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| US11896900B2 |
Game console application with action card strand
A computer system and method for presenting windows in a dynamic menu are provided. The dynamic menu presents windows corresponding to an active application according to a first order, whereby windows are arranged based on recent interaction. The dynamic menu also presents windows corresponding to one or more inactive applications according to a second order, whereby windows are arranged based on relevance to a user of the computer system. The windows are presented in a first presentation state, and are expanded to a second presentation state or a third presentation state in response to user interaction. The third presentation state is reached via the second presentation state, thereby reducing latency and complexity of menu navigation. |
| US11896898B2 |
State stream game engine
The present disclosure provides a state stream game engine for a video game application. The state stream game engines can decouple the simulation of a video game application from the rendering of the video game application. The simulation of the video game is handled by a simulation engine. The rendering of the video game is handled by a presentation engine. The data generated by the simulation engine can be communicated to the presentation engine 124 using a state stream. |
| US11896895B2 |
Rotational assembly and handle having rotational assembly
A rotating assembly comprises a rotary shaft, an accommodating body and a position-limiting switch. An outer wall of the rotary shaft includes a first tenon and a second tenon. The accommodating body includes a matching hole for the first tenon to insert and rotate therein. An inner wall of the matching hole includes a convex rib. By rotating the rotary shaft, a side wall of the first tenon and a side wall of the convex rib butt against or separate from each other, so that in an axial direction of the rotary shaft, the rotary shaft is fixed or movable relative to the accommodating body. When the side wall of the first tenon and the side wall of the convex rib butt against each other, the position-limiting switch and the second tenon are clamped together to prevent the rotary shaft from rotating relative to the accommodating body. |
| US11896890B2 |
Two-card sleeve apparatus
A two-card sleeve apparatus is described. The two-card sleeve apparatus may include a first transparent layer, an opaque layer, and a second transparent layer. The two-card sleeve apparatus may be used to safely store or display two or more trading cards. |
| US11896889B2 |
Hip thrust guard
A hip thrust exercise guard comprising a pad, a bar insert in the pad to hold the bar of a barbell, and an adjustable band. The bar insert grips the bar of a barbell to prevent slippage during the hip thrust exercise, while still allowing slight side to side adjustments, in order to center the bar in the safest and most comfortable position. The attached adjustable band secures the pad around the hip in the optimal position for comfort, protection, and stability. The pad's soft foam construction and sculpted design contours to the hip area of the user. |
| US11896888B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods employing the same for enhancing audience engagement in a competition or performance
Presented herein is an interactive platform for judging an activity by a participant in an event. The platform includes a client application program downloadable to a mobile device. The program may include a database storing a mobile device identifier (ID), a user ID, user information, and location data of the device. The application may further be configured to display one or more events of the activity as well as an input for receiving a score of the activity from the user. The platform may additionally include a server system connected with the client application programs via a communication network. The server system may be configured for receiving the mobile device ID, the user ID, the user information, and the location data for the client program, and may further be configured to receive the scores from the users, and to adjust the scores according to determined bias of the associated user. |
| US11896883B2 |
Hockey training device
The present invention relates to training devices used in the stick sports, particularly hockey, to improve users or corresponding stick sport players stick-handling and puck passing abilities. Hockey puck rebound device (1) comprises a first support (2) and a second support (22), at least one resilient member (20) extending between the first support (2) and the second support (22) such that the resilient member (20) is secured in a taut manner to provide a resilient spring-back force when struck by a puck (50), a cross-member (30) extending between the first support (2) and the second support (22). Each support (2, 22) comprises at least one channel (7) for inserting and securing the resilient member (20) to the support (2, 22). |
| US11896879B2 |
Golf club heads comprising a thermoplastic composite material
A golf club head includes a front body and a rear body coupled to the front body to define a hollow cavity therebetween. The front body includes a strike face that defines a ball striking surface, a hosel, and a frame that at least partially surrounds the strikeface and extends rearward from a perimeter of the strikeface away from the ball striking surface. The strike face and frame are formed from a thermoplastic composite comprising a thermoplastic polymer having a plurality of discontinuous fibers embedded therein. Each of the plurality of discontinuous fibers have a length between about 0.01 mm and 3 mm. In some embodiments, the thermoplastic composite is 30% to 70% fibers by volume. |
| US11896874B1 |
Physical rehabilitation method, controller, and system
A method for assisting a patient in physical rehabilitation, the method being executed by a controller, and the controller being configurable with at least one physical rehabilitation strategy and being communicatively connected with a respiratory device and an exercise device. The method includes controlling at least one of a device setting of the respiratory device and a device setting of the exercise device, based on a target physical rehabilitation strategy among the at least one physical rehabilitation strategy. |
| US11896872B2 |
Automatic trimming and classification of activity data
A system and method for automatically trimming and reclassifying workout data is disclosed. The system receives data associated with a workout of a user from at least one sensor associated with the user, the workout being classified as a first type of workout. The system processes the data to identify at least one time interval during the workout that does not correspond to the first workout type. The system prompts the user to select whether to remove or reclassify a subset of the data that is associated with the identified time interval. If the user chooses to do so, the system removes or reclassifies the subset of the data that is associated with the identified time interval. The system generates and provides workout depictions using the data, at least one of which illustrates only the remaining data that was not removed or reclassified. |
| US11896871B2 |
User interfaces for physical activity information
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing, modifying, and/or outputting workout content. |
| US11896870B2 |
Devices and methods for exercise or analysis of the neck region
Provided herein are devices and methods for analysis and/or exercise of a body region of a subject. Such devices may include a guide arm supported by a support frame; a receiving surface supported by the guide arm, the receiving surface for receiving input force from the subject; and a motor assembly in communication with the guide arm, the motor assembly controlling movement of the receiving surface based on received input force. Exercise and/or analysis methods described herein may include steps of instructing the subject to apply an input force to a receiving surface; sensing the applied input force over time; and controlling movement of the receiving surface based on the received input force using a motor assembly, whereby the motor assembly moves the receiving surface in a pre-determined direction, so long as the input force remains within an allowable tolerance, until a pre-set end position is reached. |
| US11896869B2 |
Exercise apparatus
An exercise apparatus comprises a movable carriage having a generally flat top surface, the carriage being movably mounted on parallel track members of a frame having a head end and a foot end, the carriage having a pair of shoulder stops mounted thereto and plurality of elastic members connected between the foot end and the carriage to elastically bias the carriage toward the foot end of the frame. The apparatus has a movable spring anchor bar and carriage stop assembly comprising an anchor bar with at least one elongated stop member arranged perpendicular to and secured to the anchor bar, the stop member having a carriage stop surface located towards the end of the stop member remote from the anchor bar and the stop member further comprising at least one movable means of engagement with the frame of the exercise apparatus. The anchor bar and stop assembly may easily be moved and readjusted one handed with safety and smooth operation. |
| US11896865B2 |
Inertial device and method of implementing an inertial device
A apparatus or system defined by a handheld exercise device that includes a weighted body; a handle arranged along a radial axis of the weighted body; and a connector that creates at least one connection between each radially distal end of the handle and a component of the weighted body. The handheld exercise device, in use, minimizes one or more peak forces and rotational inertia acting on a forearm of a user actively engaging the handheld exercise device in motion. |
| US11896863B2 |
Training system
Disclosed is a training system. The training system may include a base, a plurality of gussets, a support frame, a plurality of connectors, and a plurality of locking pins. The plurality of gussets may define a plurality of adjustment holes. The support frame may include first and second support members and a crossbar. The first and second support members may be connected to the base via the plurality of gussets. The plurality of connectors may be distributed about the base and along the crossbar. The plurality of locking pins may be sized to fit the plurality of adjustment holes to lock the support frame in one of a plurality of angled positions relative to the base. |
| US11896862B2 |
Emergency egress training system and method
A system is provided for emergency egress training. The system includes a training building including a first story simulating a basement of a second building and a second story simulating a first story of the second building. The system further includes a platform defining an opening and including a base configured to mount the platform on a ground surface. The system also includes an egress well operatively connected to the platform at the opening such that a base of the egress well is positioned above the ground surface and wherein the egress well is further operatively connected to the first story of the training building. An emergency egress training method is also provided. |
| US11896861B2 |
Apparatus for diverting fire protection fluid discharged from deluge nozzles
A deluge nozzle diversion apparatus can include a collection component having at least one wall that forms a collection cavity, where the collection component has a first end and a second end. The deluge nozzle diversion apparatus can also include an adjustable securing apparatus that is configured to secure the first end of the collection component to a deluge nozzle assembly of a deluge system when the adjustable securing apparatus is in a closed position. The deluge nozzle diversion apparatus can further include a diversion channel coupled to the second end of the collection component, where the diversion channel is adjustable and has a length sufficient to divert a fire protection fluid flowing therethrough to an alternative location. The collection cavity of the collection component can be configured to receive all of the fire protection fluid discharged from a deluge nozzle of the deluge system. |
| US11896860B2 |
Fire fighting system, rail vehicle with fire fighting system and method for operating a fire fighting system
Fire fighting system with a first feed platform arranged for feeding a pipe system having extinguishing nozzles with extinguishing fluid comprising a first sub-system with a first extinguishing fluid reservoir, at least two first propellant gas reservoirs, and a first control circuit, wherein the first propellant gas reservoirs each have a valve for pneumatically coupling the respective first propellant gas reservoir to the extinguishing fluid reservoir and the respective valves can be pneumatically activated in each case via an outlet of the respective other valve, a second sub-system having a second extinguishing fluid reservoir, at least two second propellant gas reservoirs and a second control circuit, the second propellant gas reservoirs each having a valve for pneumatically coupling the respective second propellant gas reservoir to the extinguishing fluid reservoir, and the respective valves being activatable pneumatically in each case via an outlet of the respective other valve, characterized in that the first control circuit is operatively connected to a first one of the valves of the first subsystem and to a second one of the valves of the second subsystem, and in that the second control circuit is operatively connected to a second one of the valves of the first subsystem and to a first one of the valves of the second subsystem. |
| US11896852B2 |
Closed-loop non-invasive transcranial stimulation and neural activity recording system and method
A support structure for placement on or about a subject's head supports an ultrasound transducer array configured to deliver transcranial stimulation to a specified region or regions of the subject's brain using pre-recorded neurostimulation data. The pre-recorded neurostimulation data comprises patterns of stimulation of the specified region or regions of the subject's brain or other person's brain developed to recreate a response by one or more of a sensing organ or sensing organs, a vestibular system, and a memory of the subject. A magnetic sensor array is mounted to the support structure and configured to transcranially sense local magnetic fields emanating from the specified region or regions of the subject's brain caused by delivery of the transcranial stimulation and produce contemporaneous neurostimulation data developed using the transcranially sensed local magnetic fields. Electronic circuitry comprising a controller is configured to control operation of the respective arrays. |
| US11896846B2 |
Systems and methods for multiplanar radiation treatment
A method for delivering radiation treatment may include defining a preliminary trajectory including a plurality of control points. Each control point may be associated with position parameters of a gantry and a couch. The method may also include generating a treatment plan based on the preliminary trajectory by optimizing an intensity and position parameters of a collimator and MLC leaves for each control point. The method may also include decomposing the treatment plan into a delivery trajectory including the plurality of control points. Each of the plurality of control points may be further associated with the optimized intensity, the optimized position parameters of the collimator and the MLC leaves, an output rate, and a motion parameter of each of the gantry, the couch, the collimator, and the MLC leaves. The method may further include instructing a radiation delivery device to deliver the treatment plan according to the delivery trajectory. |
| US11896843B2 |
Photodynamic therapy devices, systems and methods
Wirelessly powered photodynamic therapy devices are disclosed and systems and methods using such devices are also disclosed. In an embodiment, a photodynamic therapy system comprises: an implantable illumination device comprising a light source configured to emit light having a spectrum which overlaps with an absorption peak of an absorption target and a receiver antenna coupled to the light source and configured to extract power from a radiofrequency power signal incident on the implantable illumination device; and a transmitter comprising an antenna, a powering module configured to generate a drive signal which causes the antenna to generate the radiofrequency power signal, and a dosimetry module coupled to the antenna and configured to detect a radiofrequency signal backscattered from the implantable illumination device and determine an indication of the power extracted by the implantable illumination device from the radiofrequency signal backscattered from the implantable illumination device. |
| US11896838B2 |
Recharge algorithm for accurate heat control estimation in presence of ferrite and electronics
A method for controlling charging a power source of an implantable medical device (IMD) in a patient including determining a power being delivered to a primary coil of an external charging device for recharging, determining an estimated power delivered to the IMD power source an estimated heat generated by the primary coil based on a resistance of the primary coil determined as function of at least one of a recharge frequency, a temperature of the primary coil, and a current supplied to the primary coil, calculating an estimated heat generated by the IMD by subtracting the estimated heat generated by the primary coil and the estimated power delivered stored by the rechargeable power source from the power being delivered to a primary coil; and controlling based on the heat generated by the IMD, the power being delivered by the primary coil of the external charging device. |
| US11896837B2 |
Energy transfer control adapted to a medical device system
An apparatus adapted to transmit wireless energy from an external energy transmitting device placed externally to a human body to an internal energy receiver placed internally in the human body is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first electric circuit to supply electrical pulses to the external transmitting device, said electrical pulses having leading and trailing edges. The electrical circuit is adapted to perform at least one of the following: vary the lengths of first time intervals between successive leading and trailing edges of the electrical pulses and/or the lengths of second time intervals between successive trailing and leading edges of the electrical pulses, and vary the first and second time intervals to have lengths in the range of, that are in the magnitude of order of or are shorter than, a time constant of the first electric circuit, and a relationship or proportion between the lengths of the first and second time intervals. The transmitting device is adapted to supply wireless energy to the internal energy receiver, wherein the wireless energy is generated from the electrical pulses having a varied power, the power depending on the lengths of the first and/or second time intervals. |
| US11896836B2 |
Conveying device, cardiac pacing device, and fixing structure thereof
A delivery device, a cardiac pacing device and a fixation structure are disclosed. The fixation structure includes a casing, a driving member and an elastic member. The casing has a first internal cavity and a slot, and the driving member is partially received in the first internal cavity in such a manner that one end of the driving member protrudes out of the first internal cavity from a proximal end thereof and is detachably connected to the driving sheath. The elastic member is accommodated in the first internal cavity in such a manner that its one end is coupled to the driving member and the other end extends outwardly from the driving member and is inserted in the slot. The driving member is configured for fitted connection with the casing while being able to move in an axial direction of the casing to drive the elastic member to move in the slot, thereby causing the elastic member to protrude out of or move back into the slot. As such, the cardiac pacing device can be fixed in a patient's body, allows retrieval and adjustment in pacing location, and features a simple structure, ease of operation, no limitation in tissue wall thickness and ease of fixation. Thus, the leadless pacing device can be fixed either in a ventricle or in an atrium to provide dual-chamber pacing and physiological pacing with atrioventricular synchronization. |
| US11896832B2 |
Wearable cardiac defibrillator (WCD) system sounding alert to bystanders
A wearable cardiac defibrillator (“WCD”) system may include a support structure that a patient can wear, an energy storage module that can store an electrical charge, and a discharge circuit that can discharge the electrical charge through the patient so as to shock him or her, while the patient is wearing the support structure. Embodiments may actively take into account bystanders, both to protect them from an inadvertent shock, and also to enlist their help. In some embodiments, the WCD system includes a speaker system and a memory. Prompts have been saved in advance in the patient's own voice, and stored in the memory. In case of an emergency, the prompts may be played by the speaker system in the patient's own voice, and heard by a bystander. |
| US11896831B2 |
Implantable medical device and method for managing advertising and scanning schedules
Methods and devices for managing establishment of a communications link between an external instrument (EI) and an implantable medical device (IMD) are provided. The methods and devices comprise storing, in memory in at least one of the IMD or the EI an advertising schedule defining a pattern for advertisement notices. The advertisement notices are distributed un-evenly and separated by unequal advertisement intervals. The method transmits, from a transmitter in at least one of the IMD or the EI the advertisement notices. The advertisement notices are distributed as defined by the advertising schedule. The method establishes a communication session between the IMD and the EI. |
| US11896825B2 |
Apparatus and methods for opposing torque imparted onto cochlear implant magnets by magnetic fields
An apparatus, for use with a cochlear implant having a magnet and implanted within a patient having first and second ears, includes a first splint and a strap system, including at least a forehead strap and a chin strap, configured to position the first splint behind the first ear. |
| US11896810B2 |
Injection monitoring device with delivery signature
Drug delivery systems and methods of use thereof for recording administration of a drug dose to a subject are provided. Aspects of the invention include a syringe stopper rod comprising a sensor component that is configured to detect a delivery signature, and to transmit a report comprising a drug dose completion signal to a data management component, e.g., a mobile computing device. |
| US11896809B2 |
Receptacle for pharmaceutical packaging with a thickness profile for a lubricant layer
A receptacle includes: an elongate barrel section with an axial position p determined along an axis, the elongate barrel section extending from an axial position pA to an axial position pB; a side wall extending over the elongate barrel section and having an inner surface bordering an interior with a diameter; and a layer of a lubricant located on at least a part of the inner surface, a portion of the axis extends from a first axial position p1 to a second axial position p2; a mean thickness of the layer is determined in the portion; a position pm is the midpoint between p1 and p2; TA is a mean thickness of the layer for a section from p1 to pm; TB is a mean thickness of the layer for a section from pm to p2; a ratio TA:TB is in a range from 5:1 to 1:5. |
| US11896801B2 |
Kinkless infusion set for medical use
Briefly, a kinkless infusion set has a setting control that engages a curved or helical cannula to simultaneously rotate the helical cannula as the helical cannula is moved toward a patients skin and then under the patient's skin to position the curved or helical cannula to a desired depth and position. In one example, the helical cannula is set between 3 mm and 5 mm under the patient's skin. Also, the curved or helical cannula may have side ports to allow medicine to be presented over a larger area for more effective therapeutic treatment. In some constructions the patient rotates the setting control, and in other cases the patient may push, pull or translate the setting control. |
| US11896795B2 |
Medical connector having elongated portion within closely conforming seal collar
Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to medical connectors with a housing comprising a proximal body member and a base member that form an internal cavity with a proximal abutment surface. An elastomeric seal without a guide member is positioned within the internal cavity. A rigid, hollow elongated portion is located within the internal cavity such that in an open configuration, a tip of the elongated portion is more proximal than a proximal surface of the elastomeric seal. A distal portion of the elastomeric seal is seated radially within a region surrounded by a plurality of longitudinally extending protrusions. |
| US11896792B2 |
On-body microsensor for biomonitoring
A microsensor and method of manufacture for a microsensor, comprising an array of filaments, wherein each filament of the array of filaments comprises a substrate and a conductive layer coupled to the substrate and configured to facilitate analyte detection. Each filament of the array of filaments can further comprise an insulating layer configured to isolate regions defined by the conductive layer for analyte detection, a sensing layer coupled to the conductive layer, configured to enable transduction of an ionic concentration to an electronic voltage, and a selective coating coupled to the sensing layer, configured to facilitate detection of specific target analytes/ions. The microsensor facilitates detection of at least one analyte present in a body fluid of a user interfacing with the microsensor. |
| US11896789B2 |
Shunt flusher
A device and system for flushing a shunt catheter utilizes the available cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to flush a blocked catheter. The CSF is pressurized to a predetermined amount and then allowed to suddenly, rapidly and forcefully purge any occlusions. The rapid release of CSF produces flow jets from the catheter pores into the ventricle. This impulse, or “cough”, will push and divert choroid plexus and/or other blockages away from the pores. The device and system may then be allowed to refill at a slow rate, thus reducing the possibility of rapid suction of fluid back into the system and the attendant possibility of drawing the choroid plexus back into the pores. The catheter at the proximal end may also include back-up pores that can be opened to restart flow from the ventricle should the primary pores remain blocked after a flushing attempt. |
| US11896786B2 |
Catheter system and method of introducing an intravenous catheter into a patient
A catheter system and method of introducing an intravenous catheter into a patient includes a syringe, an access needle, a pliable catheter, and a guidewire. The syringe has a first chamber and a distal syringe end portion, which defines a conduit distally extending to a distal syringe opening such that the conduit fluidly connects the first chamber to the distal syringe opening. The access needle defines a needle lumen longitudinally extending therethrough and is secured relative to the distal syringe end portion. The pliable catheter is releasably secured relative to the access needle. The guidewire distally extends through the conduit toward the distal syringe opening and is configured to selectively move through the conduit, the distal syringe opening, and along the needle lumen to thereby guide movement of the pliable catheter relative to the access needle for introducing the pliable catheter into the patient. |
| US11896776B2 |
Urinary catheter with integrated coil
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, an indwelling catheter with an integrated coil section. The coil section, in use, is disposed outside of the urethra and can stretch and bend to accommodate various activities of a user by reducing frictional forces and trauma within the urethra. This improved catheter design results in an increase in range of motion and a decrease in pain for the user. |
| US11896775B2 |
Catheter and process for manufacturing a catheter
The present invention relates to a catheter and a process for manufacturing a radially extending opening in tubing for a catheter. The tubing having at least one lumen being enclosed by at least one tubing wall and the process comprises placing tubing in a fixture, applying force to the tubing and thereby fixing the tubing in the fixture in a position for making an opening, pressing a heated depression tool against the surface of the tubing creating a depression area in the at least one tubing wall, and punching an opening cutting tool through the at least one tubing wall within the depression area creating an opening in the depression area of the at least one tubing wall, the opening extending from the exterior of the tubing to the lumen of the tubing. |
| US11896771B2 |
Dual membrane bacterial viral filter and method of operation thereof
A gas filter device for a medical device that provides a gas to a patient including first and second gas filter elements; a body defining a cavity receives the first and second gas filter elements in series and spaced apart from, each other; first and second end walls at opposites ends of the cavity; a first coupler extending from the first end wall; a second coupler extending from the second end wall, wherein the first coupler and the second coupler define a flow channel in communication with the cavity. |
| US11896768B2 |
Diffuser arrangements for a vent of a respiratory interface
A diffuser element for use over a vent opening of a breathing assistance apparatus. In some configurations, the diffuser element is formed by knitting or weaving one or more threads together into an interlocking pattern. In some configurations, the diffuser pad has a first surface and an opposing second surface and at least the first surface includes a surface texture. Arrangements for coupling the diffuser element to a structure that defines or carries the vent are also disclosed. |
| US11896763B2 |
Percutaneous dilation tracheostomy device and method of using
The present invention provides an improved percutaneous dilation tracheostomy device. The device is configured to include all of the required components to perform a percutaneous tracheotomy. The device includes a retractable needle and an extendable j-wire rather than having separate components as in typical percutaneous tracheostomy devices. The device includes a dilator section to expand the diameter of a patient's stoma. The device is further configured to allow an operator to perform a bubble test to alert the user that the tube is in the trachea. In addition, the device is generally more compact than typical emergency tracheostomy devices. |
| US11896761B2 |
Textile vent assembly
A CPAP system for respiratory therapy includes an RPT device configured to supply a flow of gas at a therapeutic pressure, a patient interface, an air delivery conduit configured to pass the flow of gas from the RPT device to the patient interface, and a vent assembly configured to provide a vent flow of gas to discharge gas exhaled by the patient from a pressurized volume to ambient. The vent assembly includes a base including at least one first orifice to allow gas to be discharged along a primary vent flow path and at least one second orifice to allow gas to be discharged along a secondary vent flow path, a diffusing member provided to the base, and a membrane provided to the base. The membrane is configured to apportion the vent flow of gas along the primary vent flow path and the secondary vent flow path throughout respiratory therapy. |
| US11896759B2 |
Inhalers and related methods
An inhaler (10) has a main body for accommodating a medicament reservoir (84), a canister fire system for moving a canister (50) to release a dose in response to air flow, a cap housing (12) for enclosing the canister fire system and canister within an interior chamber defined by the main body (14) and a cap housing, wherein a lock system (250) is provided for locking the cap housing on the main body. |
| US11896757B2 |
Neurovascular distal access support catheters, aspiration catheters, or device shafts
A catheter or shaft, such as a distal access support or aspiration catheter, is provided that is configured to be advanced at least partially within a patient. The catheter or shaft may include a flexible and hollow shaft including a proximal end and a distal end. The flexible and hollow shaft may include a slotted portion with a plurality of slotted openings, the slotted portion including a first segment with a first pattern of slotted openings and a second segment extending proximally relative the first segment with a second pattern of slotted openings different from the first pattern. |
| US11896754B2 |
Wound dressing with vacuum reservoir
A wound dressing apparatus includes a wound dressing member dimensioned for positioning relative to a wound bed. The wound dressing member including an internal vacuum reservoir and has a port in communication with the vacuum reservoir for applying subatmospheric pressure to the vacuum reservoir to facilitate removal of fluid from the wound bed. The wound dressing member includes a visual pressure indicator associated therewith for indicating a level of pressure within the vacuum reservoir. The visual pressure indicator includes color indicia having a plurality of colors corresponding to a condition of the pressure within the vacuum reservoir. The wound dressing member includes a lower absorbent member positionable adjacent the wound bed and an upper member which at least partially defines the vacuum reservoir. At least one of the top member and the lower absorbent member has the visual pressure indicator mounted thereto. |
| US11896753B2 |
Therapeutic compositions for viral-associated disease states and methods of making and using same
A method comprising obtaining a bodily fluid from a subject; contacting the bodily fluid with an adsorbent material comprising a synthetic carbon particle (SCP) to produce a first filtrate having a level of disease mediators (y); contacting the first filtrate with an adsorbent material comprising the SCP and an anion exchange resin where the ratio of SCP to anion exchange resin is from about 0.1:100 to 100:0.1 to produce a second filtrate; contacting the second filtrate with an adsorbent material comprising the SCP and a cation exchange resin where the ratio of SCP to cation exchange resin is from about 1:100 to produce a third filtrate; and administering the third filtrate to the subject. |
| US11896752B2 |
Dialysis machine and method
A dialysis machine configured to carry out a method and a method for draining an extracorporeal fluid circuit utilizing a dialysis machine, wherein the dialysis machine is connected to a dialyzer and said extracorporeal fluid circuit, said extracorporeal fluid circuit comprising an arterial line connectable to a patient, for drawing blood from the patient and a venous line connectable to the patient for returning blood to the patient, the method comprising: after treatment termination from said extracorporeal fluid circuit draining remaining fluid from said extracorporeal fluid circuit through the dialyzer. |
| US11896741B2 |
Process for preparing a polarized film or sheet containing β-form polyhydroxyalkanoate based copolymer
Disclosed herein is a device comprising a PHA based copolymer layer comprising at least one of an electrospun ribbon of fibers of a polyhydroxyalkanoate based copolymer or the polarized polymeric composition obtained by the process of claim 1, wherein the layer is configured to exhibit one or more of a piezoelectric effect, a pyroelectric effect and a ferroelectric effect, wherein each of the electrospun ribbon of fibers and the polarized polymeric composition comprises a β-form of the PHA based copolymer present in an amount of from about 10% to about 99%, as measured by x-ray diffraction. The device can be configured for use as a sensor, a actuator, a nanomotor, or a biobattery. |
| US11896738B2 |
Biomimetic electrically conductive hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels
An electrically conductive hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel is disclosed that is a crosslinked porous scaffold having a graphene-based material encapsulated or in contact within the porous scaffold. The graphene-based material includes one or more of graphene oxide foam, reduced graphene oxide foam, nanoplatelets, nanoparticles, or fibers. The porous scaffold may be formed over an implanted bioelectronic device such as a microelectrode array having a plurality of electrodes. The porous scaffold may also be used to control the differentiation of cells including Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells (NS/PCs). |
| US11896737B2 |
Injectable gel product
A method of producing an injectable gel product is provided, comprising (a) cross-linking a first glycosaminoglycan (GAG) with a first crosslinking agent to produce a gel, wherein the charging ratio of crosslinking agent to disaccharide unit is below 0.15; (b) preparing particles of the gel; (c) mixing the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) gel particles with a second GAG to provide a mixture; (d) cross-linking the mixture with a second crosslinking agent to obtain cross-linking between the GAGs of the second, outer phase, thereby providing a gel having a first, inner phase of the cross-linked GAG gel particles, embedded in a gel of the second GAG outer phase; and (e) preparing injectable particles, each such particle containing a plurality of the cross-linked GAG gel particles of the first, inner phase. An injectable gel product, an aqueous composition, and a pre-filled syringe as also provided. |
| US11896736B2 |
Biomaterial implants and methods of making the same
Biomaterials, implants made therefrom, methods of making the biomaterial and implants, methods of promoting bone or wound healing in a mammal by administering the biomaterial or implant to the mammal, and kits that include such biomaterials, implants, or components thereof. The biomaterials may include demineralized cortical fibers, which help to promote bone repair. |
| US11896735B2 |
Ultrahigh ductility, novel Mg—Li based alloys for biomedical applications
The invention includes compositions including magnesium-lithium alloys containing various alloying elements for medical implant devices. The devices are constructed of the compositions or have applied thereto a coating formed therefrom. Within the structure of the magnesium-lithium alloy, there is a co-existence of alpha and beta phases. The invention also includes methods of preparing the magnesium-lithium alloys and articles, such as medical implant devices, for use in medical applications, including orthopedic, dental, craniofacial and cardiovascular surgery. |
| US11896730B1 |
Reprocessing a single-use medical device
The present invention provides a method for reprocessing single-use medical devices. The method can include removing a coating from a single-use medical device, validating the removal of the coating, cleaning the single-use medical device, and applying a new coating to the single-use medical device. |
| US11896729B2 |
UV disinfection system
An UV disinfection system (200) may feature a chamber (207) with internal spherical reflective surfaces (208) to evenly reflect UV radiation from all angles to direct the UV radiation to all surface area of the object inside the chamber to disinfect object utilizing UV radiation under controlled time. An object (215) to be disinfected may reside within the chamber (207) on a UV transparent rack or shelf (214). The spherical reflective surfaces may be fashioned by placing such surfaces on a polyhedral internal structure or making the internal chamber spherical in and of itself (208). Multiple UV sources (209a), (209b) may also be utilized. |
| US11896727B2 |
Lighting and sanitization device
A lighting and sanitization device, comprises: a first light source emitting violet light having a wavelength between 380 and 430 nm; a second light source emitting white light; a third light source emitting lime light having a peak wavelength between 535 and 545 nm. |
| US11896724B2 |
Bioactive polymeric dressing for accelerated wound closure
A wound dressing includes: a structural material formed into a dressing; at least one immunomodulatory agent associated with the dressing; and a growth factor associated with the dressing. A wound dressing kit includes: a structural material formed into a wound dressing; an immunomodulatory agent; and a growth factor composition, wherein the structural material contains the immunomodulatory agent and/or the immunomodulatory agent in a separate composition. A method of treating a wound in a tissue includes: applying an immunomodulatory agent to the wound; applying a wound dressing to the wound; and allowing the wound to heal with the immunomodulatory agent and wound dressing. The application of a growth factor can be before, during and/or after applying the wound dressing to the wound. |
| US11896723B2 |
Microcell systems for delivering benefit agents
A benefit agent delivery system whereby benefit agents can be released over a period of time and/or a variety of different benefit agents can be delivered from the same system and/or different concentrations of benefit agents can be delivered from the same system. The benefit agent delivery system includes a plurality of microcells, wherein the microcells are filled with a formulation comprising a benefit agent and an organic solvent. The microcells include an opening, and the opening is spanned by a porous diffusion layer. Different microcells may be loaded with different benefit agents, thereby providing a mechanism to deliver different, complimentary, or incompatible benefit agents. |
| US11896721B2 |
Multiparticulate L-carnitine compositions and related methods
An oral controlled-release multiparticulate dosage form comprises a plurality of individually enteric coated particulates containing an L-carnitine that independently disperse in a patient's stomach after oral ingestion and travel through the stomach and past the pyloric sphincter without substantially releasing the L-carnitine in the stomach. The individual particulates contain a solid core containing the L-carnitine, and an enteric coating. The dosage form may be used to treat conditions associated with a reduction of the amount of L-carnitine in the body. |
| US11896714B2 |
Method for producing sweetener compositions and sweetener compositions
Provided herein are compositions with enhanced sweetness or reduced caloric content per weight when compared to the sweetener carbohydrate or sweetener polyol component thereof, and methods for the preparation thereof. |
| US11896713B2 |
Strategies to enhance lung cancer treatment
A nanocarrier containing a combination of bioactive agents is provided. The nanocarrier allows for targeted delivery of the agents to cancer cells with minimized side effect. |
| US11896706B2 |
Composition for preventing hair loss or promoting hair growth, comprising, as active ingredient, mixed extract of cucumber, eggplant and snail extracts as active ingredient
The present disclosure relates to a composition for preventing hair loss or promoting hair growth, which contains a mixture of cucumber, eggplant and snail extracts as an active ingredient. The composition according to the present disclosure, which contains a mixture of cucumber, eggplant and snail extracts as an active ingredient, has been confirmed to increase the expression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in dermal papilla cells which are known to play a critical role in the induction of new hair follicles and maintenance of hair growth, exhibit hair-growing effect comparable to that of minoxidil in a hair growth test for depilated 6-week-old C57BL/6 mice, and exhibit hair loss-improving effect in a clinical test for human. Accordingly, it can be usefully used as a cosmetic composition or a pharmaceutical composition for external application to skin for preventing hair loss or promoting hair growth. |
| US11896704B2 |
Compounds useful for the treatment and/or care of the skin, hair, nails and/or mucous membranes
A compound of formula (1) R1—Wm—Xn-AA1-AA2-AA3-AA4-AA5-AA6-AA7-AA8-AA9-Yp—Zq—R2, wherein AA1 is Phe; AA2 is Trp; AA3 is selected from Met, Leu and lie; AA4 is selected from Lys, Arg and Gln; AA5 is Arg; AA6 is Lys; AA7 is selected from Arg, Lys and His; AA8 is selected from Val, Ile, Leu and Met; and AA9 is Pro. The compound is useful in the treatment and/or care of the skin, hair, nails and/or mucous membranes, in particular for improving the barrier function of the skin, for energizing the skin and as an anti-aging agent. |
| US11896703B2 |
Liquid lipid composite composition for improving hair condition
Disclosed in the present specification is a liquid lipid composite composition comprising ceramide, cholesterol, a C10-30 unsaturated fatty acid having three or fewer double bonds, and natural oil or wax containing a C10-60 fatty acid ester or C10-60 fatty acid ester at a weight ratio of 1:0.03-3:2.5-12:0.3-6. The liquid lipid composite composition comprises a high content of ceramide and is present in a liquid state during storage at normal temperature, and thus can be easily applied as a formulation of a hair cosmetic composition. The liquid lipid composite composition, when used to treat hair, has excellent hair condition improving effects, such as improving the softness of the hair, enhancing the elasticity and strength of the hair, and increasing the shininess of the hair. |
| US11896702B2 |
Fragrance-enhancing compositions
Long-lasting fragrance compositions are provided for. The fragrance compositions can include at least one fragrance compound and a glycoside. The glycoside can be selected from a Steviol glycoside, a glucosylated Steviol glycoside, a derivative of a Steviol glycoside, a derivative of a glucosylated Steviol glycoside, or combinations thereof. Also provided for are products including a long-lasting fragrance composition as above. The products can include perfumes, body care products, cosmetics, cleaning and laundry products, and the like. |
