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US12138806B2	Machine learning-based environment fail-safes through multiple camera views A computing system may include a fail-safe learning engine configured to access camera data captured by multiple cameras positioned within an environment during a learning phase, generate training data based on the camera data captured by the multiple cameras, and construct a human detection model using the training data. The computing system may also include a fail-safe trigger engine configured to access camera data captured by the multiple cameras positioned within the environment during an active phase, and the camera data captured during the active phase may include a target object. The fail-trigger engine may further be configured to provide, as an input to the human detection model, the camera data that includes the target object and execute a fail-safe action in the environment responsive to the determination, provided by the human detection model, indicating that the target object is a human.
US12138801B2	Trajectory plan generation device, trajectory plan generation method, and trajectory plan generation program A trajectory plan generation device executes a first search process for searching for a plurality of position candidates which are movement destinations of the tip portion within a predetermined distance from first trajectory information indicating positions and postures of the tip portion between the start point and the end point, a second search process for searching for a plurality of posture candidates of the tip portion that change within an allowable range by spherical interpolation based on postures of the tip portion at the start point and the end point, a determination process for determining second trajectory information indicating positions and postures of movement destinations of the tip portion from the first trajectory information based on the plurality of position candidates searched for by the first search process and the plurality of posture candidates searched for by the second search process, and an output process.
US12138798B2	Control method for robot system and robot system A control method for a robot system is a control method for a robot system including a conveying device configured to convey a target object and a robot configured to perform work while following the target object conveyed by the conveying device, the control method for the robot system including an image acquiring step for imaging, a plurality of times, the target object conveyed by the conveying device and acquiring a plurality of images, a reciprocating displacement information acquiring step for acquiring, based on the plurality of images, reciprocating displacement information indicating periodical reciprocating displacement in a width direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the target object, and a correcting step for correcting a position command for the robot based on the reciprocating displacement information.
US12138797B2	Systems and methods for maintaining vacuum hose life in hose routing systems in programmable motion systems A programmable motion robotic system is disclosed that includes a plurality of arm sections that are joined one to another at a plurality of joints to form an articulated arm, and a hose coupling an end effector of the programmable motion robotic system to a vacuum source. The hose is attached to at least one arm section of the articulated arm by a pass-through coupling that permits the hose to pass freely through the coupling as the plurality of arm sections are moved about the plurality of joints.
US12138795B2	Analytics to increase performance of robotic process automation solutions A system is provided for an automation tool system that is adapted to analyze data structures for robotic process automation (RPA) solutions. The system includes a processor and a computer readable medium operably coupled thereto, to perform operations which include receiving a data structure for an automated computing task for the RPA solutions of a computing system, wherein the data structure comprises one or more computing assets for one or more data processing workflows, parsing the data structure, accessing rule scoring parameters for determining a set of best practices identified for construction of the automated computing task for the RPA solutions of the computing system, scoring the automated computing task for the RPA solutions for the computing system based on the parsing and the rule scoring parameters, and outputting, based on scoring the automated computing task, a score of the automated computing task for the data structure.
US12138794B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method Provided is an information processing apparatus including a communication unit that transmits sensing data collected by an autonomous mobile object to a server, in which the communication unit transmits the sensing data related to a predetermined learning target to the server, and receives a dictionary for recognition generated by recognition learning using the sensing data collected by a plurality of the autonomous mobile objects and related to the learning target. In addition, provided is an information processing apparatus including a control unit that controls presentation of a progression status related to recognition learning for generating a dictionary for recognition used for an autonomous mobile object, in which the recognition learning is executed by using sensing data collected by a plurality of the autonomous mobile objects and related to a predetermined learning target.
US12138793B2	Machine learning methods and apparatus for robotic manipulation and that utilize multi-task domain adaptation Implementations are directed to training a machine learning model that, once trained, is used in performance of robotic grasping and/or other manipulation task(s) by a robot. The model can be trained using simulated training examples that are based on simulated data that is based on simulated robot(s) attempting simulated manipulations of various simulated objects. Portion(s) of the model can also be trained based on real training examples that are based on data from real-world physical robots attempting manipulations of various objects. The simulated training examples can be utilized to train the model to predict an output that can be utilized in a particular task—and the real training examples used to adapt at least a portion of the model to the real-world domain can be tailored to a distinct task. In some implementations, domain-adversarial similarity losses are determined during training, and utilized to regularize at least portion(s) of the model.
US12138787B2	Positioning system A system and method for a planar positioning system for an output member, the system having a pair of x-coordinate linear carriages and a pair of y-coordinate linear carriages. The system has a guide mechanism for the pair of x-coordinate linear carriages and the pair of y-coordinate linear carriages. The system has a plurality of movement and constraining cables extending from the pair of x-coordinate linear carriages and the pair of y-coordinate linear carriages to the output member for driving the output, wherein the pair of x-coordinate linear carriages and the output member move in sync in the x-direction and the pair of y-coordinate linear carriages and the output member move in sync in the y-direction. A restraint mechanism restrains the output member in an additional degree of freedom besides the x- and y-directions. The restraint can be a cable uptake and release device.
US12138785B2	Moment arm extension system for exosuit A moment arm extension system and method for improving the mechanical advantage of a wearable assistance device by increasing the moment arm of a force-bearing member relative to an underlying body segment of a user are disclosed. The moment arm extension system achieves this by shifting the force-bearing member to lie farther away from the body segment of the user.
US12138774B2	Robot A robot includes heat-generating members such as an actuator in spaces surrounded by exterior members. A heat-transfer section transfers heat of the heat-generating members to the exterior members. A heat-transfer control section adjusts the amount of heat transfer between the heat-generating members and the exterior members by operating the heat-transfer section. The heat-transfer section has a thermally conductive member that can shift between a coupling position for thermally coupling the heat-generating members and the exterior members, and an interrupting position for interrupting thermal conduction between the heat-generating members and the exterior members.
US12138771B2	Electric working tool A chainsaw (electric working tool) includes a body case, a cutting part (working implement), and a motor, wherein the motor is mounted in a motor case disposed in a cooling route; an intake communicating with the cooling route is opened on the body case and communicates through the retention chamber with the cooling route; an air filter is inserted into the body case and arranged adjacent to the intake; the body case has a filter insertion/extraction hole opened thereon and the hole communicates with the retention chamber, through which hole the air filter is attachable to and removable from the retention chamber and be a cover for it.
US12138769B2	Mobile power tool and method A mobile power tool comprising a drive unit is disclosed. The drive unit has an aqueous lubricant and/or the drive unit is set up for operation with the aqueous lubricant, wherein, before the start of a running-in phase of the drive unit, a bond roughness sigma of two interacting contact surfaces of the drive unit is greater than 0.01 μm, preferably at least 0.1 μm.
US12138768B2	Press-on element for a power tool A power tool, in particular a rotary hammer or combination hammer, containing a percussion-mechanism apparatus for generating percussion pulses on a tool, having a basic body for receiving a rear end of the tool, at least one first and second locking element, each arranged lying in radial openings of the basic body in a reversible manner in a locking position or release position, wherein, in the locking position, the rear end of the tool is held in the basic body and, in the release position, the rear end of the tool can be removed from the basic body, a locking ring for holding the at least first and second locking elements in the locking position, and a press-on element for guiding the at least first and second locking elements in a first axial direction and a second axial direction. The press-on element consists at least partially of an elastic material.
US12138767B2	Hand-held power tool comprising a locking device A hand-held power tool includes a tool receiver that includes a tubular tool holder configured to lock an insert tool therein by an assigned locking device via at least one locking element. The locking device includes a pressure sleeve that is spring-loaded via an assigned spring element, and a stop sleeve, the stop sleeve having a contact surface on its inner circumference, and the spring-loaded pressure sleeve pressing the at least one locking element in a locking position against the contact surface. The tubular tool holder has at least one recess in which the at least one locking element in the locking position is located, at least portionally, the at least one recess having a ramp-type guideway. The at least one locking element is displaceable along the ramp-type guideway from the locking position to an unlocking position.
US12138763B2	Driving-in device An apparatus for driving a fastening element in a driving direction into a base material, having a receptacle for the fastening element, from which the fastening element is driven into the base material, having a magazine for supplying fastening elements in a transport direction to the receptacle, wherein the side of the magazine facing the driving direction has a slot which runs in the transport direction, and having a dust deflector which covers the slot.
US12138757B2	Torque tool A torque tool having a handle, a rotatable setting body for setting a torque, a display for a defined torque, which comprises a digit roller counter having at least two digit rollers. The digit roller counter is arranged in a hollow section of the handle with a viewing window through which the defined torque is visible, and has a passage through which a shaft section is guided. Between two digit rollers, a carrier disc arranged in a rotationally fixed manner in the handle is integrated. The carrier disc is rotatably assigned a control gear which has a driving toothing and a control toothing. One digit roller has an outer digit rim having a first rim section with a drive toothing and a second rim section with a control element. The setting body transmits a rotary movement of the setting body to the digit roller arranged on the setting body side.
US12138754B2	Covering structure for wrench head A structure for mounting a cover plate in a head portion of a wrench is disclosed. An end surface of the head portion is concavely provided with a receiving chamber. The head portion is also concavely provided with a recess at the opening of the receiving chamber. The cover plate is mounted in the recess to close the receiving chamber, and the cover plate is fixed in the recess by the peripheral wall of the recess itself. In other words, the cover plate is mounted in the head portion of the wrench without using any connecting element and is fixed by the head portion of the wrench itself. The cover plate, once fixed, is kept from coming off so that the components mounted in the receiving chamber of the head portion will not fall out.
US12138752B2	Impact tool To improve operability it is desireable to decrease the size of an impact tool. The impact tool includes a motor, a spindle including a spindle shaft and a flange. An anvil of the tool includes an anvil shaft and an anvil projection. A hammer of the tool includes a base surrounding the spindle shaft, a front ring protruding frontward from an outer circumference of the base, and a hammer projection to strike the anvil projection in a rotation direction. The base has a groove at a boundary with the hammer projection. One of ordinary skill in the art would appreciate that the arrangement disclosed herein results in space savings that allows for overall decrease in the size of an impact too.
US12138735B2	Multi-layered windows for use in chemical-mechanical planarization systems Described herein are multi-layered windows for use in chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) systems and CMP processes. The multi-layered windows of the present disclosure include a transparent structural layer and a hydrophilic surfactant applied to at least a portion of at least one surface of the transparent structural layer. Such multi-layered windows may be in the polishing pad, the platen, or both.
US12138734B2	Substrate polishing apparatus and polishing liquid discharge method in substrate polishing apparatus In a substrate polishing apparatus where a polishing liquid passes through inside a rotary joint, the rotary joint requires maintenance. There is provided a substrate polishing apparatus that includes: a polishing head for holding a substrate; a rotary table that has a surface to which a first opening portion is provided; a polishing liquid discharge mechanism disposed to the rotary table; and a controller configured to control at least the polishing liquid discharge mechanism. The polishing liquid discharge mechanism includes a first cylinder, a first piston, and a driving mechanism that drives the first piston. The first opening portion is communicated with a liquid holding space defined by the first cylinder and the first piston. The controller controls the driving of the first piston by the driving mechanism to increase and decrease a volume of the liquid holding space.
US12138731B2	Device for pneumatically blocking a semi-finished optical element A blocking device includes a support member configured for providing a rigid support to the semi-finished optical element, the support member having a contact face onto which a first face of the optical element is to be applied; and a pneumatic blocking member defining a cavity configured to be closed by the first face of the optical element, the pneumatic blocking member being configured to sustain a vacuum inside the cavity so that the optical element is attached to the blocking device; the support member including a support element made of a shape-memory material having a rigid state below a predetermined temperature and a plastic state above the predetermined temperature, and assuming in the absence of external forces a predetermined memory shape when heated above the predetermined temperature, the contact face of the support member being a surface of the support element.
US12138730B2	Device for supporting and/or guiding a machine tool A device for supporting and/or guiding a machine tool or a workpiece, wherein the device includes a contact body having a contact surface for contact on a work surface of a workpiece or a wall. It is provided that the contact body includes a holding element having an adhesive means for adhesion to the work surface, wherein the adhesive means, when the contact surface of the contact body bears against the work surface, can be brought from a positioning state, in which the adhesive means is not in contact with the work surface and the contact surface can be positioned with respect to the work surface into an adhesive state, in which the adhesive means adheres to the work surface and fixes the contact body on the work surface.
US12138729B2	Electromagnetically driven fast tool servo system based on flexible hinge combination mechanism The present invention provides an electromagnetically driven fast tool servo system based on a flexible hinge combination mechanism, including a base, a voice coil motor arranged in the base, a tool mounting base connected to a coil of the voice coil motor by a first connecting portion, and a grating measurement device connected to the first connecting portion by a guide shaft arranged at a center of the voice coil motor, where the first connecting portion includes a first flexible hinge, a second flexible hinge, a first connecting member located between the first flexible hinge and the second flexible hinge, and a second connecting member located between the second flexible hinge and the coil of the voice coil motor; the tool mounting base, the first flexible hinge, the first connecting member, the second flexible hinge, the second connecting member, and an end of the guide shaft are coaxially connected in series by a first horizontal screw; the first flexible hinge and the second flexible hinge have sheet-like cross structures with the same shape, with end portions of cross arms fixedly connected to the base. In the present invention, axial and lateral precision of the system in a machining process is improved.
US12138723B2	Machine tool and machine tool self-diagnosis method A machine tool including a fixed cover and a movable cover for covering at least part of a machining region includes a cover control device that includes a driving circuit for driving the movable cover, an abnormality detection device that detects an abnormality while the movable cover is driven, a self-diagnosis device that performs evaluation on whether the abnormality detection device is normal, and an output device that outputs a result of the evaluation by the self-diagnosis device. The self-diagnosis device is configured to perform the evaluation on whether the abnormality detection device is normal based on an operating state of the abnormality detection device at a time when a pseudo abnormality is generated on the movable cover by driving the movable cover via the driving circuit.
