is 1:1.
US11779615B2	Lactic acid bacteria composition for reducing fat and promoting exercise performance and use thereof The present invention provides a lactic acid bacteria composition, which comprises: a Lactobacillus plantarum PL-02 strain, a Lactobacillus acidophilusTYCA06 strain, a Lactobacillus casei CS-773 strain, and a physiologically acceptable excipient, diluent, or carrier. All of the strains are deposited at the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center.
US11779611B2	Immunity generation An improved method for the manufacture of a medicament, which method includes the use of tissues, larval forms or derivatives of insects that have been fed on a food containing pathogens.
US11779609B2	Notochordal cell matrix as a bioactive lubricant for the osteoarthritic joint A notochordal cell matrix solution as a bioactive lubricant in the treatment of Osteoarthritis, more specifically for use as a bioactive lubricant in viscosupplementation. The notochordal cell matrix solution is capable of reducing the pain in osteoarthritic joints.
US11779608B2	Method of treating a bacterial infection using colostrum The method of treating a bacterial infection using colostrum includes administering an effective amount of colostrum to a subject in need thereof. The infection can be caused by G+ or G− bacteria. The colostrum administered may be selected from the group consisting of bovine colostrum, camel colostrum, and a mixture of bovine colostrum and camel colostrum. The bacterial infection may be selected from the group consisting of Staphylococcus aureus subs. aureus Rosenbach, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. A colostrum composition can include a mixture of bone and camel colostrum and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US11779603B2	HERV-E reactive T cell receptors and methods of use Disclosed herein are T cell receptors (TCRs) capable of binding an antigen expressed by renal cell carcinoma cells. In some examples, the TCRs include an α chain (such as SEQ ID NO: 2) and a β chain (such as SEQ ID NO: 3). Also disclosed herein are vectors including nucleic acids encoding the disclosed TCR α and/or β chains. Further disclosed are modified T cells expressing the TCRs. In some examples, the modified T cells are prepared by transducing T cells with a vector including nucleic acids encoding the TCR α chain and the TCR β chain. In some embodiments, methods include treating a subject with RCC, by obtaining a population of T cells, transducing the population of T cells with a vector including a nucleic acids encoding the TCR α chain and the TCR β chain, and administering a composition comprising the modified T cells to the subject.
US11779602B2	Methods of use for CAR T cells The present disclosure relates to methods of treating a patient with a cancer by administering to the patient a composition comprising CAR T cells wherein the CAR T cells comprise a CAR and the CAR comprises an E2 anti-fluorescein antibody fragment, and administering to the patient a small molecule linked to a targeting moiety by a linker. The disclosure also relates to compositions for use in such methods.
US11779601B2	Diagnostic methods for T cell therapy The invention provides methods of increasing the efficacy of a T cell therapy in a patient in need thereof. The invention includes methods of identifying a patient who would respond well to a T cell therapy or conditioning a patient prior to a T cell therapy so that the patient responds well to a T cell therapy. The conditioning involves administering one or more preconditioning agents prior to a T cell therapy and identifying biomarker cytokines prior to administering a T cell therapy.
US11779596B2	Intradialytic use of sodium thiosulfate Provided herein are methods for maintaining physiological levels of thiosulfate in a subject undergoing hemodialysis. Also provided herein are methods of administering pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate to a subject undergoing hemodialysis.
US11779595B2	Bicarbonate as a potentiator for antimicrobial agents Provided herein are methods and compositions for modulating a microorganism's response to an antimicrobial agent. In one embodiment, the method comprises contacting the microorganism with an antimicrobial agent and bicarbonate. In one embodiment, provided herein are methods for treating a microbial infection comprising administering to a subject in need an effective amount of (i) bicarbonate and (ii) an antimicrobial agent. Also provided herein are methods of screening for antimicrobial compounds.
US11779594B2	Compositions for the treatment of epithelial lesions The present invention concerns the field of medications for the treatment of lesions and wounds of the skin and mucosa. The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising a combination of a mucoadhesive component in the range from 0.05-20% by weight, an emollient component in the range from 0.02-20% by weight, hydrating and mucoprotective component i.e. hyaluronic acid in the range from 0.01-15% by weight and epithelizing component i.e. one or more amino acids in the range from 0.02-5% by weight in the treatment of epithelial lesions. The invention further comprises a composition comprising: —carbomer (poly acrylic acid) in the range from 0.05% to 5%; —sodium hyaluronate in the range from 0.01% to 15%; —poloxamer (copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide) in the range from 0.1% to 15%; —Oryza sativa extract in the range from 0.2% to 20%; and —one or more amino acids in the range from 0.025% to 5%, wherein said percentages are by weight of the total weight of the product (w/w).
US11779592B2	Inhibition of NGLY1 for the treatment of cancer In one aspect, the present disclosure provides GlcNAc-Asn analogs of the formula (I): wherein the variables are as defined herein. In another aspect, the present disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the compounds disclosed herein. Additionally, the present disclosure also provides methods of treating cancer comprising inhibiting NGLY1.
US11779589B2	Liquid polymer delivery system for extended administration of drugs Liquid polymer pharmaceutical compositions with a biodegradable liquid polyester that has a carboxylic acid end group, a biocompatible solvent, and an active pharmaceutical agent are useful for administration into the body to provide extended long term release of the drug.
US11779586B2	Compounds comprising tricyclic heterocyclic compounds The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and at least one pharmaceutical excipient selected from the group consisting of fillers, binders, disintegrants, glidants and lubricants, wherein the compound according to formula I is represented by:
US11779585B2	Method for treating coronavirus infections Disclosed herein are methods, formulations, and kits for treating coronavirus infections, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections and SARS-CoV-2 infections. Further disclosed are stop-gap methods for controlling the spread of coronavirus infections and the emergence of drug resistant strains of coronavirus.
US11779576B2	Method of treating C3 glomerulopathy Methods of treating a human suffering from or susceptible to C3 glomerulopathy comprising administering to the human an effective amount of a C5aR antagonist are provided.
US11779573B2	Crystalline forms of compounds for preventing or treating sensory hair cell death Described herein is (4R,7,S)-2-(3-(4-chlorophenyl)ureido)-9-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-4,7-epiminocyclohepta[b]thiophene-3-carboxamide mesylate, including crystalline forms and solvates thereof.
US11779569B2	Methods and compositions for treating hyperhidrosis Aspects of the disclosure include methods for treating hyperhidrosis in a subject with a composition including a muscarinic antagonist and a muscarinic agonist. In practicing methods according to certain embodiments, a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including a muscarinic antagonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a muscarinic agonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered to a subject and is sufficient to reduce hyperhidrosis in the subject and to reduce a dry mouth side effect of the muscarinic antagonist. Compositions for practicing the subject methods are also described as well as dose units containing one or more of the subject compositions.
US11779567B2	Method for optimizing 5-hydroxytryptamine function in the brain for therapeutic purposes Disclosed herein are methods of elevating brain extracellular 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HTExt) and of treating psychiatric conditions and neurological disorders using continuous intravenous infusion of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP). The methods can be provided for treatment of acute suicidal ideation and/or acute worsening of a mood disorder. The methods can provide rapid onset of therapeutic effect while also having low incidence of acute or moderate adverse effects. Also described herein are compositions for use in the methods, including stable 5-HTP compositions for use in preparing infusate solutions.
US11779565B2	Small organic molecules for use in the treatment of neuroinflammatory disorders This invention provides small organic molecules useful as therapeutics of neurodegenerative diseases. Small organic molecules that act as inhibitors of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are useful in the treatment of neuroinflammatory disorders, in particular multiple sclerosis.
US11779563B2	Oral cannabinoid pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating sleep disorders Oral cannabinoid pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating sleep disorders using the oral cannabinoid pharmaceutical compositions are described.
US11779562B2	Cannabis composition The present invention relates to a method for treating a sleep disorder. Preferably, the invention relates to a method for treating a sleep disorder comprising the step of administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a Cannabis extract and optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, diluents, adjuvants, excipients or any combination thereof, the Cannabis extract comprising a terpene fraction comprising limonene in an amount of at least about 5.4% by weight of the terpene fraction.
US11779559B2	Compositions for treating fungal and bacterial biofilms and methods of using the same The disclosure provides compositions comprising amino acids, individually and in combination, and methods of making the compositions and methods of using the compositions as pharmaceutically active agents to, inter alia, treat disease in animals, including humans.
US11779557B1	Modified release gamma-hydroxybutyrate formulations having improved pharmacokinetics Modified release formulations of gamma-hydroxybutyrate having improved dissolution and pharmacokinetic properties are provided, and therapeutic uses thereof.
US11779554B1	Methods of administering solriamfetol to lactating women Provided herein according to some embodiments is a method for decreasing the potential for adverse events from solriamfetol in an infant fed breast milk obtained from a subject treated with solriamfetol comprising: orally administering the solriamfetol to the subject at a daily dose of about 37.5 mg to about 300 mg; and feeding the infant breast milk from the subject at least about 5 hours after administering the solriamfetol to the subject, thereby decreasing potential for adverse events from solriamfetol in an infant.
US11779549B2	Treatment of Fragile X Syndrome with cannabidiol The present technology relates to a method of treating one or more behavioral symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome in a subject by transdermally administering an effective amount of cannabidiol (CBD) to the subject wherein one or more behavioral symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome are treated in the subject.
US11779544B1	Antithrombotic nanoparticles and methods for treating necrotizing enterocolitis The present disclosure is directed to antithrombotic nanoparticles and methods of treating necrotizing enterocolitis.
US11779539B2	Non-surfactant type oil-water dispersion composition, non-surfactant type water-oil dispersion composition, and manufacturing methods for both compositions The present invention relates to: a non-surfactant type oil-water (O/W) dispersion composition comprising non-polar solvent droplets in a polar solvent, the transparency of the dispersion composition being 90-100%; a non-surfactant type water-oil (W/O) dispersion composition comprising polar solvent droplets in a non-polar solvent, the transparency of the dispersion composition being 90-100%; and manufacturing methods for both of the compositions.
US11779538B2	Emulsions for treating mucous membrane infections The invention relates to an emulsion, e.g. in the form of a salve or a cream, with an aqueous phase and an oil phase, containing an NSAID, characterised in that: (a) the NSAID in the aqueous phase is in a concentration range that corresponds to half to a tenth of the standard concentration for these active substances; (b) the weight ratio of the water-to-oil phase in said emulsion is between the values 2.0 and 2.7; and (c) the pH value of the emulsion is not below the value 6.5 and not above 8.5, preferably in the region of between 7.0 and 8.0, particularly for application in the topical treatment of vaginal fungal infections.
US11779537B2	Dissolvable polymeric eye inserts with a biodegradable polymer and method of using the same Polymeric eye inserts are provided that may be dissolvable when placed in the cul-de-sac of the eye. These inserts may contain one or more mucoadhesive polymers, a biodegradable polymer as well as softener/plasticizer so that, when inserted into the eye, they may absorb tears, and dissolve and slowly release lubricant into the tear film to lubricate and protect the ocular surface for an extended duration of time. The biodegradable polymer containing eye insert may increase dissolution time on the ocular surface for longer lasting relief, may reduce dosing frequency and patient burden typically associated with topical drop usage. These polymeric eye inserts also may include one or more pharmaceutically active agents.
US11779535B2	Succinylcholine prefilled syringe, compositions and methods Pre-filled syringes, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits and methods relating to same allow for emergency administration of one or more drugs from prefilled glass syringes to a patient via a needleless connector. In preferred embodiments, the prefilled glass syringe has a drug volume of at least 5 mL, has a Luer-lock, and has a syringe tip with an internal channel that has a diameter of about 1.7 mm. Such syringes advantageously allow storage of emergency drugs without leaching of plastic materials and degradation, and substantially improve the safety profile where the syringe is attached to an IV line via a needleless connector.
US11779534B2	Film-forming cosmetic composition comprising polyurethane and cross-linked starch A cosmetic composition comprising, in an aqueous cosmetically acceptable medium: a) from 6% to 50% by weight in active material of at least one aqueous polyurethane dispersion; and b) from 2% to 8% by weight of at least one cross-linked starch, the weight being expressed by weight of the total weight of the composition.
US11779533B2	Hair repair composition The invention relates to a method for mending split ends of hair comprising contacting the hair with split ends with a composition comprising at least one non-cellulosic polysaccharide derivative containing at least one cationic group, wherein said non-cellulosic polysaccharide derivative has a cationic degree of substitution DScat greater than 0.15.
US11779531B2	Anti-inflammatory peptides, and uses thereof An anti-inflammatory peptide comprises an anti-inflammatory fragment of a protein selected from SEQ ID NOs: 1-16, the anti-inflammatory fragment being 7 to 37 amino acids in length and having a charge of between −9 and +3; wherein the c-terminal amino acid is not cysteine (C) or methionine (M), and the n-terminal amino acid is not cysteine (C), histidine (H), proline (P) or threonine (T). The anti-inflammatory fragment does not contain cysteine (C) The anti-inflammatory fragment is from a region of the proteins of SEQ ID NOs: 1-16, which region is characterised by being 17 to 109 amino acids in length and having a charge of between −6 and +4, wherein the c-terminal amino acid of the region is not aspartic acid (D), phenylalanine (F), methionine (M) or tryptophan (W), and the n-terminal amino acid of the region is not aspartic acid (D), histidine (H), methionine (M), proline (P) or tryptophan (W). Examples of peptides are provided in SEQ ID NOs: 71-221.
US11779526B2	Oral care compositions An oral care composition comprising zinc phosphate, stannous fluoride and an organic acid buffer system, as well as methods of using the same.
US11779525B2	Process and cosmetic composition for gloss and blur Disclosed a method of preparing composite particles comprising a non-porous spherical particulate inorganic material deposited on a plate-like inorganic material, where refractive index of said particulate inorganic material is greater than that of said plate-like inorganic particulate material, wherein, said spherical material occupies 20 to 80% of total surface area of said plate-like material and wherein the amount of said spherical material accounts for 2 to 20 wt % of said composite particles, further wherein said plate-like inorganic material is mica and said non-porous spherical particulate inorganic material is silicone dioxide, said method comprising the steps of: (iv) silanization of said plate-like inorganic material to get a silanized material having functional groups “A”; (v) silanization of said non-porous spherical particulate inorganic material to get a silanized material having functional groups “B”, where A≠B; and where said “A” and said “B” are capable of reacting with each other such that by way of their reaction, said non-porous spherical particulate inorganic material deposits on said plate-like inorganic material; and, (vi) reacting said silanized material having functional groups “A” with said silanized material having functional groups “B”.
US11779517B2	Medication bottle with anti-tampering features A medication bottle includes an outer container wall, an inner container wall and a fluid, such as an aversive liquid, located between the walls. In another aspect, the fluid is located within separate compartments or channels located between the walls where the walls contact or are secured to each other. A further aspect provides a removeable cap including multiple sensors, at least one of which is a biometric sensor.
US11779516B2	Catheter tray, packaging system, and associated methods A tray (100) for accommodating a coiled medical device, such as a catheter assembly (700), includes a first compartment (101), a second compartment (102), and a third compartment (103). The catheter assembly (700) and devices associated with a catheterization procedure, such as syringes (701,702) containing sterile water and lubricating jelly and a specimen container (703) can be disposed within the tray. A first barrier (105) and second barrier (106) separate the compartments. The barriers can have openings (121,122) therein to accommodate large syringes or to enable the first compartment (101) to be used as a lubricant applicator for the catheter. The first compartment (101) can include a stair-stepped contour (115) such that the syringes are held at different depths to facilitate ease of use. The various devices can be disposed within the tray (100) in accordance with their order of use in the catheterization procedure.
US11779515B2	Steam shower system and device A steam shower device includes a steam enclosure, including a front plate with first and second vacuum air vents, a rear wall, and a steam chamber; a steam mixing valve with a steam control dial; a mixed water line; a steam nozzle assembly with a stem nozzle head; a steam vent, including a perimeter wall and a perimeter ledge; a visual trim panel; a hot water pan; such that the steam vent is configured to emit steam from the steam chamber. Optionally, the steam shower device can include a hand-held steam hose, which is detachably connectable to the steam vent.
US11779511B2	Massage apparatus A massaging apparatus has a generally U-shaped housing with a central segment pivotably connected at a first end to a distal end of a first side segment and at a second end to a distal end of a second side segment. The segments are spring biased at their connections and the massaging apparatus includes rotatably mounted rollers that can spin when the apparatus is applied to a body part and a motor that vibrates when energized.
US11779510B2	Neck and shoulder massaging mechanism A neck and shoulder massaging mechanism includes a housing, a neck massaging assembly, a shoulder massaging assembly, an eccentric assembly, a connection assembly, and a rotating shaft. The eccentric assembly is disposed on the rotating shaft. The eccentric assembly is linked to the neck massaging assembly to perform an eccentric oscillating movement. The connection assembly includes a first spherical cavity, a ball connecting rod, and a second spherical cavity. Spherical members at two ends of the ball connecting rod are accommodated within the first spherical cavity and the second spherical cavity, respectively. The neck and shoulder massaging mechanism has characteristics of a simple structure and large eccentric oscillating amplitude.
US11779503B2	Treatment force application device A treatment force application device preferably for use on biological tissue includes a proximal end having a weight and having a support for a practitioner; a distal end having a treatment interface configured for applying a therapeutic treatment including at least a treatment force; and a connection between the support and the treatment interface. The connection is lockably adjustable by the practitioner to establish a placement of the treatment interface relative to the support. The weight is sufficient to substantially prevent movement of the treatment interface relative to the support when the connection is locked. The support enables movement of the practitioner to provide a practitioner force, and the practitioner force is transferred from the support to the treatment interface through the connection. The support includes at least one flexible brace against which the practitioner can press to provide the practitioner force. The therapeutic treatment further includes at least one of heat, cold, moisture, vibration, pulsing, ultrasound, radiation, chemicals, and medicine. The treatment interface can be configured for obtaining biometric, treatment, physical, mechanical, force and environmental data related to use of the device.
US11779501B2	Traverse dental chair and a sensor assembly for monitoring positions thereof An embodiment of the present disclosure a dental chair a chair assembly configured to support a patient. The dental chair also includes a traverse motion assembly coupled to the chair assembly that move the chair assembly in a forward-backward direction. The dental chair also includes a sensor assembly having a rod rotatably fixed to the traverse motion assembly. The rod defines a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a rod cross-sectional shape. The dental chair also includes a sensor assembly is configured to obtain data indicative a distance of linear movement of the chair assembly along the forward-backward direction between.
US11779500B2	Systems and methods for controlling a heating component for an infant care station An infant care station is described herein that can include a heating component of a microenvironment of the infant care station, at least one temperature measuring device, and a processor. The processor can calculate a baseline temperature of the heating component using the at least one temperature measuring device and monitor the heating component using the at least one temperature measuring device to determine one or more operating characteristics. The processor can also detect, based at least in part on the baseline temperature, that the one or more operating characteristics exceed a predetermined threshold and generate a response that results in a correction of the temperature maintained by the heating component.
US11779486B2	Mouth guards, kits, and methods Mouth guards include either an upper member fitting the interior and exterior surfaces of a user's upper dentition, or a lower member fitting similarly adjacent a user's lower dentition, or both. The lower member includes molar extensions projecting away from the lower member. The upper member includes upper molar extensions projecting away from the upper member and toward the lower molar extensions so that when the user bites or clenches, the upper right and lower right extensions impinge on one another, as do the molar upper left and lower left extensions. The upper and lower members have an anterior shape to form a gap ranging from about 5 to about 15 mm and sufficient for the user's tongue to extend into the gap. Methods of using the apparatus and kits as mouth guards.
US11779484B2	Orthotic system An orthosis includes a footplate having a heel portion, a midfoot portion, and a longitudinal axis extending between the heel and midfoot portions. A first deflection zone is defined along a length of the footplate anterior of the heel portion and through which the footplate is arranged to flex during gait to accommodate dorsiflexion of a foot of a user positioned on the footplate. At least one strut is connected to the heel portion of the footplate and extends upwardly therefrom and a connecting portion connects the at least one strut to the heel portion.
US11779480B2	Medical devices for use along the biliary and/or pancreatic tract Medical devices and method for making and using the same are disclosed. An example medical device may include implantable medical device for use along the biliary and/or pancreatic tract. The implantable medical device may include a tubular member having a first end configured to be disposed within the duodenum of a patient and a second end configured to be disposed adjacent to a pancreatic duct and/or bile duct. The tubular member may have a body including one or more wire filaments that are woven together. The tubular member may also have an outer surface with a longitudinal channel formed therein.
US11779478B2	Venous and arterial application of an increased volumetric flow stent and matching balloon The invention includes an expandable stent having a tubular shape when expanded, the shape including a portion t where the stent radius grows with stent length so that the growth in the portion is constant conductance growth or near-constant conductance growth. The invention includes sheaths that will encase the stent to restrict the growth of the stent to the desired expanded shape. The invention also includes expandable stent balloons that expand the stent to the desired shape configuration with constant or near constant conductance portion. The balloons can include a similar sheath or sleeve to restrict the balloon's growth to the desired shape. The stent radius growth can be piecewise, and is not necessarily 4th order growth, but can be such that rn/l is a constant in the portion, where n>4.
US11779477B2	Radiopaque intraluminal stents A stent having a cobalt-based alloy, wherein the cobalt-based alloy is free of nickel (Ni), the cobalt-based alloy including 10-65 weight % metal member selected from a platinum group metal, a refractory metal, or combinations thereof, 15-25 weight % chromium (Cr), 4-7 weight % molybdenum (Mo), 0-18 weight % iron (Fe), and 22-40 weight % cobalt (Co).
US11779474B2	Para-cycling knee joint Disclosed is a para-bi-cycling knee joint prosthesis for interconnecting a prosthetic lower leg and a prosthetic thigh, the knee joint prosthesis including an upper body portion configured to support a socket adapter, for connection with a prosthetic thigh; a lower body portion extending from the upper body portion and configured to connect with a prosthetic lower leg; a pair of ball bearings mounted on ends of a pivot shaft, the pivot shaft forming un upper part of the lower body portion, the upper body portion having left and right upper body portions, each configured to receive the external surface of one of the bearings, thus enabling rotation between the upper and lower body portions; the rotation allowing for flexion between the upper and the lower body portions of at least 140 degrees; and the upper body portion having an extended surface configured to engage a complementarily-shaped surface of the lower body portion, to prevent the backward rotation of the knee joint.
US11779471B2	Apparatuses and methods for implanting glenoid prostheses Various apparatus and methods for implanting glenoid prostheses are disclosed. In various embodiments, a method for performing shoulder surgery can include guiding a guide pin into the glenoid surface along a reaming axis. A partial reaming guide can be placed in contact with the glenoid surface over the guide pin. A reamer can be guided over the guide pin to ream the glenoid surface. The reamer can be further advanced over the guide pin until the reamer contacts the partial reaming guide, whereby such contact limits reaming to only a portion of the glenoid surface.
US11779469B2	Orthopedic impactor attachment The present invention relates to a portable medical drill impact attachment device. The device can be used for improving the accuracy and reliability of orthopedic surgeries and procedures by obviating a manual device such as a hammer for creating an impact. The attachment device is used for creating impact forces that can be transferred onto a bone, disc, joint, etc. The device features a housing that includes a rotary motion transformer and an impact mechanism assembly. The attachment transforms the rotational motion of a drill into reciprocal motion, and also enables a user to adjust and control the frequency and energy of the impact. An impactor tool can be detachably-attached to a quick-change tool gripper for providing an impact on a bone, disc or joint of a patient without applying any manual force.
US11779468B2	Implant extractor An implant extractor including a shaft body and a telescoping push rod extending from the shaft body. An adjustor is engaged with the telescoping push rod for adjusting a length of the telescoping push rod. A support arm extends laterally away from the shaft body and a jaw assembly extends from the support arm. The jaw assembly includes a jaw moveable between a locking position and an unlocking position, and a rocker arm operatively engaged with the telescoping push rod and the jaw. The implant extractor provides a line of force spaced from and substantially parallel to an implant to be extracted. As a consequence, there is substantial clearance for an extension handle such as a C-frame or the like which is oftentimes needed to dislodge the implant from surrounding bone. In addition, the implant extractor is capable of gripping a wide range of sizes of hip stem implant trunnions.
US11779467B2	Metarsophalangeal joint replacement device and methods A device for the repair of a phalangeal joint comprises a first anchor, a second anchor, and a flexible spacer connecting the first and second anchors. The flexible spacer comprises a plurality of elongate fibers extending axially or criss-crossed between the first and second anchors and a polymeric matrix interspersed with the plurality of elongate fibers. Specifically, a prosthetic metatarsophalangeal joint device comprises a porous metallic metatarsal bone anchor, a porous metallic phalangeal bone anchor, and a polymeric spacer element comprising parallel or criss-crossed elongate fibers that can connect the metatarsal bone anchor and the phalangeal bone anchor. Methods for manufacturing prosthetic joint devices comprise using three-dimensional printing processes or molding processes. Methods for implanting prosthetic joint devices comprise positioning porous metallic anchor components adjacent resected bones at planar interfaces and between which a polymeric spacer having axial aligned elongate fibers embedded in a matrix can be disposed.
US11779466B2	Additive manufacturing device for biomaterials An additive manufacturing (AM) device for biomaterials comprises a reservoir, a shaft, and a material delivery head. The device can be used for intracorporeal additive manufacturing. Material within the reservoir can be expelled by a mechanical transmission element, for example a syringe pump, a peristaltic pump, an air pressure pump, or a hydraulic pressure pump. The reservoir can be a barrel, a cartridge, or a cassette. The reservoir can narrow into the shaft, and the shaft can terminate into the nozzle. The shaft can house an inner tube. The device can have an actuator joint capable of being mechanically linked to a robotic surgical system. The actuator joint can have a motor that drives the mechanical transmission element.
US11779463B2	Contraction of an annuloplasty structure An annuloplasty structure includes a flexible sleeve and an elongate contraction wire. The sleeve has a first sleeve-end-portion, a second sleeve-end-portion, and a circumferential wall that defines a longitudinal lumen between the first and second sleeve-end-portions. The contraction wire has a first wire-end and a second wire-end, the first wire-end being attached to the sleeve at the first sleeve-end-portion. The wire extends, in association with the circumferential wall, from the first sleeve-end-portion to the second sleeve-end-portion. The wire is arranged with respect to the sleeve such that increasing a longitudinal proportion of the wire that is disposed within the lumen longitudinally contracts the sleeve. Other embodiments are also provided.
US11779462B2	Conveyor and conveyor system A conveyor and a conveyor system are provided. The conveyor comprises a lumen assembly and a self-locking mechanism connected to the lumen assembly, wherein the lumen assembly comprises an inner core tube, a recovery sheath movably surrounding the inner core tube, and an outer sheath movably surrounding the recovery sheath; the self-locking mechanism is connected to the recovery sheath; and the outer sheath can move relative to the inner core tube in an axial direction of the conveyor. The self-locking mechanism has a self-locked state and an unlocked state, wherein when the self-locking mechanism is in the unlocked state, the recovery sheath can move relative to the inner core tube in the axial direction of the conveyor; and when the self-locking mechanism is in the self-locked state, the recovery sheath maintains stationary relative to the inner core tube.
US11779461B2	Catheter delivery system for stent valve A delivery catheter for a stent. The delivery catheter may comprise a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end includes a stent attachment region adapted to receive a stent. The stent may be of the self-expanding type. The catheter further comprises a handle at its proximal end and at least one sheath which may at least partially circumferentially cover said stent such as to retain it in a collapsed configuration. The sheath is coupled at its proximal end to an actuator located on said handle portion.