| US11896696B2 |
Methods of skin whitening by use of canola extracts
Compositions and methods for lightening skin are provided. A method for lightening skin may include the step of identifying skin where lightening or whitening is desired and topically applying to the skin a composition including (a) a skin lightening agent comprising a canola extract and (b) a cosmetically acceptable carrier. A method for treating hyperpigmentation may include the step of identifying skin containing areas of hyperpigmentation and topically applying to the skin a composition including (a) a canola extract and (b) a cosmetically acceptable carrier. |
| US11896692B2 |
Beauty care product
A beauty care product comprising a sealable plastic container, a sealing means and a beauty care component is provided, wherein the container of which is resistant to random, uncontrolled deformation under a substantial pressure differential between the environment and inside the container, yet having an affordable cost of manufacture and/or being appealing to the consumer. A kit comprising said product thereof, a method of manufacturing said product, and a method of using said product for application onto skin and/or hair are also provided. |
| US11896689B2 |
Method of making a clear personal care comprising microcapsules
A method of making a personal care composition that involves using a mixer to combine a personal care composition chassis with microcapsules. The mixer has a housing, a first fluid inlet, a second inlet, a fluid outlet and a rotor connected to the housing. The rotor has blades positioned within the housing to define cells between neighboring blades and the housing. The personal care composition chassis, which includes surfactants and water, is advanced along a flow path from the first fluid inlet toward the fluid outlet, while the microcapsules are transferred from the second inlet to the flow path by rotating the rotor. Air in the microcapsule composition is directed from inside the cells toward the second inlet, and the microcapsule composition is combined with the personal care composition chassis to form the personal care composition. The personal care composition is advanced from the outlet. |
| US11896685B2 |
Core-shell network structure comprising biopolymer and composition comprising same
The present invention relates to a core-shell network structure formed using a biocompatible biopolymer and to a composition comprising same. Said structure can be used as an alternative to synthetic chemical materials, such as polyethylene glycol (PEG), to effectively disperse an insoluble effective substance within a composition, thus addressing safety issues, and formulations can be preserved stably for a long time through said network structure. Furthermore, said structure and the composition comprising same may provide useful benefits for the skin in terms of skin barrier enhancement, skin moisturization, skin regeneration, or the like. |
| US11896684B2 |
Cosmetic composition having increased skin contact and makeup persistence and method of manufacturing same
Disclosed are a cosmetic composition having increased skin contact and makeup persistence and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes: forming a powder continuous phase by rapidly mixing a powder and a film-forming agent; and obtaining a cosmetic composition in which a surface of the powder is compounded with the film-forming agent by heating the powder continuous phase for a predetermined time. In an embodiment, the cosmetic composition is manufactured by the method. In an embodiment, the cosmetic composition includes 5 wt % to 30 wt % of a powder, 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of a film-forming agent, 10 wt % to 30 wt % of a silicone oil, and 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of a spherical powder. |
| US11896682B2 |
Radiolabeled MET binding proteins for immuno-PET imaging and methods of use thereof
Radiolabeled anti-MET antibodies and MET×MET bispecific antibodies and their use in immuno-PET imaging are provided herein. Included are methods of detecting the presence of MET proteins in a subject or sample and methods of monitoring efficacy of treatment of a Met expressing tumor. |
| US11896681B2 |
Particles comprising bilirubin derivative and metal
The present invention provides hydrophilic bilirubin derivative particles containing a metal, a use thereof, and a preparation method therefor. The bilirubin derivative particles of the present invention form coordinate bonds with various metals, and thus can be used in MR diagnosis, CT diagnosis, photo-acoustic diagnosis, PET diagnosis, or optical diagnosis. The bilirubin derivative particles of the present invention can release an anticancer drug encapsulated therein to the outside by the combination with a platinum-based anticancer drug and the degradation by a stimulation of light/reactive oxygen species, and exhibit anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities, and thus the bilirubin derivative particles of the present invention have a concept of theranostics in which the bilirubin derivative particles can be for therapeutic uses as well as diagnostic uses. |
| US11896676B2 |
Targeting cancer cells and tissue using filamentous plant virus particles
A pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) carrier comprising a PepMV particle that has been modified to carry an imaging agent or anticancer agent is described. The PepMV carrier can be used in a method of targeting cancer cells and tissue by administering it to a subject. Cancer tissue targeted by the PepMV carrier can be imaged using an imaging agent, or treated using an anticancer agent. |
| US11896674B2 |
SiRNA conjugate, preparation method therefor and use thereof
An siRNA conjugate having a structure as represented by formula (1) for inhibiting hepatitis B vims gene expression, comprising siRNA and a conjugated group, wherein the sense strand of the siRNA comprises a nucleotide sequence 1, and the antisense strand comprises a nucleotide sequence 2; the nucleotide sequence 1 and the nucleotide sequence 2 are, at least in part, reversely complementary to form a double-stranded region; the nucleotide sequence 1 and SEQ ID NO: 1 are equal in length and differ by no more than three nucleotides; the nucleotide sequence 2 and SEQ ID NO: 2 are equal in length and differ by no more than three nucleotides. The siRNA conjugate can specifically target liver cells and effectively solve the problem of siRNA delivery in vivo, and shows excellent activity and low toxicity to inhibit HBV gene expression while maintaining high stability of siRNA. |
| US11896672B2 |
Targeted nucleic acid conjugate compositions
The invention provides conjugates that comprise a targeting moiety, a nucleic acid, and optional linking groups as well as synthetic intermediates and synthetic methods useful for preparing the conjugates. The conjugates are useful to target therapeutic nucleic acids to the liver and to treat liver diseases including hepatitis (e.g. hepatitis B and hepatitis D). |
| US11896670B2 |
Synthesis routes to access MDMA prodrugs by using controlled and non-controlled intermediates
A method of synthesizing a pharmacological compound substance by attaching a psychoactive base substance to an amino acid and creating a prodrug with modified pharmacological behavior. A prodrug made by the method. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a prodrug of a psychoactive base substance attached to an amino acid and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt. |
| US11896668B2 |
Lyophilized preparation of cytotoxic dipeptides
The present invention is directed to novel lyophilized pharmaceutical preparations comprising a cytotoxic dipeptides such as melphalan flufenamide and one or more excipient(s) selected from the group comprising a polysorbate; a polyethylene glycol; β-cyclodextrin; ocyclodextrin; hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin; sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin; lactose; benzyl alcohol; disodium succinate; propylene glycol; Cremophor EL; Dimethyl sulfoxide; D-mannitol; Trehalose; Sucrose and an amino acid. This preparation may be further formulated and is useful in cancer therapy. |
| US11896667B2 |
Treatment for bone diseases
The invention relates to the treatment of bone disorders. In particular, the invention is directed to the use of a dosing holiday to help overcome the resistance to anti-sclerostin antibodies which develops over time when a plurality of doses of antibody are given to a subject. By giving the subject to be treated such a dosing holiday, the subject may subsequently display an increased response to a subsequent dose of the anti-sclerostin antibody. The subject may be given multiple cycles of a batch of at least two doses of anti-sclerostin antibody and a dosing holiday. In some instances, the subject may be monitored to help determine when to give the dosing holiday. Further, the subject may be given a different treatment for the bone disorder during the dosing holiday from the anti-sclerostin antibody. |
| US11896662B2 |
Multivalent influenza nanoparticle vaccines
Disclosed herein are multivalent nanoparticle vaccine compositions suitable for use in influenza vaccines. The nanoparticles include effective amounts of influenza glycoproteins that provide increased immune responses compared to a commercially available influenza vaccine composition. The present disclosure also provides vaccine formulation strategies that are cost effective and are convenient for clinical use. Methods of administering the nanoparticle vaccine compositions to a subject are also disclosed. |
| US11896661B2 |
Influenza virus vaccine and method of making
A composition for increasing vaccine yields due to increased virus growth in mutation comprising a vaccine strain bearing the Y161F mutation in hemagglutinin (HA). Y161F in HA increases HA thermostability without changing its original antigenic properties and enhances its binding affinity in the vaccine production platforms used in influenza vaccine manufacturing. A method for optimizing preparation of influenza vaccine seed strains which can further lower the cost of vaccines and increase profits for the vaccine companies, and also maintain antigenic stability during vaccine deliveries. |
| US11896655B2 |
Circumsporozoite proteins with increased expression in mammalian cells
Mutated and/or truncated malarial circumsporozoite proteins (CSP) and associated nucleic acids that are more stable and highly expressed in mammalian cells are described. The mutated and/or truncated CSP and associated nucleic acids can be expressed to produce malaria vaccine antigens. |
| US11896654B2 |
DNA monoclonal antibodies targeting checkpoint molecules
Disclosed herein is a composition including a recombinant nucleic acid sequence that encodes an antibody or fragment thereof that targets an immune checkpoint molecule. The disclosure also provides a method of preventing and/or treating disease in a subject using said composition and method of generation. |
| US11896652B2 |
Modified factor IX, and compositions, methods and uses for gene transfer to cells, organs, and tissues
The invention relates to modified Factor IX coding sequence, expression cassette, vectors such as viral (e.g., lenti- or adeno-associated viral) vectors, and gene transfer methods and uses. In particular, to target Factor IX nucleic acid to cells, tissues or organs for expression (transcription) of Factor IX. |
| US11896645B2 |
Compounds for use in the treatment of telomere related diseases and/or telomere related medical conditions
The invention relates to compounds for use in the treatment of telomere related diseases and/or telomere related medical conditions, particularly wherein said telomere related diseases and/or telomere related medical conditions are cancer and cellular ageing. Particularly, herein is disclosed 37 kDa/67 kDa laminin receptor precursor/high affinity laminin receptor (LRP/LR) and/or a fragment thereof for use in the treatment and/or prevention of cellular ageing. |
| US11896639B2 |
Mechanism based quality control for botanical medicine
The invention relates to methods of evaluating the quality of a batch of an herbal composition, the method comprising subjecting a test batch of the herbal composition to one or more biological analysis methods and comparing the results derived from the test batch to the results of a known batch of herbal composition which has a known in vivo effect. |
| US11896637B1 |
System and process for extracting cannabinoids
A system and process for extracting cannabinoids from a marijuana or hemp plant, the system and process utilizing an aqueous solution containing one or more biocatalysts which act upon the marijuana or hemp plant matter to create cannabinoids. |
| US11896634B2 |
Oncolytic virotherapy with helper-dependent adenoviral-based vectors expressing immunomodulatory molecules
The present disclosure concerns combination therapy for cancer that utilizes (i) an oncolytic virus; (ii) a virus comprising nucleic acid encoding an immunomodulatory factor; and (iii) at least one cell comprising a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific for a cancer cell antigen. In particular embodiments, the virus comprises nucleic acid encoding an immunomodulatory factor comprises nucleic acid encoding IL-12 and/or antagonist anti-PD-L1 antibody. |
| US11896629B2 |
Probiotic therapies for treating Rett syndrome
Provided is a method and a composition for improving behavioral performance in an individual comprising identifying an individual in need of treatment, and providing such an individual a composition comprising bacteria within the genus Bacteroides. |
| US11896624B2 |
Compositions for enhancing hyperthermia therapy
A composition for decreasing proliferation of cancer cells undergoing hyperthermia therapy is described. Such compositions can include a combination of selenium and fish oil. The respective quantities of selenium and fish oil are provided in amounts effective to synergistically increase the sensitivity of the cancer cells to temperatures in excess of 37° C. |
| US11896623B1 |
Visco-supplement compositions, and methods of use thereof
Visco-supplement compositions derived from a transcellular fluid, such as human amniotic fluid, human aqueous humor fluid, or human vitreous fluid are described. Also described are methods for treating inflammatory conditions of the musculoskeletal system, such as joint inflammation, and methods of lubricating a joint using the described visco-supplement compositions. |
| US11896621B2 |
Methods for treating and/or preventing graft-versus-host disease and/or diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and/or veno-occlusive disease associated with hematopoietic stem cell transplant
In one aspect, the invention provides methods of inhibiting the effects of MASP-2-dependent complement activation in a human subject suffering from graft-versus-host disease and/or diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and/or veno-occlusive disease associated with a hematopoietic stem cell transplant. The methods comprise the step of administering, to a subject in need thereof, an amount of a MASP-2 inhibitory agent effective to inhibit MASP-2-dependent complement activation. |
| US11896620B2 |
Engineered immune cell and use thereof
An engineered immune cell, which expresses (i) a cell surface molecule that specifically recognizes a ligand, (ii) an exogenous interleukin, and (iii) an exogenous Flt3L, XCL2, and/or XCL1; the engineered immune cell can be used for treating cancer, infection, or autoimmune diseases; and compared with a traditional engineered immune cell, the engineered immune cell has significantly improved tumor killing activity. |
| US11896614B2 |
Methods for improving the efficacy and expansion of chimeric antigen receptor-expressing cells
The invention provides methods of making immune effector cells (e.g., T cells, NK cells) that can be engineered to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), compositions and reaction mixtures comprising the same, and methods of treatment using the same. |
| US11896601B2 |
Composition for prevention or treatment of allergic disease including inotodiol compound as active ingredient
Provided is a composition for prevention or treatment of an allergic disease, the composition including an inotodiol compound and a chaga mushroom (Inonotus obliquus) extract including an inotodiol compound as an active ingredient. More particularly, it was found that when an inotodiol compound or a chaga mushroom extract containing an inotodiol compound as one of the active ingredients is administered to a mouse model in which a food allergy was induced, symptoms induced by the allergy were alleviated and cured. Thus, the inotodiol compound or the chaga mushroom extract containing an inotodiol compound as an active ingredient is expected to be useful as a composition for prevention or treatment of an allergic disease. |
| US11896600B2 |
Composition and method of using eicosanoyl-5-hydroxytryptamide for treating neurodegenerative disorders
The invention provides a composition comprising one or more hydroxytryptamides and method of its use in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. The invention includes embodiments wherein the composition comprises caffeine and chlorogenic acids. The composition finds use in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, including providing neuroprotection against the advancement of the symptoms of these disorders. |
| US11896599B2 |
Modified release preparations containing oxcarbazepine and derivatives thereof
Controlled-release preparations of oxcarbazepine and derivatives thereof for once-a-day administration are disclosed. The inventive compositions comprise solubility- and/or release enhancing agents to provide tailored drug release profiles, preferably sigmoidal release profiles. Methods of treatment comprising the inventive compositions are also disclosed. |
| US11896595B2 |
JAK1 pathway inhibitors for the treatment of chronic lung allograft dysfunction
This disclosure relates to JAK1 pathway inhibitors and the use thereof in treating chronic lung allograft dysfunction such as, e.g., bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. |
| US11896593B2 |
Sulfamate derivative compounds for use in treating or alleviating a psychiatric disorder
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or alleviating a psychiatric disorder comprising a sulfamate derivative compound and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for inducing anti-stress, anti-anxiety and/or anti-depressant activities comprising a sulfamate derivative compound and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. |
| US11896592B2 |
Certain triazolopyridines and triazolopyrazines, compositions thereof and methods of use therefor
Provided are certain triazolopyridines and triazolopyrazines of Formula 1, wherein X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have any of the meanings described herein; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of cell proliferative disorders. |
| US11896591B2 |
Compositions and methods for preparing and using mitochondrial uncouplers
This disclosure provides compounds of Formula I, II, and III and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for use as mitochondrial uncouplers, where the variables, e.g. R1-R9, X1, X2, and Y1 are defined in the specification. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of Formula I, II, or III, alone or in combination with another active compound. Compounds and compositions of Formula I, II, and III are useful for treating or preventing certain conditions such as obesity, type II diabetes, fatty liver disease, insulin resistance, Parkinson's disease, ischemia reperfusion injury, heart failure, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NALFD), and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Compounds of Formula I, II, and III are also useful for regulating glucose homeostatis and insulin action. |
| US11896590B2 |
Analgesic therapeutic and method, 1-(3-4(((1R,3S,5S)-adamantan-1-yl)(phenyl)methyl)propyl)-4-methylpiperazine and salts thereof
A method for the treatment and/or prevention of pain which comprises administering to a subject in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of 1-(3-4(((1R,3S,5S)-adamantan-1-yl)(phenyl)methyl)propyl)-4-methylpiperazine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof (“AV1066”), with reference to visceral and neuropathic pain. |
| US11896580B2 |
Composition for improving milk quality and preparation method and application thereof
The disclosure discloses a composition containing melatonin as an effective ingredient, and its application in improving DHI production performance and improving milk quality. The composition containing melatonin as an effective ingredient according to the present disclosure can significantly reduce the somatic cell count in milk and improve milk quality. Under the conditions of different seasons, ages, and lactation periods, the administration of the composition containing melatonin as an active ingredient according to the present disclosure can significantly reduce the somatic cell score of cow milk (p<0.01), increase the protein content and lactose content in milk, and meanwhile reduce the fat content and urea nitrogen content in milk. In summary, the composition containing melatonin as an effective ingredient according to the present disclosure can improve the quality of milk and increase the efficiency of dairy cow breeding. |
| US11896576B2 |
Determination of personalized endocannabinoid genotypes and associated recommendations
An example embodiment may involve (i) receiving, by a server device, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) information associated with a user; (ii) parsing, by the server device, the DNA information to identify one or more single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs); (iii) determining, by the server device and based on the identified SNPs, an endocannabinoid genotype of the user; (iv) determining, based on the endocannabinoid genotype of the user, a recommendation of one or more cannabinoid formulations; (v) transmitting, to a client device associated with the user, a web-based representation of a first graphical user interface; and (vi) receiving, from the client device, an indication to display a detailed representation of a particular cannabinoid formulation of the one or more cannabinoid formulations. |
| US11896574B2 |
Treatment of metabolic disorders in feline animals
The present invention relates to one or more SGLT2 inhibitors or pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a metabolic disorder in a feline animal, preferably wherein the metabolic disorder is one or more selected from the group consisting of: ketoacidosis, pre-diabetes, diabetes mellitus type 1 or type 2, insulin resistance, obesity, hyperglycemia, impaired glucose tolerance, hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, dysadipokinemia, subclinical inflammation, systemic inflammation, low grade systemic inflammation, hepatic lipidosis, atherosclerosis, inflammation of the pancreas, neuropathy and/or Syndrome X (metabolic syndrome) and/or loss of pancreatic beta cell function and/or wherein the remission of the metabolic disorder, preferably diabetic remission, is achieved and/or maintained. |
| US11896573B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions and pharmacokinetics of a gamma-hydroxybutyric acid derivative
Pharmaceutical compositions of 4-((L-valyl)oxy)butanoic acid and the pharmacokinetics of 4-((L-valyl)oxy)butanoic acid and γ-hydroxybutyric acid following oral administration of the pharmaceutical compositions to healthy subjects are disclosed. |
| US11896572B2 |
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. |
| US11896571B2 |
Methods for increasing oral osteogenesis using lipoxin A4 (LXA4) and its analogs
The invention provides methods for increasing oral osteogenesis using LXA4 and its analogs. Methods are also provided for treating or preventing oral disorders that would benefit from increased oral osteogenesis using LXA4 and its analogs. |
| US11896569B2 |
Compositions comprising amino acids for use in the treatment of mucositides in neoplasia patients undergoing radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy
Amino acid composition for use in the treatment of mucositis in patients suffering from head and neck cancer, undergoing radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy, the composition comprising an active agent, the active agent comprising the amino acids: glutamine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, lysine, threonine, histidine, phenylalanine, methionine, tryptophan, tyrosine, and cystine, wherein the glutamine:leucine weight ratio is in the range 4.3 to 5.3. |
| US11896564B2 |
Medical treatment for pathologic inflammation
A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, for use in combination with a 5-ASA agent, in the treatment of a disease resulting from pathologic inflammation. The combination of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof and 5-ASA agent and use of such combination. A kit-of-parts and a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a combination. |
| US11896562B2 |
Oral amphetamine composition
In various embodiments, the present invention is directed to oral pharmaceutical compositions. For example, in some embodiments, the present invention is directed to taste-masked compositions. In some embodiments, the taste masked compositions comprise a highly water soluble drug such as amphetamine, e.g., in the form of a salt such as amphetamine sulfate. In various embodiments, the present invention is directed to taste-masked, orally disintegrating compositions. |
| US11896561B2 |
Compositions including a cannabinoid and protocatechuic acid
The disclosure is directed to a beverage sachet including a powder which includes protocatechuic acid, an electrolyte, and a sweetener. The sachet can further include a cannabinoid. The cannabinoid may be cannabidiol. The electrolyte may include sodium chloride salt or monopotassium phosphate salt. The sachet may further include vitamin C, vitamin D, a B vitamin, magnesium, or calcium. The sweetener may include sucrose, glucose, dextrose, maltodextrins, or fructose. The disclosure also includes a beverage including protocatechuic acid and a cannabinoid. The cannabinoid may be cannabidiol. The beverage may be a sports beverage including sweeteners and electrolytes. The beverage may be a health beverage including a fruit, a vegetable, vitamin C, vitamin D, a B vitamin, magnesium, or calcium. |
| US11896560B2 |
Cannabinoid dosing regime for dermatitis and inflammatory skin conditions
A treatment regime for use in the treatment or prevention of dermatitis and inflammatory skin conditions, said regime comprising the administration of: a) between 50 mg and 3000 mg of a topical liquid or gel composition comprising between 1% w/w and 15% w/w cannabinoid, wherein the cannabinoid is dissolved in the liquid or gel composition. |
| US11896555B2 |
System and method for compounding error prevention
A system for dispensing and compounding errors prevention is disclosed. The system for dispensing and compounding errors prevention comprises at least one camera for receiving a real-time image of personnel preparing a prescription; a data storage for storing a medication recipe of a corresponding patient; an identification module for determining an identification tag of a drug from a container of the drug or a physical appearance of the drug; a measurement module for determining an amount of the drug being dispensed by the personnel; a comparison module in communication with the identification module and the measurement module for determining whether the amount of the drug being dispensed by the personnel or the identification tag of the drug match the medication recipe; and an output device for outputting a notification to the personnel. |
| US11896554B2 |
Child resistant and airtight container
Disclosed herein are modular container systems having child-resistant containers, tray inserts and tray frames. Also disclosed are methods using the modular container systems and methods of storing substances in containers. The containers have a container base and a container cap and provide for child-resistant containers. A user can releasably remove the container cap from container base with a squeeze and lift sequence. For example, the user squeezes opposite sides of the container base, which releases a locking mechanism and allows for removal of the cap by lifting or pulling the container cap off from the container base. The components of the modular container system are modular and stackable. The modular system allow for organized, efficient, accessible and storage of the child-resistant containers. The modular container system also allows for easy counting, sorting and processing of the containers. |
| US11896548B2 |
Floating physical therapy device
A floating physical therapy device includes a frame and a harness. The frame includes an inner frame and an outer frame on the right and left side. The inner frame defines a patient area. The harness is attached to the inner frame such that it secures a patient to the device in a substantially upright position during use. The frame extends forwards and backwards, as well as to the left and right, of the patient area in order to provide stability in the water during normal use. The frame defines a trainer area immediately forward of the patient area where a therapist can have access to the patient during therapy sessions. |
| US11896546B2 |
CPR chest compression system with motor powered by battery located away from the motor
A CPR chest compression system includes a retention structure that retains the body of a patient, and a motor and a compressor that can perform CPR compressions to the chest of the patient. The motor is powered by a battery that is located on the retention structure but away from the motor, and is electrically connected to the motor via one or more wires. Accordingly the weight and volume of the battery can be located away from a top portion of the retention structure. This renders the CPR system is less heavy at the top, and therefore less likely to tilt and start compressing the chest at a different point. Moreover, this permits X-Rays of a larger footprint to go through the CPR system and reach the patient, in example configurations where the components are transparent to X-Rays. |
| US11896545B2 |
Vibrating garment assembly
A garment assembly includes a sleeve member having outer and inner surfaces, a first vibration assembly associated with the sleeve member, and a control module associated with the sleeve member. The first vibration assembly includes a plurality of vibration motors that are arranged in a circle about a center point. An angular distance between each vibration motor of the plurality of vibration motors is approximately the same. The control module includes a battery, and the first vibration assembly is in electrical communication with the control module. |
| US11896544B2 |
Percussive therapy device with electrically connected attachment
A percussive therapy system includes a percussive therapy device that includes a housing, an electrical source, a motor positioned in the housing, a switch for activating the motor, a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciprocate in response to activation of the motor, and an attachment configured to be operatively connected to a distal end of the push rod assembly of the percussive massage device and to provide at least one therapeutic effect to a user. The attachment may include at least one of an actuator configured to provide the at least one therapeutic effect to the user and a sensor configured to obtain at least one of biometric data of the user and information regarding operation of the percussive therapy device. |
| US11896542B2 |
Male sexual stimulation device with spiraling sleeve
A male sexual stimulation device that provides a better user experience by combining a mechanical stroking mechanism with a spiraling sleeve that provides rotational stimulation and suctional stimulation to the stroking motion of the mechanical stroking mechanism. The spiraling sleeve is formed at least in part from an elastomeric material with ribbing molded into the interior of the sleeve at an angle to the linear axis of the spiraling sleeve such that elongation or shortening of the spiraling sleeve along the linear axis with a penis inserted therein causes a portion of the sleeve to twist about the linear axis. |
| US11896541B2 |
Male sexual stimulation apparatus and method of use
A male stimulation apparatus, comprising: a housing defining a hand tunnel extending in a lateral direction and defining at least one hand hole to facilitate an entry of a hand of a user inside the hand tunnel; a phallus tunnel extending inside the housing from a first longitudinal end towards a second longitudinal end, the phallus tunnel extends through the hand tunnel and is adapted to receive a phallus of the user; and a vibrator shaft extending inside the housing from the second longitudinal end towards the first longitudinal end, the vibrator shaft extends through the hand tunnel and is adapted to receive a vibrator, wherein the hand tunnel facilitates the user to grasp the phallus tunnel and the vibrator shaft. |
| US11896537B2 |
Apparatus and method for reorienting a person between a supine position and a prone position
An apparatus for reorienting a person includes a wrap having a first lateral portion and a second lateral portion, the first lateral portion and the second lateral portion being releasably securable to one another along an anterior region of the wrap between lateral sides of the person and along a posterior region of the wrap between the lateral sides of the person via a set of fasteners. Each of the lateral portions are dimensioned to extend around a corresponding one of the lateral sides of the person and having anterior and posterior edges that are dimensioned to extend at most partway across to an opposite one of the lateral sides of the person. The wrap is made from flexible materials and dimensioned to extend at least from below knees of the person to above the elbows of the person and snugly retain the person therein. |
| US11896535B1 |
Power lift
A deployable gurney lift assembly 12 having a carriage assembly 14 composed of a carriage assembly plate 20 with two pivot carriage arms 38 disposed opposite one another to engage the sides of a gurney G, at least one safety bar holder 16 to accommodate a safety bar B of the gurney G, the safety bar holders 16 with at least one bar latch 18 to receive and secure a gurney bar B therein. At least one lift actuator 88 lifts and lowers the arms 38. |
| US11896529B2 |
Intraocular device for dual incisions
A microsurgical device and methods of its use can be used for treatment of various conditions including eye diseases, such as glaucoma, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. A dual-blade device can be used for cutting the trabecular meshwork (“TM”) in the eye. The device tip provides entry into the Schlemm's canal via its size (i.e., for example, 0.2-0.3 mm width) and configuration where a ramp elevates the TM away from the outer wall of the Schlemm's canal and guides the TM to first and second lateral elements for creating first and second incisions through the TM. The dimensions and configuration of the blade is such that an entire strip of TM is removed without leaving TM leaflets behind and without causing collateral damage to adjacent tissues. |
| US11896527B2 |
Systems and methods for patient alignment and treatment
A system for supporting and aligning a patient during a color alteration procedure includes a laser system that delivers a laser in a first direction. A control computer may be adjacent the laser system for controlling the laser system. The control computer system may include a user interface in a first plane substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The system may include a patient support structure having a patient support surface extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and configured to be adjustable to set a patient position or alignment relative to the laser system. Coarse adjustment hardware may be configured to cause automated and/or manual adjustments to the patient support surface in the first direction. Fine adjustment hardware may be configured to cause automated fine adjustments to the patient support surface in the first direction based on instructions received from the control computer. |
| US11896524B2 |
Tissue removal devices, systems and methods
A tissue removal device includes a hollow needle, an ultrasonic transducer for mechanically vibrating the needle, an aspiration line communicating with the needle, and a vacuum pulsing device for generating vacuum pulses in the needle. The device may be utilized for breaking up tissue by phacoemulsification, vacuum pulsing, or both. |
| US11896523B2 |
Devices and methods for targeted delivery of a substance
Devices, systems and methods for applying a bioadhesive substance to an internal surface of the eye, such as the retina, can include an outer sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end, a passageway extending along a length of the elongate body and an opening at the distal end of the elongate body, an applicator tip including an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, an applicator portion coupled with the distal end of the elongate body, and a substance supply lumen extending along a length of the device through which a bioadhesive substance can pass so that the bioadhesive substance can be applied to at least the applicator portion of the applicator tip. Some embodiments of the device can also have a source of the bioadhesive substance in fluid communication with at least the substance supply lumen. |
| US11896514B2 |
Ostomy product with mesh internal collection member for gas passage
An ostomy pouch has a body side wall and a distal side wall defining a collection chamber. An opening is provided in the body side wall. A barrier is operably mounted to the body side wall over the opening. The barrier has an inlet opening. An internal collection member is mounted to the barrier. The internal collection member includes a tubular net having a first open end and a second closed end, and a ring-shaped capsule for storing the net inside the capsule in a collected manner. The ring-shaped capsule has an open central region and is mounted to the barrier with the capsule open central region and the barrier inlet opening aligned with one another to define a pouch inlet. The capsule extends into the pouch collection chamber and the first open end of the net is mounted to the capsule overlying the pouch inlet. Excretion is inlet to the pouch and is discharged into the net, paying out the net. |
| US11896513B2 |
Method and a receptable bag for emptying a urinary bag
A drainage bag system for urinary collection includes a urinary drainage bag having a first inlet and an inlet valve for regulating a flow of urine from a catheter into the urinary drainage bag via the first inlet, an outlet, and an outlet valve for regulating a flow of urine out of the urinary drainage bag. The drainage bag system further includes a receptacle bag of a foil or sheet material for emptying the urinary drainage bag and having a receptacle compartment for storing urine and a connector for providing a connection between the receptacle bag and the urinary drainage bag. The connector provides a second inlet constituting a receptacle inlet to the receptacle compartment when connected to the receptacle bag such that urine can flow into the receptacle compartment. |
| US11896512B2 |
Method of detecting leakage in medical devices
A method of detecting ostomy effluent leakage in an ostomy appliance is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a plurality of sensors; measuring resistance of the ostomy appliance using each of the plurality of sensors; entering resistance measurements in a ring buffer configured to hold resistance measurements; calculating a median resistance value of each of the plurality of sensors using the resistance measurements; comparing the median resistance value against a predetermined range of acceptable resistance values; increasing a leak count for a corresponding sensor when the median resistance value of the sensor is outside the predetermined range of acceptable resistance values; determining a leak state when the leak count increases beyond a predetermined acceptable leak count; and sending an alert upon a determination of a leak state. |
| US11896511B2 |
Contact point reduction garment
The present disclosure provides a wearable garment comprising (a) a sheath having a first end and a second, wherein the sheath defines a cavity in a wearable position, wherein the sheath has a first opening at the first end, and wherein the sheath comprises a first material, and (b) one or more relief zones coupled to the sheath, wherein the relief zones comprise a second material, wherein a pressure distribution of the second material is greater than a pressure distribution of the first material. |
| US11896507B2 |
Self expanding stent and method of loading same into a catheter
A stent comprises a framework that includes a sequence of cells that each occupy a discrete segment of the stent length, and each of the cells includes a plurality of struts with ends connected at respective vertices. An adjacent pair of the cells are attached to one another by a plurality of T-bars that each include a column defining a long axis that extends parallel to the stent axis, and a top bar attached to one end of the column. An opposite end of the column is attached to a first cell, and the top bar is attached at opposite ends to a second cell of the adjacent pair of cells. The column has a minimum width perpendicular to the long axis that is wider than a maximum width of each of the struts, and the column defines at least one slot. The top bar includes a curved edge on an opposite side from the column, and the curved edge straddles the long axis. |
| US11896503B2 |
Methods for enabling movement of objects, and associated apparatus
A method for enabling movement of an object, having a plurality of degrees of freedom, by a user. The method comprising: receiving a first and second plurality of reference signals from first and second test subjects respectively, generated in response to respective reference intended movements; and determining a set of first of and second profiles. The method also comprises determining profile-pairs, which each comprise a first profile and a second profile that correspond to the same degree of freedom of the object; determining a reference set of profiles based on a mathematical combination of each profile-pair; and providing the reference set of profiles for determining an intended movement of the object based on a plurality of user signals received from a respective plurality of different sensors associated with the user. The intended movement comprises simultaneous movements with respect to at least two degrees of freedom of the plurality of degrees of freedom. |
| US11896500B2 |
Bone preparation apparatus and method
A system and method for improving installation of a prosthesis which may include assembly of a modular prosthesis. Devices include prosthesis installation tools, prosthesis assembly tools, site preparation systems, and improved power tools used in implant site preparation, the tools including a secondary motion that preferably includes an ultrasonic vibration. |
| US11896497B2 |
Intervertebral spacer
Disclosed is an assembly and method for implant installation between adjacent vertebral bodies of a patient. The implant has a support body and a rotatable insert therein and the support body is curved for installation between adjacent vertebral bodies transforaminally. An installation instrument is also disclosed for removable attachment to implant and engagement with the rotatable insert to selectively permit rotation between the insert and the support body. The installation instrument extends along a longitudinal tool axis and when the installation instrument is in a first position the insert is rotationally fixed with respect to the support body and when the installation instrument is in a second position the support body may rotate with respect to the insert. |
| US11896496B2 |
Device and method for deployment of an anchoring device for intervertebral spinal fusion
A device and methods for intervertebral spinal fusion of adjacent intervertebral bodies. An intervertebral spacer is positioned within a narrow disc space between adjacent intervertebral bodies of a patient. The spacer is arranged with upper and lower guides. The guides are adapted to simultaneously guide the deployment of upper and lower anchors of an anchoring device into their respective intervertebral bodies. The spacer is also adapted to lock the upper and lower anchors to the spacer in the deployed position. |
| US11896495B2 |
Expandable interbody devices and related instruments and methods for spinal fusion surgery
An interbody device may include a main body and an arm movably connected thereto. The device may have a first end, a second end opposite the first end in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the device, a first side, a second side opposite the first side in a direction of a first transverse axis of the device, a third side, and a fourth side opposite the third side in a direction of a second transverse axis of the device. An overall distance between the first side and the second side may increase along at least a majority of a length of the device in a direction from the first end toward the second end, and an overall distance between the third side and the fourth side may increase along at least a majority of the length in a direction from the second end toward the first end. |
| US11896493B2 |
Expandable intervertebral spacer
A spacer for separating bones of a joint, the spacer includes a first endplate configured to engage a first bone of the joint; a second endplate configured to engage a second bone of the joint; and an actuation subassembly comprising a drive nut, a drive screw coupled to the drive nut, and a cam frame coupled to the drive screw, wherein the cam frame is disposed between the first endplate and the second endplate, wherein the cam frame comprises a proximal frame end, a distal frame end, and lateral frame sides, wherein cams disposed on the lateral frame sides selectively engage at least one of the first endplate or the second endplate. |