US12138719B2	End effector and methods of use An end effector is presented. The end effector comprises a torque wrench and a first vacuum source. The torque wrench is configured to hold a collar and apply a single-sided clamp-up to a structure. The first vacuum source is pneumatically connected to the torque wrench and configured to supply a vacuum for the single-sided clamp-up.
US12138718B1	Method of the cutting tool and its structure and corresponding method of machining rotors The present invention provides a design method of cutting tool and its structure and the corresponding method of machining rotors. A control unit reads a workpiece parameter of a first workpiece using a sensor and produces an annulus parameter according to the workpiece parameter. The control unit further reads an angle parameter and a displacement parameter to intersect with the annulus parameter for giving a cutting edge parameter. Then the control unit produces a cutting-tool model parameter according to the cutting edge parameter and a spiral parameter. According to the cutting-tool model parameter, a cutting tool is manufactured. Afterwards, the cutting tool and the workpiece installed to a machine tool. By performing synchronous machining on a workpiece using the cutting tool, the workpiece can be cut into a rotor.
US12138716B2	Jig for tack welding of battery cell electrode lead Discussed is an electrode lead tack welding jig for a battery cell, and the jig including a jig body configured to support at least two battery cells, and a close contact guide unit provided to both ends of the jig body and configured to guide electrode leads of the at least two battery cells to come into close contact when tack welding is performed to the electrode leads by a laser.
US12138705B2	Plasma cutting system with dual electrode plasma arc torch A plasma cutting system includes a power supply that outputs first and second plasma cutting currents. A torch is connected to the power supply and includes a first cathode that receives the first plasma cutting current, a first electrode and swirl ring, a second cathode that receives the second plasma cutting current, and a second electrode and swirl ring. The torch simultaneously generates a first and second plasma arcs from the electrodes. A gas controller is configured to separately control a flow of a first plasma gas to the first swirl ring and a flow of a second plasma gas flow to the second swirl ring. A torch actuator moves the torch during cutting, and includes a motor having a hollow shaft rotor for rotating the torch during cutting. A motion controller is operatively connected to the torch actuator to control movements of the torch during cutting.
US12138699B2	Saw chain A saw chain includes connecting links and drive links that are mutually connected by rivets in an articulated manner about rivet axes. The rivets project through at least one rivet opening of one connecting link and through a rivet opening of a drive link. At least one rivet has, on one end face thereof, a depression having a depression edge and a depression base surrounded by the depression edge. The distance of the depression edge from a central plane of the saw chain increases at an increasing radial distance from the rivet axis. The distance (e) of the base from the central plane does not increase at any point of the base at an increasing radial distance from the rivet axis. A greatest distance (a) of the base from the rivet axis corresponds to 50% to 100% of half the core diameter (d) of the rivet.
US12138696B2	Workpiece machining method The purpose of the present invention is to improve the machined-surface quality of a curved surface of a workpiece without reducing the machining speed when the curved surface is subjected to removal machining. Provided is a workpiece machining method in which a rotating table on which a workpiece is placed and a tool are relatively moved along two linear movement axes orthogonal to each other, the workpiece is rotated about each of a first turning axis and a second turning axis orthogonal to each other by the rotating table, and at least one curved surface of a protruding curved surface and a recessed curved surface is subjected to removal machining. The method includes: disposing the first turning axis so as to be parallel to a first linear movement axis of the two linear movement axes, the motor load during linear movement in the first linear movement axis being relatively small; disposing the second turning axis on a plane perpendicular to the first linear movement axis; and subjecting the curved surface to removal machining along the direction of curvature while moving the workpiece along the first linear movement axis and rotating the workpiece about the second turning axis.
US12138695B2	Reusable guide plate and drilling tool with exchangeable guide plate An indexable guide plate and an associated drilling tool are described in which the indexable guide plates have very small dimensions but, despite these small dimensions, have a large number of guide surfaces. As a result, the indexable guide plate according to the invention can be used for a long time, even with drilling tools having a small drilling diameter.
US12138692B2	Cutting tool A cutting tool is a cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, in which the coating film includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer where a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer is composed of Ti1-a-bAlaCebN, a is 0.350 or more and 0.650 or less, b is 0.001 or more and 0.100 or less, the second unit layer is composed of AlcV1-cN, c is 0.40 or more and 0.75 or less, and a and c satisfy a relationship of c>a.
US12138687B2	Methods of forming articles including microchannels therein, and related articles A method of forming an article comprises forming a feed material around one or more shapeholders and sintering the feed material and the one or more shapeholders to form a sintered article comprising the one or more shapeholders in a base material. The sintered article is exposed to a solvent to remove the one or more shapeholders from the base material. Additional methods are disclosed, as well as articles including one or more microchannels exhibiting a diameter of from about 5 μm to about 10 mm.
US12138686B2	Additively manufactured refractory metal component, additive manufacturing process and powder A component has a solid structure that is manufactured using a laser or electron beam in an additive manufacturing process. The solid structure is formed from at least one material selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, a molybdenum-based alloy, tungsten, a tungsten-based alloy, and a molybdenum-tungsten-based alloy. The component includes one or more alloying element which at least in the temperature range ≥1500° C. has/have a reducing effect, as follows: in the case of molybdenum and the molybdenum-based alloy, for MoO2 and/or MoO3; in the case of tungsten and the tungsten-based alloy, for WO2 and/or WO3; and, in the case of the molybdenum-tungsten-based alloy, for at least one oxide from the group of MoO2, MoO3, WO2 and WO3. The alloying element, or at least one of the alloying elements, is present both in at least partially unoxidized form and in oxidized form.
US12138685B2	Controlling green body object deformation A shaping composition for controlling deformation of a green body object during heat fusing can include a liquid vehicle present at from 10 wt % to about 80 wt %, based on a total weight of the shape retaining composition, and a metal particulate mixture present at from about 20 wt % to about 90 wt % based on a total weight of the shaping composition. The metal particulate mixture can include aluminum-containing particulates and secondary metal-containing particulates. The metal particulate mixture can have an aluminum elemental content to secondary metal elemental content atomic ratio of about 10:1 to about 1:2.
US12138682B2	Exchangeable nozzle for a nozzle changer system, a method for manufacturing such a nozzle, a nozzle changer system comprising such a nozzle and a tundish comprising such a nozzle changer system The invention concerns an exchangeable nozzle for a nozzle changer system for billet casting, a method for manufacturing such a nozzle, a nozzle changer system comprising such a nozzle and a tundish comprising such a nozzle changer system.
US12138678B2	Tailor hardening of such as a cold stamped vehicle door pillar using advanced high strength steel to exhibit each of hard, transition and soft zones A process and assembly for heat treating portions of a steel article, such as an advanced high strength (AHSS) steel or Gen3 steel, in order to create each of hard and transition zones in a nominally hard steel stamping, such as in a vehicle's structural stampings including a pillar, in order to design deformation zones during a collision event. In an initial operation, the invention provides for positioning of heating elements at locations along such as a blank shaped steel article. Following an initial heating, a suitable forming or stamping operation is employed to bend or reform the article with the heated zones defining the bend axles or points within the article. Following the initial heating and bending/stamping operations, additional heating elements can be positioned, such as against outer flange locations of the previously stamped article, following which a subsequent trimming or final fabricating step is employed to complete the article.
US12138677B2	Bending machine for metal sheets A bending machine for metal sheets includes a punching arrangement that supports upper bending tools, a die arrangement that supports lower bending tools, and a back gauge unit movable inside an operating area and arranged to position a workpiece. The back gauge unit has a hooking element to engage at least one lower bending tool to move it along the bending direction. The lower bending tools include a set of side lower bending tools that are positionable in a non-operative configuration outside the operating area and unreachable by the back gauge unit. The side lower bending tools are connectable to one another to form a group selectable in number. At least one of the side lower bending tools of the group is positioned in the non-operative configuration inside the operating area to be engaged by the hooking element and movable along the bending direction together with the group.
US12138675B2	Adjustable balancing block for closed loop die control A stamp tool assembly is provided that includes a forming cavity for shaping a blank into a formed part. The stamp tool assembly includes adjustable block assembly for modifying the amount of material draw-in from subsequently stamped blanks. A draw-in sensor measures the amount of material from the blanks that is not drawn-into the forming cavity during each stroke. Based on the readings from the draw-in sensor, the adjustable block assembly is expanded or reduced. The adjustable block assembly includes a pair of opposing inclined plates having interlocking teeth such that movement of one plate with respect to the other plate changes a vertical extension of the adjustable block assembly. The adjustable block assembly sets the spacing between two opposing draw-in surfaces, which, in turn, changes the amount of draw-in. Multiple adjustable block assemblies and draw-in sensors may be used in conjunction and controlled via a controlling system.
US12138674B2	High performance alloy for corrosion resistance A corrosion resistant alloy suitable for use as a seamless tubular is described. The corrosion resistant alloy includes 13-15 wt. % chromium, 5-7 wt. % nickel, and 2.5-4.5 wt. % molybdenum. The balance of the corrosion resistant alloy is iron.
US12138673B2	Endless rolling method based on temperature uniformity control The invention provides an endless rolling method based on temperature uniformity control, and belongs to the field of iron and steel metallurgy. By optimizing the process path, a new layout mode is adopted, a double heat storage soaking furnace and a descaling box are additionally arranged, transverse and longitudinal bonding magnetic induction heating device is adopted, transverse and longitudinal temperature uniform of the slab in the rolling process is realized, the cross section temperature difference is reduced, and the product quality is improved. On the basis of five-stand arrangement of a traditional finish rolling mill, a rolling mill is additionally arranged to serve as a standby rolling mill, such that on-line non-shutdown change roller of the finish rolling mill is realized. The method of the invention realizes a full-continuous production of production and meets the high-quality development requirements of iron and steel metallurgy, such that traditional cool rolling can be replaced with hot rolling, traditional thick-specification strip can be replaced with high-added-value thin specification strip. There is important significance in the aspects of productivity optimization layout, green manufacturing, intelligent manufacturing and the like.
US12138672B2	Projectile launcher A projectile launching apparatus for cleaning the inner surface of a tube by forcing a projectile through the tube, comprising: a main body containing a breech chamber terminating in an exit port, wherein the breech chamber is provided with a loading port in a side thereof for radially loading a projectile into the breech chamber; a slide disposed on an exterior surface of the main body, the slide being axially movable between a first position wherein the loading port is exposed for loading of a projectile into the breech chamber and a second position wherein the loading port and the breech chamber are sealed; a gas gun operatively connected to the main body in pneumatic communication with the breech chamber; and an exit nozzle connected to the exit port and being connectable to a first end of the tube to be cleaned.
US12138663B2	Sorting apparatus for sorting objects and measurement apparatus A measurement apparatus used for a sorting apparatus for sorting objects includes a scanning unit configured to perform scanning with illumination light which illuminates the object, a control unit configured to control the scanning unit, and a sensor configured to measure reflection light from the illuminated object, wherein the control unit controls the scanning unit to track the object with the illumination light by changing a position of the illumination light in a moving direction of the object and a direction perpendicular to the moving direction.
US12138662B2	Document imaging apparatus with leading edge engagement for improved performance A method and apparatus for processing documents is provided. The documents may be conveyed to a feeder for feeding documents to a scanner. The scanner scans each document to obtain image data and then discharges the document to one or more output or sort locations. The system may include a skew reduction assembly for reducing skew in the documents as the documents are fed to the scanner. The system may also include elements for improving image quality and reducing document damage while the document is scanned. The system may further include features for improving the stacking of the discharged documents.
US12138660B2	Electroacoustic device Electroacoustic device (5) comprising: —an ultrasonic wave transducer (15) comprising a piezoelectric substrate (10) and first (30) and second (35) electrodes in contact with the piezoelectric substrate, and —a carrier (10), the transducer being attached to the carrier and acoustically coupled to the carrier, and the first and second electrodes being sandwiched, at least partly, between the piezoelectric substrate and the carrier, the device being configured to generate an ultrasonic surface wave (W) propagating through the carrier at a distance from the transducer when an electric current passes through the first and second electrodes.
US12138657B2	Method for maskless patterning of metal alloys The disclosure relates to maskless, laser-assisted methods for making a metal surface comprising at least one of hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions; and at least one of micro- and nanostructured regions.
US12138656B2	Method for applying a carbon-based reflective overcoating on a grazing incidence optical unit A method for applying a carbon-based reflective overcoating on a grazing incidence optical unit comprising a substrate and a coating of a high-density material chosen from the group comprising gold, platinum, iridium, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, chrome and nickel or a low-density material such as carbon or B4C; the method comprises the step of treating the optical unit with a solution or gaseous phase containing at least one polymer precursor material to create the overcoating through absorption of the polymer material on the coating.
US12138650B2	Apparatus for ejecting viscous liquid aerosol Provided is an apparatus for ejecting viscous liquid aerosol, and more particularly, an apparatus for ejecting viscous liquid aerosol capable of dispensing a viscous liquid to a work with a fine line width by ejecting the viscous liquid in the form of aerosols. The apparatus for ejecting viscous liquid aerosol may be configured compactly by miniaturizing a device capable of aerosolizing and ejecting viscous liquid in the form of aerosols. In addition, since the apparatus for ejecting viscous liquid aerosol has a structure that is easy to miniaturize, it is easy to uniformly maintain the characteristics of aerosol.
US12138645B2	Liquid pump A liquid pump is provided, including a pump body and a valve seat, the pump body is an integral part integrally formed by the same material, the pump body includes a shell with a hollow pump cavity and an elastic valve plate disposed at a bottom end portion of the shell, and the elastic valve plate is provided with a valve passage, the valve seat is disposed below the elastic valve plate in a fitted manner, the valve seat includes a valve body with a liquid flow passage, and the top of the valve body is provided with a seal structure that can be fitted with the elastic valve plate in a sealed manner. The product assembly is more convenient, product durability is high, and all components can be fully recycled.