US11779457B2	Systems to affix devices to intraocular lens assemblies and related methods Embodiments disclosed herein relate to systems and methods for securing a drug delivery component to an intraocular lens (IOL) assembly. The systems generally include a support base and a plunger. The support base includes a first portion configured to accommodate a drug delivery component; and a second portion configured to act as a plunger guide. The plunger can be inserted into the plunger guide such that the plunger is positioned to interface with a drug delivery component and an IOL assembly during use. The plunger includes an elongated body and a tip, wherein the tip can include a ramp configured to interface with a fixation loop of a drug delivery component during use and a compartment configured to interface with a haptic of an IOL assembly during use.
US11779455B2	Medical devices to limit movement of breast implants Breast fixation devices for use in breast reconstruction and breast augmentation limit the rotation or movement of breast implants after implantation that results in an unnatural appearance of the breast. The breast fixation devices can include a thin-walled enclosure in the shape of a pouch. A breast implant is secured inside the pouch to limit movement by applying compression to the breast implants, or using a mating or interlocking mechanism between the pouch and breast implant. The pouches containing the breast implants are implanted in the breast. Tissue in-growth into the pouch limits movement of the pouch-breast implant assembly and thereby limits rotation, migration, and displacement of the breast implant. The pouches preferably comprise poly-4-hydroxybutyrate or copolymer thereof.
US11779450B2	Filter device The present invention provides a filter device, including a filtering part, a constraining part, a stent part, and a connecting part. The filtering part has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The constraining part is degradable and at least configured to constrain the first end of the filtering part. The stent part has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first end of the stent part is connected to the second end of the filtering part, and disposed coaxial with the filtering part. The connecting part is disposed on one or more of the first end of the filtering part and the second end of the stent part, and is configured to connect to an external mechanism, and the constraining part is further configured to constrain the second end of the stent part when the connecting part is disposed at the second end of the stent part. The present invention can be taken out from the human body and can also be partially degraded in the human body so that the occurrence rate of long-term complications is reduced, and secondary surgery can thus be avoided.
US11779449B2	Inferior vena cava filter with stability features A filter having a first set of members and a second set of members defining a trap sized to fit into a blood vessel. Each of the first and second members are configured to resiliently extend from the trap. At least one of the first set of members includes a first surface for engaging the vessel wall such that the at least one of the first set of members resists downstream movement within the vessel. At least one of the second set of members includes a second surface for engaging the vessel wall such that the at least one second member resists upstream movement within the vessel.
US11779446B2	Oral compositions and methods of use Compositions that include: from 5 wt-% to 30 wt-% of one or more plant based oils based on the total weight of the composition; from 70 wt-% to 95 wt-% of an aqueous phase based on the total weight of the composition; from 0.1 wt-% to 5 wt-% of one or more surfactants based on the total weight of the composition; and from 0.05 wt-% to 3 wt-% of a viscosity modifier, wherein the composition has a pH from 4.5 to 9.5, the composition is an oil in water (o/w) emulsion, and the composition is edible. Methods of utilizing disclosed compositions are also included.
US11779444B2	Methods and systems for dental procedures A device including a coded pattern for use in dental procedures is provided. Related methods and systems are also provided.
US11779443B2	Rotation type electric toothbrush The present disclosure provides a rotation type electric toothbrush. The electric toothbrush includes a brush handle module, a vibration module and a brush head module having a brush base, a brush cover and bristles. The brush cover and the brush base are in a detachable connection. The bristles are disposed on the brush base. The brush base includes a groove. The vibration module includes a motor and an eccentric shaft having a transmission connection with the motor. The eccentric shaft inserts into the groove. When the rotation type electric toothbrush is working, the eccentric shaft rotates eccentrically to contact a side surface of the groove, so as to drive the brush base and the brush cover to have a reciprocating rotation synchronously.
US11779440B2	Method of modifying the gingival part of a virtual model of a set of teeth Disclosed is a method of generating and modifying a virtual model of a set of teeth, where the method provides that a restoration can be inserted into a physical model of the set of teeth manufactured from the virtual model of the set of teeth. A method of and a system for generating a virtual model of a set of teeth for manufacturing a physical model of the set of teeth, and to a physical model of a set of teeth.
US11779438B2	Fixed hybrid dental attachment assembly and methods of use A fixed hybrid dental attachment assembly is provided. The fixed hybrid dental attachment assembly includes an abutment member, a male member, and a cap. The abutment member has an outer locating surface portion projecting downwardly from an upper end. The male member for attachment to the abutment member has an upper end for engagement within a cap in a recess in a dental appliance, and a continuous, unbroken skirt projecting from the upper end of the male member for engagement over the outer locating surface of the abutment member. The skirt may have a rounded, convex outer surface, and the male member may be constructed from a PEEK material.
US11779435B2	Dental screwdriver The disclosure relates to a dental screwdriver having a shaft portion made of a smart type alloy that bends with little or no resistance along an arch forming portion thereof and without imparting torqueing forces along a distal front end portion thereof onto which is connected a drive tip designed to interface with an appropriately sized screw. The smart alloy automatically assumes its original shape in the absence of twisting forces on the shaft along the arch forming portion. In an alternate embodiment, assuming the original shape involves applying heat and/or subtle finger pressure. The dental screwdriver may be part of a set of screwdrivers, each having a distal front end portion which is uniquely weighted, sized and/or dimensioned to accommodate different driver tips, handle different torqueing functions, and/or configured to bend to a specific maximum angular arch without permanent deformation. A dental prosthetic having a curved bore cavity is also described.
US11779433B2	Device for exposing an implant base body Device (1) for exposing an implant base body (2), in particular wherein the dental implant (2) is fixed in a person's jaw and is covered by gum. During exposure, the gum covering the implant base body is cut open to expose the implant base body, in particular it is removed in the shape of a hole circle. The device (1) comprises a sensor (22) for determining the position of the implant base body (91) covered by the gum (82), characterized in that the device (1) comprises a blade (32) for cutting the gum (82).
US11779431B2	Marker delivery device for tissue marker placement A marker delivery device includes a handle having a housing, and a cannula positioned in the handle that retractably extends beyond the front end of the housing. A retraction mechanism is mounted to the housing, and has a shear member. The retraction mechanism is coupled to a proximal end of the cannula. The retraction mechanism is configured to store a retraction force, and is configured to facilitate a retraction of the cannula into a chamber of the housing upon an actuation of the retraction mechanism. The shear member has a shear region of reduced cross section dimension. The shear member is configured to be displaced upon the actuation of the retraction mechanism to expose the shear region to the retraction force to shear the shear member at the shear region to enable the retraction and prevent reuse of the marker delivery device.
US11779429B2	Medical instrument displays and medical instrument display programs A medical instrument display includes an image storage that stores a plurality of image data of a medical instrument, a data analyzer that searches a plurality of image data stored in the image storage on a certain condition, and a display controller that causes a display to display a first medical instrument image that has been selected from thumbnail images, the thumbnail images being based on a plurality of the image data obtained by the search, and a second medical instrument image in good order, the second medical instrument image being different from the first medical instrument image.
US11779428B2	Disposable medical clamp light A disposable medical clamp light is described. The disposable medical clamp light includes a light source, a housing, and at least one attachment. The at least one attachment is configured to couple the disposable clamp light to a medical device. The at least one attachment may include an attachment clip having a first arm and a second arm extending from the housing, wherein the first arm and the second arm are configured to surround a portion of the medical device to attach the disposable clamp light to the medical device. The disposable medical clamp light may be coupled a medical device using the at least one attachment to form a lighted clamp system configured for foreign body removal from a patient. The disposable clamp light can further include a power source and a switch electrically communicating with the light source.
US11779421B2	Articulating medical instruments Articulating medical instruments and corresponding techniques can be utilized using a robotically enabled medical system. In a surgical method, a clinician can insert a distal end of a medical instrument into a treatment area of a patient. Once inserted, a first bending section of the medical instrument can be articulated by driving one or more motors of an articulation handle that is positioned at a proximal end of the elongated shaft.
US11779416B2	Robotic surgical systems and instrument drive assemblies An instrument drive assembly for use with a surgical instrument includes a housing assembly supporting a drive assembly therein, a coupling tube supported at a distal end of the housing assembly and extending distally therefrom, a coupling assembly, and a retention mechanism. The coupling assembly is supported in the housing assembly and is configured to releasably couple to an instrument drive shaft of the surgical instrument, and the retention mechanism is configured to releasably couple to an instrument sleeve of the surgical instrument.
US11779415B2	System and method for rapid halt and recovery of motion deviations in repositionable arms A computer-assisted device includes a first repositionable arm configured to support a first end effector, a second repositionable arm configured to support a second end effector, and a control unit. The control unit configured to monitor an actual motion of at least one structure selected from the group consisting of the first repositionable arm and the first end effector, determine a deviation threshold based on at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of a mode of operation of the first end effector and a mode of operation of the computer-assisted device, and in response to determining that the actual motion of the at least one structure deviates from a desired motion of the at least one structure by more than the deviation threshold, halt motion of the first repositionable arm and the first end effector or halt motion of the second repositionable arm and the second end effector.
US11779414B2	Active drive for robotic catheter manipulators An instrument driver comprises a base and a jaw assembly coupled to the base. The jaw assembly includes a first jaw having a gripping surface and a second jaw having a gripping surface. The instrument driver further comprises a driver assembly operably coupled to the jaw assembly to advance an elongated member relative to the base by translating the first and second jaws toward each other, thereby closing the jaw assembly and gripping the member between the respective gripping surfaces of the first and second jaws, translating the jaw assembly in a first axial direction when the jaw assembly is closed, translating the first and second jaws away from each other, thereby opening the jaw assembly and releasing the member from between the respective gripping surfaces of the first and second jaws, and translating the jaw assembly in a second axial direction when the jaw assembly is opened.
US11779413B2	Optical force sensor for robotic surgical system According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a surgical instrument is provided and includes a housing; an elongate shaft extending from the housing; and a tool assembly supported by a distal portion of the elongate shaft, the tool assembly including first and second jaw member. The at least one of the first and second jaw members is moveable relative to the other jaw member between a neutral configuration in which the first and second jaw members are spaced apart relative to one another; and a clamping configuration in which the first and second jaw members are approximated relative to one another with tissue grasped therebetween, the first jaw member defining a cavity.
US11779412B2	Robotically-assisted surgical device, robotically-assisted surgery method, and system A robotically-assisted surgical device assists robotic surgery with a surgical robot including a robot arm, and includes a processing unit and a display unit. The processing unit acquires 3D data of a subject; acquires kinematic information of the robot arm; acquires information of a surgical procedure for operating; acquires position planning information for a plurality of ports to be pierced on a body surface of the subject; acquires measurement information obtained by measuring a position of a first port pierced on the body surface among the plurality of ports; determines a position of at least one of remaining ports other than the first port, based on the measurement information of the position of the first port, the information of the surgical procedure, the kinematic information, and the 3D data; and causes the display unit to display information indicating the determined position of the remaining port.
US11779410B2	Control console including an input arm for control of a surgical mechanical arm A surgical system comprising: a surgical mechanical arm comprising a plurality of surgical arm sections sequentially coupled by surgical arm joints; an input arm comprising: a plurality of input arm sections sequentially coupled by input arm joints; and an elongate handle: sized and shaped to be held between a human adult's thumb and one or more finger, coupled to a distal end of said input arm by a flexion joint; and extending proximally with respect to a most distal input arm section so a user grasping said handle bends said flexion joint to hold said handle above other portions of the input arm; at least one sensor configured to measure movement of one or more of said sections; and circuitry configured to receive a measurement signal from said at least one sensor and to generate a control signal, based on said measurement signal for control of movement of said surgical mechanical arm.
US11779407B2	Monitoring medical procedures by estimated radiation exposure Systems and methods monitoring progress of procedures by radiation exposure are provided. Position data is received for an equipment item used for the procedure and configured to produce radiation (“radiation device”). Position data is received from the tracking device during the procedure. An estimated exposure level is determined by a controller for the individual based, at least in part, on the position data from the tracking device relative to the position data from the radiation device and compared to a benchmark. If the estimated exposure level for the individual exceeds the benchmark, an electronic notification is generated.
US11779403B2	Insertion device positioning guidance system and method There is provided herein a system and a method for an insertion device positioning guidance system comprising: an electromagnetic field generator configured to generate an electromagnetic field covering a treatment area; a plate sensor configured to be positioned within the treatment area in a location defining an orientation of a subject; a reference sensor configured to be positioned, within the treatment area, on the subject's torso, the reference sensor is configured to define a reference coordinate system representing the position and orientation of the subject's torso relative to said field generator; a registration sensor configured to mark at least a first and a second anatomic locations relative to the reference coordinate system; and a processor configured to operate said field generator, read signals obtained from said the plate sensor, said reference sensor and said registration sensor, calculate a position and orientation thereof relative to said field generator, generate a 3D anatomic map representing the torso of the subject and the first and second anatomic locations, said processor is further configured to facilitate visualization on the 3D anatomic map of a position, orientation and/or path of a tip sensor, located in a distal tip section of the insertion device, with respect to the first and second anatomic locations, independent of the subject's movement and independent of deviations in the position and/or orientation of said field generator, thus determination of a successful medical procedure is facilitated.
US11779402B2	Robotic shoulder repair and reconstruction Methods and surgical system for performing a surgical procedure. The surgical system includes a robotic system with a robotic arm having a surgical instrument attached thereto. A computer system of the robotic system receives at least one image and forms a model of a surgical area. A computer operated tracking system of the robotic system obtains position data related to a patient's bone from tracking elements. Based on the model of the surgical area and the tracked bone position, the robotic arm then performs the surgical procedure with the surgical instrument, and the robotic system adjusts the procedure as a result of the tracked bone position.
US11779399B2	Method and apparatus for image-based navigation A system and method for a procedure that can be performed on an appropriate subject. Procedures can include assembling any appropriate work piece or installing members into a work piece, such as an airframe, autoframe, etc. Regardless of the subject, generally the procedure can have a selected result that is efficacious. The efficacious result may be the desired placement of a device. The system and method can be used in confirming an efficacious result.
US11779398B2	Robotic stereotactic system for MRI-guided neurosurgery A neurosurgical robotic system for bilateral stereotaxy that integrates intraoperative MRI guidance is provided. The robotic system can be implemented in regular diagnostic MRI facilities. Navigation for bilateral brain targets can be performed independently and simultaneously. The robotic system includes a plurality of manipulators, a needle guide (31), a needle (12) disposed within the needle guide (31); and a mounting base (39) with a plurality of screw holes for bone mounting.
US11779397B2	Biological tissue position location and marking Methods of performing surgical operations and associated devices are disclosed. An example method may include locating a first position on a first surface of a biological tissue; locating a second position on a second opposing surface of the biological tissue, the second position corresponding to the first position; and marking the second position on the second surface. The second surface may be generally opposite the first surface. An example method may include, after marking the second position, performing a therapeutic procedure on the biological tissue in the vicinity of the second position.
US11779396B2	Systems and methods for registering elongate devices to three dimensional images in image-guided procedures Methods for using registered real-time images and prior-time anatomic images during an image-guided procedure are provided herein. An exemplary method includes obtaining a three-dimensional image of a patient anatomy and a portion of a medical instrument disposed therein. The three-dimensional image includes image information characterizing a shape of the portion of the medical instrument. A processing device segments the portion of the medical instrument from the three-dimensional image. Shape data is obtained from the portion of the medical instrument while the portion is positioned within the patient anatomy, and the processing device registers the segmented shape of the portion of the medical instrument with the shape data from the portion of the medical instrument.
US11779394B2	Single-sided low profile end effector for bipolar pencil An electrode assembly for an electrosurgical pencil includes an insulative core configured to support an active wire around a peripheral surface thereof, the active wire electrically couples to an active pin that inserts into a distal end of the pencil. A ground electrode is operably coupled about the insulative core and inserts within the distal end of the electrosurgical pencil. An insulative material is disposed between the active pin and the ground electrode and is configured to at least partially encapsulate and electrically isolate the active pin from the ground electrode. A first hypotube is disposed atop the insulative core and extends along between the ground electrode and the insulative core, the first hypotube encapsulates the active wire to insulate the active wire from the ground electrode. A second hypotube is operably engaged to a proximal end of the insulative material and is configured to encapsulate the active pin.
US11779392B2	Methods and devices for localized disease treatment by ablation Provided herein are methods, systems, and devices for increasing heat shock protein expression and treating conditions for which increased heat shock protein expression is expected to be beneficial using thermal ablation.
US11779390B2	Pericardium catheter including camera for guiding cutting through pericardium A medical probe includes a shaft, a camera, a hollow cutting tool, and an inflatable balloon. The shaft is configured for insertion through a cut in a body of a patient, whereas the shaft includes a working vacuum channel running therethrough. The camera is fitted at a distal end of the shaft and is configured to provide images of a target tissue site in the body. The hollow cutting tool is for insertion over a guidewire in the working vacuum channel of the shaft, whereas the hollow cutting tool is configured to pierce the target tissue site under guidance of images taken by the camera. The inflatable balloon is configured to stabilize the distal end of the shaft, whereas the inflatable balloon is located proximally to the camera so as not to obstruct the images of the target tissue site.
US11779389B2	Skin treatment device The present invention relates to a skin treatment device including a handpiece and a needle tip enabling to be coupled to the handpiece, wherein as the needle tip is mounted on the distal end of the handpiece, electrical connection with the handpiece can be made stably, and even if the needle module built in the needle tip performs linear reciprocating motions of extension and retraction by the driving device provided in the handpiece, the motion trackable connector provided in the needle tip can stably keep the electrical connection between the handpiece and the needle tip.
US11779383B2	Stabilizing pressure in cryogenic devices Methods for stabilizing pressure within a cryogenic device include receiving a flow rate value corresponding to an expected average mass flow rate of a cryogen through a needle probe of the cryogenic device during a cryotherapy treatment cycle; determining, based on the flow rate value, a target heater power to be applied to a heater associated with the cryogenic device for a treatment cycle, wherein the heater is configured to heat the cryogen; receiving an input for the treatment cycle; causing the cryogen to flow for a period of time toward the needle probe in response to the input; and apply the target heater power to the heater during the treatment cycle so as to heat the cryogen and stabilize pressure within the cryogenic device.
US11779382B2	Alignment guide apparatus, methods and systems The present invention discloses an alignment guide apparatus, system, and method. The alignment guide apparatus includes a body, a fixation insert, a guide pin, and a screw. The body may include an arm with a first end and a second end, an attachment portion at the first end, and an alignment portion at the second end. The fixation insert may be configured to pass through the attachment portion and the guide pin may be configured to pass through the alignment portion. The screw may be configured to engage the guide pin. The alignment system may include a bone plate, an alignment guide, a screw, at least one first fastener, and at least one second fastener. A method for moving a joint is also disclosed.
US11779381B2	Bone fixation system, assembly, implants, devices, alignment guides, and methods of use Implants, guides, devices, instruments, systems and methods for fixing a joint using bone plates are disclosed. The bone fixation system includes an alignment guide with a first end and a second end, an alignment wire rotatably coupled to the first end of the alignment guide, and a coupling member slidingly engaging a first portion of the alignment guide near the first end. The plate includes a body including a first end and a second end, a plurality of lobes extending from the body, a plurality of screw holes extending through the body and each screw hole of the plurality of screw holes positioned in a lobe of the plurality of lobes, and an alignment hole positioned along a longitudinal axis of the body. A method of using a bone fixation system for fixation of at least two bones is also disclosed.
US11779380B2	Methods, systems, and devices for the treatment of stenosis Catheter system, devices and methods for diagnosing and treating lateral stenosis causing back pain and or leg pain. The devices comprise a tubular part for insertion into a working cannula to self-position itself safely within the foramen, and minimize the risk of displacement medially or laterally, to prevent nerve or dura injury. An expandable membrane is configured to maintain the catheter device within the foramen. Expansion of this membrane would decompress the nerve within the foramen by opening the foraminal canal as the membrane expands.
US11779374B2	Pivotal bone anchor assembly with non-pivoting, non-rotatable retainer A pivotal bone anchor assembly includes a shank having a shank head with a partial spherical shape at a proximal end and an anchor portion opposite the shank head for fixation to the bone of a patient. The assembly also includes a receiver having an upper portion defining a channel for receiving an elongate rod and a base defining a cavity in communication with the channel and with a bottom surface of the receiver through a distal opening. The assembly further includes a retainer positionable into non-rotatable and non-pivotal engagement with an inner surface of the cavity prior to the shank head being received within the cavity, with the retainer having a central opening configured to receive and capture the shank head within the cavity while allowing for pivotal motion between the shank and the receiver in at least one plane, and with a lower portion of the retainer extending below the bottom surface of the receiver.
US11779368B2	Surgical knife safety handle having user operable lock A surgical knife safety device having a handle, a blade connected to the handle, and a guard carried by the handle for sliding movement between a retracted position in which the blade is exposed for use, and an extended position for covering the sharp cutting edge of the blade. In the retracted position, an enlarged guard radius is provided at the distal end of the handle to allow improved handle control and blade orientation. The enlarged guard radius is positioned to allow the user to firmly grip a large distal handle portion which is preferably molded as a single piece with the blade holder, preventing unwanted blade or handle movement due to guard mechanism tolerances. A spring, such as leaf spring or a cantilever beam, and a pair of detents or slots are provided to fix the guard in the extended or retracted position and to provide resistance during movement between the two positions. Additionally, a pushback prevention mechanism, a user operable lock and a drop-force operable lock are provided to prevent accidental retraction of the guard from the fully extended and guarded position.
US11779366B2	Ultrasonic osteotome bit An ultrasonic osteotome bit, comprising a bit bar (1), a bit body (3), and a bit grinding portion (2) located at a front end of the ultrasonic osteotome bit. The bit grinding portion (2) is in the shape of a triangular pyramid, the bottom face of the triangular pyramid is the rear end of the bit grinding portion (2), and the tip of the triangular pyramid directly facing the bottom face is the front end of the bit grinding portion (2). One end of the bit bar (1) is connected to the rear end of the bit grinding portion (2), and the other end of the bit bar (1) is connected to the bit body (3). Two of the three lateral pyramidal faces of the triangular pyramid are respectively used as a first grinding face (21A) and a second grinding face (21B). By means of the ultrasonic osteotome bit, a normal bone-grinding operation can be completed, and since the front end thereof is small in area, the grinding speed is high. In addition, owing to the design in which the front end is small while the rear end is large, a good visual field can be provided for a surgeon. Moreover, with the unique full V-shaped structures design, the surgeon can guarantee that bone grooves at a hinge side after grinding form fully closed V-shaped grooves at any operating angle, thereby reducing the area of an incision window, facilitating the use by a surgeon and improving the surgical efficiency.
US11779365B2	Rotational tissue cutting device Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for cutting an opening in a tissue wall. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes an inner cutting member having a first cylindrical body supporting at least one first cutting surface at a distal end. The first cutting surface faces a first rotational direction relative to an axis of the first cylindrical body and has a first cutting edge at an outer periphery of the first cylindrical body. The apparatus also includes an outer cutting member having a second cylindrical body concentrically disposed around the first cylindrical body and supporting at least one second cutting surface at the distal end. The second cutting surface faces a second rotational direction relative to the axis and has a second cutting edge at an inner periphery of the second cylindrical body. A tissue is rotatably scissorable between the first cutting edge of the inner cutting member and the second cutting edge of the outer cutting member responsive to application of the distal end of the apparatus against a tissue and counter-rotating the inner cutting member and the outer cutting member.
US11779364B2	Actuated expandable mouth thrombectomy catheter A clot retrieval catheter can have an expansile distal tip for flow restriction/arrest and improved aspiration efficiency and a large, distal facing mouth into which clots or other obstructions can be retrieved. The tip can be formed from a distal ring of leaflets or hoops. One or more pull cables can be retracted to actuate and radially expand the expansile distal tip. The clot retrieval catheter can have a catheter shaft with flexibility-adding features proximal of the tip. The catheter shaft can be a multi-lumen configuration with a large catheter lumen for passing auxiliary devices and directing aspiration and one or more guide lumens which can route the pull cables to the leaflets or hoops of the expansile tip. A flexible, low-modulus membrane can be disposed around at least a portion of the expansile tip and catheter shaft.
US11779363B2	Intravascular lithotripsy catheter with interfering shock waves The present invention provides a catheter for treating an occlusion in a body lumen. The catheter includes an elongated tube, a first electrode pair and a second electrode pair each configured to generate shock waves. The catheter also includes a flexible polymer enclosure that is fillable with conductive fluid and wrapped circumferentially around at least a portion of the elongated tube such that it surrounds the first and second electrode pairs. The first and second electrode pairs can be arranged relative to one another to promote interference between shock waves generated at the electrode pairs when voltage is delivered across the electrodes of each pair. Electrode pairs can be longitudinally adjacent (spaced a relatively small longitudinal distance apart), longitudinally aligned (at the same longitudinal location), circumferentially offset (offset about the circumference of the catheter), circumferentially aligned (at the same circumferential location), or any combination of any of the above.
US11779358B2	Targeting instruments, systems and methods of use Instruments, implants, bone plates, systems and methods for correcting bone deformities and fractures in the lower extremity are disclosed. Specifically, targeting instruments, implants, bone plates, systems and methods used for correcting bone deformities and/or fractures in the foot are disclosed.
US11779354B2	Method and apparatus for locking a drill guide in a polyaxial hole Devices, systems, and methods for locking a drill guide into a polyaxial hole while maintaining the form and function of the polyaxial hole are provided herein. In some embodiments, the drill guide includes a hollow outer body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having a slot disposed proximate the proximate end, wherein the distal end is configured as a reverse collet having a plurality of prongs; an inner body having a central channel extending therethrough; and a lever coupled to the inner body through the slot, wherein the slot is shaped such that rotation of the lever results in motion along a central axis of the drill guide, and wherein a distal end of the inner body is configured to prevent radially inward deflection of the plurality of prongs when the inner body is in a lowermost position.
US11779351B2	Installation for robotic spine surgery The installation according to the invention has a practical and effective arrangement, comprising an operating table, a robot for posterior spine surgery, as well as a bridge table that comprises, in part, two uprights designed to be separated from the operating table when the installation is in use, while being arranged and rising from the ground on either side of a patient recumbent on the operating table and, in part, a support platform for the robot, this platform resting on the uprights so that, during use, it lies over the patient recumbent on the operating table and being designed, during use, to support the robot extending directly above the spine of the patient recumbent on the operating table.
US11779350B2	Bone harvesting system Bone harvesting system including methods and devices for obtaining and/or removing osseous debris from a bone using an auger having a flexible, helical fin projecting from a shaft. In an exemplary method, a leading end region of the auger is placed into a reamed portion of a bone's medullary cavity via an entry site extending into the bone. Osseous debris is driven toward the entry site with the auger. At least a portion of the osseous debris that has passed through the entry site is collected outside the bone. In some embodiments, the leading end region of the auger is deformed by contact between the helical fin and a wall of the medullary cavity, to conform the helical fin in the leading end region to a portion of the medullary cavity.
US11779344B2	Repositionable closure device A closure device includes a first ring structure having a first distal portion and a first medial portion and a second ring structure having a second distal portion and a second medial portion. The first and second distal portions are movable between an open position, where the first and second distal portions form an angle relative to one another for receiving target tissue therebetween, and a closed position, where the first and second distal portions are drawn toward one another for gripping the target tissue. The device also includes an anvil about which the first and second medial portions are formed. Either one of proximal motion of the anvil relative to the first and second rings or proximal motion of the medial portions relative to the anvil causes the first and second distal portions to move into either one of the open position or the closed position.
US11779338B2	Devices for approximating tissue and related Devices for approximating multiple tissue edges internal to a body are disclosed.
