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US11911537B2	Length extensible implantable device and methods for making such devices A length extensible implantable device includes a porous member and a longitudinal constraining member. The longitudinal constraining member can constrain at least a portion, up to the entire length of, the porous member in the longitudinal direction. The length of the longitudinally constrained portion can be expanded by applying force to the porous member. The porous member may be a porous tubular member.
US11911535B2	Implantable medical device with thermoplastic composite body and method for forming thermoplastic composite body An implantable medical device is disclosed comprising a thermoplastic composite body having anterior, first lateral, second lateral, posterior, superior, and inferior surfaces, and at least one dense portion and at least one porous portion which are integrally formed. The at least one dense portion is formed of a first thermoplastic polymer matrix that is essentially non-porous, and which is continuous through a thickness dimension from the superior surface to the inferior surface. The at least one porous portion is formed of a porous thermoplastic polymer scaffold having a second thermoplastic polymer matrix which is continuous through the thickness dimension. A method for forming the thermoplastic composite body is disclosed comprising disposing a first powder mixture in a first portion of a mold, disposing a second powder mixture in a second portion of the mold, simultaneously molding the first powder mixture and the second powder mixture, and leaching porogen.
US11911534B2	Implant assembly and method of making Various embodiments discussed in the present document relate to an implant assembly. The implant assembly includes a porous metal coating. The implant assembly further includes a biocompatible implant material. A polymeric binder layer is disposed between the porous metal coating and the biocompatible implant material.
US11911532B2	Reverse thermal gels and their use as vascular embolic repair agents Provided herein is a class of reversible thermal gel polymers, formulations thereof, methods for using, and methods for making said reversible thermal gel polymers. Reversible thermal gel polymers and formulations are provided having versatile chemical, physical, mechanical and/or optical properties beneficial for a range of applications including medical treatment. In some embodiments, the architecture and composition of the polymer allows for tunable selection of one or more physical properties supporting a particular application.
US11911530B2	Equipment disinfection A disinfecting system and method with monitoring and safety system. The system is available at a semiconductor level with sensors for enabling effective disinfection and human machine interface functions. UV transmissive material can assist in effective distribution of UV-C light for disinfection and visible light for feedback. A replaceable sealed UV source can disinfect multiple distinct areas and be configured with a wide variety of equipment, such as medical equipment, vacuums, and cabinetry. Disinfection interlocks promote safety and efficiency.
US11911528B2	Helmet cleaning, sanitation, and dispensing system A helmet rental system keeping the helmets in individual boxes that have a self-cleaning system built into the system to make the helmets safe for reuse. The full surface of the helmet is to be exposed to heat, possible steam, cleaner, one or more rotating brush(es) and/or UV light to clean the surface fully. The helmet holder allows the heat, steam, cleaner, brushes, and light to easily hit the surface. The cleaning system is based on heat and then cool off the box with AC and/or vent system before allowing the helmet to be rented again after each return. Heat comes from vents under the helmet holding system, holding it in place and/or from all around the helmet. Boxes are modular so one could simply remove a few screws to add or remove rows or boxes to the system to expand or reduce the amount of available helmets and configuration.
US11911526B1	Drinking straw sanitizing appliance A drinking straw sanitizing appliance includes an exterior housing defining an interior having an adjustable heating element configured to covert a unit of water into steam. The interior is configured to also removable secure drinking straws therein thereby subjecting the same to sanitizing steam when the device is activated. The exterior of the device has a plurality of controls and a lid of the device has a locking mechanism.
US11911524B2	Biomedical foams The invention relates, generally, to porous absorbent materials which are suitable for packing antrums or other cavities of the human or animal body. More particularly, it relates to hydrophilic biodegradable foams, which may be used e.g. in the form of a plug or tampon, for instance for controlling bleeding, wound closure, prevent tissue adhesion and/or support tissue regeneration. The invention provides an absorbent foam, suitable for packing antrums or other cavities of the human or animal body, comprising a biodegradable synthetic polymer, which polymer preferably comprises —C(O)—O—groups in the backbone of the polymer, for instance polyurethane and/or polyester units combined with polyethers.
US11911522B2	Process for the continuous manufacture of a polyisobutylene based transdermal patch The present invention is directed to a process for manufacturing a transdermal delivery device comprising a backing layer, a release liner, and an adhesive layer between the backing layer and release liner. More specifically, the invention is directed to a process of preparing an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is comprised of polyisobutylene and an active pharmaceutical ingredient.
US11911521B2	Antibacterial nanofiber Bacteria-responsive core-shell nanofibers and a process for the preparation thereof are described. The nanofibers release of an antibacterial agent in response to the presence of bacteria. The core of the nanofiber comprises a biocompatible polymer together with an antibacterial agent such as a quaternary ammonium compound, for example benzyl dimethyl tetradecyl ammonium chloride (BTAC). Surrounding the core is shell comprised of a bacterially degradable polymer, which is susceptible to break-down by bacterial enzymes such as lipase, or to acidic pH conditions. The shell may comprise, for example, polycaprolactone (PCL) and poly(ethylene succinate) (PES). The nanofibers may be incorporated into wound dressings.
US11911520B2	Homeopathic therapeutic method and compositions Methods of producing a Hydrophilic Homeopathic Aqueous Substance Active (HASA)-gel matrix, include the steps of: (a) combining a homeopathic compound and an uninhibited aqueous composition to produce a HASA; (b) combining the HASA with at least one hydrophilic gelling agent; and (c) thereafter, forming the hydrophilic HASA-gel matrix by use of at least one of a thickening agent, a crosslinking agent, or a polymerization agent.
US11911516B2	Protection of microbial cells from acidic degradation A simple cellulose sulphate based microencapsulation technology has been applied to encapsulate bacterial or other microbial cells, which produce and release digestive enzymes and thereby provides an acid resistant shelter for these microbial cells. Surprisingly, the resulting spheres were found to provide sufficient protection for encapsulated cells from treatment with aqueous acidic solutions. Thereby the cellulose sulphate microencapsulated cells, such as probiotics are now enabled to survive passage, for example, through the stomach after consumption by a human or animal with a higher survival rate than those not within a microcapsule. After passing the stomach these cells are delivering products produced by them, e.g. enzymes or other nutrition factors. This technology therefore proves to be very useful in providing digestive or otherwise beneficial enzymes and/or of living microbial cells, into the lower gastrointestinal tract, where they could confer their health benefit to the host.
US11911515B2	Extended release compositions comprising pyridostigmine Extended release pyridostigmine dosage forms, suitable for maintaining stable plasma concentrations with reduced or minimized initial burst release/dose dumping of pyridostigmine, are provided. The dosage forms include matrix tablets, gastroretentive tablets, and pellets, the latter being suitable for dosing in capsules, tablets, and sachets, as well as for sprinkling on foodstuffs. The disclosure also provides methods for improving patient compliance by administering once-a-day extended release pyridostigmine bromide dosage forms that provide a superior controlled drug release.
US11911513B2	Controlled-release system of active pharmaceutical ingredient and preparation method therefor Disclosed are a controlled-release dosage form with an absorption window in the upper gastrointestinal tract and a preparation method therefor, wherein the controlled-release dosage form comprises a controlled-release platform and a retention platform. The controlled-release platform is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a tablet core and a coating membrane; and the retention platform holds the controlled-release platform in the oral cavity. The operation steps of the controlled-release dosage form are as follows: placing the controlled-release platform in the retention platform, and fixing the retention platform on matching teeth in the oral cavity; taking out the controlled-release dosage form after 4-24 hours and replacing same with a new controlled-release platform; and re-fixing the retention platform on the matching teeth in the oral cavity to achieve the sustained and stable release of drugs.
US11911509B2	Pharmaceutical composition comprising Lenvatinib mesylate The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective dose of Lenvatinib mesylate having sodium wherein the weight ratio of Lenvatinib mesylate to sodium carbonates ranges from 1:1.5 to 1:5.
US11911498B2	Low pH skin care composition and methods of using the same Disclosed is an efficacious, low-pH skin care composition that provides good sensory properties and has a low skin irritation potential. The low-pH composition includes an effective amount of a vitamin B3 compound and, optionally, one or more additional skin care actives to provide a skin health and/or appearance benefit. The low-pH composition also includes a pH buffer comprising lactic acid and sodium lactate, a polymer thickener comprising polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, and a silicone fluid having a kinematic viscosity of 100 cSt or less at 25° C. The pH of the low-pH composition can range from 2.0 to 5.0.
US11911496B2	Lamellar and low sulfate and soap cleansing composition The invention relates to stable, mild and moisturizing lamellar liquid cleansing compositions which possess a lotion-like appearance conveying signals of enhanced moisturization. However, these liquids often are either unstable or cause poor lather production and other sensory deficits The use of a specific ratio of total acyl isethionates to acyl glutamates or other divalent anionic surfactant in a structured liquid product improve stability and lather production, mildness and acceptable odor.
US11911493B2	Compositions comprising solvent, a monoalcohol, glycerin, and thickener Compositions are provided for removing nail polish that include a co-mixture of monoalcohol, glycerin, and solvent consisting of C2-C3 monoalcohol, glycerin, and a solvent selected from acetone, a C2-C4 alkyl acetate, and combinations thereof. The composition for includes a co-mixture of monoalcohol, glycerin, and solvent that consists of C2-C3 monoalcohol; glycerin; and less than 55% by weight of solvent selected from acetone, a C2-C4 alkyl acetate, and combinations thereof. The glycerin and the C2-C3 monoalcohol are present in a glycerin to C2-C3 monoalcohol weight ratio of greater than about 0.6. If the solvent includes C2-C4 alkyl acetate then the concentration of C2-C4 alkyl acetate is less than 30% by weight. The composition further includes polyacrylamide and water. The concentration by weight of water in the composition is less than the concentration by weight of glycerin. Methods are also provided.
US11911492B2	Oral care compositions comprising metal ions A unit-dose dentifrice composition includes a soluble fibrous composition and a nonfibrous composition. The soluble fibrous composition includes web forming material and tin ion source. The nonfibrous composition includes abrasive. The abrasive and the tin ion source are in separate locations within the unit-dose dentifrice composition.
US11911491B2	Sunscreen formulation The present application relates to sunscreen formulations, including foamable sunscreen formulations, that comprise zinc oxide and titanium dioxide particles, suitably in the size range of about 1-100 nm. The compositions suitably produce a minimal residual whitening effect when applied to a skin surface.
US11911490B2	Aerosol device for hair shaping and/or hairstyle hold The present invention relates to an aerosol device comprising: —a container containing a cosmetic composition which comprises one or more powders in a content of less than 7% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, and—a dispensing head comprising a body and an end part comprising at least two outlet orifices configured to allow spraying of the composition about a longitudinal axis of the end part in at least two different directions, the dispensing head comprising at least first and second chambers, through which the composition stream successively passes before it exits via the outlet orifices.
US11911487B2	Hydrodynamic methods for delivering fluids to kidney tissues and related materials and methods The present invention provides methods and materials useful delivering liquids, including liquids comprising nucleic acid molecules into cells. In particular, the present invention provides methods for delivering saline solution, exogenous compositions, and isolated vectors to kidney cells, using the renal vein as a guide and under hydrodynamic pressure. The delivery methods and materials herein are useful to research, prognose, ameliorate symptoms of kidney injury, and treat kidney pathologies.
US11911485B2	Ionizable lipid compounds, lipid nanoparticles comprising same and therapeutic uses thereof The present invention relates to lipid nanoparticles for in vivo drug delivery and uses thereof, and the lipid nanoparticle are liver tissue-specific, have excellent biocompatibility and can deliver a gene therapeutic agent with high efficiency, and thus it can be usefully used in related technical fields such as lipid nanoparticle mediated gene therapy.
US11911484B2	Muscle targeting complexes and uses thereof for treating myotonic dystrophy Aspects of the disclosure relate to complexes comprising a muscle-targeting agent covalently linked to a molecular payload. In some embodiments, the muscle-targeting agent specifically binds to an internalizing cell surface receptor on muscle cells. In some embodiments, the molecular payload inhibits expression or activity of a DMPK allele comprising a disease-associated-repeat. In some embodiments, the molecular payload is an oligonucleotide, such as an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi oligonucleotide.
US11911481B2	Compositions and methods for treating RSV-infections This invention provides for a RSV-targeted nanoparticle PMN (RTPMN), combining HR2D anti-fusion peptide, and plasmid encoded siRNA against RSV-NS1 and/or RSV-P gene as a safe, effective and inexpensive anti-RSV prophylaxis and/or therapy.
US11911480B2	Self-emulsifying composition of ω-3 fatty acid A self-emulsifying composition contains: 70 to 90% by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ω3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters; 0.5 to 6% by weight of water; 1 to 29% by weight of a polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester as an emulsifier (optionally including a polyoxyl castor oil, and not including lecithin); and lecithin in an amount of 3 to 40 parts by weight in relation to 100 parts by weight of ω3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and the like. The self-emulsifying composition is excellent in self-emulsifying property, composition dispersibility, emulsion stability, and absorbability, is free from ethanol and polyhydric alcohols or only has such an alcohol added thereto at a reduced concentration, and is useful for foods and pharmaceuticals.
US11911477B2	Use of fructose in preparing drug for treating ischemic injury The present disclosure provides use of fructose in preparing a drug for treating a cerebral ischemic stroke, and relates to the technical field of biomedicine. In the present disclosure, an ischemic injury cell model and an ischemic injury animal model are established, and fructose treatment is conducted on the injury models; and it is found that the fructose can regulate energy metabolism and redox metabolism of neurons, and reduce an ischemic injury of model cells and model animals. Specifically, the present disclosure includes: reducing a neuronal mortality after the ischemic injury, reducing an area of cerebral infarction in animals with the ischemic injury, and improving neurobehavioral characteristics of the animals.
US11911473B2	Compositions and kits for omeprazole suspension Disclosed herein are liquid diluents, formulations, and kits for preparing reconstituted suspensions of a proton pump inhibitor (e.g., omeprazole). The present disclosure also provides formulations for liquid diluents that do not have a tendency for gel formation following exposure to freeze-thaw cycles.
US11911472B2	Monoclonal antibody and vaccine targeting filamentous bacteriophage Described here is a method for reducing or preventing Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation in a human subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the human subject a first composition comprising (a) an antigen-binding polypeptide that binds Pf-family bacteriophage, or (b) a vaccine against Pf-family bacteriophage. Also described is an antigen-binding polypeptide that binds specifically to a CoaB protein of Pf-family bacteriophage or fragment thereof.
US11911467B2	Composition comprising PIC for treatment of cancer The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising PIC for treatment of cancer. More particularly, the present disclosure discloses a composition for treatment of cancer comprising polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid, an antibiotic or polyamine compound, a positive ion, and optionally a virus, and the use thereof in manufacture of a medicament for treatment of cancer. No figure for publication.
US11911459B2	Nant COVID vaccine cross reactivity Recombinant SARS-CoV2 vaccine compositions and methods are presented that have unexpected cross-reactivity against a variety of other coronaviruses, and particularly against SARS-CoV1, MERS-CoV, OC43-CoV, and HKU1-CoV in addition to significant reactivity against SARS-CoV2A. Moreover, the vaccine compositions presented herein also produced cross-reactive memory B cells as well as cross-reactive memory T cells with cross-reactivity spanning a relatively wide range of different coronaviruses.
US11911457B2	Process for enterovirus purification and inactivation and vaccine compositions obtained thereof The present invention pertains to the field of industrial scale inactivation of various enteroviruses and large and industrial scale production of enterovirus vaccine compositions and combinations of various enteroviruses so obtained.
US11911456B2	Multi-CBV vaccine for preventing or treating type I diabetes The invention is directed to a vaccine comprising: i) coxsackie B virus CBV1 and CBV2, and ii) at least one coxsackie B virus selected from CBV3, CBV4, CBV5 and CBV6. The CBVs are present in the vaccine in inactivated form, in the form of a component of the virus or as an antibody against the virus. The vaccine is effective in preventing and treating type 1 diabetes. So is an anti-coxsackie B virus composition provided.
US11911454B2	Effective vaccination against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus prior to weaning The invention provides isolated polynucleotide molecules that comprise a DNA sequence encoding an infectious RNA sequence encoding a genetically-modified North American PRRS virus, methods to make it and related polypeptides, polynucleotides, and various components. Vaccines comprising the genetically modified virus and polynucleotides and a diagnostic kit to distinguish between naturally infected and vaccinated animals are also provided.
US11911453B2	RSV RNA vaccines The disclosure relates to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) ribonucleic acid (RNA) vaccines as well as methods of using the vaccines and compositions comprising the vaccines. The vaccine can be formulated in a lipid nanoparticle.
US11911446B2	Use of C-type natriuretic peptide variants to treat skeletal dysplasia The present disclosure provides for use of variants of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), and novel pharmaceutical compositions and formulations comprising CNP variant peptides for the treatment of skeletal dysplasias, one or more symptoms of skeletal dysplasias, such as long bone growth or growth velocity, and other disorders having a skeletal dysplasia and/or CNP-associated symptom or component.
US11911445B2	Peptide YY pharmaceutical formulations, compositions, and methods Pharmaceutical compositions comprising PYY (e.g., PYY(3-36) and analogs and variants thereof), satiety peptides, satiety hormones, metabolic hormones, and methods of treating metabolic diseases with such compositions are provided. Aspects include methods of increasing a feeling of fullness in patients treated with pharmaceutical compositions comprising PYY, PYY(3-36), satiety peptides, satiety hormones, metabolic hormones, and analogs, receptor antagonists and variants thereof.
US11911443B2	Fusion proteins with extended serum half life Peptides derived from NKp44 protein, chimeric peptides, nucleotides encoding same and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, are provided. Further, methods of extending the biological half-life of a protein of interest are provided.
US11911442B2	Use of soluble pro(renin) receptor to treat metabolic disorders and related conditions Disclosed are methods of treating obesity or an obesity-related condition comprising administering an effective amount of soluble (pro)renin receptor (sPRR) to a subject that is obese or having an obesity-related condition. In some instances, obesity-related conditions can be, but are not limited to, steatosis, hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, chronic renal disease. Disclosed are methods of reducing body weight comprising administering an effective amount of sPRR to a subject in need thereof. Disclosed are methods of treating fatty liver in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of sPRR to a subject in need thereof. Disclosed are methods of treating a fluid and electrolyte disorder comprising administering an effective amount of sPRR to a subject diagnosed with a fluid and electrolyte disorder.
US11911436B2	Amphiphilic peptide chaperones and methods of use The present disclosure provides amphiphilic peptide chaperones. Also provided are their incorporation into pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use for preventing or reducing a source of stress in cells and for the treatment of disorders including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cataract, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, and retinitis pigmentosa.
US11911435B2	Stable antibody-drug conjugate, preparation method therefor, and use thereof A conjugate and preparation method therefor, comprising a medication composition comprising the conjugate and a use of the medication composition in preparing medications for the treatment or prevention of diseases.
US11911434B2	Stable antibody-drug conjugate, preparation method therefor, and use thereof The present invention provides a conjugate and preparation method thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the conjugate and use of the pharmaceutical composition in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of a disease.
US11911431B2	Sustained release ashwagandha extract The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for helping to manage the lingering symptoms and effects of COVID-19 after recovery. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to sustained release dietary and nutritional supplement compositions and methods to provide ongoing support and symptom management for individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2 who contacted COVID-19 and later recovered but continue to experience after-effects or lingering symptoms. Specifically, the composition is based on a sustained release ashwagandha extract, alone in a therapeutically effective amount, or in combination with other ingredients.
US11911426B2	Use of a plant in preparation of medicines and health products for preventing and treating ovarian injury The disclosure provides the use of a plant in the preparation of medicines and health products for preventing and treating ovarian injury. The application found that seabuckthorn fruit pulp and seabuckthorn seed oil have good preventive and therapeutic effects on ovarian injury. Seabuckthorn fruit pulp and seabuckthorn seed oil can prevent mouse ovarian injury and estrus cycle disorders, and can improve ovarian reserve, etc. Meanwhile, they also have good therapeutic effects on the above-mentioned injuries. This application provides a basis for the prevention and treatment of ovarian injury directly by seabuckthorn fruit pulp and seabuckthorn seed oil.
US11911425B2	Anti-aging composition comprising a plant extract The present description relates to an anti-aging composition comprising at least one plant extract. The composition can comprise at least two different anti-aging agents, wherein one the anti-aging agent is a plant extract. The combination of two anti-aging agents has a superior effect on regulating longevity compared to the use of one anti-aging agent. The plant extract is preferably selected from the group consisting of a Black cohosh extract, a Valerian extract, a Ginkgo biloba extract, a Celery seed extract, a White willow extract and a Passion flower extract.
US11911424B2	Selection and use of melatonin supporting bacteria to reduce infantile colic The present invention relates to lactic acid bacterial strains which are capable of producing or inducing the production of melatonin, for use in the production of melatonin in a subject. Preferred strains for such uses are capable of producing or inducing the production of adenosine. Therapeutic uses of such strains include the treatment or prevention of diseases associated with melatonin deficiency, for example infantile colic. Novel strains are also provided.
US11911419B2	Compositions and methods for treating epilepsy and related disorders The present disclosure is in the field of pharmaceutical compositions suitable for the treatment of diseases in mammals. The disclosure provides novel compositions comprising non-pathogenic fecal microbes for treating epilepsy, epileptic seizures and related diseases. The disclosure also provides methods for treating a subject with the compositions disclosed herein.
US11911412B2	Derivatized chitosan polymers and methods of treating vascular disorders Described herein are methods for treating inflammation, swelling and secondary damage of the vascular and lymphatic system in a subject, for example of the brain, spinal cord, and lungs; from organ reperfusion, e.g., resulting from endothelial leakage, glycocalyx dysfunction or loss of structural integrity of the glycocalyx.
US11911411B2	Sulfated glycosaminoglycan biomaterials as proteoglycan mimics Polymer conjugates are provided that are capable of mimicking functions of natural proteoglycans found in the extracellular matrix of connective tissues. The polymer conjugates of the invention have utility in treating a subject suffering soft tissue degenerative conditions. Also provided are simple and scalable chemical processes for the preparation of the polymer conjugates of the invention.
US11911408B2	Synergistic formulations of adenosine receptor modulating agents and anticholinergics The present disclosure provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising i) an A1 adenosine receptor (A1AR) agonist, ii) an A1AR antagonist, and iii) an anticholinergic. Kits utilizing i) an A1 adenosine receptor (A1AR) agonist, ii) an A1AR antagonist, and iii) an anticholinergic are also provided, as well as methods utilizing the described pharmaceutical compositions and kits.
US11911407B2	Therapies for cardiomyopathy The present invention relates to therapies and therapeutic agents for use in the treatment of cardiomyopathies. In particular, the invention is concerned with, but not limited to therapies and therapeutic agents for use in the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Such therapeutic agents comprise hypomethylating agents.
US11911405B2	Methods of selectively modulating gastrointestinal microbial growth The present disclosure relates to methods of feeding animals by providing feed additives that modulate the gut microbiome to improve the health, nutrition, and growth performance. The present disclosure further relates to methods of modulating the microbial species present in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal. Such modulation includes, for example, modulating the level or function of microbial species.
US11911403B2	Antisense-induced exon exclusion in type VII collagen The present disclosure relates to antisense oligomers and related compositions and methods for increasing the expression of functional human type VII collagen and methods for treating dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa and related disorders and relates to inducing exclusion of exon 80 in human type VII collagen mRNA.
US11911402B2	Methods of treatment with combinations of cannabidiol and psilocybin The disclosure relates to methods for treating brain injuries that include administering to a patient a first dosage of about 100 mg to about 500 mg of cannabidiol (CBD) and administering to the patient, concomitantly with the first dosage, a second dosage of about 1 to about 10 milligrams of Psilocybin.
US11911400B1	In-vial deposition of a stable, sterile and crystalline O-acetyl salicylic acid (aspirin) Two vial containing kits containing aspirin for intravenous administration are disclosed. The first vial contains a lyophilized mixture of aspirin in crystalline form, a bulking agent such as mannitol and a surfactant. The second vial includes an aqueous diluent such as water for injection and a basifying agent such as Tris.
US11911398B2	Treating Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency with 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 Methods and compositions for treating 25-hydroxyvitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in a patient are described herein. The method includes orally administering to the patient a delayed, sustained release formulation including a first ingredient selected from the group consisting of 25-hydroxyvitamin D2, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, or a combination of 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, or it includes gradually administering to the patient a sterile intravenous formulation including a first ingredient selected from the group consisting of 25-hydroxyvitamin D2, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, or a combination of 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3.
US11911396B2	Use of compound in preparation of drug for treating cerebral small vessel disease Disclosed is use of 5α-androst-3β,5,6β-triol or an analogue, a deuterated compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of cerebral small vessel disease in a patient. The cerebral small vessel disease is preferably cerebral microbleed. The cerebral microbleed is spontaneous cerebral microbleed, drug-related cerebral microbleed, or traumatic cerebral microbleed. The present invention demonstrates that these compounds significantly enhance the clearance of extravascular hemoglobin, and thus can be used to treat cerebral small vessel disease.
US11911394B2	Compound and method for the prevention of transmission of influenza virus The present invention relates to a method for preventing transmission of influenza, wherein said method comprises administering an effective amount of a compound to a patient having an influenza virus infection, herein referred to as “index patient”, wherein the compound has one of the formulae (I) and (II), or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The compound to be used in the present invention reduces infectivity of the influenza virus of the index patient, and therefore, reduces the risk of the index patient to trigger an influenza epidemic or an influenza pandemic as compared to a control patient. Therefore, one aspect of the present invention relates to a method for preventing an influenza epidemic or an influenza pandemic, wherein the method comprises administering an effective amount of a compound to patients having an influenza virus infection (index patients), wherein the compound is administered to at least 10% of all influenza infected persons of a city's or country's population, and wherein the compound has one of the formulae (I) and (II), or is a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11911390B2	PDE5 inhibitor powder formulations and methods relating thereto Novel dry powder compositions comprising and methods relating thereto are provided. The dry powder compositions comprise PDE5 inhibitors, such as vardenafil, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof. The dry powder compositions may optionally include an carrier/excipient. The concentration of active agent may be at least about 2% by weight. Methods of aerosolizing the dry powder compositions and using them to treat various diseases are also disclosed.
US11911387B2	Vasoprotective and cardioprotective antidiabetic therapy The present invention relates to certain DPP-4 inhibitors for treating and/or preventing oxidative stress, vascular stress and/or endothelial dysfunction as well as to the use of such DPP-4 inhibitors in treatment and/or prevention of diabetic or non-diabetic patients, including patient groups at risk of cardiovascular and/or renal disease.
US11911386B2	Methods of treating B-cell proliferative disorder Provided herein is a method of treating a patient having a B-cell proliferative disorder, the method comprising administering to the patient zanubrutinib, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the patient is characterized by being administered with a moderate CYP3A inducer. In one embodiment, zanubrutinib is administered at a dose of about 320 mg twice a day, or at a total daily dose of about 640 mg.
US11911383B2	Oral solution formulation The present invention relates to an oral solution formulation or an oral powder for constitution comprising 6-acetyl-8-cyclopentyl-5-methyl-2-(5-piperazin-1-yl-pyridin-2-ylamino)-8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-one, or a lactate or malate salt thereof, and a buffer system comprising lactic acid or malic acid.
US11911382B2	Method for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension and associated pulmonary arterial hypertension There is a method of treating or preventing pulmonary arterial hypertension or associated pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient. The method has the step of systemically administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of one or more compounds: (S)-ethyl 8-(2-amino-6-((R)-1-(5-chloro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-2,8-diazaspiro[4.5]decane-3-carboxylate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or (S)-8-(2-amino-6-((R)-1-(5-chloro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroeth-oxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-2,8-diazaspiro[4.5]decane-3-carboxylic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a combination of the foregoing. There is also a method of treating or preventing pulmonary arterial hypertension or associated pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient by systemically administering a therapeutically effective amount of a THP1 inhibitor from about 1 mg/kg/day to about 50 mg/kg/day.
US11911381B2	Optically active azabicyclo ring derivative The compound of formula (1a) wherein p is 1 or 2, R1-R4 are hydrogen atom or the like, and a-d are 1 or 2, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has an antitumor effect by inhibiting the binding between a MLL fusion protein that is infused with AF4, AF9, or the like, which is a representative fusion partner gene causing MLL leukemia, and menin.
US11911376B2	Methods for preventing and treating retinal damage Methods of treating, reducing the risk of, preventing, or alleviating at least one symptom of a retinal disease, injury, or condition in a subject involve administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of kynurenic acid to the subject. The kynurenic acid may be administered intravenously or intravitreally. Systems for treating retinal diseases, injuries, or conditions are also disclosed and may include an administration device.
US11911371B2	Pyridine and pyrazine derivative for the treatment of chronic bronchitis The present invention provides pyridine and pyrazine derivatives which restore or enhance the function of mutant and/or wild type CFTR to treat cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, respiratory tract infections, lung carcinoma, xerostomia and keratoconjunctivitis sire, or constipation (IBS, IBD, opioid induced). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.
US11911369B2	Prodrugs of riluzole and their method of use Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention include substituted riluzole prodrugs useful for the treatment of cancers including melanoma, breast cancer, brain cancer, and prostate cancer through the release of riluzole. Prodrugs of riluzole have enhanced stability to hepatic metabolism and are delivered into systemic circulation by oral administration, and then cleaved to release riluzole in the plasma via either an enzymatic or general biophysical release process.
US11911361B2	Stable cannabinoid formulations The present invention is generally directed to substantially pure cannabidiol, stable cannabinoid pharmaceutical formulations, and methods of their use.
US11911351B2	Methods for treating sleep apnea with combinations of atomoxetine and (R)-oxybutynin In general, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising (R)-oxybutynin and a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (NRI) and methods of treating Sleep Apnea comprising administering (R)-oxybutynin and a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (NRI). In some embodiments, the NRI is atomoxetine.
US11911345B2	Phage dispensing system A phage dispensing system comprises a user interface, a phage treatment computing system, a phage laboratory, and a phage dispensing apparatus, including a dispensing kiosk. The user interface allows a treating physician to request testing of a patient sample by the phage laboratory to identify a phage mixture treatment. The phage computing system arranges shipping of the sample and provision of the identified phage mixture treatment to a dispensing apparatus located near the patient. The dispensing apparatus has a stock of phage vials which are used to prepare and dispense doses of the identified phage mixture treatment.
US11911340B2	Fluid container A fluid container for holding a fluid, specifically adapted for improved user handling by reducing the risk of fluid spillage in combination with easy extraction of the fluid comprised in the container. The present disclosure also relates to a fluid container system.
US11911337B2	Device for dispensing acupuncture needle This disclosure describes an device for dispensing an acupuncture needle. The device comprises a thrust, a coupling mechanism coupled to the thrust, a biasing mechanism adapted to bias the thrust towards an initial position, a housing, and a conduit. The housing comprises a first cavity portion adapted to receive the thrust, the coupling mechanism and the biasing mechanism, and a second cavity portion in fluid communication with the first cavity portion. The second cavity portion has a smaller cross-sectional area than the first cavity portion, and the thrust is received in the first cavity portion. The conduit is adapted to guide an acupuncture needle toward the coupling mechanism disposed within the housing. This disclosure further describes a method of using said device for inserting an acupuncture needle into the dermis of a subject.
US11911336B2	Detection of myocardial contractions indicative of perfusion A system for assisting with a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment being administered to a patient. In one aspect, the system includes electrodes to provide an ECG signal of the patient, one or more sensors configured to measure an intrinsic myocardial wall movement of the patient, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to perform operations including: during the CPR treatment being administered to the patient, receiving an input from the sensor(s), processing the input from the sensor(s) and the ECG signal, determining, based on processing, whether the intrinsic myocardial wall movement is indicative of a perfusion movement of the patient's heart, and providing an indication to a user of the system based on the determination.
US11911335B2	Bidirectional reciprocating oscillating massager The present disclosure relates to a bidirectional reciprocating oscillating massager, including a peripheral component, wherein a first gear box fixing member and a second gear box fixing member are respectively arranged inside the peripheral component; the first gear box fixing member and the second gear box fixing member are connected through a bolt; rotating slots are formed in tops of both the first gear box fixing member and the second gear box fixing member; inner walls of the rotating slots are rotatably connected with driven shafts; outer walls of the driven shafts are sleeved with driven teeth; the same motor is fixedly connected inside the first gear box fixing member and the second gear box fixing member; an output shaft of the motor is connected with a driving tooth; and the driving tooth are meshed with the driven teeth.