| US11896492B2 |
Expandable intervertebral implant
An implant for therapeutically separating bones of a joint has two endplates each having an opening through the endplate, and at least one ramped surface on a side opposite a bone engaging side. A frame is slideably connected to the endplates to enable the endplates to move relative to each other at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the implant, in sliding connection with the frame. An actuator screw is rotatably connected to the frame. A carriage forms an open area aligned with the openings in the endplates. The openings in the endplates pass through the carriage to form an unimpeded passage from bone to bone of the joint. The carriage has ramps which mate with the ramped surfaces of the endplates, wherein when the carriage is moved by rotation of the actuator screw, the endplates move closer or farther apart. |
| US11896491B2 |
Expandable total disc replacement implant
An expandable intervertebral total disc replacement implant, including an inferior component, including a first core including a first outer surface and a first inner surface, and a first arm telescopingly engaged with the first core, a superior component, including a second core including a second outer surface and a second inner surface, and a second arm telescopingly engaged with the second core, and an expansion mechanism connected to the first core, the second core, and at least one of the first arm and the second arm. |
| US11896484B2 |
Implant loading apparatus
The present application discloses an implant loading apparatus comprising a guider and a guide base. The guider is sleeved on the exterior of the guide base. The guide base comprises a guide column, a connecting section, and a base connected in the axial direction. Fixing sections are provided on either end of the connecting section. The guide base is removably connected to the guider via the fixing sections. The guide base is provided with the two fixing sections that fit the guider to implement twice removable fixing, thus favoring a coaxial operation. A valve stent is neither twisted nor tilted during a compression process, thus increasing loading efficiency, greatly reducing the operation difficulty of a surgery, and allowing the implementation of a single person operation. |
| US11896478B2 |
Vision correction with laser refractive index changes
Methods and systems wherein laser induced refractive index changes by focused femtosecond laser pulses in optical polymeric materials or optical tissues is performed to address various types of vision correction. |
| US11896471B2 |
Biased artificial sphincter cuff
A cuff for use an as artificial sphincter includes an inflatable chamber and a backing. The inflatable chamber includes opposing inside and outside surfaces and inflated and deflated states. The backing is adjacent the outside surface of the chamber. The inside surface of the chamber includes two or more grooves that define the location of fold lines of the inflatable chamber when the inflatable chamber is in the inflated state. The inflatable chamber and backing are configured to surround a duct of a patient with the inside surface of the chamber facing the duct and the grooves extending substantially parallel to the duct. |
| US11896470B2 |
Medical-grade actuator having a modular structure and medical device comprising same
Actuator (1) for a medical device (100), comprising an electromotor, a mechanical transmission, and magnetic coupling means arranged for transmitting a mechanical torque from the electromotor to the mechanical transmission when said electromotor is powered by an energy source, wherein said electromotor and a first part of the magnetic coupling means kinematically linked to the electromotor are arranged and hermetically sealed in a first casing module, and wherein said mechanical transmission and a second part of the coupling means kinematically linked to said mechanical transmission are arranged in a second casing module, said first and second casing modules comprising each complementary fastening means such that said first and second casing modules can be removably connected to each other in such a way that said first and second parts of the magnetic coupling means magnetically couple together upon connection of said first and second casing modules. |
| US11896467B2 |
Folded individual article in a circular package
A packaged elongate sanitary protection product includes a folded sanitary product and a circular package. The sanitary product has first and second arcuate end portions comprising first and second ends, respectively, separated by a central portion, and a pair of longitudinal side edges connecting the first and second ends. The arcuate end portions have an effective radius and a maximum width, substantially equal to twice the effective radius. The central portion has a minimum width between about 75% and about 90% of the maximum width, and the sanitary product has a length between about 225% and about 285% of the maximum width. In addition, first and second fold lines are located a distance from each end equal to about 85% to about 105% of the maximum width of the arcuate end portions. The sanitary protection product is folded in a Z-configuration on first and second fold lines to form a substantially circular folded sanitary protection product, which is enveloped in the circular package. |
| US11896466B2 |
Absorbent articles having shaped, soft and textured nonwoven fabrics
Absorbent articles are provided that comprise shaped, soft and textured nonwoven fabrics. The nonwoven fabrics may be a topsheet and an outer cover nonwoven material of the absorbent article. A portion of a wearer-facing surface of the topsheet may have a TS7 in the range of about 1 dB V2 rms of about 1 to about 4.5 dB V2 rms and a TS750 in the range of about 6 dB V2 rms to about 30 dB V2 rms. A portion of a garment-facing surface of the outer cover nonwoven material may have a TS7 in the range of about 1 dB V2 rms of about 1 to about 4.5 dB V2 rms and a TS750 in the range of about 6 dB V2 rms to about 30 dB V2 rms. The nonwoven fabrics of the present disclosure provide soft materials with texture. |
| US11896462B2 |
Highly conformable wound dressing
In some examples, a dressing filler for treating a tissue site may include a plurality of filler elements and a tissue interface layer. Each of the filler elements may include a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface and separated from the first surface by a thickness. The tissue interface layer may include a first side configured to be positioned facing the tissue site and a second side positioned opposite the first side. The first surface of each of the filler elements may be coupled to the second side of the tissue interface layer. Also provided are other apparatuses, dressings, systems, and methods suitable for treating a tissue site. |
| US11896455B2 |
Method and system for braces removal from dentition mesh
A method for generating a digital model of dentition, executed at least in part by a computer, acquires a 3-D digital mesh that is representative of the dentition along a dental arch, including includes braces, teeth, and gingival tissue. The method modifies the 3-D digital mesh to generate a digital mesh dentition model by processing the digital mesh and automatically detecting one or more initial bracket positions from the acquired mesh, processing the initial bracket positions to identify bracket areas for braces that lie against tooth surfaces, identifying one or more brace wires extending between brackets, removing one or more brackets and one or more wires from the dentition model, and forming a reconstructed tooth surface within the digital mesh dentition model where the one or more brackets have been removed. The modified 3-D digital mesh dentition model is displayed, stored, or transmitted over a network to another computer. |
| US11896453B2 |
Extra oral dental ventilator
There is disclosed a dental device configured to be coupled to a vacuum. In at least one embodiment the device comprises at least one channel coupled to the vacuum and in fluid communication with the vacuum. In addition, there can be at least one hood coupled to the channel, and covering the channel wherein the hood is in fluid communication with said at least one channel. In addition, there can be at least one clip coupled to the hood. Furthermore, said at least one clip extending substantially perpendicularly to said at least one hood and substantially parallel to said at least one channel, wherein the vacuum is configured to create a negative pressure inside of said at least one hood, and wherein said at least one clip is configured to couple to a user's mouth, wherein said hood is positioned adjacent to a user's mouth. |
| US11896450B2 |
Articulator and articulator auxiliary device
An articulator having a maxillary member and a mandibular member, which are connected to each other via condylar articulations, wherein a maxillary adaptor is attachable or attached at the maxillary member and a mandibular adaptor at the mandibular member, wherein a maxillary alignment member especially is form-fittingly connected to the maxillary adaptor and a mandibular alignment member is especially form-fittingly connected with the mandibular adaptor, and wherein the alignment members are automatically alignable to each other and comprising scanning members, by means of which the arrangement of alignment members and adaptors is scannable in a scanner and especially the relative position thereof moreover is detectable in relation to the articulator via the scanner. |
| US11896449B2 |
Snapon adjustable implant surgical drill stop and surgical guide
A snap-on snap-off drill stop device for boring into a tooth and or in bone. The stop device that impedes insertion of the bore device into the tooth or bone tissue beyond predetermined depths at pre-selected stages of a drilling process by simplifying the tedious process of exchanging drill bits and drill stops for the ultimate size and depth bore. |
| US11896448B2 |
Interproximal reduction tool and method
An interproximal reduction tool and method preferably includes at least one polishing strip; at least one abrasive wheel; and a low speed and high torque dental electric motor. First, the area between two adjacent teeth is manually polished with a plurality of polishing strips. The polishing strip is held between a forefinger and thumb and moved in a horizontal plane. Each abrasive wheel preferably includes an abrasive disc and a shaft. The abrasive disc includes a disc base and abrasive material. The abrasive material is adhered to opposing sides of the disc base. It is preferable to have an annular space between an outer edge of the disc base and an outer perimeter of the annular abrasive material. The low speed/high torque motor preferably utilizes an existing dental motor and modifies the dental motor to have a preferable gear reduction of at least 16:1. |
| US11896444B2 |
Tissue marking device and method of use
A tissue marking device enables the deployment of a hook to mark a location within a breast. The deployment is performed by inserting a needle in tissue until it arrives at a target location and pressing on the end of a rod that embeds the hook in the tissue. A thread is attached to the hook and is left exposed to facilitate locating the hook. |
| US11896439B2 |
Load sensing devices for use in surgical instruments
A surgical end effector includes an anvil assembly; a cartridge assembly including a plurality of fasteners; a drive assembly movable longitudinally to approximate the anvil assembly relative to the cartridge assembly; and a strain gauge circuit disposed within the cartridge assembly, the strain gauge circuit configured to measure a strain imparted on the cartridge assembly by the drive assembly. |
| US11896438B2 |
Oral expansion device
An oral expansion device comprises a first body, main body and a second body wherein the first body and second body are attached to a body and a first tube and a second tube wherein the first tube and second tube having one end attached to the body and having a second end attached to an inflation device. The first tube can be attached internally to the first cavity to the inflate or deflate it and the second tube can be attached internally to the second cavity to inflate or deflate it. The body is manufactured from a flexible material. The first cavity and the second cavity can be manufactured from an inflatable material. The first cavity is an oval and the second cavity is a rectangular shape. The body has a 35-degree bend wherein the second cavity is centered on the 35-degree bend and the body can have two depressions on its sides. |
| US11896432B2 |
Machine learning for identifying characteristics of a reentrant circuit
A system is provided for augmenting a three-dimensional (3D) model of a heart to indicate the tissue state. The system accesses a 3D model of a heart, accesses two-dimensional (2D) images of tissue state slices of the heart, and accesses source location information of an arrhythmia. The system augments the 3D model with an indication of a source location based on the source location information. For each of a plurality of the tissue state slices of the heart, the system augments a 3D model slice of the 3D model that corresponds to that tissue state slice with an indication of the tissue state of the heart represented by the tissue state information of that tissue state slice. The system then displays a representation of the 3D model that indicates the source location of the arrhythmia and the tissue state of the heart. |
| US11896431B2 |
Linear scanning mechanical volume probe
Disclosed is a linear scanning mechanical volume probe comprising a bracket on which a drive wheel, a first reverse wheel and a second reverse wheel are provided, an axis of the drive wheel, an axis of the first reverse wheel and an axis of the second reverse wheel are parallel; a guide rod is further provided on the bracket, and the axis of the guide rod is perpendicular to the axis of the drive wheel, a slider which can slide axially along the guide rod is provided on the guide rod, a transducer is fixedly connected to the slider; the first reverse wheel and the second reverse wheel are respectively provided near opposite ends of the guide rod, and further comprise a first rope and a second rope. The linear scanning mechanical volume probe can ensure that a high resolution image can be obtained at a distance from the transducer. |
| US11896430B2 |
Portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus
A portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing including a display panel, a connector, and an ultrasound probe. The connector connects the first housing and a lower edge portion of the second housing so that the second housing is rotatable to be overlapped on the first housing to fold the portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus. The connector is provided at a position between a center of the first housing and a front side of the first housing. The second housing is rotatable towards a rear side of the first housing with a horizontal axis of the connector as a supporting axis to open the portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus. |
| US11896428B2 |
Adaptive selection of ultrasound frequency
An ultrasound system is disclosed. Embodiments in accordance with the present invention include a transducer configured to acquire pulse-echo data at each transmit frequency bandwidth of interest. In addition, a bandpass filter is configured to receive a signal of the pulse-echo data, wherein the signal is bandpass-filtered over a plurality of frequencies. Further, a processor is configured to calculate a spatial coherence of the bandpass-filtered signal. The spatial coherence of the signal is calculated in a spatial domain or a frequency domain. The spatial coherence is used to predict target conspicuity. The processor selects a preferred frequency based on and, preferably, to realize, the target conspicuity. |
| US11896427B2 |
Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method for detecting shear index of vascular wall using ultrasonic waves
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus, a method for detecting a shear index of a vascular wall using ultrasonic waves, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method comprises: transmitting ultrasonic waves to an region of interest comprising a vessel; receiving the ultrasonic waves to obtain echo signals; acquiring an ultrasonic image according to the echo signals; acquiring particle jet velocities of a plurality of points in the vessel, the particle jet velocity comprising flow velocity and flow direction; determining a vascular wall in the ultrasonic image; acquiring a position to be detected of the vascular wall; calculating, according to particle jet velocities of a plurality of points near the position to be detected, the shear index of the position to be detected of the vascular wall; and displaying the ultrasonic image and the shear index of the vascular wall. |
| US11896426B2 |
Dual-mode ultrasonic assessment of bone
A system and method for non-invasive and quantitative assessment of the status of bone tissue in a bony member within a living organism are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a transducer and a controller that causes the transducer to generate a pair of axial ultrasound signals traveling in opposite directions along a longitudinal axis of the bony member and a radial ultrasound signal traveling towards and into the bony member. The transducer receives multiple portions of each of the axial ultrasound signals and multiple portions of the radial ultrasound signal reflected by the bony member and generates axial and pulse-echo output signals in response. The controller processes the axial and pule-echo output signals to obtain an axial transmission time delay and a pulse-echo time delay, respectively, and generates an estimate of a characteristic of the bone tissue responsive to the axial-transmission and pulse-echo time delays. |
| US11896423B2 |
Time-varying quantification of capacitive and resistive arterial blood flow
Technology is described that can be used for continuous measurements of blood pressure and arterial blood flow to automatically derive time-varying estimates of multiple factors pertaining to a patient's vascular system. Such factors can include, but are not limited to, resistive flow, capacitive flow, vascular resistance, and arterial capacitance. Determination of such factors can allow for the meaningful assessment of the control of vascular resistance and capacitance in real time. |
| US11896421B2 |
Monitoring blood distribution in a subject
A system for monitoring blood distribution in a subject, the system comprising a processor(38) responsive to Doppler ultrasound data representing arterial blood flow in at least two different locations of the subject, such as the neck and the arm, to obtain velocity (C, B1, B2, B3) or volumetric flow rate at each location, to monitor changes in a predetermined function of the blood flows, and to provide an output indicative of the monitored changes which may result from blood volume centralization. This can indicate the onset of hypovolemia or hypervolemia. |
| US11896419B2 |
X-ray diagnostic apparatus
An X-ray diagnostic apparatus of an embodiment includes an input interface, and processing circuitry. The input interface accepts an input operation performed by an operator. The processing circuitry identifies a period in which periodic movement is small in an X-ray irradiation area. The processing circuitry determines irradiation start timing of an X-ray according to the period. The processing circuitry controls to perform X-ray irradiation of a relatively high dose in the determined irradiation start timing on condition that the input operation is being continued. |
| US11896417B2 |
Time-varying kinetic modeling of high temporal-resolution dynamic pet data for multiparametric imaging
Systems and methods are disclosed for quantifying blood flow using time-varying kinetic modeling of high temporal-resolution dynamic positron emission tomography (PET) data. A single tracer is introduced into the body. A first set of images is acquired, via PET, of at least a portion of the body at a plurality of predetermined time intervals. Based on the first set of images, an intensity of the tracer in the at least the portion of the body is determined as a function of time. The intensity of the tracer as a function of time is modeled using a time-varying kinetic model. Based on the model, the blood flow through the at least the portion of the body is quantified. Additional images may be acquired and used to quantify additional parameter(s), such as glucose metabolism, amyloid load, etc., with the single tracer. |
| US11896416B2 |
Method for calculating coronary artery fractional flow reserve on basis of myocardial blood flow and CT images
A method for calculating coronary artery fractional flow reserve includes determining myocardial volume by extracting myocardial images; locating a coronary artery inlet and accurately segmenting coronary arteries; generating a grid model required for calculation by edge detection of coronary artery volume data; determining myocardial blood flow in a rest state and CFR by non-invasive measurement; calculating the total flow at the coronary artery inlet in a maximum hyperemia state; determining the flow in different blood vessels in the coronary artery tree in the maximum hyperemia state and then determining flow velocity V1 in the maximum hyperemia state; using V1 as the flow velocity at the coronary artery inlet and calculating a pressure drop ΔP from the coronary artery inlet to a distal end of a coronary stenosis, and a mean intracoronary pressure Pd at the distal end of the stenosis Pd=Pa−ΔP, and calculating fractional flow reserve. |
| US11896415B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking
The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and/or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and/or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and/or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and/or quantified parameters. |
| US11896414B2 |
System and method for pose estimation of an imaging device and for determining the location of a medical device with respect to a target
A system and method for constructing fluoroscopic-based three-dimensional volumetric data of a target area within a patient from two-dimensional fluoroscopic images acquired via a fluoroscopic imaging device. |
| US11896413B2 |
Sensor system for an actuator, actuator and method for moving an actuator part
In a sensor system for an actuator, in particular a lifting column, a force sensor is configured to detect a total force acting on an actuator part. An acceleration sensor is configured to detect an acceleration of the actuator part. Accordingly, the sensor system has a processing device, which is configured to control a drive of the actuator for moving the actuator part on a basis of the detected total force and the detected acceleration. |
| US11896404B2 |
Systems and methods for medical imaging of a heart and analysis of ECG target channel
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for medical imaging. The method may include obtaining a plurality of channels of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals of a heart of a subject; identifying, from the plurality of channels of ECG signals, a target channel of ECG signal, wherein an amplitude of a characteristic wave of the target channel of ECG signal is the maximum amplitude among amplitudes of corresponding characteristic waves of the plurality of channels of ECG signals; and causing, based on the target channel of ECG signal, an imaging device to perform a scan operation on the heart of the subject. |
| US11896402B2 |
Electronic device and method for obtaining information regarding blood glucose of user
An electronic device may include a housing and a PhotoPlethysmoGram (PPG) sensor disposed inside the housing. The PPG sensor may include a first Light Emitting Diode (LED) configured to generate light in a first wavelength band, a second LED configured to generate light in a second wavelength band, a third LED configured to generate light in a third wavelength band, a fourth LED configured to generate light in a fourth wavelength band, and a light receiving module including at least one photo diode. The electronic device may include a processor operatively coupled with the PPG sensor and a memory operatively coupled with the processor. The memory may include instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to measure optical densities of the light generated by the first LED to the fourth LED, and calculate a blood glucose value based at least in part on the measured optical densities. |
| US11896398B2 |
Coronary artery disease detection signal processing system and method
An auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor electronic test signal applied to a sound generator generates an acoustic sound signal, responsive to which an auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor in proximity to the sound generator generates a corresponding auscultatory sound signal. The auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor electronic test signal incorporates a plurality of frequency components, each frequency component of which incorporates an integral number of wavelengths and is terminated following a duration of time corresponding to the integral number of wavelengths after that frequency component is applied to the corresponding sound generator. A determination of whether or not the auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor is functioning properly is made responsive to an analysis of a Fourier Transform of the auscultatory sound signal. |
| US11896397B2 |
Display device
A display device includes display pixels arranged in a display area of a display panel, light-sensing pixels arranged alternately with the display pixels in the display area, light-sensing scan lines, each divided into at least two horizontal lines disposed adjacent to each other and connected to light-sensing pixels disposed proximate to the at least two horizontal lines, a display scan driver configured to sequentially supply display scan signals to display pixels connected to each horizontal line through display scan lines corresponding to each horizontal line, a blood-pressure detecting circuit configured to measure a user's blood pressure using light-sensing signals input through the light-sensing pixels, and a display driving circuit configured to control a timing at which the display scan signals are supplied to the display scan lines and a timing at which sensing scan signals are supplied to the light-sensing scan lines. |
| US11896395B2 |
Catheter with insert-molded microelectrode
An apparatus includes a catheter assembly for use in a medical procedure to conduct electrophysiological mapping. The catheter assembly includes a catheter having an end effector with a tip member. One or more insert-molded microelectrodes are located in the tip member of the end effector for conducting electrophysiological mapping. The insert-molded microelectrodes include a microelectrode and a composite that isolates the microelectrode from contact with the tip member. |
| US11896392B2 |
Systems and methods for non-invasive fat composition measurement in an organ
Systems and methods are provided for determine the fat composition in an organ of interest using a non-invasive health measurement system. The non-invasive health measurement system may include an open magnet NMR apparatus. The NMR apparatus may measure NMR signals in a sensitive volume of a patient. The sensitive volume may coincide with an organ of interest, such as a liver. Systems and methods disclosed herein may provide for separation of the water contribution and the fat contribution to the measured NMR signal. Diffusion based separation, T2 based separation, and T1 based separation may each serve as different methods for separating the water and fat contributions to the signal. Separating the water and fat contributions to the single may allow for computation of a proton density fat fraction which may reflect the fat composition of the organ of interest. |
| US11896384B2 |
Wearable maternity sensor device
A sensor device is described that includes a dry electrode, a pressure sensor, and a communication apparatus. The dry electrode is configured to be placed adjacent to a belly of a pregnant patient. The pressure sensor is coupled to the dry electrode to sense pressure within the belly. The sensed pressure indicates counts of physiological activities of a fetus within the pregnant patient over a period of time. The communication apparatus is coupled to the pressure sensor and the dry electrode. The communication apparatus is configured to transmit data characterizing the counts of the plurality of physiological activities to a cloud computing server for generating an assessment of health of the fetus. |
| US11896383B2 |
Methods for detecting microorganisms and sterilizing pathogens
A method comprising a wearable device which consists of a smart band and a display unit. The smart band comprises a microbial biosensor, a particulate matter sensor, an enviro sensor, a single board computer, a power supply unit, a band fastener, and a set of watch adapters. The microbial biosensor detects, measures, and monitors beneficial microorganisms and pathogens in a nasal cavity, an oral cavity, or on a surface. The microbial biosensor sterilizer kills pathogens. The particulate matter sensor detects, measures, and monitors a set of suspended particles in the surrounding air comprising beneficial microorganisms, pathogens, pollen grains, dust mite allergens, and an air quality index. The particulate matter sensor sterilizer kills pathogens. The enviro sensor detects, monitors, and measures environmental conditions surrounding the user. |
| US11896379B2 |
Systems and methods to display cardiac signals based on a signal pattern
Systems, methods, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for displaying cardiac signals based on a signal pattern. An embodiment operates by accessing an input cardiac signal. The embodiment matches a portion of the input cardiac signal to a known signal pattern. The embodiment then displays an indication of a degree of the match. |
| US11896377B2 |
Bio-electrode
A bio-electrode, excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light-weight, manufacturable at low cost, and free from large lowering of the electric conductivity even though it is wetted with water or dried, includes an electro-conductive base material and a living body contact layer formed on the electro-conductive base material. The living body contact layer is a cured material of a bio-electrode composition including (A) an ionic material and (C) a metal powder, wherein the component (A) is a polymer compound containing a repeating unit-a having a structure selected from an ammonium salt, a sodium salt, a potassium salt, and a silver salt of any of fluorosulfonic acid, fluorosulfonimide, and fluorosulfonamide. |
| US11896376B2 |
Automated impairment detection system and method
Systems and methods to determine if an individual is impaired. The system includes a display and a stimulus on the display. The system include a controller that is programmed to move the stimulus about the display and one or more sensors that track eye movements and pupil size of a user due to movement of the stimulus or light conditions. The system includes a processor programmed to analyze the eye movements and pupil data size. The method includes using a testing apparatus and collecting data from the testing apparatus. The method includes storing the collected data. The method includes processing the data with an automated impairment decision engine to determine whether a test subject is impaired. The method may include using machine learning models or statistical analysis to determine whether a test subject is impaired. The automated impairment decision engine may be trained using machine learning and/or statistical analysis. |
| US11896370B2 |
Method and/or system for assessing a patient's glycemic response
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to a method and/or system for tailoring insulin therapies to physiological characteristics of a patient. In particular, observations of a blood glucose concentration of a patient responsive to a meal profile and an insulin profile may be used for estimating one or more physiological parameters. |
| US11896368B2 |
Systems and methods for determining swimming metrics
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems of determining swimming metrics of a user during a swimming session. The method can include receiving, by a processor circuit of a user device, motion information from one or more motion sensors of the user device; determining, by the processor circuit using the motion information, a first set of rotational data of the user device, wherein the first set of rotational data is expressed in a first frame of reference; converting, by the processor circuit, the first set of rotational data into a second set of rotational data, wherein the second set of rotational data is expressed in a second frame of reference; determining, by the processor circuit, one or more swimming metrics of the user; and outputting the one or more swimming metrics. |
| US11896365B2 |
MEMS device for an implant assembly
Disclosed is an implant and method of making an implant. The implant having a housing that defines a cavity. The housing includes a sensor comprising a base attached to a diaphragm wherein said base may be positioned within said cavity. The sensor may be a capacitive pressure sensor. The diaphragm may be connected to the housing to hermetically seal said housing. The sensor may include electrical contacts positioned on the diaphragm. The attachment between the base and the diaphragm may define a capacitive gap and at least one discontinuity configured to enhance at least one performance parameter of said implant. |
| US11896363B2 |
Surgical robot platform
A medical robot system, including a robot coupled to an effectuator element with the robot configured for controlled movement and positioning. The system may include a transmitter configured to emit one or more signals, and the transmitter is coupled to an instrument coupled to the effectuator element. The system may further include a motor assembly coupled to the robot and a plurality of receivers configured to receive the one or more signals emitted by the transmitter. A control unit is coupled to the motor assembly and the plurality of receivers, and the control unit is configured to supply one or more instruction signals to the motor assembly. The instruction signals can be configured to cause the motor assembly to selectively move the effectuator element and is further configured to (i) calculate a position of the at least one transmitter by analysis of the signals received by the plurality of receivers; (ii) display the position of the at least one transmitter with respect to the body of the patient; and (iii) selectively control actuation of the motor assembly in response to the signals received by the plurality of receivers. |
| US11896359B2 |
Multi-channel magnetic resonance imaging RF coil
The present disclosure relates to a multi-channel magnetic resonance imaging RF coil (114) with at least four channels and comprising a coil element for each of the channels, the RF coil (114) further comprising for each coil element a socket (300-306) that is electrically coupled to said coil element via a respective first transmission line (209), each socket (300-306) being adapted for receiving a plug for providing an RF signal via the respective first transmission line (209) to the respective coil element, wherein with respect to a predefined RF signal the differences in electrical length between any of the transmission lines is kλ/4 where k is an integer and λ is the wavelength of the RF signal. |
| US11896356B2 |
Reversible blood pressure measurement cuff and manufacturing method therefor
A blood pressure cuff includes a smaller patient bladder extending laterally across the cuff and longitudinally along a minor portion of second and fourth perimeter segments of the cuff. The cuff also includes a larger patient bladder extending laterally across the cuff and longitudinally along a major portion of the second and fourth perimeter segments of the cuff. The smaller patient bladder and the larger patient bladder are fluidically isolated from each other. A small patient port projects through the smaller patient bladder on a first side of the cuff. A large patient port projects through the larger patient bladder on a second side of the cuff which is transversely opposite the first side. |
| US11896354B2 |
Blood pressure measuring apparatus and blood pressure measuring method
A blood pressure measuring apparatus, may include: a touch sensor; a pulse wave measurer configured to measure pulse waves from a user's finger when the user's finger is in contact with the touch sensor; a contact pressure measurer configured to measure a contact pressure between the user's finger and the touch sensor; a fingerprint recognizer configured to recognize a fingerprint of the user's finger; and a processor configured to determine a degree of position coincidence between the user's finger and the pulse wave measurer based on the recognized fingerprint, and to estimate a blood pressure of the user based on the pulse waves and the contact pressure according to the determined degree of position coincidence. |
| US11896353B2 |
Apparatus for estimating bio-information, and method of determining false detection of bio-signal peaks
An apparatus for estimating bio-information is provided. The apparatus for estimating bio-information according to an embodiment includes: an ultrasonic sensor configured to acquire a bio-signal from an object; and a processor configured to detect peaks from the bio-signal, and to determine false detection of a peak, among the detected peaks, by using at least one of a time interval between a current peak and an immediately preceding peak, amplitudes of the current peak and the immediately preceding peak, a shape of a waveform on a left region and a right region of the peak, and an occurrence position of the peak. |
| US11896352B2 |
System, device and method for safeguarding the wellbeing of patients for fluid injection
A system and method for promoting and safeguarding the wellbeing of patients in relation to a fluid injection may obtain patient data; determine, based on the patient data, an initial risk prediction for a patient for a fluid injection to be administered to the patient, the initial risk prediction including a probability that the patient experiences at least one adverse event in response to the fluid injection; provide, to a user device, before the fluid injection is administered to the patient, the initial risk prediction; determine, after the fluid injection is started, sensor data associated with the patient; determine, based on the sensor data determined after the fluid injection is started, a current risk prediction including a probability that the patient experiences the at least one adverse event in response to the fluid injection; and provide, to the user device, the current risk prediction. |
| US11896351B2 |
Microbending fiber-optic sensor for vital sign monitoring and co-extraction of respiration and heartrate
A fiber-optic sensor matt detects movements of a person on the matt that cause microbending of a fiber-optic cable that is arranged into a symmetric pair of radial ring groups within the matt. There are no cross-over points or overlapping of the fiber-optic cable within the symmetric pair of radial ring groups that could cause fiber wear and noisy readings. Microbending of the fiber-optic cable pressed into a mesh modulates the light intensity received, which is analyzed to extract both respiration and heart BallistoCardioGram (BCG) waveforms by convolution with Daubechies dB5 wavelet and scaling functions. The reconstructed level-4 detail waveform is output as the extracted BCG, while the reconstructed level-6 approximation waveform is output as the extracted respiration waveform. Respiration and heart rates and variations can be generated from the extracted waveforms. An integrated Fast Wavelet Transform (FWT) using dB5 wavelet thus generates both respiration rate and heart rate. |
| US11896350B2 |
Cable system for generating signals for detecting motion and measuring vital signs
A system and method for measuring vital signs and motion from a patient comprising a plurality of sensors, each comprising a processor and analog-to-digital converter configured to generate the physiologic data waveform(s) from the sensor as synchronized, separately resolvable digital data comprising a header indicating the sensor from which the digital data originates, and to transmit the physiologic data waveform(s) to a processing system via a cable comprising a terminal connector that reversibly mates with one of a plurality functionally equivalent of connectors to operably connect the sensor to the processing system. The processing system receive sthe physiologic data waveforms and determines therefrom one or more vital signs for the individual, which are transmitted to a remote vital sign monitor. |
| US11896349B2 |
Tumor characterization and outcome prediction through quantitative measurements of tumor-associated vasculature
Embodiments discussed herein facilitate determination of a response to treatment and/or a prognosis for a tumor based at least in part on features of tumor-associated vasculature (TAV). One example embodiment is a method, comprising: accessing a medical imaging scan of a tumor, wherein the tumor is segmented on the medical imaging scan; segmenting tumor-associated vasculature (TAV) associated with the tumor based on the medical imaging scan; extracting one or more features from the TAV; providing the one or more features extracted from the TAV to a trained machine learning model; and receiving, from the machine learning model, one of a predicted response to a treatment for the tumor or a prognosis for the tumor. |
| US11896335B2 |
Medical instruments for tissue cauterization
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for an articulating monopolar medical instrument. In one aspect, the medical instrument includes a wrist comprising a proximal clevis and a distal clevis; an end effector coupled to the distal clevis via a distal axle; at least one proximal pulley in the proximal clevis; at least one distal pulley in the distal clevis and coupled to the distal axle; a first cable configured to engage with the at least one proximal pulley and the at least one distal pulley; and a second cable configured to engage with the at least one proximal pulley without engaging the at least one distal pulley. |
| US11896329B1 |
Robotic arthroscopic surgery with machine learning
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for performing machine learning (ML) for robotic arthroscopic surgery are disclosed. The disclosed systems use ML to provide recommendations and methods for automated robotic ankle arthroscopic surgery. Historical patient data is filtered to match particular parameters of a patient. The parameters are correlated to the patient. A robotic surgical system or a surgeon reviews the historical patient data to select or adjust the historical patient data to generate a surgical workflow for a surgical robot to perform the robotic arthroscopic surgery. |
| US11896322B2 |
Sensing the patient position and contact utilizing the mono-polar return pad electrode to provide situational awareness to the hub
A surgical system is disclosed. The surgical system includes a monopolar return pad and a surgical hub wirelessly coupled to the monopolar return pad. The surgical hub includes a control circuit configured to determined a presence and a position of a patient on the monopolar return pad according to data received from the monopolar return pad. |
| US11896321B2 |
Systems and methods to register patient anatomy or to determine and present measurements relative to patient anatomy
Systems and methods are disclosed for use in electronic guidance systems for surgical navigation. A sensor is provided with an optical sensor, to provide optical information, and a measuring sensor, to provide measurements for determining a direction of gravity. The sensor communicates optical information and measurements to an inter-operative computing unit. In an embodiment, the inter-operative computing unit receives first optical information for a registration device and a patient anatomy and a measurement to determine a direction of gravity to perform a registration step. The inter-operative computing unit receives second optical information for the patient anatomy and an object and determines and presents measurements relative to the anatomy. The measurements relative to the anatomy are determined from the second optical information, and in relation to the registration of the anatomy of the patient. |
| US11896319B2 |
System and method for medical object tracking
Systems and methods for medical object tracking are provided. The system may include a plurality of radio frequency transceivers that each emit a radio frequency signal at a first respective frequency. The system may further include a radio frequency beacon that is attachable to the medical object and that emits a second radio frequency signal at a second respective frequency different than the first respective frequency in response to receiving the radio frequency signal. The system may also include a control device in communication with the plurality of radio frequency transceivers, the control device including processing circuitry that determines a location of the medical object in three-dimensional space based at least in part on the second radio frequency signal. The beacon may include a platform, a first fixation element that extends from the platform; and a second fixation element that is tilted relative to the first fixation element. |
| US11896315B2 |
Virtual reality system with customizable operation room
A virtual operating room (OR) is generated that includes virtual surgical equipment based on existing OR models and existing equipment models. Sensor feedback is received that defines a physical OR having physical equipment, the physical equipment including a surgical robotic system within the physical OR. The virtual OR and the virtual surgical equipment is updated based on the sensor feedback. A layout of the virtual surgical equipment is optimized in the virtual OR. The virtual OR and the virtual surgical equipment are rendered on a display. |