US12138644B2	Device for containing and dispensing fluid substances A device for containing and dispensing fluid substances includes a container having an opening and a cavity, means for connecting a first connection element, a bag with a first part, a neck and a flange, a pump, a ring nut element suitable to connect the pump and bag to the first connection element, the first connection element including upper and lower parts delimiting a tubular through seat for housing the neck and pump, the upper part including an upper opening delimited by a wall for resting a portion of the flange and connection means suitable to cooperate with counter connection means provided for in the ring nut element, the lower part of the first connection element including a lower opening and counter connection means suitable to cooperate with the connection means, the transversal dimensions of the opening being greater than or equal to the maximum transversal dimensions of the bag.
US12138643B2	Self-sealing pump and methods of manufacture and use thereof Disclosed are self-sealing actuators and pumps for distributing fluids such as personal care products. The actuator can include a nozzle having an outlet that is opens and closes via movement of a plug. A limit rod is configured to engage with the plug and upon actuation the assembly opens a passage for the fluid to flow through an inner channel of the limit rod and to the outlet. Upon de-actuation, the assembly closes the passage sealing the fluid within a closed environment to prevent degradation and caking. Actuators and pumps as described protect the performance of active ingredients within the fluid and prevent the nozzle and outlet from blocking with dried or caked fluid.
US12138639B2	System, method and controller for recovery of concentrated particles suspended in fluid Embodiments provide a fluid recovery system and method for use with concentrator systems for concentrating particles suspended in a fluid and where this suspension is recovered from a fluid stream drawn from the concentrator system. A controller is configured to control valve actuation to direct concentrate being drawn from the concentrator chamber through a recovery tube to a recovery reservoir based on fluid volume movement. The system can use a density sensor to detect density transitions in fluid in the fluid recovery tube to identify leading and trailing edges of a portion of concentrated particles in fluid suspension passing through the recovery tube and actuate recovery valves based on objectives for maximising particle recovery with minimal dilution.
US12138632B2	Stirrer mill A stirrer mill for processing flowable material to be ground including a mill container, a milling chamber that is delimited by a container wall, a stirrer that can rotate about the center longitudinal axis and has a rotor, and an inner stator arranged within the rotor. A ground material discharge channel is formed between the rotor and an outer wall of the inner stator, via which the ground material is guided to the separation unit and then to an outlet line. The milling chamber is at least partially filled with milling elements. A separation unit is arranged above the inner stator. A ground material discharge chamber is formed after the milling element separation unit, in the flow direction of the ground material. A unit for reducing the volume is attached in the ground material discharge chamber.
US12138631B2	High efficiency impact mill An impact mill using hammers to strike particles and reduce their size as the material progresses through a grinding chamber. Baffles are provided in the grinding chamber, adjacent the interior wall thereof, concentrically about the drive shaft of the mill. The baffles are adjacent to the hammers in the area of hammer sweep and form a path for the material using the flow of air through the mill and the swing of hammers to keep material from falling within the mill and remaining in the hammer sweep area. A variable speed motor varies the rate of movement of the hammers to increase or decrease the rate of strike of hammers to more efficiently and effectively reduce the material passing therethrough. The baffles can be retrofit into existing mills and can be created in angular sections with the lining of the grinding chamber for modular installation and removal.
US12138629B2	Microfluidic device and a method for provision of double emulsion droplets A microfluidic device, a method for manufacturing a microfluidic device, and a method for provision of double emulsion droplets using a microfluidic device. Furthermore, an assembly configured to supply pressure to the microfluidic device for provision of double emulsion droplets. Furthermore, a kit comprising a plurality of microfluidic devices and a plurality of fluids configured for use with the microfluidic device for provision of double emulsion droplets.
US12138628B2	Microfluidic systems and methods of use Microfluidic channels networks and systems are provided. One network includes a first fluid channel having a first depth dimension; at least a second channel intersecting the first channel at a first intersection; at least a third channel in fluid communication with the first intersection, at least one of the first intersection and the third channel having a depth dimension that is greater than the first depth dimension. Also provided is a flow control system for directing fluids in the network. Systems are additionally provided for flowing disrupted particles into a droplet formation junction, whereby a portion of the disrupted particles or the contents thereof are encapsulated into one or more droplets. Further provided is a method for controlling filling of a microfluidic network by controlling passive valving microfluidic channel network features.
US12138625B2	Screening kit and method A method for analysis of biological samples, implemented in a reversed open microwell system which includes an array of open microwells, a microchannel, an input port for reagents and/or biological samples and an output port. The ports are in microfluidic communication with the microchannel. The microchannel has a cross-section area of micrometric dimensions and provides fluid to the microwells. The microwell system is inserted in an automated management system that includes: an incubator at controlled temperature, humidity and CO2, fluid dispensing system, phase-contrast and fluorescence image acquisition. A kit introduces fluids in a microfluidic device that includes a tip. A microfluidic device and system include a microchannel and an input region having a vertical channel. The tip and the vertical channel are dimensioned to produce an interference coupling. A discharge region includes: a discharge container connected with the microfluidic device through a discharge channel and an output port.
US12138623B2	Adjacent dual biological nanopore readers Devices and methods are provided that utilize two adjacent nanopore readers for sequencing of a polymer or a portion thereof.
US12138621B2	Catalytic cracking catalyst and preparation process thereof The catalytic cracking catalyst contains a molecular sieve and an alumina substrate material. The alumina substrate material has a crystalline phase structure of γ-alumina. Based on the volume of pores with a diameter of 2-100 nm, the pore volume of the pores with a diameter of 2-5 nm accounts for 0-10%, the pore volume of the pores with a diameter of more than 5 nm and not more than 10 nm accounts for 10-25%, and the pore volume of the pores with a diameter of more than 10 nm and not more than 100 nm accounts for 65-90%.
US12138620B2	Highly active and highly selective copper extrudate catalysts A hydrogenation catalyst includes copper oxide, an alkali metal, and an acid-stabilized silica, wherein hydrogenation catalyst has a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (“BET”) surface area of greater than or equal to about 15 m2/g. The hydrogenation catalysts are effective for converting aldehydes, ketones, and esters to alcohols and/or diesters to diols.
US12138617B2	Silica-based particle with hydroxy-terminated peg bonding and methoxy-terminated PEG surface modification The present disclosure is directed to stationary phase materials for performing size exclusion chromatography. Embodiments of the present disclosure feature hydroxy-terminated polyethylene glycol surface modified silica particle stationary phase materials, which are optionally also methoxy-terminated polyethylene glycol surface modified.
US12138616B2	Microporous carbon materials to separate nitrogen in associated and non-associated natural gas streams The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of microporous carbon materials to perform selective separations of nitrogen in gas mixtures such as hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, methane and C2, C3 and C4+ hydrocarbons, with high efficiency, shaped of microspheres or cylinders from copolymers of poly (vinylidene chloride-co-methyl acrylate) with density of 1.3 to 1.85 g/cm.sup.3 or poly (vinylidene chloride-co-vinyl chloride) with density of 1.3 to 1.85 g/cm.sup.3, using two stages. The first stage consists of a surface passivation of the material by chemical attack in a highly alkaline alcohol solution, with the aim of effecting a precarbonization on the surface of the copolymer that during the pyrolysis process is not deformed and gradually develops microporosity. The material of the first stage presents, in the layer, percentages between 55% to 85% carbon, between 5% to 20% oxygen, and between 10% to 40% chlorine. The interior of the material presents lower percentages of carbon, between 30% to 65%, oxygen in the amount of between 2% to 6%, and chlorine in the amount of between 30% to 60%. The second stage consists of the gradual pyrolysis of the passivated copolymer, with the aim of developing microporosity and high surface area values; as well as during the melting and gas dehydrohalogenation stages thereof, the deformation of the material is avoided. The morphology of the copolymers are microspheres of 125 to 225 micrometers, or cylinders of 4 mm in height and 3 mm in diameter, which after pyrolysis reduce its size by 35% with respect to the initial one. The material of the second stage, which is already microporous carbon material, presents in the layer percentages between 90% to 100% carbon and between 10% to 0% oxygen.
US12138614B1	Kaolin based zeolite a for rapid reduction of poultry litter odor A method of forming a zeolite composition for waste treatment is disclosed herein. The method includes refining kaolin to form a metakaolin; mixing the metakaolin with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to obtain a mixture; aging and heating the mixture; washing the mixture; drying the mixture in a microwave to obtain crystals; and obtaining a zeolite composition.
US12138613B2	Oxide-based doping of evaporable getter Systems and methods for oxide-based doping of an evaporable getter are described herein. In certain embodiments, a method includes mixing a first getter material with a second getter material to create a mixed getter material. The method also includes mixing an oxide dopant with the mixed getter material to create a doped getter material. Further, the method includes sealing the doped getter material within a device. Moreover, the method includes applying heat to the doped getter material to cause the doped getter material to emit a doped gas for deposition on internal surfaces of the device.
US12138610B2	Process for preparing mineralized microcapsules Described herein is a process for preparing a mineralized core-shell microcapsule slurry, where the mineralized microcapsules have a mineral layer. The process is notably characterized by the fact that a low amount of polyisocyanate is required during the process.Also described herein is a mineralized core-shell microcapsule slurry obtainable by said process.Also described herein are perfuming compositions and consumer products comprising said microcapsules, in particular perfumed consumer products in the form of home care or personal care products.
US12138608B2	Conditioning and application device for a biphasic fluid cosmetic Disclosed is a device (10) for conditioning and applying a biphasic fluid cosmetic composition, comprising a receptacle (12) extending along a main axis and defining an internal volume (30) able to receive the cosmetic composition, the receptacle comprising a neck (26) giving access to the internal volume; and a mixing member (42), received in the internal volume of the receptacle, wherein the mixing member includes a plurality of extended filaments (60), a first end (62) of each one of the filaments is connected to the neck of the receptacle, with the filaments being separated from each other by a non-zero distance (66) over at least 50% of a height (34) of the internal volume from the neck; and the mixing member is fixed in rotation with respect to the receptacle.
US12138603B2	Mixing member, exhaust purifying device, and vehicle This mixing member is provided with a base portion disposed in the exhaust pipe, separated from an inner wall thereof, and a plurality of blade portions which extend from the base portion toward the inner wall, and which generate a swirling flow of the exhaust gas on a downstream side, in the exhaust direction, of the mixing member, wherein: the blade portions are disposed inclined with respect to the exhaust direction such that the position of a connecting portion with the base portion is at a most downstream position thereof, in the exhaust direction; and the base portion includes a reducing agent passage which penetrates through both end surfaces thereof in the exhaust direction, and which allows the reducing agent to pass through from an upstream side to a downstream side of the mixing member in the exhaust direction.
US12138601B1	Wine container aerator and closure assembly A closure mechanism for a wine storage container having two fluid channels provides a compressive structure to apply a compressive force to a delayed valve actuation mechanism having an actuation plate, a support plate, and a valve plate. The actuation plate may be partially rotated before beginning to open or close the fluid openings. The first fluid channel permits wine to flow from the lower portion of the storage container, through an aerator, and through a valve cap assembly. The second fluid channel permits air to flow into the valve cap assembly to the aerator, and to vent the container. The valve cap assembly includes a decorative cap with a liquid outlet port positioned 180 degrees from a vent inlet port. In a fully open orientation, the liquid outlet port is positioned over the first fluid channel, and the vent inlet port is positioned over the second fluid channel.
US12138593B2	Method for preparing water quality profile, method for inspecting separation membrane module, and water treatment apparatus The present invention provides a method for preparing a water quality profile that has (1) a step 1 for supplying water to be treated to a separation membrane module with a supply port for the water being treated and multiple permeate outlets and obtaining permeate, (2) a step 2 for varying the ratio of the flow rates of the respective permeates flowing out of the multiple permeate outlets, (3) a step 3 after step 2 for measuring the respective water qualities of the permeates, and (4) a step 4 for plotting the relationship between the ratio of the respective permeate flow rates varied in step 2 and the respective water qualities of the permeates measured in step 3 as a scatter diagram, steps 2-4 being repeated multiple times.
US12138590B2	Reverse osmosis centrifuge The reverse osmosis centrifuge converts rotational energy into fluid velocity and conserves the energy placed into the concentrate. As concentrate travels back towards the center of the reverse osmosis centrifuge, the velocity of the fluid is converted into rotational force, thus conserving energy. To accomplish this, the reverse osmosis centrifuge includes a stationary cylindrical housing having a vacuum chamber and a vacuum pump for generating vacuum pressure in the vacuum chamber, a driveshaft coupled to a membrane cylinder rotatable within the stationary cylindrical housing, the membrane cylinder having a plurality of vertical desalination membranes, and an energy recovery turbine. The reverse osmosis centrifuge can be placed on the concentrate or waste stream outlet of a desalination or reverse osmosis facility to increase freshwater production. Through using the methods described above, plant water production can be increased up to 40%, which in turn has a dramatic effect on plant profitability.
US12138589B2	Exhaust gas control system and exhaust gas control method An exhaust gas control system according to the present disclosure includes: a first exhaust gas control catalyst layer that controls an exhaust gas emitted from an internal combustion engine; and a second exhaust gas control catalyst layer that further controls the exhaust gas that has been controlled by the first exhaust gas control catalyst layer. The second exhaust gas control catalyst layer contains an oxygen storage material. The ratio of the amount (mmol—CO2/m2) of base points per specific surface area (m2/g) of the oxygen storage material to the specific surface area is equal to or less than 4.50×10−5.
US12138586B2	Hydrogen purification devices Hydrogen purification devices and their components are disclosed. In some embodiments, the devices may include at least one foil-microscreen assembly disposed between and secured to first and second end frames. The at least one foil-microscreen assembly may include at least one hydrogen-selective membrane and at least one microscreen structure including a non-porous planar sheet having a plurality of apertures forming a plurality of fluid passages. The planar sheet may include generally opposed planar surfaces configured to provide support to the permeate side. The plurality of fluid passages may extend between the opposed surfaces. The at least one hydrogen-selective membrane may be metallurgically bonded to the at least one microscreen structure.