US11911333B2	Gradient cushioning gain for footwear sole arrangement A sole arrangement for an article of footwear with a gradient depth value is provided. In one aspect of the disclosure, the sole arrangement extending from an end of a posterior area of the sole arrangement to an end of an anterior area of the sole arrangement, wherein the posterior area of the sole arrangement being formed under a heel area and the anterior area of the sole arrangement being formed under a forefoot area of a foot. The sole arrangement having an upper facing surface and a ground engaging surface, wherein the upper facing surface being on an opposite side of the sole arrangement than the ground engaging surface. The sole arrangement having a maximum posterior depth value. The sole arrangement having a maximum anterior depth value. The maximum posterior depth value may be smaller than the maximum anterior depth value by a first margin.
US11911328B1	Autonomous hospital bed Provided is an autonomous wheeled device. A first sensor obtains first data indicative of distances to objects within an environment of the autonomous wheeled device and a second sensor obtains second data indicative of movement of the autonomous wheeled device. A processor generates at least a portion of a map of the environment using at least one of the first data and the second data and a first path of the autonomous wheeled device. The processor transmits first information to an application of a communication device paired with the autonomous wheeled device and receives second information from the application.
US11911325B2	Bed interface for manual location A graphical user interface (GUI) of a patient bed is used by a caregiver to manually enter location data indicative of a location in a healthcare facility at which the patient bed is located. A first screen for manually entering location data is displayed on the GUI after a threshold period of time elapses subsequent to a power plug of the patient bed being plugged into an alternating current (AC) outlet of the healthcare facility and subsequent to casters of the patient bed being braked. A voice prompt is also given from the patient bed after the threshold period of time elapses to remind the caregiver to manually enter the location data. After manual entry of the location data, circuitry of the patient bed transmits the location data entered by the caregiver and a bed identification (ID) from the bed for receipt by a remote computer for purposes of making a bed-to-room association.
US11911322B2	Reclining wheelchair apparatus A reclining wheelchair apparatus for providing a convenient way for wheelchair users to rest or be cared for includes a chair base frame and a plurality of wheels coupled to the chair base frame. A seat bottom is coupled to a base top side and a pair of pivot brackets is pivotably coupled to a base top side adjacent the base back side. A chair back is coupled to the pair of pivot brackets and moves between an upright position and a reclined position. The pair of pivot brackets rests on a pair of bracket supports when the chair back is in the reclined position. A pair of locking pins is coupled to the pair of pivot brackets and selectively engages with the base top side to secure the chair back in the upright position.
US11911321B2	Ramp assembly with raised ramp position A ramp assembly to accommodate a wheel-chaired passenger to enter or exit a motorized vehicle includes a frame, a ramp movable relative to the frame, a drive block configured to move the ramp relative to the frame, a linkage arm having a first end pivotably coupled to the drive block, a linkage panel pivotably coupled to the linkage arm and a rear end of the ramp, and an upper roller pivotably coupled to the linkage panel for rotation about a pivot axis of the linkage panel to facilitate rotation of the ramp relative to the frame.
US11911319B2	Patient positioning device and medical workstation A patient-positioning device includes a first link designed as a base frame for fastening the patient-positioning device on a support surface, a second link mounted on the first link for rotation about a first axis of rotation by a first joint, and a third link mounted on the second link for rotation about a second axis of rotation by a second joint. The third link is arranged on the second link by the second joint in such a way that, with a floor mounting of the first link, the third link is arranged below the second link by the second joint in order to suspend the third link on the second link in an overhead arrangement by means of the second joint. The third link is mounted so as to be rotatable under the second link by the second joint.
US11911315B2	System and method for controlling a transverse phacoemulsification system using sensed data A method and system for use in an ocular surgical procedure is provided. The design includes a handpiece having an ultrasonically vibrating tip operational within a plurality of operating modes including a first operating mode and a sensing device, such as a vacuum pressure sensor. A controller is connected to the handpiece and sensing device and is configured to receive data from the sensing device and adjust at least one operational parameter (time/duty cycle of operation, power during operation) associated with the first operating mode and adjust at least one parameter associated with another operating mode based on the data received from the sensing device. Operational modes may include multiple longitudinal or non-longitudinal modes (torsional, transversal, etc.) or combinations of longitudinal and/or non-longitudinal modes.
US11911312B2	Inserter The invention relates to an inserter for an intrauterine system, including a handle (3) having a longitudinal opening (8) at its first end, the opening (8) having a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the inserter, a first end (8a) and a second end (8b), a moveable slider (5) arranged in the longitudinal opening (8) and having a first end (5a) and a second end (5b), a plunger (2) attached to the handle (3), an insertion tube (6) arranged around the plunger (2) having a first end and a second end, with its second end attached to the slider (5). The inserter further includes a lock that reversibly locks the intrauterine system in relation to the plunger (2) via a removal string of the intrauterine system, the lock being controllable by the slider (5) and/or the insertion tube (6).
US11911311B2	Dental guard A dental guard for treatment of bruxism in a human dental arch. The dental guard comprises an elastically deformable body having a front band portion and a pair of molar portions contiguous with and extending from the ends of the front band portion. The distance between distal ends of the molar portions is configured to differ from the width of the human dental arch. The front band portion and molar portions form a U-shape configured and may have less curvature than a curvature of the human dental arch. The body includes a front side wall and an upper side wall extending at an angle from a longitudinal edge of the front side wall. The body is adapted to be positioned to fit over a plurality of teeth such that the inner surfaces of the front wall and the upper wall engage occlusal surfaces of the posterior teeth. When the jaws are closed the body at least partially conforms to the outer surfaces and occlusal surfaces of differently sized and differently shaped teeth corresponding to different people during use.
US11911310B2	Adhesive wafer with a neutralizer matrix An adhesive wafer for an ostomy device, the wafer comprising a skin-facing adhesive layer, a backing layer on the non-skin-facing side of the adhesive layer, and a hole for accommodating a stoma. On the central portion of the backing layer is located a release layer being configured to release a neutralizer. The neutralizer is capable of neutralizing or at least minimizing the level of skin or adhesive aggressiveness of the output.
US11911305B2	Stent deployment system A delivery system for delivering a stent to a body lumen. The delivery system includes a tubular member having an expandable stent disposed about the outer surface of the inner tubular member. The stent is maintained in a radially compressed configuration with a removable sheath. The sheath can be released using a variety of techniques.
US11911303B2	Universal adapter for graft attachment to delivery systems A stent graft retention system for retaining a stent graft on a delivery device is provided. The stent graft retention system includes a stent graft, a stent, and a plurality of discrete retention wire forms at least one of which is configured to engage a trigger wire.
US11911302B2	Self expanding flow diversion device with enhanced kink resistance and radial strength A flow diverter device is used to redirect the blood flow inside the cerebral blood vessels and for the reduction of blood flow to the aneurysm, hence preventing the chance of aneurysm rupture as well as promoting the healing of the aneurysm. The novel design of the device, using a set of thicker wires, provides high kink resistance and radial strength. Two patterns of inter-braiding the thicker set of wires with the finer braid are disclosed, one having a checker-board and the other a ring structure. Both patterns are highly kink resistant with the checker-board design providing minimal loss in flexibility, whereas the ring design provides greater radial strength. The device could be made of super elastic materials like Nitinol wires with the thicker set being radio opaque. The device is highly kink resistant and sufficiently flexible for use in vasculature with complex bends.
US11911299B2	Prosthetic attachment system and corresponding lock assembly A prosthetic attachment system and corresponding lock assembly for connecting a distal end of a prosthetic liner to a distal end of a prosthetic socket. The lock assembly includes a base arranged to be supported by the distal end of the prosthetic socket, and defining a bore. An attachment pin is arranged to be carried by the prosthetic liner and insertable through the bore. A lock mechanism is arranged to be carried by the base and is rotatable about a rotation axis. The lock mechanism includes a control knob extending outwardly from a side of the base. The attachment pin is arranged to interact with the lock mechanism cause the control knob to spin at least one projection of the control knob about the rotation axis.
US11911297B2	Foot prosthesis with dynamic variable keel resistance A prosthetic foot has a frame, a forefoot keel, a heel keel, and an adjustable spring member. The frame couples to a prosthetic leg. The forefoot keel includes a first resilient substrate extending from the frame to the anterior end of the foot. The heel keel member includes a second resilient substrate extending from the frame to the posterior end. The first and second resilient substrates are load bearing substrates for a walking human. The adjustable spring member includes a third resilient substrate and a brake. The third resilient substrate has a first end directly or indirectly coupled to the brake, and a second end coupled to the forefoot keel proximate to the anterior end. The third resilient substrate extends through or around the first resilient member and the second resilient member. The brake provides resistance to the travel of the first end of the third resilient substrate in the superior direction.
US11911295B2	Orthopaedic surgical saw assembly for removing an implanted glenoid component and method of using the same A surgical instrument for removing an implanted glenoid component from the glenoid of a patient includes a protective cannula and a flexible wire saw. The flexible wire saw is positioned in the protective cannula such that both ends of the flexible wire saw extend out of one end of the protective cannula, with a portion of the middle section of the wire saw forming a loop that extends out of the other end of the protective cannula. Surgical methods for the use of such a surgical instrument are also disclosed.
US11911293B2	Tools for spinal surgery Tools adapted for spinal surgery are provided. More specifically, tools having an elongate cylindrical cannula connected to a plurality of sharp-edged blades are provided for imparting a force for displacing vertebral bodies. Apparatuses and methods for accurate, rapid, and reliable placement of surgical cages or other medical implants in a patients spine are also provided.
US11911292B2	Transversely expandable minimally invasive intervertebral cage Disclosed herein are systems and methods for intervertebral body fusion that provide more robust support within the disc space. Intervertebral body fusion devices can have a unitary monolithic body including a plurality of body segments interconnected with each other by flexure members. Devices be configured to be inserted through an opening in a compressed configuration and then expanded within the disc space to an expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, devices can have a greater mediolateral or transverse to the disc space footprint. This wider footprint provides greater support for the vertebrae relative to the size of the opening through which the device is inserted.
US11911289B2	Externally threaded expandable orthopedic implant An expandable screw for orthopedic insertion and expansion between a collapsed state and an expanded state. The screw has an upper externally-threaded body segment, a lower externally-threaded body segment opposite the upper external thread segments, and an expansion member extending along a longitudinal axis thereof. The expansion member connecting the upper externally-threaded body segment to the lower externally-threaded body segment, and configured during the expansion between the collapsed state and the expanded state to separate the upper externally-threaded body segment from the lower externally-threaded body segment.
US11911288B2	Stand alone interbody spinal system An embodiment includes an orthopedic fusion system comprising: a cage; a curved first channel coupling a lateral wall of the cage to a superior surface of the cage; a curved second channel coupling the lateral wall of the cage to an inferior surface of the cage; a third channel coupling the superior surface of the cage to the inferior surface of the cage; a curved first anchor configured to slide within the first channel; a curved second anchor configured to slide within the second channel; and a resilient member comprising a resilient first arm that projects across a portion of the first channel and a resilient second arm that projects across a portion of the second channel. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11911285B2	Interbody lattice structure An orthopedic implant which generally includes a frame structure and a porous structure. Both the frame and porous structure at least partially define at least six surfaces which make a three-dimensional profile of the implant. The porous structure is positioned at least partially within the three-dimensional profile.
US11911284B2	Curved expandable interbody devices and deployment tools A curved expandable interbody device for placement between vertebrae having an upper structure, a lower structure, and a screw mechanism, wherein actuation of the screw mechanism moves the upper and lower structures between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. A deployment tool couples to the curved expandable interbody device for positioning the device between adjacent vertebrae and actuating the screw mechanism, wherein the deployment tool can lock to the curved expandable interbody device and pivot relative to the curved expandable interbody device.
US11911274B2	Artificial heart valves incorporating negative poisson's ratio materials An artificial heart valve includes a frame, one or more struts attached to the frame, and a leaflet configured to open and close a fluid flow path through the frame by moving in response to heartbeats. Movement of the leaflet is restricted by the one or more struts. The leaflet includes an inner leaflet body having a negative Poisson's ratio, and an outer leaflet body at least partially surrounding the inner leaflet body, the outer leaflet body having a positive Poisson's ratio.
US11911268B1	Transcatheter device for endovascular aortic repair and method of using the same A transcatheter valve assembly includes a main body that defines a braided stent frame having a proximal end and a distal end and a graft material covering at least a portion of the braided stent frame. The graft material is coupled to the braided stent frame at each of the proximal end and the distal end. The braided stent frame is configured to modify a length and diameter thereof to fit a diameter of a patient. A medial portion defines one of an open facing surface that is positioned proximal the coronary arteries when the valve assembly is deployed, and a pair of conduits configured for receiving a stent to fluidly engage with the coronary arteries when the valve assembly is deployed. A valve housing is at the proximal end of the transcatheter valve assembly.
US11911263B2	Packaging-assisted actuation for an intraocular lens cartridge Systems, methods, and apparatuses for storing and/or shipping an intraocular lens (IOL) cartridge are provided. A system comprises a packaging comprising a passage. The IOL cartridge is removably disposed within the passage. The IOL cartridge comprises a nozzle and a compartment configured to receive an IOL. The nozzle is in fluid communication with the compartment. The IOL cartridge further comprises a dial configured to rotate upon withdrawal of the IOL cartridge from the passage, wherein an inner surface of the dial is exposed to the compartment. The dial is configured to fold the IOL and release the IOL cartridge from the packaging upon rotation of the dial.
US11911260B2	Temporary diameter reduction constraint arrangement for a stent graft in combination with a stent graft A temporary diameter reduction constraint arrangement for a stent graft in combination with a stent graft is disclosed. The stent graft has a proximal end and a distal end and comprises a biocompatible graft material tube and a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart self-expanding stents fastened thereto, including at least an end stent and a plurality of intermediate stents. The constraint arrangement comprises: an elongate receiver extending longitudinally within the graft material tube; a first wire extending longitudinally along the graft material tube in a first serpentine pattern; and a second wire extending longitudinally along the graft material tube in a second serpentine pattern, wherein at least one of the first and second wires repeatedly loops over the receiver along a longitudinal length of the stent graft thereby securing the stent graft to the receiver. In one embodiment there is also a plurality of loops of thread to reduce the stent graft.
US11911256B2	Dry prosthetic heart valve packaging system Packaging for prosthetic heart valves including an assembly for stabilizing dry prosthetic tissue implants such as heart valves during storage. The packaging assembly can be used for storing a bioprosthetic heart valve without a liquid preservative solution. The packaging assembly can have a valve holder configured for removably attaching a bioprosthetic heart valve, a storage tray comprising an open end and a cavity, and a retaining member configured for removably attaching the valve holder. The retaining member can be generally planar and have a slot having a closed end and an open outer end. The valve holder can be configured to be retained at the closed end of the slot in the retaining member.
US11911245B2	Compact tampon applicator with two-piece plunger A compact applicator has a two-piece telescoping plunger. The compact applicator, with such telescoping plunger, has a full-size barrel region while maintaining an overall applicator length that is the same and/or slightly shorter than current known compact applicators. In a non-deployed configuration, the inner sleeve of the plunger is generally telescoped within the outer sleeve of the plunger, and the outer sleeve of the plunger is generally telescoped within the applicator barrel.
US11911243B2	Cervical pad A cervical pad is provided for absorbing and collecting body fluids. The cervical pad comprises a resilient circular rim configured to span a vaginal opening adjacent the cervical os. A central body portion spans the area defined by the rim. The body portion includes a pad comprising an upper membrane layer, a lower membrane layer sealingly connected to the rim, and a flexible absorbent insert is disposed in a space defines between the inner membrane layer and the outer membrane layer.
US11911241B2	Device for performing a radiological examination A device for performing a radiological examination on a patient having a part of the body examined includes a housing with an openable containment portion and an examination portion. The containment portion and the examination portion together substantially enclose the patient. The examination portion is substantially transparent to X-rays and is configured to contain the part of the body to be examined.
US11911240B2	Intraoral scanning systems Intraoral scanning systems for displaying 3D models of a patient's dental arch and near-IR images from the dental arch. These systems may include a wand with one or more image sensors and processors for processing the 3D models and near-IR information. The 3D models may include surface (e.g., color) information and the near-IR images may include information on internal structures, including enamel and dentin.
US11911229B2	Universal piezo-magneto ultrasonic systems and methods An ultrasonic unit manufacturing system and process are based on a universal ultrasonic generator unit that operates interchangeably with either one of piezoelectric and magnetostrictive ultrasonic devices, and optionally as well as with either on-off or power level control footswitches. The ultrasonic units use a generator unit having a detector that determines whether the connected device is piezoelectric or magnetostrictive, and activates the generator for the appropriate piezoelectric or magnetostrictive operating mode. The ultrasonic units so made and methods of using them are also disclosed.
US11911228B2	Aqueous solution for use in cleaning via irradiation by ultraviolet rays and/or near-ultraviolet visible light and/or light in 800-900 nm near-infrared region, dentifrice including said solution, dental treatment device, toothbrush, and tooth cleaning method An aqueous solution for intraoral cleaning via irradiation with ultraviolet ray and/or near-ultraviolet visible ray and/or ray in an 800-900 nm near-infrared region is employed as the hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution, wherein a concentration of hydrogen peroxide is 1 w/v % to 7 w/v %, and a concentration of a hydrogen peroxide stabilizer is 81 ppm (mg/L) or less in the aqueous solution.
US11911227B2	Aqueous solution for use in cleaning via irradiation by ultraviolet rays and/or near-ultraviolet visible light and/or light in 800-900 NM near-infrared region, dentifrice including said solution, dental treatment device, toothbrush, and tooth cleaning met An aqueous solution for intraoral cleaning via irradiation with ultraviolet ray and/or near-ultraviolet visible ray and/or ray in an 800-900 nm near-infrared region is employed as the hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution, wherein a concentration of hydrogen peroxide is 1 w/v % to 7 w/v %, and a concentration of a hydrogen peroxide stabilizer is 81 ppm (mg/L) or less in the aqueous solution.
US11911224B2	Tissue expander A tissue expander is disclosed herein. The tissue expander may comprise a shell defining a chamber, and having a flexible wall and a port disposed through the flexible wall. The shell may also include a channel disposed through the flexible wall. A first syringe containing a first volume of a liquid may be connected to the chamber of the tissue expander via the channel. A second syringe containing a second volume of the liquid may be connected to the chamber via the port at least approximately one week after the first volume of liquid is injected. The first volume of liquid may be injected more quickly than the second volume of liquid.
US11911208B2	Systems and methods for the detection of fluid build-up resulting from an injury using ultrasound imaging Improved systems and methods for diagnosing an injury of a patient. The system and methods provide for more accurate scans of the injury thereby enabling a combat medic, a medical technician, or even untrained individuals to quickly diagnose the injury. By providing more accurate information, the systems and methods provide the technician with additional information regarding treatment options, such as whether to transport the patient or treat the patient in place, potential for aspiration, and other information about dangerous fluid build-up such as size, depth, and types of surrounding tissues, thereby increasing survivability of the patient. The systems and methods can also provide a diagnosis of the injury as well as suggestions on actions to take to treat the patient.
US11911207B2	X-ray ring markers for X-ray calibration Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a C-arm registration system employing a controller (70) for registering a C-arm (60) to a X-ray ring marker (20). The X-ray ring marker (20) includes a coaxial construction of a chirp ring (40) and a centric ring (50) on an annular base (30). In operation, the controller (70) acquires a baseline X-ray image illustrative of the X-ray ring marker (20) within a baseline X-ray projection by the C-arm (60) at a baseline imaging pose, derives baseline position parameters of the X-ray ring marker (20) within the baseline X-ray projection as a function of an illustration of the centric ring (50) within the baseline X-ray image, and derives a baseline twist parameter of the X-ray ring marker (20) within the baseline X-ray projection as a function of the baseline position parameters and of an illustration of the chirp ring (40) within the baseline X-ray image.
US11911205B2	Advanced medical imaging in distributed setup A computer-implemented method is for performing at least one medical imaging procedure using an imaging modality. The medical imaging procedure is performed under remote supervision. An embodiment of the method includes acquiring with a computing unit data on the medical imaging procedure to be performed; acquiring with the computing unit data on at least one expert operator, located at a workplace remote from the imaging modality; matching data on the medical imaging procedure with data on the expert operator; assigning at least one expert operator to the medical imaging procedure based on the matching; and providing a communication channel between the imaging modality and the remote workplace.
US11911196B2	Seeing through mucus in an ENT procedure A method for radiographic imaging of a body cavity includes imaging the body cavity using computerized tomography (CT) to form a CT image, registering a tracking system with the CT image, inserting into the body cavity a guidewire, including a position sensor, operating in the tracking system, attached to a distal end of the guidewire, in response to signals from the position sensor acquired by the tracking system, displaying a position of the distal end of the guidewire on the CT image. The method further includes assigning voxels within a predefined imaging volume relative to the distal end and having a radiodensity less than a predetermined threshold to have a uniform radiodensity of a predefined default value, incorporating the voxels with the assigned predefined default value into the CT image so as to form an updated CT image, and displaying the updated CT image.
US11911194B2	Compression member, support member, and mammography apparatus A compression member which compresses a breast placed between a radiation source and a radiation detector, wherein at least a partial region of at least one surface of the compression member that does not come into contact with the breast is roughened. A support member and a mammography apparatus are also provided.
US11911193B2	Method and apparatus for generating a resultant image dataset of a patient One or more example embodiments of the present invention relates to a method for generating a resultant image dataset of a patient based on spatial distributions of materials in the patient.
US11911188B2	Apparatus and method for monitoring health, and mobile device Provided is an apparatus for non-invasively monitoring a health condition. The apparatus for monitoring health according to an example embodiment of the disclosure includes: a pulse wave sensor configured to obtain a first pulse wave signal in a first contact state of an object and a second pulse wave signal in a second contact state of the object; and a processor configured to estimate a degree of vasodilation based on an alternating current (AC) component of each of the first pulse wave signal and the second pulse wave signal, configured to monitor a vascular health condition based on the estimated degree of vasodilation, and configured to output a result of monitoring the vascular health condition.
US11911186B2	Continuous long-term monitoring of a subject A method includes obtaining monitoring data recorded by first and second devices, the first and second devices being attached to the subject at different first and second sties, respectively. The monitoring data comprises signals associated with at least one physiological parameter of the subject. The method also includes extracting one or more features of the signals recorded by the first and second devices during a transitionary period when the first and second devices simultaneously monitor the at least one physiological parameter of the subject. The method further includes generating at least one correlation parameter by analyzing the extracted features of the signals recorded by the first and second devices for at least a portion of the transitionary period, the at least one correlation parameter when applied to signals recorded by the second device at least partially compensating for relative changes in signals recorded by the first and second devices.
US11911182B2	Systems and methods of IV infiltration detection As an IV infiltration occurs and fluid leaks into surrounding tissues, several physiological changes are expected locally. The systems and methods described herein provide a scalable automated IV infiltration detection device to provide medical staff an early warning of a possible infiltration such that they can respond accordingly. The systems and methods capture the physiological state of the user at or around a peripheral catheter insertion site by incorporating one or more modalities of wearable sensing, processing the data collected from these wearable sensors, detecting the presence of extravascular fluid, and providing an indication to a medical professional.
US11911179B2	Hydration assessment system The present invention provides methods and systems that provide for reliable, convenient, and noninvasive assessment of hydration status. The methods and apparatuses can use the temporal sequence of the aortic value opening and closing along with the user's body position to derive parameters that determine the hydration status of the user. The user can use this information to make near-term lifestyle changes that can improve physical performance, health, and general wellbeing.
US11911178B2	System and method to detect and treat arrhythmogenic regions in atrial fibrillation A system for treating atrial fibrillation includes a memory configured to store a baseline measurement of an atrial fibrillation characteristic of a patient and a post administration measurement of the atrial fibrillation characteristic of the patient. The post administration measurement is obtained subsequent to administration of a reactive oxygens species (ROS) scavenger to the patient. The system also includes a processor operatively coupled to the memory and configured to determine a change between the baseline measurement and the post administration measurement of the atrial fibrillation characteristic. The processor is further configured to identify, based on the determined change, one or more hot spots of atrial fibrillation, where the one or more hot spots comprise target areas for treatment of the atrial fibrillation.
US11911176B2	Medication adherence and/or counterfeit detection wearable electronic device A method to determine medication adherence may include detecting whether a wearable electronic device is in use. The method may include detecting one or more markers in sweat vapor of the user using a chemical marker sensor of the wearable electronic device. The method may include, in response to detecting that the system is in use, determining whether the user has taken a therapeutic agent that includes the one or more markers based on detecting the one or more markers in the sweat vapor.
US11911171B2	Systems and methods for brain activity interpretation A method includes receiving electroencephalographic (EEG) signal data recordings collected from a plurality of individuals via at least one EEG monitoring device. An optimized plurality of wavelet packet atoms is constructed based on the EEG signal data recordings and a mother wavelet. The optimized plurality of wavelet packet atoms is reordered to obtain an optimal reordered set of wavelet packet atoms. The optimal reordered set of wavelet packet atoms is normalized to obtain an optimal normalized set of wavelet packet atoms that is representative of brain activities of the plurality of individuals. A particular EEG signal data recording of a particular individual is received, which is projected onto the optimal normalized set of wavelet packet atoms to obtain an individual-specific set of projections for the particular individual on the optimal normalized set of wavelet packet atoms. A brain activity representation of the particular individual is generated based on the individual-specific set of projections.
US11911168B2	Cardiac conduction system therapy benefit determination Systems and methods are described herein for determining whether cardiac conduction system pacing therapy may be beneficial and/or determining how proximal or distal a cardiac conduction system block may be using external cardiac signals. To do so, one or more left-sided metrics of electrical heterogeneity information may be generated based on left-sided surrogate cardiac electrical measured using a plurality of left external electrodes.
US11911158B2	Systems and methods for determining actor status according to behavioral phenomena Aspects relate to systems and methods for determining actor status according to behavioral phenomena. An exemplary system includes at least an eye sensor, wherein the at least an eye sensor is configured to detect an eye parameter and at least a physiological sensor, wherein the at least a physiological sensor is configured to detect a circulatory parameter, and a processor in communication with the at least an eye speech sensor and the at least a physiological sensor and configured to determine an eye pattern as a function of the eye parameter and correlate the eye pattern and the circulatory parameter to a cognitive status.
US11911157B2	Apparatus and method for estimating target component Provided is an apparatus for estimating a target component, the apparatus including a temperature controller configured to modulate temperature of an object, a measurer configured to measure a spectrum for each temperature of the object that changes based on the modulation, and a processor configured to obtain effective optical pathlength vectors corresponding to a temperature change based on the spectrum for each temperature of the object, obtain a representative effective optical pathlength based on the obtained effective optical pathlength vectors, and obtain a target component estimation model based on the obtained representative effective optical pathlength.
US11911148B2	Monitoring a subject Presented are concepts for monitoring walker usage by a subject. One such concept obtains movement data comprising values of detected movement of an arm of the subject for a first time period during which the subject is determined to have transferred between first and second locations the first time period. It is determined if the subject used a walker during the first time period based on a measure of variance in the values of detected movement of the subject's arm during the first time period.
US11911144B2	Ultrasound imaging system and interventional medical device for use therewith An imaging system includes an ultrasound probe, and an interventional medical device having a tracking device. The ultrasound probe includes an ultrasound transducer to generate an ultrasound field-of-view, a tracking field generator to generate an electromagnetic locator field, and a wireless receiver. The interventional medical device has a distal end portion to which the tracking device is mechanically coupled. The tracking device includes a plurality of tracking coils, a wireless transmitter, and a power supply circuit. The plurality of tracking coils interact with the electromagnetic locator field to determine a location within the electromagnetic locator field and to generate tracking data. The wireless transmitter is configured to transmit the tracking data from the tracking device of the interventional medical device to the wireless receiver of the ultrasound probe. The power supply circuit is configured to supply electrical power to the wireless transmitter of the tracking device.
US11911139B2	System and method for automatic perfusion measurement The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for automatically measuring and assessing hemodynamics in tissue of an anatomical structure of a subject. In particular the present disclosure relates to continuously measuring and assessing hemodynamics in medical procedures using fluorescence imaging and wherein the administration of the fluorescent agent is controlled and automated. One aspect relates to a method of automatic perfusion assessment of an anatomical structure of a subject, the method comprising administration into a vein of a bolus corresponding to less than 0.005 mg ICG/kg body weight of a first fluorescence imaging agent.
US11911137B2	Sensing at least one biological parameter, E.G., heart rate or heart rate variability of a subject The present disclosure concerns a device for sensing at least one biological parameter (e.g., heart rate, heart rate variability) of a subject, the device comprising a contact surface configured for being brought into a contact with a skin surface of the subject. The device has at least one light source for illuminating the skin surface through the contact surface along an illumination source optical axis with illumination including at least one sensing wavelength, and at least one detector for detecting a response of said illumination at least at said wavelength, from the skin surface through the contact surface along a detector optical axis, and providing signals configured for determining said biological parameter based thereon, said illumination optical axis forming with said contact surface an acute included angle.
US11911127B2	Storing a signal to a memory An apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to classify a signal; and circuitry configured to control saving of the signal to a memory with a conditional resolution, wherein a signal that is classified as anomalous is saved at higher resolution as a higher resolution signal and a signal that is not classified as anomalous is saved at lower resolution as a lower resolution signal or is not saved.
US11911126B2	Dynamic pulley system Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for robotic medical instrument system. The medical system can include an elongated shaft configured for insertion into a patient. The system can also include a pull wire extending along the elongated shaft. The pull wire can be actuatable to articulate the elongated shaft. The medical system can include a dynamic pulley coupled to the pull wire, the dynamic pulley configured to collapse during rotation in a first direction and to expand during rotation in a second direction opposite the first direction.
US11911125B2	Articulating surgical instrument A surgical instrument for use with a robotic manipulator includes an end effector assembly having one or two end effector members, each having a distal treatment end, a proximal end, and a tendon pass-through. Tendons that provide both mechanical actuation and electrical conduction to the end effector members are positioned in the pass-throughs.
US11911122B2	Instrument insertion carriage for robotic surgical tools A robotic surgical tool for a robotic instrument driver that includes a handle having a first end, at least one spline rotatably coupled to the handle and extending proximally from the first end, a carriage movably mounted to the at least one spline and including a first layer and a second layer operatively coupled to the first layer. At least one spline extends through a portion of at least one of the first and second layers and the carriage translates along the at least one spline. The robotic surgical tool also includes an elongate shaft extending from the carriage and penetrating the first end, the shaft having an end effector arranged at a distal end thereof and an activating mechanism coupled to one or both of the first and second layers and actuatable to operate a function of the end effector.
US11911121B2	Modular navigable probe A navigable probe system and method of use is provided. The system may include a handle assembly having a locking mechanism enclosed and a stylus, a cannula, and a tracking device extending from the handle assembly. The stylus may include undercuts for receiving pins of the locking mechanism. A cam of the handle assembly may rotate such that in a first position, the pins of the locking mechanism may be engaged with the undercuts and in a second position, the pins of the locking mechanism may be disengaged from the undercuts releasing the stylus from the locking mechanism. The stylus may be slidably engaged with an inner diameter of the cannula. In some arrangements, the handle assembly may include a quick connect system that in a first position attaches the cannula to the handle assembly and in a second position releases the handle assembly and thus stylus from the cannula.
US11911120B2	Training and feedback for a controller workspace boundary A method of determining a location of a user input device of a surgical robotic system within a surgical workspace using a virtual workspace including determining, by one or more processors communicatively coupled to a user input device, that a user is engaging with the user input device within a surgical workspace; in response to determining the user is engaging with the user input device, displaying a virtual user input device within a first virtual workspace boundary, wherein at least a portion of the first virtual workspace boundary is operable to move in response to a movement of the user input device; displaying a second virtual workspace boundary that represents a second workspace limit beyond which the user input device is inoperable to control the surgical robotic instrument in the teleoperation mode; and determining a location of the user input device within the surgical workspace.
US11911119B2	Hip replacement navigation system and method In another embodiment, a hip joint navigation jig is provided that includes an anatomical interface comprising a bone engagement portion. A registration jig is also provided that is coupled, e.g., removeably, with the anatomical interface. A rotatable member is provided for rotation about an axis that is not vertical when the jig is mounted to the bone adjacent to a hip joint and the registration jig is coupled with the anatomical interface. An anatomy engaging probe is coupled with the rotatable member for rotation about the axis and is translatable to enable the probe to be brought into contact with a plurality of anatomical landmarks during a procedure. An inertial sensor is coupled with the probe to indicate orientation related to the landmarks, the sensor being disposed in a different orientation relative to horizontal when the probe is in contact with the landmarks.