US11779337B2	Method of using reinforced flexible circuits with multiple sensors to optimize performance of radio frequency devices A method implemented by a surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes first and second jaws and a flexible circuit including multiple sensors to optimize performance of a radio frequency (RF) device. The flexible circuit includes at least one therapeutic electrode couplable to a source of RF energy, at least two sensing electrodes, and at least one insulative layer. The insulative layer is positioned between the at least one therapeutic electrode and the at least two sensing electrodes. The method includes contacting tissue positioned between the first and second jaws of the surgical instrument with the at least one therapeutic electrode and at the least two sensing electrodes; sensing signals from the at least two sensing electrodes; and controlling RF energy delivered to the at least one therapeutic electrode based on the sensed signals.
US11779332B2	Powered surgical stapler having independently operable closure and firing systems An apparatus includes an end effector and a drive system. The drive system is configured to drive a jaw closure assembly to provide the end effector in a first closed position. The drive system is further configured to operatively disengage the jaw closure assembly and operatively engage a firing assembly, then distally advance a firing member to actuate the end effector. The drive system is further configured to detect an initiation condition; and in response to detecting the initiation condition, operatively disengage the firing assembly and operatively re-engage the jaw closure assembly. The drive system is further configured to drive the jaw closure assembly to provide the end effector in a second closed position, then operatively disengage the jaw closure assembly and operatively re-engage the firing assembly. The drive system is further configured to distally advance the firing member further within the end effector to further actuate the end effector.
US11779326B2	Stitching device with long needle A needle for use with an endoscopic stitching device includes a first end portion that is movable relative to a second end portion to allow the needle to convert from a first, mis-aligned orientation to a second, aligned orientation, thereby allowing the length of the needle in the aligned orientation to exceed the height of an end effector.
US11779325B2	Knot delivery device A knot delivery device for securing a suture comprises an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, a pre-configured knot disposed at the distal end of the elongated body, a suture snare having a snare configured to capture suture material, wherein the snare extends through the pre-configured knot and a suture locker secured to one end of material forming the pre-configured knot, wherein tension applied to the suture locker tightens the pre-configured knot.
US11779324B2	Suturing methods and apparatuses Suturing devices, systems, and methods used to suture biological structures. The suturing devices can be configured to place sutures into body tissue from one side of the tissue without requiring a component on an opposite side of the tissue and without requiring insertion of components into the body tissue beyond the needles and the suture.
US11779321B2	Wound retractor and diffuser A diffuser for use with a wound retractor and configured to deliver gases includes an interface tube for connecting to a gases supply and a diffuser interface positioned at a proximal end of the interface tube, the diffuser interface configured for delivering gases received from the gases supply through the interface tube, and the diffuser interface comprising a diffusion mechanism configured to deliver gases in a diffusion direction. A wound retractor with an integrated diffuser is also disclosed. The wound retractor includes an upper ring, a lower ring, a sleeve extending between and connecting the upper ring to the lower ring, and an integrated diffuser interface having a gases inlet and a diffusion mechanism.
US11779319B2	Method and device for left atrial appendage closure A left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device that includes an anchor portion having a first segment and a second segment that are connected in spaced-apart manner by a first connector, a sealing portion, and a second connector that connects the anchor portion and the second segment sealing portion. The first segment is adapted to be positioned outside the LAA and in the pericardial sac after deployment of the closure device, and the second segment is positioned between the first segment and the sealing portion inside the LAA.
US11779318B2	Insertion instrument for anchor assembly An insertion instrument is configured to eject at least one anchor body into respective target locations, and subsequently apply a predetermined tensile force at least one actuation member of the at least one anchor member so as to actuate the at least one anchor body from a first configuration to a second expanded configuration. The insertion instrument can include a tension assembly that applies the predetermined tensile force to the at least one actuation member. The predetermined tensile force can be defined by a distance of travel, a predetermined failure force of a fuse, or a combination of distance of travel and a predetermined failure force of a fuse.
US11779314B2	Mobile information and control terminal for ultrasonic diagnostic systems and methods of using the same Aspects of present disclosure relates to mobile information and control terminals for ultrasonic diagnostic systems and the ultrasonic diagnostic systems. In certain embodiments, ultrasonic diagnostic system includes: a mobile information and control terminal, a local host in a first location, a remote host connected to an ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system in a second location, and a communication network. Mobile information and control terminal is operated by an ultrasonic diagnostic expert in the first location. Mobile information and control terminal retrieves patient information of a patient from patient database, provides ultrasonic diagnostic control instructions from ultrasonic diagnostic expert to ultrasonic diagnostic technicians in second location. An ultrasonic diagnostic technician performs ultrasonic diagnostic examination on patient according to ultrasonic diagnostic control instructions and transmits patient ultrasonic diagnosis information back to local host and ultrasonic diagnostic expert in real time. The ultrasonic diagnostic expert then generates and displays ultrasonic diagnosis reports of patient.
US11779313B2	Suppressing speckle noise in medical ultrasound images A method to suppresses speckle noise in medical ultrasound images includes ultrasound envelope image matrix A formed from the medical ultrasound images and segmented into overlapping segments, to form a sub-matrix B for each overlapping segment. A Hermitian covariance matrix C is formulated from column vectors Z. A global covariance matrix G is formed by averaging the C. A Lanczos decomposition is applied to the G to generate an orthonormal vector matrix composed of orthonormal vectors. A tridiagonal matrix H is generated. The orthonormal vectors are sorted based on magnitude of each column. An orthogonal projection matrix Porth is formed based on the orthonormal vectors. An estimated vector signal {circumflex over (Z)} is obtained by projecting Z by Porth. An estimated despeckled segment is formed from the {circumflex over (Z)}. An estimated despeckled ultrasound image is reconstructed by averaging each pixel by the number of segment updates.
US11779312B2	Ultrasound medical imaging with optimized speed of sound based on fat fraction For ultrasound imaging with an ultrasound scanner, fat fraction of the tissue is measured. The fat fraction may be measured without access to channel data, such as from beamformed data. The speed of sound varies with the fat fraction of tissue, so the fat fraction is used to set the speed of sound in beamforming. Imaging the tissue using the fat fraction-based optimization for speed of sound may provide better images than imaging with an assumed speed.
US11779310B2	Systems and methods for magnetic resonance elastography with unconstrained optimization inversion Systems and methods for magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) are disclosed. In one embodiment, MRE data corresponding to mechanical waves in tissue of interest of a subject is acquired. The MRE data is associated with stiffness of the tissue. The method also includes generating, based on the MRE data, a stiffness map representing stiffness of the tissue. Generating the stiffness map includes performing an unconstrained optimization cost function that is configured to reduce noise in the acquired MRE data and achieve inversion of the reduced-noise data.
US11779308B2	Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method of managing ultrasound image obtained thereby An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a display displaying a body marker including a first type of first probe marker related to a first ultrasound image of an object; an image processor configured to obtain a second ultrasound image of the object; and a controller configured to identify a position of a probe used to obtain the second ultrasound image in the body marker and mark a second type of second probe marker on the body marker according to a result of comparing a position of the first type of first probe marker with the identified position, wherein the second type is different from the first type.
US11779302B2	Methods and apparatus for imaging with conformable ultrasound patch An ultrasound patch may conform to a curved surface of a large, curvilinear part of a human body, and may capture ultrasound images of underlying tissue for detection of disease. The patch may comprise a flexible, elastomeric substrate, in which phased arrays of piezoelectric ultrasound transducers are embedded. The phased arrays may steer ultrasound beams through a wide angle to image a large volume of tissue. Mechanical deformation of the flexible substrate as it conforms to a curvilinear body part may change the relative 3D positions of the phase arrays. However, localization may be performed to detect these 3D positions. Data captured by the phased arrays may be processed, to create an ultrasound image of the underlying tissue. A semi-flexible, intermediate layer may partially encapsulate each phased array, to distribute stress at an interface between the rigid phased array and more flexible substrate.
US11779296B2	Photon counting detector based edge reference detector design and calibration method for small pixelated photon counting CT apparatus An apparatus and a method for correcting for signal variations in pixels of a main photoelectric conversion element in a radiation detection apparatus due to focal spot position drifts. Edge reference detectors are positioned next to a main detector, in a fan beam coverage but outside a scan field of view. The signal variations of the edge reference detectors under an anti-scatter-grid shadow are used to estimate a real-time focal spot movement, which is used to estimate a shadow/signal variation on the main detector that are in the scan field of view.
US11779291B2	Interface module for x-ray collimator An interface module to connect a collimator to an X-ray generator, includes: a base plate, which forms a support area for an X-ray tube unit flange of the X-ray generator; an adjustment plate, which is rotatably connected to the base plate; and at least one swivel element movably connected to the base plate and adjustment plate such that, upon rotation of the adjustment plate, the at least one swivel element pivots between a clamping position and an open position.
US11779289B2	Two-way mirror display for dental treatment system Systems and methods utilizing a two-way mirror display for patient self-positioning for dental x-ray image acquisition. The system includes a camera configured to capture an image of a patient, a display, a two-way mirror positioned between a patient location and the display, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to select, based upon a user input, an operating mode for the display; and based upon the selected operating mode, displaying at least one image on the display. The method includes receiving image data from a camera, identifying at least one facial feature of the patient in the image data, determining if a face of the patient is aligned with at least one anatomical plane based upon the at least one facial feature, and displaying at least one movement guide on a display based upon the determined alignment of the face of the patient.
US11779287B2	Computed tomography imaging A computed tomography method seeking higher resolutions without imposing a dose increase is described. A mask (10) forms a plurality of X-ray beam lets (14) which are passed through a subject (6), and images are captured on X-ray detector (8). The subject (6) is moved with respect to the X-ray detector and mask, including a rotation around a y axis, and a computed tomography image is reconstructed from the plurality of measured datapoints. The beam lets (14) are of small size. FIGS. 4-8 are blurred, FIGS. 10, 11 and 16b contain too small letters/numbers.
US11779285B2	Electrically conductive eartips An eartip includes a first portion that defines a cavity for receiving an earbud and an aperture. The eartip also includes a second portion that overlies the aperture and is formed of an electrically conductive material. An electrically conductive plug has a first end disposed within the aperture and a second end is coupled to the second portion to provide an electrically conductive path between the second portion and the cavity.
US11779283B2	Process and signal processing unit for determining a cardiogenic signal A process and unit for determining an estimate for a respiratory signal. Measured values are received, and a sum signal is generated, which is a superimposition of the respiratory signal to a cardiogenic signal. The unit detects heartbeats, and a respective heartbeat time period for each. An intermediate signal is calculated by compensating the influence of the cardiac activity on the sum signal. The unit determines an attenuation signal, which is an indicator of the average time curve of the contribution of the cardiogenic signal to the intermediate signal in a predefined reference heartbeat time period. An intermediate signal section is generated as a section of the intermediate signal in a heartbeat time period and intermediate signal sections are mapped to the reference heartbeat time period. The estimated respiratory signal is calculated with the use of the mapped intermediate signal sections and of the attenuation signal.
US11779281B2	Evaluation system evaluation device, and biological information acquisition device Performance of a biological information acquisition device of a non-contact type is appropriately evaluated. An evaluation system evaluating a first biological information acquisition device of a non-contact type includes a first body movement suppressing unit that suppresses body movement of a first region, a first body movement detecting unit that detects a first body movement amount, which indicates a magnitude of the body movement of the first region, in a non-contact manner, and a second biological information acquisition device different from the first biological information acquisition device. The evaluation system outputs validity information which indicates that an evaluation result of the first biological information acquisition device is valid, in a case where the first body movement amount is equal to or less than a first threshold.
US11779278B2	Brain-machine interface system capable of changing amount of communication data from internal device, and control method therefor An internal device (1) is implanted in a living body (300). A control section (6) causes a communication section (5) to wirelessly transmit data corresponding to electroencephalogram signals of the living body (300) which are detected through a group of N (N is 2 or more) electrodes, to an external device (200). When the communication section (5) receives a designation signal designating a group of M electrode(s) (2a), M being smaller than N, the communication section (5) is caused to transmit data corresponding to electroencephalogram signals of the living body (300) which are detected through the group of M electrode(s) (2a), to the external device (200) in real time.
US11779273B2	Implantable reporting processor for an alert implant The present disclosure provides alert implants that comprise a medical device and an implantable reporting processor (IRP), where one example of such a medical device includes a component for a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) such as a tibial extension, a femoral component for hip replacements, a breast implant, a distal rod for arm or leg breakage repair, a scoliosis rod, a dynamic hip screw, a spinal interbody spacer, and tooling and methods that may be used to form the alert implant, and uses of such alert implants in the health maintenance of patients who receive the implant.
US11779269B2	Pain estimating device, pain estimating method, and pain classification Provided is a pain estimating device with which it is possible to estimate objectively and accurately pain being experienced by a subject. A pain estimating device 110 estimates the magnitude of pain being experienced by a subject, on the basis of brainwaves of the subject, and is provided with: a measurement unit 111 which acquires a plurality of items of brainwave data or analysis data thereof by measuring brainwaves from the subject a plurality of times; and an estimation unit 112 which estimates the relative magnitude of the pain being experienced when the brainwave measurements were conducted a plurality of times, from the plurality of items of brainwave data or the analysis data thereof (for example the amplitude), on the basis of the linearity of a relationship between the brainwave data or the analysis data thereof (for example the amplitude) and the pain. The present invention also provides a pain estimating method and device with which it is possible to estimate objectively and accurately pain being experienced by a subject, and to classify simply the quality and quantity thereof. The present invention also provides a method for generating a pain classification value for classifying pain being experienced by the subject, on the basis of brainwaves of the subject.
US11779268B2	Electronic management of sleep related data A system and method electronically manages sleep related data obtained by a diagnostic device. The system and method may include collecting sleep data from a patient using a diagnostic device. The sleep data may be stored in a sleep data file and delineated as multiple sleep sessions. A user may access the stored sleep data by selecting a particular sleep session. The sleep data for the selected sleep session may then be extracted from the sleep data file and presented to the user as a combination of image tiles, JavaScript elements, and an event indicator.
US11779258B2	System and method for stimulating medical electrode with a measurement capability A peripheral nerve conduction diagnosis system that utilizes an electrostimulation device having dry elastomer electrodes and a distance measuring device that allow a user to move the electrostimulation device along the skin of a patient while in constant contact with the skin and measure the distance moved.
US11779257B2	3-dimensional measurement method for eye movement and fully automated deep-learning based system for vertigo diagnosis The present invention relates to an eye movement measurement method including the steps of: (a) presenting standardized nystagmus test items and receiving am image of an eye in accordance with the standardized nystagmus test items; (b) recognizing a pupil and an iris from the image of the eye; (c) calculating amounts of horizontal and vertical changes of the pupil and an amount of torsional movement of the iris; (d) determining change values and orientations for three axis directions of the eye on the basis of the amounts of the horizontal and vertical changes of the pupil and the amount of the torsional movement of the iris; and (e) generating a diagnosis result for vertigo through deep learning modeling on the basis of the change values and orientations of the three axis directions of the eye.
US11779255B2	Medical device and method for predicting cardiac event sensing based on sensing control parameters A medical device is configured to receive sensed cardiac event data including a value of a feature determined from each one of a plurality of cardiac events sensed from a cardiac signal according to a first setting of a sensing control parameter. The medical device is configured to classify each value of the feature of each one of the sensed cardiac events as either a predicted sensed event or a predicted undersensed event according to a second setting of the sensing control parameter that is less sensitive to sensing cardiac events than the first setting. The medical device is configured to determine a predicted sensed event interval between each consecutive pair of the predicted sensed events and predict that an arrhythmia is detected or not detected based on the predicted sensed event intervals.
US11779254B2	Method for processing biometric signal and electronic device and storage medium for the same A wearable electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of electrodes configured to measure a biometric signal, an offset correction circuit, at least one processor operatively connected with the plurality of electrodes and the offset correction circuit, and a memory operatively connected with the at least one processor, wherein the memory stores instructions executed to enable the at least one processor to measure an offset between voltages via at least two electrodes among the plurality of electrodes and correct the offset via the offset correction circuit to allow the measured offset to fall within a threshold range.
US11779250B2	Systems and methods for recording biomagnetic fields of the human heart A magnetocardiography (MCG) system includes a passively shielded enclosure having walls defining the passively shielded enclosure, each of the walls including passive magnetic shielding material to reduce an ambient background magnetic field within the passively shielded enclosure; an MCG measurement device including optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs); and active shield coils within the passively shielded enclosure and stationary relative to the passively shielded enclosure and the MCG measurement device, wherein the active shield coils are configured to further reduce the ambient background magnetic field within a user area of the passively shielded enclosure.
US11779244B2	Device for mandibular attachment of a localization marker A device for attaching a localization marker to the lower jaw of an individual. The marker includes an inner face provided with two attachment lugs including an intra-oral portion having a general U-shape adapted for coming into contact with the outer face of the teeth of the lower jaw, an extra-oral portion including an attachment element for the marker, a connecting portion connecting the intra-oral portion and the extra-oral portion. The attachment element includes two recesses each adapted for receiving a respective lug of the marker, the recesses being separated by a tab adapted for being elastically deformed when one of the lugs is engaged in a respective recess so as to exert a pressure force on the lug.
US11779242B2	Systems and methods to estimate human length Systems and methods use a three-dimensional snapshot of an infant, child, adolescent, or adult where the subject may have bent legs and an unaligned head position, to provide an estimate of human length. The system identifies anatomical features from the digital information and generates a virtual skeleton. The cumulative distances between pseudo-joints of the virtual skeleton provide an estimate of human length. Comparing length estimates from multiple three-dimensional snapshots of the same individual acquired over time provide an indication of growth of the infant, child, or adolescent. Daily estimates of length can detect growth faltering sooner than less frequent estimates of length, which can lead to timely intervention.
US11779240B2	Systems and methods for breaching a sterile field for intravascular placement of a catheter A catheter placement system designed to establish a conductive pathway through a sterile barrier from a sterile field to a non-sterile field. The catheter placement system can include a stylet having a first connector including a piercing component, and a sensing component, and a data-receiving component having a second connector. The data-receiving component can be designed for positioning in the non-sterile field under the sterile barrier. The first connector can be designed to conductively connect to the second connector of the data-receiving component through the sterile barrier via the piercing component without compromising the sterile field.
US11779234B2	Pressure sensing ventricular assist devices and methods of use The invention generally relates to heart pump systems. In some embodiments, a pressure sensor is provided with a heart pump, either at the inflow or the outflow of the blood pump. The heart pump may further include a flow estimator based on a rotor drive current signal delivered to the rotor. Based on the rotor drive current signal, a differential pressure across the pump may be calculated. The differential pressure in combination with the pressure measurements from the pressure sensor may be used to calculate pressure on the opposite side of the pump from the pressure sensor. In some embodiments, the pressure sensor is located at the outflow of the pump and the pump is coupled with the left ventricle. The differential pressure and pressure measurement may be used to calculate a left ventricular pressure waveform of the patient. With such a measurement, other physiological parameters may be derived.
US11779229B2	Electronic device capable of measuring blood pressure and method for measuring blood pressure thereby An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed below the display and having a first surface facing the display, a biometric sensor disposed on the first surface of the PCB and configured to measure a biometric signal related to a heartbeat, a pressure sensor disposed below the display and configured to generate a pressure signal based on measuring a pressure applied to the display, a processor. The processor implements the method, including measuring, by the biometric sensor, the biometric signal, measuring, by the pressure sensor, the pressure applied to the display, calculating biometric information related to a heartbeat by interlinking the biometric signal and the pressure signal, and outputting the calculated biometric information to the display.
US11779223B2	Image generation apparatus and operation method In a photoacoustic image generation apparatus including a photoacoustic image generation unit that generates a photoacoustic image based on a detection signal and a sound speed in a subject and a sound speed setting unit that sets the sound speed in the subject, the sound speed setting unit extracts a region having a predetermined range including a high signal value pixel collection portion having a region size larger than a reference region size as a tip region in a photoacoustic image generated based on an assumed sound speed and the detection signal and sets a sound speed of a photoacoustic image having a maximum image evaluation value as the sound speed in the subject among photoacoustic images for respective sound speeds generated by changing the sound speed in a predetermined sound speed range for the tip region.
US11779220B2	Multi-channel orthogonal convolutional neural networks Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure include apparatus and methods to classify the plaque tissue present in the coronary artery using intravascular optical coherence tomography (IVOCT) images.
US11779217B2	System and method for collecting and displaying data acquired from an implantable therapy device using a consumer electronic device A method comprises establishing communication between a therapy device implantable in a patient and a consumer electronic device operable by the patient. The method comprises controlling, by the consumer electronic device, a predetermined set of therapy device functions in response to patient inputs to the consumer electronic device. The method also comprises transmitting therapy data from the therapy device to the consumer electronic device. The method further comprises presenting therapy data on a display of the consumer electronic device.
US11779214B2	Systems and methods for measuring and classifying ocular misalignment A device for measuring and classifying ocular misalignment of a patient's eyes includes an enclosure, two lenses at the front of the enclosure, one corresponding to each eye of a patient, a divider within the enclosure, positioned laterally between the lenses, a screen within the enclosure, an integrated microprocessor connected to the screen, and at least one input control connected to the integrated microprocessor, at least one input control operable by the patient; where the integrated microprocessor generates and transmits two images to the screen, each image corresponding to each lens; where the integrated microprocessor receives input from the patient via at least one input control to manipulate at least one image on the screen; and where the integrated microprocessor calculates and outputs a quantification of ocular misalignment based on that input.
US11779210B2	Ophthalmic imaging apparatus and system An ophthalmic imaging apparatus comprising: an illumination light source and an optical assembly for directing light from the light source into an eye of a subject; a photosensor array comprising a plurality of photosensors positioned for acquiring images of portions of a fundus of the eye; an objective lens positioned along an imaging axis intersecting a point on the fundus of the eye wherein the objective lens is positioned for refracting light that has been reflected by the fundus to form an image of the fundus on an image plane of the objective lens such that the image plane is positioned away from the photosensor array; and a microlens array comprising a plurality of microlenses wherein the microlens array is spaced away from and positioned behind the image plane and wherein the microlens array is positioned in between the image plane and the photosensor array such that each microlens in the array projects a different view of the image formed at the image plane thereby forming an array of elemental images on the photosensor array.
US11779209B2	Retinal image capturing An apparatus for producing a fundus image includes: a processor and a memory; an illumination component including a light source; a camera; and a display, the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: display a target element on the display; display a light source reflection from a cornea of an eye on the display; update a position of the light source reflection on the display as a caregiver manipulates a position of the apparatus relative to the eye; as time elapses, modify the display to allow the light source reflection to more easily be positioned within the target element; and automatically initiate fundus image capture with the camera when the light source reflection is within the target element on the display.
US11779208B2	Tracking movement of an eye within a tracking range In certain embodiments, a system for tracking movement of an eye comprises a camera system, a computer system, and an output device. The camera system generates images of the eye. The computer system stores the images and at least one of the images as a reference image. The computer system also tracks movement of the eye within a tracking range by comparing a current image with the reference image, and by determining a movement of the eye from the comparison of the current image and the reference image. The tracking range has one or more alert points. The computer system also determines an orientation of the eye relative to at least one alert point of the tracking range. The output device outputs a range indicator that indicates the orientation of the eye relative to the at least one alert point of the tracking range.
US11779200B2	Variable pressure cleaning device and method Endoscopic instruments, such as endoscopes, and devices and methods for cleaning endoscopic instruments are provided. A cleaning device for use with an endoscopic instrument comprises an elongate member configured for advancement through an internal lumen within the endoscopic instrument and a cleaning member removably coupled to a portion of the elongate member. The cleaning element comprises a variable pressure region shaped and configured to increase the hydrodynamic fluid friction force and fluid pressure force of a cleaner or detergent against the wall of the internal lumen of the endoscope to more effectively clean all internal surfaces of an endoscopic instrument, including crevasses, scratches or other irregularities, without further damaging these surfaces.
US11779199B2	Wireless endoscope Disclosed embodiments relate to an endoscopic camera and methods for operating the camera. In one embodiment, the endoscopic camera includes a grip region to facilitate holding by a user. The camera may also include a mechanism for correcting improperly exposed video signals by modulating illumination parameters.
US11779196B2	Gastrointestinal endoscopy with attachable intestine pleating structures Disclosed herein are intestine pleating attachable structures for use with endoscopes and methods for using said structures. The intestine pleating attachable structures may act in conjunction with a gastrointestinal endoscope and, optionally, a balloon to improve visualization during endoscopic procedures. The intestine pleating attachable structures are coupled to the endoscope shaft, and include at least one flexible appendage to enhance contact between the structure and the intestinal wall. When the endoscope is retracted, the flexible appendage assists in moving the intestinal wall relative to the imaging system. This movement causes the intestine to pleat. Pleating reduces looping, improves efficiency, and results in a less painful endoscopic procedure for the patient. The attachable structures may be used in conjunction with a dome-shaped balloon that is inflated at the distal, imaging end of the endoscope. The balloon is transparent, such that the intestinal wall may still be visualized through the balloon while intestinal matter is prevented from obscuring the image.
US11779195B2	Precision control systems for tissue visualization and manipulation assemblies A robotic assembly comprises a deployment catheter including a steerable distal region and further comprises a balloon assembly coupled to the steerable distal region.
US11779194B2	Locking mechanisms for endoscopic devices A medical device may comprise a sheath configured to be inserted into a body lumen of a patient. A distal end of the sheath may include an elevator for changing an orientation of a medical device. A handle may include an actuator. The actuator may be operably connected to the elevator. Activation of the actuator may cause movement of the elevator. An engaging portion may, in at least one configuration of the handle, protrude from a surface of a handle body toward the actuator. A force exerted by the user on at least one of the actuator or the engaging portion may cause the handle to transition between (a) a first configuration in which the engaging portion interacts with the actuator to inhibit movement of the actuator relative to the engaging portion and (b) a second configuration in which the actuator is movable relative to the engaging portion.
US11779193B2	Molded article and hollow tube A coating film is provided in a cable, a medical hollow tube, a molded article and a hollow tube. The coating film is formed from a rubber composition including a rubber component and fine particles. A static friction coefficient on a surface of the coating film is 0.5 or less. When the coating film is subjected to a testing such that a long fiber non-woven fabric including cotton linters including an alcohol for disinfection with a length of 50 mm along a wiping direction is brought contiguous to the surface of the coating film at a shearing stress of 2×10−3 MPa to 4×10−3 MPa, followed by wiping off the surface of the coating film at a speed of 80 times/min to 120 times/min and 20,000 repetitions thereof for a wiping direction length of 150 mm, a difference (an absolute value of a difference) between the static friction coefficients of the coating film before and after the testing is not greater than 0.1.
US11779192B2	Medical image viewer control from surgeon's camera Provided in accordance with the present disclosure are systems, devices, and methods for displaying medical images based on a location of a camera. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes receiving image data of a patient's body, identifying an organ in the image data, generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of at least a portion of the patient's body based on the image data, registering the 3D model with the patient's body, determining a location of a camera inside the patient's body, identifying a 2D slice image from the image data based on the determined location of the camera inside the patient's body, and displaying the 2D slice image.
US11779190B2	Dishwasher system with a reuse tank A dishwasher comprising a tub, a reuse tank, and a controller for implementing a wash cycle in the tub, the controller comprising a clock, the controller operably coupled to a recirculation pump and a drain pump, the controller configured (a) to cause the recirculation pump to supply liquid used during the wash cycle to the reuse tank, (b) to monitor via a clock a period of time that the liquid is within the reuse tank, and (c) when the period of time is greater than a predetermined period of time, (i) to cause a control valve in an outlet conduit to open and allow the liquid to flow from the reuse tank to a sump and (ii) to cause a drain pump to drain the liquid from the sump and out of the dishwasher.
US11779189B2	Systems and methods for performing a sous-vide cooking cycle in a dishwasher appliance A method of controlling a dishwashing appliance may include determining that a cooking operation has been input to the dishwashing appliance via a mobile device, receiving an input option for the cooking operation via the mobile device, and activating the pump to supply a predetermined volume of fluid to the container at a predetermined temperature.