US12138579B2	Two-stage method for recovering halogenated hydrocarbons The invention relates to a two-stage method for recovering halogenated hydrocarbons. In a desorption step, steam is passed through an adsorbent comprising adsorbed halogenated hydrocarbons, which produces a secondary flow volume containing halogenated hydrocarbons. The secondary flow volume is converted into a condensate containing halogenated hydrocarbons and water by cooling, from which condensate the halogenated hydrocarbons are separated. In a sterilisation step that precedes the desorption step, the adsorbent comprising adsorbed halogenated hydrocarbons is brought into contact with steam for at least 10 minutes at a temperature of more than 120° C. and at a pressure between 0.15 MPa and 0.4 MPa.
US12138575B2	Pyrolysis bio-oil fractional condensation device and method capable of cooling medium self-circulation The present disclosure relates to a pyrolysis bio-oil fractional condensation device and method capable of cooling medium self-circulation. The device includes a primary condensation system, a secondary condensation system and a cooling medium self-regulation heat exchange system. The primary condensation system uses the temperature-regulated cooling medium to condense the macromolecular tar by direct heat exchange with the pyrolysis volatiles. The condensed tar is heated, pushed and scraped with a rotary mechanism to prevent adhesion. The spray liquid in the secondary condensation system exchange heat with the uncondensed volatiles directly for secondary condensation. The cooling medium self-regulation heat exchange system realizes self-circulation and self-balance of the cooling medium mass flow and energy flow by integrating heat absorption during biomass raw material feeding and drying, heat release during volatiles condensation, and heat absorption during pyrolysis char cooling, and realized the independent operation of the condensation device in the mobile biomass pyrolysis system.
US12138570B2	Filter media insert structures and methods of installation Structures for housing a filtration media for the removal and/or solidifying of synthetic ester-based fluids from liquids are provided. The structures disclosed include: a stormwater insert container for installation within a storm drain designed for intake of high volumes of water; an angling filter plug mounting structure and pre-filter basket for a flush installation on a planar floor, such that the filtration media rests beneath the floor and releases filtered liquids into a drainage area; a trench filtration assembly for installation into a trench below surface level, such that the unfiltered liquid passes through the trench and a trench box disposed within the trench filtration assembly prior to passing through the filtration media into a drainage area; and a liner box assembly for installation over an opening made in a non-permeable liner for purposes of pre-filtering contaminated liquids as it flows through the liner box and subsequently the filtration media.
US12138562B2	Method for preparing kaffir lime extract and composition comprising kaffir lime extract The present invention relates to a method for preparing a kaffir lime extract and compositions containing a kaffir lime extract. Specifically, the present invention relates to a deodorizing composition, a cleaning composition, a composition for removing scale, and a composition for removing green algae, which each contain the kaffir lime extract obtained by the method according to the present invention. The kaffir lime extract according to the present invention has an excellent deodorizing effect, cleaning effect, scale removing effect and green algae removing effect.
US12138557B2	Movable body A movable body for transporting a visitor at a predetermined area includes a first display device configured to display a video on a virtual window being a display range defined on an inner surface of the movable body, and a display controller configured to partially altering a vehicle window view video which should be originally obtained from the virtual window when the virtual window is assumed to be a physical window, to generate an entertainment effect video. In an operation to generate the entertainment effect video, the display controller may partially or entirely convert a figure of a person contained in the vehicle window view video into that of a fictitious character or may convert at least one of persons contained in the vehicle window view video into an invisible form.
US12138556B2	Gaming systems and methods having automated dice features A gaming system comprises a player terminal, an automated dice unit (ADU), and game-logic circuitry. The ADU automatically shakes at least one die to generate a dice outcome. The game-logic circuitry receives player input from a player selecting one or more dice games, prompts the player to provide a dice control parameter affecting an aspect of a dice roll, converts the dice control parameter into a control data element compatible with the ADU, transmits ADU control data including the control data element to the ADU, causes the ADU to extract the control data element and generate a dice outcome by generating a dynamic force applied to the die based at least partially on the control data element, generates a game outcome for each of the selected dice games based on the dice outcome, and causes an electronic display device of the player terminal to present the game outcomes.
US12138551B2	Game control method, game server, and program A game control method, game server, and program can increase variations on methods for acquiring items, increase the predictability of acquisition of an item with a high rarity value or the like, and heighten interest in the game. Included are the steps of presenting a communication terminal, connected over a communication line, with acquirable item information that, for each item type, includes a total count and an acquisition count or a non-acquisition count of items when receiving, from the communication terminal, a request to present information related to items acquirable by the communication terminal, determining an item to provide to the communication terminal when receiving an item acquisition request from the communication terminal, and changing the acquirable item information when receiving a reset request from the communication terminal.
US12138542B2	Virtual environment development method and system A method of controlling at least a first non-player object within a virtual environment of an application includes: selecting a template non-player object behavioural AI model, the AI model being previously trained separately to the application using reinforcement learning to characterise behaviour of a respective non-player object type, from among a plurality of template AI models, associating one or more non-player objects of the application with the selected template AI model, and for the or each associated non-player object, inputting application state information to an input interface of the template AI model for receiving state information relevant to the associated non-player object's type, and receiving from an output interface of the template AI model non-player object state information, and then updating the state of the respective non-player object for the virtual environment of the application responsive to the received non-player object state information.
US12138540B2	Method, apparatus, device, and storage medium, and program product for displaying voting result A method for displaying a voting result includes: receiving a selection operation signal for an action plan from a virtual object in a target camp; displaying a vote counting area corresponding to the action plan in an interface of the terminal device, the vote counting area being used for displaying voting on the action plan, and the vote counting area comprising sub-areas in a to-be-selected state; receiving a voting operation signal for the action plan, the voting operation signal indicating a support status for the action plan; adjusting one of the sub-areas from the to-be-selected state to a selected state with a display characteristic corresponding to the support status according to the voting operation signal, wherein different support status corresponds to different display characteristics for the sub-areas; and displaying a voting result corresponding to the action plan based on the voting operation signal.
US12138539B2	Interactions between characters in video games A computer-readable recording medium including a program which is executed by a computer apparatus to provide a video game comprising a virtual game world presented to a player of the video game, and a plurality of characters in the virtual game world including a first character, and a second character controlled by the player, the program causing the computer apparatus to function as: a state indicator generating unit configured to generate a state indication, wherein the state indication is an indication of an emotional or physical state of the first character; and a coupling indicator generating unit configured to generate a coupling indication, wherein the coupling indication is an indication of a coupling occurring between the emotional or physical state of the first character and an emotional or physical state of the second character.
US12138534B2	Browser-based cloud gaming A method is provided, including: executing a session of the cloud video game; establishing, over a network, a connection between a streaming server and a remote client, the connection being established in accordance with a WebRTC protocol; transmitting gameplay video generated from the executing session, encoded in a compressed format, and wherein the gameplay video is presented on a display by the client, wherein the streaming server is configured to receive input data from the client over a data channel established using an RTCDataChannel API; wherein executing the session of the cloud video game includes applying the input data to the session of the cloud video game, to drive real-time gameplay of the session of the cloud video game through the client; wherein the streaming server monitors a condition of the connection and adjusts the encoding of the gameplay video based on the condition of the connection.
US12138532B2	Head-mounted display device A head-mounted display device includes a main body and a first simulator connected to the main body. The first simulator includes multiple nozzles, multiple air channels, a first fan, and multiple regulators. The nozzles face the user's eyes. The first fan is configured to drive external air to flow to the corresponding nozzles through the air channels. The regulators are disposed between the air channels and the corresponding nozzles to independently regulate the flow rates of air jetted from the nozzles.
US12138530B2	Controlling data processing Data processing apparatus comprises a control device having one or more user-operable controls; a pressure detector to detect user pressure applied while operating the one or more user-operable controls; and a processor to initiate a data processing action in response to a detection of user pressure of at least a threshold amount greater than that required to operate the one or more user controls.
US12138524B2	Baseball glove A baseball or softball glove is disclosed that includes a glove shell, a glove liner substantially inside and connected to the glove shell to form a plurality of finger stalls, a thumb stabilizer connected to at least the glove liner and the glove shell and ergonomically shaped to engage the wearer's thumb, and a little finger stabilizer connected to at least the glove liner and the glove shell and ergonomically shaped to engage the wearer's little finger. In another embodiment, the little finger stabilizer is ergonomically shaped to engage the wearer's ring finger and little finger, the “two in the little finger” stabilizer design.
US12138522B2	Protective field screen A field screen system that includes a screen frame system including a screen frame and a screen coupled to the screen frame, a base frame configured to be disposed on a supporting surface, and resilient members. The screen frame coupled to the base frame by way of the resilient members, and the resilient members configured to deform to enable movement of the screen frame relative to the base frame.
US12138520B2	Golf ball return device A golf ball return device for putting mats that does not require a golf ball to go up a ramp for it to be returned to the golfer. This is achieved by utilizing the thickness of the putting mat to gravitate the golf ball to a ball kick area from where a kick-back device bounces the golf ball back to the golfer.
US12138516B2	System and method for golf super tag multifunction golf swing capture and analysis device A system and device for capturing data associated with the characteristics of a golf swing through a plurality of sensors. The device is affixed to a golf club and captures data associated with the characteristics of a golf swing when the golf club is swung. The device utilizes a plurality of power states to vary the power levels provided to a plurality of sensors and computer components, as well as, communication to extend batter life of the device.
US12138515B2	Golf flagstick assemblies as well as components therefor and methods of construction A golf flagstick assembly includes a ferrule, a first flagstick portion, a second flagstick portion and a connector fitting. The first flagstick portion has a first cross-sectional dimension. The second flagstick portion is separate from the first flagstick portion and has a second cross-sectional dimension. The second flagstick portion is oriented such that an end of the second flagstick portion is disposed toward an end of the first flagstick portion. The connector fitting extends between and operatively connect the first and second flagstick portions. The connector fitting has a fitting cross-sectional dimension that is less than the first cross-sectional dimension of the first flagstick portion and less than the second cross-sectional dimension of the second flagstick portion. Connector fittings and methods of assembly are also included.
US12138513B2	Golf club heads with a multi-material striking surface Embodiments of putter-type golf club head comprising a striking surface capable of achieving consistent ball speeds across the striking surface to account for various ball impact locations are described herein. The striking surface has at least two materials that differs in concentration away from the geometric center of the striking surface to provide this consistency. Consistent (or uniform) ball speed is achieved throughout the striking surface as the portion of the golf ball that contacts the striking surface interacts with at least two materials having a differing material characteristic.
US12138511B2	Golf ball A formulation for making at least one element of a golf ball, wherein the formulation includes: (i) from 50 weight percent to 95 weight percent of a thermoplastic composition comprising: (1) at least one ethylene acid copolymer consisting essentially of copolymerized comonomers of: (A) ethylene, and (B) from 5 weight percent to 25 weight percent of at least one α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid having from 3 carbon atoms to 8 carbon atoms, based on the total weight of monomers present in the ethylene acid copolymer; wherein the acid moieties of component (1) are neutralized to a level of from 25 percent to 220 percent; and (ii) from 5 weight percent to 50 weight percent of a crosslinked material having a gel content of at least 80 weight percent, wherein the crosslinked material is a crosslinked elastomer, a crosslinked rubber, or a blend of a crosslinked elastomer and a crosslinked rubber; a process for making the above formulation; at least one element of a multilayer golf ball and a process for making the at least one element of a multilayer golf ball using the above formulation; a multilayer golf ball including (a) at least one core, and (b) a cover; wherein the at least one core is made from the above formulation; and a process of manufacturing the above multilayer golf ball.
US12138510B1	X-ray detectable polymers for golf balls A golf ball with a cover layer composed of at least one polymer and a micropowder material is disclosed herein. The micropowder material comprises polybutadiene rubber, isoprene rubber, zinc diacrylate, zinc oxide, zinc stearate, peroxide initiator, a peptizer, barium sulfate, tungsten, bismuth oxide and or bismuth oxychloride, and styrene butadiene rubber.
US12138509B2	Systems and methods for tracking a sports object Systems and methods for tracking a sports object are provided. A sports object includes a core assembly arranged within a shell and having multiple components to receive and transmit signals corresponding to movement of the sports object, as well as to support operational tracking of the sports object. The core assembly includes a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) comprised of a plurality of sections. The PCB is configured to at least partially envelope the energy storage device at a geometric center of the assembly. The PCB is connected to one or more antennas (e.g., via one or more contacts), which may be arranged on one or more sections of the PCB, arranged on a surface of the shell, and/or in a volume within the shell.
US12138508B2	Oropharyngeal exercise devices, systems, and methods The various devices and systems herein include oropharyngeal exercise devices having a pump bulb with a bulb body having a flow restriction structure with a restricted configuration in which the flow restriction structure is configured to restrict the flow of fluid through the lumen such that the user must apply a force to increase the flow of the fluid. Other devices include containers and/or lids thereof with the bulbs attached to or integrated therein.
US12138503B2	Adjustable kettlebell device The present invention provides a bell blades connection structure and a training apparatus for use thereof, comprising a main part and a plurality of bell blades, the main part being provided with a limit block, and the bell blades being fitted with a locking mechanism and a limit block for connecting therewith, said locking mechanism on said bell blades receiving and locking the limit block when the kettlebell is in a state of use, and said locking mechanism releasing the limit block when the kettlebell is in a state of stowage, and the bell blades being movable away from the main part or from another bell blades.
US12138502B2	Barbell A barbell includes a rotational body including a bar, a sleeve assembly having a sleeve with a bore, where a portion of the bar is received through the axial bore, a proximal bushing received in the bore and having a passage receiving the bar, a distal bushing received in the bore and having a cavity receiving a portion of the body. The proximal bushing has a first outer surface engaging the sleeve and a first inner surface engaging the bar within the passage. The distal bushing has a second outer surface engaging the sleeve and a second inner surface engaging the portion of the body within the cavity. The proximal bushing and the distal bushing permit the sleeve assembly to rotate around the body, and at least one of the first inner and outer surfaces and at least one of the second inner and outer surfaces are polymer surfaces.