US11911118B2	Apparatus and methods for use with skeletal procedures Apparatus and methods are described including acquiring 3D image data of a skeletal portion. While a tool that is coupled to a robot is disposed at a first location along an insertion path, two 2D x-ray images are acquired from respective views. A computer processor (i) determines the first location with respect to the 3D image data based upon identifying the first location within the 2D x-ray images and registering the 2D x-ray images to the 3D image data, and (ii) derives a relationship between the first location and a given location within the 3D image data. Subsequently, the robot moves the tool to a second location responsively to the derived relationship. The processor tracks the motion of the robot relative to the first location, derives the second location, and drives a display to display the second location. Other applications are also described.
US11911114B2	Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic imaging apparatus including the same An ultrasonic probe that acquires an ultrasonic image to diagnose or treat an object, and an ultrasonic imaging apparatus including the same, wherein the ultrasonic probe includes a case, a transducer disposed inside the case to generate ultrasonic waves, a biopsy needle inserted into an object in the vicinity of the case, and a sensor unit including a sensor provided to measure a position of the biopsy needle and disposed inside the transducer, wherein the transducer includes a piezoelectric layer configured to generate ultrasonic waves, a sound absorbing layer disposed on one side of the piezoelectric layer to absorb the ultrasonic waves generated from the piezoelectric layer, and a sound absorbing member disposed on one side of the sound absorbing layer, and the sensor unit is disposed inside the sound absorbing member.
US11911108B2	Blood flow measurement apparatus A blood flow measuring unit of a blood flow measurement apparatus of an embodiment includes an optical system for applying an OCT scan to an eye fundus and obtains blood flow information based on data acquired by the OCT scan. A movement mechanism moves the optical system. A controller applies a first movement control to the movement mechanism to move the optical system in a first direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical system by a predetermined distance from the optical axis. A judging unit judges occurrence of vignetting based on a detection result of return light of light incident on the eye through the optical system after the first movement control. The controller applies a second movement control to the movement mechanism to further move the optical system based on a judgement result obtained by the judging unit.
US11911106B2	Device and method for reducing eye opacity An optical modulator is disposed in front of an eye along a direction in which light enters the eye to modulate the properties of light depending on the degree of opacity of the eye.
US11911099B2	System for performing laser therapy and method therefor The present disclosure enables improved laser treatments by enabling better estimation of laser-tissue interaction to better inform the planning of a treatment path for a laser signal through a treatment region. An embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure uses a laser signal to generate a feature in the treatment region, generates a surface profile of the treatment region that includes the feature, compares that surface profile to another surface profile of the treatment region taken before the generation of the feature, and infers at least one property for at least one tissue type in the treatment region based on the comparison. In some embodiments, the feature is generated such that it includes a plurality of tissue types previously identified in the treatment region, thereby enabling inference one or more properties for each tissue type and/or locating one or more boundaries between tissue types.
US11911091B2	Medical device systems and methods for activating transducers based on delivery shaft member temperature In at least a medical system including a structure, a plurality of transducers located on the structure, a shaft member configured to percutaneously deliver the structure to a location within a patient, a plurality of conductors at least partially within the shaft member and coupled to the transducers, and a controller operatively coupled to the transducers via the conductors, the controller may cause first electrical power to be delivered to one or more of the transducers for a first period of time, where second electrical power less than the first electrical power, if delivered for a second period of time longer than the first period time would result in a steady-state temperature of a portion of the shaft member that would be just below a safe temperature limit for at least the portion of the shaft member.
US11911085B2	Bone positioning and preparing guide systems and methods Methods for temporarily fixing an orientation of a bone or bones. Methods of correcting a bunion deformity. Bone positioning devices. Methods of using a bone positioning device. Bone preparation guides. Methods of using a bone preparation guide.
US11911082B2	Bone fixation methods and devices including adhesive bioactive resorbable bone plates A bone fixation system, device and method are provided herein. A system may include a bone plate. The bone plate is adapted to be affixed to a bone surface, and comprises a bioactive porous portion. The porous portion is adapted to, include bone healing-promoting substances, such as hollow microparticles containing the bone healing-promoting substances embedded in the porous portion. The bone plate father includes at least one attachment portion. In some embodiments, the attachment portion includes a face, which defines indentations, such as dimples, to retain an amount of adhesive.
US11911076B2	Pedicle screws A modular pedicle screw assembly for immobilisation and stabilisation of spinal segments in a patient. One example of the modular pedicle screw assembly includes a bone screw, a uniaxial inner collet arranged to cooperate with a head of the bone screw, a seat arranged to provide seating for retention of the inner collet, and an inner collet actuator designed to engage the seat to activate the inner collet for clamping about the head of the bone screw.
US11911069B2	Sealing multiple surgical instruments A cannula seal is presented. The cannula seal includes a cross-slit seal that can include a side wall that includes folded sidewalls; slits that are formed by the folded sidewalls when the cross-slit seal is in a closed position; and a concave end surface at the slits. The cross-slit seal can include energizing ribs formed to close the seal. The instrument guide includes a pyramidal shaped seal that seals against doors when no instrument is inserted and seals against an instrument when the instrument is inserted.
US11911063B2	Techniques for detecting ultrasonic blade to electrode contact and reducing power to ultrasonic blade An end-effector and a surgical instrument including the end-effector are disclosed. The end-effector includes a clamp arm and an ultrasonic blade configured to acoustically couple to an ultrasonic transducer and to electrically couple to a pole of an electrical generator. The clamp arm includes a clamp jaw, a cantilever electrode configured to electrically couple to an opposite pole of the electrical generator and an electrically non-conductive clamp arm pad including a plurality of teeth. The surgical instrument includes a control circuit to detect a distal conductive element contact with the ultrasonic blade and adjust power applied to the ultrasonic blade based on detection of the contact.
US11911062B2	Transducer for ultrasonic scalpel A transducer for an ultrasonic scalpel, which comprises, from distal end to proximal end of a connecting feature, a fixing feature, a horn, a piezoelectric converting body, a rear-end ring, and a connecting member. By following a design principle of constraints in the parameter relationships between the piezoelectric converting body and the horn in the transducer, a transducer having both appropriate gain and stable performance can be achieved.
US11911060B2	Forceps driver apparatus Provided is a forceps driving apparatus including a body, a gripper installed to be received in the body and formed to be open and closed, an opening and closing member rotatably installed in the body to press or release two sides of the gripper by rotation, an elastic member connected to one side of the opening and closing member to provide an elastic force to the opening and closing member, an actuator connected to the other side of the opening and closing member to rotate the opening and closing member by contraction or extension, and a force sensing module to measure a gripping force of the gripper during the rotation of the opening and closing member.
US11911059B2	Surgical shunt assembly tool The present disclosure provides a surgical shunt assembly tool that provides a more efficacious grip on the catheter tubes and prevent the tip of the catheter from buckling while the catheter is pushed onto the tip of the valve during installation of shunts during CSF shunt surgery. The tool includes standard handles such as used in a shodded mosquito tool having a clamping jaw integrated into the distal end section of the handle. The distal jaw includes two forcep jaw sections each having a proximal end integrally formed with a distal end of a distal end arm section of one of the two handle arms, and a distal end section extending away from the distal end arm section. The distal end sections of the forcep jaw sections are cylindrically shaped such that when the forcep jaw is closed by bringing the two forcep jaw sections together, a cylinder is formed having a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of a catheter tube to be attached to a shunt valve tip. The proximal ends of the forcep jaw sections are oval shaped and have a size such that when the forcep jaw is closed bringing the two forcep jaw sections together, an oval shaped opening is formed having a size smaller than the diameter of the catheter tube such that the catheter tube is squeezed closed to provide a firm grip of the tool of the catheter tube.
US11911058B2	Forceps drive shaft Surgical forceps can include a drive pin an outer tube, a first jaw, a second jaw, and an inner tube. The outer tube can define a longitudinal axis. The first jaw can be pivotably connected to the outer tube. The first jaw can include a pair of flanges located at a proximal portion of the first jaw, where each flange can include a track receiving the drive pin. The inner tube can be located within the outer tube and can extend along the longitudinal axis. The inner tube can include a pair of arms extending from a distal portion of the inner tube. The drive pin can be securable to the pair of arms. The inner tube can be translatable within the outer tube to drive the drive pin along the tracks to move the second jaw between open and closed positions.
US11911054B2	Neuroaspiration catheter for thrombectomy Described herein is a neuroaspiration catheter for removing a blood clot in a blood vessel. The neuroaspiration catheter includes a first tube, a second tube and a wire for guiding the navigation of the catheter. The wire can be navigated to the site of the blood clot, aid the navigation of the catheter, and left in the blood vessel during and after the aspiration. If the aspiration fails, the catheter can be quickly navigated back to the site of the blood clot using the wire as a guide. Also described herein is a method of removing a blood clot using the neuroaspiration catheter.
US11911053B2	Stone fragment capture systems for lithotripsy systems A lithotripsy device can comprise a handpiece, a lithotripsy probe extending from the handpiece, an energization source configured to deliver an energy to a distal end of the lithotripsy probe, a suction passage extending from the distal end of the probe and through the handpiece, and a capture device comprising a container comprising a storage space, an entry port configured to couple to the handpiece at the suction passage, and an exit port, and a capture element connected to the container and configured to facilitate capture of stone fragments within the storage space. A method can comprise fragmenting stones with a lithotripsy device, drawing a vacuum through the lithotripsy device to pull stone fragments and waste fluid therethrough, pulling the vacuum through a stone capture device connected to the lithotripsy device, depositing stone fragments within the stone capture device using a capture element, and drawing the vacuum through the device.
US11911052B2	Treatment method A treatment method reduces the time required to exchange a long catheter which is introduced from an arm to treat the lower limb artery. The treatment method involves introducing a first catheter from an artery of one arm of the patient to dispose a distal portion of the first catheter at least in front of the lesion area in the lower limb artery; introducing a second catheter from an artery of the other arm of the patient; disposing a first treatment catheter in the lesion area through the first catheter; treating the lesion area with the first treatment catheter; and assisting the treatment with the second catheter and/or a second treatment catheter that is inserted into the second catheter.
US11911049B2	Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion This disclosure presents a MITLIF procedure. The procedure uses a single incision on one side and pedicle screws are placed on that side and through the same incision a facet screw is placed on the opposite side using a series of jigs, and, for example, the hole cutter, drill, guide shaft and screw driver described herein.
US11911046B2	Patient specific surgical guide locator and mount A resection guide locator includes a bone engagement portion with surfaces that are complementary to the surface topographies of a bone to be resected during surgery. A housing includes a socket defined by a resilient annular wall that is sized and arranged so to accept a resection guide by press-fit to thereby position and hold the resection guide within the socket. The resection guide is maintained in a predetermined, preferred position while the surfaces are releasably locked in position on the bone. A method is disclosed for forming and using the resection guide locator.
US11911040B2	Flow attenuation device An embolic device for treating aneurysms or other vascular disorders may be more compliant than conventional devices, while still achieving desired porosity. In particular, the device may achieve the desired porosity only at discrete sections along the length of the device where such a porosity is required (e.g., sections that will block the neck of the aneurysm upon deployment). The remaining sections of the device can be configured to increase the device's compliance. For example, the remaining sections can be formed from less material than the sections with the desired porosity. In some instances, the sections with the desired porosity are formed from mesh-screen segments and the remaining sections are formed from coil segments. In some instances, the mesh-screen segments are configured to further enhance the device's compliance. For example, the mesh-screen segment can be formed from a layered structure that achieves greater compliance than conventional braided structures.
US11911037B2	Medical device, stapler, and rotary locking mechanism A medical device, a stapler, and a rotation locking mechanism, the medical device including a handheld mechanism, a connecting mechanism, and an actuator. The connecting mechanism is connected to the handheld mechanism and the actuator. The handheld mechanism is internally provided with a first rotation locking mechanism and a first transmission mechanism connected to the first rotation locking mechanism. A second rotation locking mechanism matching the first rotation locking mechanism is disposed on the connecting mechanism. When the first transmission mechanism is in a first state, the first rotation locking mechanism and the second rotation locking mechanism are in an unlocked state, such that the connecting mechanism is rotatable. When the first transmission mechanism is in a second state, the first rotation locking mechanism and the second rotation locking mechanism are in a locked state, such that the connecting mechanism is locked, thereby improving surgery safety and surgery efficiency.
US11911027B2	Adhesive film laminate A surgical stapler, or fastening instrument, may generally comprise a layer, such as a tissue thickness compensator, for example, releasably attached to a fastener cartridge and/or anvil by a flowable attachment portion. The flowable attachment portion may be indefinitely flowable. The flowable attachment portion may be flowable from the time that layer is installed to the fastener cartridge to the time in which the layer is implanted to patient tissue. The flowable attachment portion may comprise a pressure sensitive adhesive. The flowable attachment portion may comprise an adhesive laminate comprising a base layer comprising the tissue thickness compensator and an adhesive layer on at least a portion of a surface of the base layer comprising the pressure sensitive adhesive. Articles of manufacture comprising flowable attachment portion and methods of making and using the flowable attachment portion are also described.
US11911014B2	Articulating structure having elastic member and tube inserting device having the same An articulating structure includes a joint unit including a front segment and a rear segment that are connected in series and perform relative rotation with respect to a rotation portion, and an elastic member interposed between the front segment and the rear segment, and a wire that passes through the front segment and the rear segment in a lengthwise direction of the joint unit, wherein the front segment rotates relative to the rear segment in one direction when the wire is pulled rearward, and the elastic member elastically deforms by a pressing force by the rotation of the front segment to provide a force that resists the pressing force.
US11911010B2	Medical instrument port for use with protective face coverings A medical instrument port is described for use with a surgical mask or other protective face covering. The medical instrument port provides a sealed pathway through which a medical instrument can be passed without exposing the clinician to aerosolized droplets expelled from the patient's respiratory system when the medical instrument is introduced into the patient's nasal and/or oral passages.
US11911007B2	Image processing device, endoscope system, and image processing method An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing device, an endoscope system, and an image processing method capable of observing an accurate structure of a subject while preventing a substantial decrease in a frame rate in a case where an image is acquired using a plurality of observation lights. An image processing device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an image input unit that inputs a first image and a second image captured at different times, in which the image input unit inputs the first image captured with first observation light and the second image captured with second observation light different from the first observation light; a parameter calculation unit that calculates a parameter for registering the first image and the second image; an image generation unit that applies the parameter to the first image to generate a registered first image; and a display control unit that causes a display device to sequentially display the input first image and the generated registered first image.
US11911001B2	Endoscope clip An endoscope clip including; first and second jaws pivotally connected together for movement between open and closed positions, and a spring biasing the first and second jaws into the closed position, wherein each of the first and second jaws comprise: a tube engaging portion, wherein opposing pairs of tube engaging portions for the first and second jaws define two or more adjacent channels configured to receive a portion of an endoscope tube, wherein each of the two or more adjacent channels has an arcuate longitudinal axis; and an actuation portion operable by a user to overcome the biasing action of the spring to open the first and second jaws.
US11911000B2	Endoscope including a plurality of individually testable subassemblies An endoscope includes a first subassembly, a second subassembly, a third subassembly, and a fourth subassembly, which are sequentially assembled and tested in making the endoscope. The first subassembly includes a pressure-sealed electrical cable connected to an image capture unit. The second subassembly includes the first subassembly, a shell, a light pipe, and a lid. The third subassembly includes the second subassembly, a central tube, and a flange. The fourth subassembly includes the third subassembly, a base, a shaft, and optionally an articulating assembly.
US11910996B2	Endoscope An endoscope is provided in which an attachment/detachment operation of the proximal end of a wire is easily performed to/from an erecting operation mechanism and leakage of current to the outside can be prevented. An endoscope has an operation section 22 provided with an erecting lever, and a movable member 96 that moves in association with an operation of the erecting lever. The movable member 96 is arranged to be exposed to the outside of the operation section 22. A wire 60 is, at a distal end side thereof, coupled to an erecting base, and, at a proximal end side thereof, coupled to an attachment member 98 that is attachable to or detachable from the movable member 96 by a one-touch operation. The wire 60 includes a wire body 60A, and an insulating coat 60B coating a wire exposure region L.
US11910994B2	Medical image processing apparatus, medical image processing method, program, diagnosis supporting apparatus, and endoscope system Provided are a medical image processing apparatus, a medical image processing method, a program, a diagnosis supporting apparatus, and an endoscope system that emphasize a region of interest in a medical image at an appropriate emphasis degree. The above problem is solved by a medical image processing apparatus including: an emphasis processing unit that emphasizes a region of interest included in a time-series medical image at a set emphasis degree; a total-time measuring unit that measures a total time during which the region of interest is emphasized; and an emphasis-degree setting unit that sets the emphasis degree to a relatively larger value as the total time is relatively longer.
US11910993B2	Endoscopic task supporting system and endoscopic task supporting method for extracting endoscopic images from a plurality of endoscopic images based on an amount of manipulation of a tip of an endoscope An endoscopic task supporting system including: an image storage that stores a plurality of endoscopic images acquired in a time series; a three-dimensional data generation unit that generates three-dimensional data indicating a three-dimensional shape of a predetermined part subject to observation, based on the plurality of endoscopic images stored in the image storage; a two-dimensional image generation unit that generates, from the three-dimensional data generated by the three-dimensional data generation unit, a two-dimensional image corresponding to a viewpoint position and a direction of line of sight entered; and a display control unit that causes a predetermined display unit to display the two-dimensional image generated by the two-dimensional image generation unit.
US11910991B2	Charging apparatus for mobile robot The present disclosure relates to a charging apparatus for a mobile robot, including a caster guide for guiding a charging terminal, provided for the charging apparatus, and a corresponding terminal, corresponding to the charging terminal, to readily come into contact with each other, in which by determining a contact position of the two terminals in a longitudinal direction using a first guide surface to a third guide surface, and by determining a contact position of the two terminals in a traverse direction using a caster guide having a wide rear portion and a narrow front portion, the charging apparatus for the mobile robot may guide the two terminals to vertically overlap with each other.
US11910990B2	System and method for controlling a motor at a constant rotations per minute (RPM) A cleaning system including a motor configured to provide rotational energy to an impeller, a current sensor configured to sense current provided to the moto, and a controller having an electronic processor. The controller is configured to receive, from the current sensor, a current signal indicative of the current provided to the motor, filter the current signal to produce a filtered current signal, and control the motor based on the filtered current signal.
US11910989B2	Integrated cyclonic separator in a wet-dry vacuum A wet-dry vacuum cleaner including a collecting bin and a power head removably coupled to the collecting bin. The power head includes a housing configured to support the power head on the collecting bin, an exhaust outlet, and a cyclonic separator positioned within the housing. The cyclonic separator includes a dirty air inlet, a chamber, and a clean air outlet. The power head further includes a suction motor assembly operable to create a working airflow path from the dirty air inlet to the exhaust outlet, and a filter disposed within a filter housing hanging downwardly from the suction motor assembly. The filter is positioned within the working airflow path adjacent the clean air outlet of the cyclonic separator.
US11910988B2	Dust collecting device and cleaning robot system A dust collecting device includes a bin, a dust bag assembly, a bin cover, a trigger structure, a detector and a controller. The trigger structure moves between an initial position in which the trigger structure does not trigger the detector and a trigger position in which the trigger structure triggers the detector. When the dust bag assembly is installed in the bin and the bin cover covers the bin, the dust bag assembly and the bin cover respectively pushes the trigger structure, such that the trigger structure moves from the initial position to the trigger position and triggers the detector. The controller is electrically connected with the detector. The controller restricts an operation of the dust collecting device according to an untriggered state of the detector, and releases the operation of the dust collecting device according to a triggered state of the detector.
US11910987B2	Extraction cleaner An extraction cleaner includes a portable extractor and a base adapted to be moved to perform a cleaning operation on a floor surface when the portable extractor is operably mounted to the base. The portable extractor includes a recovery tank assembly provided on the housing adjacent to the recovery tank assembly.
US11910985B2	Vacuum cleaner Embodiments of the present invention described herein relate to vacuum cleaners. The vacuum cleaners described herein can include a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and at least one support member to permit access to the interior of the vacuum cleaner. Also described herein are vacuum cleaners having a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and an accessory holder that can be pivotally mounted to the collection receptacle to permit access to the contents thereof.
US11910982B2	Recyclable auto-dosing container A recyclable container containing a substrate treatment liquid, configured for fluid connection to a fluid communication system of a substrate treatment machine e.g. washing machine, the storage container comprising: (i) a reservoir containing a multi-dose stock of the substrate treatment liquid; (ii) a container connector which is designed to be removably and fluidly connectable with a machine connector of the substrate treatment machine, said connectors together forming a container-machine connection, such that the substrate treatment liquid can controllably flow from the reservoir via the container-machine connection to said fluid communication system; and (iii) a valve which is movable between an open and a closed position to control the flow of substrate treatment liquid from the storage container, said valve comprising a biasing member such that the valve is biased toward an open or closed position within the housing; and wherein the reservoir, container connector and valve comprise a recyclable plastic and that the biasing member comprises a recyclable plastic having a shore A hardness of 30-95 degrees, preferably 40-90 degrees, more preferably 45-85 degrees.
US11910979B2	Water-using domestic appliance and method for operating a water-using domestic appliance A water-using household appliance includes a pump sump, a filter element arranged at least partially in the pump sump, and a nozzle unit arranged on the pump sump. The nozzle unit produces an annular flow between the pump sump and the filter element in order to remove dirt from the filter element, with the annular flow flowing around the filter element only in one direction of flow.
US11910978B2	Gloved wash mitt apparatus A gloved wash mitt apparatus for keeping a mitt in place while maintaining dry hands includes a mitt body having a mitt top side, a mitt bottom side, a mitt left edge, a mitt right edge, a mitt top edge, and an open mitt bottom edge defining a mitt cavity. The mitt body has an outer side to dry dust or wet wash a surface without creating scratches. A glove body is coupled to the mitt body within the mitt cavity. The glove body has a glove palm portion, a plurality of glove finger portions extending from the glove palm portion, a glove wrist portion coupled to the glove palm portion, and an open glove bottom side. A glove perimeter of the glove wrist portion is continuously coupled to a mitt perimeter of the open mitt bottom edge. The glove body is waterproof.
US11910974B2	Conveyor stations for emptying debris collecting robots A conveyor station, robot module, sweeper module, and methods for autonomously emptying debris using the conveyor station are described. In one example, a conveyor station includes a housing having an input end and an output end. The conveyor station includes a conveyor belt having a receiving region proximate to the input end and an angled transport region leading toward a dispense region. The conveyor belt has a plurality of fins that extend out from a surface of the conveyor belt. The plurality of fins enable movement of debris collected at the receiving region toward the dispense region. The dispense region is configured to push debris into a drop funnel of the housing, and the drop funnel directs debris into a receptacle. The conveyor station includes a conveyor controller of the conveyor station is configured with a sensor for detecting presence of a sweeper module. The sweeper module includes a container that holds debris collected when the sweeper module is connected to a robot module. The debris is configured to be emptied from said sweeper module directly onto said receiving region of the conveyor belt.
US11910973B2	Debris collecting base station, cleaning robot and cleaning system A debris collecting base station cooperates with the cleaning robot. The cleaning robot has a debris outlet for discharging debris. The debris collecting base station includes a base, a debris collecting device, a first communication component and a microcontroller. The base has a debris intake passageway. One end of the debris intake passageway pneumatically interfaces with the debris outlet, the debris collecting device is mounted on the base and is communicated with the end of the debris intake passageway away from the debris outlet. The microcontroller is electrically connected to the first communication component and the debris collecting device, which controls the first communication component to send and receive interactive signals with the cleaning robot and controls working modes of the debris collecting base station based on the interactive signals.
US11910968B2	Self-lifting toilet seat A self-lifting toilet seat system includes a toilet seat configured to be sat upon by a user. The system has a hinge configured to rotatably couple the toilet seat and a toilet bowl. The hinge is configured so that the toilet seat is transitionable from an up position to a down position. A lifting system is configured to raise the toilet seat towards the up position. A sealed hinge housing has at least a portion of a delay system therein. The delay system is configured to cause a time delay before the lifting system causes the toilet seat to self-lift towards the up position. The delay system is configured so that the time delay begins after removal of a threshold downward force on the toilet seat.
US11910965B2	Spindle for restricted movement of continuous format products roll The present invention relates to a multipurpose spindle for dispensing a continuous format product, such as toilet paper. The spindle is configured to restrict movement of product or paper off the roll to reduce the length of product removed. More specifically, the spindle includes a hollow arm having a thick arm and a thin arm, a plurality of spring biased paper restrictors, and the restrictor touches the paperboard core of a roll to restrict movement of paper off the roll. A central torsional spring positioned inside the hollow arm also helps in restricting the movement of the paper product. The paper restrictors are depressed to slide the spindle through a paper roll and are released to touch the paperboard core of the roll.
US11910963B2	Dispenser monitoring system A dispensing system for dispensing consumable product comprising a dispenser including a body comprising a front side and aback side, and a product holding area defined by the front side and the back side, wherein the product storage area is configured to store the consumable product within the dispenser; a dispensing mechanism operatively coupled to the consumable product through a consumable product holder in the product storage area, and wherein the dispensing mechanism is configured to facilitate a dispensing cycle to dispense a portion of the consumable product; a first impact sensor configured to sense a first impact to the dispenser; a dispenser event sensor configured to sense an operational status of the dispenser; and a data processing device configured to store impact data describing the first impact and operational status data describing the operational status and associate the first impact data and the operational status data.
US11910960B2	Food mixing device A food mixing device includes a main housing, a food sensing module and a signal control module. The food sensing module is provided in the mixing portion of the main housing for detecting a temperature and predetermined ingredients of food materials mixed by the food mixing device. The signal control module is provided in the receiving cavity of the main housing and electrically connected to the food sensing module. The is arranged to transmit information about detected temperature and detected food ingredients to at least one of a built-in display unit, an external electronic device and an external audio device.
US11910956B2	Grill grate Grill grates include side walls defining the perimeter of the grill grate and flavor bars, with grease channels between them. The grease channels have continuous, closed bottoms. The flavor bars include dormers. The dormers are configured to direct drippings around the openings, to the grease channels. The dormers can have openings facing substantially towards the grease channels. The grill grates can be formed by methods such as stamping or casting. Stamping the grill grates can include providing metal with flanges and tabs to ensure sufficient material to allow the flavor bars and dormers to be formed, and the grease channels and side walls then sealed through welding. The grill grate can trap drippings in the grease channels while allowing smoke and heat to reach cooked items through the dormers in addition to heat transfer through the material of the flavor bars.
US11910955B2	Cases for portable grills Cases for portable grills are disclosed. An example case includes a base, a first flap extending from the base, a second flap extending from the base, a third flap extending from the base, and a fourth flap extending from the base. The base is centrally located relative to the first, second, third, and fourth flaps. The case is configured to be positioned in an open configuration in which the first flap extends radially away from the base in a first direction, the second flap extends radially away from the base in a second direction that differs from the first direction, the third flap extends radially away from the base in a third direction that differs from the first and second directions, and the fourth flap extends radially away from the base in a fourth direction that differs from the first, second, and third directions.
US11910951B2	Cooking device for food The present disclosure is relates to a cooking device for food. The cooking device includes a base, a power unit and a multi-stage cooking unit. The base has an inlet end and an outlet end. The power unit is connected to the base. The power unit has a first driving member and a second driving member. The multi-stage cooking unit is divided into an upper layer and a lower layer, and has a plurality of stoppers and at least one guideway. The stoppers pivotally are connected to the second driving members. The at least one guideway is connected to the base, the stoppers pivotally move to form a carrying spacing or a blanking spacing, and near the outlet end the stoppers pivotally move to output the cooked food.
US11910949B2	Boiling point detection and heating system A method and an apparatus for preparing food. In one example the method comprises the steps of: providing a cooking pan; filing the cooking pan with a food item; wherein the food item is at least partially liquid; placing the pan in thermal connection to a heat source; thermally connecting a temperature sensor to the cooking pan at the temperature sensing location; heating the food in the pan via a heat source having a first thermal output until the food reaches the boiling point; electronically detecting the temperature via the temperature sensor as the food is heated; detecting the temperature as the food item boils, resulting in a phase change and corresponding drop in temperature; and reducing the thermal output of the heat source to a second thermal output.
US11910948B2	Sous vide cooker A sous vide cooker having a housing, a bulkhead attached to the housing to form a first cavity, a heat sink attached to the bulkhead to form a second cavity, and a skirt attached to the bulkhead to form a third cavity below the heat sink. A TRIAC is physically attached in conductive thermal communication to the heat sink in the second cavity. The cooker also has a motor, an impeller located in the third cavity, a drive shaft extending through at least the heat sink and into the third cavity and operatively connecting the motor to the impeller, and a heating element located within the third cavity.
US11910947B2	Control device and method for pressure cooking appliance, and pressure cooking appliance Control equipment and method for pressure cooking appliance, and pressure cooking appliance. The equipment comprises: a temperature detecting device for detecting a temperature value within a pot of a pressure cooking appliance; a floater detecting device for detecting whether a floater of the pressure cooking appliance is in a floating state; and a control device used for: calculating a target temperature value according to a first temperature value detected by the temperature detecting device when the floater is in the floating state and a preset target pressure value, and controlling a heater of the pressure cooking appliance according to the target temperature value. The present disclosure can perform control by means of corresponding different target temperature values at different altitudes to achieve a target pressure, so that the quality of food cooked by the pressure cooking appliance would not be affected by the altitude.
US11910946B2	Method and apparatus for preparing food, particularly fruit An apparatus for preparing fruit includes a main housing with a cutting area containing a cutting assembly and a drive assembly, a removable cup assembly for inserting the fruit into the apparatus, and a removable drawer and tray for removing cut pieces of fruit from the apparatus after a cutting operation. The apparatus includes a rinsing assembly for cleaning the fruit and the cutting assembly, and a deflector configured to route cut pieces of fruit into the tray and waste material through a disposal outlet. The cutting assembly is configured to perform one or more cutting operations depending on the type of fruit detected in the cup assembly: wedging for apples, lemons, limes, and pears, and cutting/peeling for oranges and grapefruits. The apparatus quickly prepares various fruits for consumption without requiring an operator to touch the cut pieces of fruit.
US11910939B1	Wall mounted storage rack to store and display static and remote control scale vehicles A storage rack assembly configured for mounting to a wall surface, the assembly comprising a mounting bracket comprising an outer surface configured to affix to the wall surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface, a set of support arms configured to extend in a generally diverging relationship from the mounting bracket and a platform comprising an upper surface and a lower surface. The platform is configured for independent pivotal movement with respect to the mounting bracket about respective pivot axes arranged in angular relationship to each other. The mounting bracket comprises a base plate, and a pivot bracket secured the base plate, with a proximal portion of each of the support arms positioned in captive relationship between the pivot bracket and base plate for independent pivotal movement. The platform defines an H-shaped generally planar surface for resting an object. The platform comprises a foam pad affixed to the upper surface of the platform to provide greater stability for the object resting on the platform.
US11910928B2	Air mattress According to embodiments, an air mattress includes an air cell unit and a controller. The air cell unit includes a first air cell and a second air cell. The controller is capable of independently controlling a first internal pressure in the first air cell and a second internal pressure in the second air cell. The controller performs, when receiving an input to change the second internal pressure, after a first operation to set the first internal pressure to a first set internal pressure determined related to the first air cell, a second operation to change the second internal pressure.
US11910927B2	Hang standard and storage system including the hang standard A hang standard, for mounting vertically and connecting with cantilevered brackets, is elongated and has an approximately U-shaped cross-section with a front portion and two rearwards extending leg portions. The front portion comprises a plurality of slots located in a recess between first and second protruding portions, which are located on first and second side of the slots. The recess is laterally continuous from the first to the second protruding portion and over two columns of slots.
US11910926B1	Desktop workspace that adjusts vertically A desktop workspace that adjusts vertically includes a work surface platform, a base configured to sit on an existing platform, such as a desk, a height adjustable mechanism including at least one set of arms that connect at a pivot point(s) creating a scissoring motion to raise and lower the said work surface platform to various heights. A locking and unlocking mechanism may connect to the height adjustable mechanism. In some cases, the apparatus includes an adjustable mechanism to support items such as a keyboard. In some cases, the apparatus includes elements to raise items such as a monitor to an additional height.
US11910920B2	Clothing treatment apparatus and online system The present invention relates to an online system and a control method therefor, the online system comprising a clothing apparatus which may determine a cycle or an option by calculating the contamination level and wrinkling of clothes, or intensively treat parts that are contaminated or wrinkled, or recommend laundering with a washing machine when the contamination level or wrinkling is equal to or greater than a reference value, or induce a server or a washing machine to determine an appropriate cycle or option for laundering the clothes.
US11910914B2	Cantilevered desk and components and method for the use thereof A desk including a support column having a top and a worksurface having a bottom. An attachment plate is disposed between and coupled to the top of the support column and to the bottom of the worksurface. A leveling component is disposed between the support column and the attachment plate. The leveling component is adjustable between a plurality of positions such that the attachment plate is moveable to a corresponding plurality of angular orientations relative to the top.