| US11896312B2 |
Image-guided lung tumor planning and ablation system
A lung tumor ablation planning system includes a processor operable to compute a target ablation zone and a set of optimum ablation parameters to create the target lesion with the ablation catheter. A predictive algorithm is employed to model the ablation zone based on training data. Various ablation plans are displayed to the physician corresponding to various metrics including without limitation maximizing tumor ablation coverage, shortest travel, obstacle avoidance, and shortest ablation time. Related methods are described. |
| US11896311B2 |
Ophthalmic imaging system
An ophthalmic imaging system comprises a first imaging subsystem, a sensor array and a second imaging subsystem. The first imaging subsystem forms a primary image of the interior of an eye through the diameter of the eye pupil. The second imaging subsystem comprises a lens array to form an array of secondary images on the sensor array. The lens array is composed of a plurality of types of lenses, each type having a different optical power. |
| US11896310B2 |
Ophthalmologic information processing apparatus, ophthalmologic system, ophthalmologic information processing method, and recording medium
An ophthalmologic information processing apparatus includes an analyzer, a storage unit, and a display controller. The analyzer is configured to specify an atrophy region in a fundus by analyzing data of the fundus of a subject's eye acquired using optical coherence tomography. The storage unit stores image data of the fundus. The display controller is configured to cause a fundus image of the subject's eye to be displayed on a display means based on the image data stored in the storage unit, and to cause a region corresponding to the atrophy region in the fundus image to be displayed on the display means so as to be identifiable. |
| US11896304B2 |
In vivo pre-surgical characterization of cataractous lenses
Systems and methods are provided for in vivo pre-surgical characterization of lenses, such as cataractous lenses. A method comprises obtaining an electromagnetically-measured value related to the axial thickness of the lens, obtaining an ultrasound-measured value related to the axial thickness of the lens, calculating a relationship value based upon the electromagnetically-measured value and the ultrasound-measured value, and determining a mechanical property value based upon the calculated relationship value. The mechanical property may relate to lens hardness, rigidity, or density, or the amount of energy for a phacoemulsification procedure. A system may comprise an optical interferometer for measuring data to obtain the electromagnetically-measured value and an ultrasound biometer for measuring data to obtain the ultrasound-measured value. |
| US11896303B2 |
Optical apparatus
An optical apparatus is comprising an optical imaging arrangement generating either an image of the original object field or the field of the original sample at the pupil plane which consist of both amplitude and phase information. The apparatus is further comprising a digital adaptive optics arrangement with a wave front sensor and a computing unit, which is adapted to generate at least one orthogonally translated digital copy of the original sample object field at the spatial Fourier or pupil plane and to analytically calculate a wave front error based on the phase difference between the original sample wave front and its digital copy or copies. |
| US11896302B2 |
Cautery device and cautery system
A cautery device for biological tissue, includes: a probe including a head unit that is configured to be inserted into a living body to emit light to cauterize the biological tissue, the head unit including a first fixing member, a second fixing member, and an exit hole, the exit hole being located between the first fixing member and the second fixing member, the exit hole allowing the light to be emitted therethrough; and an elongated catheter configured to sandwich the biological tissue between the probe and the catheter, to thereby support the biological tissue, the catheter including a third fixing member configured to fix the first fixing member and a fourth fixing member configured to fix the second fixing member. |
| US11896300B2 |
Tailored laser pulses for surgical applications
A laser system may include a controller configured to direct a plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses to a device that optically pumps a lasing medium, and a lasing medium configured to output a quasi-continuous laser pulse in response to the optical pumping. The plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses may include (a) a first electrical pulse configured to excite the lasing medium to an energy level below a lasing threshold of the lasing medium, and (b) multiple second electrical pulses following the first electrical pulse. The quasi-continuous laser pulse is output in response to the multiple second electrical pulses. |
| US11896297B2 |
Detecting and visualizing bubbles formed in medical procedure using schlieren images
A system for visualizing one or more bubbles formed by a catheter, the system includes a fluid container, a pulse generator, a schlieren imaging assembly, and a processor. The fluid container is configured to: (i) contain a fluid, and (ii) receive into the fluid the catheter having one or more electrodes. The pulse generator is configured to apply one or more pulses to at least one of the electrodes. The schlieren imaging assembly is configured to acquire schlieren images of the bubbles occurring in the fluid when applying the one or more pulses, and the processor is configured to visualize the bubbles using the schlieren images. |
| US11896296B2 |
End expirium identification methods, systems, and processes
The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses and methods that identify end expirium data based on catheter movement data. |
| US11896292B2 |
Medical device and treatment system
A medical device comprises a housing and a sheath having opposed proximal and distal ends and being attached from the proximal end to the housing. An end effector is attached to the distal end portion of the sheath. The end effector includes a pair of grasping jaws capable of be openable and closable with respect to one another. A movable shaft includes a distal end that being connected at to the end effector and configured to be movable with respect to the sheath so as to cause the paired grasping jaws to be opened or closed with respect to one another. A movable handle is configured to pivot with respect to the housing and having an input position where an operation is inputted so as to cause the handle to pivot. The movable shaft is changeable in an initial state before the operation is inputted at the input position. |
| US11896287B2 |
Vapor ablation systems and methods
A vapor delivery needle is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply condensable vapor energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, denaturate the prostate. In some embodiments, the vapor delivery needle can be advanced a predetermined distance into the prostate with a solenoid actuation mechanism. Methods associated with use of the energy delivery probe are also covered. |
| US11896284B2 |
System and method for measurement of an impedance using a catheter such as an ablation catheter
A catheter and patch electrode system is provided for use with an apparatus, such as an ablation generator, having a 4-wire interface for improved impedance measurement. The 4-wire interface includes a pair of source connectors across which an excitation signal is produced and a pair of sense connector wires across which the impedance is measured. The RF ablation generator may also produce an ablation signal across a source wire and an indifferent return patch electrode. The system further includes a cable that connects the generator to a catheter. The catheter includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, with an ablation tip electrode disposed at the distal end. A source lead is electrically coupled to the tip electrode and extends through the shaft to the proximal end where it is terminated. An optional sense lead is also electrically coupled to the tip electrode and extends through the shaft to the proximal end. The system further includes a source return (e.g., skin patch) and a sense return (e.g., skin patch), either or none of which may be combined with the indifferent return, and if used may be placed on opposite sides of the patient for improved performance. The impedance sensor circuit produces an excitation signal across the source connectors, which is then carried to the catheter by the cable, then to the tip electrode, travels through the complex load (tissue volume), and returns to the generator via a patch electrode. The impedance is measured by observing the voltage drop across the sense connectors caused by the excitation signal. |
| US11896282B2 |
Tissue ablation systems and method
Tissue is treated using a radiofrequency power supply connected to an applicator having a chamber filled with an electrically non-conductive gas surrounded by a thin dielectric wall. A radiofrequency voltage is applied at a level sufficient to ionize the gas into a plasma and to capacitively couple the ionized plasma with the tissue to deliver radiofrequency current to ablate or otherwise treat the tissue. |
| US11896276B2 |
Method of using manual mixer
A manual mixer serves to facilitate mixing and agitating materials for use during surgery. The manual mixer includes a mixing assembly and an actuation assembly for actuating the mixing assembly. The mixing assembly includes at least a paddle portion and a plunger portion. The plunger portion is simultaneously capable of rotational movement with the paddle portion and movement upwardly or downwardly along the paddle portion. Rotation of the paddle portion serves to facilitate mixing and agitating of the materials, and downward movement of the plunger portion serves to facilitate dispensing of the materials from the manual mixer. |
| US11896274B2 |
Hinge plate assembly
Securing plate assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. A hinge plate assembly includes a first body portion having a groove extending into the first body and a second body portion having a tongue extending outwardly therefrom and inserted into the groove. A securing member secures the tongue in the groove. |
| US11896266B2 |
Multihead grooming and cleaning tool, particularly for an infant
A multihead grooming and cleaning tool, particularly for infants, has an elongate handle with two opposed slots. A tool body is housed in each respective slot and rotates around a tool body axis. In a first use configuration, a first tool head is deployed beyond the end of the handle while a second tool head is shrouded by the handle. In a second use configuration, the opposite is the case. Detenting structure in the slot coacts with detenting structure on the tool body to detent the tool body to the first or the second use configuration. |
| US11896262B2 |
Method and system for gas maintenance to a body cavity using a trocar
According to one embodiment, a trocar assembly having a proximal end and a distal end comprises an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member. The inner tubular member is formed with an opening at the proximal end and an opening at the distal end, the openings adapted to provide access for one or more surgical instruments during a surgical procedure. The outer tubular member is disposed about the inner tubular member, the outer tubular member being partitioned into at least a first chamber and a second chamber, wherein: the inner tubular member is separated from the outer tubular member by an inner wall; the first chamber is separated from the second chamber; and the first chamber and the second chamber are defined by the inner wall and an outer wall of the outer tubular member. |
| US11896261B2 |
Devices and methods for ablation of the skin
Disclosed herein are apparatuses, systems, kits, and methods for treating skin, such as skin tightening or for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions that would benefit from tissue area or volume reduction, skin restoration, skin tightening, skin lifting, and/or skin repositioning and/or for generally improving skin function or appearance (e.g., the removal of unwanted skin features or irregularities such as sebaceous glands, sweat glands, hair follicles, necrosis, and fibrosis). Such apparatuses, systems, kits, and methods comprise an apparatus having a handheld main body and a detachably attachable tip comprising one or more needles. |
| US11896259B2 |
Atherectomy device and method
A medical device is disclosed, the medical device includes an outer tubular member made from one or more rigid materials having a first bend element including a distal end portion of the outer tubular member and a second bend element proximal to the first bend element in a natural state; and a treatment member on the distal end portion configured to grind a substance inside a body lumen, and wherein an outer diameter of the treatment member is larger than an outer diameter of the outer tubular member, and a difference between the outer diameter of the treatment member and the outer diameter of the outer tubular member is less than a thickness of a blood vessel wall. |
| US11896258B2 |
Active cutting catheter with housed expandable actuator
An apparatus for cutting a wall of a vessel, such as scoring or slicing a lesion associated therewith. A catheter (10) includes a shaft (12) having a distal portion supporting a housing (20) including a first lateral passage (20a). A cutter (22) is adapted for moving from a retracted position within the housing (20) to a deployed position for at least partially projecting from the passage (20a). A expandable actuator (24) within the housing (20), such as an inflatable balloon (26), actuates the cutter (22) to move from the retracted position fully within the housing (20) to the deployed position at least partially projecting from the housing (20). More than one cutter (22′) may be provided, which cutters (22′) may be simultaneously actuated by the same actuator (26′). |
| US11896257B2 |
Thrombectomy devices with control assemblies
A device suitable for use in a body lumen and comprises an elongated control member having a distal and a proximal end, and a radially expansible member disposed at or near the distal end and adapted for collection and/or shearing of matter (i.e. thrombus) from a wall of the body lumen (i.e. a vein or an artery). The radially expansible member has a proximal end and a distal end and is adjustable between a contracted orientation and an expanded orientation. The elongated control member comprising a proximal arm connected at or adjacent to the proximal end of the radially expansible member and a distal arm connected at or adjacent to the distal end of the radially expansible member such that movement of one arm relative to the other arm effects adjustment of the diameter or radial strength of the radially expansible member. The device comprises a control mechanism operatively connected to both arms and adapted to provide resistance to the movement of one arm relative to the other. The control mechanism may be a biasing means, a brake means, or both. |
| US11896253B2 |
System and method for detecting and aligning acoustic beam in situ to a target using wide-beam, low frequency (<1 mhz) ultrasound
The present invention is directed to a novel target detecting device comprising an excitation transducer generating a low frequency pulses of weakly focused ultrasonic energy and a sensing transducer. The present invention also includes a method of aligning a treatment transducer to a target by mapping the target in situ by sending a low frequency ultrasound signal and receiving reflected signals from the target. These inventions provide a simpler way of determining the location of a target and aligning a treatment transducer without the need to generate and interpret an image and then translate the image back onto the target. |
| US11896251B2 |
Inverting thrombectomy apparatuses and methods of use
Inverting tube thrombectomy apparatus for removing clot that are configured to prevent compression of the apparatus that may separate the distal end of the apparatus from the clot and may make it difficult to advance the apparatus to engage with the clot, particularly in a tortious vessel. The apparatuses and methods of using them described herein may be adapted to prevent tension in the flexible tube that is rolling and inverting over the distal end of the inversion support catheter when capturing a clot. Also described herein are inverting tube thrombectomy apparatus that are configured to reload either automatically or manually within the vessel to capture additional clot material. |
| US11896250B2 |
Aspiration systems and methods, and expanding-mouth catheters
In some examples, a catheter includes an expandable member configured to expand radially outward from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The expandable member is configured to be expanded and contracted in a controlled manner, e.g., in response to user actuation or automatically under the control of control circuitry of a device. For example, in some examples, control circuitry of a device can be configured to control the expandable member to expand and contract according to a predetermined expansion frequency or according to an expansion frequency determined based on a cardiac cycle of a patient. |
| US11896247B2 |
Inverting mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses
Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses (devices, systems, etc.) and methods for deploying and/or positioning them within a vessel and/or using them and/or removing a thrombus, e.g., clot, from within a vessel using them. |
| US11896246B2 |
Systems and methods for removing undesirable material within a circulatory system utilizing a balloon catheter
A system for removing an undesirable material from within a vessel is provided. The system includes a cannula designed for maneuvering within a blood vessel to a site of interest and applying a suction force, such that the undesirable material can be captured and removed along the cannula away from the site. The system also may include a catheter having a balloon at its distal end. The balloon may be designed to be positioned adjacent to the undesirable material such that the undesirable material is situated between the balloon and the cannula. The catheter may also be designed to subsequently impart a force onto the undesirable material for removal of the undesirable material. A method for removing an undesirable material from within a vessel is also provided. |
| US11896243B2 |
Surgical tool guide
A surgical tool guide comprises an anchor body extending between a proximal end and a distal end along an anchor axis. The anchor body has a piercing element at the proximal end. An angle adjustor arcuately extends between two opposed ends. The angle adjustor is mounted to the anchor body between the proximal end and the distal end. A guide body is cannulated along a longitudinal length thereof to define a guide passage extending along a guide axis. The guide body is mounted to the angle adjustor such that the guide axis intersects the anchor axis at a target surgical point and an angle is defined between the anchor axis and the guide axis. The anchor body and/or the guide body is displaceable relative to the other along the angle adjustor to vary at least one of the angle and a depth of the target surgical point. |
| US11896241B2 |
Harvesting cancellous bone and marrow from distal femur, proximal tibia, distal tibia, or calcaneus using bone press apparatus
Methods of harvesting cancellous bone and bone marrow include extracting loosened cancellous bone and bone marrow—including a liquid component thereof—to a collection container that has a first cup and a suction port to which a suction source is connected. After extraction, the suction source is disconnected and a lid of the collection container is removed and replaced with a lid having a plunger with a press head that is configured to filter the extracted liquid by depressing the plunger toward a bottom of the first cup. The filtered liquid is poured through a suction port into a second cup while depressing the plunger, thereby separating the liquid from a semi-solid mass of cancellous bone that remains. The bone is extracted through a cortical opening in the femur, tibia, or calcaneus, or from an intermedullary canal that is preferably formed by reaming of the tibia using an orthopedic reamer. |
| US11896240B2 |
Cartilage and bone harvest and delivery system and methods
A system for harvesting bone material from a bone may include a rotary cutter defining a rotary cutter longitudinal axis extending between a rotary cutter proximal end and a rotary cutter distal end. The rotary cutter may have a drive shaft configured to receive input torque, and an osteochondral cutter configured to cut the tissue and receive the tissue material in response to rotation of the osteochondral cutter under pressure against the tissue. The system may further include a bone port defining a bone port longitudinal axis extending between a bone port proximal end and a bone port distal end. The bone port may have a bone port cannulation sized to closely fit over the osteochondral cutter. At least one of the bone port proximal end and the bone port distal end may be securable to the tissue. A stratiform tissue graft may be delivered through the bone port. |
| US11896239B2 |
Surgical handpiece system for depth measurement and related accessories
A surgical handpiece system for performing measurement functions and surgical operations. The system includes a handpiece assembly. The handpiece has a handpiece housing and a drive cannula rotatably coupled to the handpiece housing. The drive cannula extends along an axis and is configured to receive torque from a motor. A surgical attachment module has an attachment housing removably coupleable to the handpiece housing. The surgical attachment module has a drive shaft rotatably coupled to the surgical attachment housing and configured to receive torque from the drive cannula to operate an end effector. A measurement module has a measurement housing removably coupleable to the handpiece housing. The measurement module is configured to perform measurement functions associated with operation of the handpiece assembly. |
| US11896238B2 |
Method of converting bone stock into bone chips
A mill head for replaceable attachment to a base so as to collectively form a bone mill. The mill head includes shell with: a first opening in which bone stock is introduced into the head; and a second opening through which the bone chips are discharged. A cutting device is mounted in the shell to both rotate and move laterally. Attached to the cutting device are coupling features for engaging a drive spindle able to rotate the cutting device. Also attached to the housing is an alignment feature. The alignment feature engages a complementary alignment feature associated with the drive spindle so as a result of the engagement of the alignment features, the cutting device moves within the shell so that the cutting device coupling features are positioned to engage the drive spindle. |
| US11896237B2 |
Implant cutting block pin placement
A system, method, and device for drilling holes (420, 422) in a target bone (414) are described. For example, the system includes a cutting tool (330), a navigation system (310) configured to track a position of the cutting tool, and a computer-assisted surgical (CAS) system (340) operably connected to the cutting tool and the navigation system. The CAS system can be configured to determine an implant component (100) to be implanted on the target bone (414), determine a cutting block position for preparing the target bone to receive the implant component, determine a plurality of pin locations (420, 422) for securing the cutting block (416) based upon the determined cutting block position, and selectively provide instructions to the cutting tool to cut a hole when the cutting tool is in a position adjacent to at least one of the determined plurality of pin locations. |
| US11896236B2 |
Surgical saw blade
A surgical saw blade is disclosed for improved resection and cutting of tissue. The surgical saw blade may include a front side, an opposite back side, a top side, an opposite bottom side, a right side, and an opposite left side. The surgical saw blade may further include a cutting tooth extending from the back side and having a cutting edge oriented toward one of the right side and the left side, the cutting tooth associated with an aperture through the saw blade between the front and back sides. The back side may be a single direction cutting side and the front, top, bottom, right, and left sides may be non-cutting sides. The surgical saw blade may further include a saw connection feature near the bottom side. |
| US11896234B2 |
Apparatus and method of using in situ solidifying complex coacervates for vascular occlusion
Described herein are the use of fluid complex coacervates that produce solid adhesives in situ to anchor medical devices such as catheters in a blood vessel. The anchored devices permit the targeted delivery of bioactive agents. The anchored devices can perform as an embolic agent by reducing or preventing blood flow in the vessel. Additionally, the embolic produced from the solid adhesive produced in situ can also include one or more bioactive agents that can be released in a controlled manner. |
| US11896233B2 |
Circular stapling device
A circular stapling device includes a manually operated trigger (24) that is adapted to allow staple formation to occur prior to cutting of tissue during a single actuation of the firing trigger (24). The stapling device (10) minimizes stretching and movement of tissue during staple formation to improve staple formation. The stapling device (10) also reduces the amount of force required to move the firing trigger (24) through a firing stroke by separating the staple formation and tissue cutting functions of the stapling device (10) to reduce stress on a clinician's hand during actuation of the stapling device (10). |
| US11896230B2 |
Handheld electromechanical surgical device including load sensor having spherical ball pivots
A force sensor arrangement for use in a surgical device includes a support block supported within the surgical device and defining a support block surface; a load sensor disposed axially adjacent the support block, the load sensor defining a sensor surface; and a spherical disc interposed between the support block and the load sensor, and in contact with the support block surface and the sensor surface, wherein the spherical disc defines a first side in contact with the sensor surface, and a second side in contact with the support block surface, wherein the second side of the spherical disc has a spherical profile and the support block surface has a complimentary spherical profile. |
| US11896229B2 |
Grappling systems and methods for lumen apposition or wound defects
A tissue-manipulating system including a tissue-manipulating device having shaft and a tissue grasper assembly. The tissue grasper assembly has at least one grasper arm resiliently expandable from a closed configuration, within and extending along the longitudinal axis of a shaft, to an open configuration outside the shaft with the grasper arm expanded in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. In the open configuration, the at least one grasper arm may be engaged with tissue wall to manipulate or move the tissue wall, such as to move a distal tissue wall closer to a proximal tissue wall. The tissue grasper assembly may be deployable (such as by being separated from the shaft), such as to remain in place holding two tissue walls in apposition. |
| US11896220B2 |
Small diameter linear surgical stapling apparatus
A surgical stapling apparatus includes a housing assembly, an elongated shaft assembly, an anvil assembly, a cartridge assembly, and a firing drive screw coupled to a firing nut. The elongated shaft assembly defines a longitudinal axis and has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. The proximal end portion is selectively attached to the housing assembly. The anvil assembly is supported on the distal end portion of the elongated shaft assembly. The cartridge assembly is selectively attached to the anvil assembly to secure the cartridge assembly to the elongated shaft assembly. The firing nut is coupled to a firing tube. The firing tube is coupled to a firing rod. The firing rod is positioned to advance a drive beam assembly through the cartridge assembly. |
| US11896219B2 |
Mating features between drivers and underside of a cartridge deck
A surgical device having at least one rotary input screw in the end effector is provided. A rotary input screw can extend through a central longitudinal portion of the end effector. The end effector can include an improved closure system, firing systems, leveraging and alignment features between the staple cartridge and the surgical device, staple cartridges having multi-staple drivers, single-firing knifes and lockout/safety features for the same, and/or modified staple patterns, for example. Certain components can be 3D-printed components. |
| US11896216B2 |
Method for closing wound
A method for closing a wound in a tubular organ using a suture thread attached to a suture needle. The method includes grasping a first part of the suture thread by a grasper inserted in the tubular organ after the suture thread has been passed through tissue surrounding the wound at a first position; moving the first part away from the first position by moving the grasper grasping the first part along a longitudinal axis of the grasper; grasping a second part of the suture thread located between the first part and the first position by the grasper; and moving the second part away from the first position by moving the grasper grasping the second part along the longitudinal axis of the grasper. |
| US11896215B2 |
Achilles tendon repair device
An Achilles tendon repair device comprises a handle for physician gripping and base having a first set of tendon rods disposed in an arcuate or U-shaped pattern about the base to engage the posterior surface of the tendon and impart a contour, or drape, the tendon in the posterior-anterior plane to increase the surface area for suturing. A second set of suture guide rods extend from the sides of the base and are spaced apart to allow insertion of suture needles along the entire length of the suture guide rods, and at any angle. A suture needle housing guide can be slidingly attached to the suture guide rods and includes sidewalls with predefined suture holes/angles. An adjustable clamping arm can engage the tendon's posterior surface such that the device grasps the tendon on both the anterior and posterior tendon surfaces simultaneously, while increasing posterior-anterior plane surface area to facilitate suturing. |
| US11896214B2 |
Suture based closure device
A suture device includes a suture ring that defines an arcuate channel extending therein. A first arcuate needle passer is slidingly disposed within a first side of the arcuate channel and a second arcuate needle passer is slidingly disposed within a second side of the arcuate channel. An arcuate needle is passable between the first arcuate needle passer and the second arcuate needle passer and includes a first latching feature adapted to releasably secure the arcuate needle to the first arcuate needle passer and a second latching feature adapted to releasably secure the arcuate needle to the second arcuate needle passer. |
| US11896211B2 |
Orthopedic stabilization device, kit, and method
An orthopedic stabilization device is provided having a first button and a suture. The first button includes a base portion and a locking loop extending from a distal surface thereof, and a locking member slidably receiving the locking loop. At least a portion of the suture extends through the locking loop superior the locking member in the axial direction and at least a portion of the suture extends through the locking loop inferior the locking member in the axial direction such that a portion of said suture is frictionally retainable between said locking member and said locking loop when the suture is tensioned. The device may include a second button with the suture disposed between the first and second buttons such that the suture may be held in tension therebetween. |
| US11896206B2 |
Treatment of appendage openings
A method is provided for measuring an opening of an appendage of an atrium of a subject, the method including inserting a catheter into the atrium of the subject using a transvenous approach. Thereafter, at least one loop is deployed from a wall of the catheter, such that a distal end of the loop is distal to a distal end of the catheter. Thereafter, the loop is used to measure the opening of the appendage. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US11896204B2 |
Methods and systems for providing plasma treatments to optical surfaces
A device for inhibiting condensation distortion on an optical element is provided. The device may include a housing; a chamber within the housing; electrical circuitry in the housing; a plasma activation region configured to retain the optical element in a manner exposing an optical surface to the plasma activation region, wherein the electrical circuitry is configured to form an electrical connection with a first electrode located on the first side of the dielectric barrier; a second electrode located on a second side of the dielectric barrier, opposite the plasma activation region; and at least one processor configured to: control electricity flow through the circuitry to cause an electric field associated with a voltage drop between the first electrode and a second electrode to generate plasma within the plasma-activation region; and maintain the generated plasma for a time period sufficient to cause the optical surface to become hydrophilic. |
| US11896202B2 |
Articulation mechanisms for robotic surgical tools
A robotic surgical tool includes a drive housing having a first end and a second end, at least one spline extending between the first and second ends and including a drive gear that rotates with rotation of the spline, and a carriage movably mounted to the spline. An elongate shaft extends from the carriage and through the first end, an end effector is arranged at a distal end of the elongate shaft, and a wrist interposes the end effector and the distal end of the shaft. An activating mechanism is housed in the carriage and operatively coupled to the drive gear such that rotation of the drive gear correspondingly actuates the activating mechanism and thereby causes the wrist to articulate the end effector in at least one plane. |
| US11896200B2 |
Surgical instruments with reflective mirror-like surfaces
Systems, devices, and methods for providing a surgeon with improved viewing angles during arthroscopic surgical procedures are provided. In some embodiments, a cannula is provided that includes an elongate body that can extend along a longitudinal axis, the body having a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen extending through the body between openings at the proximal and distal ends. The cannula can have a first flange member that can extend at least partially around at least one of the openings, and the first flange member can have a distal-facing surface, where at least a portion of the distal-facing surface can be reflective. |
| US11896198B2 |
Flexible portion shape estimating device and endoscope system having the same
Provided are a flexible portion shape estimating device and an endoscope system having the same. According to the present disclosure, the flexible portion shape estimating device includes a probe adapted to be inserted into a flexible portion and having a torque transmission wire transmitting a torque applied to one end thereof to other end thereof, and a rotation information measuring part coupled to other end of the probe to measure rotation information on the other end of the torque transmission wire. |
| US11896193B2 |
Method for influencing the device-typical sound emission of a cleaning device
A method for influencing the device-typical sound emission of a cleaning device, wherein the cleaning device has a device housing and a cleaning mechanism for carrying out a cleaning activity on a surface to be cleaned, wherein the cleaning device emits device-typical sound while carrying out the cleaning activity, and wherein the device-typical sound is detected and analyzed with respect to at least one sound frequency contained therein. In order to adapt the soundscape of the cleaning device in such a way that a user can ascertain a proper functionality of the cleaning device, a displaceable section assigned to a flow channel of the cleaning device is displaced relative to the flow channel and/or the device housing in dependence on the analysis result until a characteristic sound frequency for the cleaning activity emitted by the cleaning mechanism has a defined amplitude. |
| US11896191B2 |
Collection device and detection device
The present disclosure provides a collection device capable of collecting a virus or the like effectively. The collection device according to the present disclosure is an autonomous collection device (2) for collecting an object having an analyte and moisture from a floor surface. The autonomous collection device (2) comprises a drying part (18) for drying the object, a suction opening (36) for suctioning the object dried by the drying part, and a dust container (12) for storing the object suctioned from the suction opening. |
| US11896190B1 |
Vacuum cleaner and docking station configured to cooperate with the same
A cleaning system may include a vacuum cleaner and a docking station. The vacuum cleaner may include an air inlet, a suction motor having a suction motor inlet and a suction motor outlet, and a cleaner dust cup configured to transition between a collection position and an emptying position, the cleaner dust cup being upstream of the suction motor inlet when in the collection position and downstream of the suction motor outlet when in the emptying position. The docking station may include a base, a support extending from the base, a station dust cup removably coupled to the support, and a receptacle coupled to the support and configured to receive at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner, the cleaner dust cup being fluidly coupled to and upstream of the station dust cup when the vacuum cleaner is inserted in the receptacle. |
| US11896186B1 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
A hand vacuum cleaner comprises a body which houses a suction motor. A handle is provided on a sidewall of the body and extends outwardly therefrom. The handle axis intersects the suction motor. An air treatment member comprises a chamber, which has an openable door and which forms a front face of the hand vacuum cleaner. The air treatment member having an inner hollow member that occupies all of the central portion of the chamber between the front end of the chamber and a rear end of the chamber. The air treatment member has an openable door lock comprising a door release actuator wherein the door is moveable to an open position in which the chamber is opened when the door release actuator is actuated. |
| US11896177B2 |
Extraction with temporary suction interrupt
An extractor includes a fluid recovery system including a suction nozzle, a recovery tank assembly, and a suction source having an inlet fluidly connected to the recovery tank assembly and the suction nozzle through an air conduit and adapted to draw liquid through the suction nozzle and deposit the liquid in the recovery tank assembly. The extractor includes a body provided with the air conduit for movement between a first position wherein suction is unreduced and a second position wherein suction is reduced. The extractor includes a fluid delivery system including a solution supply tank assembly, a fluid distributor, and a conduit for depositing fluid onto a surface. The extractor includes a hydraulic connector operably coupled to the body and adapted to move the body between the first and second positions. |
| US11896174B2 |
Autonomous cleaning device
An autonomous cleaning device, including: a casing, a cover, and a switch. The cover is arranged on the casing and protrudes from a top of the casing. The cover and the casing are connected in a manner enabling the cover to be movable downwards and backwards; and the cover has an acting portion. A trigger position of the switch is located at a moving path of the acting portion, and the cover is configured to trigger the switch by the acting portion during movement of the cover. The switch comprises at least two first switches, configured to be triggered in a horizontal direction. A horizontal circumferential trigger range formed by all the at least two first switches is greater than or equal to 180 degrees. |
| US11896173B2 |
Bathtub systems and methods
A bathtub closure system may include a step configured to be retrofit onto a bathtub and a plug. The step may include a first side panel, a second side panel, and an elongated platform defining a cavity configured to facilitate ingress and egress into the bathtub, and a first attachment recess extending downward from the first top surface less than an entire height of the first side panel or extending downward from the second top surface less than an entire height of the second side panel. The plug includes a body and a first attachment member affixed to the body and corresponding to the first attachment recess defined by the step. The plug cooperates with the step to form a substantially watertight seal when the first attachment member is mated with the first attachment recess and the body of the plug is positioned at least partially within the cavity. |
| US11896169B2 |
Method to manufacture substrate with latent wetting device
Dry, plied roll paper is transformed into hand wetted roll paper that may be used either dry, or selectively hand wetted using a wetting device. The device is then shaped into a container filled with an anti-bacterial cleaning agent, or other agent, and assembled on the paper ply. The hand wetted paper ply can be used as paper towels or toilet paper for dry and/or wet hygienic cleaning. |
| US11896165B2 |
Rack holder
A rack holder configured to securely hold a rack or tray used to hold food items during cooking is described. The rack holder may include bracket with a lower lip and a top lip. The bracket may be affixed to a support bar with an offset portion extending downward. The support bar may also include a handle support portion where one or more handles are affixed to the rack holder. The rack holder may provide a fitting engagement with a rack to remove the rack from a cooking environment and to transport the rack to another preparation station. |
| US11896164B2 |
Portable blender
An assembly for a portable blender. The assembly having a housing that is configured for coupling to a container. The assembly has at least one battery, a motor electrically connected to the battery, a blade coupled to the motor, and a user input device operable to cause power to be sent from the battery to the motor so that the motor rotates the blade. At least a portion of the blade is positioned outside of the housing so that the blade is configured to be positioned in an interior space of the container when the housing is coupled to the container. The assembly may include a plurality of batteries each positioned radially outward from the motor with the batteries positioned circumferentially around the motor. A portable blender including the assembly and a container. The container having a dual-wall, vacuum insulated construction. |
| US11896163B2 |
Blender
Proposed is a blender in which an inclined surface is formed on the leading or rear edge portion of a blade. The blender includes a container body in which food is received, a main body provided under the container body and configured to support the container body, a container lid mounted detachably to an upper surface of the container body and configured to open and close the upper surface of the container body, and a blade assembly which crushes food contained in the container body by a blade unit, wherein an inclined surface is formed on each of leading and rear edge portions of the blade unit constituting the blade assembly such that the inclined surface has thickness decreasing gradually toward an end thereof. In such a blender, the cutting ability of materials by the blade unit is increased and noise thereof is decreased. |
| US11896149B2 |
Delivery door extension
A delivery door extension that attaches to an existing door jamb and engages with an existing door is provided. The delivery door extension includes a panel having a planar body with opposing front and rear surfaces extending between first and second side surfaces, a top surface, and a bottom surface, wherein the panel body includes an opening. The delivery door extension also includes a delivery window body configured to move between an open position and a closed position, a hinge mechanism attached to the first side surface of the panel, a blocking mechanism on the second side surface that restricts movement of the existing door, and a frame that includes first and second portions. |
| US11896148B2 |
Magnetic shelving fence
A magnetic shelving fence that provides stabilization of retail products on merchandised shelving during shelving relocation. The includes an elongate multi-surfaced structure and one or more magnets. The elongate structure includes a vertical front plate, a horizontal mount plate, and an edge surround portion. The vertical front plate provides a planar barrier to merchandized product movement. The horizontal mount plate is disposed in a generally perpendicular orientation with respect to the vertical front plate. The edge surround portion connects the lower edge of the front plate to the horizontal mount plate and defines a channel shaped to surround a front edge of shelving. The magnets of the magnetic shelving fence are fixedly coupled to the horizontal mount plate. Further, the magnets are oriented to secure the elongate multi-surfaced structure with a bottom face of metal shelving via temporary and non-destructive attachment. |
| US11896146B2 |
Retail product dispensing system