US12138501B1	Unweighting exercise equipment An unweighting system for unweighting a user while using an exercise machine is provided that includes a treadmill exercise device having a treadmill frame and a rotatable belt, an unweighting assembly for applying unweighting force to the user, a system frame, and a substantially airtight chamber. The system frame includes the treadmill frame, frame elements structurally attached to the treadmill frame, and a top surface region adapted for user engagement during exercise having a surface width and a surface length. The top surface region includes a movable running surface defined by the rotatable belt that extends a run length, and a stationary deck extending about at least a portion of the movable running surface. The stationary deck defines a sealing surface having a maximum seal width greater than the belt width and less than the surface width, to which the substantially airtight chamber is attached.
US12138500B2	Fire truck valve checker system and method A valve checker system includes a valve having a valve housing with an inlet side, an outlet side, and a valve element therebetween. The valve element is selectively and repeatably rotatable between a first closed position, wherein a seal is formed between the valve element and the valve housing, thereby substantially preventing fluid flow between the inlet and outlet sides, and an open position, wherein the seal is broken such that fluid flow is permissible between the inlet and outlet sides. The valve element is also selectively and repeatably rotatable within a discrete angle in a direction toward the open position, from the first closed position into a second closed position in which the seal is maintained between the valve element and the valve housing. A controller is operatively coupled to the valve element and configured to rotate the valve element between the first and second closed positions.
US12138499B2	Fire protection systems and methods for storage Ceiling only dry sprinkler systems and methods for protection of a storage occupancy employing a mandatory fluid delivery delay period. The systems and methods provide for fire protection of stored commodities of forty-five feet or greater with a hydraulic design ranging from six to eighteen design sprinklers. The systems and methods employ an upright sprinkler having a nominal K-factor greater than 28.
US12138498B2	Multi-mode starting dry powder fire extinguishing ball The present invention relates to the technical field of fire extinguishing equipment, and in particular, relates to a multi-mode starting dry powder fire extinguishing ball for fire alarm and automatic starting of a fire extinguishing device, comprising a ball body. A fire extinguishing medium is provided in the ball body; the ball body is also provided with a driving device for enabling the inside of the ball body to expand to the explosion thereof after being started; the driving device is provided with a first lead which extends to the outside of the ball body and can enable the driving device to start after being heated; the driving device is also provided with a second lead which extends to the outside of the ball body and can enable the driving device to start after being powered on.
US12138496B2	Personal protective equipment face coverings with inherently ionic material A personal protective equipment face covering includes at least one layer. Each of the at least one layers includes at least one fabric material. Wherein, each of the at least one layers of the at least one fabric material including an inherently ionic material. Wherein an ionic charge on the inherently charged ionic material comes from a molecular structure, not from electrostatic charge or triboelectricity.
US12138483B2	Method and apparatus for radiation treatment plan risk assessment A control circuit accesses patient information including anatomical image information of the patient, segmentation information corresponding to the anatomical image information, and a dose map for the radiation treatment plan. The control circuit then generates at least one organ-specific three-dimensional risk map as a function of the patient information and presents that risk map to a user via a display.
US12138482B2	Multi-leaf collimator module A multi-leaf collimator module for a radiotherapy device comprises: a leaf bank comprising a plurality of leaves. The module also comprises a leaf guide arranged to guide linear movement of the leaves in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction, the leaf guide being in direct contact with the leaves. The module further comprises a plurality of leaf actuators, each leaf actuator arranged to engender relative linear motion in the first direction and second direction between one leaf in the leaf bank and other leaves in the leaf bank; and a leaf bank actuator arranged to engender relative linear motion in the first direction and second direction between the entire leaf bank and the leaf guide.
US12138477B2	Method and apparatus to detect and respond to radiation treatment plan spot weight edits A radiation treatment plan for a particular patient is optimized that provides corresponding resultant radiation dosing information. Such optimization can include, by one approach, calculating a corresponding influence matrix. Upon detecting at least one manual edit to at least one spot weight that corresponds to the radiation treatment plan, these teachings can provide for responsively generating new radiation dosing information in at least near real-time as a function of a corresponding influence matrix.
US12138476B2	Machine learning-based generation of 3D dose distributions for volumes not included in a training corpus A radiation treatment plan three-dimensional dose prediction machine learning model is trained using a training corpus that includes a plurality of radiation treatment plans that are not specific to a particular patient and wherein the training corpus includes some, but not all, possible patient volumes of interest. Information regarding the patient (including information regarding at least one volume of interest for the patient that was not represented in the training corpus) is input to the radiation treatment plan three-dimensional dose prediction machine model. The latter generates predicted three-dimensional dose distributions that include a predicted three-dimensional dose distribution for the at least one volume of interest that was not represented in the training corpus.
US12138475B2	Composition of polymer gel dosimeters for radiation therapy New compositions of tissue-equivalent three-dimensional polymer gel dosimeters based on acrylamide (AAm), N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM), N-(Hydroxymethyl)acrylamide (NHMA), diacetone acrylamide (DAAM) and N-Vinylcaprolactam (NVCL) monomer with ethylene glycol co-solvent have been introduced in this invention for radiotherapy dosimetry. The dosimeter was irradiated with 6 and 15 MV linear accelerator at absorbed doses up to 10 Gy. The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spin-spin relaxation rate (R2) for water proton surrounding polymer formation was used to investigate the degree of polymerization of the five gels. The effect of additives, dose rate, radiation energy, stability of the polymerization after irradiation, were investigated on the dose response of the gels.
US12138469B2	Wearable medical device controller with capacitor framing A serviceable wearable cardiac treatment device for continuous extended use by an ambulatory patient includes a garment and a device controller. The garment is configured to dispose therein a plurality of ECG sensing and therapy electrodes. The device controller is configured to be in separable electrical communication with the plurality of ECG sensing and therapy electrodes. The device controller includes an impact-resistant energy core, including a frame and capacitor(s) permanently bonded to the frame. The device controller includes a critical function circuit board, including critical function processor(s) and circuitry, and a non-critical function circuit board, including non-critical function processor(s) and circuitry. The critical function circuit board is in electrical communication with the capacitor(s) and configured to control critical operations of the device controller regardless of operability of the non-critical function circuit board. The non-critical function circuit board is configured to control non-critical operations of the device controller.
US12138467B2	External and implantable coils for auditory prostheses Certain medical devices, such as auditory prostheses, have an implantable portion and an external portion. The implantable portion and external portion each include a transmission/receiver coil that communicates signals between the two portions. The implanted coil is implanted about the ear canal while the external coil is disposed about the pinna or in the ear canal itself. The proximity of the two coils allows for signal transmission between the implantable and external portions.
US12138466B2	Cable-less lead adapter for implantable neurostimulator system A lead adapter for a patient treatment system comprises a housing having a plurality of inlets, each inlet being segregated from an immediately adjacent inlet by a housing intermediate wall. A plurality of electrical contact assemblies residing in the housing are electrically connected to a respective one of a plurality of electrical contact posts. Each contact post has an exposed terminal portion residing in one of the plurality of inlets. A header is movably secured to the housing to selectively open and close the housing. With the header in an open position, an implantable lead is movable into a longitudinally extending opening in the header. The header is then manipulatable into a closed position to move an electrical contact of the lead into contact with a respective one of the electrical contact assemblies electrically connected to a respective one of the electrical contact posts. That way, the electrical contacts of the implantable lead are in electrical continuity with an exposed terminal portion of a respective one of the electrical contact posts.
US12138462B2	Pairing of external communication devices with an implantable medical device via a patient remote controller Techniques for pairing an external device such as a clinician programmer (CP) to an implantable medical device (IMD) are disclosed, which involve use of a remote controller (RC) paired to the IMD. The RC is placed into a CP pairing mode, which acts differently depending on the type of IMD paired to the RC. If the IMD is RF based, the CP pairing mode places the IMD in a pairing mode, thus allowing the CP to connect directly with the IMD via a RF telemetry protocol. If the IMD is magnetic-induction based, the CP pairing mode causes the RC to advertise its presence to the CP, allowing the CP to connect to the RC via the RF telemetry protocol. Because the RC is also paired with the IMD via a magnetic induction telemetry protocol, the RC acts as a passthrough device to allow communications between the CP and the IMD.
US12138461B2	Input switching in a ventricular intracardiac pacemaker An intracardiac pacemaker system is configured to produce physiological atrial event signals by a sensing circuit of a ventricular intracardiac pacemaker and select a first atrial event input as the physiological atrial event signals. The ventricular intracardiac pacemaker detects atrial events from the selected first atrial event input, determines if input switching criteria are met, and switches from the first atrial event input to a second atrial event input in response to the input switching criteria being met. The second atrial event input includes broadcast atrial event signals produced by a second implantable medical device and received by the ventricular intracardiac pacemaker.
US12138456B2	Multi-modal synchronization therapy The invention provides methods for treating a neurological disorder or deficit, such as tinnitus and phantom limb pain.
US12138454B2	Neuromodulation waveform monitoring, identification and use notification An exemplary neuromodulation device may be configured to treat a pain syndrome based on applying a predetermined waveform to a patient, while measuring patient physiological parameters in a feedback loop using sensors and triggering a change of the predetermined waveform to an adapted waveform, in response to detecting a change in the tolerance of the pain syndrome to the predetermined waveform. The neuromodulation device may be, for example, a Spinal Cord Stimulation Implantable Pulse Generator (SCS IPG). The SCS IPG may be configured to measure signal characteristics of an applied waveform using input electrodes while the same waveform is applied to a patient using output electrodes. The SCS IPG may compare the measured signal characteristics to signal characteristics of a predetermined waveform to determine if the applied waveform matches the predetermined waveform. The SCS IPG may send an indication to an authorization server that the predetermined waveform is in use.
US12138452B2	Non-invasive device and method for treating the digestive system and for synchronizing stimulation with breath A noninvasive ergonomic self-use device including a plurality of electrodes and a processor in electrical communication with the electrodes, the processor is configured to switch two or more of the electrodes between at least an ECG mode of operation in which the electrodes receive user body signals and an EPG mode in which the electrodes generate electrical pulses for stimulating the abdominal muscles of the user.
US12138448B2	Tissue-stimulating prosthesis dissolution barrier Presented herein are dissolution barriers for use with tissue-stimulating prostheses. As described further below, a tissue-stimulating prosthesis comprises a stimulating assembly including an elongate insulating carrier member and a plurality of electrode contacts disposed along the carrier member. A continuous dissolution barrier is disposed on the surface of the stimulating assembly so as to substantially encapsulate/enclose the plurality of electrode contacts and the carrier member. The continuous dissolution barrier is configured to inhibit in situ dissolution of the plurality of electrode contacts.
US12138446B2	Subcutaneous device for monitoring and/or providing therapies A subcutaneously implantable device includes a housing, a clip attached to a top side of the housing, a first prong with a proximal end attached to the housing and a distal end extending away from the housing, and a first electrode on the first prong. The clip is configured to anchor the device to a muscle, a bone, and/or a tissue. The first prong is configured to contact a heart. The first electrode is configured to contact the heart. Sensing circuitry in the housing that is configured to sense an electrical signal from the heart, and therapeutic circuitry in the housing is in electrical communication with the first electrode and is configured to deliver electrical stimulation to the heart through the first electrode.
US12138444B2	Wearable defibrillator with audio input/output A wearable defibrillator for monitoring treatable arrhythmias in a patient in the presence of background noise includes a plurality of sensing electrodes configured to generate ECG data, one or more therapy pads, one or more audio devices, and one or more processors. The one or more audio devices include a microphone configured to detect background noise and a speaker. The one or more processors are configured to determine, from at least the ECG data, whether the patient is experiencing a treatable arrhythmia; cause, via the speaker, an audible alarm in response to determining that the patient is experiencing the treatable arrhythmia; delay a delivery of treatment to the patient in response to determining that at least the predetermined level of background noise exists; and during the delay, perform at least one of obtaining additional data or running an additional test to verify that the patient is experiencing the treatable arrhythmia.
US12138436B2	Intratympanic injector devices and needles for delivery of drugs and methods of use A system for delivering one or more therapeutics to a region of the ear, the region being internal to a tympanic membrane. The system includes a canal guide configured to be inserted within and fittingly engaged with walls of the ear canal and needle assembly having a flexible shaft sized to extend through the canal guide. The canal guide provides alignment of the needle assembly within the ear canal relative to the tympanic membrane. The canal guide includes a viewing lumen extending between a proximal end to a distal-most end of the canal guide and is sized to remain external to the tympanic membrane. The canal guide includes a guide lumen extending to a distal opening near the distal-most end of the canal guide. The guide lumen curves from a first axis to a second axis. Related devices, systems, and methods are provided.
US12138435B2	Infusion fluid warmer comprising printed circuit board heating elements The present invention relates to an infusion fluid warmer comprising a heat exchanger and first and second printed circuit boards comprising respective integrally formed electrically resistive patterns acting as heating elements. The integrally formed electrically resistive patterns are heated by supply of electrical power and thermally coupled to a heat exchanger to warm an infusion fluid flowing through a fluid passage of the heat exchanger.
US12138425B2	System and method for incorporating exercise into closed-loop diabetes therapy Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods that account for exercise in closed loop insulin delivery systems. Rather than increasing a target insulin on board (IOB) as glucose levels rise, which would increase insulin delivery to address the raised glucose levels, when a user indicates that the user will be exercising raised glucose levels are addressed by reducing the target IOB within the closed loop algorithm. By reducing the target IOB, the algorithm responds less aggressively to pre-exercise food, and does not build up the IOB that can cause dangerously low glucose levels once the exercise also begins lowering glucose levels.
US12138420B2	Feeding cap, drive head, and drive system The present invention is comprised in the sector of the industry dedicated to the manufacturing of medical supplies, particularly focusing on containers for the artificial feeding of enteral feeding products through a tube. In particular, the present invention relates to a closure cap for a container for supplying enteral feeding products by means of the drive of a drive head, and it also relates to a drive head that can be coupled to the cap for driving the supply of enteral feeding products contained in a container, and in turn to a drive system formed by said cap and drive head.