US11779184B2	Cleaning assembly A cleaning assembly including a floor scrubber and a self-cleaning device matched with the floor scrubber is provided. The floor scrubber includes a housing connected to a handle. A motor is arranged in the housing. A scrubbing disc is arranged below the housing and is driven by the motor to rotate. The self-cleaning device includes a barrel connected to a support member used for supporting the floor scrubber. A wiper member is arranged in the barrel. When the floor scrubber is placed in the barrel to be dried, the support member supports the floor scrubber, and the wiper member abuts against the scrubbing disc; and when the scrubbing disc rotates or the wiper member moves, water and/or dirt on the scrubbing disc are/is wiped off by the wiper member.
US11779178B2	Household appliance having an improved cyclone and a cyclone for same A uniflow cyclone for a hand vacuum cleaner has a dirt chamber that is external to the cyclone chamber and vortex finder, which has a solid portion that is spaced from and faces a dirt outlet of the cyclone chamber and a porous section that is angularly spaced around the cyclone axis of rotation of the cyclone from the solid portion.
US11779177B2	Fan blade cleaning assembly A fan blade cleaning assembly for cleaning a ceiling fan blade includes a sleeve that is elongated for sliding onto a ceiling fan blade. A plurality of brushes is each coupled to the sleeve and each of the brushes is positioned within the sleeve. In this way each of the brushes can clean the ceiling fan blade when the sleeve is slid thereon. Moreover, the plurality of brushes is strategically positioned to clean a top surface and a bottom surface of the ceiling fan blade. A hose is fluidly coupled to the sleeve and the hose can be fluidly coupled to a vacuum source to facilitate the vacuum source to remove the dust and debris from the sleeve.
US11779169B2	Potty chair cover A potty chair cover adapted for a training potty system. The cover is configured to both provide a snug fit for the potty chair when not in use for training, while also adapted to be removed quickly and easily when a toddler is ready to toilet train.
US11779168B2	Multi-purpose storage and dispensing apparatus A dispensing device for single-use articles is provided. In certain embodiments, the dispensing device comprises a wall-mounted unit or fixture that is capable of holding at least different articles and providing those articles to a user. Packaging devices for use and cooperation with the dispensing device are further provided, and various systems for storing and dispensing articles are provided.
US11779167B2	Dispensing and monitoring systems and methods The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods that facilitate identifying, logging, mapping, and/or tracking of the movements and/or activities of individuals throughout a facility using a plurality of dispensers are positioned at selected locations about the facility. The systems and methods further allow for capturing infrared radiation of one or more individuals within a prescribed detection range, area, or zone covered using at least one passive infrared radiation sensor. The control system of a dispenser of the plurality of dispensers can be disconnected from a power source of the dispenser when the at least one passive infrared radiation sensor does not capture infrared radiation of one or more individuals within the prescribed detection range, area, or zone. Other aspects also are described.
US11779164B1	Portable smoothie maker with solar panels A portable smoothie maker with solar panels including a base assembly, a container assembly and a lid assembly. The base assembly includes a hollow base. The base encloses a motor. The base is covered with solar panels. The solar panels power the motor to rotate a blade. The blade is at the top end of the base. The container assembly includes a container. The container is threadably coupled to the top end of the base. The container encloses the blade. The lid assembly includes a lid removable attached to an open top end of the container. Fruits, vegetables and liquids are deposited into the container to make a smoothie by rotating the blade.
US11779156B2	Reusable beverage container assembly A beverage container assembly including a cup and a lid. The cup includes an outer wall and an inner wall. The cup may have a double truncated cone shape. The lid includes a spout for drinking a beverage held in the cup and a number of holes that allow aroma to escape from the cup. The cup includes an internal protrusion that aids in mixing the beverage.
US11779155B2	High-efficiency heating apparatus A high efficiency heating apparatus for heating fluids and cooking mediums, such as oil or shortening within a fryer, includes a natural draft (non powered) combustion chamber that is affixed to an exterior surface of a fry tank.
US11779152B2	Beverage dispensing device with cleaning module and method of cleaning said device A method is provided for cleansing a hot beverage dispensing device (1), the device including at least one water inlet (11), a hot beverage preparation module (2) located downstream of the water inlet, and a beverage outlet (26) downstream of the beverage preparation module, a second rinsing step (S2) The method includes a first rinsing step (S1), a second rinsing step (S3). In the first rinsing step at least part of the beverage preparation module and the beverage outlet are rinsed with a rinsing fluid having a first rinsing fluid temperature. In the treatment step (S2) at least part of the beverage preparation module and the beverage outlet are treated with a treatment fluid, the treatment fluid having a temperature that is higher than the first rinsing fluid temperature. In the second rinsing step (S3) at least part of the beverage preparation module and the beverage outlet are rinsed with a rinsing fluid having a second rinsing fluid temperature.
US11779150B2	Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a beverage Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles.
US11779146B2	Extraction filter basket A filter basket for a beverage machine includes a sidewall and a strainer portion. The filter basket forms a brew chamber into which ground coffee or other products are added. The brew chamber is defined by a sidewall, a strainer surface, and a smooth contour between the tapered sidewall and the strainer surface. The brew chamber is defined by smooth lines to create better fluid flow through the extraction process. A plurality of apertures are formed in the strainer surface to filter out large particles while allowing brewed beverage to flow therethrough. The tapered sidewalls in combination with the strainer surface, the smooth contour, and the unique pozzetto shape, result in a pressure profile and fluid flow characteristics that reduce the tendency of channeling through the ground coffee and result in a more consistent and uniform extraction.
US11779142B2	Configurable food trays and modular containers A disposable or reusable food base tray and plurality of container modules is disclosed which allows the user to both hold food directly in compartments on the base tray and configure a plurality of similar or different food and beverage container modules selected by the user to securely fit the compartments on the surface of the base tray. Container modules include but are not limited to bowls, partitioned modules, cups, cup adapters, platters and other container modules. An additional feature includes the ability to stack an additional tray securely on top of said container modules. An additional feature includes unique themed identifiers on base trays and container modules so that users can readily identify and remember which items belong to the user.
US11779141B2	Golf-themed device for consuming a beverage A device, method, and system for consuming a beverage is disclosed herein. The device includes a golf club, a tee coupled to a club head of the golf club, and a shot glass coupled to the tee. In use, a user pours the beverage into the shot glass, lifts the golf club and the shot glass connected thereto, and consumes the beverage from the shot glass.
US11779135B2	Refrigerator having panel assembly covering opening of outer plate of door Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator is characterized by enabling at least a part of a refrigerator door to be selectively transparent by a user's operation, such that the user sees through an inside of the refrigerator while the refrigerator door is closed.
US11779132B2	Illuminated shelf assemblies A shelf assembly for an enclosure includes a shelf panel having an upper surface, a lower surface, and an edge extending between the upper and lower surfaces. The edge includes front, rear, and side edges. A light housing is coupled to the shelf panel and includes one or more walls defining an interior. The light housing includes front, rear, and side portions disposed adjacent to the front, rear, and side edges of the shelf panel, respectively. A plurality of light sources received within the light housing to project light outwardly therefrom.
US11779131B2	Tableware taking device and its linkage-type misalignment material discharge structure A linkage-type misalignment material discharge structure is provided. It has a support block and a drive element. The support block comprises a rotation shaft, a first support sheet and a second support sheet stacked on the rotation shaft successively. The first support sheet comprises a first support portion and a first material discharge portion, the second support sheet comprises a second support portion and a second material discharge portion. The first and second material discharge portions are misaligned in a perpendicular direction. One end of the rotation shaft is connected with a swing rod provided with a clamping groove, the drive element is provided with a position limitation column matched with the clamping groove. The support block is rotated for discharging the material under a drive of the drive element, such that the in-situ material falling is accurate and reliable without requiring any forward, backward, leftward or rightward movement.
US11779130B2	Child bassinet A child bassinet includes a standing frame, and a top rail portion and a support frame portion respectively connected with the standing frame. The standing frame includes a first leg having two first side segments, and a second leg having two second side segments. The top rail portion includes a first rail respectively connected pivotally with the two first side segments and a second rail respectively connected pivotally with the two second side segments. The support frame portion includes two first bar segments that are respectively connected pivotally with the two first side segments and are fixedly connected with a first coupling part, and two second bar segments that are respectively connected pivotally with the two second side segments and are fixedly connected with a second coupling part, the first and second coupling parts being pivotally connected with each other for forming a central hinge of the support frame portion.
US11779128B2	Bed microclimate controller A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.
US11779123B2	Modular sofa construction and methods for assembly A modular sofa assembly described herein includes a plurality of seating modules each having a seat section, a backrest section, and side edge surfaces. The backrest section includes first and second portions coupled for movement between a folded configuration and an extended configuration. An armrest module has an armrest side edge surface configured for mating engagement with a side edge surface of a seating module. The modular sofa is assembled by aligning connectors of the seating modules and armrest module, with each respective connectors slidingly engaged along an axis. After bringing the modules together, these connections are secured with the side edge surfaces in abutting engagement. The modular sofa further may include a power cradle mounted at the sofa's bottom surface. The power cradle includes a cubic power outlet near the front of the sofa, and power cable extending beyond the back of the sofa.
US11779122B2	Adjustable breast pump flange An adjustable breast pumping flange is provided. The breast pumping flange allows for adjustment of the flange angle relative to a bottle to which the flange connects. This allows for a nursing mother to more comfortably position the flanges and bottles during a pumping session. This increased comfort in turn allows for improved and more efficient milk collection.
US11779098B1	Apparatus and methods of removably attaching a band to a wearable electronic device Embodiments of an apparatus configured to removably attach a band to a wearable electronic device, and method of its use are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a coupler removably coupleable to a frame. The coupler includes a body portion and a curved side portion disposed along a side of the body portion. The curved side portion defines a channel configured to slidingly receive an elongated post of the frame. The body portion of the coupler and the curved side portion of the coupler collectively have an end profile that the prevents insertion of the elongated post of the frame into the channel unless the body portion of the coupler is positioned at an angle within the range of about 5 degrees to about 80 degrees with respect to the frame.
US11779095B2	Container for stick type content A container for stick type content includes a housing, a manipulation portion coupled to a lower side of the housing to be relatively rotatable with the housing, a first lifting portion provided inside the housing and including an accommodation portion on top in which at least a part of content is accommodated, and a second lifting portion provided inside the first lifting portion and including a support portion disposed inside the accommodation portion to support the content from below. The first lifting portion and the second lifting portion move upward or downward according to rotation of the manipulation portion, and the first lifting portion and the second lifting portion move upward simultaneously and move the content upward when the manipulation portion rotates in one direction while the second lifting portion moves upward alone and moves the content further upward when the first lifting portion moves upward to a certain height.
US11779094B1	Refillable hair coloration package and applicator with adjustable bristles An adjustable applicator head with protrusion elements and a dispensing orifice in fluidic communication with a formulation reservoir operably coupled to a sliding length-adjustment element configured to adjust an exposed protrusion length of the protrusion elements along a direction parallel to a central axis of the length-adjustment element. The applicator can be refilled and re-used and is adjustable for different lengths of hair and hair styles. The tines or bristles can be replaced with foam applicators, sponges, or other surfaces for various applications, such as skincare, makeup or makeup removal.
US11779092B2	Collapsible mist steamer A collapsible mist steamer is provided herein. The collapsible mist steamer, notably, includes a plurality of sections connected by hinges configured to allow the collapsible mist steamer adopt a compact storage configuration and one or more use configurations. The collapsible mist steamer is useful for allowing a user to enjoy professional quality mist hair treatment in a setting of their choosing, using a highly portable device.
US11779091B2	Hair styling apparatus with ion emitter A hair styling apparatus includes a first member and a second member extending along a central longitudinal axis. The first member and the second member are configured for relative movement between an open position for receiving hair therebetween and an approximated position. The first member and second member each include an inner plate segment and an outer shell segment. The first member and the second member are each configured to impart a straightening effect on hair when clamped with the inner plate segment. A heating assembly is connected via the inner plate segment to the first member and the second member. At least one ion emitter is for generating ions upon activation of the hair styling apparatus.
US11779088B2	Pad for tightening a ring upon a finger, and methods and kit relating thereto The present invention relates to a pad to be applied to an inner surface of a finger-ring, comprising an elastically compressible pad body and an adhesive layer adapted to adhere to the inner surface of the finger-ring, wherein, upon the finger-ring being worn upon a finger, the pad body is compressed, and the compressed pad body urges against the finger, such that rotation or movement of the finger-ring about or along the finger is inhibited. The present invention further relates to a method of use thereof, a method of formation thereof and a kit comprising an embodiment of the pad of the present invention.
US11779086B2	Flame and heat-resistant fastener chain and methods of manufacturing the same According to various implementations, a flame-resistant and heat-resistant fastener chain includes a pair of left and right fastener tapes and a pair of left and right continuous fastener elements. Each fastener tape includes a facing tape side edge that faces the facing tape side edge of the other fastener tape. The left continuous fastener element is coupled to the left fastener tape adjacent the facing tape side edge of the left fastener tape and the right continuous fastener element is coupled to the right fastener tape adjacent the facing tape side edge of the right fastener tape. Each continuous fastener element includes a coiled monofilament that includes a high temperature polymer. In some implementations, the continuous fastener element includes a cord around which the coiled monofilament is wrapped.
US11779085B2	Device for measuring inner size of shoe A device for measuring the inner size of a shoe includes a measuring unit including a sensor inserted into the shoe so as to measure the distance up to the inner surface of the shoe, a driving unit capable of rotating the measuring unit around a preset rotation axis, and a frame for supporting the driving unit.
US11779084B2	Method for measuring foot size and shape by using image processing A method for measuring foot size and shape by using image processing includes a step of acquiring an image captured by simultaneously photographing a user's foot and an item having a standardized size; and a calculation step of calculating foot size or shape information from the image. The image is captured when at least a part of the user's foot comes in contact with the item.
US11779083B2	Reel based lacing system A lacing system configured to selectively adjust the size of an opening on an object and allow for the incremental release of the lace within the lacing system. The lacing system can have a reel comprising a housing, a spool supported by the housing, and a knob supported by the housing. The reel can be configured so that cable is gathered in the channel formed in the spool when the spool is rotated in a first direction relative to the housing, and so that cable can be incrementally released from the spool when the spool is rotated in a second direction relative to the housing. In some embodiments, the reel can include a rotation limiter which can be configured to prevent over-tightening of the lacing system and/or to prevent rotation past the substantially fully loosened state.
US11779081B2	Shoe A shoe is provided with a first forming portion provided on a medial side and a second forming portion provided on a lateral side across a central opening formed forward from a foot insertion portion of an upper on each of which a string passing portion is formed; a first support member a tip end of which is fixed to the second forming portion, including a first string passing structure provided at the tip end, and extending downward so as to abut a medial side of a foot; a second support member a tip end of which is fixed to the first forming portion, including a second string passing structure provided at the tip end, and extending downward so as to abut a lateral side of the foot; and a shoelace which passes through the string passing portion and continuously passes through the first and second string passing structures.
US11779076B2	Cushion and shoe The present invention provides a cushion partially or entirely composed of a foam, the foam composed of a polymer composition that includes a homopolymer or a copolymer including a constituent unit derived from farnesene.
US11779074B2	Hair piece A hair piece of artificial, animal or natural hair or a combination thereof wherein the hair piece is configured to be used as a removable hair piece such as a ponytail or hair extension. The hair piece may include an attachment member for attachment to the ponytail of a user. The hair piece may further include a bendable spine member to allow the user to adjust the configuration of the hair piece. The hair piece may further include an elongate flexible member having a greater rigidity than the hair wherein the elongate member is interwoven in the strands of the hair to allow the user to adjust the configuration of the hair piece. The hair piece may also include a variety of hair styles, textures or textiles to provide a versatile hair style that is easily installed or removed by the user.
US11779072B2	Undergarment with modular connecting system An undergarment including a front panel having a top edge, an elastic band arranged on the front panel along the top edge and extending beyond the front panel parallel to the top edge. The undergarment further includes a back panel having a top edge, the elastic band arranged on the back panel along the top edge and extending beyond the back panel parallel to the top edge, and a pair of connectors secured to the elastic band and configured to attach to a side seam of a blouse or shirt.
US11779065B2	Functional textile fabric The present invention refers to a method for manufacturing a functional textile product with microbicidal activity, which can preferably have a text or image in color or black and white printed on it, which is aimed at solving the problem of impregnating and fixing a microbicidal solution in simple steps and without the use of fixing or dispersing chemicals, and in another aspect that the textile fabric may also have a predetermined digital image on the surface thereof, where the image has definition, contrast and durability of the print without neglecting or affecting the microbicidal activity on the textile substrate. Preferably, without intending to limit the scope of the invention, the functional textile woven material may be bed linens such as covers, duvets and the like, clothing, articles for hospitals or the health sector, such as face covers, the industrial sector, food or any other sector that requires contagion prevention devices.
US11779063B2	Garment A garment is provided for moving an incapacitated person. The garment includes a wearable body portion; and a support portion comprising a plurality of attachment elements attachable to a lifting device. Further, the plurality of attachment elements comprises a first attachment element located at a first location on a first side of a sagittal plane of the garment and a second attachment element located at a second location on a second side of the sagittal plane and substantially opposed to the first location. A method of moving an incapacitated person and a system comprising a garment and a sling are also provided.
US11779062B2	Breastfeeding garment and method of use A breastfeeding garment and method of use is provided. The breastfeeding garment includes a first front flap and a second front flap positioned over the breasts of a user, and a back panel, all of which are joined at two side seams. The first and second front flaps may be moved away from each other vertically to form an aperture through the breastfeeding garment. The first and second front flaps are composed of an elastic material, so a breastfeeding funnel may be placed onto the breast of a user through the aperture and then induced to remain in contact with the breast through the elastic force generated by the breastfeeding garment.
US11779057B2	Herb grinder An herb grinder comprising a receptacle grinding for receiving herbs and an insertable grinding member for being inserted into the receptacle grinding member. The receptacle grinding member comprises a receptacle grinding surface and a peripheral wall structure circumscribing the receptacle grinding surface. The insertable grinding member comprises an insertable grinding surface for rotatably interfacing with the receptacle grinding surface. The grinding surfaces comprise define a respective plurality of elongate grooves forming a respective contiguous protruding structure therebetween. Impartment of a mutual rotational movement of the insertable member within the receptacle grinding member provides for grinding herbs between the interfacing grinding surfaces by the grinding action of the respective contiguous protruding structures thereof.
US11779056B2	Atomizer An atomizer is provided. The atomizer includes a battery rod, including a rod body, a battery, and a first electrical connection part arranged on the rod body and exposed from the rod body, wherein an end of the rod body is disposed with a receiving part, and the first electrical connection part is located in the receiving part, an atomizing head, including a housing and a second electrical connection part arranged on the housing and exposed from the housing, and a mechanical switch, arranged on the rod body and exposed outside the rod body, wherein the mechanical switch is electrically connected between the battery and the first electrical connection part, and configured to turn on or turn off an electrical connection between the battery and the first electrical connection part; wherein the first electrical connection part is in contact with the second electrical connection part when the atomizing head is inserted into the receiving part, the electrical connection between the battery and the first electrical connection part is turned on when the atomizing head is inserted into the receiving part and the mechanical switch is triggered, and thereby an electrical connection between the first electrical connection part and the second electrical connection part is turned on to supply a power to the atomizing head through the battery. Using the mechanical switch to control the battery rod whether supply a power to the atomizing head or not can ensure the effectiveness of triggering power supply for a long time.
US11779052B2	Tobacco product compositions and delivery system In an illustrative embodiment, a heat-not-burn tobacco aerosolization device aerosolizes a high viscosity, wet tobacco product at a very low temperature and reduces harmful and potentially harmful carcinogen (HPHC) emissions by six times or more relative to conventional heat-not-burn products while also providing substantially improved taste and user experience. Embodiments exemplified herein provide a compelling and healthier substitute for cigarette smoking that avoids the HPHC emissions of conventional heat-not-burn products while also avoiding the increased risk of addiction and short-term health effects reported in connection with conventional vaping devices.
US11779048B2	Method and apparatus for manufacturing of rods An apparatus for manufacturing of rods of a continuous material strand comprising a feeding unit for feeding material strand, a guiding unit for guiding material strand, a compressing unit for compressing the strand and forming a continuous rod of the material strand, and an object feeding unit for feeding an object to the compressing unit. The apparatus is characterised by being provided with a cutting unit for lengthwise cutting of the material strand into at least two partial strands, whereas the partial strands are fed through the guiding unit to the compressing unit. It is provided with a system for adjusting the position of at least one cutting element in the cutting unit so as to adjust the widths of the partial strands thus determining the point of insertion of the object being inserted.
US11779039B2	Enzymatic process Provided is an enzymatic process that hydrolyzes celery plant material to form a salt-enhancing ingredient, the formed salt-enhancing ingredient, food products comprising said salt-enhancing ingredient and a method of enhancing the salty taste of food products.
US11779038B2	Fully-automated sushi making apparatus A fully-automated sushi making apparatus, comprising a fixed plate (1), a container module (2), an annular shielding module (3), a center shielding module (4), a dispensing module (7), a ring-shaped isolation module (5), a cylindrical pushing module (6), an extraction module (8), a recovery module (9), and a controller (10). The controller controls vertical drive units (52, 62, 81) and horizontal drive units (31, 41, 51, and 61) to drive the connected annular shielding module, ring-shaped isolation module, and cylindrical pushing module to perform layerwise removal of rice from the container module, then drives the center shielding module, the dispensing module, and the cylindrical pushing module to add sushi ingredients into the hollow center of the rice removed from the container module, and finally drives the extraction module, the annular shielding module, and the center shielding module to move in unison to extract the completed sushi.
US11779037B2	Adaptive food preparation automation and control Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are provided to facilitate adaptive control for food preparation. First input may be received from a first set of sensors, consequent to detecting a presence of a load on a portion of a heating device. A location of the load with respect to the heating device may be determined. Second input may be received from a second set of sensors, consequent to detecting temperature corresponding to the load. Third input received from a set of devices may be processed, and an adjustment may be determined based on the temperature and the third input. The heating device and/or devices proximate to the heating device may be caused to activate, deactivate, and/or change a setting in accordance with the adjustment.
US11779036B2	Auger dip apparatus for applying antimicrobial solution Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an auger dip apparatus for the application of antimicrobial solution to raw food. Embodiments of the present disclosure may use an auger as a single moving part to move the food work pieces through the application area for antimicrobial solution. Embodiments of the present disclosure are simple with only one moving auger part to move the food pieces, and the bearing for the moving part, supporting the shaft of the auger, may be configured to be outside of the cabinet with the reservoir of the antimicrobial solution, so that the bearing is not in contact with the antimicrobial solution. This provides for less maintenance and downtime, particularly unscheduled downtime, than a system using more complicated exposed parts. The present disclosure also permits a more compact and lighter configuration for an assembled application unit.
US11779035B2	Low-caloric beverage The present invention relates to a low-calorie beverage having excellent sensory properties and sweetness, and more particularly, to a beverage containing allulose as a sweetener.
US11779026B2	Device and method for constricting and/or severing a sausage strand The disclosure relates to a device for constricting and/or separating a sausage strand moving in direction of transport with two separating devices which in relation to sausage strand are disposed opposite one another, each comprising: a disk mounted to be rotatable about a first axis, a disk arranged thereabove mounted to be rotatable about a second axis with an axis spacing from first axis, at least two connecting elements, at least one of which comprises a displacement element, where a first end of respective connecting element is mounted to be rotatable in first disk at a respective distance r from first axis and a second end in second disk is mounted to be rotatable at same distance from second axis, where connecting elements are guided such that at least one displacement element, during its rotation about first axis, is always aligned at a predetermined angle relative to direction of transport.
US11779021B2	Strain Serratia plymuthica gyun-8 and use thereof Disclosed are a novel strain Serratia plymuthica GYUN-8 and use thereof and, specifically, a Serratia plymuthica GYUN-8 strain, a control agent for controlling a plant disease and a plant growth promoter each containing the strain or a culture thereof as an active ingredient, and a method for controlling a plant disease and a method for promoting plant growth each including soaking or drenching a plant or a plant seed in the strain or a culture thereof, wherein the control agent for controlling a plant disease and the plant growth promoter each containing the novel strain Serratia plymuthica GYUN-8 have an excellent antagonistic action on plant pathogens and a superior activity to promote seed germination and plant growth, and furthermore, the control agent for controlling a plant disease and the plant growth promoter of the present disclosure, which are microbial preparations using microbes, can solve environmental pollution problems due to the use of conventional chemical pesticides and human toxicity problems due to residual pesticides, and thus are safer and more eco-friendly and can increase the production of plants, leading to very useful effects from an economic view.
US11779020B2	Honey-based rooting gel composition and method of preparing the same A honey-based rooting gel composition and method of preparing the same are disclosed. The honey-based rooting gel composition comprises honey and symbiotic fungi such as Beauveria bassiana or Trichoderma koningii which increases plant growth and health, and may also contain a plant rooting hormone such as Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) or other plant rooting hormones that promote root initiation, or natural rooting substances such as willow bark extracts that promote root growth. The use of honey provides an unexpected synergy to protect the cuttings from pathogens through the antibacterial and anti-fungal properties of the honey and benefits both plant and fungal growth by providing growth-promoting carbohydrates (mainly fructose and glucose) for both the plant and the germinating fungal spores. Further, the honey-based rooting gel composition simultaneously induces roots in cuttings to produce new plants and infects the new plants with beneficial symbiotic fungi that improve various properties of the growing plants.
US11779019B2	Composition made from polyol(s) and sterol(s) for use in the agricultural field Use of at least one non-ionic surfactant derived from polyols and a sterol for promoting the growth of a plant and the resistance of a plant to an abiotic stress, and stimulating the defence systems of a plant against an abiotic stress.
US11779017B2	Antimicrobial composition The present invention relates to an antimicrobial composition and more particularly to an antimicrobial composition at the pH of skin. The present invention provides an antimicrobial composition comprising: a. 0.5 to 20% by weight of a solvent comprising an alkyl glycol ether, b. 0.1 to 20% by weight of a carboxylic acid selected from an aromatic carboxylic acid having pKa greater than 4 or an aliphatic carboxylic acid having pKa greater than 4.5 or mixtures thereof c. 1 to 80% by weight of an anionic surfactant.
US11779016B2	Solutions for enhancing the effectiveness of insecticides and fungicides on living plants and related methods The present invention relates to a solution for resisting destruction of living plants and a related method. A solution including a buffered amine oxide admixed with at least one material selected from the group consisting of insecticides and fungicides is applied to the living plant and provides a synergistically effective greater resistance to living plant deterioration than any of the individual buffered amine oxide, insecticides and fungicides achieve. A related method is disclosed.
US11779009B2	Portable treestand and climbing stick system A climbing system includes a treestand and a plurality of climbing sticks. The treestand includes a monolithic platform formed from strengthened material. Each of the climbing sticks includes a frame having a plurality of weight-reduction apertures formed therethrough. Methods of manufacturing a treestand and climbing sticks are also disclosed. The method of manufacturing a treestand includes providing a solid, strengthened piece of material and removing portions of the material to form openings between structural supports. The method of manufacturing a climbing stick includes providing a frame and forming a plurality of weight-reduction apertures therethrough.
US11779003B2	System and method for managing an insect swarm using drones This disclosure relates to system and method for managing an insect swarm using a plurality of drones. The method includes detecting an insect swarm. The method may further include tracking a movement of the insect swarm. The method further includes communicating, with remaining of the plurality of drones, to dynamically align in a position based on the tracking so as to make a drone formation. The method further includes magnetizing, by at least some of the plurality of drones, one or more drone couplers for electromagnetically coupling the at least some of the plurality of drones with each other as per the drone formation. The method further includes casting, by each of the plurality of drones, a net to trap insects in the insect swarm. The method further includes supplying, by each of the plurality of drones, a high voltage to the net to decapacitate the insects.