US11910911B2	Compact oral care system with integrated dispensing mechanism for interchangeable toothbrush head, toothpaste cartridge, and interdental brush An all-in-one oral care system that includes a brush, a main body, a top cover, a bottom cover, an interdental brush, and a toothpaste cartridge. All major components are designed to be detachable and replaceable using attachment mechanisms built into each part. The oral care system utilizes a manual actuator to force toothpaste from the main body into the toothbrush head and onto the bristles when depressed. When released, the actuator creates a vacuum force that draws toothpaste from the cartridge into the main body. The vacuum force draws a plunger in the cartridge upwards to move the toothpaste to the main body.
US11910909B2	Device for supporting a cosmetic article The present invention relates to a device (10″) for supporting a cosmetic article, of the type comprising a casing (12) that defines an internal cavity (22) and a body (14) for receiving a cosmetic article (16), the body (14) being able to be moved from a storage position in the casing to a position for extracting the body (14) from the casing, the device also comprising an intermediate member (52) that can be moved together with the body (14) between the storage position and the extraction position, the intermediate member comprising, on the one hand, a cap (72) defining a housing for receiving a portion of the body (14) and, on the other hand, a head (70) bearing at least one element of the releasable retaining assembly, the device (10″) being characterized in that the cap is freely rotatable about the longitudinal axis (A-A′) relative to the head of the intermediate member.
US11910906B1	Nail polish container In at least one embodiment, there is a nail polish applicator for nail polish, the applicator comprising: a container body, at least one cap or lid body which is coupled to the container body. There is at least one brush comprising a shaft coupled to the cap wherein the shaft has a storage body disposed therein. There is at least one air suction unit configured to draw nail polish into the storage body. There is also a compressor comprising an elastic pressing body configured to compress the air suction unit to draw nail polish into the storage body. The compressor is coupled to the cap. The compressor comprises at least one protrusion and at least one leaf spring coupled to the cap, such that when the protrusion is pressed, it compresses the suction unit to draw nail polish into the storage body.
US11910905B2	Container for cosmetic sponge applicator Systems, devices, and methods including a container including: a base portion configured to receive a dampened cosmetic sponge; a cap portion configured to be detachably attached to the base portion; and one or more apertures disposed in the cap portion, where the one or more apertures provide airflow into the container.
US11910904B2	Pen applicator system for applying a cosmetic product An applicator system for containing and dispensing a cosmetic substance may include a container defining a cavity and including an open first end and a closed second end, a dispensing mechanism operably coupled with the first end of the container, and an applicator. The dispensing mechanism includes an elongated body defining a dispensing cavity and further includes at least one flexible region engageable by a user. The applicator includes an external surface and an interior cavity that may accommodate at least a portion of the dispensing mechanism. Upon engaging the at least one flexible region of the dispensing mechanism, a predetermined quantity of cosmetic substance is dispensed to the external surface of the applicator.
US11910901B2	Hair removal apparatus A hair-removal apparatus is provided that comprises a hair-removal device with a movable hair-removal component, which comprises at least a first hair-contacting member and a second hair-contacting member, which are movable relative to each other and which are configured and arranged to mutually co-operate for removing hairs by mutually exerting a contact force, a pressing component configured and arranged to generate said contact force by exerting a pressing force on the movable hair-removal component during operation, a skin proximity sensing component, and a force adjusting component. The skin proximity sensing component is configured and arranged to detect a relative distance between the movable hair-removal component and a portion of the skin with hairs to be removed. The force adjusting component is configured and arranged to adjust, during operation, the pressing force exerted by the pressing component in dependence on the relative distance detected by the skin proximity sensing component.
US11910899B2	Rolling collapsible travel luggage A rolling luggage bag includes a cover fixedly coupled to a base, the base including a first side opposite a second side and a bottom face extending there between, wherein the cover comprises a plurality of panels, arranged in a direction away from the base, wherein the plurality of panels defines an interior chamber, the interior chamber comprising an internal cover fixedly attached to the panels of the fifth panel zone, a first wheel and a second wheel coupled to the base, the first and second wheels configured to rotate about an axis of rotation and separated by a first distance along the axis of rotation, at least a portion of each of the first and second wheels projecting from the first side and from the bottom face, and a third wheel and a fourth wheel coupled to the bottom face, the third and fourth wheels configured to independently swivel about a respective swivel axis and separated by a second distance extending between the swivel axes. When the rolling luggage is in an upright position, the first, second, third, and fourth wheels all contact a surface the luggage bag stands on.
US11910896B2	Anti-theft carrying bag In various embodiments, a carry (or carrying) bag is provided that includes an interior, substantially cut-resistant security panel assembly with a matrix of wires secured between or on one or more flexible material layers. Also in various embodiments, the security panel assembly may be positioned intermediate the bag outside wall and a lining of the bag, and in other embodiments, may also take the form of an expansion panel. Second or secondary locking fasteners are also provided to lock first or primary fasteners to or within the carrying bag, to provide security for compartments and pockets. A strap with one or more security cables, and various locking fasteners, may be attached to the carry bag. Methods for forming such security panel assemblies, expansion panels, and carrying straps are also disclosed.
US11910894B2	Protective packaging for suitcases Suitcase protector comprising a cardboard packaging, characterised by the fact that it is made from the development of a die-cut sheet of cardboard, in which a rectangular, horizontally elongated, major section is defined, which, by means of vertical folding lines, determines the two major (1-1′) and minor (2 2′) sides of a rectangular prismatic container, which by means of vertical folding lines determine the two larger (1-1′) and smaller (2 2′) sides of a rectangular prismatic container.
US11910891B2	Umbrella system An umbrella system includes a support pole connected to a rotating tube positioned around a center tube that extends between the support pole and a center support that is connected to an umbrella frame. The rotating tube has one or more helical grooves therein that are engaged by teeth of a hub which is connected to the umbrella frame. As the rotating tube is rotated, the hub is driven along the length of the rotating tube thereby opening and closing the umbrella frame. In one arrangement system includes a motor housing assembly including a plurality of batteries and a motor that includes a driven gear that meshes with a stationary gear which causes rotation of the rotating tube.
US11910887B2	Fastening tape A fastening tape having a substrate layer having a nonwoven layer with two opposite faces defining a first outer face and a second outer face of the substrate layer, and at least one fastening element provided on the first outer face of the substrate layer, the fastening tape being characterized in that the substrate layer presents an air permeability which is higher than 0 and lower than 30 l.m−2.s−1 as per ISO 9237 with a pressure of 200 Pa for a sample with a tested zone having a diameter of 8 mm.
US11910886B2	Process for manufacturing a multi-layered sole directly on the upper and machine operating with said process A process for manufacturing a multi-layered sole directly on the upper, of the type that employs the technique known as “direct injection on the upper”, by which soles are made of a plastic material and consist of a plurality of layers with different colour, density, softness and physical-mechanical properties. Said layers form at least an external sole, called “outsole”, an internal sole, called “insole” that adheres and extends only partially or totally on the surface of the upper, and an intermediate sole, called “midsole”, that is intended to hold the other two above-said soles. Said process provides for the use of a single mould which is brought, when suitably equipped, in a well-defined sequence, in front of at least three distinct injectors (I1, I2, I3) in order to obtain, also in sequence, by at least a first moulding operation (P1) the lower portion of the sole, i.e. the “outsole”, by at least a second moulding operation (P2) the upper part of the sole, i.e. the “insole” and by at least a third moulding operation (P3) the “midsole”.
US11910885B2	Article of footwear incorporating winding elements A method of manufacturing an upper for an article of footwear includes providing a frame and a support component, and defining a plurality of anchor points on the frame. The method further includes winding a first continuous thread around the plurality of anchor points defined on the frame and around the support component so that the first continuous thread extends from the frame to the support component, and securing the first continuous thread.
US11910882B2	Toe portion for a sprint shoe A track and field shoe can include an upper, a sole structure, and a toe plate. The upper includes a medial side portion, a lateral side portion, and a toe box portion. The sole structure is attached to the upper and includes a spike plate. The spike plate has an anterior portion, a posterior portion, and a plurality of spikes. The spikes are configured for penetrating a track surface. The toe plate is attached to an anterior portion of the toe box portion of the upper. One or more portions of the toe plate are exposed from an exterior surface of the upper. The spikes are spaced apart from the toe plate such that the spikes disengage the track surface when the toe plate contacts the track surface.
US11910879B2	Knitted component having a knitted anchor portion An upper for an article of footwear may include an adjustable tensioning cable and a knitted component. The knitted component may include inlaid strands having exposed portions exposed on the surface of a knit element. A channel for receiving the tensioning cable is formed between the exposed portions and the surface of the knit element, where the tensioning cable extends through the channel.
US11910878B2	Medially-located lateral footwear stabilizer A sole structure for an article of footwear. The sole structure includes at least one support plate located on an underside of a midsole on a medial forefoot side of the midsole and extending from a medial edge of the midsole to at least a longitudinal center line of the midsole, wherein a lateral edge of the plate is located medially of the lateral edge of the midsole. The support plate may contain at least one sipe or groove extending laterally across the midsole to provide flexibility in a forefoot-to-heel direction of the midsole. The support plate may contain at least one rail.
US11910877B2	Customizable pressure relieving device The pressure relieving device is intended to provide users with a stress relieving support surface that is customizable. To that end, the device includes a sleeve with one or more compartments that may be individually filled and refilled with a deformable media. The deformable media further includes a mixture of both non-rigid deformable and rigid non-deformable particles that enable the device to conform to any shape when acted upon by a pressure and recover back when pressure is removed. The device may act as a footwear component for use as a shoe insole insert which may be customized by the user to relieve pain in the areas of foot where most required. Accordingly, the footwear component adapts to the user's foot pattern while standing or moving. Furthermore, the device is durable, washable and reusable, and may be used with open shoes, closed shoes or even without any shoes.
US11910874B1	System for decorating a wearable item A system for decorating a wearable item includes a support member and a detachable member. One of the support member and the detachable member includes a protrusion, and the other of the support member and the detachable member includes a recess configured to couple with the protrusion. With the protrusion slidably received in the recess, the detachable member may be secured to the support member, allowing a surface of the detachable member, optionally provided with a logo or decorative indicia, to be affixed to the support member and displayed.
US11910872B2	Article with ribbon structure having nodes and links An article of footwear with an upper including a ribbon structure is disclosed. The ribbon structure comprises ribbon sections running in at least two different directions. Ribbon sections are connected at nodes. Between nodes portions of ribbon act like links joining the nodes. The links can be arranged in various geometries, including a rectangular grid and a triaxial grid. The ribbon structure may extend the entire length of the article of footwear, and may extend through a forefoot, midfoot and heel.
US11910871B2	Footwear designing tool Computer based systems and methods for designing (e.g., customization) of consumer products, articles of footwear, knit footwear uppers, and the like. In some embodiments, a user may generate and/or modify footwear designs using a footwear design interface. Additionally or alternatively, the footwear design interface may be configured to simulate the layout and/or operation of a knitting machine to provide the user with the impression of physically designing and/or manufacturing an article of footwear. In other embodiments, the system may disallow prospective footwear design changes based on limitations associated with inventory availability and the footwear design characteristics.
US11910870B2	Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component An upper for an article of footwear may include one or more of the following: a knitted component forming a collar of the upper, the collar at least partially forming an opening for providing access to an interior of the article of footwear; and a first knit edge and a second knit edge that extend along the collar of the upper, wherein a knitted central portion of the collar extends between the first knit edge and the second knit edge. The collar may consist of a single seam to join together the first knit edge and the second knit edge. The single seam may be offset from a centerline at the rear-most portion of a heel area such that the knitted central portion of the collar extends through the centerline of the heel area.
US11910866B2	Knitted loft zones A knitted component may include a loft zone having at least one first loft portion that is integrally knit. The loft portion may include a first knitted layer, a second knitted layer having an elasticated first material, a void between the first knitted layer and the second knitted layer, and at least one course of a second material that is knitted within the void and causes the first knitted layer to extend away from the second knitted layer by a first distance of about 2-5 mm. Each loft portion has a width of about 4-10 mm between connection points between the first and second knitted layers.
US11910864B2	LED information cueing apparatus for spacesuit helmet A helmet assembly for a spacesuit or other protective suit is disclosed. In embodiments, the helmet assembly includes an external face shield attachable to the spacesuit and providing the spacesuit user with a forward field of view. The helmet assembly includes suit status displays hard-mounted to the external face shield at a periphery or edge of the forward field of view (e.g., upper, lower, left, right). Each suit status display includes a linear or one-dimensional array of individual light emitting diodes (LED) in communication with a suit controller of the spacesuit. Each LED array receives from the suit controller suit status data (e.g., consumables levels, suit performance, position data) communicated to the user by illuminating one or more of the individual LED units.
US11910854B2	Hospital gown with slit A gown for a wearer is provided. The gown includes an abdomen covering portion. The abdomen covering portion includes an opening. The opening is configured to enable access to an abdomen of the wearer. The abdomen covering portion incudes one or more fasteners. The opening may be closed by the one or more fasteners.
US11910853B2	Face shield integration with eyewear Disclosed herein are face shields, eyewear, and kits which provide a user the ability to protect their face from solids or liquids while simultaneously providing the ability to manipulate any eyewear the user may desire to wear.
US11910852B2	Facemask with automated voice display A facemask system with automated voice display is disclosed. The facemask includes a covering configured to be positioned about the face of a user. At least one microphone is positioned adjacent the covering and the facemask includes a display for displaying language spoken captured by at least one microphone. A processor is in operable communication with the microphone and the display. The facemask includes a memory that contains instructions that can be executed by the processor to perform operations. The operations include receiving signals from at least one microphone, identifying language contained within the signals, and displaying the language on the display.
US11910850B2	Wearable airbag device A wearable airbag device adapted to be worn by a wearer is disclosed, including a gas generator that is configured to be actuated at fall of the wearer, an airbag that includes a plurality of inflatable portions that are partitioned from one another, the plurality of inflatable portions each including an gas inlet port and being configured to be inflated with an inflation gas fed from the gas generator via the gas inlet port for protecting a targeted body part of the wearer, and a gas switching mechanism that is disposed in a pathway of the inflation gas from the gas generator toward the plurality of inflatable portions, the gas switching mechanism being configured to switch a destination of the inflation gas emitted from the gas generator over to only one inflatable portion disposed in a falling direction of the wearer out of the plurality of inflatable portions.
US11910846B2	Multipurpose pumping and nursing garments A multipurpose nursing and pumping garment provides a nursing woman with a convenient way to both nurse and breast pump milk. The garment includes a first covering and a second covering arranged to form a surplice neckline. The length of a neckline edge of each covering provides freedom to move the first neckline edge from a covered position in which a wearer wears the first covering over a breast to a nursing position in which the wearer wears the first covering underneath the breast. Each covering is further provided with an aperture through which a breast shield may be inserted to pump milk. In some arrangements, each covering includes a lateral piece having a lateral edge and a medial piece having a medial edge. Each lateral edge and medial edge has bound and unbound portions. The aperture for each covering is created between each lateral edge and each medial edge.
US11910845B2	Systems and methods for a bra for use with limited mobility A bra for securing or supporting breasts of a user with limited mobility can include a front portion having a first panel and a second panel. The first panel can be configured to at least partially surround a first breast and the second panel can be configured to at least partially surround a second breast. First and second lateral side portions can connect a rear portion to the front portion. A band can extend around the front portion below the first panel and the second panel. A closure system can be configured to connect the band to form a continuous circuit. The closure system can include a first lateral adjustment strap, a second lateral adjustment strap, and a slider. The slider can be dimensioned to receive each of the first and second lateral adjustment straps.
US11910842B1	Men's underwear Men's underwear having an opening in the front with a pair of overlapping panels overlying the opening with a tactile element secured to one or both panels.
US11910840B2	Manufacturing machine for the production of disposable cartridges for electronic cigarettes A manufacturing machine for producing disposable cartridges for electronic cigarettes can have a manufacturing drum supporting at least one group of seats, each adapted to receive a component of the disposable cartridge; and a feeding unit which feeds the components of the disposable cartridges to the seats. Each seat has a housing through channel crossing the manufacturing drum from side-to-side to contain a component and a pair of opposite jaws mounted in the housing channel and movable between a gripping position, in which they engage a component arranged in the housing channel and a transfer position, in which they do not engage the component. Each pair of jaws has two teeth arranged at the top and projecting from the corresponding jaws towards the center of the seat, so that the two teeth hold the component inside the seat at the top when the two jaws are in the gripping position.
US11910839B2	Case for aerosol-generating device with detector A case for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the case including a housing; a holder to receive a portion of the device, the holder being movably couplable to the housing and movable relative to the housing between an open position configured to receive the device and a closed position configured to store the device; a holder position detector configured to detect whether the holder is in the open position or the closed position, the holder position detector including circuitry configured to determine a position of the holder relative to the housing; a power supply; an electrical connector configured to electrically connect the power supply to an aerosol-generating device received in the holder; and power supply control circuitry configured to control a supply of power from the power supply to the device received in the holder and connected to the electrical connector.
US11910838B2	Hot wire anemometer air flow measurement, puff detection and ambient temperature tracking A method of controlling a hot wire anemometer (HWA) of a nicotine e-vaping device includes controlling, by a first PID controller, a level of power applied by the nicotine e-vaping device to the HWA based on a temperature of a heated element of the HWA and a temperature setpoint; generating a puff detection signal indicating whether or not a puff is currently occurring with respect to the nicotine e-vaping device; and while the puff detection signal indicates that a puff is not currently occurring with respect to the nicotine e-vaping device, detecting, by a second PID controller, a change in an ambient temperature of the HWA, and controlling, by the second PID controller, the temperature setpoint such that the temperature setpoint changes in response to the detected change in the ambient temperature of the HWA.
US11910836B2	Electronic cigarette comprising one-way valve An electronic cigarette, including an air passage and a one-way valve disposed in the air passage. The one-way valve includes a soft material. When in use, a forward airflow is passable through the one-way valve, and a reverse airflow is unpassable through the one-way valve, thus preventing the reverse airflow or saliva from entering the atomizer of the electronic cigarette.
US11910833B2	Tobacco roaster A tobacco roaster includes a heating rod which is retractable. The heating rod includes a through hole and an air passage communicating with the through hole. The heating rod is configured to heat a tobacco material to produce smoke, and the smoke enters the air passage via the through hole.
US11910830B2	Electronic device for generating aerosol, and a method of generating aerosol An electronic device for generating an aerosol used for administration to human respiratory tract as the aerosol, nicotine in particular, including a power unit and an evaporator unit, wherein the evaporator unit includes a heating system with a heating element and a fluid transporting element, wherein the heating element comprises a dielectric substrate with at least one resistive layer area applied thereon.
US11910825B2	Electronic cigarette An electronic cigarette includes a preheater. The preheater includes an e-liquid tank and a heating wire disposed in the e-liquid tank. In a power-on state, the heating wire produces heat.
US11910822B2	Filter for a smoking article or an aerosol generating product A filter for a smoking article or an aerosol generating product comprising filter material and three capsules comprising additive, the capsules being disposed in sequence in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the filter.
US11910820B2	Method for operating a centrifugal device The invention relates to a method for operating a centrifugal device. The invention furthermore relates to a centrifugal device. The centrifugal device is provided with a drum which can be driven at a variable speed of rotation, with a frame and with vibration dampers arranged between the frame and the drum. The invention furthermore relates to a computer program product.
US11910817B2	Method for producing instant noodles [Problem to be Solved]The present invention reduces usage of sodium chloride by adding magnesium chloride, and overcomes problems occurring in using magnesium chloride.[Solution]The present inventors have found that when magnesium chloride is added instead of sodium chloride to noodle strings and a reducing sugar is further added, preferable well-cooked feeling and appearance are imparted in subsequent production process for instant noodles, and thus, the present invention was accomplished. Specifically, the present invention relates to noodle strings for use in production of instant noodles, the noodle strings containing a raw material powder, magnesium chloride and a reducing sugar.
US11910813B2	Starch-soluble dietary fibre nanocomposite This invention provides for a nanocomposite comprising a Vigna subterranea starch component and a Vigna subterranea soluble dietary fibre (SDF) component. Vigna subterranea is otherwise none as Bambara groundnut (BGN). In particular, this invention relates to a graft copolymer nanocomposite comprising starch derived from BGN and soluble dietary fibre derived from BGN. The nanocomposite of the invention is useful in several food applications, including as a replacement of other starches and the stabilisation of emulsions.
US11910810B2	Feed optimization technology This disclosure describes methods to separate solids from liquids in a production facility. A process separates components in a defiber process stream by using two or more mechanical devices to separate the solids from the liquids based on density differences. The process produces animal feed products having a protein content ranging from approximately 45% to approximately 64%.
US11910805B2	Food product and method of manufacture A low sugar content sweet food spread is provided said food spread comprising at least one of a cocoa product and a nut product, at least one vegetable oil and at least one sweetener. The at least one vegetable oil is substantially free or free of palm oil and the sugar content of the spread is less than about 20% by weight of the total spread. The food spread possesses excellent properties and is advantageously spreadable at low temperature.
US11910803B2	Lactobacillus plantarum strain imparting high thickness and/or high ropiness and/or high mouth thickness to a dairy product produced therewith and uses thereof The application is directed to a Lactobacillus plantarum strain, having the ability to generate a fermented milk presenting a high thickness and/or a high ropiness and/or a high thickness in mouth. The application also concerns a Lactobacillus plantarum strain, having the ability to generate a fermented milk presenting a high thickness and/or a high ropiness and/or a high thickness in mouth, further being a low post acidification strain at the temperature of fermentation. The application is also about a method to manufacture fermented product, in particular a fermented dairy product, using a L. plantarum strain of the invention or a bacterial composition, composition or kit-of part comprising a L. plantarum strain of the invention.
US11910802B2	Process equipment for sterilizing non transparent fluids and a method for this A device and a method are for sterilization of milk from livestock such as cows, sheep or goats. The milk, prior to an irradiation with UV-C light through a light translucent barrier, is homogenized since the milk is exposed to ultrasound. The milk simultaneously to or after the homogenization is exposed to an electrical field, such as a field with changing polarity, where polarity change and field strength are chosen such that the milk in the electrical field is heated due to the milk's resistance.
US11910800B2	Apparatus for preparing and cooking coated food articles impaled upon a stick An apparatus is disclosed for preparing a food article (300) such as a corn dog. The apparatus includes a frame (10) mounting a loading station (50), a dipping station (162), a frying station (190) and an unloading station (220). The loading station (50) inserts one end (306) of a stick (302) into the food article (300) and the other end (304) into an aperture (40) in a stick bar (38). The stick (302) and food article (300) are held in the aperture (40) by a spring loaded plunger (310) extending into the aperture (40). The spring loaded plunger (310) holds the stick (302) and food article (300) on the stick bar (38) while the food article (300) is dipped in batter at the dipping station (162) and fried at the frying station (190). The cooked food article (300) and stick (302) are removed from the stick bar (38) at the unloading station (220) for shipment to the customer.
US11910797B2	Compositions, kits, methods and uses for cleaning, disinfecting, sterilizing and/or treating The present specification discloses a composition comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of hypochlorous acid or free available chlorine in combination with one or more quaternary compounds or silicon quaternary compounds, one or more guanide-containing compounds, one or more alcohols, one or more metallic particles, one or more metal salts, or any combination thereof. The present specification further discloses a kit comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of a one or more containers including a composition disclosed herein or components which make up such compositions as well as methods and uses for such compositions and kits.
US11910795B2	Natural indole auxin and aminopolycarboxylic acid herbicidal compositions This disclosure features herbicidal compositions including one or more indole auxins and methods of making and using the same.
US11910792B2	Tri-directional break-away boom assembly A break-away apparatus for a boom arm is positioned at a joint between a main boom and a boom tip to allow the boom tip to assume a neutral position and forward, rearward, and upward positions. A hinge assembly is positioned between the boom tip and main boom. The hinge assembly includes an upper ball joint, a first hinge, and a second hinge. The boom tip is movable relative to the main boom about an axis of the first hinge, about an axis of the second hinge axis, and/or about a pivot defined by the upper ball joint. A first spring assists a return of the boom tip to the neutral position.
US11910789B2	Line guide apparatus of fishing reel A line guide apparatus of a fishing reel includes a line guide unit having a bore extending longitudinally therethrough, and a sleeve provided within the bore configured to receive a fishing line. The line guide unit has an inner surface defining a wall of the bore that is formed with one or more protruding ribs configured to retain the sleeve in a position inside the line guide unit.
US11910788B2	Mouse having a humanized cluster of differentiation 47 gene Non-human animals, and methods and compositions for making and using the same, are provided, wherein said non-human animals comprise a humanization of an endogenous cluster of differentiation (CD) gene, in particular a humanization of a CD47 gene. Said non-human animals may be described, in some embodiments, as having a genetic modification to an endogenous CD47 gene so that said non-human animals express a CD47 polypeptide that includes a human portion and a non-human portion (e.g., a murine portion).
US11910787B2	Rodents having a humanized TMPRSS gene Genetically modified rodents such as mice and rats, and methods and compositions for making and using the same, are provided. The rodents comprise a humanization of at least one endogenous rodent Tmprss gene, such as an endogenous rodent Tmprss2, Tmprss4, or Tmprss11d gene.
US11910780B2	Pet grooming machine and a method for pet hair grooming A pet grooming machine and a method for pet hair grooming is provided. The pet grooming machine includes a blower having a blower air-inlet, a motor unit, a blower air-outlet, and an air channel, a tank unit having a tank, a tank air-inlet, a filter, and an air-outlet. The blower and tank unit can be in either separated configuration or combined configuration. In separated configuration, the blower is separated from the tank unit and can be independently used for blowing. In combined configuration, the blower air-inlet and the tank unit are detachably combined and sealed. In combined configuration, the negative pressure generated by airflow driven by the blower is transmitted to the tank air-inlet through the tank and the filter. The blower is a portable blower, which can be held with one hand by the user for prolonged blowing on the pet without need for an external flexible hose.
US11910776B2	Soybean cultivar 00231732 A soybean cultivar designated 00231732 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 00231732, to the plants of soybean cultivar 00231732, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 00231732, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 00231732. 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 00231732. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 00231732, 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 00231732 with another soybean cultivar.
US11910773B2	Wheat variety 6PCMK57B A wheat variety designated 6PCMK57B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PCMK57B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PCMK57B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PCMK57B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PCMK57B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PCMK57B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US11910772B2	Canola hybrid 15GG1763G Provided is a canola variety designated 15GG1763G and seed, plants and plant parts thereof produced from a cross of inbred varieties. Methods for producing a canola variety comprise crossing canola variety 15GG1763G with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 15GG1763G through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Canola variety, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, plant parts and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety are disclosed.
US11910769B2	Isolated transcription factors of Carica papaya and their application to obtain extreme temperature tolerating plants Provided is one gene CpRap2 isolated from Carica papaya identified as CpRap2.4b and that includes SEQ. ID NO: 2, as well as the genetic transformation methods for the overexpression of said gene and the obtaining of tolerant non-transgenic plants through grafts. Genetic transformation of plants that overexpress genes CpRap2 and their grafts showed they could survive extreme temperatures up to 12 days for heat and more than 30 days for cold.
US11910768B2	Method for breeding a new variety of high-quality Gossypium hirsutum The present invention discloses a method for breeding a new variety of high-quality Gossypium hirsutum, including breeding a parent Xiang 176 line, breeding parent Xiang 267, crossing and composite-crossing the Xiang 176 line and the Xiang 267 as parents, and obtaining the new variety of high-quality conventional Gossypium hirsutum in their offspring. The plant type of this variety was tower type, with good growth vigor in the seedling stage and the boll opening stage, good uniformity, dense stalk cilia, white anthers, smooth boll opening, stable agronomic traits, high yield, and excellent fiber quality.
US11910767B2	Display module and plant cultivation apparatus equipped with display module A display module and a plant cultivation apparatus equipped with a display module are provided. The display module in which a control panel that controls a plant cultivation environment and an output that outputs a state of the plant cultivation environment are provided in a front surface thereof coupled to a structure of a bed and withdrawable and insertable into the plant cultivation apparatus together with the bed. The display module may be located at a front surface of the bed, so that usability and space efficiency may be increased.
US11910764B2	Device for injecting under the bark of a plant An apparatus for subcortical injection of a substance into a plant includes a body, a first force sensor measuring bearing force of the apparatus on the plant, a hollow needle to penetrate the plant, a reservoir communicating with the needle and containing the substance, a first actuator moving the needle to insert it into the plant, a second force sensor measuring the force of insertion of the needle, a second actuator compressing the substance in the reservoir, a third actuator measuring pressurization force of the substance, and a microcontroller activating the first actuator only if the first force sensor detects a bearing force, modulating the activation of the first actuator, and thus the injection of the needle into the plant, depending on the measured insertion force, and which modulates compression in the reservoir, and thus injection into the plant, depending on the force measured by the third force sensor.
US11910758B2	Vegetation hanger A vegetation hanger includes a crossbar and an arm coupled to an end portion of the crossbar. The crossbar defines a plurality of serrations configured to prevent the vegetation from sliding on the crossbar. The arm includes a handle and defines a slot configured for hanging the vegetation on a horizontal support bar.
US11910753B2	Harvest accessory for a tractor mounted work platform A working platform that can be removably attached to a front portion of a utility tractor is provided in which the platform is at least horizontally adjustable, is sized to allow a user to move about on the platform, and the tractor can be controlled by a user with controls located on the platform. In addition, an automatic steering system may be included that allows the tractor to remain generally along a preselected course, such as between rows of trees or other objects. As the tractor moves down the row of an orchard, the platform can be adjusted so as to be in an appropriate position for performing work on the tree. A harvesting accessory system may also be attached to the tractor in conjunction with the working platforms, which supports and conveys bins from the tractor to the ground.
US11910746B2	Apparatus for controlling discharge from a mower Assemblies allowing a repositionable discharge deflector to be added to a mower with a discharge chute are described. These assemblies include a base, a swing bracket, a discharge deflector, a motor, and a switch. The base is attached to the mower, and the motor is attached to the base and includes a rotating output shaft. The swing bracket is rotationally attached to the base and is rotationally coupled to the rotating output shaft of the motor. The discharge deflector is attached to the swing bracket and positionable via rotation of the rotating output shaft so as to at least partially block the discharge chute of the mower. The switch is in electrical communication with the motor and is able to cause the motor to rotate the rotating output shaft. The assemblies allow a user to modify the trajectory of mown material discharged from the discharge chute of the mower with a push of the switch.
US11910743B2	Grass trimming head and grass trimmer having the same A grass trimming head includes a housing assembly and a spool. The housing assembly is formed with a housing cavity and an outer aperture for allowing a cutting line to be inserted from an outside of the housing assembly into the housing cavity. At least a portion of the spool is arranged inside the housing cavity, and the spool is rotatable with respect to the housing assembly about a central axis. The spool is formed with an inner aperture for allowing the cutting line to be inserted into the spool or a clamping portion configured to fix the cutting line.
US11910739B2	Process for preparing a seed support The invention provides a process for the preparation of a seed support that comprises a biodegradable polymer film having a plurality of seeds at least partially embedded therein, the process comprising the steps of (a) providing a hydrophobic release liner (18); (b) applying a coating of an aqueous dispersion or solution comprising a biodegradable polymer on the hydrophobic release liner (18), wherein the dispersion or solution has a viscosity of from 2000 to 16000 mPa·s and a water content of from 58% to 90% by weight of the coating; (c) depositing a plurality of seeds onto the coating so that the seeds become at least partially embedded in the coating; (d) drying the coating to give a final water content of 1.5% to 15% by weight and thereby form the biodegradable polymer film; and (e) detaching the hydrophobic release liner from the biodegradable polymer film to give the seed support.
US11910735B2	Two-way soil clearing device for single-ridge grapevine and a construction machine for mounting the device A two-way soil clearing device for single-ridge grapevine and a construction machine for mounting the device, comprising a frame part, a soil clearing mechanism, a distance measuring sensor, an expansion and contraction device and a control unit; the frame comprises a left side frame and a right side frame; the left side frame and the right side frame are provided with a soil clearing mechanism respectively and expansion and contraction devices; the distance measuring sensor is provided in front of the soil clearing mechanism; and the control unit is respectively connected with the distance measuring sensor and the expansion and contraction device. The present invention can flexibly remove the covering soil between the piles of the grapevine and the covering soil at the side of the grapevine at one time, and can operate on both sides of the same soil ridge at the same time during work.