US12138416B2	Drug delivery devices having separable microneedles and methods Drug delivery devices and methods are provided for delivering one or more drugs into a biological tissue. The devices include microneedles that may be separable from the drug delivery devices, control drug release rate and/or direction, or a combination thereof. When the microneedles are separable, a force applied to the drug delivery devices may be effective to penetrate a biological tissue with the microneedles and then to separate the microneedles from the drug delivery devices. The drug delivery devices may be capable of achieving discrete periods of drug release. Methods for delivery drug with microneedles also are provided.
US12138409B2	Spring-tensioned articulable catheter A catheter having a head with a head orifice and a head channel connected to the head orifice, a primary lumen wall that defines an internal primary lumen volume, an adjustable neck that connects the head channel to the internal primary lumen volume, an adjustment system partially enclosed in the primary lumen wall that provides an articulation of the adjustable neck between an extended position to a contracted positon, wherein the articulation from the extended position to the contracted position provides a flexible tip catheter while the articulation from the contracted position to the extended position provides an ability to angulate toward a target.
US12138402B2	Devices and methods for fluid transfer through a placed peripheral intravenous catheter An apparatus includes a catheter, an introducer, and an actuator. A distal end portion of the introducer is configured to couple to an indwelling peripheral intravenous line. The actuator is movably coupled to the introducer and is configured to move the catheter between a first position, in which the catheter is disposed within the introducer, and a second position, in which a distal end portion of the catheter is distal to the introducer. A first portion of the actuator is disposed outside of the introducer and in contact with an outer surface of the introducer such that (1) a longitudinal axis defined by a second portion of the actuator is nonparallel to a longitudinal axis defined by the introducer and (2) the second portion of the actuator exerts a force on a proximal end portion of the catheter operable to increase an internal stress within a portion of the catheter.
US12138393B2	Ventilator systems and methods A ventilator system includes a ventilator and a host. The ventilator comprises a ventilation drive configured to drive ventilation gas from a gas source to a patient and a patient interface section configured to guide inspiratory gas along an inspiratory path from the ventilation drive to a patient connection, and guide expiratory gas along an expiratory path from the patient connection out of the ventilator. The patient interface section is configured to releasably connect to the ventilation drive. The ventilator is configured to removably connect to the host such that at least one of the inspiratory path and the expiratory path are diverted through the host when the ventilator is removably connected to the host.
US12138391B1	Intubation apparatus An intubation apparatus configured to operably couple with an endotracheal tube so as to provide assistance in the insertion process of the endotracheal tube. The intubation apparatus of the present invention includes an elongated cylindrical body having an angular insertion tip on one end thereof. The body has an exterior surface wherein the first embodiment of the tube anchors is secured thereto. A second embodiment of a tube anchor is present within the scope of the invention and includes an air bladder integrally formed with the body wall. The two embodiments of the tube anchors function to apply a bias force against an inner wall of the endotracheal tube so as to maintain a position therewith. For the second embodiment of the tube anchor a syringe adapter is present that is configured to operably couple a syringe to the body and further provide a sealable connection with the endotracheal tube.
US12138390B2	Artificial airway management devices, systems and methods Systems and methods for cleaning and maintaining artificial airways sized for insertion within pediatric or neonatal patients (e.g., external diameters of less than 5 mm) are disclosed. The system includes a multi-port ventilator manifold configured to couple to a ventilation source, thereby forming a ventilator circuit with the patient. The manifold includes an occluder configured to advantageously reduce an amount of dead space in the manifold so as to prevent less of positive end expiratory pressure of the ventilator circuit and reduce the likelihood of broncho-pulmonary dysplasia of the patient, or even premature death.
US12138387B2	Inhaler system Provided is a system for determining a probability of a respiratory disease exacerbation in a subject. The system comprises an inhaler arrangement for delivering a medicament to the subject. The medicament may be a rescue medicament and/or a maintenance medicament. The inhaler arrangement has a use-detection system configured to determine an inhalation performed by the subject using the inhaler arrangement. A sensor system is configured to measure a parameter relating to airflow during the inhalation. A user interface enables user-input of an indication of a status of the respiratory disease being experienced by the subject. A processor is configured to determine the probability of the respiratory disease exacerbation based on the recorded inhalation(s) from the use-detection system, the parameter(s) received from the sensor system, and the indication received from the user interface. Further provided is a method for determining the probability of a respiratory disease exacerbation in a subject.
US12138386B2	Electronic cigarette An electronic cigarette includes a shell and a mouthpiece. The external wall of the shell has an air inlet. An atomizer and a liquid-supply are in contact with each other. The air inlet, atomizer, and an aerosol passage are interconnected.
US12138383B2	Heating unit for use in a drug delivery device Drug supply units are disclosed which comprise substrates having a plurality of holes formed therein.
US12138381B2	Nebulizer and cartridge A cartridge and a nebulizer for nebulizing a fluid as well as a method for fluidically connecting the cartridge to the nebulizer are proposed. The cartridge comprises a closure with a valve, wherein the valve displaces fluid into the nebulizer when opened. Further, the cartridge forms two axially spaced sealings with the nebulizer when connected.
US12138372B2	Ultra low-leakage silicone-based heater thermally coupled to heat transfer body Systems and methods include a heat transfer body with opposing major surfaces formed from a thermally conductive substrate in intimate thermal interaction with an alumina exterior surface that extends across the major surfaces of the body. In an illustrative example, the heat source may be a substantially planar, silicone-based heater source (P-SBHS). The heat transfer body may be configured to thermally interact, for example, heat from a heat source proximate a first of the major surfaces to a second of the major surfaces. A temperature sensor module may be located, for example, proximate to the first major surface such that a temperature sensor thermally interacts with the first major surface. The temperature sensor module may, for example, insulate the temperature sensor from the P-SBHS.
US12138371B2	Purifying method, purifying apparatus, and purifying system A purifying method includes determining an intended position that ejected matter ejected from an ejecting apparatus is made to reach; judging whether an object touches the ejected matter within a period of time from ejection of the ejected matter from the ejecting apparatus to reaching of the ejected matter to the intended position based on positional information on the object, the positional information being obtained by a first sensor; and controlling, based on a result of the judging, how the ejecting apparatus ejects the ejected matter into an area including the intended position.
US12138369B2	Magnetically-activated coating for treating biofilms, and associated systems and methods A system for disrupting a biofilm on a medical device that comprises an implantable medical device; a magnetically-sensitive coating on the surface of the implantable device comprising a polymer and magnetic particles embedded within the polymer; and a coil element capable of generating an alternating magnetic field, wherein the coil element is constructed and arranged to be capable of applying an alternating magnetic field to induce heating of the surface of the implantable device.
US12138368B2	Collagen compositions and methods of use The present disclosure provides an engineered collagen composition comprising collagen, wherein the collagen composition is compressed to form a gradient of at least one physical property. Methods of using and of manufacturing the engineered collagen compositions of the present disclosure are also provided.
US12138366B2	Magneto-patterned-cell-laden hydrogel materials and methods of making and using same The present disclosure is concerned with magneto-patterned cell-laden hydrogel materials and methods of making and using those materials. The disclosed materials are useful for, among other things, repair of tissue defects, e.g., tissue at a tissue interface such as a bone-cartilage interface.
US12138363B2	Cross-linkable polymer, hydrogel, and method of preparation thereof The invention relates to a cross-linkable polymer including a base polymer including functional groups at least some of which have been reacted with a first organic molecule including a cross-linkable unit and with a second organic molecule capable of bonding to organic and/or inorganic substrates. The invention further relates to a hydrogel including the cross-linkable polymer that includes cross-linkable polymer strands, wherein at least some of the cross-linkable units of different cross-linkable polymer strands have reacted to form a covalent bond thereby forming a covalently linked network. The invention further relates to a method for the preparation of the hydrogel and to the use of the hydrogel.
US12138361B2	Activating emitting modules on a wearable device A system for activating an emitting module is provided. A computer device identifies (i) environment data relating to an environment, and (ii) user data relating to a user located within the environment, wherein the user is wearing a wearable computing device. The computing device predicts that the user will interact with a surface in the environment based, at least in part, on the environment data and the user data. The computing device selects at least one emitting module from a plurality of emitting modules on the wearable device based, at least in part, on a predicted proximity of the at least one emitting module to the surface. The computing device prompts the user to activate the at least one emitting module.
US12138356B2	System, method, and device for facilitating effective decontamination as part of a decontamination event Systems and methods for assessing the effectiveness of a decontamination event to decontaminate a portion of at least one of skin or a covering of the skin of an individual. A dispensing apparatus is attachable to a water dispenser via a water dispenser interface. The dispensing apparatus to house an agent dispensing system and a light source. The light source to emit light in accordance with a predetermined field of view, and to emit the light at a sufficient intensity and wavelength to cause a fluorescent agent dispensed by the agent dispensing system to fluoresce. The field of view defines an inspection space in which the portion of the individual can be positioned to detect at least one of a presence or an absence of the fluorescent agent during the decontamination event.
US12138348B2	Dry powder composition comprising long-chain RNA The present invention is directed to a storage-stable formulation of long-chain RNA. In particular, the invention concerns a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule. The present invention is furthermore directed to methods for preparing a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule by spray-freeze drying. The invention further concerns the use of such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions and vaccines, to a method of treating or preventing a disorder or a disease, to first and second medical uses of such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule and to kits, particularly to kits of parts, comprising such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule.
US12138345B2	Delivery of agents using metastable liposomes Metastable liposomal formulations for hydrophobic drug delivery to a tissue or tissue lumen such the bladder have been developed. These are at least one micron in diameter and formed of one or more lipids having entrapped in the lipid a hydrophobic therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic agent. The greater stability of these liposomes, as well as the enhanced transfer of entrapped agent into the adjacent tissue, provides for better delivery, especially of hydrophobic agents such as tacrolimus which does not penetrate tissue well. The metastable liposomal formulations can be administered locally, preferably by instillation, or topically, for example, by spraying or painting, to a tissue or tissue lumen such as the bladder in need of treatment.
US12138340B2	Composition comprising pigment coated with isopropyl titanium triisostearate The present invention relates to a composition in the form of a water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion comprising an oily phase and an aqueous phase, comprising: (a) at least one oil; (b) at least one organic lipophilic gelling agent; (c) at least one pigment coated with isopropyl titanium triisostearate; and (d) water; wherein the amount of the (b) lipophilic gelling agent is greater than 0% by weight and less than 5% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, and the amount of the aqueous phase is at least 50% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
US12138336B2	Personal care composition comprising water insoluble solid organic compound Disclosed is a personal care composition comprising: (a) a cationic or nonionic surfactant; (b) a high melting point fatty compound having a melting point of from 25oC to 60oC (c) a solid organic compound having a water solubility of lower than 25 g per 1 liter water, and having a melting point of exceeding 60oC, and also having a specific Alog P; (d) a first liquid oily compound other than a second liquid oily compound, wherein the first liquid oily compound has a water solubility of 10 g per 1 liter water or less, wherein a mixture of all the first liquid oily compounds included in the composition has a di-electric constant of from about 5 to about 10, and wherein the weight ratio of the solid organic compound to the first liquid oily compound is from about 1:1 to about 1:10; and (e) an aqueous carrier, wherein the composition comprises 0.1% or less of a second liquid oily compound having a higher AlogP of 7.0 or higher. The composition of the present invention provides improved deposition of the solid organic compound and/or reduced crystallization of the solid organic compound in the composition.
US12138335B2	Opaque composition comprising ethylene glycol distearate A process for preparing an opaque composition using ethylene glycol distearate including the steps of providing a starting composition including A) from 0.5 parts by weight to 15 parts by weight of at least one surfactant, B) from 0.5 parts by weight to 15 parts by weight of at least one emulsifier, C) from 10 parts by weight to 30 parts by weight ethylene glycol distearate, and D) from 20 parts by weight to 85 parts by weight water; b) stirring the starting composition at a temperature in a range from 60° C. to 100° C.; and c) cooling to a temperature in a range from 5° C. to 55° C. to obtain the opaque composition.
US12138331B2	Foaming cleanser A foaming skin cleanser formulation comprising silver, stearic acid, myristic acid, linoleic acid, propanediol, carbomer, polyquarternium-39, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, pomegranate sterols (cholesterol), Coco-caprylate/caprate, Cocos nucifera, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, and mixtures and combinations thereof.
US12138329B2	Gel cleansing agent The present invention was made in view of the conventional art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gel cleansing agent that has a pH of 7.5 or lower and is excellent in foaming property.The gel cleansing agent comprises: 2 to 11% by mass of polyoxyethylene alkyl ether carboxylate; 0.5 to 3% by mass of xyloglucan; and 0.2 to 3% by mass of a cationized xanthan gum, and the pH of 1% aqueous solution is 7.5 or lower.
US12138327B2	Process for the preparation of a ready-to-use, cosmetic, flowable detergent A process for the preparation of a ready-to-use cosmetic, flowable cleaning agent, in which a powdered surfactant mixture is mixed with water in a specific weight ratio is described herein. A flowable cleaning agent obtainable by the process is also described.
US12138326B2	Oral care article comprising a delivery carrier and solid hydrophilic particles comprising a bleaching agent An oral care article for use in the oral cavity includes a water insoluble delivery carrier comprising solid hydrophilic particles comprising at least one bleaching agent. At least about 20 parts by weight of the solid hydrophilic particles dissolve in about 100 parts by weight of water, and/or the solid hydrophilic particles increase by volume and/or weight by at least about 50% in water. The particles are embedded in the carrier partially below the first surface and partially at or above the first surface of the solid hydrophobic delivery carrier. A concentration of the bleaching agent is from about 0.01% to about 15%, by weight of the article.
US12138324B1	Method for treating denture stomatitis Base material arrangements having at least two layers can accommodate the addition of antifungal material (nanofiller), such as in denture base resin without significantly compromising the mechanical properties and/or translucency of the base material arrangements. Antifungal agents such as nanosilver and nanozirconia can be used to modify a surface layer of the material arrangements, such as the denture base, to overcome certain known shortcomings of the modified materials, e.g., typical acrylic resins containing nanosilver and nanozirconia.