A product dispensing system includes a housing having lockable access, a forward viewing window and a lower output tray. Two or more trays are positioned within the housing, each tray of the trays accommodating a plurality of products, wherein each tray includes a self-contained motor and track configured to move the products responsive to a user action. The system additionally includes a selector for moving an indicator laterally between the two or more trays and a knob spaced apart from the selector for activating the motor to move the products forward and drop a single product into the output tray. |
| US11896144B1 |
Determining inventory levels using rotatable counting devices and visual imagery
A counting device bears a visually distinct pattern or marking, and is coupled to a pusher or other movable system of a shelf in a manner that causes the counting device to rotate in response to changes in position of the pusher. When items are placed on a shelf, or removed from the shelf, causing the pusher to move, the pattern on the counting device rotates at an angle defined by an extent of the movement of the pusher. Images captured of the counting device at various times may be processed to determine orientations of the pattern at such times. Where a change in an orientation of a pattern is detected, a number of items added to or removed from a shelf may be calculated based on the change in orientation and an event involving the number of items may be determined to have occurred. |
| US11896143B2 |
Baby rocker
A baby rocker includes a frame, a left rocker plate, a right rocker plate, a frame cover, and straps connected to the frame cover to hold the frame cover in position on the frame. The left rocker plate is attached to a left side of the frame and has a curved left rocker rail. The right rocker plate is attached to the right side of the frame and includes a curved right rocker rail. The frame cover includes a cushion positioned on a top side of the frame, a left side flap, a right side flap, a head end flap, and a foot end flap. The straps connect the left side flap, the right side flap, the head end flap, and the foot end flap at an underside of the frame to hold the frame cover in position. |
| US11896138B2 |
Stowable bed
A self-inflating stowable bed. The bed includes one or more self-inflating chambers, with each of the self-inflating chambers having one or more polyurethane foam sections therein, with the chamber defined between a first air impervious layer and a second air impervious layer. The self-inflating bed may be evacuated by a household or shop vacuum, and then sealed, rolled or folded, and easily stored or shipped. The polyurethane foam sections may be provided with different members having different indentation force deflection specifications suitable for bed portions and edge of bed portions. |
| US11896136B2 |
Pneumatic haptic device having actuation cells for producing a haptic output over a bed mattress
An in-bed haptic device may include an array of actuation cells. Actuation cells of the array of actuation cells may be configured to actuate (e.g., expand, contract, or otherwise change shape) in a predetermined sequence to provide haptic outputs. The in-bed haptic device may be configured to be placed beneath a user during use, for example between a user and a mattress. The haptic outputs may be provided to help a user relax, to move and/or wake a user, to indicate outputs, alerts, or notifications at the in-bed haptic device or another electronic device, or the like. |
| US11896134B2 |
Bed microclimate control with external heat compensation
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. |
| US11896131B2 |
Bed
A bed according to an embodiment may include a topper, at least one firmness adjuster provided under the topper, and a bedframe configured to have an adjustable position and to support the firmness adjuster. There may be a plurality of firmness adjusters corresponding to a plurality of areas of the bed, and each firmness adjuster may include a plurality of cushions provided in a cushion case and a drive to adjust the firmness of the plurality of cushions. The drive may change a position of a first spring relative to a second spring in each of the cushions to change a perceived firmness by a user lying on top of the topper and the firmness adjusters. A dryer may be provided under the bedframe to keep the cushions and topper dry. |
| US11896130B2 |
Mattress foot cover
A mattress foot cover includes a top panel, a foot panel, side panels, and a bottom panel that define an opening and a void that receive the foot portion of a mattress, enabling the cover to fit snugly over the foot portion of the mattress. The cover may prevent the mattress or bed linens on the mattress from getting dirty in a mattress or furniture showroom. The cover is adjustable and removable to appropriately fit an applicable mattress. |
| US11896125B2 |
Slide rail assembly and bracket device thereof
A bracket device of a slide rail assembly includes a longitudinal wall and a mounting member. The mounting member is movable relative to the longitudinal wall along a height direction of the longitudinal wall. When the bracket device is rotated to be switched from a first state to a second state, the mounting member is configured to be moved from a first position to a second position. When the mounting member is located at the first position, the mounting member is operable to be mounted to a rack. When the mounting member is located at the second position, the mounting member is prevented from being mounted to the rack. |
| US11896123B2 |
Modular cleaning, display, and storage rack for firearms
A modular cleaning, display, and storage rack for firearms is disclosed for holding or displaying one or more pistols. The firearms rack can hold one or more pistols for cleaning and/or displaying. The firearms rack can also be folded flat for easy storage and/or transport. Multiple racks can be nested or stacked together and occupy less space than a single rack. The rack includes a base, and a plurality of support rods disposed in a spaced apart relation and hingedly operable relative to the base. In an open condition, the plurality of support rods are angularly disposed above the top surface of the base. The firearm is supported on the support rod by insertion of the support rod into the barrel of the firearm. In a closed position, the plurality of support rods are oriented such that they are substantially aligned with the back surface of the base. |
| US11896121B2 |
Method for making shelves
Beams and posts are disclosed. The beams and posts may be used for racks or shelving. The beams and posts may be formed by folding a sheet of metal. For example, the beams and posts may be non-volumous or hollow. Optionally, a portion of the wall of the beam or post is thickened, for example, by folding over the metal back and forth. Optionally, the thickened portion runs the length of the beam or post. In some embodiments, a fastener (e.g., a loop and/or hook) is formed in the thickened portion of the wall. For example, the fastener formed by punching out of the wall. Optionally, the fasteners are used to connect the posts to the beams. |
| US11896117B2 |
Oral care implement
An oral care implement used for treatment of a user's oral cavity. The oral care implement may include a body having a longitudinal axis, a first hard plastic component, and a second hard plastic component. The first hard plastic component may have a front surface having a perimeter portion and a central portion that is surrounded by the perimeter portion, the central portion being recessed relative to the perimeter portion. The second hard plastic component may be positioned on the central portion of the first hard plastic component and surrounded by the perimeter portion of the first hard plastic component. The second hard plastic component may have an outer surface with a plurality of grooves that are elongated in a direction of the longitudinal axis. |
| US11896113B2 |
Cosmetic product sampling system
A system for sample, trial, and/or full-sized products includes a container defining at least one cavity, a product disk, a cosmetic product, and an applicator. The product disk includes a first side, a second side, a body extending therebetween, and a disk release mechanism. At least a portion of the first side of the product disk is selectively positionable adjacent to the at least one cavity of the container. The cosmetic product is at least partially disposed on the first side of the product disk. The applicator has first end that includes an applicator retention region and an applicator release region. The product disk is insertably coupled with the applicator retention region. |
| US11896111B2 |
Gum-free environmental-friendly lipstick tube
A gum-free environmental-friendly lipstick tube comprises a lifting tube, a spiral tube, a median bundle core and a base mounted successively in a sleeving manner from inside to outside. An inner wall of the base has a first flange and a plurality of strip-type grooves. The spiral tube has a first annular groove corresponding to the first flange and a strip-type clamping block corresponding to the strip-type groove. Additionally, the spiral tube has a second flange, while an inner wall of the median bundle core has a second annular groove corresponding to the second flange. An inner wall of the spiral tube has an internal thread, and the lifting tube has an external thread corresponding to the internal thread. |
| US11896106B2 |
LED nail dryer
According to an embodiment, a light emitting diode (LED) nail dryer comprises a cover having a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface having a rear opening, a bottom plate coupled with the cover and having a bottom opening extending to the rear opening, an internal body formed on the bottom plate in the cover and having a plurality of sockets, and a plurality of LED panels. The plurality of sockets of the internal body may be arranged in a dome shape. Each of the plurality of LED panels may be detachably fitted into a respective one of the plurality of sockets via at least one magnet or at least one fitting structure. |
| US11896105B2 |
Hair dryer
A hair dryer is provided that may include a main body including a discharge unit configured to discharge fluid outside of the main body, and a handle provided at one side of the main body. The discharge unit may include a plurality of discharge areas configured to discharge fluid. The discharge unit may be configured to selectively discharge fluid through one of the plurality of the discharge areas. |
| US11896102B2 |
Valve system for formula cartridge
A valve system comprises: a valve body; a valve cap; and a valve plug between the valve body and valve cap is compressed radially and axially, and a central bore extends wholly through the valve body and valve cap and partially through the valve plug. The valve system is welded to a packet which can contain a hair color formula. One or more of the packets are then used in a cartridge compatible with a dispensing device. |
| US11896101B2 |
Luggage connecting assembly
A luggage connector assembly for ease of transport of various luggage members in tandem, the connector assembly including one or more telescopically retractable knob assemblies slidably coupled to a first portable case assembly along one or more rail assemblies. One or more C-shaped latch assemblies are coupled to at least one second portable case assembly and designed to slidably receive an end portion of the one or more telescopically retractable knob assemblies when the one or more telescopically retractable knob assemblies are extended. A substantially rigid arch inside the one or more C-shaped latch assemblies restrains the sideways movement of the one or more telescopically retractable knob assemblies. The slotted rail pair assembly is designed to restrain the one or more telescopically retractable knob assemblies from sideways movement while permitting longitudinal movement along the slotted rail pair assembly. |
| US11896093B2 |
Wristlet clasp with length adjustment
A wristlet clasp (100), of the folding buckle type, including first and second hinged blades (1, 2) between a closed wearing position and at least one open position, the first blade carrying a member for fastening a first wristlet strand, the second lower blade being connected to a loop (3) at its second end, the loop defining a passage for a second wristlet strand and carrying a stud (31) intended to be inserted into an adapted hole in the wristlet strand to define a point for anchoring the latter to the clasp. A locking member (12) holds the first and second blades in their closed position. A carriage (4) is connected to the second end of the second blade and slides in the loop switching from first and second indexed positions to define at least two predefined positions associated with a predefined useful length of the wristlet. |
| US11896089B2 |
Test fixture for soles
A test fixture for soles includes a sole member, a heel cushion, a sole connector, a ring-shaped airbag, a torque connector, and an attaching assembly. The heel cushion is disposed on a heel section of the sole member and sandwiched in between the sole member and the sole connector. The airbag is disposed on the sole connector, and the torque connector is inserted in the airbag. The torque connector includes one end connected to the sole connector, and one opposite end connected to the attaching assembly disposed on the airbag. |
| US11896088B1 |
String tying system
The present application relates to the field of string tying buckles, in particular to a novel string tying system. A rotating cover and a rotating clamping member provided with a buckling portion and first clamping teeth are arranged in a split manner, so that the demolding difficulty is low, and the system is convenient to produce and assemble. |
| US11896085B2 |
Athletic positioning apparatus and applications thereof
An apparatus includes a heel section, a mid-foot section, and a toe section. The heel section, the mid-foot section, and the toe section collectively have a geometric shape having a first slope of a polarity along an inner edge of the apparatus from the toe section to the heel section and a second slope of the polarity along the inner edge of the apparatus to an outer edge of the apparatus at the toe section. |
| US11896084B2 |
Article of footwear with cooling features
The present invention is directed toward an article of footwear effective to regulate the temperature of the feet of a wearer. In an embodiment, the article of footwear includes an upper and an insole with a thermal effect membrane. The thermal effect membrane contains a plurality of system-reactive components selectively engaged heat and/or moisture. In an embodiment, the printed coating includes a cooling agent, a phase change material, and a heat dissipation material. The bottom of the sole structure of the article of footwear further includes a multiple openings in the forefoot, midfoot, and hindfoot regions. The multiple openings promote airflow into the interior of the upper. In operation, the article of footwear is effective to delay/diminish the rise in skin temperature (compared to footwear lacking the membrane and/or openings), increasing wearer comfort. |
| US11896081B2 |
Article with sole structure having multiple components
An article of footwear has a sole structure with multiple components. The sole structure includes a midsole member, an outsole member and an exterior support member. The midsole member and the outsole member have corresponding grooves. The exterior support member provides reinforcement for the midsole member. The outsole member includes a plurality of bristle members. |
| US11896075B2 |
Hard hat lamp attachment system
A hard hat with symmetric front and back mounting ridges to support a headlamp is described. The hard hat provides mounting ridges to receive insertion slots of a rigid mounting bracket that fit around the ridges. The rigid mounting bracket includes channels to loop a strap through the channels and support a lamp on the bracket. The strap may include a hook and loop fastener system to enable attachment of a variety of lamps to the rigid support bracket. In this way, the hard hat can support a wide variety of headlamps attached to the rigid mounting bracket without destructive alterations to the hard hat. Clips may be added to the rigid mounting bracket to secure or lock the bracket in place during operation and prevent accidental knocks or jarring of the headlamp. |
| US11896072B2 |
Swimwear and method of customizing swimwear
A kit for use in creating customized swimwear is provided including an outer layer formed of a water repellent draw-on fabric, an inner layer formed from a water repellent fabric, and a plurality of fabric markets of different colors. |
| US11896070B2 |
Method of collectively preparing clothing having moisture permeable and water proof properties and clothing prepared using the method
Provided are a method of collectively preparing moisture-permeable waterproof clothing and clothing prepared thereby. The method includes a step of cutting a fabric substrate and a film into a plurality of pieces, wherein the plurality of pieces includes at least a first and second group, wherein the first group includes a first substrate and film, and the second group includes a second substrate and film; a step of forming a first laminate by processing the first group; a step of forming a second laminate by processing the second group; a step of forming a seam by connecting the first and second substrate; a step of covering a seam area with the second film and then covering the second film with the first film; and a step of finally laminating the first and the second laminate along with the seam. |
| US11896069B1 |
Disc golf jacket
A disc golf jacket includes a front torso portion that covers a front torso of a player. The jacket includes a back portion that is coupled to the front torso portion along a top edge. The jacket includes an upper pocket having opposed side edges and a bottom edge therebetween which, together, are coupled to the back portion for defining an upper pocket interior area. The upper pocket includes an open top edge for receiving a disc in a top-loaded configuration. The jacket includes a lower pocket having a lower edge coupled to the back portion, left and right-side edges coupled to the lower edge, the side edges extending at angles that converge toward one another until meeting at an upper edge. The side edges are open for receiving a second disc in a side-loaded manner. |
| US11896067B2 |
Hood with face mask
A hooded garment including a tether that enables the hood to be secured in place in a mask configuration with a breathable filtration material disposed over the nose and mouth area of a wearer's face and secured in place with a tether attached to the ear of the wearer. |
| US11896061B2 |
Aerosol generation device, and heating chamber therefor
A method of constructing a heating chamber for an aerosol generation device includes providing a side wall of the heating chamber, providing a heater, and arranging the heater to be in thermal contact with the side wall of the heating chamber. The method may also include attaching a heat shrink layer to the outward facing side of the heater, and heating the heat shrink layer to a temperature such that the heat shrink layer contracts to compress the heater against the side wall. The heating chamber for the aerosol generation device includes a side wall defining an interior volume of the heating chamber, and a heater in thermal contact with the side wall, as well as a heat shrink layer under tension, compressing the heater against an outwardly facing surface of the side wall. |
| US11896054B2 |
Electronic evaporator to transfer medicine or nicotine with perforated heating coil
A perforated coil surface vaporizing element which may have a negative and positive lead, the leads may be configured for electrical communication with an anode portion and a cathode portion, respectively, of a galvanic cell. The perforated coil surface vaporizing element may be shaped as a helix tubule coil sheet. The coil sheet which may connect to and span between the positive and negative lead. The tubule may further be resistive to electron flow and may generate heat upon passage of electrons from the positive lead to the negative lead. The perforations of the helix tubule coil sheet may be in multiplicity. An aperture may traverse through the middle of the helix tubule and may be further configured to receive a wicking material. The wicking material maintaining fluid communication with a liquid medium for vaporization. |
| US11896052B2 |
Aerosol-generating device comprising a plasmonic heating element
An aerosol-generating device for heating an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a heating element configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate when the aerosol-forming substrate is received by the aerosol-generating device, the heating element including a plurality of metallic nanoparticles configured to receive light and to generate heat by surface plasmon resonance. |
| US11896050B2 |
Container assembly
A container assembly and method is provided for concealing and storing a water bong. The container assembly, for example, is generally a cylindrical container comprising a upper container, a upper container lid, a lower container, a percolator, a inlet port, a neck, and a bowl, wherein the neck and the bowl are configured to be stored in the lower container. The container assembly and method also involves sliding the percolator to and from an extracted position that permits a smoker to inhale combustible substances, to a concealed position within the upper container. |
| US11896048B2 |
Aerosol generating articles
A filter part (1) for use in an aerosol generating article and a method of manufacturing the filter part (1). The filter part (1) includes an aerosol permeable core (11) surrounded by a sleeve (12). The sleeve (12) is formed of linear, axially oriented fibres and the core (11) is formed of expanded, randomly oriented fibres. The method includes forming two or more strips (2a, 2b) into segments surrounding a conveying path, bringing the segments together into a sleeve former (7) to form the sleeve (12) and introducing loose fibres (52) between the segments upstream of the sleeve former (7) such that they are drawn therein in a random orientation and compressed between the segments as they are brought together to form a filter rod (8) with an aerosol permeable core (11) within the sleeve (12). The filter rod (8) is then cut to form the filter part (1). |
| US11896046B2 |
Nicotine containing sheet
A sheet is provided, including a fibrous material, one or more nicotine salts, and sugar, at least about 20% by weight of the one or more nicotine salts being monoprotic. |
| US11896042B2 |
Ribonucleotide-rich yeast extract and use of same for masking undesirable flavours and undesirable aromatic notes
A novel yeast extract having from 25 to 55 wt % 5′-ribonucleotides, including 5 to 20 wt % adenosine 5′-monophosphate (5′-AMP) and 5 to 20 wt % guanosine 5′-monophosphate (5′-GMP) in a 5′-AMP/5′-GMP ratio ranging from 0.85 to 1.25, the weight percentages being expressed in relation to the dry weight of the yeast extract. Also a process of using such an extract for the masking of bitter and sour tastes and of undesirable sweetener, protein and metallic notes in a product. |
| US11896040B2 |
Articles including undenatured meat protein and water condensed from steam
An article includes a mixture release component defining a mixture release volume and also includes a heated mixture located within the mixture release volume. The heated mixture includes undenatured meat protein and water condensed from steam. A mixture release opening is included at an outlet end of the mixture release volume and this mixture release opening defines a passage from the mixture release volume to a vacuum chamber volume defined by a vacuum chamber. A vacuum is applied to the vacuum chamber volume. The steam from which the water has condensed comprises steam that has been placed in direct contact with a stream of undenatured meat protein in a direct steam injector having a mixture outlet operatively connected to the mixture release component. |
| US11896039B2 |
Extruded gelling food products, extruded gelling food product ingredients, and methods for making extruded gelling food products and extruded food product ingredients
The present invention is directed to an extruded food product constituent composed of a gelling food product constituent extrudate and method of extruding a gelling food product constituent extrudate used as an ingredient of a food product normally using a gelling gum, like guar gum, xanthan gum or carrageenan as an ingredient. The gelling food product extrudate is composed of cold-water soluble gelling pregelatinized starch formed of starch in a starch-containing admixture modified by extrusion at extrusion pressures greater than 2000 PSI that gels when mixed with water, which preferably also modifies additional starch or starches in the admixture into a plurality of different molecular weight polymers of a cold-water soluble gellant that polymerize forming a gel when mixed with water, preferably forming a hydrocolloid gel, which more preferably is a self-gelling gel, which even more preferably is a thermo-reversible gel crosslinked by one or more proteins freed by or modified during extrusion. Preferred admixtures configured to produce gelling extrudates include admixtures composed of cereal grains, including sorghum, wheat, oats, barley and/or corn, and/or legumes, including chick pea, yellow pea, pea and/or lentils with legume containing admixtures producing gelling extrudates that form thicker gels whose viscosity increases over time that are well suited for use in non-dairy dairy substitutes like non-dairy butter, non-dairy creamers, non-dairy whipped cream, non-dairy yogurt, non-dairy cream cheese, non-dairy cheese, and non-dairy ice cream. |
| US11896038B2 |
Inhibited waxy starches and methods of using them
The present disclosure relates to inhibited waxy starches and methods for using them. One aspect of the disclosure is an inhibited waxy starch based on maize, wheat, or tapioca having an amylopectin content in the range of 90-100%; and a sedimentation volume in the range of 10-50 mL/g; in which the amylopectin fraction of the inhibited waxy starch based on maize, wheat, or tapioca has no more than 48.5% medium-length branches having a chain length from 13-24 (measured by a valley-to-valley method as described herein), and the starch is not pregelatinized. Methods of using the starch materials in food products are also described. |
| US11896036B2 |
Glucosylated terpene glycosides
Provided herein is a method of improving the taste profile of a glucosylated terpene glycoside (GTG). |
| US11896032B2 |
Agent for improving feed conversion rate, agent for improving survival rate, agent for improving the number of eggs laid by egg-laying hen, and method of giving same to animals, and feed
An agent for improving a feed conversion rate, an agent for improving a survival rate, an agent for improving the number of eggs laid by an egg-laying hen, a method of giving these agents to animals, and a feed which can directly and significantly improve the productivity of livestock farms are provided. At least one effective ingredient selected from cysteine and cysteine derivatives is given to animals. The effective ingredient may be added to drinking water, or may be added to the feed. Examples of the cysteine and cysteine derivatives can include acetylcysteine (NAC), S-methyl-L-cysteine (SMC), cysteine malate, and acetylcysteine amide. |
| US11896030B2 |
Tobacco-derived protein compositions
The disclosure describes methods for the purification of protein-enriched extracts to provide concentrates and isolates and methods for incorporation of such materials into products. The purification methods are adapted for removal of one or more of ash, metal salts, alkaloids, particulates, heavy metals, and other impurities and/or contaminants from extracts, as well as modifying the sensory characteristics (e.g., odor, color, and/or taste characteristics) of extracts. The methods generally include diafiltration, treatment with functionalized resins, and supercritical extraction. A protein composition in the form of a concentrate or isolate is provided, the protein composition including RuBisCO, F2 fraction proteins, or combination thereof extracted from a plant of the Nicotiana species, wherein the protein composition is characterized by one or more of: an ash content of less than about 15% by weight; a nicotine content of less than about 10 μg/g, and a heavy metal content of less than about 60 μg/g. |
| US11896028B2 |
Dual-textured confectionery; and methods of making the same
Disclosed are confectionery products having a dual texture provided by a combination of sanding coating and chewy confectionery core. The confectionery product provides a crunchy texture imparted by a particulate coating and a chewy texture imparted by the confectionery core. Also disclosed are methods of preparing the dual-textured confectionery product using a particulate coating composition. Upon consumption, the confectionery product exhibits reduced adhesion to a consumer's teeth, dental braces, palatal expanders, dental retainers, and other orthodontic appliances. |
| US11896027B2 |
Reduced sugar composition
The present invention relates to a sugar paste substrate with a reduced sugar content comprising fondant, fructooligosaccharides (oligofructose or oligofructan) and starch. The paste can be used in standard sugar paste substrate processes, for example to produce printed decorations. |
| US11896026B2 |
Systems and methods for distributing and dispensing chocolate
Systems for dispensing chocolate, in one aspect including an exterior housing with first volume; a vertical support member; a base support member; a dispenser guiding member within the first volume; an extruder connection member extending through the housing and having a first end within the housing and a second end outside of the housing, defining a pivot axis; an extruder member connected to the first end; a lever connected to the second end; at least one extruder guide member within the first volume and connected to the extruder member; and at least one extruder guide rail connected to the housing within the first volume and capable of receiving the at least one extruder guide member; and where manual actuation of the lever pivots the extruder member in cooperation with the at least one extruder guide member. |
| US11896023B2 |
High protein powder mix
The present disclosure provides for a high-protein, powdered food composition that can be reconstituted into a creamy, yogurt-like, or smoothie-style food having optional inclusions and that delivers the taste, organoleptic characteristics, mouthfeel, and nutritional benefits of conventional ready-to-eat cereal products. In one approach, the food composition or powdered food composition includes a synergistic combination of two or three distinct whey protein powders. |
| US11896020B2 |
Slit forming device
A slit forming device according to an aspect includes a damper configured to pass through a plurality of stations arranged on a circumference, a slit forming blade disposed on an outer circumference side or an inner circumference side of a slit forming station among the plurality of stations, and a damper rotating part capable of rotating the damper about a vertical line such that a slit forming surface of a work faces the slit forming blade in the slit forming station. |
| US11896007B2 |
Pest control using natural pest control agent blends
According to an aspect of the present application, a composition for controlling a target pest comprises 0.1% to 4% isopropyl myristate, 0.1% to 15% thyme oil white, 0.1% to 2% geraniol, and at least one additional active ingredient selected from thymyl acetate, linalyl acetate, amyl butyrate, anise star oil, black seed oil, p-cymene, linalool, d-limonene, isopropyl myristate, lilac flower oil, methyl salicylate, alpha-pinene, piperonal, piperonyl alcohol, tetrahydrolinalool, thyme oil white, thyme oil red, thymol, vanillin, and wintergreen oil. The composition causes synergistic control of the target pest. |
| US11896004B2 |
Sensing system and method for direct injection systems on agricultural sprayers
A method for monitoring and controlling chemical concentration in a direct injection agricultural sprayer system monitors initial chemical concentration output from a chemical tank, carrier flow from a carrier tank, and mixed chemical concentration at nozzles of the spray system downstream of individual mixing points of the nozzles. Flow from the carrier tank and/or the chemical tank are controlled to target a set concentration at each of the nozzles. The initial chemical concentration establishes maximum concentration and a calibration curve for a chemical being applied and the mixed chemical concentration establishes an applied concentration in view of the calibration curve. A system is provided for the method. |
| US11896002B2 |
Systems and methods for scheduling and coordinating applications of fertilizers, pesticides, and water in agricultural fields
Systems and methods for scheduling and coordinating applications of fertilizers, pesticides, and water to fields while avoiding interferences between vehicles and other equipment may be implemented with a mobile irrigation system, a fertilizer applicator, a pesticide applicator, and a processing system. The processing system schedules and coordinates applications of fertilizers, pesticides, and water and prevents interferences between the machines primarily with data received from an irrigation schedule implemented by the irrigation system and data received from the fertilizer and pesticide applicators. |
| US11896001B2 |
Automatic wireless decoy jerk string system
An automatic wireless decoy jerk string system is disclosed. The system includes a main housing, a drive housing, and a flotation housing. The main housing contains a retractable reel wound with a line. The drive housing contains a direct current motor, a battery for powering the motor, and a wireless receiver. The flotation housing contains a counterweight and flotation material. The drive housing and the flotation housing are attached to either side of the main housing. A drive shaft runs from the drive housing through the main housing and into the flotation housing. The motor engages the drive shaft to operate the reel. The motor is controlled by signals from the receiver in response to a wireless signal received by the receiver from a remote control to cause the reel to alternatingly retract the line and let out the line. |
| US11896000B1 |
Blind cover
A blind cover includes a waterproof layer abutting the ground and a mesh cover. A blind is inserted between the waterproof layer and mesh cover, with the opening of the mesh cover disposed to align with an opening in the blind. The blind and mesh cover are joined together with connection elements such as hook and loop fabric or clips so that the mesh cover and blind can be opened as a singular unit. Environmental plant matter can be inserted between the blind and the mesh cover at any location and at any orientation to produce a more natural look and feel as compared to the current state of the art. |
| US11895996B2 |
Fishing reel
A fishing reel according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is a fishing reel provided with a braked unit attached to a spool on which a fishing line may be wound, a braking unit that applies a braking force to the braked unit, a braking force adjustment unit that adjusts the braking force of the braking unit, a motor that drives the braking force adjustment unit, and a control unit that controls the motor, in which the control unit controls the motor to repeat forward and backward drive at a frequency in an audible range to allow the motor to generate a notification sound. |
| US11895989B2 |
Automated beehive control and management
A method, system, and computer program product for automated beehive control and management. Information related to a content of a beehive is acquired by at least one sensor. The information from the at least one sensor is received and analyzed to determine at least one attribute of at least one substance monitored in the content. Based on the at least one attribute, at least one actuator of the beehive is instructed to maneuver at least one mechanical component affecting at least a portion of an internal environment of the beehive. |
| US11895982B2 |
Cat furniture with panel elements
Cat furniture having at least one three-dimensional structure is composed of at least two panel elements which are connected together at at least one of their panel edges. One individual panel element is provided on at least one of its panel edges with a fastening means by means of which a connection with the fastening means of an adjacent panel element is to be made. The fastening means is attached in a foldable manner to the panel element via a perforation and via at least one groove extending along the perforation. |
| US11895974B2 |
Soybean cultivar 08140308
A soybean cultivar designated 08140308 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 08140308, to the plants of soybean cultivar 08140308, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 08140308, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 08140308. 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 08140308. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 08140308, 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 08140308 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11895973B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011188
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011188. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011188, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011188 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011188. |
| US11895971B1 |
Maize hybrid X00R804CY
A novel maize variety designated X00R804CY 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 X00R804CY with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00R804CY through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00R804CY, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00R804CY are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00R804CY and methods of using maize variety X00R804CY are disclosed. |
| US11895970B1 |
Maize hybrid X08R686
A novel maize variety designated X08R686 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 X08R686 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08R686 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08R686, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08R686 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08R686 and methods of using maize variety X08R686 are disclosed. |
| US11895967B2 |
Wheat variety 6PNZR33B
A wheat variety designated 6PNZR33B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PNZR33B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PNZR33B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PNZR33B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PNZR33B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PNZR33B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided. |
| US11895965B2 |
Wheat variety 6PWML76B
A wheat variety designated 6PWML76B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PWML76B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PWML76B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PWML76B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PWML76B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PWML76B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided. |
| US11895964B2 |
Inbred rice line DG263L
The inbred rice line designated DG263L is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of inbred rice line designated DG263L, the plants of inbred rice line designated DG263L, plant parts of inbred rice line designated DG263L, and methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing rice DG263L with itself or with another rice variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a rice plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic rice plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to rice cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from inbred rice line designated DG263L, methods for producing other rice cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from inbred rice line designated DG263L, and the rice plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid rice seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing DG263L with another rice cultivar. |
| US11895961B2 |
CGMMV resistant Citrullus plants
The present invention relates to cultivated watermelon plants comprising CGMMV resistance due to introgression of QTLs from a CGMMV resistant donor of the species Citrullus colocynthis. |
| US11895958B2 |
Structures for growing plants
A structure for growing plants comprising a main support, vertical supports along the perimeter of the foundation, a perimeter frame connected to the vertical supports, cables connected to the main support, vertical supports and perimeter frame, and an inner and outer shell formed from transmissive panels supported by the cables. |
| US11895957B2 |
Biodegradable planter pots comprising starch and an outer silicon layer
Biodegradable planter pots constructed from starch and an outer silicon layer. The starch provides a biodegradable and/or compostable characteristic to the pot, allowing it to be broken down into the soil after the pot has been planted. The outer silicon layer provides durability to the pots, allowing them to retain their shape for an additional period of time and withstand handling, while also retaining the biodegradable characteristics of the pots. Advantageously, the pots allow seedlings and seeds to be directly deposited into the soil, while also providing structure to the plant for the initial growth period. Advantageously, the pots provide a stable structural support that is hardy and/or water-resistant but can also being broken down as the plant grows. |
| US11895954B2 |
System and method for plant indexing in a hydroponic farming environment and a hydroponic farming environment
A farming method may be shown and described. In an exemplary embodiment, plants may begin in a germination phase. Next, plants are brought to a nursery for a period of time before optionally being transplanted to one or more subsequent nurseries. Finally, plants are transplanted to a greenhouse where they may grow until they are ready for harvest. In an exemplary embodiment, the nursery phases may be vertical farms while the greenhouse phase may be a traditional, hydroponic, or other type of farm which may receive sunlight. AI may be implemented to optimize environmental conditions and robotics may be used to harvest the plants. Plants may be indexed to efficiently expedite plant growth and optimize the time and plant density/spacing in each phase. |
| US11895952B2 |
Agricultural and horticultural covering film and method for producing the same
An agricultural and horticultural film that does not raise a temperature of an atmosphere such as a greenhouse by using the agricultural and horticultural film in the greenhouse, etc., while absorbing infrared rays from the sunlight and warming the soil, the film having an infrared absorbing layer containing infrared absorbing material ultrafine particles, wherein the infrared absorbing material ultrafine particles are composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles, and the composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles have a XRD peak top intensity ratio value of 0.13 or more based on an XRD peak intensity ratio value of 1 on plane of a silicon powder standard sample (640c produced by NIST). |
| US11895950B2 |
System and method for cutting table length adaptation
An agricultural harvester is disclosed. The agricultural harvester includes a cutting unit that has a cutting table adjustable in its cutting table length, a reel adjustable to a reel vertical position and reel longitudinal position, an inclined conveyor downstream from the cutting unit, and a driver assistance system. The driver assistance system autonomously determines, using at least one input variable, at least one machine parameter and specifies the machine parameter to the cutting unit. The machine parameter can include one or more of the cutting table length, the reel vertical position, or the reel longitudinal position. In particular, the driver assistance system may determine a harvested material throughput and a vibration coefficient describing the fluctuation in the harvested material throughput in a region lying in front of the threshing system and adapt or modify the cutting table length based on the determined vibration coefficient. |
| US11895948B2 |
Predictive map generation and control based on soil properties
One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more information maps map one or more agricultural characteristic values at different geographic locations of a field. An in-situ sensor on the agricultural work machine senses an agricultural characteristic as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive agricultural characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values in the one or more information maps and the agricultural characteristic sensed by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control. |
| US11895941B2 |
Tillage system with variable fertilizer application
An agricultural implement including a frame, a plurality of ground engaging tools connected to the frame, a fertilizer device configured for applying at least one liquid fertilizer and including a plurality of fluid lines and a plurality of fertilizer applicator assemblies fluidly connected to the plurality of fluid lines. Each fertilizer applicator assembly includes an applicator connected to the frame and a valve fluidly connected to the applicator. The valve is configured for varying a rate of the at least one liquid fertilizer through the applicator. The agricultural implement also includes an electronic control unit operably connected to the valves of the plurality of fertilizer applicator assemblies and configured for automatically adjusting the valve of at least one fertilizer applicator assembly of the plurality of fertilizer applicator assemblies to vary the rate of the at least one liquid fertilizer, dependent upon a fertilizer requirement characteristic. |
| US11895939B2 |
Cohort phenotyping system for plant factory with artificial lighting