US11917928B2	Method for preparing a Josephson junction, apparatus, and device, and superconducting device Methods, apparatuses, and devices for Josephson junction preparation includes: obtaining a first pattern structure for generating a first Josephson junction of a first type and a plurality of second pattern structures for generating a plurality of second Josephson junctions of a second type; evaporating a material on the first pattern structure and the plurality of second pattern structures based on a first evaporation direction to generate a first electrode layer for implementing information transmission; forming an insulating layer on the first electrode layer, the insulating layer including a compound corresponding to the material; evaporating the material on the first pattern structure and the plurality of second pattern structures based on a second evaporation direction to generate a second electrode layer for implementing information transmission; and forming the first Josephson junction and the plurality of second Josephson junctions.
US11917925B2	Magnetoresistive devices and methods therefor The magnetoresistive stack or structure of a magnetoresistive device includes one or more electrodes or electrically conductive lines, a magnetically fixed region, a magnetically free region disposed between the electrodes or electrically conductive lines, and a dielectric layer disposed between the free and fixed regions. The magnetoresistive device may further include a spin-Hall (SH) material proximate to at least a portion of the free region, and one or more insertion layers comprising antiferromagnetic material.
US11917920B2	Piezoelectric device A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric array, a resin portion, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The piezoelectric array includes piezoelectric pillars having a columnar shape and made of piezoelectric ceramic. The piezoelectric pillars are provided along a row direction and a column direction in a two-dimensional array such that the piezoelectric pillars are parallel or substantially parallel to each other in height direction thereof. The resin portion is located in and preferably fills a gap between the piezoelectric pillars. The first electrode includes first electrode wires extending in the column direction. The second electrode includes second electrode wires extending in the row direction. Both of the piezoelectric pillars and the resin portion resonantly vibrate in a thickness longitudinal vibration mode, and a resonant frequency of the resin portion is higher than a resonant frequency of the piezoelectric pillars by about 15% or greater.
US11917919B2	Electret An electret includes a substrate and an electret layer formed above a surface of the substrate. The electret layer is a composite metal compound containing two or more different metal elements, and is obtained by subjecting a thin film mainly composed of an inorganic dielectric material having a bandgap energy of 4 eV or more to a polarization treatment.
US11917917B2	Thermoelectric conversion element A thermoelectric conversion element that has a power generation layer containing an iron-aluminum based magnetic alloy material containing equal to or more than 70 weight percent of iron and aluminum in total. The power generation layer generates an electromotive force, due to an anomalous Nernst effect that develops in the magnetic alloy material in response to a temperature gradient applied thereto, in a direction intersecting both the magnetization direction of the magnetic alloy material and the direction of the applied temperature gradient.
US11917916B2	Thermoelectric conversion element and thermoelectric conversion device A thermoelectric conversion element includes a p-type thermoelectric converter, an n-type thermoelectric converter, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. One end of the p-type converter is electrically connected to one end of the n-type converter. The other end of the p-type converter is electrically connected to the second electrode, and the other end of the n-type converter is electrically connected to the third electrode. The p-type converter includes a first phononic crystal layer having a first phononic crystal structure including regularly arranged first through holes. The n-type converter includes a second phononic crystal layer having a second phononic crystal structure including regularly arranged second through holes. The through direction of the first through holes is a direction extending between the ends of the p-type converter. The through direction of the second through holes is a direction extending between the ends of the n-type converter.
US11917915B2	Pseudo-ternary thermoelectric material, method of manufacturing the same, thermoelectric element, and thermoelectric module Disclosed are a pseudo-ternary thermoelectric material, a method of manufacturing the pseudo-ternary thermoelectric material, a thermoelectric element, and a thermoelectric module. The pseudo-ternary thermoelectric material includes bismuth (Bi), antimony (Sb), tellurium (Te), and selenium (Se), and a composition ratio thereof is BixSb2-xTe3 in which 0.3≤x≤0.6 or (Bi2Te3)1-x-y(Sb2Te3)x(Sb2Se3)y in which 0
US11917909B2	Organic compound and organic electroluminescence device using the same The present invention relates to novel organic light emitting compound and an organic electroluminescence device using the same, and more particularly, to a compound having excellent thermal stability, electrochemical stability, luminescence ability, and hole/electron transporting ability, and an organic electroluminescence device which includes the compound in at least one organic layer and thus has improved characteristics such as luminous efficiency, driving voltage, and lifespan.
US11917908B2	Organic compound, optical device, light-emitting device, light-emitting apparatus, electronic device, and lighting device A novel organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. In General Formula (G1), X1 and X2 each independently represent a secondary or tertiary alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms and having a branched carbon atom which is bonded to a phenyl group. In addition, Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic ring skeleton having 10 to 60 carbon atoms and composed of two or more rings or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed heteroaromatic ring skeleton having 8 to 60 carbon atoms and composed of two or more rings. Furthermore, Ar2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms. Moreover, n represents any of 1 to 3, and in the case where n is 2 or more, two or more groups bonded to Ar1 may be identical or different.
US11917901B2	Metal complexes The present invention relates to metal complexes of formula (1): M(L)n(L′)m (1) which comprises a moiety M(L)n of formula (2): and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
US11917899B2	Arylamine-fluorene alternating copolymer, electroluminescence device material, and electroluminescence device using the polymer An arylamine-fluorene alternating copolymer having a structural unit (A) is represented by Chemical Formula (1): wherein Chemical Formula (1) is the same as described in the detailed description.
US11917897B2	Photo-patternable organic semiconductor (OSC) polymers for organic thin-film transistors A polymer blend, including at least one organic semiconductor (OSC) polymer and at least one photosensitizer, such that the at least one OSC polymer is a diketopyrrolopyrrole-fused thiophene polymeric material, wherein the fused thiophene is beta-substituted.
US11917895B2	Display device including galvanic reaction-patterned electrodes, and method of manufacturing the same A manufacturing method of a display device includes providing a first organic layer in a display area and a non-display area, to cover a pixel electrode and a pad electrode, respectively, providing a first electrode of a light emitting element, in the display area, the first organic layer being between the pixel electrode and the first electrode, after forming the first electrode, removing a portion of the first organic layer which is in the non-display area, to expose the pad electrode from the first organic layer; and providing a light emitting layer of the light emitting element, corresponding to the first electrode.
US11917894B2	Method for preparing organic electroluminescent device, and organic electroluminescent device and display apparatus Provided are a method for preparing an organic electroluminescent device, an organic electroluminescent device and a display apparatus. The method for preparing the organic electroluminescent device includes: providing a substrate; forming, on the substrate, a red light reflective electrode located in a red sub-pixel preparation region, a green light reflective electrode located in a green sub-pixel preparation region, and a blue light reflective electrode located in a blue sub-pixel preparation region; forming a transparent insulating layer on a surface of a side of the red light reflective electrode facing away from the substrate, where the area of the transparent insulating layer is smaller than the area of the red light reflective electrode; and forming a transparent conductive layer on a surface of a side of the transparent insulating layer facing away from the substrate, a surface of the side of the red light reflective electrode facing away from the substrate and not covered by the transparent insulating layer, and a surface of a side of the green light reflective electrode facing away from the substrate.
US11917891B2	Display substrate and display apparatus A display substrate and a display apparatus are provided, the display substrate includes a base substrate including a display region and a peripheral region; the display region includes multiple sub-pixels, multiple data lines and multiple power supply lines; the peripheral region includes at least one test data signal line, at least one test control signal line and multiple test units, the multiple test units are at a side of the multiple data lines away from the display region, and at least one of the multiple test units is electrically connected with at least one of the multiple data lines, the at least one test data signal line, and the at least one test control signal line; the peripheral region further includes a first power supply bus and multiple connecting parts, the first power supply bus is at a side of the multiple test units away from the display region.
US11917890B2	Display panel and display device The present invention provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a transparent substrate and a polyimide (PI) substrate. The PI substrate is placed at one side of the transparent substrate. An uneven structure is provided inside the PI substrate or arranged on one side of the PI substrate facing the transparent substrate.
US11917889B2	Flexible display panel with hollow structure A flexible display panel is provided, which includes a base substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) array layer, and an encapsulation layer. The TFT array layer includes an inorganic layer. An organic layer is disposed on the TFT array layer in a non-display region. The organic layer is defined with a hollow structure at least penetrating the organic layer and the encapsulation layer covers the hollow structure. The organic layer includes a planarization layer, a pixel definition layer, and a support layer. The hollow structure includes grooves with different groove levels, which improves a bending resistance of the flexible display panel and prevents cracks from extending to a display region.
US11917888B2	In-display sensors and viewing angle adjustment microassemblies Cameras are located within the display area of a display. In-display cameras allow for thinner display bezels. In-display cameras allow for the creation of ultra-high resolution images. The ability to capture an object from multiple perspectives allows for holographic image recording and playback. Multiple views of an image can be captured with varying depths of focus, allowing an image's depth of field to be adjusted during post processing. In-display cameras can also be used for user authentication, touch detection and three-dimensional gesture recognition. Thermal sensors located within the display area allow for control of the display temperature, improved control over system performance, and compensation for micro-LED degradation that can occur due to aging or increased temperature. Microlens assemblies located above pixels can adjust the viewing cone angle of the display or a portion of the display and microassemblies located under individual pixels or pixel arrays can adjust a viewing angle.
US11917884B2	Display apparatus including light control member and manufacturing method of light control member A display apparatus includes a display panel; and a light control member disposed on the display panel. The light control member includes a plurality of partition walls spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of light control units each disposed between any two of the plurality of partition walls, and at least one of the plurality of light control units includes a first region containing organic monomers and an inorganic material and a second region containing the inorganic material dispersed in an organic polymer, thereby improving display quality and reliability of the display apparatus.
US11917883B2	Color control member and display device including same A color control member includes a color control layer including a quantum dot and a color filter layer on the color control layer, wherein a low refractive layer may be between the color control layer and the color filter layer. The low refractive layer includes a base resin and a plurality of sets of hollow particles dispersed in the base resin, and each of the hollow particles of each set of the sets of hollow particles may have a spherical shape. The sets of hollow particles may have respective average diameters, and a ratio of two average diameters of the respective average diameters of the sets of hollow particles is about 2:1 to about 60:1, and the low refractive layer including the hollow particles may be formed through a continuous process at a low temperature.
US11917878B2	Display device including transistor with vias contacting active layer through etch stop layer, and method of manufacturing same A display device includes: a first active pattern on a light blocking pattern; a second active pattern at a same layer as that of the first active pattern; a first insulating pattern on the first active pattern; a second insulating pattern on the first active pattern, the second insulating pattern being spaced from the first insulating pattern, and having a first contact hole exposing the first active pattern; a first gate electrode on the first insulating pattern; a second gate electrode at a same layer as that of the first gate electrode, and overlapping with the second active pattern; a first etch stopper on the second insulating pattern, and having a second contact hole connected to the first contact hole; and a first electrode on the first etch stopper, the first electrode contacting the light blocking pattern and the first active pattern through the first and second contact holes.
US11917876B2	Display substrate and display apparatus Disclosed is a display substrate, including: a base including a display region and a peripheral region; sub-pixels in the display region; data lines in at least the display region and extending in a first direction and electrically connected to the sub-pixels; gate lines in at least the display region and extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and electrically connected to the sub-pixels; pads in the peripheral region; data leads in the peripheral region and electrically connected to the data lines and the pads; a gate driver circuit in the peripheral region and electrically connected to the gate lines; gate drive lines in the peripheral region and electrically connected to the gate driver circuit; gate leads in the peripheral region and extending in the first direction, which are electrically connected to the gate drive lines and the pads and located between the data leads.
US11917874B2	Display substrate and display device A display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a display region, a first connecting wire, and a second connecting wire. A first display region includes a first sub-pixel array, including a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in an array, and the plurality of light emitting elements include a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element. The second display region includes a first pixel circuit array, including a plurality of first pixel circuit units, and the plurality of pixel circuit units include a first pixel circuit (D10) and a second pixel circuit. The first connecting wire (151) is connected to the first pixel circuit and the first light emitting element. The second connecting wire is connected to the second pixel circuit and the second light emitting element. The second connecting wire extends in a first direction, the first connecting wire extends in a second direction.
US11917870B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a first area, and a second area adjacent to the first area; a plurality of first pixel circuits at the first area of the substrate, each of the plurality of first pixel circuits including a silicon-based transistor, and an oxide-based transistor; a plurality of second pixel circuits at the second area of the substrate, the plurality of second pixel circuits including transistors; a first shielding layer at the first area, the first shielding layer including a shielding pattern overlapping with the silicon-based transistor of each of the plurality of first pixel circuits; and a second shielding layer at the second area, the second shielding layer including a first through-hole between adjacent second pixel circuits from among the plurality of second pixel circuits. The first shielding layer and the second shielding layer include different materials from each other.
US11917869B2	Display apparatus with organic material disposed in groove A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area having a plurality of pixel circuits that are spaced apart from each other. An inorganic material layer is arranged in the display area and includes a groove between adjacent pixel circuits of the plurality of pixel circuits. An organic filler is disposed in the groove. The inorganic material layer includes at least one insulating material layer and an etch stop layer. The etch stop layer includes a semiconductor material or a conductive material. The etch stop layer is provided on a bottom surface or a portion of a side wall of the groove.
US11917866B2	Lift-off process for manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: first and second pixel electrodes on a substrate, and spaced from each other; a pixel-defining film surrounding edges of the first and second pixel electrodes; a first intermediate layer on the first pixel electrode; a second intermediate layer on the second pixel electrode, spaced from the first intermediate layer; a first counter electrode on the first intermediate layer; a second counter electrode on the second intermediate layer, spaced from the first counter electrode; a first passivation layer on the first counter electrode; a second passivation layer on the second counter electrode, spaced from the first passivation layer; a first bank around the first passivation layer and protruding from the pixel-defining film to extend in a direction away from the substrate; and a second bank around the second passivation layer and protruding from the pixel-defining film to extend in the direction away from the substrate.
US11917859B2	Display module and display device Provided is a display module. The display module includes: a display panel and a heat dissipation structure; wherein the display panel includes a substrate and a display substrate layer disposed on the substrate, and the heat dissipation structure is disposed on a side, distal from the display substrate layer, of the substrate; and a gap is formed between at least a partial region of the heat dissipation structure and the substrate.
US11917858B2	Display device including molybdenum and polyphenylenew sulfide containing thermal insulation layer The display device includes a light-emitting element layer provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements, and a TFT layer that is provided below the light-emitting element layer and includes TFT configured to drive the plurality of light-emitting elements. Further, at least one thermal insulation layer configured to thermally insulate the plurality of light-emitting elements from external heat is provided, and the thermal insulation layer includes a molybdenum-containing complex and a polyphenylene sulfide-based resin.
US11917855B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate, a transistor on the substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the transistor, a bank layer disposed on the pixel electrode and defining a pixel opening overlapping the pixel electrode, an emission layer in the pixel opening, a common electrode on the emission layer and the bank layer, an encapsulation layer on the common electrode, a sensing electrode on the encapsulation layer, a first insulating layer disposed on the encapsulation layer and overlapping the pixel opening, a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer, and a third insulating layer surrounding the first insulating layer. A refractive index of the first insulating layer, a refractive index of the second insulating layer, and a refractive index of the third insulating layer are different from one another, and the refractive index of the first insulating layer is greater than the refractive index of the third insulating layer.
US11917853B2	Display device having an opening area A display device includes: a substrate including an opening area, a display area surrounding the opening area, and a non-display area between the opening area and the display area; a first insulating layer arranged on the substrate and including a first recess in the non-display area; an organic pattern layer arranged on an upper surface of the first insulating layer in the non-display area and including a side wall in contact with a first side wall of the first recess; and a display element arranged on the first insulating layer to overlap the display area and including a first electrode, an emission layer, and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer, and the first layer includes at least one of titanium (Ti), titanium nitride (TiN), molybdenum (Mo), and amorphous silicon (a-Si) to which a dopant is added.
US11917841B2	Light-emitting device comprising organic salt bound to quantum dots and production method thereof A light-emitting device including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting film disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a method of producing the device. The light-emitting film includes a fluorine-containing organic salt, and quantum dots that do not include cadmium, lead, or a combination thereof, and the fluorine-containing organic salt includes a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C30 hydrocarbon group, a non-metallic element, fluorine, and at least one of boron or phosphorus, and the non-metallic element includes carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur, or selenium.
US11917837B2	Method of forming the semiconductor device A method of forming the semiconductor device is provided. The method includes following steps. A memory structure is formed over a first conductive line over a substrate and is electrically connected to the first conductive line. A sacrificial layer is formed on the memory structure. A spacer layer is formed to cover the memory structure and the sacrificial layer. A first dielectric layer is formed to cover the spacer layer. A planarization process is performed to remove a portion of the first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is formed on the spacer layer and the first dielectric layer. A patterning process is performed to form an opening exposing a portion of the top surface of the sacrificial layer. The sacrificial layer is removed to form a recess. A second conductive line is formed in the opening and the recess to be electrically coupled to the memory structure.
US11917835B2	Three-dimensional funnel-like spin transfer torque MRAM cell with a non-uniform thicknesses in each layer An approach to provide a funnel-shaped spin-transfer torque (STT) magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) device with a dual magnetic tunnel junction. The approach includes providing a metal pillar on a connection to a semiconductor device. The approach includes providing a first reference layer on the metal pillar and on a portion of a first interlayer dielectric adjacent to the metal pillar. The approach includes providing a first tunnel barrier on the first reference layer and a free layer on the first tunnel barrier layer. The approach includes providing a second tunnel barrier on the free layer and a second reference layer on the second tunnel barrier of the semiconductor structure of the funnel-shaped spin-transfer torque MRAM device.
US11917833B2	Thin film transistor deck selection in a memory device Methods, systems, and devices for thin film transistor deck selection in a memory device are described. A memory device may include memory arrays arranged in a stack of decks formed over a substrate, and deck selection components distributed among the layers to leverage common substrate-based circuitry. For example, each memory array of the stack may include a set of digit lines of a corresponding deck, and deck selection circuitry operable to couple the set of digit lines with a column decoder that is shared among multiple decks. To access memory cells of a selected memory array on one deck, the deck selection circuitry corresponding to the memory array may each be activated, while the deck selection circuitry corresponding to a non-selected memory array on another deck may be deactivated. The deck selection circuitry, such as transistors, may leverage thin-film manufacturing techniques, such as various techniques for forming vertical transistors.
US11917825B2	Microelectronic devices including an oxide material between adjacent decks A microelectronic device includes decks comprising alternating levels of a conductive material and an insulative material, the decks comprising pillars including a channel material extending through the alternating levels of the conductive material and the insulative material, a conductive contact between adjacent decks and in electrical communication with the channel material of the adjacent decks, and an oxide material between the adjacent decks, the oxide material extending between an uppermost level of a first deck and a lowermost level of a second deck adjacent to the first deck. Related electronic systems and methods of forming the microelectronic device and electronic systems are also disclosed.
US11917824B2	Semiconductor storage device and method for manufacturing semiconductor storage device A semiconductor storage device of an embodiment includes: a plurality of columnar bodies that penetrate a predetermined film; and a beam that reaches a predetermined depth of the predetermined film shallower than depths of the plurality of columnar bodies and couples the plurality of columnar bodies together with a width smaller than widths of the plurality of columnar bodies.
US11917822B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device includes electrode structures including a plurality of electrodes stacked on a semiconductor substrate, and the electrode structures extend in a first direction and are spaced apart from each other by separation regions in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The 3D semiconductor memory device includes ground select gate electrodes comprising lowermost electrodes among the plurality of electrodes of the electrode structures, wherein on a level of the ground select gate electrodes, the separation regions include a first end portion, and at least one ground select gate cutting region overlaps the first end portion of the separation regions and electrically isolates the ground select gate electrodes from each other.
US11917818B2	Memory device having vertical structure including a first wafer and a second wafer stacked on the first wafer A memory may include a first wafer, and a second wafer stacked on and bonded to the first wafer. The first wafer may include a cell structure including a memory cell array; and a first logic structure disposed under the cell structure, and including a row control circuit. The second wafer may include a second logic structure including a column control circuit.
US11917817B2	Microelectronic devices, memory devices, and electronic systems A microelectronic device comprises a stack structure comprising a vertically alternating sequence of conductive material and insulative material arranged in tiers. The stack structure has blocks separated from one another by first dielectric slot structures. Each of the blocks comprises two crest regions, a stadium structure interposed between the two crest regions in a first horizontal direction and comprising opposing staircase structures each having steps comprising edges of the tiers of the stack structure, and two bridge regions neighboring opposing sides of the stadium structure in a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction and having upper surfaces substantially coplanar with upper surfaces of the two crest regions. At least one second dielectric slot structure is within horizontal boundaries of the stadium structure in the first horizontal direction and partially vertically extends through and segmenting each of the two bridge regions. Memory devices, electronic systems, and methods of forming microelectronic devices are also described.
US11917816B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region, the peripheral circuit region including a first peripheral circuit region including a first transistor and a second peripheral circuit region including a second transistor; a storage node contact plug positioned in an upper portion of the substrate in the memory cell region; a landing pad over the storage node contact plug; a first metal wire coupled to the first transistor; and a second metal wire coupled to the second transistor, wherein a thickness of the landing pad and a thickness of the first metal wire are smaller than a thickness of the second metal wire.
US11917815B2	Semiconductor and manufacturing method of the same A semiconductor device includes: an active region defined by a device isolation layer formed in a substrate; a word line configured to cross the active region, the word line extending in a first direction and being formed in the substrate; a bit line extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on the word line; a first contact connecting the bit line to the active region; a first mask for forming the active region, the first mask being formed on the active region; and a second mask of which a height of a top surface thereof is greater than a height of a top surface of the active region, the second mask covering the word line, wherein the active region has a bar shape that extends to form an acute angle with respect to the first direction.
US11917814B2	Semiconductor device An apparatus includes: a memory mat including a plurality of vertical memory cell transistors; a shield structure covering the memory mat and surrounding each of the plurality of vertical memory cell transistors; and a ring-shaped wiring above the shield structure, the ring-shaped wiring being connected to the shield structure in an edge region of the shield structure.
US11917812B2	Semiconductor devices A semiconductor device includes a gate structure and a contact plug. The gate structure extends in a first direction parallel to the substrate, and includes a first conductive pattern, a second conductive pattern and a gate mask sequentially stacked. The contact plug contacts an end portion in the first direction of the gate structure, and includes a first extension portion extending in a vertical direction and contacting sidewalls of the gate mask and the second conductive pattern, a second extension portion under and contacting the first extension portion and a sidewall of the first conductive pattern, and a protrusion portion under and contacting the second extension portion. A bottom of the protrusion portion does not contact the first conductive pattern. A first slope of a sidewall of the first extension portion is greater than a second slope of a sidewall of the second extension portion.
US11917808B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming the same An apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate; an access transistor including channel, source and drain regions arranged in a vertical direction to the semiconductor substrate and a gate-electrode facing to the channel region; a storage capacitor coupled to one of the source and drain regions; a bit-line coupled to the other of the source and drain regions; and a pull-out-electrode connected to the bit-line; wherein surfaces of the source and drain regions and the pull-out-electrode on the bit-line side is arranged at substantially the same height from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US11917807B2	Memory device using semiconductor element A memory device includes a page made up of plural memory cells arranged in a column on a substrate, and a page write operation is performed to hold positive hole groups generated by an impact ionization phenomenon, in a channel semiconductor layer by controlling voltages applied to a first gate conductor layer, a second gate conductor layer, a first impurity region, and a second impurity region of each memory cell contained in the page and a page erase operation is performed to remove the positive hole groups out of the channel semiconductor layer by controlling voltages applied to the first gate conductor layer, the second gate conductor layer, the first impurity region, and the second impurity region. The first impurity layer of the memory cell is connected with a source line, the second impurity layer is connected with a bit line, one of the first gate conductor layer and the second gate conductor layer is connected with a word line, and another is connected with a drive control line; during the write operation after the page erase operation, the positive hole group is formed in the channel semiconductor layer by an impact ionization phenomenon by controlling voltages applied to the word line, the drive control line, the source line, and the bit line; and an applied voltage/applied voltages of one or both of the word line and the drive control line is/are lowered with drops in a first threshold voltage of the first gate conductor layer and a second threshold voltage of the second gate conductor layer.
US11917805B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes: a first word line extending in a vertical direction; a second word line spaced apart from the first word line in a first horizontal direction and extending in the vertical direction; a first semiconductor pattern of a ring-shaped horizontal cross-section surrounding the first word line and constituting a portion of a first cell transistor; a second semiconductor pattern of a ring-shaped horizontal cross-section surrounding the second word line and constituting a portion of a second cell transistor; a cell capacitor between the first semiconductor pattern and the second semiconductor pattern and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a capacitor dielectric film; a first bit line opposite the cell capacitor with respect to the first semiconductor pattern and extending in a second horizontal direction; and a second bit line opposite the cell capacitor with respect to the second semiconductor pattern.
US11917804B2	Manufacturing method of SRAM device A manufacturing method of a SRAM memory device includes forming two transistors on a substrate, forming an inner dielectric layer covering the two transistors, forming contacts in the inner dielectric layer for coupling to source nodes of the two transistors, forming a metal interconnect structure on the inner dielectric layer, wherein a portion of an n-th metal layer of the metal interconnect structure is utilized as a lower metal layer, wherein n≥1. An opening is formed in the metal interconnect structure to expose the lower metal layer, and then a capacitor is formed in the opening. The capacitor includes the lower metal layer, a first electrode layer, a dielectric layer, a second electrode layer, and an upper metal layer from bottom to top. The upper metal layer is a portion of an m-th metal layer of the metal interconnect structure, wherein m≥n+1.
US11917803B2	Method for forming different types of devices A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a gate-all-around (GAA) transistor in a first device area and a fin-type field effect transistor (FinFET) in a second device area. The GAA transistor includes a plurality of vertically stacked channel members and a first gate structure over and around the plurality of vertically stacked channel members. The FinFET includes a fin-shaped channel member and a second gate structure over the fin-shaped channel member. The fin-shaped channel member includes semiconductor layers interleaved by sacrificial layers.
US11917802B2	Conductive long fiber thermoplastic compounds for electromagnetic shielding Thermoplastic compounds in the form of a pellet include thermoplastic resin and conductive fibers. The conductive fibers are enveloped by the thermoplastic resin and distributed within the pellet such that each of at least a portion of the conductive fibers is substantially surrounded by the thermoplastic resin and thereby substantially separated from physical contact with any other of the conductive fibers. Additionally, at least a portion of the conductive fibers includes long fibers. The thermoplastic compound, when molded at a thickness of about 3.2 mm, has an electromagnetic shielding effectiveness across a range of frequencies from about 0.5 GHz to about 2.0 GHz of at least about 60 dB according to ASTM D4935, which makes the thermoplastic compound useful for molding thermoplastic articles for shielding against electromagnetic interference.
US11917800B1	Multi-layered window or door system for electromagnetic pulse protection Disclosed herein is a multi-layered window or door system for EMP protection. This may include a frame-shaped window or door frame, a plurality of shielding materials disposed on a side of the window or door frame to be spaced apart from each other, a first bracket disposed between the plurality of shielding materials and supported by an elastic mechanism, and a second bracket disposed outside an outermost shielding material among the plurality of shielding materials and supported by a cylinder.
US11917799B2	System and method for cooling high power electrical systems Embodiments included herein are directed towards an apparatus and method for manufacturing an electrical cooling apparatus. The method may include forming a first entirely solid metal plate to generate an enclosure. The method may also include affixing a bottom metal plate to the first entirely solid metal plate, the bottom metal plate may define a channel system. The bottom metal plate may include one or more inlet openings into the channel system, where the one or more inlet openings are configured to allow coolant to enter or exit the channel system.
US11917798B2	Charging device module for installation in an electrically driveable vehicle, vehicle and method for cooling components of an electrically driveable vehicle A charging device module for installation in an electrically driveable vehicle, including a charging device and an internal cooling circuit for cooling the charging device, wherein the internal cooling circuit has connections for connection to a superordinate cooling circuit of the vehicle, wherein the connections comprise at least one inlet and at least one outlet, and a bypass line connects the at least one inlet to the at least one outlet while bypassing the internal cooling circuit, wherein an actuable valve is associated with the at least one inlet, by which valve the flow of coolant through the internal cooling circuit and the bypass line can be controlled.
US11917797B2	Integrated thermal-electrical component for power electronics converters The disclosure relates to capacitive heatsink devices and systems. In one embodiment, the heat sink capacitor includes a positive (P) bus plate; a negative (N) bus plate; a first dielectric material; a second dielectric material; and a heat sink comprising a first side and a second side, the first side of the heat sink attached to the first dielectric material and the second dielectric material, wherein the first dielectric material and the second dielectric material are separated by a portion of the heat sink, wherein the first dielectric material electrically insulates the P bus plate from the first side of the heat sink to form a first capacitor, and wherein the second dielectric material electrically insulates the N bus plate from the first side of the heat sink to form a second capacitor.
US11917794B2	Separating temperature domains in cooled systems Separating temperature domains in cooled systems, including: cooling at least one first component of a circuit board using a first cooling system; and conductively coupling the at least one first component to at least one second component using a superconductive portion of a power plane of the circuit board.
US11917784B2	Fixing device A fixing device includes a circuit board, an insertion slot, and a fixing bracket. The circuit board has a peripheral recess, and the insertion slot is disposed on the circuit board. The fixing bracket is fixed in the peripheral recess, and the fixing bracket has a board, two lateral arms, and two guiding rails. The two lateral arms are connected to two corresponding sides of the board, and the two lateral arms are integrally formed from the board. In addition, the two guiding rails are respectively disposed at the two lateral arms, in which the two guiding rails extend towards the insertion slot.
US11917776B2	Electronic device and control method for electronic device Provided in the present application are an electronic device and a control method for the electronic device. A shell in the electronic device is provided with a first face and a second face that are arranged opposite each other and a first side portion and a second side portion that are arranged opposite each other; a guide apparatus is received in the shell, and the guide apparatus can drive the second side portion to extend or retract; and a flexible display screen is arranged at an outer surface of the shell, and the side, located at the second face, of the flexible display screen is provided with an opening, and when the guide apparatus drives the second side portion to extent, the flexible display screen is split from the opening, and the flexible display screen moves from the second face to the first face along the guide apparatus.
US11917773B2	Systems and methods for magnetic barrier assembly An embodiment of a barrier assembly includes a housing having an aperture and a magnet at least partially disposed within the housing. A first surface of the magnet is exposed. The barrier assembly also includes a light-emitting component disposed within the aperture. Another embodiment of a barrier assembly includes a housing having a plurality of apertures formed about a perimeter of the housing. The barrier assembly also includes a magnet at least partially embedded within the housing and the magnet includes an opening formed through a center of the magnet and a plurality of light-emitting components, each light-emitting component at least partially disposed within a corresponding aperture of the plurality of apertures.
US11917770B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes: a display module including a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted, a holder covering a rear side of the substrate, a reinforcement member provided on a rear side of the holder, and a fixing member protruding rearward from the holder; a cabinet provided to support the display module and including a plurality of first magnets and a through hole through which the fixing member passes; and a circuit case including a plurality of second magnets and coupled to the cabinet. The display module is coupled to the cabinet by a first magnetic attraction between the plurality of first magnets and the reinforcement member and a second magnetic attraction between the plurality of second magnets and the reinforcement member.
US11917769B2	Method for fabricating asymmetric board The present application relates to the technical field of circuit board fabricating, and provides a method for fabricating an asymmetric board, the method includes fabricating a master board, fabricating a second sub-board, thermal compression bonding the master board and the second sub-board, and milling an asymmetric board; further includes at least one of the following three steps: laying copper on the connection areas of the master board except for the second copper layer of an outermost layer to obtain laying copper area, removing copper on the connection areas of the third copper layer, and after the step of milling the asymmetric board, on each of the sub-boards, performing depth control milling at the connection areas from a side of the second sub-board on each sub-board to obtain a depth control groove.
US11917765B2	Device for estimating cause of mounting error, and method for estimating cause of mounting error A device for estimating a cause of a mounting error includes a first determination section configured to perform a process of determining whether the error occurrence status is biased under a condition that an individual as the first factor is specified according to a difference in the second factor, on each of multiple individuals as the first factor, a second determination section configured to perform a process of determining whether the error occurrence status is biased under a condition that an individual as the second factor is specified according to a difference in the first factor, on each of multiple individuals as the second factor, and a cause estimation section configured to estimate a causative individual causing the mounting error based on determination results in the first determination section and the second determination section.
US11917763B2	Fingerprint identification apparatus and electronic device A fingerprint identification apparatus and an electrode device. The fingerprint identification apparatus could be configured to be disposed under a variety of different display screens, reducing a thickness of space for installation of the fingerprint identification apparatus under a screen. The fingerprint identification apparatus includes: a support plate; and at least one fingerprint sensor chip, the at least one fingerprint sensor chip being disposed at an upper surface of the support plate; where the support plate is configured to be mounted to an upper surface of a middle frame of the electronic device so that the at least one fingerprint sensor chip is located under the display screen of the electronic device; and the at least one fingerprint sensor chip is configured to receive a fingerprint detecting signal returned by reflection or scattering via a human finger on the display screen.