US12138321B2	Half-curcuminoids as amyloid-β PET imaging agents Provided herein are curcumin analogues that are able to interact with amyloid beta (Aβ) and to attenuate the copper-induced crosslinking of Aβ. Also provided herein are methods of using the compounds as imaging agents of amyloid beta and for the treatment of diseases associated with amyloid beta. Methods of preparing unlabeled and radiolabeled compounds useful for interacting with amyloid beta and pharmaceutical compositions are also provided.
US12138318B2	Capsid There is described an AAV capsid protein having an amino acid sequence which has at least 98% identity to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3 or at least 94% identity to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4. Also described is a pharmaceutical composition, an AAV capsid and a viral particle comprising the capsid protein, a recombinant AAV vector comprising a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the capsid protein, and a host cell and a transgenic animal comprising the capsid protein or the vector. In addition, there is described a method of transferring a nucleic acid of interest into a mammal comprising introducing a recombinant AAV vector into the mammal, wherein the recombinant AAV vector comprises a gene of interest which is encapsidated into a capsid comprising the capsid protein.
US12138317B1	Method of increasing cell adhesion with palygorskite A method for enhancing or restoring adhesion to cells that have partially or completely loss the ability to adhere to a substrate or other cells using nanosized clay crystallites.
US12138315B2	Anti-CD37 antibody-drug conjugate It is an object to provide an antibody specifically binding to CD37-positive tumor cells such as malignant B-cell lymphoma, an antibody-drug conjugate comprising the antibody, a pharmaceutical composition having therapeutic effects on a tumor using the antibody, a method for treating a tumor using the aforementioned pharmaceutical composition, a method for producing the antibody, and a method for producing the antibody-drug conjugate, and the like. The present invention provides an anti-CD37 antibody-drug conjugate in which an antibody is conjugated to a drug linker represented by the following formula (wherein A represents a connecting position to the antibody) by a thioether bond, specifically, a humanized anti-CD37 antibody having internalization ability and an antibody-drug conjugate containing the antibody.
US12138314B2	Anti-CUB domain-containing protein 1 (CDCP1) antibodies, antibody drug conjugates, and methods of use thereof This disclosure relates to anti-cancer antibodies and methods of treatment, detection, and diagnosis using the same.
US12138313B2	Anti-cub domain-containing protein 1 (CDCP1) antibodies, antibody drug conjugates, and methods of use thereof This disclosure relates to anti-cancer antibodies and methods of treatment, detection, and diagnosis using the same.
US12138308B2	Polymer composite for helicobacter pylori recognition and composition for photodynamic therapy comprising same The present invention relates to a polymer complex for recognizing Helicobacter pylori and its uses, and in more detail, a water-soluble polymer-photosensitizer complex in which sialyllactose, which selectively binds to the surface of Helicobacter pylori, is conjugated, has excellent selectivity and binding power to the Helicobacter pylori strain, and the photosensitizer in the complex generates singlet oxygen when irradiated with laser to effectively induce the inactivation of Helicobacter pylori and it is intended to provide the complex as a polymer complex for recognizing Helicobacter pylori to effectively detect Helicobacter pylori in the gastrointestinal tract and to provide a Helicobacter pylori photodynamic therapy to solve the conventional antibiotic resistance problem.
US12138303B2	Staphylococcus pseudintermedius virulence factor compositions A multivalent immunogenic composition is provided, including one or more recombinant proteins selected from the group consisting of a recombinant attenuated Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Protein A (SEQ ID NO:2), a recombinant attenuated Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Leukotoxin S (SEQ ID NO:4), a recombinant attenuated Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Nucleotidase adenosine synthase protein (AdsA) (SEQ ID NO:6), a recombinant attenuated Staphylococcus pseudintermedius coagulase (SEQ ID NO:8), a recombinant attenuated Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Leukotoxin F (SEQ ID NO:10), and a recombinant attenuated Staphylococcus pseudintermedius exotoxin 15 (SEQ ID NO:12). Synthetic genes expressing the attenuated recombinant proteins and optimized for expression in E. coli are provided. Vaccines and therapeutic compositions comprising the one or more recombinant proteins are provided.
US12138301B2	Compounds including a mutant KRAS sequence and a lipid and uses thereof The invention features a compound including a mutant KRAS sequence and a lipid, where the mutant KRAS sequence is conjugated to the lipid by a linker, and (i) the linker includes one or more polyethylene glycol blocks, (ii) the lipid is 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DSPE), and (iii) the mutant KRAS sequence comprises or consists of the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1-7 and 22-30. The invention features a composition including one or more compounds of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention also features a method of treating a cancer in a human patient, the method including administering the composition to the patient. Further, the invention features a kit comprising the compound.
US12138300B2	Methods and compositions for inducing neural plasticity A method of promoting compensatory plasticity of spared neural cells after a neural injury includes contacting the spared neural cells with an effective amount of a therapeutic agent comprising a therapeutic peptide, wherein the therapeutic peptide comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 70% identity to SEQ ID NO:32.
US12138294B2	Transgenic corn with antifungal peptide AGM182 (DN:0113.18) Aspergillus flavus is an opportunistic, saprophytic fungus that infects maize and other fatty acid-rich food and feed crops and produces toxic and carcinogenic secondary metabolites known as aflatoxins. In vitro studies showed a five-fold increase in antifungal activity of AGM182 (vs. tachyplesin1) against A. flavus. Transgenic maize plants expressing AGM182 under maize Ubiquitin-1 promoter were produced through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. PCR products confirmed integration of the AGM182 gene, while RT-PCR of maize RNA confirmed the presence of AGM182 transcripts. Maize kernel screening assay using a highly aflatoxigenic A. flavus strain (AF70) showed up to 72% reduction in fungal growth in the transgenic AGM182 seeds compared to isogenic negative control seeds.
US12138293B2	Peptide formulations and ophthalmic uses thereof This disclosure provides formulations suitable for topical ophthalmic delivery of peptide therapeutics. The disclosure also provides compositions and methods for treating ocular injury. The compositions and formulations may include therapeutically active alpha connexin peptides.
US12138292B2	Compounds and therapeutics uses thereof The invention relates to novel compounds with the ability to link an immune response to a pathogen, to the use of said compounds in a disease or disorder mediated and/or caused by an infective agent, to compositions containing said compounds, processes for their preparation and to novel intermediates used in said process.
US12138291B2	Hemostatic composition and hemostatic method using hemostatic composition [Problem to be Solved]It is intended to provide a composition for hemostasis which can be uniformly applied to a bleeding site and exerts a high hemostatic effect.[Solution]The present invention provides a composition to be applied as a spray to a subject, the spray being used for hemostasis, and the composition comprising a self-assembling peptide, wherein the self-assembling peptide self-assembles and thereby gels when the composition is applied to a bleeding site of the subject, and the self-assembling peptide is contained in the composition at a concentration at which the composition has an improved hemostatic ability as compared with that when directly applied.
US12138286B2	Combination method for treating or preventing childhood atopic disease The present application describes methods of treating or reducing the onset or occurrence of childhood atopic disease. In particular, it relates to an integrated solution that accounts for temporal and sequential administrations of three different and specific approaches for optimal effectiveness in treating or reducing the onset or occurrence of childhood atopic disease.
US12138285B2	Cholesterol reducing compositions and methods of use thereof Microbes expressing cholesterol oxidoreductase (COR) proteins, methods of engineering the microbes expressing COR proteins, compositions and methods of using the microbes are provided.
US12138284B2	Dominant active yap, a hippo effector, induces chromatin accessibility and cardiomyocyte renewal The present disclosure encompasses methods for generating cells or tissue from existing cells with one or more mutated variants of Yap. In specific embodiments, the disclosure regards treatment of existing cardiomyocytes with one or more mutated variants of Yap that causes them to divide and generate new cardiomyocytes. In specific cases, the mutated variant of Yap has serine-to-alanine substitutions at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or more serines of Yap.
US12138283B2	Method of preparing three-dimensional cell spheroid including adipose-derived stem cells and hepatocytes Provided is a method of preparing a three-dimensional cell spheroid, the method including forming the cell spheroid by co-culturing adipose-derived stem cells or mesenchymal stem cells with hepatocytes. According to the cell spheroid prepared by the method, the secretome secreted by the adipose-derived stem cells affects hepatocyte maturation, and therefore, hepatic functions of the finally formed three-dimensional cell spheroid, i.e., organoid, may be enhanced. Further, a composition including a culture medium of the adipose-derived stem cells may prevent or treat liver diseases including hepatitis, hepatotoxicity, cholestasis, fatty liver, etc., and may enhance hepatic functions.
US12138280B2	Method and system for providing peritoneal dialysis fluids with variable potassium concentrations Methods and systems are provided for preparing a ready-to-use peritoneal dialysis fluid for peritoneal dialysis of a patient having a deficiency in potassium. The methods comprise mixing, immediately before administration to the patient, appropriate amounts of at least a first concentrate, a second concentrate, and a third concentrate with an appropriate amount of water to form a ready-to-use dialysis fluid. The first concentrate comprises glucose, has a pH of between 1.5 and 4, and is free of potassium ions; the second concentrate comprises a physiologically acceptable buffer and is free of potassium ions; and the third concentrate comprises the physiologically acceptable buffer and potassium ions.
US12138274B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of peripheral artery disease and cardiopulmonary diseases Compositions and methods for the treatment of peripheral artery disease and cardiopulmonary diseases or disorders are provided. In accordance with the instant invention, methods of inhibiting, treating, and/or preventing peripheral artery disease or symptoms associated therewith are provided. In a particular embodiment, the methods inhibit, treat, and/or prevent claudication associated with peripheral artery disease.
US12138272B2	Methods and compositions for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Provided herein are methods for treating at least one symptom of ALS in a subject who has received a first dosage of BSEP inhibitor, the method including administering to the subject a composition comprising a bile acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a phenylbutyrate compound, monitoring the subject for response to the B SEP inhibitor, and administering a second dosage of the BSEP inhibitor, wherein the second dosage is less than the first dosage.
US12138268B2	Treatment of erectile dysfunction and other indications The present invention generally relates to the transdermal delivery of various compounds. In some aspects, transdermal delivery may be facilitated by the use of a hostile biophysical environment. One set of embodiments provides a composition for topical delivery comprising a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor and/or a salt thereof, and optionally, a hostile biophysical environment and/or a nitric oxide donor. In some cases, the composition may be stabilized using a combination of a stabilization polymer (such as xanthan gum, KELTROL® BT and/or KELTROL® RD), propylene glycol, and a polysorbate surfactant such as Polysorbate 20, which combination unexpectedly provides temperature stability to the composition, e.g., at elevated temperatures such as at least 40° C. (at least about 104° F.), as compared to compositions lacking one or more of these.
US12138267B2	Methods of treating respiratory depression modulated by a non-opioid agent Disclosed in certain embodiments is a method of treating respiratory depression modulated by a non-opioid agent comprising administering, to a patient in need thereof, an effective amount of a compound selected from Formula (I) as disclosed herein.
US12138262B2	Process of manufacture of a compound for inhibiting the activity of SHP2, as well as products resulting from acid addition The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a compound of Formula I as mentioned above, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, acid co-crystal, hydrate or other solvate thereof, said method comprising reacting a compound of the formula II with a compound of the formula III according to the following reaction scheme: wherein A, LG, n and m are as defined in the Summary of the Invention.
US12138252B2	Multikinase inhibitors of VEGF and TGF beta and uses thereof A pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of a disease or disorder characterized by chronic inflammation, with associated angiogenesis and fibrosis, wherein the disease or disorder is selected from the group consisting of rosacea, psoriasis, erythema multiforme, bullous pemphigoid, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, rheumatoid arthritis, atopic dermatitis, and dermal wound healing. The pharmaceutical composition includes at least one multi-kinase inhibitor selected from the group consisting of axitinib, nintedanib, and lenvatinib.
US12138250B2	Formulations of 6-(2-hydroxy-2-methylpropoxy)-4-(6-(6-((6-methoxypyridin-3-yl)methyl)-3,6-diazabicyclo[3.1.1]heptan-3-yl)pyridin-3-yl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine-3-carbonitrile 6-(2-hydroxy-2-methylpropoxy)-4-(6-(6-((6-methoxypyridin-3-yl)methyl)-3,6-diazabicyclo[3.1.1]heptan-3-yl)pyridin-3-yl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine-3-carbonitrile, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, amorphous form, polymorph form, or pharmaceutical composition (including solid formulations or liquid formulations) thereof and the use thereof for treating diseases and disorders which can be treated with a RET kinase inhibitor, such as RET-associated diseases and disorders, e.g., proliferative disorders such as cancers, including hematological cancers and solid tumors, and gastrointestinal disorders such as IBS are disclosed.
US12138249B2	Compositions and methods for treating conditions related to elevated levels of eosinophils and/or basophils Disclosed herein are methods of treating conditions, which may be associated with elevated levels of eosinophils and/or basophils, with a therapeutically effective amount of dexpramipexole or pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof.
US12138248B2	Formulations of bendamustine Long term storage stable bendamustine-containing compositions are disclosed. The compositions can include bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable fluid which can include in some embodiments PEG, PG or mixtures thereof and an antioxidant or chloride ion source. The bendamustine-containing compositions have less than about 5% total impurities, on a normalized peak area response (“PAR”) basis as determined by high performance liquid chromatography (“HPLC”) at a wavelength of 223 nm, after at least about 15 months of storage at a temperature of from about 5° C. to about 25° C.
US12138246B2	Treatments with nirogacestat The present disclosure relates to improved methods of treatment with nirogacestat.
US12138244B2	Drug and method of treating or preventing renal disease using drug A drug for renal disease, the drug including a compound represented by the following Formula (I) as an active ingredient.
US12138233B2	Methods of treating idiopathic hypersomnia The present disclosure relates to methods of treating idiopathic hypersomnia with oxybate, preferably a mixture of salts of oxybate (a mixed salt oxybate).