US11779002B2	Scallop harvesting bag A scallop harvesting bag used for harvesting scallops. The scallop harvesting bag may clip to a swimsuit allows for the use of both hands to hold and put scallops into this bag. The scallop harvesting bag has a rigid to semi-rigid throated opening to facilitate insertion of harvested scallops into the bag. The bag is attached to a bottom end of the throated opening and has an extraction closure defined along at least one edge of the bag. The bag may be formed of a mesh material to facilitate cleaning sand and debris from the harvested scallops contained therein.
US11779000B2	One-way clutch unit for fishing reel and fishing reel A one-way clutch unit for a fishing reel is disclosed. The one-way clutch is configured to brake a rotation of a shaft member of the fishing reel. The one-way clutch includes a rolling element and an outer member. The rolling element contacts the shaft member in a radial direction away from an axle of the shaft member. The outer member is disposed outside the rolling element in the radial direction. The outer member is configured to rotate in only one direction along a circumferential direction around the axle. The outer member includes a first external force receiving portion that receives a first external force in an axial direction of the shaft member.
US11778999B2	Fishing reel A fishing reel includes a reel body, a first shaft member, a second shaft member, a rolling element, and an outer member. The first shaft member is rotatably supported by the reel body. The second shaft member is connected to an end of the first shaft member in an axial direction of the first shaft member. The second shaft member rotates integrally with the first shaft member. The rolling element contacts the second shaft member in a radial direction away from an axial center of the first shaft member. The outer member is disposed outside the rolling element in the radial direction. The outer member rotates integrally with the second shaft member only in one direction along a circumferential direction around the axial center of the first shaft member.
US11778997B1	Fishing line spooling assembly A fishing line spooling assembly includes a bracket that can be positioned on a support surface and a pair of panels attached to the bracket. A first screw is extendable through each of the panels to rotatably retain a spool of fishing line between the panels. A window is slidable into each of the panels such that the window defines a front threshold of a spool space defined between the panels. The window has a line hole extending through the window thereby facilitating fishing line on the spool of fishing line to be extended through the line hole thereby facilitating the fishing line to be wound around a reel of a fishing pole. A pair of second screws is each coupled to and extends upwardly from the lower portion of the bracket thereby facilitating a respective spool of fishing line positioned on the second screws for storage.
US11778996B2	System and method for attracting crustaceans and other aquatic life An improved lure for attracting aquatic life, specifically crabs, that utilizes interchangeable sound cartridges. The improved lure utilizes a fully submersible portable unit that hoses all sound production components, including a speaker, and a power source. The improved lure may be configured for activation in low-light settings and for use in connection with traps.
US11778993B2	Repeat variable diresidues for targeting nucleotides The present invention relates to polypeptides and more particularly to Transcription Activator-Like Effector derived proteins that allow to efficiently target and/or process nucleic acids. The present invention also concerns methods to use these proteins. The present invention also relates to vectors, compositions and kits in which RVD domains and Transcription Activator-Like Effector (TALE) proteins of the present invention are used.
US11778990B2	Automatic food feeder for aquaculture breeding An automatic food feeder for aquatic breeding comprises a bottom plate; the lower side of the bottom plate is provided with a driving mechanism, and the driving mechanism comprises four groups of rotating shafts located on the lower side of the bottom plate; gears are sleeved on the outer sides of the two groups of rotating shafts, and a conveyor belt is connected between the two groups of gears; a plurality of groups of meshing teeth matched with the gears are uniformly provided on the inner side of the conveyor belt, and a plurality of groups of electric telescopic push blocks are uniformly arranged on the outer side of the conveyor belt; a placing rack is connected on the upper side of the bottom plate, and a control box is connected on the front part of the lower side of the placing rack.
US11778988B2	Automatic bee separation device The present invention relates to an automatic bee separation device, and more specifically, to an automatic bee separation device capable of automatically withdrawing a beehive accommodated in a bee box, performing bee separation at the same time, and when the bee separation is completed, inputting the beehive to the bee box. In the automatic bee separation device according to the present invention, since beehive withdrawal work and bee separation work are performed at the same time without requiring a worker to directly and manually withdraw the beehive from the bee box when the bee separation work or honey extraction work is performed after the bee separation work, a speed and efficiency of the work can be maximized in addition to an effect of reducing a labor cost. Therefore, as productivity increases, an effect of increasing income can be generated.
US11778987B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based system for collecting and distributing animal data for monitoring An unmanned aerial vehicle-based data collection and distribution system includes a source of animal data that can be transmitted electronically. The source of animal data includes at least one sensor. The animal data is collected from at least one target individual. The system also includes an unmanned aerial vehicle that receives the animal data from the source of animal data as a first set of received animal data and a home station that receives the first set of received animal data. Characteristically, the unmanned aerial vehicle includes a transceiver operable to receive signals from the source of animal data and to send control signals to the source of animal data.
US11778975B2	Edible bean line <14451> (LUMEN) An edible bean seed designated as <14451> or LUMEN, a sample of the edible bean deposited under accession no. PI 698684 is disclosed. Methods of using the edible bean seed designated as <14451> or LUMEN for breeding new varieties of bean seed are also disclosed, as well as seeds of the edible bean seed designated as <14451> or LUMEN.
US11778974B2	Soybean cultivar 07050021 A soybean cultivar designated 07050021 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 07050021, to the plants of soybean cultivar 07050021, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 07050021, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 07050021. 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 07050021. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 07050021, 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 07050021 with another soybean cultivar.
US11778973B2	Soybean cultivar 00150108 A soybean cultivar designated 00150108 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 00150108, to the plants of soybean cultivar 00150108, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 00150108, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 00150108. 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 00150108. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 00150108, 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 00150108 with another soybean cultivar.
US11778971B2	Soybean cultivar 08150118 A soybean cultivar designated 08150118 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 08150118, to the plants of soybean cultivar 08150118, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 08150118, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 08150118. 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 08150118. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 08150118, 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 08150118 with another soybean cultivar.
US11778969B1	Maize hybrid X08R625 A novel maize variety designated X08R625 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 X08R625 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08R625 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08R625, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08R625 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08R625 and methods of using maize variety X08R625 are disclosed.
US11778965B2	Alteration of tobacco alkaloid content through modification of specific cytochrome P450 genes Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in Nicotiana plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for cytochrome P450s that are involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in these plants. Expression cassettes, vectors, plants, and plant parts thereof comprising inhibitory sequences that target expression or function of the disclosed cytochrome P450 polypeptides are also provided. Methods for the use of these novel sequences to inhibit expression or function of cytochrome P450 polypeptides involved in this metabolic conversion are also provided. The methods find use in the production of tobacco products that have reduced levels of nornicotine and its carcinogenic metabolite, NNN, and thus reduced carcinogenic potential for individuals consuming these tobacco products or exposed to secondary smoke derived from these products.
US11778961B2	Tree trimming apparatus and method An apparatus and method for removing the tops of trees, the apparatus including a rotatable first boom configured for coupling to and extending vertically downward from an aircraft and a cutting assembly hingedly coupled to a bottom end portion of the first boom. The cutting assembly includes a housing containing a motor, the housing having an upper portion coupled to the bottom end portion of the first boom. A second boom extends from a lower portion of the housing and supports thereon a singular circular saw which is operatively coupled to the motor. The second boom is arranged at an angle of about 30° to about 55° relative to the first boom. This accomplished by including bend within the housing.
US11778959B2	Plant shade device The present invention is a shade apparatus with central hub an shade components.
US11778952B2	Shearing device providing a pair of pincers for securing the sheared object A hand-operated, two-blade shearing device providing a pincer post operatively associated with each blade, the two pincers post being dimensioned and adapted to work in concert to securely pinch and hold the object sheared by the two blades during the shearing action.
US11778946B2	Flexible header with sectional height adjustment A flexible harvesting header having multiple sections supported by support arms, with the height of each arm being adjustable in response to a changing load. Load sensors at first ends of the arms sense loads and generate electronic load signals. Hydraulic cylinders at second ends of the arms are actuatable to raise and lower the first ends. A controller receives the load signals, determines whether actuating one or more of the hydraulic cylinders is warranted due to a changing load, and if so, changes a hydraulic pressure to raise or lower the first ends to offset the changing load. Actuation may be warranted if the changing load exceeds a predetermined value. Further, the entire flexible cutter bar may be raised in response to an electronic raise signal, and the controller may actuate all of the hydraulic cylinders to raise the front ends of all of the support arms.
US11778944B2	Heat dissipation power head and lawn mower A power head comprises a motor assembly, an energy device and a housing. The motor assembly comprises a motor base and a motor fixed on the motor base. The housing assembly comprises a casing that is assembled with the motor base. The top of the casing is provided with an air inlet that is inclined backward and downward and an air inlet cavity connected to the air inlet. The air inlet and the air inlet cavity are provided with two. The air inlet cavity is a U-shaped structure with an upper opening, and the casing covers the top of the air inlet cavity to form a sealed airflow passage.
US11778939B2	Method for pest control The present invention relates to the technical field of controlling harmful organisms in the cultivation of cultivated plants. The present invention relates to a method for controlling harmful organisms, to a system for controlling harmful organisms and to the use of a digital application map for the application of one or more control agents against harmful organisms.
US11778936B2	Apparatus and methods for vehicle steering to follow a curved path Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for vehicle steering to follow a curved path. An example apparatus includes interface circuitry to determine vehicle data of a vehicle, navigation manager circuitry to determine navigation data of the vehicle, and tracking mode controller circuitry to: determine the vehicle is approaching a curve based on the navigation data, in response to determining the vehicle is approaching a curve: determine a wheel steering angle utilizing the navigation data and the vehicle data, the wheel steering angle corresponding to the curve, determine a heading error offset adjustment utilizing the navigation data and the vehicle data, and generate steering commands based on the wheel steering angle and the heading error offset, the steering commands to control the vehicle to reduce control errors and follow the wheel steering angle.
US11778935B2	Controlling operating envelope for off-road equipment based on a digital fence A digital fence of a work area is generated and loaded into a machine control system that controls an off-road machine. The machine control system detects whether the off-road machine is within a threshold distance of the digital fence and automatically controls operating parameters of the off-road machine when the off-road machine is within a threshold distance of the digital fence.
US11778934B2	Agricultural lane following Systems and methods for agricultural lane following are described. For example, a method includes accessing range data captured using a distance sensor connected to a vehicle and/or image data captured using an image sensor connected to a vehicle; detecting a crop row based on the range data and/or the image data to obtain position data for the crop row; determining, based on the position data for the crop row, a yaw and a lateral position of the vehicle with respect to a lane bounded by the crop row; and based on the yaw and the lateral position, controlling the vehicle to move along a length of the lane bounded by the crop row.
US11785868B2	Semiconductor structure and method of forming the same A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a first electrode, a vacancy supply layer, a sidewall barrier layer, an oxygen reservoir layer, a resistive switching layer, and a second electrode. The first electrode is disposed on the substrate. The vacancy supply layer is disposed on the first electrode. The sidewall barrier layer is disposed on the first electrode. The oxygen reservoir layer is disposed on the first electrode. The sidewall barrier layer is disposed between the oxygen reservoir layer and the vacancy supply layer. The resistive switching layer is disposed on the vacancy supply layer. The second electrode is disposed on the resistive switching layer.
US11785863B2	Under-cut via electrode for sub 60nm etchless MRAM devices by decoupling the via etch process A method for fabricating a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) structure is described. A first dielectric layer is deposited on a bottom electrode and partially etched through to form a first via opening having straight sidewalls, then etched all the way through to the bottom electrode to form a second via opening having tapered sidewalls. A metal layer is deposited in the second via opening and planarized to the level of the first dielectric layer. The remaining first dielectric layer is removed leaving an electrode plug on the bottom electrode. MTJ stacks are deposited on the electrode plug and on the bottom electrode wherein the MTJ stacks are discontinuous. A second dielectric layer is deposited over the MTJ stacks and polished to expose a top surface of the MTJ stack on the electrode plug. A top electrode layer is deposited to complete the MTJ structure.
US11785858B2	Methods for forming a spacer stack for magnetic tunnel junctions An exemplary method that forms spacer stacks with metallic compound layers is disclosed. The method includes forming magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structures on an interconnect layer and depositing a first spacer layer over the MTJ structures and the interconnect layer. The method also includes disposing a second spacer layer—which includes a metallic compound—over the first spacer material, the MTJ structures, and the interconnect layer so that the second spacer layer is thinner than the first spacer layer. The method further includes depositing a third spacer layer over the second spacer layer and between the MTJ structures. The third spacer is thicker than the second spacer.
US11785855B2	Piezoelectric device, vibration structure and piezoelectric sensor A piezoelectric device that includes a film that has a first main surface and a second main surface, and has piezoelectricity; a first substrate; and a first connection member that connects the film to the first substrate. The first connection member is a thermosetting resin, and a curing temperature of the first connection member is lower than a temperature at which the film thermally contracts.
US11785853B2	Stack assembly for radio-frequency applications Stack assembly for radio-frequency applications. In some embodiments, a radio-frequency (RF) module can include a packaging substrate configured to receive a plurality of components, and an electro-acoustic device mounted on the packaging substrate. The RF module can further include a die having an integrated circuit and mounted over the electro-acoustic device to form a stack assembly. The electro-acoustic device can be, for example, a filter device such as a surface acoustic wave filter. The die can be, for example an amplifier die such as a low-noise amplifier implemented on a silicon die.
US11785852B2	Microphone device with single crystal piezoelectric film and method of forming the same A method of forming a microphone device includes: forming a through-hole in a substrate wafer; providing a second wafer; bonding the second wafer to the substrate wafer; and forming a top electrode over a first surface of a single-crystal piezoelectric film of the second wafer. The second wafer may include the single-crystal piezoelectric film. The single-crystal piezoelectric film may have a first surface and an opposing second surface. The second wafer may further include a bottom electrode arranged adjacent to the second surface, and a support member over the single-crystal piezoelectric film. The through-hole in substrate wafer may be at least substantially aligned with at least one of the top electrode and the bottom electrode.
US11785847B2	Compound for organic electronic element, organic electronic element using the same, and an electronic device thereof Provided are a novel compound capable of improving the light-emitting efficiency, stability, and lifespan of an element; an organic electronic element using same; and an electronic device thereof.
US11785842B2	N heterocyclic planar photocoupler output material and method of preparing thereof An N heterocyclic planar photocoupler output material is provided, and includes a structural formula as follows: R1—R2—R1. The N heterocyclic planar photocoupler output material is selected from any one of following formula structures: The photocoupler output material has a very high “n” value, so that the top-emitting electroluminescent devices using it have achieved very high luminous efficiency. Therefore, it saves time and costs. Also, a method of preparing an N heterocyclic planar photocoupler output material is provided.
US11785841B2	Compound, display panel and display apparatus A compound having a D-(π)-σ-(π)-A chemical structure and improving brightness and efficiency of light-emitting is described. In an embodiment, the compound has a chemical structure according to Formula (I), in which L1 and L2 are each at least one of a single bond, C1-C20 alkylene, C3-C20 cycloalkylene, C3-C20 heterocyclic alkylene, C6-C40 arylene, C4-C40 heteroarylene, C10-C60 fused arylene, or C10-C60 fused heteroarylene; the electron donor D is C1-C20 alkyl, C3-C20 cycloalkyl, C1-C20 alkoxy, C3-C20 heterocyclic group, C6-C40 aryl, C4-C40 heteroaryl, C10-C60 fused arylene, C10-C60 fused heteroarylene, C12-C40 carbazolyl and its derivative groups, C12-C40 diphenylamino and its derivative groups, C18-C60 triphenylamino and its derivative groups, or C12-C40 acridinyl and its derivative groups; and the electron acceptor A is a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, a cyano-containing group, a triarylboron-based group, a benzophenone-based group, an aromatic heterocyclic ketone-based group, a sulfone-based group, or a phosphoroso-containing groups.
US11785822B2	Display apparatus including concave portion A display apparatus includes: a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel respectively configured to emit different colors; a first partition wall on a first light-emitting device of the first pixel; and a first color conversion layer corresponding to an emission area of the first pixel. The first partition wall has a first opening corresponding to the first light-emitting device and a first concave portion spaced apart from the first opening in a plan view. The first color conversion layer includes first quantum dots configured to convert incident light into first color light.
US11785819B2	Layers for improved extraction for transparent cathode emissive displays A light emitting structure comprises a substrate, a sub-pixel stack over a surface of the substrate, a bank surrounding the sub-pixel stack and forming an interior space above the sub-pixel stack, a first material filling the interior space and having a first refractive index, and a second material over the first material and having a second refractive index substantially higher than the first refractive index. The sub-pixel stack comprises an emissive layer between a first transport layer and a second transport layer, a first electrode layer coupled to the first transport layer, and a second electrode layer coupled to the second transport layer. The second electrode layer has a third refractive index substantially matched to the first refractive index.
US11785817B2	Display panel The present disclosure provides a display panel including a display area, a ring-shaped wiring area, and a light-transmitting area. The display panel further includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a third metal layer, and an anode layer. The first metal layer includes a first scan line wired in the ring-shaped wiring area. The second metal layer includes a first bridge line. The third metal layer includes a first data line wired in the ring-shaped wiring area. The anode layer includes a second bridge line. The first data line is bridged with the first bridge line. The first scan line is bridged with the second bridge line.
US11785816B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a substrate having a bending region between a first region and a second region, the bending region being configured to be bent about a bending axis that extends in one direction; a display unit on the substrate; a first wiring unit at the bending region, the first wiring unit including a first bending portion having a plurality of first holes; and a second wiring unit spaced apart from the first wiring unit and at the bending region, the second wiring unit including a second bending portion having a different shape from the first bending portion.
US11785814B2	Display panel and display device Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: at least one group of gate driving signal lines, the gate driving signal lines starting from the driving chip bonding area and going around the display area after passing through the bending area; and at least two first driving voltage lines, the at least two first driving voltage lines respectively starting from the flexible printed circuit bonding area, going through the bending area after passing through two sides of the driving chip bonding area, and extending to be close to the display area, and the at least two first driving voltage lines are respectively at two sides of the at least one group of gate driving signal lines.
US11785810B2	Display substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display device A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The method includes: forming a pixel definition layer transitional pattern on a base substrate, the pixel definition layer transitional pattern being provided at a lateral surface with an undercut; forming a common layer, which is broken at the undercut, on the base substrate; removing the undercut to obtain a pattern of a pixel definition layer; and forming a cathode on the base substrate.
US11785808B2	Flexible display device and method of manufacturing the same The present disclosure relates to a flexible display device including: a substrate over which a thin film transistor is disposed, an intermediate layer disposed to cover the thin film transistor, a first electrode located on the intermediate layer and connected to the thin film transistor, a bank located on the intermediate layer and the first electrode and defining a first region exposing a part of the intermediate layer, a second region exposing a part of the first electrode, and a third region excluding the first and second regions, a first structure located in the first region defined by the bank and tapered toward the substrate, an organic light emitting layer located on the first electrode exposed in the second region, and a second electrode disposed on the organic light emitting layer. Both lateral surfaces of an inverse-tapered structure are disposed to contact the bank, and as a result, corresponding adhesion can be improved, and peeling defects can be reduced or corrected.
US11785807B2	Display apparatus Provided is a display apparatus having improved image quality and high resolution, and including a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel spaced apart from one another on a substrate, and configured to emit different respective colors, a pixel defining layer defining openings respectively corresponding to the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel, and defining an emission area, a first dam portion on the pixel defining layer between the first pixel and the second pixel, and a second dam portion on the pixel defining layer between the second pixel and the third pixel.
US11785804B2	One way transparent display A transparent emissive device is provided. The device may include one or more OLEDs having an anode, a cathode, and an organic emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. In some configurations, the OLEDs may be non-transparent. The device may also include one or more locally transparent regions, which, in combination with the non-transparent OLEDs, provides an overall device transparency of 5% or more.
US11785803B2	Display device A display device includes: a substrate including a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area which are arranged along a row direction; a first pixel row on the substrate, extending in the row direction, and including first pixel circuit portions overlapping the second and third display areas; a second pixel row extending in the row direction and including second pixel circuit portions overlapping the second display area; display elements overlapping the first display area; and bridge lines adjacent to the second pixel circuit row, overlapping the second display area, and connecting the first pixel circuit portions and the display elements.
US11785801B2	Display substrate with water-blocking structure, fabrication method thereof, display panel and display apparatus The present disclosure is related to a display substrate. The display substrate may include a base substrate, a display structure on a display area of the base substrate, at least one blocking structure on a peripheral area around the display area of the base substrate, and a first water-blocking layer on the substrate. The first water-blocking layer may cover the display structure and the at least one blocking structure. The blocking structure may be configured to block cracks generated on the first water-blocking layer at a side of the blocking structure opposite from the display area from propagating to the display area.
US11785799B2	Display apparatus including multi-base and multi-barrier layer substrate A display apparatus includes a first barrier layer including a first display area, a second display area including transmission areas, and a non-display area, a first base layer on a lower surface of the first barrier layer, and defining a first opening that overlaps the second display area, a second base layer on an upper surface of the first barrier layer, and defining second openings that respectively overlap the transmission areas, a second barrier layer on an upper surface of the second base layer and defining third openings that overlap the second openings, main pixel electrodes over the second barrier layer in the first display area, and auxiliary pixel electrodes over the second barrier layer in the second display area.
US11785798B2	Display with dam surrounding opening A display device includes: a substrate including an opening area, a peripheral area surrounding the opening area, and a display area surrounding the peripheral area; a transistor overlapping the display area on the substrate; an insulation layer on the transistor; a first electrode on the insulation layer; a pixel definition layer on the first electrode; an intermediate layer and a second electrode that overlap the first electrode and include a functional layer; a dam overlapping the peripheral area; and a first layer overlapping the peripheral area and spaced apart from the intermediate layer, wherein the first layer is spaced apart from an upper surface of the dam and covers a side surface of the dam.
US11785793B2	Flip-chip light emitting diode and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a flip-chip light emitting diode includes: providing a transparent substrate and a temporary substrate, and bonding the transparent substrate with the temporary substrate; grinding and thinning the transparent substrate; providing a light-emitting epitaxial laminated layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer; forming a transparent bonding medium layer over the first surface of the light-emitting epitaxial laminated layer, and bonding the transparent bonding medium layer with the transparent substrate; defining a first electrode region and a second electrode region over the second surface of the light-emitting epitaxial laminated layer, and manufacturing a first electrode and a second electrode; and removing the temporary substrate.
US11785790B2	Organic light-emitting device An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer includes an emission layer having a first layer, and the first layer includes a first compound, a second compound, and a third compound. The first compound is a hole transporting host compound, the second compound is an electron transporting host compound, and the third compound is a hole transporting host compound or an electron transporting host compound. The first compound and the second compound form a first exciplex, and the first compound and the third compound, or the second compound and the third compound form a second exciplex, where the first exciplex and the second exciplex are different from each other.
US11785788B2	Laminated solar cell module and method of manufacturing said module The present invention relates to a method for laminating solar cell modules comprising a plurality of solar cells electrically connected in series. The method comprises: providing a first and a second flexible substrate portion suitable for roll-to-roll deposition; providing a plurality of first electrodes on said first substrate portion and a plurality of second electrodes on said second substrate portion, wherein said plurality of first and second electrodes are provided as stripes spatially separated such that a plurality of gaps is formed; depositing a continuous or discontinuous active layer on said plurality of first electrodes or said plurality of second electrodes, where in said continuous or discontinuous active layer is an organic active layer; laminating by means of heat and pressure said first and said second substrate portions together in a roll-to-roll process such that the active layer is brought into physical contact with the other one of said plurality first electrodes or said plurality of second electrodes and such that the active layer is brought into electrical contact with said plurality of first electrodes and said plurality of second electrodes. The plurality of first electrodes is arranged off-set relative said plurality of second electrodes such that each of said plurality of gaps between said plurality of second electrodes are fully covered at least in one direction by respective one of said plurality of first electrodes. The present invention also relates to a solar cell module.
US11785786B2	Trench formation scheme for programmable metallization cell to prevent metal redeposit Some embodiments relate to a method for forming a memory device. The method includes forming a lower dielectric layer over a conductive wire. A stack of memory layers is formed within the lower dielectric layer and over the conductive wire. The stack of memory layers comprises a top electrode, a bottom electrode, and a data storage layer between the top electrode and the bottom electrode. A removal process is performed on the stack of memory layers to define a programmable metallization cell that comprises the top electrode, the bottom electrode, and the data storage layer. The programmable metallization cell comprises a central region and a peripheral region that extends upwardly from the central region. A top surface of the programmable metallization cell and a top surface of the lower dielectric layer are coplanar.
US11785777B2	FeRAM MFM structure with selective electrode etch In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method of forming an integrated chip including forming a ferroelectric layer over a bottom electrode layer, forming a top electrode layer over the ferroelectric layer, performing a first removal process to remove peripheral portions of the bottom electrode layer, the ferroelectric layer, and the top electrode layer, and performing a second removal process using a second etch that is selective to the bottom electrode layer and the top electrode layer to remove portions of the bottom electrode layer and the top electrode layer, so that after the second removal process the ferroelectric layer has a surface that protrudes past a surface of the bottom electrode layer and the top electrode layer.
US11785775B2	Methods of forming microelectronic devices, and related microelectronic devices, memory devices, and electronic systems A method of forming a microelectronic device includes forming a microelectronic device structure. The microelectronic device structure includes a stack structure having an alternating sequence of conductive structures and insulative structures, an upper stadium structure, a lower stadium structure, and a crest region defined between a first stair step structure of the upper stadium structure and a second stair step structure of the lower stadium structure. The stack structure further includes pillar structures extending through the stack structure and dielectric structures interposed between neighboring pillar structures within the upper stadium structure. The method further includes forming a trench in the crest region of the stack structure between two dielectric structures of the dielectric structures on opposing sides of another dielectric structure and filling the trench with a dielectric material. The trench partially overlaps with the dielectric structures.
US11785773B2	Semiconductor storage device and method for manufacturing the same According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes: a plurality of first wiring layers stacked in a first direction; a first memory pillar including a first semiconductor layer extending in the first direction and penetrating the plurality of first wiring layers; a second wiring layer disposed above the first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer including a first part disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second wiring layer, a second part extending away from the first semiconductor layer, and a third part provided on the second part; a first insulating layer disposed between the first part and the second wiring layer and between the second part and the second wiring layer; and a second insulating layer provided on the first insulating layer and in contact with at least a portion of the second part.
US11785765B2	Semiconductor memory device with guard pillar and manufacturing method thereof Provided are a semiconductor memory device with guard pillars and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a memory region and a periphery region surrounding the memory region, a plurality of bit line structures, a plurality of contacts, a plurality of guard pillars and a plurality of capacitors. The bit line structures are arranged parallel to each other on the substrate in the memory region. The contacts are disposed between the adjacent bit line structures and electrically connected to the substrate. The guard pillars are disposed on the substrate and located between the adjacent bit line structures at the boundary between the memory region and the periphery region. The capacitors are disposed on the plurality of contacts to be electrically connected to the plurality of contacts.
US11785764B2	Methods of forming microelectronic devices A method of forming a microelectronic device comprises forming a first microelectronic device structure comprising a first semiconductor structure, a first isolation material over the first semiconductor structure, and first conductive routing structures over the first semiconductor structure and surrounded by the first isolation material. A second microelectronic device structure comprising a second semiconductor structure and a second isolation material over the second semiconductor structure is formed. The second isolation material is bonded to the first isolation material to attach the second microelectronic device structure to the first microelectronic device structure. Memory cells comprising portions of the second semiconductor structure are formed after attaching the second microelectronic device structure to the first microelectronic device structure. Control logic devices including transistors comprising portions of the first semiconductor structure are formed after forming the memory cells. Microelectronic devices, electronic systems, and additional methods are also described.