US11917761B2	Tombstone prevention for a surface mount device A surface mount device having features on contacts to prevent the surface mount device from tombstoning. The feature may be channel defined by the contact that helps balance a torque/force applied on each side of the surface mount device during a reflow soldering process. The feature may also be a solder mask that helps balance a torque/force applied on each side of the surface mount device during a reflow soldering process.
US11917760B2	Display panel and display device comprising same A display panel according to one embodiment comprises: a display substrate that includes a display area and a pad area disposed around the display area, at least one pad terminal disposed on the substrate of the pad area, and an open portion which is at least partially and planarly surrounded by the pad terminal.
US11917758B2	Substrate structure and manufacturing method thereof, electronic device A substrate structure, a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic device. The substrate structure includes a substrate, conductive wires and conductive members. Multiple through holes penetrate through the substrate body of the substrate. Multiple first conductive pads are arranged on the first surface of the substrate body. Multiple second conductive pads are arranged on the second surface of the substrate body. The conductive wires are accommodated in the through holes and each has a first end in the first opening of corresponding through hole and a second end in the second opening of corresponding through hole. The conductive members are distributed on the first and second surfaces, and both ends thereof are connected to the corresponding first and second conductive pads through the conductive members. At least part of each conductive wire does not contact the hole wall of each through hole in a direct manner.
US11917754B2	Antenna module with keep-out area An antenna module comprises: a circuit board, having a three-dimensional keep-out area; an antenna, disposed on the circuit board and located in the keep-out area; and a metal piece, disposed on the circuit board and located in the keep-out area, wherein the metal piece is electrically insulated from the antenna.
US11917737B2	Circuit for sharing current between parallel LEDs or parallel strings of LEDs A circuit for sharing current between parallel LEDs or parallel strings of LEDs, and a method of use of the same, are disclosed herein. The circuit for sharing current between parallel LED pathways can include a first LED pathway, a first transistor coupled to the first set of LEDs and that can control a first current through the first set of LEDs, and a first measurement node having a first sensed voltage. The circuit can include a second LED pathway, a second transistor coupled to the second set of LEDs and that can control a second current through the second set of LEDs, and a second measurement node having a second sensed voltage. The circuit includes a first differential amplifier and a second differential amplifier, each of which can compare sensed voltage and can apply a voltage to a gate of one of the first and second transistors.
US11917732B1	Mechanism capable of providing time-sharing signal port supporting button and ARGB protocols An optical device includes: an addressable LED group having ARGB LED units which are connected in series and controlled serially by a specific sequence of digital signals to display colors; an input interface circuit, configured to sense a user's control state; a control circuit, coupled to the addressable LED group and the input interface circuit; a processing circuit, for providing an optical operation; a specific signal port of the processing circuit, coupled to the addressable LED group and coupled to the input interface circuit through the control circuit, configured to receive the specific sequence of digital signals and then transmit the specific sequence of digital signals into an input of a first addressable LED unit in the addressable LED group, and configured to receive an output control signal generated from the input interface circuit by sensing the user's control state.
US11917729B2	Substrate processing system and substrate processing method A substrate processing system includes a stage on which a substrate is placed, a heater configured to heat the substrate by being supplied with power, a power supply part configured to supply power to the heater, a sensor configured to measure a resistance value of the heater, and a controller. The controller is configured to: store a conversion table in which a plurality of resistance values are associated with a plurality of temperatures; and acquire a reference resistance value measured by the sensor when a heater temperature is equal to a reference temperature. The controller is further configured to: acquire a temperature adjustment resistance value measured by the sensor after the substrate is heated by the heater; and control the power supply part based on the conversion table, the reference temperature, the reference resistance value, and the temperature adjustment resistance value.
US11917727B2	Electronic device for operating a cellular communication and method for the same An electronic device includes a communication processor including a first communication circuitry, a second communication circuitry, and a temperature measurement sensor. The electronic device further includes an application processor that receives information via the second communication circuitry and determines whether to request the communication processor change modes. The communication processor receives a signal to change modes, release an RRC connection, and control the second communication circuitry to enter a sleep state.
US11917726B2	System, method and apparatus for broadcasting sensor based event values A system, method and apparatus for enabling environment tracking at a monitored location. A wireless sensor network can support a beacon that can be configured to broadcast information to devices at the monitored location. The broadcasted information can be recorded by devices to generate an environment log that can enable identification of conditions of an environment as reflected by sensor measurements at the monitored location.
US11917723B2	System and methods for transmitting protocol data units The disclosure relates to a system for transmitting Protocol data units (PDUs). Example embodiments include a system comprises a radio link control (RLC) layer for storing a RLC PDU list of RLC Protocol Data Units (PDUs) received from a ProtocolData Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer. The control layer comprises a transmission block for transmission to a Media Access Layer (MAC) layer in a transmission event, wherein the transmission block is populated with a subset of PDUs in the RLC PDU list. When the transmission block is near a storage limit, the system scans the RLC PDU list for a PDU that best fits a remaining grant of the transmission block to complete population of the transmission block. The control layer further comprises a priority list for storing PDUs of the RLC PDU list scanned by the system that were greater in size than the remaining grant.
US11917719B2	Systems and methods for predictive location determination of a user equipment in a wireless network A system described herein may provide a technique for the predictive determination of regions, such as registration areas associated with a wireless network, with respect to a User Equipment (“UE”) that registers with the wireless network. Such registration areas may be associated with different services, Quality of Service (“QoS”) parameters, network slices, or the like. When registering with the wireless network, the UE may receive an indication of a registration area that includes multiple tracking areas, which include a tracking area in which the UE is currently located and one or more other tracking areas in which the UE is likely to enter, as predicted based on one or more artificial intelligence/machine learning (“AI/ML”) models. The prediction may be based on the current location of the UE, UE attributes or parameters, and/or historical location information associated with the UE and/or other UEs.
US11917717B2	Wireless network detection apparatus and method for detecting non-predetermined electronic apparatus The present invention discloses a wireless network detection apparatus. A storage circuit stores virtual wireless communication apparatus information. A wireless signal transmission circuit communicates using a wireless communication protocol. A processing circuit executes software or firmware executable commands to perform a wireless network detection method including the steps outlined below. Whether a wireless signal including non-predetermined electronic apparatus identification information being received is determined. When the wireless signal is received, an existence signal is broadcasted accordingly. A first-time pairing information that is transmitted from a non-predetermined electronic apparatus based on the existence signal is received to perform the first-time pairing and store the non-predetermined electronic apparatus identification information in the storage circuit. When an active communication signal or a passive response signal from the non-predetermined electronic apparatus is received, the non-predetermined electronic apparatus is identified and determined to be within a detection range. A predetermined function is executed.
US11917716B2	Two-stage discovery in sidelink To more efficient sidelink communications, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided. An example method of a first wireless device operating includes transmitting a sidelink discovery probing message comprising at least a first identifier of the first sidelink device. The example method further includes monitoring for a probing response from a second sidelink device. The example method further includes transmitting a sidelink discovery message if the first sidelink device receives the probing response from the second sidelink device. The example method further includes skipping transmitting the sidelink discovery message if the first sidelink device does not receive the probing response from the second sidelink device.
US11917713B2	Methods and apparatuses for accessing a service outside a mobile communications network in a multipath connection The use of multipath enabled mobile entities accessing a service outside the network in a multipath connection. The invention relates to a method for operating an application server (100) providing a service to a multipath enabled mobile entity (10) connected to the application server with a first bearer of a first access network of a first mobile communications network, wherein the application server is external to the mobile communications network, whereas the method comprises the steps of receiving an indication that the mobile entity (10) has an option to use another bearer not belonging to the first mobile communications network for accessing the application server, and of transmitting a request message towards a policy control entity (50) of the first mobile communications network requesting the policy control entity to disconnect the first bearer.
US11917709B2	L1 signalling for transitioning secondary cells (SCells) between dormancy and non-dormancy in 5G NR A user equipment (UE) for operation in a fifth-generation new radio (5G NR) network may be configured with two or more secondary cells (SCells) of a group of SCells. In these embodiments, the UE may monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for detection of a downlink control information (DCI) format 1_1. The UE may interpret the DCI format 1_1 as indicating SCell dormancy, rather than scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception, if the UE is configured with resourceAllocationType1 and if all bits of a frequency domain resource assignment field in the DCI format 1_1 are equal to 1. For SCell dormancy, the UE may interpret fields of the DCI format 1_1 as a bitmap for SCell dormancy indication and either activate or deactivate a downlink bandwidth part (DL BWP) for an SCell of the group of configured SCells when indicated by the bitmap.
US11917705B2	Communication apparatus that communicates with other devices via network, control method, and storage medium An information processing apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with a plurality of communication apparatuses simultaneously, a second wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with one of the plurality of communication apparatuses selectively, a control unit that controls establishment of a wireless connection with one of the plurality of communication apparatuses via the second wireless communication unit based on information shared via the first wireless communication unit, and a transmission unit that transmits, in a case a request to establish a wireless connection via the second wireless communication unit is received from one of the plurality of communication apparatuses, a notification indicating that a connection via the second wireless communication unit is not allowed to a communication apparatus that has a wireless connection to the information processing apparatus via the first wireless communication unit, and is not a transmitter of the request.
US11917704B2	Method and apparatus for receiving important update information on APs in transmission MLD in a wireless LAN system Provided are a method and apparatus for receiving only complete information on other access points (APs) in a transmitting multi-link device (MLD) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. Specifically, a receiving MLD transmits a probe request frame to the transmitting MLD through a first link. The receiving MLD receives a probe response frame from the transmitting MLD through the first link. The probe request frame includes a frame body and a profile field of a second receiving station (STA). When a first receiving STA does not request complete information on the first link and requests complete information on the second link, the complete information on the second link is requested based on the profile field of the second receiving STA. The probe response frame does not include the complete information on the first link, and includes only the complete information on the second link.
US11917701B2	Gateway arrangements for wireless communication networks Embodiments related to gateway arrangements for wireless communication networks are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, a network controller computing system may include serving gateway (SGW) control plane circuitry to virtualize control plane functions of an SGW, packet data network gateway (PGW) control plane circuitry to virtualize control plane functions of a PGW, first communication circuitry to establish a first secure communication link between the SGW control plane circuitry and an SGW user plane computing system that is to perform user plane functions of an SGW, and second communication circuitry to establish a second secure communication link between the PGW control plane circuitry and a PGW user plane computing system that is to perform user plane functions of a PGW. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US11917697B2	Interlace PRACH design in NR-U Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) interlacing is disclosed. In a particular implementation, a method of performing wireless communications adjusting, by a user equipment (UE) based on a cyclic prefix (CP) length of a received Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) configuration, CP length of one or more uplink channels to match the CP length of the PRACH configuration. The method additionally includes transmitting, by the UE, the one or more uplink channels interlaced with a PRACH channel that corresponds to the PRACH configuration. The PRACH channel and the one or more uplink channels are aligned.
US11917696B2	Control device, control method, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and communication system In a control device (10), a determination unit (11) determines “a plurality of collision-occurrence-estimated devices” for which “transmission collision” is estimated to occur due to overlapping of transmission schedule timings among the plurality of communication devices. A transmission control unit (12) executes transmission control of transmitting, to each of some of the plurality of collision-occurrence-estimated devices, each of a plurality of “timing distribution control signals” for distributing transmission timings of the plurality of collision-occurrence-estimated devices determined by the determination unit (11).
US11917692B2	Uplink and downlink synchronization procedures Uplink and downlink synchronization procedures are described for wireless communications. A base station may send a reconfiguration message to a wireless device before a random access procedure. The reconfiguration message may set an active uplink index and an active downlink index to the same value.
US11917691B2	Wireless communication method, network device and terminal device A wireless communication method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a random access request to a network device on a high frequency uplink carrier or a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier deployed at a frequency band lower than the high frequency uplink carrier; and acquiring, by the terminal device, a random access response (RAR) sent by the network device in response to the random access request.
US11917684B2	Channel access procedure by apparatus in unlicensed band Provided are a method of performing a channel access procedure by an apparatus in an unlicensed band, and an apparatus using same method. The apparatus determines a contention window size (CWS) and performs a channel access procedure with respect to a first channel on the basis of the determined contention window size. The contention window size may be adjusted on the basis of feedback information relating to a second channel. When a transmission history of the second channel, which is to be reflected in determining the contention window size, does not exist, the contention window size may be determined to be a minimum CWS value in a specific channel access priority class.
US11917683B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving signal by using variable band width in communication system A method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving a signal by using a variable band width in a communication system are disclosed. An operating method of a terminal comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, first configuration information about one or more guard bands of an unlicensed band; confirming the one or more guard bands configured in the unlicensed band on the basis of the first configuration information; and confirming a plurality of RB sets configured in the unlicensed band on the basis of the one or more guard bands. Therefore, performance of the communication system can be improved.
US11917681B2	Wireless communication device, wireless communication method, and computer program There is provided a wireless communication device capable of making the wireless communication link more stable in a communication system using an unlicensed band. There is provided a wireless communication device including a determination unit (243) configured to determine whether a channel is clear or busy, a communication unit (220) configured to transmit an uplink signal of a RACH procedure, and a setting unit (243) configured to set at least a first resource and a second resource to transmit the uplink signal, in which the first resource is selected from a set of resources set by information in an RRC layer, and the second resource is designated by downlink information in a physical layer.
US11917673B1	Terminal, base station, transmission method, and reception method A reception processor receives the cell detection reference signals, each of the cell detection reference signals being transmitted from corresponding one of a plurality of cells. An RRM report generator generates measurement information indicating a measurement result of reception quality measured using the cell detection reference signal. A transmission processor transmits the measurement information. The cell detection reference signals are mapped to any one of a plurality of candidate resources, which is a part of a plurality of resources set for other reference signals in a subframe to which the cell detection reference signals are mapped.
US11917668B2	Signaling for inter-base station interference estimation Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a message indicating one or more communication patterns from a base station. The one or more communication patterns may indicate to the UE to adjust one or more parameters for transmitting an uplink communication during a set of time resources, a set of beams, a set of ports, or any combination thereof. During the resources indicated in the one or more communication patterns, the base station may estimate a cross-link interference channel between the base station and a second base station. The one or more communication patterns may indicate a hopping pattern for each subband of a bandwidth part. The base station may configure the UE with a timing advance based on the message.
US11917667B2	Systems and methods for OFDM interference imbalance management Disclosed are example embodiments of systems and methods for an interference imbalance manager (IIM). The method includes an outer loop that goes over the K subcarrier sets ki and an inner loop that goes over the M dominant intra-frequency cells that IC are performed on, for each subcarrier set ki the noise plus interference power estimate of that set is initialized by N by setting: N(ki)=N. The method includes, for each subcarrier set ki the IIM determine when the pilots of each cell m collide with that subcarrier set. When there is no collision, the interference plus noise of that set N(ki) is not adjusted. When there is a collision the interference plus noise of that set N(ki) is adjusted by removing the power contribution Em of that cell by applying the correction: N(ki)=N(ki)−Em. The method includes looping over all considered cells M and when all adjustments are complete to N(ki) for subcarrier set ki the program provides the adjusted N(ki) output and exits the m loop.
US11917665B2	Switching between uplink and sidelink There is provided a UE for configured to operate in a wireless system. The UE comprises: at least one transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising: transmitting first signal which is one of UL signal or SL signal; performing switching between UL transmission and SL transmission; and transmitting second signal, which is different from the first signal, which is one of the UL signal or SL signal.
US11917662B2	Method and apparatus for channel measurement and reporting in CORESET basis A UE includes a receiver configured to receive a first configuration for a first CORESET, a second configuration for a reception of a first CSI-RS, and the first CSI-RS. The first configuration includes a first TCI state. The TCI state for a CORESET indicates a set of quasi co-location properties for a PDCCH reception in the CORESET. A PDCCH includes a DCI format. The second configuration includes a first set of REs and the first TCI state. The UE also includes a processor operably connected to the receiver. The processor is configured to compute a first CQI value, based on the first CSI-RS, for a first PDCCH reception in the first CORESET and at least one CQI value based on the first CQI value. The UE further includes a transmitter operably connected to the processor, the transmitter configured to transmit a channel that includes the at least one CQI value.
US11917659B2	Telecommunications apparatus and methods including selecting a TBS based on an indicated maximum TBS A method of operating a terminal device for transmitting a first amount of data, the method comprising receiving an indication of an allocation of communications resources, the allocated communications resources sufficient for transmitting a second amount of data, the second amount of data greater than or equal to the first amount of the data, selecting from a plurality of permitted TBS values a transport block size, TBS, for the transmission of the first amount of data, based on the first amount, determining communications resources for transmitting the first amount of the data based on the selected TBS and the allocated communications resources, and transmitting the first amount of the data using the determined communications resources.
US11917655B2	Apparatus, system and method of resource unit (RU) allocation for multi user (MU) downlink orthogonal-frequency-division-multiple-access (OFDMA) transmission For example, a wireless communication device may be configured to determine a Resource Unit (RU) allocation of a plurality of RUs to a plurality of wireless communication stations (STAs), respectively, the RU allocation to allocate to a STA of the plurality of STAs an RU of the plurality of RUs, wherein an RU size of the RU allocated to the STA is based at least on a traffic rate parameter, which is dependent on a traffic rate of Downlink (DL) traffic for the STA; and to transmit a Multi-User (MU) DL Orthogonal-Frequency-Division-Multiple-Access (OFDMA) Physical-layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) to the plurality of STAs according to the RU allocation.
US11917650B2	System and method for performing communications in a multi-RAT network A system and method for allocating network resources are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to perform: transmitting a message to a wireless communication device for the wireless communication device to select either a first cell where the wireless communication device currently stays, or a second cell to stay. In some embodiments, the message indicates information about the first cell in which a first radio access technology (RAT) is used and the second cell in which a second RAT, different from the first RAT, is used.
US11917646B2	Setting HARQ timing for PDSCH with pending PDSCH-to-HARQ-timing-indicator A host operable to provide an over-the-top (OTT) service is disclosed. The host is configured to provide and initiate transmission of user data to a network node for transmission to a user equipment (UE). To transmit the user data, the network node determines a PDSCH-to-HARQ timing for an upcoming downlink transmission of the user data to the UE. The network node also determines that HARQ feedback for the upcoming transmission should be delayed by the UE until further notification from the network node; transmits, to the UE, a first DCI associated with the upcoming transmission, the first DCI including a first PDSCH-to-HARQ timing-indicator value for indicating to the UE that the HARQ feedback for the upcoming transmission should be delayed until further notification from the network node; and transmit the user data from the host to the UE in the upcoming transmission to provide the OTT service.
US11917645B2	Determination of start time of PDCCH monitoring occasion A method for performing PDCCH monitoring of component carriers (CCs) in a carrier aggregation scheme that aggregates a first CC and a second CC. In some embodiments, the method includes: calculating a first monitoring occasion start time for a monitoring occasion of the first CC, wherein the first monitoring occasion start time is expressed as a first symbol-index value; calculating a second monitoring occasion start time for a monitoring occasion of the second CC, wherein the second monitoring occasion start time is expressed as a second symbol-index value; and generating a schedule for the monitoring occasion of the first CC and the monitoring occasion of the second CC based on an ascending order of the first monitoring occasion start time and the second monitoring occasion start time.
US11917643B2	Method for transmitting and receiving downlink signal between terminal and base station in wireless communication system supporting unlicensed band, and device supporting same The present invention provides a method for transmitting and receiving a downlink signal between a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, and a device supporting the method. As a specific example, the present invention includes a method for: transmitting and receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signal in an unlicensed band so that a base station and a terminal transmit and receive system information associated with a particular synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block; and, based on the PDCCH signal, transmitting and receiving a PDSCH signal including the system information.
US11917640B2	Communication apparatus and communication method for receiving control information over a search space A communication apparatus has a receiver and a decoder. The receiver receives a control signal including first downlink control information and second downlink control information, and receives decoding area information that indicates whether the extended Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) should be decoded for each of a plurality of terminal apparatuses. The decoder decodes each of a plurality of first mapping candidates in the PDCCH area or decodes each of the plurality of first mapping candidates in the PDCCH area and each of the plurality of second mapping candidates in the extended PDCCH. A number of the second mapping candidates included in the user-specific search space equals to or is more than a number of the first mapping candidates included in the common search space.
US11917635B2	Network node, user equipment (UE), and associated methods for scheduling of the UE by the network node Embodiments include methods, performed by a network node in a wireless network, for managing energy consumption of user equipment (UEs) served by the network node. Such methods include transmitting, to a UE, a configuration including one or more time-domain resource allocations (TDRAs). The TDRAs include one or more first scheduling offsets and one or more second scheduling offsets between a scheduling message and a signal or channel scheduled via the scheduling message. A minimum value of the second scheduling offsets is greater than a minimum value of the first scheduling offsets. Such methods also include transmitting, to the UE, an indication of whether the UE should use the first scheduling offsets or the second scheduling offsets, and a first scheduling message that schedules a first signal or channel for the UE according to the indication. Embodiments also include complementary methods perform by UEs, as well as network nodes and UEs.
US11917626B2	Uplink transmission for multi-panel operation Methods, systems, and storage media are described for uplink transmission for multi-panel operation. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11917624B2	Techniques for multiplexing uplink control information on uplink channel repetitions Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling scheduling transmission of aperiodic channel state information (A-CSI) via a set of uplink transmission repetitions, the set of uplink transmission repetitions including a first set of repetitions associated with a first sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set and a second set of repetitions associated with a second SRS resource set. The UE may receive additional control signaling scheduling transmission of an uplink control channel message that overlaps in time with at least one uplink transmission repetition of the set of uplink transmission repetitions. The UE may multiplex the uplink control channel message with at least one uplink transmission repetition of the set of uplink transmission repetitions, and may transmit the set of uplink transmission repetitions including multiple repetitions of the A-CSI and the multiplexed uplink control channel message.
US11917622B2	Per-physical cell identifier configuration Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a plurality of configurations corresponding to a plurality of physical cell identifiers (PCIs), wherein the plurality of PCIs are associated with a serving cell, and wherein the plurality of configurations are based at least in part on respective transmit receive points (TRPs) and indicate synchronization signal block configurations of the plurality of PCIs; receive information indicating an TRP, of the respective TRPs, or a PCI corresponding to the TRP; and perform a communication with the TRP based at least in part on the PCI in accordance with a configuration, of the plurality of configurations, corresponding to the PCI. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11917620B2	Communication apparatus and communication method To achieve higher-quality FeD2D communication. A communication apparatus including a communication unit that performs a wireless communication, and a control unit that performs a control to cause control information regarding allocation of a resource for a communication with a first apparatus via a first wireless link to be notified to a second apparatus via a second wireless link.
US11917618B2	Sidelink feedback resources Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile station may receive an indication of a first set of resources for feedback and an indication of a second set of resources for feedback, where the second set of resources are associated with a smaller quantity of cyclic shifts than the first set of resources. Accordingly, the mobile station may transmit feedback on either the first set of resources or the second set of resources based at least in part on a distance associated with the feedback. As an alternative, the mobile station may compute a timing advance associated with transmission of feedback. Accordingly, the mobile station may feedback that is shifted in time according to the timing advance. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11917617B2	Resource selection for sidelink coordination information request messages Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration of a set of resources for sidelink coordination information requests. The UE may transmit a sidelink coordination information request message in at least one resource selected from the set of resources for sidelink coordination information requests. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11917616B2	Method and apparatus for configuration and signaling of SL resources for inter-UE co-ordination A method of operating a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving a configuration message to enable inter-UE co-ordination for a sidelink (SL) resource pool, determining a target UE for a SL transmission, and transmitting, to the target UE, a signal to activate or trigger transmission of inter-UE co-ordination information. The method further includes receiving the inter-UE co-ordination information, determining a set of candidate SL resources based on the inter-UE co-ordination information, selecting a SL resource within the determined set, and transmitting a SL channel on the SL resource.
US11917611B2	Method and apparatus for receiving UE to perform power saving operation based on PSFCH in NR V2X A method of operating a first apparatus 100 in a wireless communication system is proposed. The method may comprise: obtaining an SL DRX configuration including information related to an SL DRX HARQ RTT timer; receiving SCI for scheduling a PSSCH from a second apparatus through a PSCCH based on an active time of the SL DRX configuration; receiving a MAC PDU through the PSSCH from the second apparatus; and starting the SL DRX HARQ RTT timer, based on that a PSFCH resource is configured in an SL grant related to the SCI and that a HARQ feedback related to the MAC PDU is disabled.
US11917608B2	Information transmission method and device, storage medium and electronic device Provided are an information transmission method and apparatus, a storage medium and an electronic apparatus. The method includes the following step: a PDSCH traffic with a length of a second TTI is received after an error of receiving a PDSCH traffic with a length of a first TTI is made; where a first transmission unit is supported in the first TTI, a second transmission unit and a third transmission unit are supported in the second TTI, and a transmission unit of the second TTI corresponds to a transmission unit of the first TTI.
US11917604B2	Orthogonal multiple access and non-orthogonal multiple access A transmitter in a wireless communication network includes a bits-to-symbol mapper that produces a plurality of data symbols; and a waveform modulator that receives a first discrete-time waveform and at least a second discrete-time waveform that comprises a cyclic shift of the first discrete-time waveform; modulates a first one of the plurality of data symbols onto the first discrete-time waveform and modulates a second one of the plurality of second data symbol onto the second discrete-time waveform, to produce a plurality of modulated discrete-time waveforms; and sums the plurality of modulated discrete-time waveforms to produce a modulated discrete-time signal to be transmitted in the network. The first discrete-time waveform and at least the second discrete-time waveform are multicarrier signals.
US11917603B2	Encoding repetitions of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for encoding repetitions of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). In some aspects, the disclosed methods or techniques include first determining that a first number of REs of a first PUCCH repetition used for UCI transmission is different than a second number of REs of a second PUCCH repetition used for the UCI transmission. Based on the determination, the UE performs one or more actions to provide a same mother polar code length for generating coded bits for each of the first and second PUCCH repetitions. The UE performs polar code encoding of information bits of the UCI for the first PUCCH repetition and the second PUCCH repetition based on the same mother polar code length. The UE transmits the first and the second PUCCH repetitions including the respective polar-encoded UCI.
US11917602B2	Emission specifications for NTN In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) are provided. The UE may receive, from a base station, an indication of an emission specification for each of one or more beams, the emission specification for each of the one or more beams being associated with an NTN. The UE may communicate, with the base station via the one of the one or more beams, based on the emission specification for the one or more beams.
US11917601B2	Receiver for processing multiple beams at a user equipment (UE) device A method of wireless communication includes receiving a first beam using a first antenna device during an occasion of a reference signal. The method further includes receiving a second beam using a second antenna device that is distinct from the first antenna device during the occasion of the reference signal. Receiving the first beam and the second beam includes inputting, to a modem, a representation of a combination of the first beam and the second beam. Receiving the first beam and the second beam further includes generating, by the modem based on the representation, a first signal associated with the first beam using a first parameter associated with the first antenna device and a second signal associated with the second beam using a second parameter associated with the second antenna device.
US11917600B2	Communication system A communication system is disclosed in which a base station communicates with user equipment via an associated cell having a system bandwidth. The system bandwidth comprises a bandwidth part having a set of contiguous physical resource blocks. The base station initiates a random access procedure with the user equipment; provides first information identifying a set of frequency resources for an uplink channel; and provides second information identifying at least one specific frequency resource, within said set of frequency resources, for said uplink communication. The first information is provided prior to completion of the random access procedure.
US11917598B2	Method for mode selecting and switching in dual-frequency integrated system A method, base station and user equipment are provided for wireless communication. The method can include steps: transmitting data on a first frequency band; transmitting, on a second frequency band, a detection signal for detecting a channel condition of the second frequency band; generating channel condition information about the second frequency band based on the received detection signal; feeding back the channel condition information via the first frequency band; and selecting a current data transmission frequency band based at least in part on the feedback channel condition information about the second frequency band and/or traffic requirement information; wherein the current data transmission frequency band is any one of the first frequency band, the second frequency band or a cooperative transmission of the first frequency band with the second frequency band.
US11917597B2	Methods and apparatuses for generating dynamic code block group in sidelink Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for configuring, in a slot, a first code block group (CBG) occupying one or more first frequency resources, a second CBG occupying one or more second frequency resources different from the one or more first frequency resources, and sidelink control information (SCI) indicating the first CBG is frequency divisional multiplexed with the second CBG, and transmitting the first CBG, the second CBG, and the SCI via a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) to a second UE.
US11917589B2	URLLC enhancement with multi-TRP/panel/beam using FDM In accordance with some embodiments, a method may include configuring, by a user equipment, at least a first transmission configuration index (TCI), a second TCI, and at least two non-overlapping frequency resource regions in a single time domain resource. The first TCI may be associated with at least one non-overlapped frequency resource region. The second TCI may be associated with at least one non-overlapped frequency resource region which not assigned to the first TCI. At least one association of a state of the first TCI, a state of the second TCI, and the at least one non-overlapping resource region may be changed in a next time domain repetition instance.
US11917588B2	Configured communications techniques in shared radio frequency spectrum based on channel occupancy time Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a user equipment (UE) may be provided with a set of configured resources that use shared radio frequency spectrum. A base station may perform a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure to verify that a channel is available for transmissions, and may determine a channel occupancy time (COT) during which associated resources are reserved by the base station. An indication of the resources associated with the COT may be provided by the base station to the UE. The UE may then validate the configured resources based on whether they are located within resources associated with the COT.
US11917587B2	Supporting multi-signal source communications in a distributed communications system Supporting multi-signal source communications in a distributed communications system (DCS) is disclosed. The DCS includes a routing circuit configured to route downlink and uplink communications signals between multiple signal sources and a number of remote units. In examples disclosed herein, the routing circuit and each of the remote units are functionally divided based on an open radio access network (O-RAN) Split 7.2 configuration. To support downlink communications from multiple signal sources, the routing circuit generates a downlink frequency-domain communications signal, which includes one or more selected logical channels associated with one or more of the multiple signal sources, for each of the remote units in the DCS. Accordingly, each remote unit converts the downlink frequency-domain communications signal into a downlink time-domain communications signal for transmission in a downlink radio frequency (RF) communications signal. As such, it may be possible to improve scalability while reducing cost and space of the DCS.
US11917577B2	Paging method, positioning information sending method, core network node and base station The present disclosure provides a paging method, a positioning information sending method, a core network node and a base station, and relates to the technical field of communication. The paging method is applied to the core network node in a satellite Internet communication system and comprises the following steps: acquiring the setting mode of the tracking area TA in the satellite Internet communication system; determining the base station for paging the terminal according to the setting mode; and sending a paging message to the base station; wherein the setting mode comprises one of the following setting mode: dividing the satellite Internet communication system one TA; setting at least two fixed TAs; and setting at least two non-fixed TAs.
US11917576B2	V2X communication unit and transmitting vehicle comprising such a V2X communication unit A vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication unit, for wirelessly transmitting and/or receiving V2X signals comprising data in a vehicle, includes a plurality of V2X modules. Each respective V2X module is connected to at least one antenna configured to transmit and/or receive the V2X signals in a transmission and reception area. Each respective V2X module comprises at least a transmitting unit configured to modulate data to be transmitted via the V2X signals, and/or a receiving unit configured to demodulate data received via the V2X signals. Each V2X module includes a data interface configured to transmit the data to be transmitted and/or the data received via the V2X signal and a logic module. The plurality of V2X modules includes at least two spatially separated V2X modules. The logic module is configured to link the at least two V2X modules in such a way that a logical unit is configured.
US11917574B2	Positioning in SCell dormancy state Method and apparatus for measuring downlink positioning of an SCell in a dormant state. The apparatus receives, from a base station, a dormancy state configuration of an SCell associated with the base station. The apparatus measures downlink positioning measurements associated with at least one frequency corresponding to the SCell in a dormant state based on the dormancy state configuration. The apparatus may measure downlink positioning measurements associated with at least one frequency corresponding to at least one active cell associated with the base station. The apparatus may report the downlink positioning measurements of the SCell in the dormant state to an active cell associated with the base station.
US11917566B2	Method and device for transmitting and receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to: a method comprising: a step for receiving a synchronization signal/public broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block within a plurality of SS/PBCH block candidates located on an unlicensed band; and a step for obtaining time synchronization on the basis of the SS/PBCH block, wherein on the basis of subcarrier spacing (SCS) of the SS/PBCH block being set to 240 kHz, the plurality of SS/PBCH block candidates are located in both a first half section and a second half section of a time window set for transmission of the SS/PBCH block; and a device therefor.