The invention tracks and automatically evaluates plant traits of “individuals of plant canopy” in a growth process of a germination period (from sowing until immediately prior to primary seedling culture), at a plant factory with artificial lighting. Specifically, a two-dimensional distribution of the plant traits is calculated by non-destructively and continuously measuring plant trait information in the growth process of the germination period, on the basis of image information 2a, environmental factor information 2b, genetic characteristic information 2c, and management information 2d. In addition, physiological performance reactions of the individuals of plant canopy cultivated in an environmentally-controlled closed space are continuously measured, and measurements are continuously taken of the two-dimensional distribution of the environmental factor information, and items such as temperature, vapor pressure deficit, nutrient solution percentage, nutrient solution temperature, pH, and electric conductivity. |
| US11895937B2 |
Slip determination system, travel path generation system, and field work vehicle
A slip determination system is provided that is capable of providing appropriate control information to a traveling vehicle when the traveling vehicle has proceeded to an area where a slip is likely to occur during automatic travel. The slip determination system includes: a vehicle position detection module for detecting a vehicle position; and an automatic travel control portion for enabling automatic travel based on the vehicle position and a set travel path; a slip amount calculation portion for calculating a slip amount of the traveling vehicle body, using an estimated movement distance of the traveling vehicle body calculated based on the number of revolutions of a driving axle of the traveling vehicle body, and an actual movement distance of the traveling vehicle body calculated based on the vehicle position; an appropriateness determination portion for performing appropriateness determination to determine, based on the slip amount, whether or not a state of a traveling ground surface is appropriate for automatic travel; and an automatic travel stop portion for stopping automatic travel based on a determination result. |
| US11903334B2 |
Memory devices and methods of forming the same
A method of forming a memory device includes the following operations. A first conductive plug is formed within a first dielectric layer over a substrate. A treating process is performed to transform a portion of the first conductive plug into a buffer layer, and the buffer layer caps the remaining portion of the first conductive plug. A phase change layer and a top electrode are sequentially formed over the buffer layer. A second dielectric layer is formed to encapsulate the top electrode and the underlying phase change layer. A second conductive plug is formed within the second dielectric layer and in physical contact with the top electrode. A filamentary bottom electrode is formed within the buffer layer. |
| US11903333B2 |
Sidewall structures for memory cells in vertical structures
A memory cell may include a first electrode, a second electrode, and a self-selecting storage element between the first electrode and the second electrode. The self-selecting storage element may extend between the first electrode and the second electrode in a direction that is parallel with a plane defined by the substrate. The self-selecting storage element may also include a bulk region and a sidewall region. The bulk region may include a chalcogenide material having a first composition, and the sidewall region may include the chalcogenide material having a second composition that is different than the first composition. Also, the sidewall region may extend between the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| US11903329B2 |
Reducing junction resistance variation in two-step deposition processes
A method of reducing junction resistance variation for junctions in quantum information processing devices fabricated using two-step deposition processes. In one aspect, a method includes providing a dielectric substrate, forming a first resist layer on the dielectric substrate, forming a second resist layer on the first resist layer, and forming a third resist layer on the second resist layer. The first resist layer includes a first opening extending through a thickness of the first resist layer, the second resist layer includes a second opening aligned over the first opening and extending through a thickness of the second resist layer, and the third resist layer includes a third opening aligned over the second opening and extending through a thickness of the third resist layer. |
| US11903326B2 |
SOT-MRAM cell in high density applications
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a memory device that includes a spin orbit torque (SOT) layer arranged over a substrate. A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure may be arranged over the SOT layer. The MTJ structure includes a free layer, a reference layer, and a diffusion barrier layer disposed between the free layer and the reference layer. A first conductive wire is arranged below the SOT layer and coupled to the SOT layer. A second conductive wire is arranged below the SOT layer and coupled to the SOT layer. A third conductive wire is arranged over the MTJ structure. The memory device further includes a first selector structure arranged between the first conductive wire and the SOT layer. |
| US11903320B2 |
Method for applying at least one silicone layer by laser transfer printing
At least one silicone layer is applied to a substrate by a method employing laser transfer printing. The method is suitable for producing sensors, actuators and other EAP layer systems. The silicone layer in these systems may serve as an electrically conducting electrode layer or as a dielectric layer. The method may be configured to be continuous and may be combined with various other coating technologies. |
| US11903318B2 |
Thermoelectric elements and devices with enhanced maximum temperature differences based on spatially varying distributed transport properties
Provided herein is a thermoelectric element that includes a cold end, a hot end, and a p-type or n-type material having a length between the hot end and the cold end. The p-type or n-type material has an intrinsic Seebeck coefficient (S), an electrical resistivity (ρ), and a thermal conductivity (λ). Each of two or more of S, ρ, and λ generally increases along the length from the cold end to the hot end. The thermoelectric element may be provided in single-stage thermoelectric devices providing enhanced maximum temperature differences. The single-stage thermoelectric devices maybe combined with one another to provide multi-stage thermoelectric devices with even further enhanced maximum temperature differences. |
| US11903316B2 |
Thermoelectric module
A thermoelectric module includesa plurality of electrodes (high temperature side electrodes and low temperature side electrodes, thermoelectric conversion elements (p-type element and n-type element) arranged between the two electrodes, and a bonding layer disposed between the electrodes and the thermoelectric conversion elements. The bonding layer includes copper-containing particles, copper balls each having a particle diameter of 30 μm or more, an intermetallic compound of copper and tin, and a fired resin. |
| US11903314B2 |
Thermoelectric element comprising a contact structure and method of making the contact structure
An induction heating system can comprise a furnace chamber comprising a non-magnetic and non-conductive furnace wall; at least one induction heating coil surrounding an outer side of the furnace wall in a length direction (z) of the furnace chamber; and a holding and pressing construction. The holding and pressing construction can be designed to hold an arrangement to be placed within the furnace chamber, and the holding and pressing construction can apply a pressure on a proximal end and a distal end of the arrangement in the length direction of the chamber. |
| US11903310B2 |
Organic light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light-emitting includes a first electrode having a work function greater than about 4.9 eV and less than about 5.2 eV, a second electrode facing the first electrode, an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer, a hole transport region disposed between the first electrode and the emission layer, wherein the hole transport region includes a first hole transport layer including a first hole-transporting material, and the first hole transport layer is substantially free of a p-dopant. |
| US11903309B2 |
Heterocyclic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
A heterocyclic compound is represented by Formula 1. An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising an emission layer; and at least one of the heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1. |
| US11903305B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
A compound having a structure of formula Ir(LA)m(LB)n, where ligand LA has Formula I and ligand LB has Formula II that is useful as an emitter in OLEDs is disclosed. |
| US11903300B2 |
Pixel configurations for high resolution OVJP printed OLED displays
Methods and OLED devices are provided in which organic emissive materials are deposited over a substrate via OVJP print heads in a continuous line extending from one edge of the active display portion of a substrate to another. The print heads are arranged such that the sidewalls of the OVJP jet are disposed over non-emissive insulating portions of the display panel, thereby allowing for improved pixel density and resolution in comparison to conventional OVJP and similar techniques. |
| US11903298B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel includes a driving backplane, a plurality of detection pads, a light emitting function layer, and a flexible circuit board. The driving backplane has a pixel driving region and a peripheral region, and the peripheral region has bonding pads; an edge of the driving backplane is surrounded by a first section and a second section, and the bonding pads are located between the first section and the pixel driving region; a plurality of detection pads are disposed in and distributed along the second section; a light emitting function layer is disposed on the driving backplane and located in the pixel driving region; a flexible circuit board extends between the first section and the pixel driving region, and is bonded to the bonding pads; a first packaging layer is disposed on the light emitting function layer. |
| US11903296B2 |
Input sensing device and display device having the same
A display device including a display panel including pixels that emit light on a frame basis. An input sensing unit includes driving electrodes and sensing electrodes. A driving signal generator is configured to provide driving signals to the driving electrodes. Analog front-ends are configured to receive sensing signals depending on the driving signals from the sensing electrodes. A signal processor is configured to detect touch input, based on differential output values of the analog front-ends. The driving signal generator provides the driving signals to the driving electrodes while avoiding a period in which a pulse of a vertical synchronization signal defining start of the frame is generated. |
| US11903293B2 |
Display panel and manufacturing method for display panel
A display panel and a manufacturing method for a display panel are provided. The display panel includes a base layer, a touch layer, and a filling layer. In the present application, the touch layer only disposed in the flat display areas, so that the first curved display areas only have display functions without touch functions. Therefore, when a user touches the first curved display panel areas, no touch signal is generated, and other operations of the user are not affected, thereby improving the user. |
| US11903291B2 |
Organic light-emitting display device having touch sensor
An organic light-emitting display device having a touch sensor is discussed. The organic light-emitting display device includes a touch sensor formed in a single-layer structure and disposed on an encapsulation unit disposed on a light-emitting element. First and second bridges and first and second touch electrodes included in the touch sensor having a single-layer structure are formed of the same material as each other in the same plane, e.g., on the uppermost layer of the encapsulation unit, thereby simplifying the structure thereof and reducing costs. |
| US11903290B2 |
Display panel, display device, input/output device, and data processing device
A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a first pixel; the first pixel includes a first display element, a first color conversion layer, and a first absorption layer; the first display element emits first light; the first absorption layer overlaps with the first display element; and the first absorption layer absorbs the first light. Furthermore, the first color conversion layer is sandwiched between the first display element and the first absorption layer; the first color conversion layer converts the first light into second light; and the second light has a spectrum including a high proportion of light with a long wavelength compared with the first light. |
| US11903289B2 |
Display panel, method of manufacturing the same and display device
A display panel, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device are provided. In the display panel, sub-pixel areas in a same row along a first direction are divided into a plurality of sub-pixel area groups independent from each other, and each sub-pixel area group includes at least two adjacent sub-pixel areas, a connection layer includes a connection pattern arranged in each sub-pixel area, and the connection pattern is coupled to the initialization signal line pattern in the sub-pixel area wherein the connection pattern is located, connection patterns located in a same sub-pixel area group are sequentially coupled along the first direction to form the connection portion; at least part of a first auxiliary signal line layer is located in an anode spacing area, and is insulated from an anode pattern, the connection pattern in each sub-pixel area group is coupled to the first auxiliary signal line layer. |
| US11903288B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
An organic light-emitting device and display apparatus, the device including a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an emission layer between the first and second electrode; a hole control layer between the first electrode and the emission layer; and an electron control layer between the emission layer and the second electrode, wherein the emission layer includes a plurality of sub-emission layers to emit light having different wavelengths, at least portions of the plurality of sub-emission layers do not overlap one another, the plurality of sub-emission layers include: a first sub-emission layer including a first color light-emitting dopant, and a second sub-emission layer including a second color light-emitting dopant, the first and second sub-emission layers each include a hole-transporting and electron-transporting host which form an exciplex, and a triplet energy of the exciplex is equal to or greater than triplet energies of the first and second color light-emitting dopant. |
| US11903286B2 |
Transparent display device
A transparent display device is disclosed, which may reduce a yellowish phenomenon in a non-display area. The transparent display device comprises a substrate provided with a display area in which a plurality of subpixels are disposed, and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a gate driver provided in the non-display area over the substrate, including a plurality of stages, a metal line provided between the gate driver and the display area, and a trench provided between the metal line and the display area. |
| US11903285B2 |
Display device and electronic device with peripheral connection to cathode electrode
A display device of the present disclosure includes an organic EL layer formed on a circuit portion, which is formed on a substrate, with an insulating film interposed therebetween, a cathode electrode formed on the organic EL layer in common to all pixels, and a metal wiring provided on an outer peripheral portion of an effective pixel region and electrically connecting the cathode electrode to a wiring of the circuit portion. Then, the metal wiring has a recess or a projection on a contact surface in a connection portion with the cathode electrode. Furthermore, an electronic device according to the present disclosure has the display device having the above configuration. |
| US11903284B2 |
Pixel structure, display panel and display apparatus
A pixel structure includes: gate lines and data lines disposed crosswise and a plurality of pixel repetition modules distributed in an array. A pixel repetition module includes: a plurality of pixel units arranged in order, wherein each pixel unit includes three sub-pixels arranged in a triangular structure, and the three sub-pixels in each pixel unit and the three sub-pixels in an adjacent pixel unit are arranged inversely with respect to each other; each pixel unit corresponds to two groups of gate lines, wherein each group of gate lines includes two gate lines parallel to each other, a first group of gate lines are located on a first outer side and a second outer side of the pixel units respectively, and a second group of gate lines are both located between the sub-pixels located in a first row and the sub-pixels located in a second row in the pixel units. |
| US11903283B2 |
Display apparatus comprising different types of thin film transistors with compact design and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a display apparatus can include providing a first gate electrode on a substrate; providing a first active layer which overlaps with a portion of the first gate electrode; providing a second active layer on the substrate spaced apart from the first active layer; providing a first source electrode and a first drain electrode connected with the first active layer; providing a second gate electrode which overlaps with at least a portion of the second active layer; providing a second source electrode and a second drain electrode connected with the second active layer. Also, the method includes selectively providing conductivity to the second active layer, in which the first source electrode, the first drain electrode, the second gate electrode, the second source electrode, and the second drain electrode are manufactured at a same time. |
| US11903282B2 |
Display apparatus and electronic apparatus including the same
A display apparatus includes a base substrate including an opening area which transmits light, an opening peripheral area which is a non-display area surrounding the opening area, and a display area surrounding the opening peripheral area, a thin film transistor disposed on the base substrate, a light emitting structure electrically connected to the thin film transistor, and a loop-type antenna electrode disposed on the base substrate in the opening peripheral area to surround the opening area. |
| US11903279B2 |
Display substrate including first reference voltage line being electrically coupled to first reference voltage auxiliary line through via holes penetrating through insulation layer therebetween, and display device having the same
There is provided a display substrate, in which, a first reference voltage line and a first reference voltage auxiliary line, which extend in different directions, are respectively disposed in one of a second wiring layer, a third wiring layer and a fourth wiring layer, a second reference voltage line extends in the same direction as the first reference voltage auxiliary line, the first reference voltage auxiliary line is electrically coupled to the first reference voltage line through via holes in an insulating layer therebetween, via a coupling line extending in the same direction as the first reference voltage line, the first reference voltage auxiliary line and the first reference voltage line provide a reset voltage to a first electrode of a first capacitor, and the second reference voltage line provides a reset voltage to a pixel electrode in a pixel electrode layer. A display device is further provided. |
| US11903278B2 |
Display panel including an initialization voltage line and an auxiliary voltage line and display device including the same
A display panel includes: a substrate including a first area and a second area surrounding the first area; a first initialization voltage line extending in a first direction and electrically connected to the first display element; a second initialization voltage line extending in the first direction and electrically connected to the second display element; an auxiliary voltage line arranged on a layer different from layers on which the first initialization voltage line and the second initialization voltage line are arranged and electrically connecting the first initialization voltage line and the second initialization voltage line that are apart from each other; and a first insulating layer covering the first initialization voltage line, the second initialization voltage line, and the auxiliary voltage line and arranged below the plurality of display elements. |
| US11903274B2 |
Display substrate and display device
A display substrate and a display device are provided. In the display substrate, each of the plurality of anode groups includes a first anode and a second anode, the first anode includes a first main body portion, a first connection portion, an extension portion and an anode compensation portion, an orthographic projection of the anode compensation portion on the base substrate covers one thin film transistor, the anode compensation portion has a first point at a side away from the second center line, and the first main body portion has a second point at the first side, the first anode and a connection line between the first point and the second point enclose a notch region, and an area of the notch region is greater than at least one of an area of the anode compensation portion and an area of the first connection portion. |
| US11903272B2 |
Display substrate, display panel and display apparatus
A display substrate includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of columns of pixel driving circuits. A column of pixel driving circuits is connected to a corresponding data line, and each pixel driving circuit includes a driving transistor and a first transistor. The driving transistor is a P-type transistor. The first transistor includes: a first active pattern having a first channel region, and a first doped region and a second doped region on two opposite sides of the first channel region; a first gate; and a first insulating block disposed on a side of the first active pattern away from the base and having a first via. The data line is connected to a portion of the first active pattern located in the first doped region through the first via. Sizes of all first vias in the column of pixel driving circuits gradually decrease in a first direction. |
| US11903267B2 |
Organic light-emitting display apparatus
An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a plurality of first emission units, each including a first organic light-emitting device configured to emit light in at least a first direction and through a first display surface, a plurality of second emission units, each including a second organic light-emitting device configured to emit in a second direction opposite to the first direction and through a second display surface. The first emission units and the second emission units are alternately disposed. The apparatus further includes a transmissive area disposed adjacent to but not overlapping with the plurality of first emission units and the plurality of second emission units when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the first display surface, and capable of transmitting external light through the first and second display surfaces in the transmissive area. |
| US11903266B2 |
Display apparatus including a thin-film transistor including a silicon semiconductor and a thin-film transistor including an oxide semiconductor
A display apparatus is provided including a display area and a non-display area. The display area includes a display element and the non-display area includes a pad portion. A first thin-film transistor (TFT) is arranged in the display area. The first TFT includes silicon and a first gate electrode. A second TFT is arranged on a first insulating layer covering the first gate electrode and includes an oxide and a second gate electrode. A first voltage line extends in a first direction. A data line is spaced apart from the first voltage line. A connection wire is disposed in the display area and connects the data line to the pad portion. The connection wire includes a first portion extending in the first direction and a second portion extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and the first portion overlaps the first voltage line. |
| US11903264B2 |
Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, a circuit layer including a metal-made feed line in a surrounding area, an insulating layer covering the circuit layer, a lower electrode, a rib, a partition above the rib, an upper electrode connected to the partition, an organic layer between the electrodes and a conductive layer connected to the partition. The partition and the conductive layer each includes a metal-made lower portion and an upper portion protruding from a side surface of the lower portion. The lower portion of the conductive layer and the feed line are in contact with each other in the first contact portion in the surrounding area. |
| US11903262B2 |
Display panel, method for manufacturing same, and display device
A display panel includes a substrate, and a pixel defining layer and a cathode layer that are laminated on the substrate. The pixel defining layer includes a plurality of strip-shaped first pixel defining structures and a plurality of strip-shaped second pixel defining structures. A slope angle of the second pixel defining structure is greater than a slope angle of the first pixel defining structure, and the second pixel defining structure is configured to separate portions of the cathode layer on two sides of the second pixel defining structure. |
| US11903261B2 |
Display device including color absorbing layer between capping and bank layers for improving color matching, and method of providing the same
A display device includes a first display substrate including a light emitting element which emits light of a first color or light of a second color different from the first color, a second display substrate including in order toward the first display substrate, a layer including both a bank layer defining an opening and a wavelength control pattern in the opening, a capping layer covering the wavelength control pattern and the bank layer, and a color absorbing layer which corresponds to the bank layer and blocks the light of the first color and the light of the second color. The capping layer includes a first area corresponding to the color absorbing layer, the bank layer includes a second area corresponding to the color absorbing layer, and the first area of the capping layer is between the color absorbing layer and the second area of the bank layer. |
| US11903259B2 |
Flexible display panel
A flexible display panel is provided. The flexible display panel includes an array substrate, an organic light-emitting layer, a cathode layer, an optical coupling output layer, and a thin film encapsulation layer stacked on each other. The organic light-emitting layer includes a red pixel unit, a green pixel unit, and a blue pixel unit. The optical coupling output layer is arranged corresponding to the red pixel unit and the green pixel unit. The thin film encapsulation layer corresponding to the blue pixel unit of the organic light-emitting layer is in contact with the cathode layer. |
| US11903258B2 |
Display substrate and preparation method thereof, and display device
Provided are a display substrate and a preparation method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix, wherein the pixel units each include a plurality of sub-pixels, the sub-pixels each include a micro-cavity modulation layer and an emitting structure layer, the micro-cavity modulation layer is provided with a reflective electrode, the emitting structure layer includes a first electrode, an emitting layer and a semi-transparent and semi-reflective second electrode which are sequentially disposed on the micro-cavity modulation layer, and a distance between the second electrode and the reflective electrode is different in each sub-pixel. |
| US11903256B2 |
Display substrate and display device
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of sub-pixels on the base substrate. Each sub-pixel includes a pixel circuit; pixel circuits are in columns in a first direction and rows in a second direction. The sub-pixels includes a first sub-pixel, and the display substrate further includes a first data line extended in the first direction and connected with the first sub-pixel. The sub-pixels further includes a second sub-pixel directly adjacent to the first sub-pixel in the second direction. A first capacitor electrode in the first sub-pixel and a first capacitor electrode in the second sub-pixel are in a same layer and are spaced apart from each other; and the first capacitor electrode in the first sub-pixel is overlapped with the first data line in a direction perpendicular to the base substrate to provide a first capacitor. |
| US11903251B2 |
Display device having touch sensor
A display device has a touch sensor. The display device includes a first substrate including a plurality of sub-pixels, a thin film transistor in each sub-pixel of the first substrate, an organic light emitting element in each sub-pixel of the first substrate, an insulating layer over the thin film transistor and the organic light emitting layer, a touch sensor over the insulating layer, a passivation layer covering the touch sensor, and a second substrate disposed over the passivation layer, wherein a plurality of concave portions are formed in the insulating layer and the concave portions are filled with the passivation layer to form adhesive reinforcing portion. |
| US11903249B2 |
Display device and method of fabricating the same
A display device includes a base layer including a first surface and a second surface, pixels and first lines that are disposed on the first surface, second lines disposed on the second surface and corresponding to the first lines, a multi-layered etch stopper layer disposed on the first surface and disposed between the base layer and the first lines, and via holes penetrating the base layer and the multi-layered etch stopper layer, the via holes connecting the first lines to the second lines. The multi-layered etch stopper layer includes a first etch stopper layer disposed on the first surface and surrounding each of the via holes, the first etch stopper layer including an inorganic layer, and a second etch stopper layer entirely disposed on the first surface including the first etch stopper layer, the second etch stopper layer being open in a region corresponding to the via holes. |
| US11903239B2 |
Display device, and method for manufacturing display device
A display device includes the following: a base substrate; a light-emitting element on the base substrate with a TFT layer interposed therebetween, the light-emitting element forming a display region; a sealing film covering the light-emitting element and having a stack of, in sequence, first and second inorganic insulating films; a frame region surrounding the display region; a cut disposed in the frame region so as to partly cut the display region; a cut-peripheral wall disposed in the frame region between the display region and the cut, and extending along the boundary of the display region; an evaporated film between the cut-peripheral wall and the first inorganic insulating film; and an organic buffer layer disposed on a surface of the cut-peripheral wall and interposed between the first and second inorganic insulating films. |
| US11903232B2 |
Light-emitting device comprising charge-generation layer between light-emitting units
A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes an intermediate layer, a first light-emitting unit, and a second light-emitting unit. The intermediate layer includes a region interposed between the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit. The intermediate layer has a function of supplying an electron to one of the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit and supplying a hole to the other. The first light-emitting unit includes a first light-emitting layer, the first light-emitting layer includes a first light-emitting material, the second light-emitting unit includes a second light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer includes a second light-emitting material, the second light-emitting layer has a first distance from the first light-emitting layer, and the first distance is longer than or equal to 5 nm and shorter than or equal to 65 nm. |
| US11903227B2 |
Light-emitting element, display device, electronic device, and lighting device
A light-emitting element containing a fluorescent material and having high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting element contains the fluorescent material and a host material. The host material contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The first organic compound and the second organic compound can form an exciplex. The minimum value of a distance between centroids of the fluorescent material and at least one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is 0.7 nm or more and 5 nm or less. |
| US11903226B2 |
Photoelectric conversion element and imaging device
A photoelectric conversion element includes a first electrode including a plurality of electrodes independent from each other, a second electrode disposed to be opposed to the first electrode, an n-type photoelectric conversion layer including a semiconductor nanoparticle, and a semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor material. The semiconductor layer is provided between the first electrode and the n-type photoelectric conversion layer. The n-type photoelectric conversion layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. A carrier density of the n-type photoelectric conversion layer is higher than a carrier density of the semiconductor layer. |
| US11903223B2 |
Thin film transistors and related fabrication techniques
Methods and apparatuses for thin film transistors and related fabrication techniques are described. The thin film transistors may access two or more decks of memory cells disposed in a cross-point architecture. The fabrication techniques may use one or more patterns of vias formed at a top layer of a composite stack, which may facilitate building the thin film transistors within the composite stack while using a reduced number of processing steps. Different configurations of the thin film transistors may be built using the fabrication techniques by utilizing different groups of the vias. Further, circuits and components of a memory device (e.g., decoder circuitry, interconnects between aspects of one or more memory arrays) may be constructed using the thin film transistors as described herein along with related via-based fabrication techniques. |
| US11903218B2 |
Bonded memory devices and methods of making the same
At least a portion of a memory cell is formed over a first substrate and at least a portion of a steering element or word or bit line of the memory cell is formed over a second substrate. The at least a portion of the memory cell is bonded to at least a portion of a steering element or word or bit line. At least one of the first or second substrate may be removed after the bonding. |
| US11903217B2 |
Ferroelectric memory device with a metal layer having a crystal orientation for improving ferroelectric polarization and method for forming the ferroelectric memory device
An integrated chip including a semiconductor layer over a substrate. A pair of source/drains are arranged along the semiconductor layer. A first metal layer is over the substrate. A second metal layer is over the first metal layer. A ferroelectric layer is over the second metal layer. The first metal layer has a first crystal orientation and the second metal layer has a second crystal orientation different from the first crystal orientation. |
| US11903209B2 |
Vertical semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A vertical semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same may include forming an alternating stack of dielectric layers and sacrificial layers over a lower structure, forming an opening by etching the alternating stack, forming a non-conformal blocking layer on the alternating stack in which the opening is formed, adsorbing a deposition inhibitor on a surface of the blocking layer to convert the non-conformal blocking layer into a conformal blocking layer on which the deposition inhibitor is adsorbed, and forming a charge storage layer on the conformal blocking layer. |
| US11903208B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method of the semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor memory device are provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a doped semiconductor pattern including a body portion and a first protrusion protruding from the body portion in a first direction, a first channel pattern disposed on a top surface of the first protrusion and extending in the first direction, a first memory pattern surrounding a sidewall of the first channel pattern and extending on a sidewall of the first protrusion, and interlayer insulating layers and conductive patterns alternately stacked on each other in the first direction. |
| US11903207B2 |
Method for writing data of a first memory cell transistor of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device that have a new structure are provided, in which memory cells are laminated in a three dimensional state so that the chip area may be reduced. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device of the present invention is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device that has a plurality of the memory strings, in which a plurality of electrically programmable memory cells is connected in series. The memory strings comprise a pillar shaped semiconductor; a first insulation film formed around the pillar shaped semiconductor; a charge storage layer formed around the first insulation film; the second insulation film formed around the charge storage layer; and first or nth electrodes formed around the second insulation film (n is natural number more than 1). The first or nth electrodes of the memory strings and the other first or nth electrodes of the memory strings are respectively the first or nth conductor layers that are spread in a two dimensional state. |
| US11903202B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a semiconductor layer including a plurality of metal atoms on a substrate, and forming a first layer including a plurality of silicon atoms and a plurality of nitrogen atoms on the semiconductor layer. The method further includes transferring at least some of the metal atoms in the semiconductor layer into the first layer. and removing the first layer after transferring the at least some of the metal atoms in the semiconductor layer into the first layer. Furthermore, a ratio of a number of the nitrogen atoms relative to a number of the silicon atoms and the nitrogen atoms in the first layer is smaller than 4/7. |
| US11903200B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method for fabricating the semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device may include a core pillar extended in a vertical direction, a channel layer having a first region covering a portion of a side surface of the core pillar and a second region covering the other portion of the side surface of the core pillar and a bottom surface of the core pillar, the second region abutting the first region, and a channel passivation layer formed in the first region of the channel layer and abutting the core pillar. |
| US11903197B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes gate electrodes and insulating layers spaced apart from each other on a substrate and alternately stacked in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and channel structures that extend through stack structures. Ones of the structures include a channel insulating layer, a pad layer on the channel insulating layer, and a channel layer. The channel layer includes a first channel region, and a second channel region including a semiconductor material having a length shorter than a length of the first channel region and having an impurity concentration of a first conductivity type and the pad layer includes a semiconductor material doped with a second conductivity type impurity. A height level of a lower surface of the second channel region is lower than a height level of a lower surface of a first erase gate electrode. |
| US11903196B2 |
Microelectronic devices including tiered stacks including conductive structures isolated by slot structures, and related electronic systems and methods
A microelectronic device comprises a stack structure comprising a stack structure comprising a vertically alternating sequence of conductive structures and insulative structures arranged in tiers, the stack structure divided into block structures separated from one another by slot structures, strings of memory cells vertically extending through the block structures of the stack structure, the strings of memory cells individually comprising a channel material vertically extending through the stack structure, an additional stack structure vertically overlying the stack structure and comprising a vertical sequence of additional conductive structures and additional insulative structures arranged in additional tiers, first pillars extending through the additional stack structure and vertically overlying the strings of memory cells, each of the first pillars horizontally offset from a center of a corresponding string of memory cells, second pillars extending through the additional stack structure and vertically overlying the strings of memory cells, and additional slot structures comprising a dielectric material extending through at least a portion of the additional stack structure and sub-dividing each of the block structures into sub-block structures, the additional slot structures horizontally neighboring the first pillars. Related microelectronic devices, electronic systems, and methods are also described. |
| US11903193B2 |
Two dimensional structure to control flash operation and methods for forming the same
A MOSFET device and method of making, the device including a floating gate layer formed within a trench in a substrate, a tunnel dielectric layer located on sidewalls and a bottom of the trench, a control gate dielectric layer located on a top surface of the floating gate layer, a control gate layer located on a top surface of the control gate dielectric layer and sidewall spacers located on sidewalls of the control gate dielectric layer and the control gate layer. |
| US11903191B2 |
Embedded flash memory device with floating gate embedded in a substrate
An embedded flash memory device includes a gate stack, which includes a bottom dielectric layer extending into a recess in a semiconductor substrate, and a charge storage layer over the bottom dielectric layer. The charge storage layer includes a portion in the recess. The gate stack further includes a top dielectric layer over the charge storage layer, and a metal gate over the top dielectric layer. Source and drain regions are in the semiconductor substrate, and are on opposite sides of the gate stack. |
| US11903189B2 |
Three-dimensional memory and fabricating method thereof
Three-dimensional memories are provided. A three-dimensional memory includes a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of source lines. The memory cells are divided into a plurality of groups, and the groups of memory cells are formed in respective levels stacked along a first direction. The word lines extend along a second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. Each of the bit lines includes a plurality of sub-bit lines formed in the respective levels. Each of the source lines includes a plurality of sub-source lines formed in respective levels. In each of the levels, the memory cells of the corresponding group are arranged in a plurality of columns, and the sub-bit lines and the sub-source lines are alternately arranged between two adjacent columns. |
| US11903181B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate comprising a peripheral region and a memory region defined thereon, a first dielectric layer disposed on the substrate, a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, an opening on the peripheral region of the substrate and having a lower portion through the first dielectric layer and an upper portion through the second dielectric layer, an interconnecting structure disposed on the second dielectric layer and two sides of the opening, a contact structure disposed in the lower portion of the opening, and a spacer covering a top surface of the contact structure, a sidewall of the second dielectric layer, and a sidewall of the interconnecting structure. |
| US11903169B2 |
Portable electronic device
The disclosure provides a portable electronic device, including: a housing, a heat dissipation component, a bracket, a cover structure, and a plurality of pivotal linkage rods. The housing includes a heat dissipation opening. The heat dissipation component is disposed in the housing and corresponds to the heat dissipation opening. The bracket is disposed in the housing and encloses the heat dissipation component. The cover structure is configured to move between a close position covering the heat dissipation opening and an open position exposing the heat dissipation opening. Each of the plurality of pivotal linkage rods is pivotally connected between the bracket and the cover structure, and is configured to be driven to rotate, to drive the cover structure to move between the close position and the open position. |
| US11903165B2 |
Liquid cooling nodes packaging in a server chassis