US11785762B2	Memory circuitry and method used in forming memory circuitry A method used in forming memory circuitry comprises forming transistors individually comprising one source/drain region and another source/drain region. A channel region is between the one and the another source/drain regions. A conductive gate is operatively proximate the channel region. Conductive vias are formed that are individually directly electrically coupled to the another source/drain region. Conductor material is formed that is directly coupled to the one source/drain region. The conductor material is patterned in one direction to form horizontal lines of the conductor material that have a horizontal trench between immediately-adjacent of the horizontal conductor-material lines. In a self-aligned manner, digitlines are formed that are individually in individual of the trenches between the immediately-adjacent conductor-material lines. After forming the digitlines, the conductor material is patterned in another direction that is horizontally angled from the one direction to form conductor vias that are individually directly electrically coupled to the one source/drain region. A plurality of storage elements is formed that are individually directly electrically coupled to individual of the conductor vias. Other aspects, including structure independent of method, are disclosed.
US11785753B2	Display device A display device includes a flexible display portion, a case which accommodates the display portion, and a blocking layer which is disposed between the display portion and the case. The blocking layer includes a plurality of nanolines.
US11785752B2	Electromagnetic wave absorbing thermally conductive composition and sheet thereof An electromagnetic wave absorbing thermally conductive composition contains a matrix resin component, metal soft magnetic particles, and thermally conductive particles. The metal soft magnetic particles are carbonyl iron particles and are present in an amount of 30% by volume or more when the electromagnetic wave absorbing thermally conductive composition is a population parameter. A value of an imaginary part (μ″) of relative permeability of the electromagnetic wave absorbing thermally conductive composition is 0.9 or more in at least some bands in a frequency range of 18 to 26.5 GHz. The electromagnetic wave absorbing thermally conductive composition in the form of a sheet has a thermal conductivity of 2.0 W/m·K or more in the thickness direction. A sheet of the present invention incudes the above composition in the form of a sheet. Thus, the present invention provides the electromagnetic wave absorbing thermally conductive composition and its sheet that can increase the value of the imaginary part (μ″) of relative permeability in a frequency band of 18 to 26.5 GHz, efficiently absorb electromagnetic wave noise in this frequency band, and also have a high thermal conductivity.
US11785749B2	Method of controlling cooling in a data centre A method of controlling the cooling of servers in a data center including a plurality of server racks each including a plurality of servers, the cooling being provided by aisle cooling units via a cold isle and by server fans, wherein the method includes: obtaining temperature measurements from temperature sensors in the data center, performing an optimization of the total power consumption of the aisle cooling units and of the servers based on the temperature measurements, with constraints on a cold aisle temperature and on an air flow level of the aisle cooling units, and controlling the aisle cooling units based on the optimization.
US11785746B2	Server design with high reliability cooling hardware In one embodiment, a liquid cooling system includes a coolant distribution device including a first set of fluid connectors to receive a cooling liquid and a second set of fluid connectors to distribute coolant to a cooling device and a cooling device coupled to the coolant distribution device. The cooling device includes an elongated chassis, a cooling plate integrated, contained, and/or prefabricated within the elongated chassis of the cooling device, and a fluid distribution channel integrated within the elongated chassis to provide cooling liquid to the cooling plate. The cooling device further includes fluid connectors to receive the cooling liquid from a coolant distribution device and a blocking channel disposed between the cooling plate and the fluid connectors, the blocking channel to mate with a blocking plate of the coolant distribution device.
US11785745B2	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.
US11785741B2	System and method for cooling a computing device A cooling system for use with a liquid to cool a computing device. The cooling system includes a first internal heat exchanger positioned within an enclosure of the computing device. The first internal heat exchanger is configured to receive a first portion of the liquid, flow the first portion through the first internal heat exchanger to dissipate heat from air flowing over the first internal heat exchanger, and discharge the first portion. The cooling system further includes a first fan operable to recirculate air through the enclosure to absorb heat produced by a plurality of components of the computing device and flow the heated air over the first internal heat exchanger to dissipate the heat.
US11785735B2	Intelligent cable patching of racks to facilitate cable installation In certain embodiments, cable patching may be facilitated. For example, identifiers corresponding to available ports for devices or objects within racks and required ports for patching devices into the racks may be determined. Cable patching schemes for the racks may be retrieved from sensors. The available ports, the required ports, and the cable patching schemes may be input into a prediction model, the prediction model being configured based on the inputs. New identifiers corresponding to new available ports for a new rack and new required ports for patching new devices into the new rack may be determined. A predicted cable patching scheme for patching the new rack may be obtained from the prediction model. In some embodiments, the predicted cable patching scheme may be transmitted to a user device.
US11785734B2	Data center cabinet and top caps for a data center cabinet A data center cabinet has a base frame and a top cap attached to the base frame. The top cap has a main panel having a front edge, rear edge, first side edge, a second side edge, top surface, and bottom surface. An opening is formed through the main panel and is inset and spaced apart from the front, rear, first side, and second side edges. A removable door is positioned over the opening and is hinged to the main panel such that the door can rotate between an open position and a closed position and be removed from the main panel.
US11785732B2	Memory card A memory card includes a case and an integrated circuit package disposed in the case. The case includes a first case edge, a second case edge connected to the first case edge, a third case edge connected to the second case edge, a fourth case edge connected to the third case edge and the first case edge, and a first recessed groove formed in the second case edge, the first recessed groove being spaced apart from the first case edge and inwardly recessed. The integrated circuit package is disposed in an upper portion of the case between the first case edge and a first horizontal line that extends in a direction from a top end of the first recessed groove in the second case edge to the fourth case edge.
US11785724B2	Planar coil element and method for producing planar coil element A planar coil element of the present invention includes an insulating base film having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first conductive pattern deposited on the first surface side of the insulating base film, and a first insulating layer covering the first conductive pattern on the first surface side, in which the first conductive pattern includes a core body and a widening layer deposited by plating on the outer surface of the core body, the core body includes a thin conductive layer on the insulating base film, and the ratio of the average thickness of the first conductive pattern to the average circuit pitch of the first conductive pattern is 1/2 or more and 5 or less.
US11785710B2	Module board and memory module including the same A module board and a memory module are provided. The module board includes a first branch line for connecting a clock signal terminal disposed on at least one surface to a first branch point; a first signal line for connecting the first branch point to a first module clock signal terminal; a second signal line for connecting the first module clock signal terminal to the kth module clock signal terminal and a first termination resistance terminal; a third signal line for connecting the first branch point to a (k+1)th module clock signal terminal; and a fourth signal line for connecting the (k+1)th module clock signal terminal to a 2kth module clock signal terminal and the second termination resistance terminal, wherein a length of the third signal line is greater than a sum of a length of the first signal line and a length of the second signal line.
US11785709B2	Antenna module and electronic device including 1HE same An electronic device includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate, and a side member including a first conductive member and a second conductive member which surround a space between the first plate and the second plate and are separated from each other by a slit, a support member interposed in a space between the first plate and the second plate, a PCB, a wireless communication circuit disposed on the PCB, a display, a connection part protruding toward an inner part of the housing from an area of the second conductive member that is adjacent to the slit, the connection part being electrically connected with the second conductive member, and a coupling member coupled to the connection part. The wireless communication circuit is configured to electrically connect the second conductive member and the connection part with an antenna circuit provided on the PCB.
US11785707B2	Circuit board and manufacturing method thereof and electronic device Provided is a circuit board, including a first substrate, a second substrate, a third substrate, a fourth substrate, multiple conductive structures, and a conductive via structure. The second substrate is disposed between the first substrate and the third substrate. The third substrate is disposed between the second substrate and the fourth substrate. The third substrate has an opening penetrating the third substrate and includes a first dielectric layer filling the opening. The conductive via structure penetrates the first substrate, the second substrate, the first dielectric layer of the third substrate, and the fourth substrate, and is electrically connected to the first substrate and the fourth substrate to define a signal path. The first substrate, the second substrate, the third substrate and the fourth substrate are electrically connected through the conductive structures to define a ground path, and the ground path surrounds the signal path.
US11785706B2	Interlaced crosstalk controlled traces, vias, and capacitors A multilayer printed circuit board having a stackup including an upper half of the stackup and a lower half of the stackup, the multilayer printed circuit board having a top exposed surface and a bottom exposed surface, a first trace and via structure, having one portion disposed on the top exposed surface and another portion disposed within the upper half of the stackup, a second trace and via structure, having one portion disposed on the top exposed surface and another portion disposed within the upper half of the stackup, and first electrical components and second electrical components disposed on the top exposed surface of the multilayer printed circuit board and associated, respectively, with the first trace and via structure and the second trace and via structure, wherein the first electrical components are mounted orthogonally with respect to the second electrical components.
US11785702B2	Method and system for remote monitoring of proton beam emitting and delivery systems A remote diagnostic monitoring of operating states for physical components of a particle accelerator system includes generating, by at least one processor, a component hierarchy corresponding to a physical arrangement of one or more physical components of a particle emitting system and including corresponding operating indicators of operating states of the physical components, identifying, by the at least one processor, a faulted physical component among the physical components, identifying, by the at least one processor, one or more fault path components among the physical components, the fault path components corresponding to a portion of the physical arrangement associated with the faulted physical component, and modifying, by the at least one processor, the operating indicators of the fault path components to fault state indicators.
US11785700B2	Electrode arrangement for forming a dielectric barrier plasma discharge The invention relates to an electrode arrangement for forming a dielectric barrier plasma discharge between an electrode (1) supplied with an AC high voltage by a control device (20) and a treatment surface (21) of an electrically conductive body (22), said arrangement functioning as a ground electrode, wherein a dielectric material (8) completely covets the electrode (1) up to the treatment surface (21) and forms a contact side for the surface (21). The electrode arrangement permits effective and homogeneous formation of the plasma (23), in particular for large treatment surfaces (21), because the electrode (1) consists of at least two electrode portions (2, 3) arranged next to one another at the same distance (6) from the contact side and insulated from one another by the dielectric material (8), and because adjacent electrode portions are supplied by the control device with compensating partial AC voltages which are mirror-inverted in terms of the waveform and the voltage level.
US11785696B2	Solar-powered lamps A solar-powered lamp is disclosed. The lamp includes a plurality of radiating extensions, each being formed from a plurality of flat panels that can fold relative to each other along lines between respective ones of the plurality of flat panels; and an electronics assembly, wherein the lamp is collapsible, and the flat panels for each of the radiating extensions fold relative to each other as the lamp is collapsed.
US11785695B2	Lamp synchronization after excessive user interaction A remote control device for controlling lighting devices may be configured to detect an excessive user interaction (e.g., a continued user interaction) and reduce a number of command messages that are being transmitted to prevent the lighting devices from producing undesirable visual effects. The remote control device may comprise a user interface (e.g., that may include a rotation portion, such as a rotary knob) and a processor configured to receive an indication of a user interaction via the user interface. The processor may periodically transmit command messages at a transmission frequency in response to a continued user interaction, where each of the command messages comprise a respective command for adjusting to a respective lighting level. The processor may also start a usage timer in response to receiving the indication of the user interaction, and decrease the transmission frequency in response to the usage timer exceeding a usage threshold.
US11785693B2	Light source unit, projector, and light source control method A light source unit includes a first light source for first light, a second light source for second light differing from the first light, a display device for performing a gradation control on the first light and the second light which are emitted in a time dividing fashion in corresponding gradation control periods to thereby form image light, and a processor configured to control a first dimming mode for adjusting a quantity of light of the first light source in the gradation control periods of the first light and the second light and a second dimming mode for adjusting the quantity of light of the first light source by performing a turn-off control in at least a partial period of the gradation control period of the first light and adjusting the quantity of light of the first light source in the gradation control period of the second light.
US11785692B2	Supplemental exterior lighting system for recreational vehicles Exterior lighting systems are provided for towed vehicles, such as towed RVs, which includes a control module for receiving conventional illumination signals from the towing vehicle through a conventional trailer plug, and supplementing those conventional illumination signals with synchronized supplemental LED lighting. That supplemental lighting can include “constant-on” flashing LEDs indicative of operator intentions in the towing vehicle, either at locations adjacent conventional exterior lighting or other locations on the trailer. The control module can also support supplemental exterior illumination of the RV when the towed vehicle is stationary and in use for camping or advertisement. The control module includes a failsafe mode in the event of a fault in the supplemental lighting (so as to maintain conventional exterior lighting capability), diagnostic LED output for troubleshooting, and an automatic reset feature.
US11785691B2	Control circuits and methods for driving at least one LED group A control circuit and method are provided for a controlled start-up of N LED groups. The control circuit comprising a LED switching element and a chargeable element in parallel with each LED group, and a low-power source. The method comprising a step of prior to supplying power to the LED groups, setting the LED switching elements in a second state corresponding with the LED group being off. Alternatively, a lower chargeable element is connected via a diode with the top of a higher chargeable element. The control circuit may further comprise a switch having a lighting mode wherein current flows through the LED groups or the corresponding LED switching elements, and a charging mode wherein current flows to the chargeable elements, thereby charging the chargeable elements.
US11785686B2	LED drive circuit An LED drive circuit includes a power supply terminal, an LED, a first switch, and a first resistor are connected in series. The power supply terminal, a third resistor, and a second switch are connected in series. A connection point between the third resistor and the second switch, and a control terminal of the first switch are connected. A second resistor is connected between a connection point between the first switch and the first resistor, and a control terminal of the second switch. A first PTC thermistor is connected to a connection point between the control terminal of the second switch and the second resistor.
US11785682B2	Stirrer drive shaft with ventilation A stirrer shaft for a microwave oven includes a shaft body configured to connect between a stirrer motor on a first end of the shaft body, and a set of stirrer blades spaced apart from the stirrer motor. The stirrer body includes a flow passage therethrough for equalizing pressure in a sealed stirrer cavity of the microwave oven.
US11785681B2	Technologies for controlling cooking appliances using shared cooking recipes Technologies for controlling a cooking appliance include receiving a cooking recipe from a computing device. The cooking recipe defines one or more cooking steps and each cooking step includes executable instructions that are executable by the cooking appliance to cause the cooking appliance to perform the associated cooking step. The cooking appliance may execute the instructions of each cooking step to perform the cooking recipe. The recipe may include digital rights management features, may be encrypted, and may include additional information such as an ingredient list. The cooking appliance may provide instructions, such as audible instructions, to a user while cooking the recipe. The user may also generate a cooking recipe using the cooking appliance and share the cooking recipe with other users.
US11785680B2	Induction heating device and method for sensing a cooking vessel on an induction heating device An induction heating device and a method for sensing a cooking vessel on an induction heating device are provided. The induction heating device may include a controller that converts a resonance waveform generated as current is applied to a sensing coil into a square waveform. The controller may determine whether a cooking vessel placed on the induction heating device has an inductive heating property based on a number of pulses of the converted square waveform.
US11785674B2	Multiple pillar liquid heater Devices, systems, and apparatuses for heating a liquid are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a heater includes a base comprising a generally planar surface and at least two heater pillars and a sensor pillar configured on the base. The at least two heater pillars each comprise heating elements. The sensor pillar includes a thermal sensor. A mixing element is configured on the generally planar surface of the base and is coupled to a mixing motor. When powered, the heating elements of the heater pillars are configured to generate heat and the mixing motor is configured to cause the mixing element to rotate.
US11785671B2	Method and device for producing molded parts with a semi-finished product The invention relates to a method for producing molded parts, wherein semifinished product is heated in a heating device and is subsequently fed to a shaping machine. The heating device has a closed housing having a door or has a separately closable opening. The heating device optionally has a dividable housing, in the case of which the housing components can be moved away from each other in order to form an opening and can be moved toward each other in order to form a closed housing. One or more radiant heaters, in particular infrared radiant heaters, are provided in the interior of the housing. Semifinished product is introduced into the interior of the housing and radiant heat produced by the radiant heaters is applied thereto, said semifinished product is heated, and said semifinished product is subsequently removed from the housing. Thermal convection, which is directed substantially upward in the housing, is produced in the interior of the housing. According to the invention, an air flow counteracting the thermal convention, in particular an air flow directed substantially downward in the interior of the housing, is produced in the interior of the housing.
US11785670B2	Integration of a Wi-Fi access point with a cellular radio unit Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for an integrated Wi-Fi Access Point and cellular network Radio Unit (RU) include a communication system interfacing with a wired network for communicating Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic, the communication system integrating a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) with a cellular network Radio Unit (RU). The Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic can be processed in the communication system. The communication system can interface with at least one programmable Radio Frequency (RF) front end configured for wireless communication over one or more frequency bands for Wi-Fi traffic and one or more frequency bands for cellular network traffic (e.g., 5G, LTE, Wi-Fi).
US11785667B2	Discontinuous reception in internet of things applications NB-IoT offers a communication standard for IoT devices in a cellular network. Techniques for providing efficient spectrum management and timely paging of NB-IoT devices are disclosed, including specific DRX cycles for sets of devices in good coverage which require lower latency paging than provided by standard DRX cycles.
US11785666B2	Method and apparatus for switching radio resource control RRC state A method and an apparatus for switching an RRC state includes: sending, by a communications apparatus, indication information to a network device, where the indication information is used to indicate that the communications apparatus requests to enter an RRC inactive state; after completing a registration process of an RRC connected state, receiving, by the communications apparatus, an RRC connection release message that is sent by the network device based on the indication information, where the RRC connection release message is used to indicate the communications apparatus to enter the RRC inactive state; and entering, by the communications apparatus, the RRC inactive state from the RRC connected state based on the RRC connection release message.
US11785665B2	IuGW architecture Systems and methods are disclosed for a 3G gateway. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed, comprising a gateway situated between a 3G radio access network (RAN) and a core network, the gateway providing resource management for a nodeB, and providing routing and node management for another base station, wherein the base station may be configured to provide, as a virtual RNC, radio resource control, power control, ciphering, and multiplexing of multiple users onto a transmission path for a first mobile device attached to the nodeB; the gateway may be configured to relay traffic for a second mobile device attached to the base station; and the gateway may be configured to relay traffic to the core network from both the nodeB and the base station via an IuCS interface and an IuPS interface.
US11785662B2	Providing session continuity for parallel sessions involving a multiple universal subscriber identity module user equipment Presented herein are techniques to provide data session continuity for parallel data sessions involving a multiple Universal Subscriber Identity Module (MUSIM) user equipment (UE). In one example, a method may include obtaining an indication that session continuity for a first session associated with a first data network and a first USIM of a UE is allowed with respect to a second USIM in which the UE communicates first traffic for the first session via the first USIM. The method may further include determining that second traffic for a second session is to be communicated via the second USIM of the UE and, based on the indication that session continuity for the first session is allowed with respect to the second USIM, providing service information to the UE for the first session to enable the UE to communicate both the first traffic and the second traffic via the second USIM.
US11785661B2	Configuration method and apparatus for beam failure recovery and communication system A configuration method and apparatus for beam failure recovery and communication system. The method includes: receiving configurations for beam failure recovery transmitted by a network device; the configurations at least include resource information and/or preamble information used to request a beam failure recovery; and removing at least a part of time frequency resources and/or preambles from the configurations used to request the beam failure recovery. Hence, the terminal equipment is able to remove or release resources and/or preambles of the dedicated configurations, validity of the resources and/or preambles in the dedicated configurations may be controlled, and the resources and/or preambles in the dedicated configurations may be utilized more efficiently at lower signaling overhead.
US11785656B2	Packet data convergence protocol packet duplication activation by a base station central unit A base station distributed unit receives, from a base station central unit, at least one information element indicating activation of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) packet duplication of at least one bearer of a wireless device. The base station distributed unit transmits, by and based on the activation: PDCP packets of the at least one bearer; and duplicated PDCP packets of the at least one bearer.
US11785655B2	Method and system for providing 5G services to user equipment in wireless communication network Embodiments herein provide a method for providing 5G services to user equipment (UE) (100) in a wireless communication network. The method comprising registering, by the UE (100), to a 5G network with a usage setting as voice centric and detecting, by the UE (100), an unavailability of at least one of a voice over long term evolution (VOLTE) service and a voice over new radio (VOLAR) service at the UE (100). Further, the method includes configuring the UE (100) to operate in one of a single radio 5G (SR5G) mode, an evolved-Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRAN) New Radio-Dual Connectivity (ENDC) mode and provide data services dynamically on one of a 4G network and a 5G network.
US11785652B2	Optical code provisioning for control devices A control device having a surface that is hidden after installation of the control device. The control device includes an optical code disposed on the surface. The optical code encodes a device identifier of the control device and a secret code. The control device includes a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a user device during a provisioning sequence of events that is initiated based on the user device scanning the optical code to obtain the device identifier and the secret code.
US11785649B2	Listen-before-talk for wideband operations of NR unlicensed spectrum A base station (BS) in a wireless communication system is provided. The BS comprises a processor configured to determine frequency units within a frequency range for a bandwidth of an operating carrier, wherein a listen-before-talk (LBT) operation is performed over each of the frequency units; and determine, for each of the frequency units, a set of intended spatial transmit (TX) parameters and a set of spatial receiver (RX) parameters of the LBT operation; and determine a subset of the frequency units for a downlink transmission based on the LBT operation performed over each of the frequency units; and a transceiver operably connected to processor, which is configured to transmit, to a user equipment (UE), downlink channels using the bandwidth corresponding to the determined subset of the frequency units.
US11785646B2	Methods and apparatus for transmitting and receiving uplink control information and for requesting random access in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided that includes receiving, via a RRC signaling, SIB for two uplink carriers in one cell, the two uplink carriers including a first uplink carrier corresponding to a downlink carrier in which a downlink synchronization signal is received and a second uplink carrier, transmitting an uplink signal on one of the two uplink carriers configured to the UE.
US11785645B2	Random access coverage extension in wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for aggregating random access requests across two or more physical random access channel (PRACH) occasions. Poor channel quality may inhibit the receipt of random access requests, and for user equipments (UEs) located in areas with relatively poor coverage, such aggregated random access requests may have an increased likelihood of successful receipt at a base station. The base station may configure a number of PRACH occasions to be available for aggregation of random access requests. A UE may receive PRACH configuration information from the base station, may aggregate a random access request across two or more PRACH occasions using the PRACH configuration information, and may transmit the aggregated random access request via the PRACH occasions. The base station may also configure one or more PRACH occasions to have a smaller subcarrier spacing for transmission of a random access request.
US11785644B2	Random access channel transmissions using resources associated with synchronization signal blocks Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may select a synchronization signal block (SSB) from a plurality of SSBs received from a base station based at least in part on a power measurement associated with the SSB. The UE may determine a physical random access channel (PRACH) coverage enhancement (CE) level that is associated with the SSB. The UE may perform, with the base station, a PRACH transmission on PRACH resources associated with the SSB and the PRACH CE level. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11785643B2	Physical random access channel procedure Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a random access channel configuration that indicates one or more physical random access channel (PRACH) formats associated with antenna switching. The UE may transmit, to the base station, a PRACH sequence using a PRACH format associated with antenna switching from the one or more PRACH formats associated with antenna switching. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11785642B2	Methods and apparatuses for discontinuous reception operations for beam failure recovery procedure A communication method performed by a User Equipment (UE) configured with a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) operation includes the UE initiating a Random Access (RA) procedure for Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) on a Special Cell (SpCell) after detecting a beam failure event on the SpCell, and transmitting a BFR Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) on the SpCell. The BFR MAC CE indicates the beam failure event for the SpCell. The communication method further includes the UE determining a period of time as a DRX Active Time for the UE. The beginning of the period of time is determined by a first time at which the UE transmits the BFR MAC CE on the SpCell. The end of the period of time is determined by a second time at which the UE receives a BFR Response (BFRR) from the SpCell.
US11785639B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless communication system The present disclosure discloses a method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. Especially, the method comprising: receiving system information; performing a channel access procedure (CAP) based on one of a first channel access mode and a second channel access mode different from the first channel access mode; and transmitting an uplink signal based on a result of the CAP, and wherein, based on the system information including information related to a channel access mode, the CAP is performed based on one of the first channel access mode and the second channel access mode based on the information, and wherein, based on the system information not including the information related to the channel access mode, the CAP is performed based on the first channel access mode.
US11785638B2	Message two control channel repetition for contention free random access Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) and a base station may perform a contention-free random access (CFRA) procedure to establish a connection. The base station may transmit control signaling indicating a configuration for a first message of the CFRA including a preamble. The UE may transmit the first message in accordance with the configuration. The preamble of the first message may indicate a request for the base station to use repetition to transmit downlink control information (DCI) that schedules a second message of the CFRA procedure. In some examples, the UE may transmit the first message based on determining that one or more measurement values satisfy one or more thresholds. In response to the request, the base station may transmit one or more repetitions of the DCI and may transmit the second message of the CFRA procedure in accordance with the DCI.
US11785636B1	Wireless communication network access for wireless user equipment based on their wireless network slices A wireless access node serves wireless User Equipment (UEs) based on wireless network slices that are used by the UEs. In the wireless access node, node circuitry generates initial schedules for the UEs. Radio circuitry in the wireless access node wirelessly communicates with the UEs based on the initial schedules. The node circuitry detects a scheduling contention for the UEs and responsively determines scheduling priority based on the wireless network slices used by the UEs. The node circuitry generates priority schedules for the UEs based on the scheduling priority. The radio circuitry wirelessly communicates with the UEs based on the priority schedules. The node circuitry may use normal scheduling again when the contention subsides.
US11785634B2	Return link prioritization of selective events on a mobile platform Methods, systems, and devices are described for providing prioritization of real-time data involving forward and return communication links of a vehicle. In embodiments, a multi-user network access terminal serving multiple communication devices on a vehicle via a communication link receives an indication associated with a pre-defined triggering event from a triggering device on a vehicle, identifies real-time data associated with the pre-defined triggering event for transmission via the communication link, prioritizes the real-time data relative to other data associated with the multiple communication devices for transmission via the communication link, and transmits the prioritized real-time data via the communication link. In embodiments, methods, systems, and devices are also described for data prioritization involving network controllers.
US11785633B2	Base station radio resource management for network slices A real-time slice manager at a base station of a telecommunication network can manage radio resources allocated to network slices. The real-time slice manager can receive input factors associated with one or more network slices, including loading information, latency information, radio conditions, and other input factors. If the real-time slice manager determines that a network slice is not meeting a goal, such as a goal defined in a Service Level Agreement (SLA), the real-time slice manager can locally adjust radio resources allocated to one or more network slices, and/or treatment of network slices in a transport link or core network, to increase the likelihood that the network slice will meet the goal. The real-time slice manager can thus dynamically manage network slices at the base station to efficiently use available radio resources, manage network functions in the core network and/or transport link, and meet goals for the network slices.
US11785630B1	Suppression of modulation order in response to uplink voice muting A method and system for controlling uplink air-interface communication over an air interface from a given user equipment device (UE) to the access node, where the uplink air-interface communication normally operates with a modulation order corresponding with a most recently determined channel quality of the given UE. An example method includes (i) detecting at least a threshold high rate of uplink voice muting on the air interface, and (ii) responsive to at least the detecting of the threshold high rate of uplink voice muting on the air interface, suppressing the modulation order used for the uplink air-interface communication from the given UE to the access node over the air interface.
US11785621B2	Physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for reduced capability user equipment (UE) A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes transmitting, to a base station, an indication comprising a per slot capability for a first number of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) blind decodes and a first number of control channel elements (CCEs). The method also includes receiving, from the base station, a search space configuration based on the indication. The search space configuration configures a second number of blind decodes per slot, a second number of CCEs per slot, and a PDCCH monitoring periodicity. The method also includes decoding a PDCCH based on the search space configuration.