US11917565B2	Channel access indication method and device using first and second synchronization frames This application provides a channel access indication method and device. The method includes: receiving, by a first communications device, a channel synchronization request sent by a second communications device, where the channel synchronization request is used to request the first communications device to send a synchronization frame to the second communications device, and a wake-up receiver is configured for the second communications device; and according to the channel synchronization request and a time at which the second communications device is woken up and that is learned by the first communications device based on preset signaling, sending, by the first communications device when a channel is idle, the synchronization frame to the woken-up second communications device, where the synchronization frame is used to instruct the woken-up second communications device to access the channel after receiving the synchronization frame.
US11917564B2	Enhanced inter-frequency detection for misaligned base stations Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for enhanced inter-frequency detection between misaligned base stations are disclosed herein. A user equipment (UE) may determine that a neighbor cell associated with a first frequency is misaligned with a serving cell associated with a second frequency different than the first frequency based on first measurements of the neighbor cell within a first measurement gap window having a first length. The UE may detect a location of a synchronization signal block (SSB) associated with the neighbor cell within a second measurement gap window having a second length greater than the first length. The UE may determine an alignment offset between the location of the SSB and the first measurement gap window. The UE may obtain second measurements of the neighbor cell within a third measurement gap window that includes the location of the SSB based on the alignment offset and parameters of the SSB.
US11917560B2	Power control in NR-NR dual connectivity In aspects, a user equipment (UE) forms groups of overlapping uplink transmissions among component carriers (CCs), and moves in time all uplink transmissions within a group, except an earliest transmission, to align leading edges. The UE then determines, for each uplink transmission, if a joint timeline is satisfied, and allocates total transmission power depending on whether the timeline is satisfied for all uplink transmissions. In aspects, a base station transmits, to a UE, a transmit power configuration that identifies a reserved power for uplink transmissions of cell groups. The base station then transmits, to the UE, an uplink grant or configuration that identifies a transmission power for a cell group in excess of its reserved power, and receives, from the UE, uplink transmissions that exhibit an allocation of total transmission power according to the reserved power and the transmission power for the cell group in excess of the reserved power.
US11917558B2	Devices and methods for specific absorption rate transmission control Methods and devices configured to apply a power back-off (PBO) to limit a radio frequency (RF) transmitter power up to a first limit, where the first limit is below a pre-defined RF power limit; accumulate a difference between RF transmission power spent transmitting data and the pre-defined RF power limit over a duration to produce an accumulated energy budget; and once the accumulated energy budget reaches a pre-defined energy credit value, remove the PBO and allow RF transmitter power exceeding the pre-defined RF power limit until the accumulated energy budget meets a threshold.
US11917552B2	Electronic device for adjusting transmission power based on SAR and method for operating same An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: at least one antenna; and at least one communication processor configured to upport first network communication with a first network and second network communication with a second network different from the first network. The at least one communication processor may be configured to: identify a first cumulative SAR value based on radiation of a communication signal corresponding to the first network communication via a first part of the at least one antenna and a second cumulative SAR value based on radiation of a communication signal corresponding to the second network communication via a second part of the at least one antenna; and adjust one of a transmission intensity of a first communication signal corresponding to the first network communication or a transmission intensity of a second communication signal corresponding to the second network communication, based on a designated condition satisfied by the first cumulative SAR value and the second cumulative SAR value.
US11917546B2	Techniques for preserving battery life in poor signal conditions using cellular protocol information Techniques for preserving battery life in poor signal conditions include an electronic device determining a coverage enhancement (CE) parameter associated with a link between the electronic device and a base station for a first point in time; determining, based on the CE parameter, that a signaling metric associated with the link for the first point in time is equal to or below a corresponding threshold; and in response to determining that the signaling metric is equal to or below the corresponding threshold, delaying transmission of one or more messages from the electronic device over the link until a second point in time that is later than the first point in time.
US11917541B2	Configurable wakeup signal monitoring for short and long discontinuous reception cycle operation Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a wakeup signal (WUS) monitoring configuration that identifies one or more first WUS monitoring parameters associated with short discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle operation of the UE and one or more second WUS monitoring parameters associated with long DRX cycle operation of the UE. The UE may monitor for a WUS based at least in part on the WUS monitoring configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11917539B2	Terminal device, infrastructure equipment, wireless telecommunications system and methods A terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications system, the terminal device configured to attempt to receive or to transmit a first signal during one or more of a plurality of predetermined time periods in response to determining that one or more second signals indicating, respectively, that the one or more of the plurality of predetermined time periods should be used for the attempted reception or transmission of a first signal have been received by the transceiver; determine a characteristic associated with the one or more second signals; and to control the transceiver to receive a third signal from the infrastructure equipment or to transmit a third signal to the infrastructure equipment, the third signal comprising information on the basis of which it is determinable whether or not a predetermined condition associated with the characteristic associated with the one or more second signals has been met.
US11917538B2	Dynamic parameters for multi-user channel access This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication. In some implementations, a wireless communication device obtains one or more indications that a wireless station (STA) will enter a power-save mode, selects, for each respective STA of a plurality of STAs, a duration associated with the respective STA entering the power-save mode, and adjusts one or more parameters of a multi-user channel access mechanism for transmitting uplink data associated with the selected duration. In some other implementations, a wireless communication device outputs one or more indications that the device will enter a power-save mode, outputs or obtains data at each of a plurality of first instances, enters the power-save mode at each of a plurality of second instances, and obtains a beacon indicating one or more parameters to be used for a multi-user channel access mechanism for transmitting uplink data.
US11917535B2	Network edge controller and remote field service system The present invention is machine-to-machine (M2M) mobile platform that has a controller that can communicate with RFID tags and receives RFID information into a mobile vehicle foreign network with an all-in-one mobile solution and also communicates with a home network having a computer server. The present invention provides an integrated command and communication platform to support communications by cell phone, WiFi, GPS, RFID controller, vehicle information controller, and real-time integration to optimize performance of the remote tracking network. With the use of the present invention, fleet services, mobile inventory, and asset tracking can be efficiently organized and conducted across a fleet of vehicles, a multitude of remote tracking devices, and geographically around the world.
US11917534B2	Selecting a network slice identifier During PDN connection establishment in the EPC, a UE and a session management entity (SME) (e.g., PGW-C+SMF) exchange information. In case the SME supports more than one S-NSSAI, before the SME provides an S-NSSAI to the UE, the SME should check such that the selected S-NSSAI is among the UE's subscribed S-NSSAIs by retrieving the Subscribed S-NSSAI from a UDM using, for example, the Nudm_SDM_Get service operation.
US11917532B2	Handling transmit and receive blanking for multi-RAT and DSDA capable wireless devices This disclosure relates to techniques for multi-RAT and DSDA capable wireless devices to handle frame blanking in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may establish wireless links according to a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology. The wireless device may determine to perform transmit and receive blanking for one or more antennas of the wireless device for the first radio access technology to perform sounding reference signal transmissions for the second radio access technology based at least in part on a band combination for the wireless links. The wireless device may determine a modification to channel state feedback reporting for the first radio access technology based at least in part on the transmit and receive blanking. The wireless device may perform channel state feedback reporting using the determined modification.
US11917529B2	Systems and methods for identifying false alarms from ghost cells arriving from LTE-SSS detection with half-frame combining Disclosed are example embodiments of cell detection in a mobile communications network. An example method includes performing a detection procedure in the mobile communications network, the detection procedure including correlating two M-sequences to generate two correlations, and combining the two correlations, each correlation expressed as a likelihood of a cyclic shift, combining the two correlations to form a likelihood of a SSS sequence; and performing a signature-based filtering to eliminate a cell detection false alarm peak, the signature-based filtering including comparing a known signature of a specific secondary synchronization signal SSS sequence going through the detection procedure.
US11917528B2	Enhancing standalone acquisition timelines for millimeter wave devices Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method includes receiving, from a first base station, control signaling indicating one or more frequency bands on which one or more neighbor base stations operate that are associated with a first geographic location of the first base station, performing, based on the control signaling, a frequency scanning procedure using at least one frequency band of the one or more frequency bands to select a first neighbor base station of the one or more neighbor base stations, and establishing connectivity with the first neighbor base station based on the frequency scanning procedure.
US11917526B2	System information update optimization Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a system information message including first system information for the UE; receive, after receiving the system information message, a system information update message indicating a change to at least a portion of the first system information; determine whether the change applies to one or more capabilities of the UE; and selectively acquire second system information based at least in part on whether the change applies to the one or more capabilities of the UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11917523B2	Polymorphic network control system and method supporting mobile access of terminal A polymorphic network control system and a polymorphic network control system method supporting terminal mobile access. A network architecture is redesigned based on the idea of separation of an identifier from a locator. In this network mode, the three-layer protocol is no longer a traditional IP message, but a message carrying a locator and an identifier. The polymorphic SDN network controller is responsible for forwarding the data packet to a destination corresponding to a destination locator. When the network location of a mobile device is changed, the transmission connection established based on the identifier will suspend communication due to the disconnection of the physical link. When the mobile device is re-accessed and a new forwarding path is established, the transmission connection can recover communication.
US11917521B2	Method and apparatus for unique identification of individual users in the radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller A method of uniquely identifying a user equipment (UE) connected to a radio access network (RAN) includes: providing a radio access network intelligent controller (RIC) component associated with the RAN; configuring, by a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a default data radio bearer (DRB) for the UE to maintain Internet Protocol (I) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) connectivity with the RAN; and using, by the RIC, one of NG uplink (UL) user plane (UP) Transport Layer Information or S1 UL UP Transport Layer Information of the default DRB for uniquely identifying the UE for the entire time the UE is connected to the RAN. The unique identification for the UE is retained across at least one of i) multiple connectivity sessions for the UE, ii) multiple mobility sessions for the UE, and iii) multiple context sessions for the UE.
US11917519B2	Wireless sensor system, method and apparatus with switch and outlet control In some embodiments an apparatus includes a wireless sensor configured to be operatively coupled to a network gateway device that is configured to receive one of a first data packet or a second packet from the wireless sensor. The wireless sensor is configured to send the first data packet at a first time on a first frequency, the first data packet including a payload associated with a value of a measurement that was measured by the wireless sensor. The wireless sensor is configured to send the second data packet at a second time on a second frequency, the second data packet includes a payload associated with the value.
US11917518B2	Handling of emergency services for non-public networks A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. In some embodiments, a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device (WD) is provided. The network node is configured to indicate, in a System Information Block (SIB) whether a network supports an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) emergency communication service, the indication associated to a network identifier, the network identifier identifying the network. In some embodiments, a wireless device is configured to receive, in a SIB, an indication of whether a network supports an IMS emergency communication service, the indication associated to a network identifier, the network identifier identifying the network; and select a network to initiate an emergency communication service based at least in part on the received indication.
US11917515B2	Allergen warning system and method A system and method are provided for warning of an exposure of a second individual to an allergen by transfer from a first individual. Movements of the individuals are tracked so that allergen types and levels to which the individuals have been exposed can be obtained. Using knowledge of user sensitivity information to different allergens, it is determined if the first individual has been exposed to allergen types and levels which pose a risk to the second individual by GPS transfer from the first individual to the second individual. Thus, action can be taken when there is a determined risk of allergen transfer between individuals.
US11917514B2	Systems and methods for intelligently managing multimedia for emergency response Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media for connecting a user for transmitting multimedia from electronic devices to emergency service providers. In some embodiments, a method for transmitting multimedia from an electronic device to an emergency service provider by an emergency management system includes the steps of: detecting an emergency alert indicative of an emergency; wherein each sensor within the set of pertinent sensors is determined to be associated with the emergency; obtaining a first set of multimedia contents from the set of pertinent sensors; determining, based on at least one of the set of pertinent sensors and the first set of multimedia contents, a set of relevant sensors from the set of pertinent sensors; and transmitting a second set of multimedia contents from the set of relevant sensors to an emergency service provider.
US11917512B2	Communication device A communication device may include a first type of interface and a second type of interface. The communication device may execute the communication of object data with a mobile device using the second type of interface after executing a specific process for causing the communication device to shift to a communication-enabled state, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is not currently in the communication-enabled state. Also, the communication device may execute the communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface without executing the specific process, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is currently in the communication-enabled state.
US11917510B2	Bluetooth low energy (BLE) pre-check in One or more Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) beacons in communication with a remote server that provides check in capabilities and payment capabilities may be installed at a location. The BLE beacons may connect with a user's mobile device when the user enters the location and allow the user to check in to the location and authorize payments to be made at the location. Once the user is checked in to the location, the user may be provided with additional functionality, benefits, offers, and applications related to the location and facilitated by the check in. Further, the user may be pre-checked in into a next location when the user is at a current location.
US11917509B2	Requesting flexible user-plane services in a service-based architecture Embodiments of a method of operation of a service requestor to request a service from a chain controller in a cellular communications network in which a user plane function is decomposed into a plurality of micro user plane functions are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method comprises sending, to the chain controller, a service description or a request to update a service description. The service description comprises one or more service template instances having respective service template definitions. Each service template definition of the respective service template definitions being data that defines a set of micro user plane functions that realize a service or a part of a service. Each service template instance of the one or more service template instances comprises data that defines a reference to the respective service template definition. The method further comprises receiving a reply from the chain controller.
US11917507B2	Method, apparatus and system for feedback information transmission between internet of vehicles devices Aspects of this disclosure can provide a method for transmitting feedback information between Internet of Vehicles devices. The method can include that a first Internet of Vehicles device sends first user data to a second Internet of Vehicles device, the first Internet of Vehicles device and the second Internet of Vehicles device respectively determine a feedback time window of the first user data according to a transmission end time of the first user data. Further, the second Internet of Vehicles device can send hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information of the first user data to the first Internet of Vehicles device in the feedback time window of the first user data. The first internet of Vehicles device receives the HARQ feedback information in the feedback time window of the first user data.
US11917506B2	Methods for producing security and tracking systems including energy harvesting components for providing autonomous electrical power A method is provided that integrated a unique set of structural features for concealing self-powered sensor and communication devices in aesthetically neutral, or camouflaged, packages that include energy harvesting systems that provide autonomous electrical power to sensors, data processing and wireless communication components in the portable, self-contained packages. Color-matched, image-matched and/or texture-matched optical layers are formed over energy harvesting components, including photovoltaic energy collecting components. Optical layers are tuned to scatter selectable wavelengths of electromagnetic energy back in an incident direction while allowing remaining wavelengths of electromagnetic energy to pass through the layers to the energy collecting components below. The layers uniquely implement optical light scattering techniques to make the layers appear opaque when observed from a light incident side, while allowing at least 50% and as much as 80+%, of the energy impinging on the energy or incident side to pass through the layer.
US11917505B2	Methods and systems for provisioning rate plan features in a wireless communication network A computer-implemented method for provisioning a feature associated with a brand of a wireless communication network may include loading a trigger condition in a catalog for triggering the feature, wherein an in-memory cache of the catalog is accessible by a network provisioning engine of the wireless communication network. At the network provisioning engine, the method may further include receiving, from a billing system computer, a transaction request for a subscriber having a rate plan associated with the brand, using a brand indication in the transaction request to locate the in-memory cache of the catalog, and determining whether the transaction request meets the trigger condition. If the transaction request meets the trigger condition, the method may further include determining a network node for provisioning the feature, and sending instructions to the network node to provision the feature in the subscriber's rate plan.
US11917503B2	SMS via NAS carried by non-cellular access Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for services, such as SMS, location services, and/or the like over the NAS through a non-cellular access. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes receiving, via a non-access stratum connection through a wireless local area network, a notification message; sending a service request message to request, via the non-access stratum connection through the wireless local area network, delivery of downlink data for a service; and receiving, via the non-access stratum connection through the wireless local area network, the downlink data for the service. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US11917502B2	Instance-based message delivery Techniques and architectures enable a wireless communications system to receive and deliver a message for which a user of a mobile device has specified which among multiple devices, all assigned the same phone number as one another, is to receive the message. The mobile device may be the sender or the receiver of the message. The message may be a scheduled message to be delivered on a particular date and time to a contact in an address book of the sender.
US11917501B2	Transmissions of unicast frames to client devices An example system includes a transceiver. The transceiver communicates multicast frames to a plurality of client devices in a multicast group. The system further includes a controller. The controller determines that a predetermined time has passed since the transceiver most recently sent a unicast transmission to one of the plurality of client devices. The controller instructs the transceiver to transmit a unicast frame to the one of the plurality of client devices. The controller computes a data rate for the one of the plurality of client devices based on the transmission of the unicast frame to the one of the plurality of client devices.
US11917498B2	Communication method and communications apparatus This application discloses a communication method and a communications apparatus, to resolve problems of a long transmission path and a large transmission delay of signaling that are caused because a data network (DN) to which application layer control signaling used to control path switching needs to be transmitted for processing in a process of the path switching is outside a mobile communications network. The method includes receiving, by a first core network device, a request message from a terminal, where the request message is used to request to switch from a multicast mode to a unicast mode to transmit service data to be sent to the terminal. The method further includes indicating, by the first core network device based on the request message, a multicast user plane gateway and/or a service server corresponding to the terminal to send, to the terminal in the unicast mode, the service data to be sent to the terminal.
US11917496B2	Dilution of precision-assisted reporting for low latency or on-demand positioning Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) performs one or more positioning measurements of positioning reference signals (PRS) transmitted by at least one set of transmission-reception points (TRPs) of one or more sets of TRPs, wherein each set of TRPs of the one or more sets of TRPs satisfies a dilution of precision (DOP) threshold, and reports the one or more positioning measurements or location information derived from the one or more positioning measurements.
US11917492B2	Hierarchical reporting of location assistance information for positioning reference signal (PRS) resources in a multi-beam user equipment-based positioning scenario Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives assistance data for enabling the UE to estimate a location of the UE, the assistance data including a relative location of each of a plurality of transmission points, wherein the relative location is represented as a hierarchy of two or more levels of description, wherein a highest level of description is relative to a fixed reference point, receives, from each of at least a subset of the plurality of transmission points, at least one positioning reference signal, and estimates the location of the UE based on characteristics of reception of the at least one positioning reference signal from each of the subset of the plurality of transmission points and the two or more levels of description and the fixed reference point for each of the subset of the plurality of transmission points.
US11917490B1	Uncertainty based location reporting in E911 systems Systems, methods, and computer-readable media herein generate an E911 location report based on an uncertainty associated with a device-based hybrid (DBH) location received from a UE device. The uncertainty may be compared to an uncertainty threshold value to determine which values to include in a location report sent to a PSAP. A civic address associated with a UE device may be included in a location report where the uncertainty is sufficiently low, thus a location report can be sent to a PSAP with the most relevant and accurate information so that first responders can more effectively locate a distressed caller.
US11917487B2	System and method of geo-location for building sites Disclosed herein are techniques of geo-location for building sites including: providing means for determining a precise position; providing an application; starting the application; providing at least one feature option to the user of the application, the at least one feature option including at least one option that uses the precise position; acting upon at least one feature action on behalf of the user, the at least one feature action including at least one action that uses the at least one feature option; interacting with a 3D end point on the basis of the at least one feature action; and providing a final output that takes into account the interaction with the 3D end point. Users are enabled to precisely position building information that specifies precise construction deficiencies of a building site in a 3D model and to address those deficiencies during construction.
US11917485B2	Queue management device, queue management system, queue management method, and computer-readable storage medium A queue management device includes: a queue detection unit that, on the basis of a detection result of forming elements at a site subject to queue management, detects the state of the queue; a guidance position determination unit that, on the basis of the state of the queue detected by the queue detection unit, determines a guidance position where a guidance should be displayed; and a guidance display control unit that controls a display device such that the guidance is displayed at the guidance position determined by the guidance position determination unit.
US11917482B2	System and method for proximity-based session handover Sessions in progress are seamlessly moved between devices of a software platform. Proximity-based session handovers are performed between devices of the software platform utilizing non-penetrating signals. The non-penetrating signals are detected by mobile devices. The non-penetrating signals include a frequency signature. The frequency signature is associated with a stationary device. A request to handover a session in progress from the mobile device to the stationary device is transmitted based on the detection of a non-penetrating signal. A handover of the session in progress from the mobile device to the stationary device is performed such that the session in progress is continued at the stationary device without interruption.
US11917481B2	Load balancing method and apparatus A load balancing method which includes a first radio access network node that receives load information of a first load type of a second radio access network node, where the first load type includes any one or more of the following: a network slice load, V2X load, and SUL load; and the first radio access network node obtains the load information of the first load type, so that load balancing can be performed based on a load status of a network slice, a load status of a V2X service, or a load status of a UL/SUL.
US11917478B2	Dynamic cellular network selection for Edge-computing of an application An apparatus, method, and system disclosed herein are directed to a user equipment (UE) capable of dynamically selecting a telecommunication network for running an application using edge-computing capability of the telecommunication network. A subscriber identity module (SIM), such as an eSIM, may be provisioned for a plurality of preferred telecommunication networks of a multi-network mobile edge computing (MEC) system where each network of the plurality of preferred telecommunication networks meets an edge-computing requirement of the application. A workload associated with the application may be distributed among edge-computing nodes of a first network of the plurality of preferred telecommunication networks. Upon detecting a degradation in a service associated with running the application on the first network, running of the application may be switched to a second network of the plurality of preferred telecommunication networks and the workload may be distributed among edge-computing nodes of the second network.
US11917476B2	Method and apparatus for handling cell reselection priorities for supporting V2X communication in next-generation mobile communication system A communication technique for convergence of a 5th generation (5G) communication system is provided, for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond that supported by a 4th generation (4G) system, with internet of things (IoT) technology, and a system therefor. The disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.), based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. A method and an apparatus for handling cell reselection and frequency priorities for vehicle to everything sidelink (V2X SL) communication of a user equipment (UE) are provided.
US11917474B2	Mobility enhancements for conditional handovers Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a source base station, configuration information for a conditional handover indicating an execution condition and one or more secondary cell group (SCG) configurations associated with one or more candidate base stations. The UE may transmit, to the source base station, a measurement report indicating one or more measurements associated with at least one of the source base station or the one or more candidate base stations. The UE may perform the conditional handover with a candidate base station, of the one or more candidate base stations, using an updated SCG configuration associated with the candidate base station, wherein the updated SCG configuration is based on an SCG configuration, of the one or more SCG configurations, and the one or more measurements. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11917471B2	Dynamically changing the primary cell (PCell) for fifth generation (5G) carrier aggregation A telecommunication network associated with a wireless telecommunication provider can be configured to dynamically switch the primary cell (PCell) used by user equipment (UE) for carrier aggregation (CA) in 5G cellular networks. Instead of remaining anchored to an initially selected PCell, a different PCell may be dynamically selected based on different network conditions. The network conditions may include network congestion, network capacity, uplink speed, location of the UE, an activity of the UE (e.g., is the UE uploading or planning to upload data), and the like. As an example, the PCell may be selected from an n41 (2.5 GHz) cell and an n71 (600 MHz) cell. When the UE is close to the n41 cell, the n41 cell may be selected. When the UE is moving away from the cell center and toward the cell edge, the PCell may be switched from the n41 cell to the n71 cell.
US11917469B2	Apparatus for the configuration of a wireless radio connection and method of configuring a wireless radio connection In radio networks having a plurality of access points, for example WiFi, a wireless audio end device like for example a microphone or headphones is connected to an access point, to which it sends its audio data or from which it receives same. Audio transmission should occur as far as possible in interruption-free manner and with low latency. If the audio end device is moved the connection quality in relation to the previous access point can decrease and require scanning or roaming. In that respect first another base station is sought and then the radio connection is redirected there. In order in that case to avoid disruptive signal interruptions portions of the audio signal which can be particularly well predicted are detected or predicted by means of short-term statistical methods, like for example speech pauses. Scanning and roaming are then carried out during the predicted portions, whereby interruptions which are perceptible to a user are avoided.
US11917464B2	5G NR efficient FR1/FR2 operation Apparatuses, systems, and methods for RACH procedures to avoid excessive handover/secondary cell group failures. A base station may declare a handover and/or secondary cell group (SCG) failure and may determine that a failure threshold has been met. The base station may perform a remedial action in response to meeting the failure threshold. The failure threshold may be multi-dimensional, where a first dimension is associated with a number of handover/SCG failures and where a second dimension is associated with a time period in which the number of handover/SCG failures occurred. Further, a third dimension may be associated with a UE mobility state and a fourth dimension may be associated with whether the UE is using FR1 or FR2. The remedial action in response to meeting the failure threshold may include the base station suspending transmission of measurement object configurations for a specified period of time.
US11917461B2	Techniques for measurement reporting and transmit power allocation in power-constrained environment Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify, while camped on a first cell associated with a first radio access technology (RAT), a power management level for a communication using a second RAT, wherein the power management level indicates an available power for the communication using the second RAT, and wherein the available power is based at least in part on an exposure rate or an absorption rate. The UE may delay a transmission of a measurement report on the first cell based at least in part on the identification of the power management level. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11917458B2	Dynamic resource sharing The disclosure relates in some aspects to sharing wireless communication resources. For example, a first type of device allocated to use a first resource pool may dynamically use a second resource pool allocated for a second type of device. The first type of device may use an entry criteria to determine whether to use the second resource pool. In some aspects, the entry criteria may specify that resource sharing is permitted if a ratio of resources used by devices of the second type (relative to the total resources in the second resource pool) is less than a threshold. In addition, the first type of device may use an exit criteria to determine whether to stop using the second resource pool. In some aspects, the exit criteria may specify that resource sharing should stop if a ratio of resources used by devices of the second type is greater than a threshold.
US11917457B2	Network application programming interface (API) exposure Providing access to Fifth Generation (5G) wireless communication services via an Application Programming Interface (API) is described. In an example, a request for 5G wireless communication services associated with a 5G wireless communication service provider can be received via the API. The 5G wireless communication service provider can determine that it can accommodate the request and can cause a notification to be presented via the application, wherein the notification includes an indication that the 5G wireless communication services are available. Based at least in part on receiving an indication of an input associated with the notification, the 5G wireless communication services can provide 5G wireless communication services to a user device via the API.
US11917456B2	Systems and methods of application mapping for network slicing using group segmentation Systems and methods described herein use group segmentation of applications (referred to herein as “slicing classes”), based on common service requirements, to allow carriers to assign UE traffic to network slices. A UE stores slicing class definitions for use with UE Route Selection Policies (URSP). Each of the slicing class definitions include network quality of service (QoS) characteristics that are applicable to network traffic for multiple software applications. The UE maps the software applications to corresponding slicing class identifiers associated with the slicing class definitions. The UE also stores URSP rules for associating a slicing class identifier with a network slice identifier. A UE operating system sends, to a modem, one of the slicing class identifiers for an application that is requesting attachment to a wireless network. The modem sends a registration request with a selected network slice identifier based on the received slicing class identifier and the URSP rules.
US11917453B2	Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, and QoS control method Disclosed are a BS apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a QoS control method for implementing the service flow-based QoS control without increasing complexity compared to the conventional bearer-based QoS control method.
US11917450B2	Data transmission method and data transmission apparatus This application provides a transmission method and a data transmission apparatus, so as to avoid out-of-order of data packets. The method includes: sending, by a source access network device, a first proportion of data packets in a first Packet Data Convergence Protocol PDCP entity in the source access network device to a target access network device by using a data tunnel between the source access network device and a second PDCP entity of the target access network device, where the first proportion of data packets are data packets of a first quality of service QoS flow in a first protocol data unit PDU session, the first PDU session includes at least one QoS flow, the at least one QoS flow corresponds to at least one PDCP entity, the at least one QoS flow includes the first QoS flow, the at least one PDCP entity includes the first PDCP entity, and the first PDCP entity corresponds to the first QoS flow; and sending, by the source access network device, first indication information to the target access network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate that all the first proportion of data packets in the first PDCP entity have been sent.
US11917449B2	Communication method and device and storage medium Provided are a communication method, a device and a storage medium. The communication method includes: receiving Internet Protocol (IP) data from a second communication node; and mapping the IP data to a relay bearer in a first preset mapping configuration, and transmitting the mapped IP data to a third communication node.
US11917447B2	Fronthaul link selection in wireless communications systems A method, a system, and a computer program product for selecting fronthaul links in a wireless communication system. One or more link delays are determined. The link delays are associated with one or more communication links in the plurality of communication links communicatively coupling a first communication device and a second communication device. Using the determined link delays, a communication link transmission priority of the communication links for transmission of one or more data packets is determined. A listing of prioritized communication links is generated. At least one communication link in the prioritized communication links is selected for transmission of data packets between the first and second communication devices. Using the selected communication link, the data packets are transmitted between the first and second communication devices.
US11917446B1	Mobility of cloud compute instances hosted within communications service provider networks Techniques for managing latency of communications between compute instances and mobile devices are described. A message including an indication of a mobility event associated with a mobile device of a communications service provider network is received. The mobility event indicates a change in a connection point of the mobile device to the communications service provider network from a from a first access point to a second access point. A communications delay of at least a portion of a network path between the mobile device and a compute instance via the second access point is determined to not satisfy a latency constraint. A second provider substrate extension of the cloud provider network that satisfies the latency constraint for communications with the mobile device via the second access point is identified, and a message is sent to the second provider substrate extension to cause the launch of another compute instance.
US11917445B2	Methods and apparatuses for conditional handover in wireless communication systems A method performed by a BS for CHO is provided. The method includes transmitting a CHO command to a UE, the CHO command including a CHO command ID and a measurement ID associated with the CHO command ID; causing the UE to execute the CHO command to handover to a target BS when a trigger condition associated with the measurement ID is fulfilled; causing the UE to forgo transmitting the measurement report during the execution of the CHO command despite the UE being configured, via a report configuration associated with the measurement ID, to transmit the measurement report; transmitting, to the UE, a message that causes the UE to remove the CHO command; and after transmitting the message to the UE, determining that the report configuration is removed by the UE without transmitting, to the UE, an instruction to remove the report configuration.
US11917437B2	Layer 1 measurement reporting for neighbor cell Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may perform a physical layer measurement on a non-serving cell of the UE. The UE may report a measurement value of the physical layer measurement to a serving cell of the UE based at least in part on the physical layer measurement satisfying a threshold. The UE may receive, based at least in part on reporting the physical layer measurement, a physical layer reference signal measurement configuration for the non-serving cell. The UE may transmit a measurement report based at least in part on the physical layer reference signal measurement configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11917436B2	Beam failure detection and recovery A base station (BS) and a method for wireless communication are provided. The method includes transmitting a first radio resource control (RRC) configuration that configures a radio link monitoring configuration that includes a beam failure detection (BFD) timer and a beam failure indication (BFI) count threshold. The first RRC configuration enables a user equipment (UE) to: start or restart the BFD timer by a medium access control (MAC) entity of the UE each time a BFI is received from a lower layer; and initiate a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure upon determining that the number of the received BFIs is greater than or equal to the BFI count threshold. The method further includes transmitting a second RRC configuration that reconfigures the radio link monitoring configuration. The second RRC configuration enables the UE to set the BFI counter to zero in response to receiving the second RRC configuration.
US11917434B2	System for automated mapping of wireless network quality Systems and methods are provided for automated mapping of wireless network quality. A client device includes a processor, a network port configured to receive data from a receiver, and a global positioning system (GPS) module configured to determine a position of the client device. A network interface controller is configured to communicate with a server. A client memory stores a data collector configured to associate data received at the network port with a position of the client device when the data was received and provide the data and associated location to the network interface controller for transmission to the server. The server includes a processor, a network interface controller configured to communicate with the client device, and a memory. The server memory stores a data analyzer that determines, for each position of the client device, a set of at least one data quality metric for the receiver.
US11917431B2	Connected vehicle network data transfer optimization Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to techniques for dynamic management of the timing of data transfer between a connected vehicle and a remote computing system. For example, during navigation a connected vehicle may switch between connections to a number of different networks, each having different parameters (cost, bandwidth, quality, etc.). The disclosed techniques can use inputs including vehicle location, available networks, and data transfer timing requirements to optimize data transfer with respect to one or more of these parameters.
US11917426B2	MIMO training method and wireless device An MIMO training method including performing transmission sector sweeping using an initiator including a plurality of transmitting antennas, selecting a set of at least one transmission sector for each of the transmitting antennas using a responder including a plurality of receiving antennas; performing reception sector sweeping using the initiator, selecting a set of at least one reception sector for each of the plurality of receiving antennas using the responder, performing beam combination training using the initiator; and selecting a determined number of sector pairs consisting of a transmission sector and a reception sector from among the selected set of transmission sectors and the selected set of reception sectors using the responder, wherein the transmitting antennas in the selected sector pairs differ from one another, and the receiving antennas in the selected sector pairs differ from one another.