A fluid distribution system is incorporated into a server chassis. Connector plates have fluid connectors designed to connect with fluid cooling receptacles on server boards. A linkage system can be manually manipulated to translate the connector plates so as to engage the electronics boards and connect the fluid connectors to the receptacle. A pair of main connectors connect to the rack's fluid manifold to circulate cooling fluid to cool devices mounted onto the server boards. A locking mechanism can be included to mechanically lock the chassis to the rack to prevent accidental dismount of the chassis from the rack. Also, an anchor mechanism may be provided to apply counter force when engaging the connector plates with the server boards so as to prevent accidental dismount of the server board by the moving connector plate. |
| US11903164B2 |
Heat dissipation apparatus, device, rack, and system
A heat dissipation apparatus includes a heat-conducting plate, where a liquid channel is disposed on a first surface of the heat-conducting plate; a mounting base, where an accommodation cavity configured to accommodate a partial area that is in the heat-conducting plate and that includes a second surface is disposed on the mounting base. The first surface and the second surface are disposed opposite to each other. A pressing plate is configured to fasten the heat-conducting plate in the accommodation cavity. The pressing plate is detachably and firmly connected to the mounting base, a sealing cavity is formed between the pressing plate and the first surface of the heat-conducting plate, and the sealing cavity is configured to accommodate the liquid channel A liquid inlet connector and a liquid outlet connector that are connected to the liquid channel are disposed on the pressing plate. |
| US11903160B2 |
Apparatus and methods of passive cooling electronic components
An electronic component heat dissipation apparatus and methods having a heat dissipation housing. The heat dissipation housing having an external wall and an internal wall defining outer chamber therebetween. The internal wall defines an internal chamber having an airflow inlet opening and an airflow outlet opening. The housing is aligned with at least one electronic component so as to define a thermal chimney through the internal chamber for the flow of heated air. The external wall has at least one external air opening configured to allow external air into the outer chamber. The internal wall has a plurality of heat dissipation nozzles. Each heat dissipation nozzle has an external air inlet opening located within the internal wall and an external air outlet opening located within the internal chamber. The diameter of the external air inlet opening is greater than the diameter of the external air outlet opening. This allows external air to be pushed and/or pulled through the plurality of heat dissipation nozzles from the outer chamber into the internal chamber at an increasing velocity. The external air is then mixed with the flow of heated air thereby increasing the speed of the flow of heated air though the internal chamber. |
| US11903159B2 |
Electronic device and power distribution module
An electronic device includes a device body and a power distribution module. The power distribution module includes a main body, a handle, at least one first frame and at least one first elastic member. The main body is detachably disposed on the device body. The handle is rotatably connected to the main body. The at least one first frame is slidably disposed on the device body. The at least one first elastic member is connected between the device body and the at least one first frame. The at least one first frame blocks the handle by an elastic force of the at least one first elastic member, so that the main body is limited on the device body. In addition, a power distribution module suitable for the electronic device is also provided. |
| US11903158B2 |
Display support system and method for the use thereof
A display support system includes a support rail extending in a first direction and at least one support bar carried by the support rail. The support bar is moveable relative to the support rail in at least the first and second directions. A mounting member is engaged with the support bar, with the mounting member being adapted to be coupled to a display. A method for mounting an array of displays on a wall, and a support cart for mounting a display, are also provided. |
| US11903153B2 |
Display assembly for an imaging device
A display assembly for an imaging device including a display panel, a display, a first control unit, a second control unit and a thermally insulating layer, and a housing. The thermally insulating layer divides the housing in at least a first cavity including the first control unit and a second cavity including the second control unit. The thermally insulating layer preventing heat generated in the first cavity or the second cavity from reaching the other cavity and including an electrically conductive material to at least partially shield electromagnetic radiation generated in the first or the second cavity from reaching the other cavity. |
| US11903151B2 |
Accessory storage case
A storage system includes a protective housing member configured to mate with a handheld electronic device. The protective housing member includes a charging area formed between a surface of the protective housing member and a surface of an accessory item of the handheld electronic device. The charging area is configured to charge the accessory item of the handheld electronic device. The charging area is powered by at last one power component of the protective housing member or at least one power component of the handheld electronic device. The storage system further includes at least one integrated circuit which is either a component of the handheld electronic device or a component of the protective housing member. |
| US11903150B2 |
Housing structure and foldable display device having the same
A display device includes a display panel and a housing structure foldable together with each other, each including a first unfolded portion, a first folded portion, a second unfolded portion, a second folded portion and a third unfolded portion in order along a first direction, and first and second end portions respectively corresponding to outer edges of the third and second unfolded portions. The second end portion of the housing structure further includes a body portion, edge portions extended from the body portion and facing each other along a second direction, and a first protruding portion between the edge portions and protruded further from the edge portions in a direction away from the body portion. The display panel which is folded disposes the first protruding portion of the second end portion facing the display panel at the second unfolded portion thereof. |
| US11903147B2 |
Electronic device including housing and method of producing the housing
An electronic device and method for forming a housing of the same is disclosed. The electronic device includes: a housing including: a first plate forming a front surface of the housing, a second plate integrally forming a rear surface and side surface of the housing, wherein a space is enclosed between the front surface, side surface and rear surface, and wherein the second plate includes a first surface forming the side and rear surfaces of the housing, and a second surface disposed opposite to the first surface, and a display disposed in the space and at least partially visible through the first plate, wherein at least a portion of the second surface includes a pattern having surface roughness having a height of 0.1 μm to 1 μm. |
| US11903141B2 |
Method for manufacturing wiring board
A method for manufacturing a wiring board in which the adhesion between an underlayer and a seed layer is improved. A diffusion layer in which an element forming the underlayer and an element forming a coating layer are mutually diffused is formed between the underlayer and a wiring portion of the coating layer by irradiating the wiring portion with a laser beam. A seed layer is formed by removing a portion excluding the wiring portion of the coating layer from the underlayer. A metal layer is formed by disposing a solid electrolyte membrane between an anode and the seed layer and applying voltage between the anode and the underlayer. An exposed portion without the seed layer of the underlayer is removed from an insulating substrate. |
| US11903140B2 |
Fold flex circuit for LNOP
Various sensors and methods of assembling sensors are described. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly includes a first end, a body portion, and a second end. The first end can include a neck portion and a connector portion and the second end can include a flap, a first component, a neck portion, and a second component. A method is also described for sensor folding. The method can include using a circuit with an attached emitter and a detector that is separated by a portion of the circuit. The method can also include folding the portion of the circuit such that a first fold is created through the emitter and folding the portion of the circuit such that a second fold is created such that the first fold and second fold form an angle. |
| US11903137B2 |
Clinch mechanism for assembling a printed circuit board with electronic components
A clinch mechanism for assembling a printed circuit board with electronic components includes a drive shaft configured to move along a vertical axis, a stationary anvil configured to remain stationary during movement of the drive shaft, a cutter having a cutting tip, and a toggle configured to rotate about a toggle rotation axis that includes an involute gear shaped tooth configured to roll across an involute trapezoidal slot of the cutter in order to impart movement on the cutter relative to the stationary anvil. Movement of the drive shaft along the linear axis is configured to move the cutter relative to the stationary anvil, and to move the cutting tip across the stationary anvil to cut an electronic lead located between the cutting tip and the stationary anvil, and to rotate the toggle about the axis. |
| US11903132B2 |
Power electronic assembly having a laminate inlay and method of producing the power electronic assembly
A power electronic assembly includes a board having metal layers laminated onto or between electrically insulating layers, and a laminate inlay embedded in the board. A first metal layer provides electrical contacts at a first side of the board. A second metal layer provides a thermal contact at a second side of the board. A third metal layer is positioned between the first metal layer and the laminate inlay and configured to distribute a load current switched by the laminate inlay. A fourth metal layer is positioned between the second metal layer and the laminate inlay and configured as a primary thermal conduction path for heat generated by the laminate inlay during switching of the load current. A first electrically insulating layer separates the fourth metal layer from the second metal layer so that the fourth metal layer is electrically isolated from but thermally connected to the second metal layer. |
| US11903128B2 |
Wiring substrate
A wiring substrate includes an insulating layer, a conductor layer formed on a surface of the insulating layer such that the conductor layer includes a conductor pad, and a solder resist layer formed on the surface of the insulating layer such that the solder resist layer is covering the conductor layer and having an opening exposing the conductor pad. The conductor pad of the conductor layer has a substantially rectangular planar shape such that the conductor pads has a main surface, a pair of long sides, a pair of short sides and four corner portions, and the solder resist layer is formed such that the opening is exposing side surfaces at the long sides and 50% or more of the main surface and that the solder resist layer is covering side surfaces at the short sides. |
| US11903126B2 |
Laminate, electronic component, and laminate production method
The laminate of the present disclosure includes multiple glass ceramic layers each containing quartz and a glass that contains SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3, and M2O, where M is an alkali metal. The B concentration of a surface layer portion of the laminate is lower than the B concentration of an inner layer portion of the laminate. |
| US11903123B1 |
Common-mode filtering for converting differential signaling to single-ended signaling
An interface in a communications system includes a physical layer transceiver (PHY) for coupling to a wireline channel medium, and for coupling to a functional device via a single-ended cable. The PHY is an integrated circuit (IC) device having first and second differential input/output (I/O) conductors for coupling to the functional device, an impedance element configured to terminate a first one of the differential I/O conductors to a system ground, a second one of the differential I/O conductors being coupled to the single-ended cable, and a common-mode filter coupled to both of the differential I/O conductors. The PHY may further include a printed circuit board (PCB), with the IC device being mounted on the PCB, the first and second differential I/O conductors being signal traces on the PCB. The single-ended cable may be a coaxial cable. |
| US11903122B2 |
Anti-interference circuit board and terminal
An anti-interference circuit board and a terminal, where the anti-interference circuit board includes a substrate having a first surface and a first region for placing a magnetometer is disposed on the first surface. A plurality of circuit layers are disposed in the substrate in a stacked manner. The first functional circuit and the second functional circuit are disposed to compensate for interference to the magnetometer in the first region, and during disposing, the first functional circuit and the second functional circuit are located below the magnetometer to reduce an occupied surface area of the anti-interference circuit board. |
| US11903112B2 |
Lighting management system, lighting management method, and program
The lighting management system includes: a judgement unit configured to judge whether or not a lighting state around a vehicle based on a first lighting apparatus and a second lighting apparatus meets a first reference for a light amount and a second reference for at least one of a lighting range, a lighting color, and a flashing state; a first control unit configured to control the light amount of at least one of the first lighting apparatus and the second lighting apparatus so that the lighting state is brought to meet the first reference; and a second control unit configured to control at least one of the lighting range, the lighting color, and the flashing state of at least one of the first lighting apparatus and the second lighting apparatus so that the lighting state is brought to meet the second reference. |
| US11903111B2 |
Matrix light source for a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a matrix light source comprising a plurality of elementary light sources with light-emitting semiconductor elements, and a common substrate that is in contact with an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit is configured to delay, for a predetermined duration, the light-up of the elementary sources, upon receiving a light-up command. |
| US11903110B2 |
Virtual and parallel power extraction method by using time division
A virtual and parallel power extraction method by using time division, comprising an alternating current load (1), a load end time-division power extraction control device (2), a switch end time-division power extraction control device (3), and a switch end power supply load (4). The alternating current load (1) is connected in parallel with the load end time-division power extraction control device (2); the switch end time-division power extraction control device (3) is connected in parallel with the switch end power supply load (4); a combination body formed by connecting the alternating current load (1) with the load end time-division power extraction control device (2) in parallel and the combination body formed by connecting the switch end time-division power extraction control device (3) with the switch end power supply load (4) in parallel are together connected in series in an alternating current circuit. The present invention provides an efficient power extraction method between an electronic switch and a connected load on the premise of having no a neutral line, and particularly solves the problem that the electronic switch is falsely turned off or incompletely turned off for a low-power LED lamp. |
| US11903109B2 |
Dimming control method, dimming control circuit and power converter thereof
A method of controlling a power convertor to perform diming control for a light-emitting diode (LED) load, can include: adjusting a length of a switching period of the power converter in accordance with a dimming signal; and controlling the power converter to generate a drive current corresponding to the dimming signal. |
| US11903106B2 |
LED flashing circuit
A circuit for driving a light-emitting diode (LED) load and a direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter includes a first sampling sub-circuit, a driving circuit. The first sampling sub-circuit is configured to generate a current signal representing a load current of the LED load. The driving circuit is configured to receive a brightness adjustment signal and a frequency adjustment signal; generate a first control signal, based on the current signal and the brightness adjustment signal, for controlling an output current of the DC-DC converter; and generate a second control signal, based on the frequency adjustment signal, for controlling a switching frequency of the LED load. |
| US11903104B2 |
Controller for controlling a plurality of lighting units of a lighting system and a method thereof
A method (400) of controlling a plurality of lighting units (112, 114) of a lighting system (100) is disclosed. The method (400) comprises receiving (402) a first input indicative of that a light scene of a first type has been activated, receiving (404) a second input indicative of a dimming command for the plurality of lighting units (112, 114), obtaining (406) data indicative of functions of the plurality of lighting units (112, 114), wherein a first lighting unit (112) has a first function to provide ambient lighting and a second lighting unit (114) has a second function to provide functional lighting, and, if the light scene of the first type is active, controlling (408) the first lighting unit (112) based on the dimming command according to a first dimming profile, wherein the first dimming profile for the first lighting unit (112) is based on the first function, and simultaneously controlling (408) the second lighting unit (114) based on the dimming command according to a second dimming profile different from the first profile, wherein the second dimming profile for the second lighting unit (114) is based on the second function. |
| US11903099B2 |
Vaporizer of an electronic vaping device and method of forming a vaporizer
A method of forming a vaporizer of an electronic vaping device includes applying a porous material to at least one surface of a heating element to form a coating thereon. The heating element is formed of a conductive material. |
| US11903096B2 |
Method for operating a heating element
The invention relates to a method for operating a heating element (210), in particular in a food processor (1) for the at least partially automatic preparation of foodstuffs, wherein the following steps are performed: a) detecting an electrical resistance of the heating element (210) such that at least one resistance value is determined, b) performing a heating operation on the heating element (210) based on the at least one determined resistance value to perform the heating operation depending on a temperature of the heating element (210). |
| US11903091B2 |
Method for employing keychain storage in client device to retrieve critical information for reinstalled applications
A system and a method are provided for a client device for use with a Wi-Fi network device, a first external server, and a second external server. The client device includes a memory having a non-critical portion configured to store non-critical data and a keychain storage portion configured to store encrypted data and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the client device to: wirelessly associate with the Wi-Fi network device; store Wi-Fi network device data associated with configuring the Wi-Fi network device in the first external server; migrate the Wi-Fi network device data from the first external server to the second external server via the client device; and store migration status information in the keychain storage portion of the memory. |
| US11903086B2 |
System and method for providing mobile services via virtual roaming
An example operation may include one or more of transmitting, via a virtual network, a message to a home network informing the home network that a home network subscriber device is roaming on the virtual network, activating, via the virtual network, a mobile subscription for the home network subscriber device on the virtual network, receiving, via the virtual network, a call for the home network subscriber device that is routed from the home network, routing the call from the virtual network to the home network subscriber device with the activated mobile subscription, wherein the routing further comprises executing, via the virtual network, value added services while routing the call from the virtual network to the home network subscriber device, generating, via the virtual network, a record of the executed value added services, and submitting, via the virtual network, the generated record to the home network. |
| US11903084B2 |
Sidelink discovery-related operation method in wireless communication system
One embodiment is a sidelink discovery-related UE operation method in a wireless communication system, the operation method comprising the steps in which: the UE generates a discovery message; and the UE transmits the discovery message, wherein the discovery message is delivered to a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer through a logical channel (LCH), and the LCH has a fixed Logical Channel Identity (LCID) and a fixed priority for the discovery. |
| US11903082B2 |
Discontinuous reception method, terminal device and network device
Disclosed by the present application are a discontinuous reception method, terminal device and network device, the method including: a first terminal device determining a target discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle used for the first terminal device to detect a DRX indication signal during a DRX indication cycle which is used for DRX indication signal detection, the DRX indication cycle comprising N DRX cycles, the DRX indication signal being used to indicate that the first terminal device wakes up or sleeps during an activation period of the N DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected; a first terminal device detecting a DRX indication signal sent by a network device in the target DRX cycle; the first terminal device waking up or sleeping according to the DRX indication signal during the activation period of the N DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected. |
| US11903080B2 |
Method and apparatus for discontinuous reception operations of sidelink groupcast/broadcast
Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a first UE includes: determining whether to initiate a SL DRX operation for a SL groupcast/broadcast operation; identifying at least one of a SL DRX cycle length, a SL DRX start offset, and SL DRX timers for the SL groupcast/broadcast operation; identifying, based on at least one of a destination ID and the SL DRX start offset, a time instance in which a SL DRX cycle starts, wherein the time instance comprises at least one of a slot, a subframe, and a frame; and receiving, from a second UE belongs to the destination ID, a PSCCH and a PSSCH based on the at least one of the SL DRX cycle length, the SL DRX start offset, the destination ID, and the SL DRX timers. |
| US11903076B2 |
Method and apparatus for setting timer value in network
A method for setting a value of an inactivity timer for transitioning between states of a data session in a network comprising a first entity and a second entity providing network analytics is provided. The method includes obtaining, by the second entity, input data comprising communication description information for at least one user equipment (UE), and providing, by the second entity to the first entity, output analytics generated based on the input data, the output analytics comprising UE communications analytics for each data session where the output analytics are used to determining whether to update a value of an inactivity timer for a data session. |
| US11903073B2 |
Dynamic adjustment method and apparatus for PDU session
A method for a protocol data unit (PDU) session includes a step of a first core network device obtaining a first message from a first server. The first core network device generates a first parameter based on the first message. A terminal device obtains a measurement result based on the first parameter and sends the measurement result to the first core network device. The first core network device obtains a second parameter based on the measurement result, and the second core network device configures the second parameter to dynamically adjust the PDU session based on location or time information with reference to the second parameter. |
| US11903071B2 |
Beam failure recovery and related timing determination techniques
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for beam failure detection and related timing determinations, such as for applying a default beam after beam failure recovery response (BFRR) message. A method by a user equipment (UE) may include detecting failure of a beam associated with a first cell. The detecting can include performing beam failure detection (BFD) of a beam pair link (BPL) associated with the first cell (e.g., secondary cell (Scell)). The first cell can be in carrier aggregation (CA) with a second cell. The UE may send a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) message on a second cell (e.g., a primary cell (Pcell)). The BFRQ message can include a candidate recovery beam for the first cell. The UE can receive a BFRR message on the second cell and determine a duration from reception of the BFRR message until using a default beam for communications on the first cell. |
| US11903070B2 |
Methods and apparatus for using redundant links in wireless backhaul
A wireless access node of a radio access network (RAN) that communicates over a radio interface with a wireless terminal. The wireless access node comprises transmitter circuitry and receiver circuitry. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit at least one message to the wireless terminal. The at least one message is configured to activate a first signaling data path and a second signaling data path. The first signaling data path and the second signaling data path are established between the wireless access node and the wireless terminal. Signaling data on the first signaling data path is relayed by a wireless relay node. |
| US11903069B2 |
Beam failure recovery in secondary cells
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media, are provided for indicating beam failure detection (BFD) and/or beam failure recovery (BFR) information for secondary cells (SCells). Disclosed embodiments enable BFD/BFR reporting for SCells with only downlink or with both downlink and uplink to recover from link failure and/or beam failure. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US11903063B2 |
Complete basic service set (BSS) update report indication for multi-link device (MLD) access points
A method is provided in which an AP of a MLD AP device may decide to include all out-of-link BSS parameters updates in a beacon frame (beacon). A flag is included in the beacon frame to indicate that all updates are included in the beacon frame and thus the client device that receives the beacon frame should not send probe request frames (probe requests) to obtain these updates. Thus, a non-AP MLD that receives a beacon frame with the above indication and that has all critical BSS parameters corresponding to the Change Sequence Number (CSN) that preceded the updates indicated by the AP, should not send probe requests to obtain the updated parameters. The number of bits to assign to the complete BSS Update Report Indication flag may vary depending on the number of updates to be reported. |
| US11903055B2 |
Terminal and communication method for controlling transmission based on transmission density
The user equipment comprises a reception unit configured to receive allocation information of reference signals from a base station apparatus or a first user equipment, the reference signals being used in a device-to-device direct communication; a control unit for determining a device-to-device direct communication signal based on the allocation information of reference signals used in the device-to-device direct communication; and a transmitter configured to transmit the determined device-to-device direct communication signal to a second user equipment, wherein the allocation information of reference signals used in the device-to-device direct communication includes a transmission density of the reference signals used in the device-to-device direct communication. |
| US11903051B2 |
Network nodes and methods therein for enabling a switch between feeder links for an airbourne or orbital communication node in a non-terrestrial communications network
A method performed by a first network node (101) for enabling a second feeder link (132) to be established between a second network node (102) and an airborne or orbital communication node (110) in non-terrestrial communications network (100) to handle wireless devices (121) being served by the airborne or orbital communication node (110) is provided. The first network node (101) is handling the wireless devices (121) served by the airborne or orbital communication node (110) over a first feeder link (131) between the first network node (101) and the airborne or orbital communication node (110). The method comprises determining (701) that the wireless devices served by the airborne or orbital communication node (110) are to be handled by the second network node (102) over the second feeder link (132). Also, the method comprises initiating (702) the second feeder link (132) to be established between the second network node (102) and the airborne or orbital communication node (110). Further, a first network node (101) for enabling a second feeder link (132) to be established between a second network node (102) and an airborne or orbital communication node (110) in non-terrestrial communications network (100) to handle wireless devices (121) being served by the airborne or orbital communication node (110) is also provided. A second network node and a method therein, as well as, computer programs and carriers are further provided. |
| US11903047B2 |
Service-based policy for cellular communications
A system uses deep packet inspection and a services policy database to select policy control functions based on services associated with a packet data session rather than an access point name or data network name. As a packet data session is initiated, a system management function (SMF) determines a service associated with the session and routes a policy request to one of several policy control functions (PCF or PCRF) depending on the service. Policies specific to the service may be chosen and enforced at the selected PCF/PCRF. |
| US11903040B2 |
Method and apparatus for communication establishment for wireless power transfer
A connection establishment method, performed by an electric vehicle (EV) being supplied power from a power supply device, may include scanning beacon broadcast in a low-level communication scheme from a plurality of chargers; selecting a beacon signal having a minimum signal attenuation by calculating signal attenuations for a plurality of scanned beacon signals; and establishing a communication connection with an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) associated with a charger transmitting the beacon signal having the minimum signal attenuation. |
| US11903039B2 |
Random access method and random access apparatus
A random access method, a random access apparatus, an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: initiating random access by transmitting a preamble and an identity to a base station; receiving a message fed back by the base station for the preamble and the identity, in which the message includes at least one information unit, and different information units are configured to indicate different results of initiating random access through the user equipment; and performing an operation corresponding to a result of initiating random access indicated by the information unit in the message. |
| US11903036B2 |
Method for determining random access resource, terminal device, and network device
The embodiments of the present application relate to a method for determining a random access resource, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, Quasi Co-Located (QCL) information or position information of a target Synchronization Signal Block (SSB); and determining, by the terminal device, a set of target random access resources corresponding to the target SSB based on a correspondence between QCL information or position information of SSBs and sets of random access resources. A random access resource in the set of target random access resources is used for the terminal device to perform a random access process. The position indexes of at least two SSBs with a QCL relationship in the correspondence correspond to a same set of random access resources. |
| US11903033B2 |
Random access method and communication device
Disclosed are a random access method and a communication device. The method includes determining a first scrambling sequence according to at least one of a first random access preamble index or a first synchronization signal block index. The method also includes performing a first scrambling or descrambling process on a data channel in a first message in a random access procedure according to the first scrambling sequence. The first scrambling or descrambling process includes scrambling or descrambling performed on an encoded information bit on the data channel. |
| US11903032B2 |
Downlink data transmission in RRC inactive mode
An apparatus receives a small data transmission during an RRC inactive mode, without transitioning the UE to an RRC connected mode. The UE receives a page from a base station for a downlink data transmission while in the RRC inactive mode. The page may indicate a downlink data transmission to occur without transitioning the UE to an RRC connected mode and may indicate a RACH preamble to the UE. The UE transmits a random access preamble to the base station in response to the page and receives a downlink data packet from the base station while remaining in the RRC inactive mode. |
| US11903026B2 |
Positioning method by user device in wireless communication system
An aspect of the present disclosure provides a method by a user device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration information; performing listen-to-talk (LBT) for an unlicensed band; on the basis of the PRS configuration information, transmitting a first PRS to an anchor node (AN) on a channel in an idle state according to the LBT, among multiple channels included in the unlicensed band; and on the basis of the PRS configuration information, receiving a second PRS from the AN on the channel, wherein the first PRS is transmitted immediately after the LBT is performed. |
| US11903025B2 |
Wireless communication method and base station
A wireless communications method for connecting a base station with each of a plurality of terminal stations, the base station being equipped with a plurality of wireless communications units each configured to be able to selectively enable or disable an RTS/CTS function and a NoACK function and connectable with one or more of the terminal stations, includes: a collection step of collecting information as to whether each of the terminal stations is a hidden terminal and information about transmission characteristics of each of the terminal stations; a policy calculation step of calculating a setting policy for enabling or disabling the RTS/CTS function and the NoACK function for each of the wireless communications units and a switching policy for setting a condition for switching that one of the wireless communications units which is to be connected, for each of the terminal stations, based on the collected information; and a setting step of setting those of the terminal stations which are to be connected, for each of the wireless communications units based on the calculated setting policy and switching policy. |
| US11903021B2 |
Two-step random access physical uplink shared channel allocation over multiple resource block sets
A UE receives a configuration for a message A (Msg A) physical random access channel (PRACH) over a resource block (RB) set for a two-step random access channel (RACH) operation and receives one or more parameters for a Msg A physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) configuration. The UE transmits a Msg A in a configured Msg A PRACH occasion and a Msg A PUSCH resource based on an RB set for the Msg A PRACH and the one or more parameters for the Msg A PUSCH configuration. |
| US11903018B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing uplink channel transmission in wireless cellular communication system
Disclosed are a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety related services) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for performing uplink transmission in a wireless communication system. |
| US11903017B2 |
Wireless network configuration for low-latency applications
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for low-latency communications in wireless networks. In some implementations, a wireless station (STA) may transmit a data session request to a root access point (AP) in a wireless network responsive to activating an application associated with latency restricted (LR) data traffic. In some aspects, the data session request may indicate one or more preferred channels to carry the LR data traffic. In some other aspects, the data session request may indicate one or more preferred times to exchange the LR data traffic. In some implementations, the root AP may establish an LR data path with the STA based on the preferred time or frequency resources indicated in the data session request. The LR data path may include time or frequency resources that are reserved for LR data traffic between the root AP and the STA. |
| US11903016B2 |
Electronic devices and method for use in resource management devices, databases and objects
Disclosed in the present disclosure are an electronic device and method for use in a resource management device, an electronic device and method for use in a resource management database, and an electronic device and method for use in a resource management object. The electronic device for use in a resource management device comprises a processing circuit, which is configured to: determine a resource usage behavior pattern of a resource management object within a specific time range and a specific space range; allocate a wireless resource to the resource management object according to the resource usage behavior pattern. |
| US11903015B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring transmission priority for direct communication in wireless communication system
A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), in a wireless communication system includes: obtaining sidelink logical channel configuration information corresponding to a logical channel and including a sidelink logical channel priority (sl-priority) parameter; selecting a destination associated with one of unicast, groupcast, and broadcast, based on the sidelink logical channel configuration information and sl-priority configured for each of at least one logical channel including sidelink data available for transmission; allocating sidelink resources to at least one logical channel corresponding to the destination based on the sl-priority configured for each of the at least one logical channel corresponding to the destination; multiplexing sidelink data included in the at least one logical channel corresponding to the destination to a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU); and transmitting the MAC PDU to another UE using the sidelink resources. |
| US11903014B2 |
Transmission prioritization between uplink and sidelink
Apparatus and methods are provided for transmission prioritization between uplink and sidelink. In one novel aspect, transmission prioritization is performed between uplink data transmission and sidelink physical channel/signal transmissions, including feedback channel (PSFCH). In one embodiment, PSFCH transmission is prioritized over the UL transmission when the highest logic channel priority value of the UL transmission with available data is larger than a configured UL priority threshold. In another embodiment, the transmission of the PSFCH is prioritized over the transmission of the UL channel when the transmission of the PSFCH is prioritized over the transmission of the UL channel when a highest logic channel priority value of the UL transmission with available data is larger than a configured UL priority threshold and a highest logic channel priority value of the SL transmission for the transceiving SL channel is lower than a configured SL priority threshold; otherwise, the UL transmission is prioritized. |
| US11903004B2 |
Data transmission method, network device and terminal device
Disclosed are a data transmission method, a network device and a terminal device. The method comprises: sending resource configuration information to a terminal device, wherein the resource configuration information is used to indicate a plurality of resource sub-bands for transmitting data in a scheduling unit, each resource sub-band in the plurality of resource sub-bands is composed of continuous physical resource blocks in a frequency domain, and at least two resource sub-bands in the plurality of resource sub-bands have different sub-carrier intervals; and transmitting the data with the terminal device on the plurality of resource sub-bands. By means of the method, the network device and the terminal device of the embodiments of the present invention, it can be realized that the same terminal device uses a resource with different sub-carrier intervals to transmit data in one scheduling unit. |
| US11903003B2 |
Method and device used in UE and base station for wireless communication
The present disclosure provides a method and a device used in User Equipment (UE) and base station for wireless communication. The UE receives first information, the first information being used to indicate M frequency-domain resource blocks in N frequency subbands; performs a channel access detection on the N frequency subbands, the channel access detection is used to determine that N1 frequency subband(s) out of the N frequency subbands is(are) idle; then transmits a first radio signal in M1 frequency-domain resource block(s) in the N1 frequency subband(s); the M1 frequency-domain resource block(s) is(are) M1 frequency-domain resource block(s) belonging to the N1 frequency subband(s) in the M frequency-domain resource block(s); any two of the N frequency subbands are orthogonal, and any two of the M frequency-domain resource blocks are orthogonal in frequency domain; a first power value is used to determine transmit power of the first radio signal. |
| US11903001B2 |
Methods and apparatus for communicating data on the basis of tone plan
A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless LAN system are proposed. Specifically, an AP transmits control information to at least one STA. The AP transmits data to at least one STA or receives data from at least one STA, on the basis of the control information. The control information includes resource unit information for transmitting and receiving the data in a broadband. If the RU information is tone plan information for the full bandwidth of the broadband, the RU information includes allocation information that the broadband is composed of 12 guard tones, 4068 tones RU, 5 DC tones, and 11 guard tones. If the RU information is tone plan information to which OFDMA is applied for the broadband, the RU information includes allocation information that the broadband is composed of 12 guard tones, 2020 tones RU, 13 tones RU, 7 DC, 13 tones RU, 2020 tones RU, and 11 guard tones. |
| US11903000B2 |
Resource allocation for multicarrier communications
A wireless device may receive at least one control message. The at least one control message may comprise at least one pathloss reference parameter that may indicate a downlink carrier. |
| US11902996B2 |
Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) based on codeblock groups in new radio systems
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The UE may receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that schedules a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in a slot, and on a component carrier (CC) of a plurality of CCs. The PDCCH may include a total downlink assignment index (DAI) and a counter DAI for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback of the PDSCH. The total DAI may indicate a total number of pairs of CCs and slots for the HARQ-ACK feedback. The UE may encode the HARQ-ACK feedback to include a bit that indicates whether the PDSCH is successfully decoded. A size of the HARQ-ACK feedback may be based on the total DAI, and a position of the bit may be based on the counter DAI. |
| US11902994B2 |
Resource conflict
A method including transmitting, by a base station to a wireless device, one or more messages. The one or more messages may include first parameters of a first configured grant configuration of an uplink carrier of a cell and second parameters of a second configured grant configuration of the uplink carrier of the cell. The method may include determining as a selected uplink resource for receiving a power headroom report from the wireless device, based on a first priority of the first configured grant configuration and a second priority of the second configured grant configuration, one of a first resource associated with the first configured grant configuration or a second resource associated with the second configured grant configuration, wherein the first resource and the second resource overlap in one or more symbols. The method may include receiving the power headroom report via the selected uplink resource. |