US11785620B2	Systems and methods for super low latency location service for wireless networks An external client requests the location of a UE using control plane signaling. The UE sends downlink location measurements, such as Reference Signal Time Differences, for a plurality of base stations (BSs) to a serving BS at a layer 1 or layer 2 protocol level and at first periodic intervals. The UE and the plurality of BSs send additional location measurements, such as receive time-transmission time differences, to the serving BS at second periodic intervals, which are longer than the first periodic intervals. The serving BS uses the additional location measurements and downlink location measurements to determine timing information, such as Real Time Differences, for the plurality of BSs. The serving BS determines the location of the UE using the downlink location measurements and the timing information at the first periodic intervals and sends the location to the external client using user plane signaling to reduce delay.
US11785619B2	Radio network node, a wireless device and methods therein for transmission and reception of positioning system information A wireless device and a method therein for receiving positioning system information from a radio network node. The wireless device and the radio network node operate in a wireless communications network. The wireless device receives positioning system information broadcast scheduling information comprising information about positioning System Information Blocks that are comprised in a System Information message. Further, the wireless device receives an indication that a pSIB is segmented into pSIB segments. Based on the indication and on the pSI the wireless device determines whether or not the pSIB segments are scheduled via contiguous scheduling. When the pSIB segments are determined to be scheduled via contiguous scheduling, the wireless device monitors scheduled resources, retrieves the contiguously scheduled pSIB segments and decodes position system information of the retrieved pSIB segments.
US11785618B2	Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication A method and a device in nodes used for wireless communication are disclosed by the present disclosure. The node receives a first signaling and a first signal; and then transmits a first bit block in a first time-frequency resource set; the first signaling is used to determine time-frequency resources occupied by the first signal, the first bit block comprises a first information block, which is used to indicate whether the first signal is correctly received; the first signaling is used to determine the first time-frequency resource set; a target index is equal to one of the K1 candidate indexes, and is used to determine a position of the first information block in the first bit block. The present disclosure optimizes the system performance by improving the method and device for feedback information transmission in multicast/groupcast mode.
US11785612B2	Methods to reduce number of blind decoding attempts done by a user equipment The present invention relates to a method of reducing blind decoding attempts by a User Equipment (UE) in a telecommunication network. The method comprises configuring a Search Space (SS) configuration to the UE. A Base Station (BS) signals one of a subset of Aggregation Levels (ALs) to be monitored based on channel quality of the UE and an associated time period, and a value of multiplication factor (k) and an associated time period. The UE iteratively monitors a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on the ALs signalled by the BS till the UE stops receiving a new configuration. The UE performs one of adopting an original configuration, requesting the BS for a new configuration, utilizing a default configuration or utilizing an original configuration.
US11785610B2	Method for transmitting or receiving downlink signal between terminal and base station in wireless communication system and apparatus for supporting same The present invention provides a method for transmitting or receiving a downlink signal between a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for supporting same. According to an embodiment applicable to the present invention, a terminal may assume, on the basis of received first downlink control information (DCI), whether a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the first DCI is received while overlapping with another physical downlink shared channel in terms of time/frequency resources, and on the basis of the assumption, the terminal can receive the first PDSCH more reliably.
US11785609B2	Techniques for indicating lack of data for transmission A user equipment (UE) may be provisioned with multiple scheduling configurations and/or configured grants (CGs). Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for transmitting an indication from the UE to the base station indicating that the UE has no data to be transmitted to the BS during the allocated transmission time interval in order to prevent base station from allocating resources for transmission.
US11785608B2	Techniques for downlink control information (DCI) feedback in wireless communications Aspects described herein relate to receiving, from a base station, a configuration for sending downlink control information (DCI) feedback for a downlink control channel monitoring occasion, where the configuration indicates one or more of an uplink control channel resource and an uplink shared channel resource over which to send the DCI feedback. DCI can be received from the base station over the downlink control channel during the downlink control channel monitoring occasion. DCI feedback can be transmitted, based on receiving the DCI, to the base station over the one or more of the uplink control channel resource and the uplink shared channel resource indicated in the configuration.
US11785606B2	Communication apparatus and communication method Provided is a terminal that can appropriately transmit an uplink signal. In a terminal (200), a control unit (211) determines a processing mode with respect to uplink data and uplink control information according to a requirement for at least one of uplink data and uplink control information when transmission of an uplink data channel that includes the uplink data and transmission of an uplink control channel that includes the uplink control information temporally overlap. A transmission unit (218) transmits the at least one of the uplink data and the uplink control information on the basis of the determined processing mode.
US11785598B2	Method and device for dynamically adjusting a number of resource elements in uplink control information The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communication. A UE first receives a first signaling and a first downlink signaling, and transmits a first radio signal. Herein, the first signaling comprises scheduling information of the first radio signal, the scheduling information includes at least one of a time domain resource occupied, a frequency domain resource occupied, a MCS, a HARQ process number, a RV or a NDI; the first radio signal comprises M first type sub-signal(s) and a second type sub-signal, the M first type sub-signal(s) carries(carry) M first type bit block(s) respectively. The above method can dynamically adjust the number of REs occupied by uplink control information on an uplink physical layer data channel so as to control the transmission reliability of the uplink control information in a flexible manner.
US11785596B2	Transmission method for uplink control information, and user equipment A transmission method for uplink control information (UCI) is provided. The method includes the following. The method includes obtaining target UCI, and multiplexing the target UCI to a configured grant (CG)-physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for transmission. The target UCI includes at least two types of UCI, the target UCI includes CG-UCI and first UCI, and the first UCI includes hybrid automatic repeat-request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK), where the CG-UCI and the HARQ-ACK are encoded using joint encoding and subject to rate matching to obtain a first bit sequence. Multiplexing the target UCI to a CG-PUSCH for transmission includes multiplexing the first bit sequence to the CG-PUSCH from a first data symbol after a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) symbol of the CG-PUSCH.
US11785595B2	Method and apparatus for power headroom reporting procedure for different serving cells An uplink transmission can be received in an allocated slot on a first serving cell of a base station, the allocated slot on the first serving cell overlapping with multiple slots on a second serving cell of the apparatus. A first power headroom report can be received for the allocated slot on the first serving cell. A second power headroom report can be received for the second serving cell, where the second power headroom report is for a first slot of the multiple overlapping slots on the second serving cell that fully overlaps with the allocated slot on the first serving cell. The first power headroom report and the second power headroom report can be received in the uplink transmission in the allocated slot on the first serving cell. The first power headroom report and the second power headroom report can be Type 1 power headroom reports.
US11785593B2	Specific scheduling request Methods, systems, and apparatus are presented for providing enhanced scheduling requests, e.g., in an IEEE 802.11 network. A client station (STA) may determine one or more minimum quality of service (QoS) metrics for supporting an application being implemented by the STA, and may determine minimum scheduling parameters to be implemented by an access point (AP) to achieve the minimum QoS. The STA may transmit to the AP a specific scheduling request indicating the minimum scheduling parameters. In response, the AP may schedule communication resources for the STA in accordance with the minimum scheduling resources.
US11785592B2	Sidelink communication One disclosure of the present specification provides a method by which a UE performs sidelink communication. The method may comprise the steps of: determining transmission power for SL transmission on the basis of capability information of the UE; determining transmission timing for the SL transmission on the basis of the capability information of the UE; and transmitting an SL signal on the basis of the transmission timing and the transmission power.
US11785591B2	Multiplexed code for ACK/SR/power/beam feedback in 5G and 6G Disclosed are procedures and examples of feedback messages that enable a user device to request transmission adjustments in 5G and 6G. The feedback message may indicate a selected beam direction, a power adjustment request, a grant request, and an acknowledgement, among other things. For example, a downlink message may include several beam test signals, each transmitted in a different direction, and the user device can indicate, in the feedback message, which test signal was best received. Thus the feedback enables the base station to adjust its beam toward the user device upon each message. In addition, the user device can determine the amplitude or signal quality received in the favored test signal, and can then include an incremental power adjustment request in the feedback message. In addition, the user device can request a retransmission and/or an uplink grant, and can optionally provide a BSR as well, in some embodiments.
US11785588B1	Managing wireless device frequency band assignment Systems and methods provide for assignment of wireless devices to a frequency band for a particular RAT. The method may include determining corresponding bandwidths for each frequency band, calculating a ratio of each bandwidth to a total bandwidth, and ranking each band based on bandwidth. The method may further include assigning wireless devices to the frequency bands based on the rankings of each band and the caps imposed on each band.
US11785587B2	Code block group feedback techniques for multiple carriers or transmission time intervals Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described that provide for configuration of multiple component carriers (CCs) or multiple transmission time intervals (TTIs) for data transmission to a user equipment (UE). Feedback resources may be configured for transmission of feedback information from the UE, and one or more CCs or TTIs may be configured for either code block group (CBG) feedback or transport block (TB) feedback, and one or more other CCs or TTIs may be configured for TB feedback. A UE may select whether to use CBG feedback or TB feedback for one or more CCs or TTIs, based at least in part on an amount of feedback information to be transmitted, an amount of available feedback resources, an error pattern associated with one or more of the CCs or TTIs, or any combination thereof.
US11785585B2	Method and device for determining detection range of control channel in multi-beam system Provided are a method and device for determining a detection range for a control channel in a multi-beam system. The method includes a network device sends configuration information to a terminal device, wherein the configuration information is used for the terminal device to determine a time domain resource in which control channel detection is required within a target downlink time period according to the configuration information, and the time domain resource includes multiple time domain scheduling units. According to the method for determining the detection range for the control channel in the multi-beam system of the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device only needs to perform the detection of control channel on the time domain resource determined according to the configuration information, and those time domain resources on which a control channel of a current beam is determined not to exist, may be excluded through the configuration information.
US11785582B2	Resource selection for control signaling in radio access network There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network, the user equipment being configured with a transmission resource pool. The transmission resource pool comprises resources for transmission of response control signaling by the user equipment. The method comprises transmitting response control signaling utilising a resource structure, the resource structure being selected from the transmission resource pool based on a signaling characteristic of characterising signaling, the resource structure further being selected based on selection control information included in a received selection control message.The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
US11785581B2	Span-based control channel for multiple transmit receive points Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive configuration information for a plurality of carriers, wherein a set of first carriers of the plurality of carriers are single transmit receive point (single-TRP) carriers and a set of second carriers of the plurality of carriers are multi-TRP carriers; determine, for the plurality of carriers, a distribution that satisfies a per-span capability of the UE, wherein the distribution is of at least one of a plurality of non-overlapped control channel elements or a plurality of blind decodes, wherein the distribution is based at least in part on which carriers, of the plurality of carriers, are single-TRP carriers or multi-TRP carriers; and receive communications on the plurality of carriers in accordance with the distribution. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11785577B2	Automatic device orientation An electronic device determines a position of a communicaiton hub of a wireless network. In response to determining a position of a communication hub of a wireless communication network, the electronic device may operate one or more actuators to move the device to adjust the orientation of the device relative to the communication hub. As such, the mobile communicating device may adjust the orientation of the device relative to the communication hub to provide more reliable and/or more efficient communication of data.
US11785574B2	Integrated system for communication and sensing for distributed antenna systems A system and method for communicating and sensing for distributed antennas associated with a building. Each of a number of antennas distributed geographically within the building include one or more sensors, each of the one or more sensors being configured to sense an environmental condition associated with the building and generate sensor data. A sensor processor is configured to receive the sensor data and generate a digital map view of a portion of the building based on locations of the plurality of antennas, the map view including a digital representation of the sensor data.
US11785573B2	Method for determining a geographical location of an access point in a wireless local access network A method of determining a geographical location of an access point in a wireless local access network allowing access to a multimedia IP network core, implemented by an input server of the network core, is described. After receipt of a message from a terminal via the access point containing information on the location of the terminal inserted into the message signal, a material identifier of the access point is extracted and stored with the location information. A geographical location of the access point is determined using location information stored with the material identifier of the access point. The geographical location of the access point associated with the extracted material identifier may be inserted into the message signal as the geographical location of the terminal, prior to transmitting this message to another piece of equipment in the network core.
US11785570B2	Method of, and devices for, establishing a signalling connection between a remote user equipment, UE, and a telecommunication network via a relay capable UE A method of establishing a signalling connection between a remote User Equipment, UE, and a telecommunication network via a relay capable UE, wherein said relay capable UE has established user plane connectivity to an intermediate node comprised by said telecommunication network and is arranged for supporting establishment of said connection for said remote UE, said method comprising the steps of receiving a registration message over said user plane forwarded by said relay capable UE and originating from said remote UE for registering said remote UE to said telecommunication network, forwarding said registration message to a Mobility Management Function comprised by said telecommunication network and receiving a registration accept message from said Mobility Management Function for accepting registration of said remote UE to said telecommunication network, and forwarding said registration accept message to said remote UE via said relay capable UE.
US11785568B2	Optimizing usage of a coordinated service In some embodiments, a network node (e.g., a base station) collects information pertaining to components that form a Maximum Received Timing Difference (MRTD). For instance, the network node determines TAE. The network node then evaluates, for a particular UE, whether a certain MRTD requirement (MRTDR) for a specific coordinated service (CS) can be fulfilled. If the requirement can be met, then the network node may initiate the specific CS for the UE (or continue providing the CS), and if the requirement cannot be met, then the network node may stop or modify the CS for the UE.
US11785566B2	Synchronization method and device for group casting in wireless communication system Provided are a synchronization method and device for groupcast, and a synchronization method of a terminal for groupcast in a wireless communication system includes: detecting a synchronization signal transmitted by a leader terminal in a group by using group identification information; and receiving system information of the group transmitted by the leader terminal.
US11785565B2	Band-dependent configuration for synchronization Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide mechanisms for band-dependent configuration of synchronization signal transmission, as well band-dependent synchronization signal designs. The band-dependent configuration and design may help optimize certain transmission parameters (such as antenna ports and transmission power) to current operating bands.
US11785563B2	Synchronization signal block mapping across different frequencies Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a mapping between a set of synchronization signal block resources and a set of operating frequencies within a frequency band. The UE may identify a parameter of a synchronization signal block based on an operating frequency of the set of operating frequencies for conveying the synchronization signal block and a direction of a beam for conveying the synchronization signal block. The parameter may include an index of the synchronization signal block. The UE may monitor for the synchronization signal block based on the identified parameter.
US11785562B2	Multi-link operation with triggered alignment of frames A multi-link device may be configured to initiate transmission of a first data unit on a first wireless link of a first multi-link device, and request transmission of a trigger from a second multi-link device on a second wireless link. In response to receiving the trigger, the multi-link device may align a last symbol end time of a response transmission on the second wireless link with a last symbol end time of the first data unit being transmitted on the first multi-link device.
US11785559B2	Antenna control method and system and electronic device An antenna control method for an electronic device is provided. The method includes: obtaining, in response to the electronic device radiating first antenna signals and second antenna signals simultaneously, a combination electromagnetic wave specific absorption rate (SAR) of at least one first antenna and at least one of a plurality of second antennas in an operating state; calling, in response to the combination electromagnetic wave SAR not meeting a predetermined condition, a target antenna combination including a first target antenna and a second target antenna; and controlling the first target antenna and the second target antenna to be in the operating state for radiating the first antenna signals and the second antenna signals simultaneously. An antenna control system and an electronic device are also provided.
US11785558B2	Power headroom report method and apparatus, and computer storage medium Disclosed are a power headroom (PH) report method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: a network device receives, from a terminal, power headroom (PH) of an uplink signal in at least one bandwidth part (BWP) among a plurality of BWPs after the terminal calculates PH of uplink signals in the plurality of BWPs, wherein the plurality of BWPs include at least one active uplink BWP for the terminal.
US11785557B2	Random access power control method and apparatus and communication system A random access power control apparatus and method and a communication system. The random access power control apparatus includes: a first calculating unit configured to, by using a pathloss estimated based on an synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block and/or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) currently selected by a UE, calculate transmission power used by the UE in transmitting random access preambles. Hence, the UE may be adapted to UE random access procedures in such complex scenarios as multiple beams.
US11785546B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring power saving signal in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), the UE receives an indication from a base station, wherein the indication is indicative of monitoring a power saving signal in one or more monitoring occasions and at least one monitoring occasion of the one or more monitoring occasions is associated with a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) ON duration and is within Active Time associated with the UE. The UE does not monitor and/or skips monitoring the power saving signal in the at least one monitoring occasion. The UE monitors Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) during the DRX ON duration.
US11785539B2	Method, UE, apparatus, and storage medium for monitoring control channel in wireless communication system, and method and BS for transmitting control channel A UE performs PDCCH monitoring for at least one serving cell by switching a search space set of a first SSSG to a search space of a second SSSG at a search space set group (SSSG) switching time. When PDCCH monitoring is performed in a unit of a slot-group for the at least one serving cell, the UE determines the SSSG switching time based on a largest Xs value among Xs values for the at least one serving cell.
US11785537B2	Method and system for handling of closed access group related procedure Accordingly, embodiments herein disclose a method for handling a closed access group (CAG) related procedure in a wireless communication system. A network may receive a radio resource control (RRC) resume request message from a user equipment (UE). The network may determine whether the at least one CAG identifier (ID) broadcasted in a CAG cell is included in an allowed CAG list of the UE (100) in response to the RRC resume request message. The network may proceed with a RRC resume procedure in response to determining that the at least one CAG ID is included in the allowed CAG list.
US11785535B2	Method and apparatus for service discovery Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus and computer program products for service discovery. A method implemented at a primary Network-Function Repository Function, NRF, in a communication network, wherein the communication network comprising at least one primary NRF and at least one secondary NRFs, the method comprising: receiving a discovery request from a first secondary NRF, wherein the discovery request comprises a service query information for a target Network Function, NF, obtaining target NF information, providing the target NF information to the first secondary NRF.
US11785534B2	Provisioning services based on geolocation data and activity recognition An apparatus that matches one or more affiliates to a user includes a memory, a geofencing engine, an artificial intelligence engine, and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to each. The geofencing engine determines a current geofenced area of a mobile device of the user. The artificial intelligence engine determines anticipated needs of the user. The processing circuitry determines, using the affiliate database, a list of candidate affiliates for the current geofenced area, and transmits a query to an affiliate feed for the list of candidate affiliates, where the query is based at least in part on the anticipated need of the user. The processing circuitry determines a first affiliate and a second affiliate based on the query and receives query results for the first affiliate and the second affiliate from the affiliate feed. The results are transmitted to the mobile device for presentation in a user interface.
US11785533B2	Secondary cell activation A wireless device receives configuration parameters of cells grouped into physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) groups comprising a primary PUCCH group comprising a primary cell, and a secondary PUCCH group comprising a PUCCH secondary cell with a secondary PUCCH. The wireless device receives, during a first time interval, a first indication to activate a secondary cell of the primary PUCCH group. The wireless device starts transmission of channel state information of the secondary cell from a second time interval that is pre-determined number of time intervals after the first time interval. The wireless device receives, during a third time interval, a second indication for activation of the PUCCH secondary cell, and starts transmission of channel state information for the PUCCH secondary cell from a fourth time interval that is a number of time intervals after the third time interval.
US11785532B2	Low-power and low-latency non-standalone initial access to new radio carrier A communication device that establishes a short-range wireless communication link with a user equipment (UE) or a mobile UE that is in a specified proximal range of the communication device and acquire control information of signal synchronization blocks from the at least one UE over the short-range wireless communication link. The communication device detects whether a first new radio (NR) carrier is assigned to the FWA UE or the mobile UE which is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state over LTE network, without using the communication device. The communication device controls assignment of a second NR carrier to the mobile UE for non-standalone initial access to a beam of RF data signals in the second NR carrier at the mobile UE.
US11785526B2	Resource utilization based event triggering in wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support resource utilization based event triggering. A wireless node in a wireless communications system may establish a connection with a core network via a path that includes one or more relay nodes. The wireless node may determine that a network load associated with one or more paths between the wireless node and the core network has changed, or that a difference between two or more network loads of different paths has changed. Based on such a determination, the wireless node may transmit a report to the network. In some cases, the network may receive the report from the wireless node, and may initiate a path change based on the report.
US11785521B2	Systems and methods for anchor selection in a non-standalone wireless network environment A system described herein may provide a technique for the intelligent, automated, and dynamic selection of anchor evolved Node Bs (“eNBs”) for Next Generation Node Bs (“gNBs”) in a Non-Standalone (“NSA”) wireless network environment. An eNB may be selected as an anchor eNB based on distance to a particular gNB, and one or more sectors of the anchor eNB may be selected as anchors based on coverage areas associated with the sectors. Sectors of additional eNBs may be identified based on frequent handovers between the identified sectors of the anchor eNB and sectors of the additional eNBs. Selected eNBs and/or sectors may be notified of the designation as an anchor, and may thus provide gNB carrier information to connected User Equipment (“UE”), which may facilitate the connection of such UEs to the gNB.
US11785519B2	Controller, terminal device, control method, and program for handover connections A controller, terminal device, control method, and program for handover connections is provided. A controller may acquire estimated communication delay information regarding communication via base stations. A terminal device connected to another base station different from the base station above may acquire requested delay information regarding allowable delay. The terminal device may be notified of settings regarding cells that should be measured for wireless quality by the terminal device based on communication delay information of the base station and requested delay information. Handover control of the terminal device may be performed based on the terminal device reporting the measured wireless quality based on these settings.
US11785510B2	Communication system A communication system is described in which user plane communication and control plane communication for a particular mobile communication device can be split between a base station that operates a small cell and a macro base station. Appropriate security for the user plane and control plane communications is safeguarded by ensuring that each base station is able to obtain or derive the correct security parameters for protecting the user plane or control plane communication for which it is responsible.
US11785504B1	Use of per-connection insertion loss as basis for dynamic control of air-interface communication with dual-connected device A method and system for controlling data split of a dual-connected user equipment device (UE) when the UE has at least two co-existing air-interface connections including a first air-interface connection with a first access node and a second air-interface connection with a second access node. An example method includes (i) comparing a level of insertion loss of the first air-interface connection with a level of insertion loss of the second air-interface connection, (ii) based at least on the comparing, establishing a split ratio that defines a distribution of data flow of the UE between at least the first air-interface connection and the second air-interface connection, and (iii) based on the establishing, causing the established split ratio to be applied. Further the method could include using the comparison as a basis to set one of the UE's air-interface connections as the UE's primary uplink path.
US11785503B2	Communication apparatus for transmitting trigger frames and receiving multiplexed data from a plurality of apparatuses The present technology relates to a communication apparatus and a communication system achieving efficient utilization of a transfer path of a wireless LAN. A communication apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology transmits a first trigger frame containing a transmission parameter used for data transmission to a plurality of apparatuses belonging to a wireless LAN, and receives data multiplexed and transmitted from the plurality of apparatuses having received the first trigger frame in accordance with the transmission parameter. In addition, the communication apparatus receives a second trigger frame transmitted from a predetermined apparatus of the plurality of apparatuses, and transmits multiplexed data to the predetermined apparatus in accordance with a transmission parameter contained in the received second trigger frame. The present technology is applicable to a communication apparatus in a wireless LAN.
US11785501B2	Techniques for timer adjustment for packet loss Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive information indicating a timer value of a timer associated with discarding a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) service data unit (SDU). The UE may determine that a timer modification condition is satisfied. The UE may modify the timer value based at least in part on the determination that the timer modification condition is satisfied. The UE may transmit a communication using the modified timer value. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11785500B2	Scheduling request and buffer status reporting in a mobile communication system An invention relates to methods for transmitting a buffer status report (BSR) in a mobile communication system, more particularly to the definition of rules for triggering, generating and transmitting BSRs. The invention also relates to a data transmission method utilizing new rules to decide data of which radio bearers is transmitted within a given transmission time interval. Moreover, the invention relates to scheduling method for radio resources that is taking into account additional scheduling-relevant information from the buffer status reporting and/or data transmission method. To avoid unnecessary grants from the network and to suggest an advanced handling of data transmissions the invention suggests a buffer status reporting and data transmission schemes that take into account the scheduling mode of data of radio bearers pending for transmission to decide whether to report on it in a buffer status report, respectively, whether to multiplex the data to a transport block for transmission.
US11785499B2	Controlling timeout events for data packet transmissions The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling a timeout event for a data packet transmission in a wireless communications network, and a node performing the method. In an aspect, a method of controlling a timeout event for a data packet transmission in a wireless communications network is provided, wherein a data packet retransmission timer initially is set to a timeout value indicating the maximum allowed round-trip time (RTT) for the data packet transmission and a timeout event occurs upon the retransmission timer expiring. The method includes observing the RTT for the data packet transmission over a connection in the network, increasing, upon the retransmission timer expiring before a measured value is available for the observed RTT, the timeout value for the retransmission timer, and determining whether a currently set timeout value for the retransmission timer is to be decreased or not.
US11785495B2	Sidelink quality of service flow management in wireless communications systems and related methods and apparatuses Methods of operating user equipment for device-to-device, D2D, communications are provided. Operations include transmitting a quality of service, QoS, flow establishment request, the flow establishment request indicating that the QoS flow is to be transmitted over a sidelink, responsive to a determination that a required QoS flow will be fulfilled, receiving a message indicating that a requested sidelink QoS flow will be supported and receiving mapping and configuration data corresponding to the sidelink QoS flow, and responsive to determining that the required QoS may not be fulfilled, receiving a message indicating that the requested sidelink QoS flow will not be established.
US11785494B2	Method and device for performing SL communication in NR V2X on basis of auxiliary information Provided are a method for a first device to perform wireless communication and a device supporting same. The method comprises the steps of: receiving an auxiliary information request from a second device; generating auxiliary information on the basis of the auxiliary information request; transmitting first sidelink control information (SCI), including scheduling information about a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), to the second device through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), wherein the first SCI includes information related to frequency resource allocation, information related to time resource allocation, information related to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) pattern, and information related to a modulation and coding scheme (MCS); and transmitting the auxiliary information to the second device through the PSSCH in response to the auxiliary information request, wherein the auxiliary information may include information for sidelink (SL) resource selection for the second device.
US11785493B2	Prioritizing wireless access technologies in an enterprise fabric An enterprise network may receive a WiFi packet associated with a 5G service (or other type of service) at an access point (AP) in the enterprise network. The enterprise network determines whether the WiFi packet satisfies a first-packet policy associated with the 5G service, where the first-packet policy controls access to a tunnel for traversing the enterprise network to reach the 5G service. If the packet satisfies the policy, the enterprise network queries a map server to identify a location of a 5G border in the enterprise network that is connected to the 5G service. The enterprise network can transmit the WiFi packet on the tunnel with priority to meet SLA using the location of the 5G border.
US11785490B2	Configuring measurement gaps for network-assisted calibration procedures and/or performing network-assisted calibration procedures using serving beams Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive, from a base station, a configuration of at least one measurement gap based at least in part on a gap request associated with a network-assisted antenna calibration procedure; and perform, during the at least one measurement gap, a calibration measurement corresponding to the network-assisted antenna calibration procedure. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11785489B2	Apparatus, method and computer program for self-organizing network measurement reporting Apparatus comprising means for performing: performing self-organizing network measurements to generate self-organizing network measurement information; and in response to determining that the apparatus has user data to transmit to a base station, determining whether the self-organizing network measurement information can be accommodated in a message together with the user data.
US11785483B2	Method and apparatus for reporting master cell group failure A method and apparatus for reporting a master cell group (MCG) failure and/or a Primary Cell (PCell) failure when the MCG failure and/or the PCell failure is detected by a wireless communication device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for reporting a Master Cell Group (MCG) failure by a wireless communication device, includes: detecting a first MCG failure; and reporting the first MCG failure to a first wireless communication node, according to at least one of the following: a first indicator, a first failure type of the first MCG failure, a status of a Secondary Cell Group (SCG), and a Signal Radio Bearer (SRB) configuration.