US11917425B2	Variable beamwidth antenna control for aerial vehicles In an embodiment, a system comprises height-measuring circuitry coupled to a vehicle, in which the height-measuring circuitry is configured to measure a height parameter of the vehicle. The system further comprises a radio transceiver coupled to a portion of the vehicle, in which the radio is configured to transmit a radio frequency (RF) signal. The system further comprises at least one processor configured to receive the height parameter from the height-measuring circuitry. The system further comprises at least one antenna coupled to the radio transceiver and coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one antenna is configured to output the RF signal at a beamwidth, and the at least one processor is operative to configure the at least one antenna to vary the beamwidth of the RF signal based on the height parameter.
US11917418B2	Rendering digitized services in a smart environment Techniques for managing access to a restricted setup are described. In an example, presence of a user device is detected within a predetermined range of the control device. Based on detecting the user device to be within the predetermined range, access permission data is received from the user device, where the access permission data comprises at least one of ticket and biometric data for entering a restricted setup. The access permission data is then compared with an access data, where the access data comprises at least one parameter indicative of validity of the access permission data. Access to the restricted setup is accordingly managed based on the comparison.
US11917416B2	Non-3GPP device access to core network A non-SI device (120) is arranged for wireless communication (130) and cooperates with an SI device (110) having access to a subscriber identity. The non-SI device has a transceiver (121) to communicate in a local network and a processor (122) to establish an association with the SI. A non-SI public key is provided to the SI device via a first communication channel. A verification code is shared with the SI device via a second communication channel. The channels are different and include an out-of-band channel (140). Proof of possession of a non-SI private key is provided to the SI device via the first or the second communication channel. From the SI device, a certificate is received that is related to the SI and comprises a signature computed over at least part of the non-SI public key. The certificate reliably enables the non-SI device to access the core network via the local network and a gateway between the local network and the core network.
US11917412B2	AMF reallocation handling using UE exceptions to security context rules A UE having a security context with an Initial AMF is able to accept an unprotected AUTHRQ, under certain circumstances, for a limited time. In one embodiment, a UE considers the security context to be temporary, which invokes rules or exceptions different than a permanent security context, such as the acceptance of an unprotected AUTHRQ from a Target AMF. The network may indicate to the UE the temporary status, or the UE may assume it. Alternatively, the UE may enable exceptions to the defined rules associated with the security context. In one embodiment, the UE receives a plurality of partial registration acceptance messages, each indicating a specific task or aspect of the overall registration has been completed. The UE may mark its security context temporary, or enable exceptions to the rules 10 associated with it, until a partial registration acceptance messages indicates AMF re-allocation is complete or is not required. In another embodiment, the UE accepts unprotected authentication messages from the network until the Registration procedure is completed, enabling a Target AMF to successfully send it an unprotected AUTHRQ.
US11917409B2	Vehicle-to-x communication apparatus and method for achieving a safety integrity level in vehicle-to-x communication A vehicle-to-X communication apparatus including: a reception device to receive a vehicle-to-X message; a first electronic computation device to calculate a hash value for a received vehicle-to-X message; and a second electronic computation device to generate a new vehicle-to-X message using data included in the received vehicle-to-X message and to calculate a hash value for the generated vehicle-to-X message. The first electronic computation device is designed in accordance with a higher safety integrity level than the second electronic computation device, and a comparison device to make a comparison between the hash value for the received vehicle-to-X message and the hash value for the generated vehicle-to-X message. The vehicle-to-X communication apparatus further processes the data from the received vehicle-to-X message depending on a result of the comparison. Also disclosed are a corresponding method and the use of the apparatus in a vehicle or an infrastructure device.
US11917401B2	Directional secure communications Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable medium for directional security are provided. An example method may include receiving, from a wireless device, a configuration for a set of shared keys. The example method may further include receiving, from a second UE, at least one message or signal including a location of the second UE, the received at least one message or signal being associated with an angle of arrival. The example method may further include configuring a key from the set of shared keys based on at least one of the received configuration, the location of the second UE, the AoA of the received at least one message or signal, or a location of the first UE. The example method may further include generating one or more ranging signals based on the configured key, the one or more ranging signals being directionally secure based on the location of the second UE.
US11917399B2	Zero-touch deployment (ZTD) of cellular IoT devices and associated trust model In one embodiment, a service receives a device registration request sent by an endpoint device, wherein the endpoint device executes an onboarding agent that causes the endpoint device to send the device registration request via a cellular connection to a private access point name (APN) associated with the service. The service verifies that a network address of the endpoint device from which the device registration request was sent is associated with an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) or international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) indicated by the device registration request. The service identifies a tenant identifier associated with the ICCID or IMEI. The service sends, based on the tenant identifier, a device registration response to the endpoint device via the private APN.
US11917392B2	Rendering of audio data for a virtual place An apparatus is disclosed comprising means for providing first positional data indicative of a first user position in a virtual space which comprises a plurality of audio objects. The means may also be for receiving, based at least partially on the first positional data, data indicative of a first allocation of the audio objects into a prioritized order or into one of a plurality of prioritized groups in which each group has a respective priority order, and receiving audio data associated with at least some of the audio objects. The means may also be for rendering the received audio data for at least some of the audio objects associated with the received audio data, based on the first allocation data, in which audio objects with a higher priority or in a higher priority group are rendered with priority over audio objects allocated with a lower priority or in a lower priority group.
US11917390B2	Electronic device and control method thereof Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes: an audio output device comprising circuitry configured to output a sound; a microphone; and a processor configured to control, based on a content being selected, the audio output device to output an audio signal corresponding to the content using a sound compensation value, wherein the processor is configured to: extract, based on a sound corresponding to the content being output from the audio output device and input to the microphone, characteristic information from the sound input to the microphone, calculate a sound compensation value based on the extracted characteristic information, and update the sound compensation value with the calculated sound compensation value.
US11917384B2	Method of waking a device using spoken voice commands Disclosed herein are systems and methods for processing speech signals in mixed reality applications. A method may include receiving an audio signal; determining, via first processors, whether the audio signal comprises a voice onset event; in accordance with a determination that the audio signal comprises the voice onset event: waking a second one or more processors; determining, via the second processors, that the audio signal comprises a predetermined trigger signal; in accordance with a determination that the audio signal comprises the predetermined trigger signal: waking third processors; performing, via the third processors, automatic speech recognition based on the audio signal; and in accordance with a determination that the audio signal does not comprise the predetermined trigger signal: forgoing waking the third processors; and in accordance with a determination that the audio signal does not comprise the voice onset event: forgoing waking the second processors.
US11917383B2	Modular headset assembly Various embodiments are directed to a modular headset assembly comprising a headband, a detachable audio module in wired communication with a computing device via a cord coupled to the detachable audio module, the detachable audio module being detachably secured relative to the headband and comprising: a module housing; and a cord retention element disposed within an interior of the module housing and comprising an at least partially dynamic configuration relative to the module housing defined at least in part by a range of relative rotational motion between the cord retention element and the module housing, wherein the cord retention element may rotate within the module housing at least partially independently of an angular configuration of the module housing; wherein the cord is engaged with the cord retention element such that the cord retention element may rotates along the range of relative rotational motion based on forces acting on the cord.
US11917382B2	In-vehicle acoustic system and vehicle provided with this in-vehicle acoustic system An in-vehicle acoustic system includes a first amplifier that outputs a first audio signal to a first mid-range speaker; a second amplifier that outputs a second audio signal to a second mid-range speaker; a third amplifier that outputs a third audio signal to a first high-range speaker and a first low-range speaker; and a fourth amplifier that outputs a fourth audio signal to a second high-range speaker and a second low-range speaker, in which the third audio signal is inputted to the first high-range speaker, the fourth audio signal is inputted to the second high-range speaker, the first audio signal is inputted to a deep-bass speaker, the third audio signal is inputted to the first low-range speaker, the fourth audio signal is inputted to the second low-range speaker.
US11917377B2	Sound-output device The present application discloses a sound-output device, including a vibration speaker configured to generate a bone-conducted sound wave; and an air-conducted speaker configured to generate an air-conducted sound wave. The sound-output device further comprises a signal processing module configured to generate a control signal, wherein, the vibration speaker includes a vibration assembly electrically connected to the signal processing module to receive the control signal, and generate the bone-conducted sound wave based on the control signal, and the air-conducted speaker includes a housing coupled to the vibration assembly to generate the air-conducted sound wave based on the bone-conducted sound wave.
US11917376B2	Bone conduction device including a balanced electromagnetic actuator having radial and axial air gaps A bone conduction device configured to couple to an abutment of an anchor system anchored to a recipient's skull. The bone conduction device includes a vibrating electromagnetic actuator configured to vibrate in response to sound signals received by the bone conduction device, and a coupling apparatus configured to attach the bone conduction device to the abutment so as to impart to the recipient's skull vibrations generated by the vibrating electromagnetic actuator. The vibrating electromagnetic actuator includes a bobbin assembly and a counterweight assembly. Two axial air gaps are located between the bobbin assembly and the counterweight assembly and two radial air gaps are located between the bobbin assembly and the counterweight assembly. No substantial amount of the dynamic magnetic flux passes through the radial air gaps.
US11917375B2	Prosthesis functionality control and data presentation A portable body carried device, including a mobile computer having a display, wherein the portable body carried device is configured to receive data from a hearing prosthesis, such as a cochlear implant, and present an interface display on the display from among a plurality of different interface displays based on the received data.
US11917368B2	Hearing aids providing protection against sudden loud sounds A hearing aid includes a microphone, and a processing unit. The microphone is configured to receive sound incident on the hearing aid and deliver a corresponding microphone output to the processing unit. The processing unit is configured to process the microphone output to determine whether the incident sound comprises potentially harmful sound, and to generate a processor output including a processed version of the microphone output.A method of protecting a hearing aid wearer from sudden loud sounds uses a microphone in the hearing aid to receive incident sound and deliver a corresponding microphone output to a processing unit in the hearing aid. The processing unit processes the microphone output to generate a first processor output, determined by whether the incident sound includes potentially harmful impulsive sound, and a second processor output including a processed version of the microphone output.
US11917367B2	System and method for efficiency among devices A wearable multifunction device or earpiece or a pair of earpieces includes one or more processors, at least one microphone coupled to the one or more processors, a biometric sensor coupled to the one or more processors, and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory having computer instructions causing the one or more processors to perform the operations of sensing a remaining battery life and based on the sensing, prioritizing one or more of the functions of always on recording, biometric measuring, biometric recording, sound pressure level measuring, voice activity detection, key word detection, key word analysis, personal audio assistant functions, transmission of data to a tethered phone, transmission of data to a server, transmission of data to a cloud device.
US11917363B2	Microphone module part structure of artificial intelligence smart device and artificial intelligence smart device having the same The present invention relates to a microphone module structure for an artificial intelligence smart device. According to the present invention, internally/externally generated noises, vibrations, impacts, or sounds output from a speaker are prevented from being transmitted to a microphone, whereby the voice recognition rate of an AI speaker, an AI soundbar, or various voice recognition devices can be significantly improved, and thus various smart devices can be effectively controlled via voice.
US11917361B2	Loudspeaker A method and system of improving frequency responses at lower frequencies from a loudspeaker includes simultaneously tuning a transmission line and a tuned port in the same system. The transmission line and the tuned ports are tuned to innate characteristics of the physical and electrical components within the loudspeaker. In one embodiment, an improved frequency response of a loudspeaker is achieved by tuning the transmission line to the frequency of the maximum excursion point of the loudspeakers. In another embodiment the transmission line is tuned to the resonance frequency of the loudspeaker having the tuned port.
US11917360B1	Loudspeaker tower and soundbar A loudspeaker cabinet has a front panel, a back panel, and first and second panels connected with the front panel and the back panel. These four panels enclose a cabinet cavity that is elongated and tapered. The cabinet cavity has first and second openings at its far ends. One or more loudspeakers are mounted in the front panel. Damping material uniformly fills the cabinet cavity. The ratio of the fill density range and the material density is from 2.1 to 5%. If there are multiple loudspeakers, they can be equal and cover the full frequency range. They can be driven by a shared signal, without a crossover filter.
US11917348B2	Covering structure, sound producing package and related manufacturing method A covering structure disposed within a sound producing package includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The first portion is configured to form a first sound outlet having a first diameter. The second portion is configured to form a chamber having a second diameter. The third portion is configured to form a second sound outlet having a third diameter. Wherein, the first sound outlet, the chamber and the second sound outlet provide an acoustic pathway, the first diameter is smaller than the second diameter, and the third diameter is smaller than the second diameter; and wherein, the second portion is disposed between the first portion and the third portion.
US11917344B2	Interactive information processing method, device and medium Disclosed are an interactive information processing method, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes establishing a position correspondence between a display text generated based on a multimedia data stream and the multimedia data stream; and presenting the display text and the multimedia data stream corresponding to the display text based on the position correspondence.
US11917342B2	Projection system and control method therefor A projection system according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an image formation apparatus, a projection lens, a measurement apparatus, a control apparatus, and a measurement assisting apparatus. The image formation apparatus forms image light. The projection lens projects the image light. The measurement apparatus measures the image light. The control apparatus controls the image formation apparatus on the basis of output of the measurement apparatus. The measurement assisting apparatus is disposed between the image formation apparatus and the projection lens and is configured to be capable of selectively switching between a first state to cause the image light to enter the projection lens and a second state to cause the image light to enter the measurement apparatus.
US11917339B2	Light engine and projection device A light engine includes an image surface, a projected light surface, a projection lens assembly, and a plurality of folding elements. The image surface has three image areas. The projected light surface has three light sources that provide light with different wavelengths. The plurality of folding elements are arranged along a light emitting axis. The image surface and the projected light surface are substantially in parallel with the light emitting axis, and there is an air gap located between the image surface and the projected light surface. The three light sources respectively correspond to the plurality of folding elements and respectively correspond to the three image areas, and the light emitting axis and the projection lens assembly are disposed on the same optical path.
US11917338B2	Light source system and display apparatus Provided is a light source system, including: an excitation light source emitting excitation light; a wavelength conversion device having conversion and reflective regions located in different planes and time-sequentially located in optical path of the excitation light, the conversion region configured for converting at least part of the excitation light into excited light, and the reflective region configured for reflecting the excitation light; collection lens assembly configured to guide light from the conversion region to propagate along first direction to obtain first light, and guide the excitation light from the reflective region to propagate along second direction to obtain second light; first guide device configured to guide the excited light in the first light to exit along first path; and second guide device configured to guide the second light to propagate along second path. The first guide device combines the excited light and the second light to obtain source light.
US11917332B2	Program segmentation of linear transmission Content streams may be segmented to provide automatic extraction and storage of content items without intervening commercials or other unrelated content. These content items may then be stored in a database and made accessible to subscribers through, for example, an on-demand service. Automatic segmentation may include the identification of program boundaries, segmentation of a content stream based on the boundaries and the subsequent classification of the segments into content types. For example, audio and video duplication detection may be used to identify commercials since commercials tend to repeat frequently over a relatively short amount of time. A system may further identify an end of program indicator in a video stream to determine when a program ends. Accordingly, if a program ends after a scheduled end time, a recording device (e.g., the program is being recorded) may automatically extend the recording time to capture the entire program.
US11917331B2	Secured communications with display device Techniques are provided herein for secure display device communications. In one example, a video communications device provides, to a display device over a first connection, communication information that enables the display device to contact a server over a second connection. The video communications device further provides, to the display device over the first connection, a command configured to initiate an interaction with the server. The server obtains, from the display device over the second connection, a message initiating the interaction in response to the command based on the communication information.
US11917330B2	Display apparatus and control methods thereof A display apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with another display apparatus, a display configured to display contents being shared with the other display apparatus and a video call user interface (UI) for a video call with a user of the other display apparatus, and a processor, in response to at least one of a gesture and a voice of the user included in video call data received from the other display apparatus satisfying a predetermined condition, configured to control the display to change a size of the video call UI displayed on the display.
US11917325B2	Automated scope limiting for video analytics A system and method limit the scope of video analytics performed by a processor with limited processing power, such as an edge processor in communication with multiple imaging devices disposed within a monitored area. According to one embodiment, the processor accesses image data from each image capture device and performs non-operational video analytics to detect objects within the respective image data. The processor compares the detected objects in the respective image data over one or more time lapse periods. Based on results of the comparisons, the processor determines parameters for configuration files for the image capture devices, where each configuration file includes parameters for adjusting the respective image capture device to capture images of one or more particular areas of interest within the monitored area and/or disabling a transfer of image data from the respective image capture device. The processor communicates each configuration file to its respective image capture device.
US11917322B2	Optical module having symmetrical opaque layer An optical module including a light source and an optical sensor is provided. The optical sensor includes a pixel matrix and an opaque layer. The pixel matrix includes a plurality of unblocked pixels, a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels. The opaque layer covers upon a first region, which is a part of each first pixel, and upon a second region, which is a part of each second pixel, but does not cover upon the unblocked pixels, wherein the first region and the second region are symmetrically arranged in a first direction, and uncovered regions of the first pixels and the second pixels are arranged to be larger at a pixel edge than at a pixel center.
US11917321B2	Mobile gas and chemical imaging camera In one embodiment, an infrared (IR) imaging system for determining a concentration of a target species in an object is disclosed. The imaging system can include an optical system including an optical focal plane array (FPA) unit. The optical system can have components defining at least two optical channels thereof, said at least two optical channels being spatially and spectrally different from one another. Each of the at least two optical channels can be positioned to transfer IR radiation incident on the optical system towards the optical FPA. The system can include a processing unit containing a processor that can be configured to acquire multispectral optical data representing said target species from the IR radiation received at the optical FPA. Said optical system and said processing unit can be contained together in a data acquisition and processing module configured to be worn or carried by a person.
US11917320B2	Method, device and system for sending virtual card, and readable storage medium Disclosed are a method, device and system for sending a virtual card and a readable storage medium, which are configured to receive at least one audio-video stream data of a plurality of participant terminals in communication connection with a server side; determine target audio-video stream data corresponding to at least one speaker from the at least one audio-video stream data; obtain biological characteristic information for identifying the at least one speaker from the target audio-video stream data, the biological characteristic information includes face characteristic information and/or voiceprint characteristic information; generate a virtual card according to the biological characteristic information; overlay the virtual card to the target audio-video stream data, and synthesize the target audio-video stream data with other audio-video stream data in response to there being a plurality of audio-video stream data into a to-be-sent audio-video stream data; send the to-be-sent audio-video stream data to the participant terminals.
US11917317B2	Solid-state imaging element and imaging device that detects address event A high-quality image is taken by a solid-state imaging element that detects an address event. The solid-state imaging element is provided with a pixel array unit and an analog-to-digital conversion unit. In the pixel array unit in the solid-state imaging element, a normal pixel that generates an analog signal by photoelectric conversion of incident light and outputs the analog signal and a detection pixel that detects that an amount of change in incident light becomes larger than a predetermined threshold and outputs a detection result are arranged. Furthermore, the analog-to-digital conversion unit converts the analog signal into a digital signal.
US11917315B2	Image sensor including CMOS image sensor pixel and dynamic vision sensor pixel An image sensor includes a CIS (CMOS image sensor) pixel, a DVS (dynamic vision sensor) pixel, and an image signal processor. The CIS pixel includes a photoelectric conversion device generating charges corresponding to an incident light and a readout circuit generating an output voltage corresponding to the generated charges. The DVS pixel detects a change in an intensity of the incident light based on the generated charges to output an event signal and does not include a separate photoelectric conversion device. The image signal processor allows the photoelectric conversion device to be connected to the readout circuit or the DVS pixel.
US11917314B2	Image sensor and control method of image sensor An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a photoelectric conversion portion, a reset gate for controlling removal of a charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion portion, a charge accumulation portion, an accumulation gate for controlling a transfer of the charge from the photoelectric conversion portion to the charge accumulation portion, and a readout gate for controlling readout of the charge from the charge accumulation portion. The reset gate removes the charge generated in the photoelectric conversion portion by excitation light. The accumulation gate transfers the charge generated in the photoelectric conversion portion by fluorescence to the charge accumulation portion. The readout gate performs control for reading out the charge after the charge transfer is performed n times. The number n of the charge transfers is set for each pixel.
US11917309B2	Pixel location calibration image capture and processing What is disclosed are systems and methods for optical correction for correcting for non-uniformity in active matrix light emitting diode device (AMOLED) and other emissive displays, using iterative processing of images of calibration patterns including features of coarse and fine granularity to successively generate a high-resolution estimate of the panel pixel locations.
US11917308B2	Imaging device, image recording device, and imaging method for capturing a predetermined event Provided are an imaging device, an image recording device, and an imaging method capable of recording an important moment. An imaging device includes an imaging unit and a changing unit. The imaging unit captures an image of the surroundings, and generates image data. The changing unit changes the frame rate of an image captured by the imaging unit in accordance with the degree of possibility that a predetermined event occurs, which is predicted based on the image data.
US11917302B2	Camera exposure processing method and system The present disclosure discloses a camera exposure processing method and system. The method includes: obtaining trigger signals, the trigger signals being used to trigger the camera to collect image data and trigger the light source to turn on and off in turn in a fixed sequence; triggering cyclically n light sources to turn on in turn; triggering multiple sensor lines of the camera to perform image acquisition on the object simultaneously; extracting the image data of the exposed object under the turned-on light source collected by the multiple sensor lines to obtain effective data of the object, wherein a sequential lighting order is that after a former light source is cyclically turned on y times, a latter light source is cyclically turned on y times; and splicing all image data of the same position of the object to obtain a spliced image of the object under different light sources.
US11917299B2	Image processing device and associated methodology for generating panoramic images One embodiment of an apparatus includes a reference position receiving unit configured to receive intermediate or end panorama reference position information input by a user, and a control unit configured to control an imaging device to begin generating a plurality of images to be used to generate a panoramic image based on the intermediate or end panorama reference position information input by the user after the reference position receiving unit receives the intermediate or end panorama reference position information.
US11917297B2	Imaging support device, imaging apparatus, imaging system, imaging support system, imaging support method, and program Provided is an imaging support device including an acquisition portion that acquires reversal information indicating that a revolution direction of an imaging apparatus that is caused to revolve about one axis out of a first axis and a second axis intersecting with the first axis as a central axis by a revolution mechanism enabling the imaging apparatus to revolve about each of the first axis and the second axis as the central axis is reversed, and a control portion that, in a case where the reversal information is acquired by the acquisition portion, performs a control of operating an adjustment portion capable of adjusting a position of a captured image obtained by imaging performed by the imaging apparatus.
US11917296B2	Wiring member, shake correction unit, and smartphone A circuit board is mounted on a camera module with a shake correction function. The circuit board includes a first reference portion extending from a first side in a first direction to a second side in the first direction, a first coupled portion extending from the second side in the first direction to the first side in the first direction, a first direction first bent portion connected to each of an end portion on the second side in the first direction of the first reference portion and an end portion on the second side in the first direction of the first coupled portion, and a second direction extending first portion extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction from the first coupled portion.
US11917294B2	Techniques to compensate for movement of sensors in a vehicle Techniques are described for compensating for movements of sensors. A method includes receiving two sets of sensor data from two sets of sensors, where a first set of sensors are located on a roof of a cab of a semi-trailer truck and a second set of sensor data are located on a hood of the semi-trailer truck. The method also receives from a height sensor a measured value indicative of a height of the rear of a rear portion of the cab of the semi-trailer truck relative to a chassis of the semi-trailer truck, determines two correction values, one for each of the two sets of sensor data, and compensates for the movement of the two sets of sensors by generating two sets of compensated sensor data. The two sets of compensated sensor data are generated by adjusting the two sets of sensor data based on the two correction values.
US11917292B2	Imaging device with pixels, readout unit, and signal line A focus detection device includes: an imaging unit having a first and second pixel each of which receives light transmitted through an optical system and outputs signal used for focus detection, and a third pixel which receives light transmitted through the optical system and outputs signal used for image generation; an input unit to which information regarding the optical system is input; a selection unit that selects one of the first and second pixel based on the information to the input unit; a readout unit that reads out the signal from one of the first and second pixel based on a selection result at a timing different from reading out the signal from the third pixel to be read out; and a focus detection unit that performs the focus detection based on at least one of the signals of the first and second pixel read out by the readout unit.
US11917291B2	Apparatus and method for producing slow motion video Various embodiments provide an electronic device including: a camera comprising an image signal processor configured to process a video output from an image sensor; a memory; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: obtain the processed video from the image signal processor; extract a portion of the obtained video to detect motion; synchronize the obtained video with the extracted video, based on the motion detection; produce a slow motion video by converting a frame rate of the synchronized video; and encode the produced slow motion video and store the same in the memory, and a method thereof. Various embodiments may be provided.
US11917287B2	System for aligning an item along a path in an area A system for aligning an item along a path in an area comprising: a camera configured to capture an image containing part of the area and the item; a first transceiver connected to the camera to read the image from the camera; a second transceiver coupled to the first transceiver; a display connected to the second transceiver; wherein the first transceiver is configured to transmit the image to the second transceiver, the second transceiver is configured to transmit the image to the display in order to present the image on the screen of the display, and the transmitted image or the screen of the display includes a reference path, the reference path visible on the screen representing the path in the area; wherein the reference path is configured on the screen such that alignment of the reference path with the item in the image indicates alignment of the item in the area with the path in the area.
US11917278B2	Camera module of reduced size and method for manufacturing the same A camera module of reduced size includes a baseplate, an image sensor on the baseplate, a mounting bracket with a through hole, and a circuit board. An inner wall of the through hole extends towards a central axis of the through hole to form a platform, a side of the mounting bracket adjacent to the platform extends outward to form a connecting portion. A multilayer coil, a capacitor, and a resistor are formed on the mounting bracket by laser direct structuring, the multilayer coil is of encircling coils arranged from inside to outside on the mounting bracket and surrounds the through hole. The circuit board is connected with the mounting bracket through the connecting portion. A method for manufacturing a lens module is also disclosed.
US11917276B2	Imaging device and imaging method Provided are an imaging device and an imaging method that can generate images between which a difference in appearance caused by a difference between the polarization directions of received light is suppressed in a case in which different images are generated on the basis of light having different polarization directions. An imaging device (1) includes: an imaging optical system (10); a first polarizer that aligns a polarization direction of light transmitted through a first pupil region and a second pupil region with a first polarization direction; a second polarizer that transmits light in a second polarization direction different from the first polarization direction; an imaging element (100) that receives the light transmitted through the first pupil region and the second pupil region; and an image generation unit that performing a crosstalk removal process on pixel signals of a first pixel and a second pixel and generates a first image corresponding to the light transmitted through the first pupil region and a second image corresponding to the light transmitted through the second pupil region on the basis of the pixel signals subjected to the crosstalk removal process.
US11917272B2	Imaging systems for multi-spectral imaging An imaging device may have an array of image pixels that includes red, green, blue, and infrared pixels. The imaging device may include a dual-band filter that allows transmission of light in the visible band and in the near-infrared band and may include color processing circuitry that produces a color image with marked infrared regions. The color processing circuitry may include a standard color processing pipeline with a color correction matrix that produces a tone-mapped standard red, green, and blue image and may include infrared marking circuitry. The infrared marking circuitry may include hue angle determination circuitry, cell means determination circuitry, and near-infrared determination circuitry that determine portions of the image with high infrared reflectance to be marked. The infrared-marked tone-mapped standard red, green, and blue image may be output to a machine vision system to identify objects in the imaged scene with high infrared reflection.
US11917271B2	Techniques for advancing playback of interactive media titles in response to user selections A playback application seamlessly advances playback of and interactive media title in response to user selections in a manner that minimizes latency and preserves user immersion in a narrative. The playback application buffers an interstitial segment included in the interactive media title and feeds portions of the interstitial segment to a media player only when those portions are needed for display. When the user selects an option displayed during the interstitial segment, the playback application begins buffering a subsequent media segment and stops feeding portions of the interstitial segment to the media player. The playback application starts feeding blocks of the subsequent media segment to the media player and then seamlessly advances playback to the subsequent media segment.
US11917269B2	Multidimensional metadata for parallel processing of segmented media data A method executed by at least one processor, the method comprising: segmenting a multidimensional media stream into a plurality of segments of multidimensional media in a multidimensional space; representing each segment of the plurality of segments of multidimensional media using a respective sequence vector, the respective sequence vector comprising one or more predefined multidimensional metadata, wherein the predefined multidimensional metadata includes one of a starting vector, a length vector, and a scaling vector, and a startcode; and deriving a network based media processing (NBMP) workflow based on the respective sequence vectors of each segment of the plurality of segments.
US11917266B1	Enhanced generation and selection of video clips from still frame images Devices, systems, and methods are provided for generating and selecting video clips for inclusion in video sequences based on still frame images. A method may include encoding first embeddings for a first video including first images of an item at a first scene, the first embeddings indicative of features of the first scene; encoding second embeddings for a second video including second images of the item at a second scene, the second embeddings indicative of features of the second scene; encoding third embeddings for the first video, the third embeddings indicative of features of a first type of camera shot used for the first images; encoding fourth embeddings for the second video, the fourth embeddings indicative of features of a second type of camera shot used for the second images; and generating, based on the first, second, third, and fourth embeddings, a video sequence for the item.
US11917264B2	Systems and methods for providing video enhancement for sporting events Systems and methods for video presentation and analytics for a sporting event are disclosed. In one embodiment, the sporting event is an auto racing event. A server platform is provided to collect and analyze real-time raw data and historical raw data, and compare drivers/vehicles from a current auto racing event and/or a historical auto racing event. The server platform is operable to overlay a ghost driver/vehicle on the images of a driver/vehicle in the current auto racing event based on the comparison. The server platform also provides a GUI for displaying the current auto racing event with enhanced features.
US11917263B2	Device, method, and graphical user interface for alternative advert system Apparatus, method, and graphical user interface for an alternative advert (AA) system are disclosed. At an electronic device interfacing with an input device and a display, which may be integral or separate, the display is caused to display a first graphical user interface. The first graphical user interface includes a plurality of selectable alternative advert (AA) query items, a first graphical user interface element for accepting an offer to watch advert-free content, and a second graphical user interface element for rejecting the offer to watch advert-free content. In response to detecting, utilizing the input device, a selection of the first graphical user interface element by a viewer, it is determined whether the viewer has signed in. In response to determining that the viewer has not signed in, the display is caused to display a second graphical user interface. The second graphical user interface includes graphical user interface elements for the viewer to sign-in or sign-up.
US11917261B2	Broadcast channel tuning parameters support using switched digital video delivery In some embodiments, a method detects an issue with broadcast tuning parameters for broadcast channels being broadcast by a broadcast system. A message is received including a set of switched digital video tuning parameters for switched digital video channels from a switched digital video system where the broadcast tuning parameters are included in the message. The method retrieves at least a portion of the broadcast tuning parameters that are received via the switched digital video system and uses the at least a portion of the broadcast tuning parameters received in the message to request a broadcast channel from the broadcast system.
US11917259B2	Node with radio frequency (RF) switching network and corresponding methods for identifying coupled client devices A Data Over Cable Interface Specification (DOCSIS) node includes a first DOCSIS port and a second DOCSIS port. The node also includes a plurality of radio frequency (RF) ports. A plurality of client devices can be coupled to the RF ports. A RF switching network is coupled between the first DOCSIS port and the second DOCSIS port, and the plurality of RF ports. One or more control circuits can switch the RF switching network between at least a first state and a second state. The switching of the RF switching network allows the one or more control circuits to identify which client devices are coupled to which RF ports of the node.
US11917256B1	Control method for focus movement on EPG user interface, and display device Disclosed are a control method for focus movement on an EPG user interface and a display device. The method includes: displaying a television broadcast program on a display screen; receiving an instruction for displaying an EPG user interface, and displaying the EPG user interface on the display screen in response to the instruction; and receiving an instruction for indicating the movement of a focus along a channel arrangement direction in the EPG user interface, and in response to the instruction, determining a new position to which the focus moves in a target television channel according to the position of a pre-selected reference broadcast program, so as to control the focus to move to a target broadcast program corresponding to the new position.
US11917251B2	Systems and methods for predictive selection of pause points Systems and methods are described for determining that a plurality of user profiles, stored in the memory, are associated with an account of a media application; generating for presentation a media asset during a first consumption session associated with the account; generating for presentation a selectable option to associate a current progress point of the media asset with one or more of the plurality of user profiles associated with the account; receiving a selection of one or more of the plurality of user profiles via the selectable option; during a second consumption session, receiving a request for accessing the media asset; and in response to determining that the second consumption session is associated with the selected one or more user profiles, resuming the media asset from the progress point associated with the selectable option.
US11917249B2	Video decoding system A system to perform processing operations of input (video) streams, including is disclosed. The system consists of an input module, a stream type detection engine, a plurality of processing resources a resource monitoring engine, an attribution module, a dispatching module, and various other optional interface modules.

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