| US11902992B2 |
Secondary cell in a wireless device and wireless network
A base station may communicate with a wireless device via a control channel group. Deactivation of a state of a control channel secondary cell, of the control channel group, may cause the wireless device to alter usage of the control channel group. |
| US11902989B2 |
Multicast broadcast services control channel reliability
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method includes receiving, from a base station and at the UE of a group of UEs, control signaling indicating a link between a first search space set and a second search space set used for a multicast broadcast service, where a first downlink control channel for the group of UEs is transmitted in the first search space set and a second downlink control channel is transmitted in the second search space set, monitoring the first search space set for a first instance of control information in the first downlink control channel and the second search space set for a second instance of the control information in the second downlink control channel, and decoding the first instance or the second instance of the control information, or both, based on the monitoring. |
| US11902988B2 |
Handling misalignment between arrival of critical data for transmission and transmission occasions of a configured grant
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for transmitting a mixture of critical and non-critical data in a wireless network. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises receiving a configured uplink grant that allocates uplink resources in a plurality of transmission time intervals and determining, at a time tarrival, that critical data is to be transmitted using the configured uplink grant, where a time tarrival+PT occurs after a start of a particular transmission time interval and where PT is a preparation time needed to prepare an uplink transmission on the configured uplink grant. The method further comprises transmitting an uplink transmission comprising the critical data using allocated uplink resources in the particular transmission time interval starting at a time that is at or after the time tarrival+PT. Corresponding embodiments of a wireless device are also disclosed. |
| US11902984B2 |
Method for determining bundling size, user equipment and network-side device
A method for determining a bundling size, user equipment and a network-side device are provided The method includes: reporting, by user equipment, capability information to a network-side device, where the capability information is used to indicate whether the user equipment supports one-physical resource block bundling, and receiving a bundling size set configured by the network-side device for the user equipment according to the capability information, where supporting the one-physical resource block bundling indicates that a turn-off of a physical resource block bundling function is supported; and/or using, by the user equipment, a default bundling size or a bundling size configured via a higher-layer signaling to transmit data if the network-side device turns off a function of dynamic bundling size adjustment. |
| US11902976B2 |
Resource availability and reliability reporting for sidelink resource selection
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling indicating a configuration for identifying availability and reliability of the availability for resources of a sidelink resource pool based on a plurality of signal quality thresholds. The UE may indicate, for each resource of a set of resources of the sidelink resource pool and based on the configuration, an indication of availability with respect to a first signal quality threshold and an indication of reliability of the availability with respect to a second signal quality threshold. The UE may select one or more resources of the sidelink resource pool based on the indication of availability and the indication of reliability of the availability for reach resource of the set of resources. |
| US11902972B2 |
Conflicting physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission associated with a multi-PDSCH semi-persistent scheduling
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may detect a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission associated with a multi-PDSCH semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) that potentially conflicts with a second transmission in a slot. The UE may determine to keep at least one of the PDSCH transmission associated with the multi-PDSCH SPS or the second transmission in the slot based at least in part on one or more rules. The UE may perform, with a base station in the slot, at least one of the PDSCH transmission associated with the multi-PDSCH SPS or the second transmission that is kept based at least in part on the one or more rules. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US11902964B2 |
Network node and method performed therein for scheduling user equipment in uplink
The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a network node, for scheduling of a UE in UL. The network node is configured to schedule the UE using Frequency Selective Scheduling or resource fair scheduling. The network node estimates a PRBs for individual UEs, which are scheduled in the same cell and TTI. The network node determines whether the estimated number of PRBs fulfil one or more predetermined conditions. The network node determines to schedule the UEs using FSS when at least one of the one or more conditions are fulfilled, and determining to schedule the UEs using resource fair scheduling when none of the one or more predetermined conditions are fulfilled. |
| US11902963B2 |
Coverage enhancement for physical uplink control channel transmissions in new radio
Among other things, some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to coverage enhancement techniques for the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). Specifically, the PUCCH may be transmitted from two or more antenna ports of a user equipment (UE) based on configuration information received from a base station. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed. |
| US11902961B2 |
Systems and methods to enhance spectrum efficiency and to reduce latency by using dynamic guard time selection in wireless systems
Various systems, methods, and devices relate to determining a delay associated with a device; calculating a guard time based at least in part on the delay; and scheduling a wireless resource to include a downlink interval, an uplink interval, and the guard time between the downlink interval and the uplink interval. By calculating the guard time based at least in part on the delay associated with the device, spectrum efficiency can be enhanced, and latency can be reduced. |
| US11902952B2 |
Carrier aggregation grouping based on user location in 5G NR massive MIMO beamforming network
Methods, media, and systems are provided for carrier aggregation grouping based on user device location. For example, the methods, media, and systems receive one or more Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) beam reports from one or more user devices. Further, a base station divides a coverage area associated with a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) service into carrier aggregation (CA) groups associated with one or more component carriers. Upon receiving or determining the location of the one or more user devices associated with each of the one or more SSB beam reports, the one or more component carriers are assigned to at least one of the CA groups based on the location of the one or more user devices and the SSB beam reports. Furthermore, if interference from a neighboring base station is detected, the one or more component carriers experiencing the interference is grouped differently from the interfering carriers. |
| US11902951B2 |
Optimized component carrier activation and deactivation
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, configuration information indicating a set of component carriers (CCs) associated with the UE. The UE may receive, from the base station, a message that activates or deactivates one or more CCs of the set of CCs. The UE may communicate, with the base station, after receiving the message, using one or more activated CCs of the set of CCs over a tuned radio frequency (RF) bandwidth that is based on receiving the message and based on the one or more activated CCs. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11902950B2 |
Channel occupancy time (COT) aware autonomous sensing for sidelink
Wireless communications systems and methods related to COT aware autonomous sidelink sensing are provided. A first user equipment (UE) selects at least a first resource from available resources in a sidelink resource pool within a shared radio frequency band. The selecting the first resource may be based on a channel-access gap preceding each resource of the available resources. The first UE further transmits, to a second UE using the selected first resource, one or more data blocks for a sidelink transmission. |
| US11902949B2 |
Wireless communication method and communication device
Embodiments of the present application provide a wireless communication method and a communication device, capable of avoiding causing mutual interference between communication performed over an unlicensed frequency band and other communication. The method comprises: a first device communicates with a second device by means of a first frequency domain part in a first sounding bandwidth of the unlicensed frequency band, wherein the first sounding bandwidth comprises the first frequency domain part and a first reserved resource; the first reserved resource is located at at least one side of the first sounding bandwidth; and the first reserved resource is a protective frequency band. |
| US11902944B2 |
Electronic apparatus, wireless communication method, and computer readable storage medium
The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus, a wireless communication method, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic apparatus in an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) system according to the present disclosure comprises a processing circuit, and is configured to: configure, according to the electronic apparatus and a subcarrier interval of a link between sub-nodes of the electronic apparatus, a slot formatting cycle for the link, the slot formatting cycle comprising a pre-determined number of slots; and configure, for the link, a slot format of each slot in one slot format cycle. The electronic apparatus, the wireless communication method, and the computer readable storage medium of the present disclosure optimize slot format configuration in IAB systems. |
| US11902943B2 |
Communication method and communications apparatus
A communication method and a communications apparatus are provided. A principle of the method is as follows. Currently, for downlink data transmitted in a semi-persistent scheduling manner, only 1-bit acknowledgment information can be fed back in one time unit. However, as a transmission periodicity P of the downlink data transmitted in the semi-persistent scheduling manner becomes smaller, multi-bit acknowledgment information may need to be fed back in one time unit. In view of this, this application provides a communication method and a communications apparatus to feed back multi-bit acknowledgment information in one time unit. First, multi-bit acknowledgment information to-be-sent in one time unit is determined; then N acknowledgment codebooks are generated, where the N acknowledgment codebooks are used to carry the multi-bit acknowledgment information; and finally, the N acknowledgment codebooks are sent in the time unit. |
| US11902936B2 |
Notification handling based on identity and physical presence
Techniques for notification handling based on identity and physical presence are described and may be implemented to determine whether to route a notification from a first device (e.g., a mobile device) to a second device (e.g., a display device) for output at the second device. Generally, the described implementations utilize sensor data captured at a physical location to detect and/or identify persons present at the physical location and to determine whether to route notifications between devices based on the detected persons/identities. |
| US11902935B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing paging in a communication system
A communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method performed by a terminal comprises: receiving, from a base station, information indicating whether at least one paging message is to be transmitted in at least one paging occasion (PO) among a plurality of POs configured with the UE; identifying that the at least one paging message is to be transmitted in the at least one PO based on the information; and monitoring the at least one PO for receiving the at least one paging message. |
| US11902934B2 |
Paging enhancement for new radio-unlicensed (NR-U) light
Wireless communications systems and methods related to performing paging operations in a shared radio frequency band (e.g., in a shared spectrum or an unlicensed spectrum) with an improved paging reliability. A first user equipment (UE) determines a frequency hopping pattern for a paging occasion window (POW) in a plurality of frequency subbands within a shared radio frequency band. The first UE monitors for a paging message from a base station (BS) in the POW, where the monitoring includes hopping from at least a first frequency subband of the plurality of frequency subbands to a second frequency subband of the plurality of frequency subbands based on the frequency hopping pattern. |
| US11902932B2 |
User equipment
A user equipment includes a receiving unit configured to receive a physical control channel and a physical shared channel from another user equipment; a control unit configured to calculate a distance that is an estimated distance between the another user equipment and the user equipment, based on information acquired via the physical control channel; and a transmitting unit configured to determine whether to transmit, via a channel used for transmitting and receiving a response relating to retransmission control, the response relating to the retransmission control of the physical shared channel transmitted from the another user equipment, based on the calculated distance. |
| US11902928B2 |
Method for locating terminal in wireless communication system and device therefor
Disclosed according to the present invention is a method for reporting a reference signal timing difference (RSTD) value by a terminal, in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method may comprise: transmitting a random access preamble related to a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SS/PBCH block) received from a particular cell among multiple cells; requesting a radio resource control (RRC) connection to the particular cell on the basis of a random access response (RAR) received from the particular cell, to make establishment of the RRC connection to the particular cell; receiving, from a location server, a cell group identifier for a cell group including the multiple cells and independent cell information for each of the multiple cells; detecting second PRS sequences transmitted from the respective multiple cells on the basis of a first PRS sequence related to the cell group identifier; and reporting, to the location server, at least one piece of reference signal timing difference (RSTD) information acquired on the basis of the second PRS sequences and the independent cell information. |
| US11902926B2 |
Downlink (DL) transmission timing of integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node
A radio access node comprises one or more processors configured to determine a first reference timing of a first communication connection between the radio access node and a second, parent radio access node; determine a second reference timing of a second communication connection between the radio access node and a third, child radio access node; a memory storing the first and second reference timings; the one or more processors further configured to generate a request for the child radio access node to perform a timing advance adjustment based on the stored first and second reference timings, so that an uplink receive signal transmitted by the child radio access node arrives at the same time at the radio access node as a downlink receive signal transmitted by the parent radio access node arrives at the radio access node in case of frequency division multiplexed signals. |
| US11902924B2 |
Methods and apparatus related to link establishment in a wireless backhaul network
Various aspects related to using cellular RATs and/or features thereof for backhauling purposes are described. In an aspect, a solution to enable synchronization and establishing links among the ANs using available RATs with minimum modifications is provided. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus maybe a first AN, e.g., base station. The apparatus maybe configured to determine a synchronization schedule of at least one second AN based on received information indicating the synchronization schedule of the at least one second AN, and transmit information regarding the synchronization schedule of the at least one second AN to at least one of one or more neighboring ANs or one or more UEs. |
| US11902923B2 |
Node synchronization for networks
A network includes an intermediate node to communicate with a child node via a wireless network protocol. An intermediate node synchronizer in the intermediate node facilitates time synchronization with its parent node and with the child node. A child node synchronizer in the child node to facilitates time synchronization with the intermediate node. The intermediate node synchronizer exchanges synchronization data with the child node synchronizer to enable the child node to be time synchronized to the intermediate node before the intermediate node is synchronized to its parent node if the intermediate node has not synchronized to its parent node within a predetermined guard time period established for the child node. |
| US11902921B2 |
Method and device for transmitting and receiving signal between user equipment and base station in wireless communication system
The present invention discloses a method for transmitting and receiving signals between a user equipment and a base station in a wireless communication system and device for supporting the same. More specifically, the invention discloses a method by which, when a base station transmits synchronization signal blocks in various beam directions, a user equipment achieves synchronization with the base station by detecting the index of a received synchronization signal block and then transmits and receives signals with the base station. |
| US11902919B2 |
Synchronization signal transmission method, network device, and terminal device
Embodiments of this application provide a synchronization signal transmission method, a network device, and a terminal device. The method includes: determining, by a network device, time domain positions for sending m synchronization signal blocks, where the time domain positions are {s1, s2, . . . , sm}+n×T, s1 represents a start symbol index of the first synchronization signal block in a time unit, s2 represents a start symbol index of the second synchronization signal block in the time unit, sm represents a start symbol index of an mth synchronization signal block in the time unit, the time unit includes T symbols; and sending, by the network device, the synchronization signal blocks to a terminal device in the time domain positions of the synchronization signal blocks. The technical solutions provided in this application have relatively high flexibility, and can meet, to some extent, a synchronization signal block sending requirement for a high-frequency technology. |
| US11902917B2 |
Wireless communication method, network device and terminal device
A method for wireless communication, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The method for wireless communication includes: a terminal device receives a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), here, the SSB comprises Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and Physical Broadcasting Channel (PBCH); here, the SSB comprises four consecutive symbols in time domain, which are symbol S0, symbol S1, symbol S2 and symbol S3 in sequence; and the PSS is transmitted on the symbol S0, the SSS is transmitted on the symbol S2, and the PBCH is transmitted on the symbol S1, the symbol S2 and the symbol S3. |
| US11902913B2 |
Transmit power control command for transmission power adjustment
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for receiving a transmit power control command for transmission power adjustment. One method includes monitoring a feedback channel. The feedback channel includes: feedback information corresponding to a data transmission from a remote unit to a network unit; and a transmit power control command including information for the remote unit to adjust a transmission power for subsequent data transmissions to the network unit. |
| US11902910B2 |
Power control of multiple uplink transmissions
Methods and apparatuses for power control of multiple uplink transmissions. A method for operating a user equipment includes receiving information for first parameters and for second parameters, determining a first power for a first channel with a first spatial setting to a first reception point of a serving cell using the first parameters, and determining a second power for a second channel with a second spatial setting to a second reception point of the serving cell using the second parameters. The method further includes transmitting, to the first reception point of the serving cell, the first channel using the first power and the first spatial setting; and transmitting, to the second reception point of the serving cell, the second channel using the second power and the second spatial setting. |
| US11902901B2 |
Providing safety and environmental features using human presence detection
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for the detection of human presence in front of a plurality of sensors such as those of speakers and a device with a processor, such as a television. Data gathered from the plurality of sensors may be analyzed by the processor to determine if one or more humans are present proximate to the device. Based on the determined presence or absence of one or more humans, further actions including, inter alia, activating a sleep mode for the one or more humans, shutting off the device in a green mode, or alerting an owner-user to the presence of an intruder can be taken. |
| US11902900B2 |
User equipment (UE)-based discontinuous control channel monitoring
Aspects of the disclosure relate to power reduction measures that can be employed by wireless user equipment (UE) participating in an extended reality (XR) application. A wireless UE, while operating in a first power state, may receive, from an XR service provider, a plurality of packets corresponding to a video frame. The UE may reassemble and decode the received packets to reproduce the video frame. Once the UE determines it has received information sufficient to reproduce the video frame, the UE may enter a second power state, different from the first power state, for a predetermined amount of time. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. |
| US11902891B2 |
Apparatus and method for network slicing and slice management to support multi-slice services
The present disclosure provides an apparatus for network slicing, and an apparatus for network slice management, which are usable to support and optimize multi-slice services. The apparatuses provide functional enhancements within different layers of a network architecture. The apparatus for network slicing is configured to determine at least two correlated communication traffic flows for a service, and to bind the at least two correlated communication traffic flows. Further, it is configured to generate, and preferably expose, binding information. The apparatus for network slice management is configured to convert a service requirement of a tenant/application into a joint performance parameter in correlated network slice instances. Further, it is configured to determine a resource allocation for at least one of the network slice instances based on the joint performance parameter. |
| US11902888B2 |
System information for cell selection/reselection by an aerial UE
An infrastructure equipment comprising circuitry configured to transmit system information specific for aerial UEs, the system information specific for aerial UEs comprising assistance information for cell selection/reselection. |
| US11902884B2 |
System and method for minimizing management frame overhead in wireless networks
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for reducing overhead in a probe request and probe response message exchange used in wireless networks. An access point (AP) may receive a first signal from a station (STA). The first signal may include a probe request message that includes an identification of the STA. The AP may determine that the STA is not currently associated with the AP and has not been associated with the AP within a predetermined time using a stored STA information table. The AP may generate a probe response message upon determining that a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the first signal is above a predetermined threshold. The AP may then transmit a second signal to the STA. The second signal may include the probe response message. |
| US11902881B2 |
Telecommunications apparatus and methods
The system supports a virtual carrier mode of operation in which downlink communications are made by a base station using a radio interface that spans a system frequency bandwidth while a terminal device is configured to receive at least some communications from the base station within a restricted subset of transmission resources selected from within the system frequency bandwidth. The system supports terminal devices in both a radio resource control connected mode and a radio resource control idle mode. When there is to be a change in system information the base station transmits to the terminal device an indication that updated system information is to be broadcast by the base station and this indication is received by the terminal device while in the connected mode. Before seeking to acquire the updated system information, the terminal device transitions from the connected mode to the idle mode. |
| US11902875B2 |
Terminal device, method and system for coordinating relay node access in a wireless telecommunications system
A terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications system, the terminal device comprising: a transmitter; a receiver; and a controller operable to: select a first relay node from a plurality of relay nodes and control the transmitter and receiver to exchange signals with a base station via the first relay node; measure a signal characteristic associated with the first relay node and compare the measured signal characteristic with a predetermined threshold value; if the measured signal characteristic is greater than the predetermined threshold value, control the transmitter and receiver to continue to exchange signals with the base station via the first relay node; and if the measured signal characteristic is less than the predetermined threshold value, perform a procedure for allowing selection of a second relay node from the plurality of relay nodes via which the transmitter and receiver may exchange signals with the base station. |
| US11902873B2 |
System, method and apparatus for managing network resources
There is provided a system, a method and an apparatus for managing network resources. The system includes a plurality of wireless entities including a mobile wireless entity and a fixed location wireless entity. The system further includes a plurality of computing devices, each of the plurality of computing devices including a processor and a memory storing instructions, the instructions when executed by the processor cause the plurality of computing devices to provide a location based media access (LOMA) map manager and a LOMA path manager, the LOMA map manager configured to generate and maintain a plurality of LOMA map, each of the plurality of LOMA maps including a plurality of LOMA zones, wherein a plurality of wireless communications resources used for communication between the plurality of wireless entities are associated with each of the plurality of LOMA zones, the LOMA path manager configured to manage communications using the wireless communications resources between the wireless entities. A technical effect of the embodiment may be the provision of semi-static management of communication resources and dynamic autonomous access to communication resources. |
| US11902870B2 |
Notification information display method and apparatus
This application provides a communication method and a terminal apparatus. The communication method includes: A terminal apparatus receives a trigger message, where the trigger message includes a notification information identifier. When the terminal apparatus does not store notification information corresponding to the notification information identifier, the terminal apparatus ignores the trigger message. In this method, when receiving a useless trigger message, the terminal apparatus does not perform processing, thereby reducing power consumption. |
| US11902869B2 |
Communication device
A communication device may execute a wireless communication of object data with a mobile device via a first target network using a second type of interface after executing a sending process of sending a wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the first target network, to the mobile device using a first type of interface in a case where the communication device is determined as currently belonging to the first target network. The communication device may execute the wireless communication of the object data with the mobile device via a second target network using the second type of interface after executing a specific process of causing both the communication device and the mobile device to belong to the second target network in a case where the communication device is determined as currently not belonging to the target network. |
| US11902867B2 |
Selection and use of backup communication mode for vehicle-to-vehicle messaging
Techniques for determining an alternative communication mode for vehicle-to-vehicle communication at a host vehicle can include monitoring the primary mode of RF communication to ensure it is effectively communicating and, if not, intelligently selecting a backup communication mode comprising one or more other sensors and/or systems of the vehicle. The selection of the backup communication mode may take into account various factors that can affect the various modes of communication from which the backup communication mode is selected. |
| US11902866B2 |
Apparatus and method for performing wireless communication in wireless communication system supporting vehicle communication
Provided is a method for determining and performing a packet duplication transmission between wireless devices. The method comprises receiving, from an evolved NodeB (eNB), configuration information associated a packet duplication transmission between wireless devices, wherein the configuration information comprising a packet reliability parameter associated with activation of the packet duplication transmission between wireless devices; determining, by a first wireless device, a data packet to be transmitted to a second wireless device; duplicating, based on determining the data packet satisfies the packet reliability parameter, the data packet to a plurality of data duplicates; mapping the plurality of data duplicates onto different logical channels in a media access channel (MAC) layer; and transmitting, by the first wireless device and via a direct communication to a second wireless device, the plurality of data duplicates mapped onto different logical channels. |
| US11902862B2 |
Service type symbols
A service type symbol may be presented on a display of a communication device to indicate a type of service supported or unsupported on the communication device over a network to which the communication device is presently connected. The communication device may determine a value of a parameter, may determine, based at least in part on the value of the parameter, a service type symbol from a set of multiple different service type symbols to present on a display of the communication device, and may present the symbol on the display. Service type symbols might include, among others, a video symbol corresponding to a video streaming service, a voice symbol corresponding to a voice calling service, a basic data symbol corresponding to a basic data service. |
| US11902860B2 |
Communication method and device
Embodiments of this application disclose a communication method and device, and relate to the communications field, to efficiently deliver a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) message by using limited bandwidth resources of PC5. The method includes: receiving, by a first node, PC5 broadcast reference information from a second node, where the PC5 broadcast reference information is used to indicate to send target data from the second node in a PC5 interface broadcast mode; and sending, by the first node, the target data in the PC5 interface broadcast mode based on the PC5 broadcast reference information. |
| US11902859B2 |
Monitoring objects capable of wireless communications
A method of monitoring objects capable of wireless communications is provided. The method includes detecting an activity performed by a user of a wireless communications device, acquiring information identifying an expected set of objects which are associated with the detected activity, determining whether at least one of the objects in the expected set is not in proximity of the wireless communications device, and if so, notifying the user that at least one of the objects in the expected set is not in proximity of the wireless communications device. |
| US11902858B2 |
Power ramping of beacon signals to enhance location accuracy
The technology enables locating asset tracking tags based on a ramped sequence of signals from one or more beacon tracking tags. The sequence includes at least one minimum power signal and at least one maximum power signal. Each signal in the sequence has a tag identifier and an initial signal strength value. Each beacon signal in the ramped sequence is associated with the time at which that beacon signal was received by a reader. Each beacon signal is also associated with a received signal strength at reception. A location of the beacon tracking tag is estimated according to the signals in the sequence based on the difference between the initial and received signal strengths. A position of the reader device is identified based on the beacon tag's location. An asset tracking tag location is identified based on the reader's location and packets received by the reader from the asset tag. |
| US11902856B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device for securely determining current location information regarding the electronic device, the electronic device comprising a radio communication module and a secure element including a processor and a memory, the secure element being connected to the radio communication module and the processor being configured to obtain one or more beacon messages from one or more beacon devices; determine in real-time the current location information, the current location information comprising one or more distances between the electronic device and the beacon devices; and store the current location information in the memory of the secure element. |
| US11902845B2 |
Systems and methods for seamless switching of default data radio
Systems and methods for seamless switching of data radios are provided herein. In one example, a communications system includes first and second data radios communicatively coupled to first and second antennas at first and second positions on a vehicle, respectively. The first and second data radios are tuned to the same frequency for data communications. The communications system includes at least one processor communicatively coupled to a memory, the first data radio, and the second data radio. The at least one processor is configured to: monitor one or more parameters for the first and second data radios; determine whether the first data radio or the second data radio has better current performance based on a comparison of the one or more parameters for the first and second data radios; and switch from the first data radio to the second data radio for primary data communications based on the determination. |
| US11902841B2 |
System information design for neighboring cells in a non-terrestrial network
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive system information associated with a set of neighboring cells included in a non-terrestrial network (NTN). The UE may be connected to or camped in a current cell included in the NTN. The current cell may be associated with a current platform. The UE may monitor a neighboring cell, of the set of neighboring cells, based at least in part on the system information. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11902831B2 |
User plane function (UPF) load balancing based on central processing unit (CPU) and memory utilization of the user equipment (UE) in the UPF
Embodiments are directed towards embodiments are directed toward systems and methods for user plane function (UPF) and network slice load balancing within a 5G network. Example embodiments include systems and methods for load balancing based on current UPF load and thresholds that depend on UPF capacity; UPF load balancing using predicted throughput of new UE on the network based on network data analytics; UPF load balancing based on special considerations for low latency traffic; UPF load balancing supporting multiple slices, maintaining several load-thresholds for each UPF and each slice depending on the UPF and network slice capacity; and UPF load balancing using predicted central processing unit (CPU) utilization and/or predicted memory utilization of new UE on the network based on network data analytics. |
| US11902829B2 |
Traffic pattern identification and network function control method and apparatus
A method includes processing first data from a network node to determine a mobile device is accessing a communication network and to identify a first traffic pattern. The method also includes searching a database for a first network function corresponding to the first traffic pattern. The method further includes causing a network device to activate the first network function based on the first traffic pattern. The method additionally includes processing second data from the network node to determine the communication network is no longer being accessed by the mobile device and to identify a second traffic pattern. The method also includes searching the database for a second network function corresponding to the second traffic pattern. The method further includes causing the network device to deactivate the first network function and to activate the second network function based on the second traffic pattern. |
| US11902828B2 |
Radio link control forward compatibility for multicast messages or broadcast messages
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 multicast message or a broadcast message that uses a radio link control (RLC) format associated with an RLC acknowledged mode (RLC-AM). The UE may decode the multicast message or the broadcast message to identify information associated with an RLC unacknowledged mode (RLC-UM) based at least in part on a capability of the UE. The UE may operate in accordance with the RLC-UM based at least in part on decoding the multicast message or the broadcast message. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11902825B1 |
Dynamically disabling beamforming capabilities
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically disabling beamforming for particular user devices. At a node that utilizes carrier aggregation, a node, such as an eNodeB or a gNodeB, communicates with a user device that is located at a cell edge, the communicating comprising transmitting data on at least two channels that utilize beamforming. Performance of the user device is determined to be below a predetermined threshold. When this occurs, beamforming capabilities are disabled for at least one of the at least two channels used to communicate with the user device. |
| US11902824B2 |
Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, and method
A terminal apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive an RRC reconfiguration message including a DRB configuration and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit establishes an SDAP entity based on conditions that a DRB identity included in the DRB configuration is not part of a configuration of the terminal apparatus, an SDAP configuration is included in the DRB configuration, and an SDAP entity corresponding to a PDU session information element included in the SDAP configuration does not exist, and indicates establishment of a user-plane resource for a PDU session to an upper layer based on an additional condition that the SDAP entity corresponding to the PDU session information element does not exist before the RRC reconfiguration message is received. |
| US11902819B2 |
Systems and methods for Wi-Fi sensing
Systems and methods for Wi-Fi sensing are provided. Wi-Fi sensing systems include sensing devices and remote devices configured to communicate through radio-frequency signals. Sensing devices and remote devices are configured to communicate with one another to establish sensing transmission configurations through established protocols. Sensing devices described herein are configured to provide Wi-Fi sensing measurements based on the reception of messages transmitted from remote devices according to established configurations. |
| US11902818B2 |
Measurement method, user equipment, and network side device
A measurement method, user equipment, and a network side device are provided. The method includes: receiving first measurement configuration information sent by a network side device, where the first measurement configuration information specifies a measurement to be performed by the user equipment; performing the measurement when the user equipment is in an inactive mode or an idle mode different from the inactive mode based on the first measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result, where the first measurement configuration information is used at least in the inactive mode; and when the user equipment switches from the inactive mode to the idle mode and a measurement timer does not expire, clearing the first measurement configuration information. |
| US11902817B2 |
Systems and methods for utilizing machine learning and neural network models to identify issues in wireless networks
A device may receive input data associated with a wireless network, and may extract data from the input data to generate extracted data. The device may create PRB images based on the extracted data, and may process the PRB images, with a first model, to associate labels with each of the PRB images. The device may process the labels and the PRB images, with a second model, to identify potential issues associated with the PRB images, and may process data identifying the potential issues associated with the PRB images, with a third model, to compress the data identifying the potential issues into an array. The device may process the array, with a fourth model, to determine probability scores associated with the potential issues, and may select a potential issue with a greatest probability score as a detected issue. The device may perform actions based on the detected issue. |
| US11902813B2 |
Measurement result receiving apparatus, measuring apparatus, and method, program, and recording medium for the same
A measurement result receiving apparatus receives measurement results transmitted from a plurality of measuring devices, the measurement results obtained by conducting a measurement at a predetermined sampling interval according to a reference clock of each measuring device. The measurement result receiving apparatus includes a receiving section that receives the measurement results from the plurality of measuring devices; and a sampling interval converting section that converts the measurement results into measurement values associated with a common sampling interval. |
| US11902808B2 |
Communication system, apparatus and related methods of operation
A communication network system and related devices and method of monitoring in a mobile radio communications network environment direct communications between first and second mobile communication devices to provide to the network an indication of link-quality of the direct communication, wherein the network is arranged to configure at least one of the mobile radio communication devices with a link-quality parameter reference value, the said at least one mobile radio communications device can report to the network if it determines, relative to the said reference value, that the link-quality of the direct communication is insufficient, and if required the network can subsequently control communication between the said first and second mobile radio communication devices responsive to the reporting the received from the said at least one mobile radio communications device, or the network can employ the reporting from the said at least one mobile radio communications device for network planning/optimization purposes. |
| US11902806B2 |
Machine learning based antenna panel switching
Disclosed is a method comprising using a machine learning algorithm to select an antenna panel from a plurality of antenna panels. A first long-term reward value associated with the selected antenna panel is determined based at least partly on one or more first signals received on the selected antenna panel. A second signal is then transmitted or received via the selected antenna panel, if the first long-term reward value exceeds one or more second long-term reward values associated with at least a subset of the plurality of antenna panels. |