US11785482B1	Method for identifying and diagnosing failures in pairwise time synchronization and frequency calibration in a mesh network A method includes accessing a network graph including: a set of nodes, each representing a transceiver; and a set of edges, each edge connecting two nodes and representing a communication channel between a pair of transceivers. The method also includes: accessing a network state comprising a set of edge values for the set of edges; and identifying a set of triangle graphs in the network graph. The method further includes, for each triangle graph in the network graph: calculating a component diagnostic score based on a subset of edge values; and for each node in the triangle graph, updating a cumulative diagnostic score for the node based on the component diagnostic score. The method additionally includes, in response to detecting a cumulative diagnostic score for a node exceeding a threshold cumulative diagnostic score, triggering a corrective action at a transceiver represented by the node.
US11785478B2	Uplink demodulation reference signal bundling with beam sweeping Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may perform beam sweeping for a physical uplink channel within time domain windows or across time domain windows based on a time domain window index. In cases where frequency hopping is enabled, the UE may transmit uplink repetitions and demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) across two frequency hops during two consecutive time domain windows using a first transmit beam, and may then follow up with transmissions across two frequency hops during the next two consecutive time domain windows using a second transmit beam. Or, the UE may transmit uplink repetitions and DMRSs in a first frequency hop with first and second transmit beams during two respective consecutive time domain windows, and may transmit in a second frequency hop with the first and second transmit beams during the next two respective consecutive time domain windows.
US11785469B1	Secure MDM system for macOS, secure MDM platform, secure macOS mobile device and related method An MDM management system to manage files outside the scope of MDM for macOS, the management system. The system has an MDM platform for managing a plurality of mobile devices each with a macOS operating system, the MDM manager allowing for creation of configuration profiles for an array of files outside of the scope of MDM for macOS and the configuration profiles having defined content settings. The MDM manager manages a plurality of managed mobile devices having a file manager agent to receive the array of configuration profiles from the MDM manager, the mobile devices each having a module to detect a change in the file outside the scope of MDM for macOS and when the change occurs to check a content change against the defined content settings, and if the change deviates from one of the defined content settings, returning the file to the defined content settings of the configuration profile.
US11785464B2	Media agnostic content access management A communication method and system according to the present invention generates a unique cryptographically secure URI in response to receiving a user post. The user post and URI are stored temporarily. The URI is sent to an intended recipient. In response to a first instance of accessing the URI, the content is retrieved and sent to the intended recipient. The original uploaded content and URI are then deleted. In response to subsequent instances of accessing the URI, random content determined in part by a current environmental state of the communication, is returned. Recent subsequent instances can return thematically similar content.
US11785461B2	Multi-factor authentication and access control in a vehicular environment The systems and methods described herein can include a digital assistant application that receives sensor signals from sensors installed in a vehicle and determines an entry event into the vehicle. The digital assistant application can receive, responsive to the entry event into the vehicle, a plurality authentication input signals from a plurality of sensors associated with the vehicle. The digital assistant application can determine a plurality of authentication states based on the plurality of authentication input signals and a plurality of authentication credentials. The digital assistant application can identify an access permission level of a plurality of access permission levels based at least in part on the plurality of identifies authentication states. The digital assistant application can identify, responsive to the access permission level, a subset of a set of functionalities available via the vehicle, and provide vehicular access to the subset of functionalities.
US11785460B2	Security authentication method and apparatus thereof, and electronic device Disclosed are a security authentication method and an apparatus thereof, and an electronic device. The method includes: sending a verification request to a verification end; receiving a first data packet and acquiring third preset data, fourth preset data, second time data, a control instruction, and fifth preset data, the first data packet being determined by the verification end in response to the verification request; generating a key based on the third preset data, the fourth preset data, the second time data, and the first data packet; encrypting the control instruction and the fifth preset data based on the key to generate first encrypted data; and sending the first encrypted data to the verification end, so that the verification end sends the control instruction and the fifth preset data to an execution end, and the execution end executes the control instruction based on the following method: determining whether the fifth preset data is the same as internal preset data; and if so, executing the control instruction. The present invention can reduce interaction process, improve the time delay experience, and reduce a risk of malicious power consumption due to NFC-Key encryption and decryption behaviors triggered by fake messages of a card reader.
US11785458B2	Security and public safety application for a mobile device A computer-implemented method for tracking a user includes: configuring a client device for entering: a starting point for a trip, a destination, mode of transportation, and indication of starting the trip; configuring the server for identifying a preferred route based upon: a distance of the trip, a crime rate of areas between the starting point and destination, and the mode of transportation; configuring the server for calculating an allotted time for the trip; configuring the client device for continuously transmitting its location to the server; configuring the server for continuously monitoring the location of the client device; configuring the client device for selectively transmitting an alarm message to the server when the client device deviates beyond a threshold amount from the preferred route or the allotted time for the trip; and configuring the server for notifying a family member and local police when the panic alarm message is received.
US11785452B2	Error correction code-based embedding in adaptive rate communication systems The invention relates to concealing information within error correction codes of adaptive rate wireless communication systems. In some embodiments, the invention includes selecting a modulation and coding scheme with a more robust error correction capacity than needed by current channel conditions; encoding a hidden message with a pre-shared key that is known by a covert transmitter and a covert receiver, and after a standard message is encoded by a transmitting station of the wireless communication systems, replacing codeword parity bits of codewords in the encoded standard message with the encoded hidden message at designated locations. Before a receiving station of the wireless communication systems decodes the encoded standard message, a covert receiver extracts the embedded hidden message from the encoded standard message, replaces bit values of the embedded hidden message with zero at the designated locations, and decodes the extracted hidden message with the pre-shared key.
US11785450B2	Method and system for providing non-access stratum (NAS) message protection 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. Accordingly the embodiments herein provides a method and system for ciphering of initial NAS message protection procedure. A UE is registered to a first PLMN and a first 5G NAS security context has been established. The UE selects a second PLMN. The UE sends Initial Registration procedure with only cleartext IE to the second PLMN. The second PLMN may initiate and perform authentication procedure. The second PLMN initiates NAS Security mode control procedure and sends a Security Mode Command message containing the selected NAS ciphering method to the UE. The UE sends entire the Registration Request message containing both cleartext IE(s) and non-cleartext IE(s) using the NAS ciphering method sent in the Security Mode Complete message. The second PLMN send Registration Accept message.
US11785447B2	Identifier-based access control in mobile networks A network terminal, e.g., LTE or 5G, can connect to a home network via a serving network. The terminal can have a terminal identifier (TID), such as an IMEI or other PEI, and a network subscriber can have a subscriber identifier (SID), such as an IMSI or other SUPI. In some nonlimiting examples, a network node can determine that a SID and a TID are authorized for joint use and, in response, transmit authorization information. In some nonlimiting examples, a network node can receive an attach request having verification data and encrypted identification data. The network node can receive decrypted identity data and determine that the identity data corresponds with the verification data. In some nonlimiting examples, the terminal can send an attach request comprising encrypted SID and TID data, and a cryptographic hash, to a network node.
US11785446B2	End-to-end rate adaptation using ran assisted rate adaptation Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for end-to-end rate adaptation using radio access network (RAN) assisted rate adaptation. Particularly, when a user equipment (UE) risks operating at rates greater than the guaranteed bit rates (GBR), the UE may rely on rate adaptation mechanisms to indicate when it has exceeded the supported bandwidth such that the UE may reduce its rate accordingly. Specifically, in some examples, a network device (e.g., call session control function (CSCF) and/or policy and charging rules function (PCRF)) may configure endpoints in an end-to-end communication to operate at rates that exceed GBR based on determining that all endpoints support RAN assisted rate adaptation capability. In other examples, the network device may configure maximum bit rates (MBR) that exceed GBR for only the endpoint that supports RAN assisted rate adaptation capability.
US11785438B2	Systems and methods for automatic pairing of devices A system comprising a user device having a user identifier (ID), short range communication interface, an application, and a software development kit (SDK) layer; a remote system communicatively coupled to the user device and the application, and configured to obtain the user ID, obtain a plurality of device IDs associated with a plurality of remote devices, associate the user ID with the plurality of device IDs, and provide the plurality of device IDs to the application based on the user ID; wherein the application is configured to receive the plurality of device IDs from the remote system, cause the user device to automatically pair with the plurality of remote devices based on receiving the plurality of device IDs, and receive data from a remote device of the plurality of remote device via the short range communication interface of the user device.
US11785434B2	Systems and methods for providing SIM-based applications and services Systems and methods for providing additional functions on a user equipment (UE) with an over-the-top (OTT) application are disclosed. The systems and methods can enable the UE to register with a telephony application server (TAS) using a subscriber identity module identification (SIM ID). The registration can enable communications directed to a cellular number, for example, to be redirected to the UE via a Wi-Fi connection through a wireless residential gateway (WRG). The OTT application can enable the UE to utilize the SIM ID to send and receive communications via a cellular network, an internet protocol (IP) network, or both. The OTT application can also provide applications and capabilities that are not otherwise available on the UE. An OTT settings graphical user interface (GUI) can enable the user to dynamically configure how communications are sent and received in response to changing conditions or preferences.
US11785422B2	Automatic connection and disconnection system and automatic connection and disconnection method An automatic connection and disconnection system and an automatic connection and disconnection method are provided. The method includes the following steps. A connection signal sent by an electronic device is received by a determining device. The connection signal includes intensity information obtained from measuring at least three identification signals by the electronic device. The at least three identification signals are from at least three peripheral devices, and the at least three peripheral devices are placed to form a geographical region. Also, a first position of the electronic device is located by the determining device according to the connection signal. Next, whether the first position is within the geographical region is determined by the determining device. When the first position is within the geographical region, the electronic device is communicatively connected to a connecting device. The connecting device is located within or outside the geographical region.
US11785421B2	Neural network based line of sight detection for positioning Techniques are provide for neural network based positioning of a mobile device. An example method for determining a line of sight delay, an angle of arrival, or an angle of departure value, according to the disclosure includes receiving reference signal information, determining a channel frequency response or a channel impulse response based on the reference signal information, processing the channel frequency response or the channel impulse response with a neural network, and determining the line of sight delay, the angle of arrival, or the angle of departure value based on an output of the neural network.
US11785418B1	System and method for determining network device handling A computerized method for determining a network device handling event of a network device is disclosed herein. The computerized method includes operation by logic processing on the network device including detecting movement of the network device above a predetermined speed threshold by a software application running on the network device, the network device in communication with a wireless transceiver device, establishing a position baseline of the network device, detecting a motion event of the network device, verifying the motion event of the network device, detecting the motion event of the network device as a network device handling event, and generating a device handling alert.
US11785413B2	Media content playback based on an identified geolocation of a target venue Media content playback is based on an identified geographic location of a sound source. A geolocation of a target venue is determined. A first geolocation of a media playback device is determined. An indication that the media playback device is within a threshold distance of the target venue is received. Media content associated with the target venue is transferred to the media playback device, wherein one or more characteristics of the media content are dynamically modified to simulate audio originating from the target device. The one or more characteristics of the media content can include audio content characteristics associated with a timing filter, a loudness filter, and a timbre filter.
US11785412B2	Method for generating customized spatial audio with head tracking A headphone for spatial audio rendering includes a first database having an impulse response pair corresponding to a reference speaker location. A head sensor provides head orientation information to a second database having rotation filters, the filters corresponding to different azimuth and elevation positions relative to the reference speaker location. A digital signal processor combines the rotation filters with the impulse response pair to generate an output binaural audio signal to transducers of the headphone. Efficiencies in creating impulse response or HRTF databases are achieved by sampling the impulse response less frequently than in conventional methods. This sampling at coarser intervals reduces the number of data measurements required to generate a spherical grid and reduces the time involved in capturing the impulse responses. Impulse responses for data points falling between the sampled data points are generated by interpolating in the frequency domain.
US11785405B2	Systems and methods for automatic synchronization of content between a player system and a listener system The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for synchronizing devices using audio signals. Additionally, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for synchronizing a device to a live event using audio signals. The systems and methods of the present disclosure may provide more accurate and efficient synchronization.
US11785402B2	Environmental classification controlled output level in bone conduction devices A bone conduction device is configured to classify received sound signals (sounds) into one or more sound categories/classes (i.e., determine the input signal type). The bone conduction device is configured to dynamically set a maximum force output (MFO) of the bone conduction device at least based on the sound class of the sound signals.
US11785400B2	Hearing aid antenna for high-frequency data communication Hearing aids having example antennas tuned to transmit and receive signals having a frequency greater than or equal to 2.4 GHz are described. The antenna includes a first segment and a second segment. The first segment is configured to fit inside a housing of the hearing aid and to be within the ear canal when the hearing aid is inserted into an ear of a wearer. The second segment is configured to be within the housing and disposed near a side of the housing facing toward an outside of the ear canal when the hearing aid is inserted into the ear of the wearer.
US11785393B2	Electronic device including speaker module An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a display that is visually exposed through one surface of the housing and that includes a display panel including a pixel array and a layer group including a plurality of layers stacked on the display panel, a printed circuit board disposed in the housing, a piezo unit attached to a rear surface of the display panel, and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) that is connected to the piezo unit and that extends to the printed circuit board, the flexible printed circuit board including a coil that surrounds at least part of the piezo unit.
US11785390B2	Acoustic transducer An acoustic transducer includes a diaphragm and multiple vibrators to drive the diaphragm. The diaphragm has multiple cutouts and includes multiple arrangement portions. The multiple vibrators are disposed on the multiple arrangement portions, respectively. At least one of the multiple arrangement portions is disposed between two of the multiple cutouts adjacent to each other and supported at both ends thereof.
US11785387B2	User interfaces for managing controllable external devices An electronic device, with a display device, a communication device, one or more processors and memory, displays a first representation of a first controllable external device, where the first controllable external device is situated at a location. The device detects a first input corresponding to a selection of the first representation of the first controllable external device. In response to detecting the first input, the device transmits instructions, using the communication device, to the first controllable external device to perform a function if the first controllable external device is of a first type or displays, using the display device, a user interface for controlling characteristics of the first controllable external device.
US11785373B1	Ear hooks A system for positioning an earbud relative to the ear of a person includes an ear frame that extends between a first end and a second end. The ear frame extends in an ear frame plane defined by the first end, the second end, and a top portion. The system further includes an earbud receiver configured to receive a stem of an earbud. The earbud receiver is connected to the ear frame. The earbud receiver defines a bore extending along an earbud receiver axis between a first opening at a first end of the earbud receiver and a second opening at a second end of the receiver. The earbud receiver axis intersects the ear frame plane an angle theta selected to retain the position the earbud relative to the ear of the person. In some embodiments, theta is selected between 5 degrees and 30 degrees.
US11785372B2	Wireless listening device An earphone comprising: a device housing that defines an internal cavity within the device housing; an acoustic port formed through a wall of the device housing and having an opening at an exterior surface of the device housing; an audio driver disposed within the device housing and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic port; and a mesh disposed within the acoustic port and having an outer periphery spaced apart from the device housing wall, wherein the mesh forms a portion of an exterior surface of the earphone that is recessed from the opening at the exterior surface of the device housing.
US11785371B2	Microphone A microphone includes an outer wall member having a sound hole, a first mesh arranged inside the outer wall member and made of Dutch weave, and a spacer having a diameter corresponding to an inner diameter of the outer wall member. The first mesh is pressed to an inside the outer wall member while a first surface of which is in contact with the first mesh. A second mesh is in contact with a second surface of the spacer and has water repellency. A microphone unit is stored under the second mesh.
US11785369B2	Multi-dimensional microphone stand A multi-dimensional microphone stand includes a first rotational module, a first rotational arm, a second rotational module, a second rotational arm, and a third rotational module. The first rotational arm is connected to the first rotational module, and the second rotational module is connected to the first rotational arm, and the first rotational module is rotatable relative to the second rotational module. The second rotational arm is connected to the second rotational module, the third rotational module is connected to the second rotational arm, and the second rotational module is rotatable relative to the third rotational module. In addition, in a folded state, the first rotational arm and the second rotational arm are arranged side by side and connected to the second rotational module in parallel.
US11785368B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus may include a display panel including a display area configured to display an image, and a non-display area, an optical module on a rear surface of the display panel, at least one first sound generator on a rear surface of the optical module, and at least one second sound generator in the non-display area and between the display panel and the optical module.
US11785363B1	Customization of emergency notifications for communications services Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to control of data communications services. According to a specific example, an apparatus is provided including one or more computer processor circuits configured and arranged to interface with remotely-situated client entities using a first programming language used by a data communications server, and to provide a database of communications services to the client entities. The apparatus further includes communications control circuitry configured and arranged to control communications routing for each respective client entity, by identifying, client-specific sets of control data derived from programming instructions received over a network and corresponding to a second programming language that is compatible with the first programming language, and providing the communications services to end-users of the client entity based on the client-specific sets of control data including particular routing functions for emergency notifications.
US11785362B2	Imaging element with output circuit that outputs to first and second circuits, imaging apparatus, image data output method, and program An imaging element includes: a processing circuit that performs analog/digital conversion on captured image data; a memory that is capable of storing the captured image data obtained as a result of performing the analog/digital conversion by the processing circuit; and an output circuit that outputs output image data based on the captured image data to an exterior of the imaging element, wherein the output circuit includes a first output line and a second output line, the first output line is connected to a first signal processing circuit disposed at the exterior, the second output line is connected to a second signal processing circuit disposed at the exterior, and at least one of an output frame rate or an output data amount of the output image data is different between the first output line and the second output line.
US11785359B2	Navigation device capable of estimating contamination and determining update threshold There is provided an optical navigation device including an image sensor and a processing unit. The image sensor outputs successive image frames. The processing unit calculates a contamination level and a motion signal based on filtered image frames, and determines whether to update a fixed pattern noise (FPN) stored in a frame buffer according to a level of FPN subtraction, the calculated contamination level and the calculated motion signal to optimize the update of the fixed pattern noise.
US11785358B1	Method and system for reducing column noise of image sensor A method and a system for reducing column noise of an image sensor are provided. The method includes: reading dark pixel data in each image frame and reading initial effective pixel data in each image frame, where dark pixels and initial effective pixels are both arranged in N columns; sequentially calculating the dark pixel data to obtain an average value of each column of dark pixels and an entire average value of the dark pixels in each image frame; obtaining a corrected value of each column according to the average value of each column of dark pixels and the entire average value of the dark pixels; and calculating the corrected value of each column and the corresponding initial effective pixel data in each image frame to obtain target effective pixel data. In the method, the dark pixel data is pre-processed.
US11785353B1	Image sensor chip and sensing method thereof An image sensor chip and a sensing method thereof are disclosed. The image sensor chip includes pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a reset switch, a sampling switch, a light sensing element, a capacitor, and an output circuit. The sampling switch is coupled between the reset switch and the light sensing element. The capacitor is coupled between the sampling switch and the output circuit. The output circuit outputs difference information corresponding to a difference between a plurality of sensing results of the light sensing element in different frame periods to a corresponding readout line. The sampling switch has an ON-time length during an exposure period and an OFF-time length during a readout and clean-up period. A ratio of the ON-time length to the OFF-time length is related to a ratio of a capacitance of the light sensing element to a capacitance of the capacitor.
US11785352B2	Image encoding apparatus, method for controlling the same, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium This invention provides an image encoding apparatus operable to encode RAW image data obtained from a capturing sensor that has a color filter array in which a plurality of filters for each of three primary colors and a plurality of filters for a specific color for luminance are arranged in an N×N pixel region, where the image encoding apparatus comprises a conversion unit which converts the RAW image data into a plurality of planes each configured by a single color component; and an encoding unit which encodes each of the planes, wherein the conversion unit, for each component representing the three primary colors, by referencing pixel values of the same component in the N×N pixel region, generates a plane configured by a low-frequency component data and a plane configured by a high-frequency component.
US11785343B2	Visual display system and method in an aircraft A system and method benefiting from cameras and digital hardware already installed on an aircraft in order to manage the images in the best possible manner according to the different flight phases. The visual display system in an aircraft includes a vision device to acquire a current image stream around the aircraft, and a processor to retrieve the current image stream from the vision device and to launch a current viewing application around the aircraft which is compatible with the current mobility phase of the aircraft.
US11785336B2	Wearable satellite receiver with reduced power consumption Systems and methods for determining a location of a wearable electronic device are disclosed. In some aspects, the device includes a position acquisition device and an accelerometer. A hardware processor included in the device may be configured to generally maintain the position acquisition device in a low power state to save power. When a video or image is captured, it may tag the video or image with first location information. Given the inoperative position acquisition device, a current location may not be known. In some aspects, in response to a need for location information, measurements from an accelerometer may be stored. The position acquisition device may also be transitioned to an operative state, and after some time delay, a second location determined. In some aspects, the location of the capture may then be obtained based on the acceleration measurements and the second location.
US11785335B2	Automatic adjusting photographing method and apparatus A photographing method and apparatus are provided. The photographing method includes: identifying a photographing distance and a photographing angle with respect to the external device based on timings of signals transmitted and received through a communication connection; acquiring a scene image based on an output of a camera of the photographing device; identifying a current composition model based on the photographing distance, the photographing angle and the scene image; acquiring a set of photographing parameters that are associated with the current composition model; identifying a focal length based on the photographing distance and the current composition model; displaying a preview image based on the output of the camera, the photographing parameter and the current composition model; outputting the preview image as a photographing result based on a photographing instruction; and updating the set of photographing parameters based on the photographing parameter.
US11785328B2	System and camera device for capturing images A system for adjusting the pose of a camera relative to a subject in a scene is provided. The system comprises a camera operable to capture images of a scene; an identification unit configured to identify an object of interest in images of the scene; a pose processor configured to obtain a pose of the object of interest in the scene relative to the camera; a scene analyser operable to determine, based on at least one of the obtained pose of the object of interest and images captured by the camera, a scene quality associated with images captured by the camera. A controller is configured to cause the pose of the camera to be adjusted based on a determination that the scene quality of an image captured at a current pose is less than a threshold value. A corresponding device is also provided.
US11785327B2	Vehicular camera module A vehicular camera module includes a front housing member, an imaging sensor, a lens optically aligned with the imaging sensor, a rear housing member, and a circuit board. With the circuit board accommodated within the camera housing formed by the joined front and rear housing members, the imaging sensor is closer to a first side of the circuit board than to a second side of the circuit board. The rear housing member includes an electrical plug connector having a plurality of individual electrically-conductive pins that are configured to plug into respective individual pin-receiving sockets of an electrical socket connector disposed at the second side of the circuit board. Individual electrically-conductive pins of the plurality of individual electrically-conductive pins are plugged into and make electrical-conductive contact with corresponding individual pin-receiving sockets of the plurality of individual pin-receiving sockets.
US11785324B1	Lens assembly and electronic device including the same An electronic device and a camera assembly are disclosed. The electronic device may include the camera assembly, which in turn may include a lens assembly having at least four lenses, an image sensor, and at least one reflective member that refracts or reflects incident light at least twice, wherein at least one surface of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of a first lens from an object side among the at least four lenses is formed as an aspherical surface, wherein the object-side surface and the image-side surface are formed to be convex, wherein various conditional equations stipulation relationships between back focal length (BFL), effective focal length (EFL) and field-of-view (FOV) are satisfied.
US11785316B2	Methods and apparatus to generate a signature based on signature candidates Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate a signature based on signature candidates. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes first means for determining an alignment point of a first candidate signature segment and a second candidate signature segment, the first candidate signature segment and the second candidate signature segment include time data and signature data, the alignment point based on the time data of the first candidate signature segment and the time data of the second candidate signature segment, means for comparing a first signature to a second signature at the alignment point, the first signature representative of media included in the first candidate signature segment, the second signature included in the second candidate signature segment, and means for stitching the second signature to the first signature based on the comparison to generate a stitched signature, the stitched signature to be used for media crediting.
US11785314B2	Systems and methods to enhance segment during trick play Systems and methods are provided herein for including supplemental content with segments based on the complexity of the segment. This may be accomplished by a system receiving complexity information related to a media asset and user information related to a viewer to determine if one or more segments of the media asset is complex for the user. If the system receives a trick play command, from the user, during a segment categorized as complex, the system can use the complexity information and user information to generate supplemental content, facilitating better user understanding of the complex segment.
US11785312B2	Systems and methods for presenting closed caption and subtitle data during fast-access playback operations Systems and methods are disclosed herein for presenting subtitle data during media asset fast-access playback operations. Specifically, the system may detect initiation of a fast-access playback operation during playback of a media asset and identify consecutive frames to be displayed during the fast-access playback operation that have associated subtitle data. The system may combine the subtitle data associated with the consecutive frames into a display arrangement and generate for display, with each consecutive frame, instead of the associated subtitle data, the display arrangement.
US11785311B2	Optimized delivery techniques Systems and methods are described that relate to on-demand compression for electronic data, such as media content, through a communication pathway. The communication pathway may be configured to multicast media content to a plurality of end-users in a service group. In certain embodiments, the service group may comprise a service group node having a quadrature amplitude modulation device. In one exemplary method, it may be determined whether the amount of media content being transmitted meets a first utilization threshold. The determination may be based on, at least in part, by measurements taken at one or more electronic devices located throughout a network or system. If the first bandwidth utilization threshold is not met, media content may be transmitted in a first format. If the first bandwidth utilization threshold is met, at least a portion of the media content may be transmitted in a first optimized delivery technique.
US11785308B2	Contextual navigational control for digital television A contextual navigational control for digital television is described. An apparatus, comprises a contextual navigation control interface (CNCI). The CNCI includes a first area that represents a plurality of cable television programs having a first level of relevance. A second area represents a first group of the plurality of programs having a second level of relevance. A third area represents a first subgroup of the first group having a third level of relevance. A fourth area represents a second subgroup of the first group having a fourth level of relevance. There may be additional areas representing additional sub-groups of relevance to the current viewing context.
US11785303B2	Automation and recommendation based on device control protocols Systems and techniques are provided for automation and recommendation based on device control protocols. HDMI-CEC device control data may be received from a connected electronic device that may be connected to an electronic display device. The HDMI-CEC device control data may be based on a HDMI-CEC device control signal from the electronic display device. The system may generate a control signal for a device. The control signal may be sent to the device for implementation.
US11785300B2	HDMI customized ad insertion Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for ad insertion by a display device coupled to a media device via a high-definition media interface (HDMI) connection, where the media device provides media content and/or a control signal. When the media device pauses the media content, the display device can determine that a pause event has occurred and insert an ad shown on the display device. Further, some embodiments include determining the context and/or content of the media content that is paused, and determining an ad that is customized to the determined context and/or content to be displayed on the display device. In some embodiments, the display device can determine additional information from the control signal that may also be used to determine the ad to be displayed on the display device.
US11785298B2	Automatic replacement of media content associated with a real-time broadcast A method for automatically replacing a first type of content associated with a real-time broadcast with a second type of content is provided. The method may include automatically parsing media content associated with the real-time broadcast and assigning timecode to the parsed media content. The method may further include determining whether the parsed media content includes the first type of content. The method may further include, in response to determining the parsed media content includes the first type of content, automatically determining a context associated with the first type of content. The method may further include automatically identifying the second type of content that matches the determined context. The method may also include, automatically replacing the first type of content in the parsed media content with the second type of content. The method may further include automatically presenting the real-time broadcast with the second type of content.
US11785295B2	Assigning priority for an automated assistant according to a dynamic user queue and/or multimodality presence detection Implementations relate to an automated assistant that provides and manages output from one or more elements of output hardware of a computing device. The automated assistant manages dynamic adjustment of access permissions to the computing device according to, for example, a detected presence of one or more users. An active-user queue can be established each time a unique user enters a viewing window of a camera of the computing device when, up to that point, no user was considered active. Multiple image frames can be captured via the camera and processed to determine whether an initial user remains in the viewing window and/or whether another user has entered the viewing window. The initial user can be considered active as long as they are exclusively detected in the viewing window. Restricted content associated with the user may be rendered by the computing device whilst the user is active.

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