US12138231B1	Moisture- and dust-proof lockable press-type spring compartment pillbox A moisture- and dust-proof lockable press-type spring compartment pillbox is provided. The pillbox includes an upper cover, a lower bottom provided below the upper cover, and a plurality of plastic drawers provided between the upper cover and the lower bottom. An upper end of each plastic drawer is provided with a silicone inner cover. The plastic drawer is slidably provided along an inner side of the lower bottom. A rear end of the plastic drawer is provided with a locking joint. A rear edge of the inner side of the lower bottom is provided with a plurality of lock assemblies that correspond one-to-one with the locking joints on the plurality of plastic drawers. The lock assembly includes a built-in lock pliers for clamping the locking joint when the plastic drawer is pushed into the lower bottom, so as to fix the plastic drawer to the lower bottom.
US12138228B2	Drug imaging device and drug packaging device A drug packaging device includes a drug accommodating/dispensing unit that supplies various types of drugs, a drug packaging portion in which a drug supplied from the drug accommodating/dispensing unit is packaged in a packaging sheet, a drug packaging introducing member that drops the drug to be packaged into the packaging sheet in the drug packaging portion), a pooling portion that pools, upstream of this drug packaging introducing member, the drug, and a drug imaging device that captures an image of the drug in the pooling portion. The drug imaging device performs an imaging process of capturing an image of the drug in the pooling portion in a non-backlit state, and an imaging process of capturing an image of the drug in the pooling portion in a backlit state.
US12138226B2	Methods, compositions, and devices for supplying dietary fatty acid needs Nutritional formulas comprising long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) are provided, along with methods and devices for preparing and/or administering nutritional formulas. In some embodiments, a percentage of the LC-PUFAs in the nutritional formula are in the form of monoglycerides and/or free fatty acids. In some embodiments, the nutritional formulas do not comprise added lipase. Also provided are methods for providing nutrition to a subject, methods for improving fat absorption, methods for improving cognitive ability, methods for preventing chronic lung disease, and methods for reducing the length of time a patient requires total parenteral nutrition.
US12138225B2	Enteral feeding device A portable enteral feeding apparatus includes a pouch which defines a reservoir for enteral fluid and having an outlet for delivery of enteral fluid from the pouch. An outlet spout has a pouch spigot connected to the pouch outlet and a connector spigot which is adapted for mounting of a connector shaft, in one case a cross fit shaft of an ENFit connector. A valve is mounted to the spout. The connector spigot has a mounting structure for mounting a connector shaft of a PEG feeding system to the connector spigot only when the connector shaft is extended through the valve. An interlock prevents fixing of a connector shaft to the connector spigot if the connector shaft is not extended through the valve.
US12138219B2	Body massager using shape memory alloy components A massage apparatus includes a frame defining a central opening, with a web of mesh cloth or fabric spanning the opening. A plurality of SMA wire segments span the central opening directly adjacent to the cloth or fabric. The wire segments are joined at opposed ends to a power circuit that provides ohmic heating for the wires. The wires may be actuated singly and sequentially, the contraction of each wire providing a compression of the body portion upon which it impinges. The apparatus may be a portable massage device for use with any chair, or built into a chair or bed or other furniture, or a slipcover.
US12138216B2	Crutch A crutch includes an arm rest having an elbow end and a front end, the front end defining a front face having a first opening formed therein, and a bottom edge forming a second opening. The crutch has a handle extending outwardly from the front end of the arm rest, but not from the first or second openings. A leg is received into one of the first and second openings in a first configuration, and into the other of the first and second openings in a second configuration. The leg is selectively convertible between the first and second configuration.
US12138214B2	Textile actuator and harness system A textile actuator and harness system can include a harness configured to be worn with a portion extending across a wearer's joint. The harness comprises a substantially inextensible section and at least two mounting locations spaced for positioning across the joint, with at least one located along the substantially inextensible section of the harness. A textile envelope defines a chamber and is made fluid-impermeable by (a) a fluid-impermeable bladder contained in the textile envelope and/or (b) a fluid-impermeable structure incorporated into the textile envelope. The textile envelope is secured to the harness at each mounting location, and the textile envelope has a pre-determined geometry configured to produce assistance to the joint due to inflation of the textile envelope during a relative increase in pressure inside the chamber.
US12138209B2	Device for releasing spinal contractures and associated methods A pelvis of a person is anchored to a chair structure. A lumbar belt is connected to the chair structure. The lumbar belt wraps around a lower abdominal region of the person to pull into a side of the person in a lateral-to-medial direction so as to move a scoliotic curve in a lumbar or thoracolumbar spinal region of the person toward a non-scoliotic spinal configuration. A lumbar derotator driver is connected to the chair structure. The lumbar derotator driver applies a therapeutic force to a prescribed posterior/lateral side of vertebrae in the lumbar or thoracolumbar spinal region when the lumbar belt is pulled in the lateral-to-medial direction, so as to derotate a scoliotic curve in the lumbar or thoracolumbar spinal region.
US12138207B2	Ergonomic support device A support device comprises a first band secured to a second band in a cross pattern. A proximal end of the first band and a proximal end of the second band can also be configured to fasten around a waist of a user. Further, a distal end of the first band can be configured to fasten around a first leg of the user, and a distal end of the second band can be configured to fasten around a second leg of the user. The support device may prevent improper and dangerous misalignment of the back, hips and knees while squatting.
US12138203B2	Surgical table with movement capabilities of lower body support structures A surgical table for prone and lateral positioning of a patient, where the table includes a base and a patient support structure. The base may include a head and a foot end support structure. The patient support structure may include an upper body support structure cantilevered off of the head end support structure at a first end and a lower body support structure cantilevered off of the foot end support structure at a second end. The upper body support structure may include a chest pad. The lower body support structure may include a lower body translation and rotation structure and at least one pelvic pad supported thereon.
US12138202B2	Patient transport apparatus with crash detection A patient transport apparatus with a support structure having a base, a support frame, and a patient support deck defining a support surface. An inertial sensor is coupled to the support structure and generates a signal representing a change in velocity of the support structure. A controller in communication with the inertial sensor has a processor and a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon a program that monitors the signal generated by the inertial sensor for changes relative to a predetermined threshold. In response to an event in which the signal exceeds the predetermined threshold, the program is further configured to: generate a waveform based on the signal received from the inertial sensor; store the waveform at an overwritable address in the non-transitory storage medium; and generate an entry in an event log stored in the non-transitory storage medium, the entry comprising one or more parameters associated with the waveform.
US12138200B2	Cooling apparatus and cooling method This application relates to a cooling device that sprays a coolant received from a coolant reservoir toward a target region to cool the target region. In one aspect, the cooling device includes a spraying unit from which the coolant is sprayed, a valve configured to regulate a flow of the coolant, and a control unit configured to control opening and closing of the valve, wherein, when cooling starts. The control unit controls a first cooling mode in which a temperature of the target region is decreased and a second cooling mode in which the temperature of the target region is maintained in a predetermined temperature range to be sequentially performed.
US12138198B2	Oral appliance device An oral appliance device that selectively engages upper teeth and lower teeth within a human mouth includes an upper appliance member, a lower appliance member, and a first vertical shim. The upper appliance member selectively engages the upper teeth. The lower appliance member selectively engages the lower teeth. The appliance members are movable relative to one another between an open position and a closed position. The first vertical shim is removably secured to one of the appliance members. The first vertical shim has a first shim height so that a teeth spacing between the upper teeth and the lower teeth is maintained when the appliance members are in the closed position. The teeth spacing is at least as great as the first shim height. The oral appliance device can further include a second vertical shim that is alternatively, removably secured to one of the appliance members. The second vertical shim has a second shim height that is different than the first shim height.
US12138196B2	Apparatus and methods for receiving discharged urine A system suitable for collecting and transporting urine away from the body of a person or animal may include an assembly having a fluid impermeable casing having a fluid reservoir at a first end, a fluid outlet at a second end, and a longitudinally extending fluid impermeable layer coupled to the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet and defining a longitudinally elongated opening between the reservoir and the outlet. The assembly can further include a fluid permeable support disposed within the casing with a portion extending across the elongated opening, and a fluid permeable membrane disposed on the support and covering at least the portion of the support that extends across the elongated opening, so that the membrane is supported on the support and disposed across the elongated opening. The assembly can further include a tube having a first end disposed in the reservoir and a second, fluid discharge end.
US12138195B2	Fluid collection assemblies including one or more leak prevention features An example fluid collection assembly includes a fluid impermeable barrier defining at least one opening, a chamber in fluid communication with the at least one opening, and at least one fluid outlet. The fluid collection assembly also includes at least one porous material (e.g., at least one wicking material) disposed in the chamber. The fluid collection assembly also includes at least one conduit attached to the fluid outlet. Further, the fluid collection assembly includes one or more leak prevention features.
US12138194B2	Medical device for controlling the release of waste content from a subject, uses and method thereof The present disclosure relates to a compact medical device and method for controlling the release of waste content from an external stoma of a subject, comprising: a flange; wherein the flange comprises a vent hole and a vent cover for releasing gas waste content; an adhesive layer bound to the flange for attaching to the body of the subject; a displaceable cover for closing and opening the device, wherein the displaceable cover is configured to connect to the flange; an aperture configurated to surround the stoma for the release of waste content.
US12138187B2	Transluminal angioplasty devices and methods of use A percutaneous transluminal angioplasty device includes a catheter defining one or more lumens. A filter is coupled to the catheter adjacent a distal end of the catheter, and the filter is movable between an unexpanded and expanded configuration via a filter activation wire that extends through a lumen. An expandable balloon is coupled to the catheter proximally of the filter, and a stent is disposed over at least a portion of the balloon. To deploy the stent to a target site, the filter is first moved into its expanded position via the filter activation wire. Then, the stent is expanded, and the balloon is inflated to expand the stent further radially. The balloon is then deflated, the filter is contracted, and the catheter, balloon, and filter are removed from the body.
US12138184B2	Transcatheter heart valve having paravalvular leakage seal A transcatheter heart valve includes a paravalvular seal that is configured for transfemoral delivery. The valve includes a frame and the seal is formed from a plurality of outwardly extending fibers.
US12138182B2	Adjustable position trial component with drill guide An exemplary trial component is configured to be attached to a resected bone having a resection surface, and includes a body portion and a sliding fastening mechanism movably coupled to the body portion. The body portion has an articular surface, a bone-facing surface, and at least one drill guide extending through the articular surface and the bone-facing surface. The sliding fastening mechanism includes at least one post extending beyond the bone-facing surface, and the post is operable to engage the resection surface to retain the position of the sliding fastening mechanism relative to the bone. When attached to the bone, the trial component is structured to selectively retain the position of the body portion relative to the bone, and to selectively permit adjustment of the position of the body portion relative to the bone.
US12138180B2	Interfixated vertebral body replacement and insertion methods Implants and instruments for providing an ideal trajectory for the insertion of instruments and screws during implantation of an interbody implant in a spinal surgery are disclosed.
US12138175B2	Lordotic expanding implant An interbody implant is provided that may expand lordotically and has an additional plate to secure the implant and its expansion.
US12138173B2	Hemi arthroplasty joint implant A hemi-arthroplasty bone joint implant has a first part (120) with a stem (111) tor intramedullary implanting into a metacarpal, and a second part (110) to engage the trapezium is a translational manner, a hemi-arthroplasty articulating coupling (121). This allows multi-axial motion with translational movement of the second part over the trapezium and rotation of the first part (110) about the articulating coupling (121, 103). There is also a converter to convert the implant to a toral arthroplasty implant in situ during revision surgery. The second part (110) and the hemi-arthroplasty coupling (100, 123, 121) are removable in situ during revision surgery. The first part (120) has an engagement threaded socket (117) for, after removal of the second part and the hemi-arthroplasty coupling, engaging the replacement coupling (200) and allowing mutual articulation of the first (120) and replacement parts (220). This forms a total arthroplasty joint implant.
US12138169B2	Fixation device having a flexure portion Fixation device for fixation of leaflets of a heart valve, the fixation device including a central element defining a central axis. The fixation device further includes a distal portion including at least one arm coupled to the central element, wherein the at least one arm is moveable to a selected position between a fully open position and a fully closed position. The distal portion further includes at least one leg operatively coupled to the at least one arm and configured to move the at least one arm to the selected position between the fully open position and the fully closed position. The at least one arm includes a contact portion configured to engage native heart valve tissue, the contact portion defining a contact portion axis. The distal portion includes a flexure portion configured to enable the contact portion in the selected position to move within a flex angle range between an undeformed contact portion angle relative to the central axis and a flexed contact portion angle relative to the central axis. The flexed contact portion angle is greater than the undeformed contact portion angle. The flex angle range is about 10 degrees to about 45 degrees. The fixation device further includes at least one gripping element moveable relative to the at least one arm to capture a native leaflet therebetween.
US12138164B2	Annuloplasty technologies A method is described for use with a heart of a subject, the heart having a valve and an atrium upstream of the valve. The method includes transluminally advancing multiple tissue anchors to the atrium; and securing an elongate contraction member at least partly around an annulus of the valve by anchoring the tissue anchors to the annulus, such that the tissue anchors are distributed along the elongate contraction member. The method further includes subsequently contracting the annulus by applying tension the elongate contraction member, such that a radiopaque indicator that is disposed within the heart and that is coupled to the contraction member undergoes a conformational change in response to the tension. The conformational change of the radiopaque indicator within the heart is observed, and the tension is adjusted responsively to the observed conformational change. Other embodiments are also described.
US12138160B2	Transcatheter prosthetic heart valve and delivery system A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve includes advancing a delivery catheter toward a native heart valve, wherein the delivery catheter has a distal capsule containing a prosthetic valve in a compressed state. The prosthetic valve includes a self-expandable interior stent and a self-expandable exterior wire mesh surrounding the interior stent. The exterior wire mesh preferably has a lower radial strength than the interior stent for conforming to a surrounding shape of the native valve. The prosthetic valve is expelled from the distal capsule and allowed to expand within the native valve. Capturing elements extending from a ventricular end of the interior stent trap native leaflets between the capturing elements and an outer surface of the wire mesh.
US12138159B2	Methods and apparatus for engaging a valve prosthesis with tissue A prosthetic valve comprises a self-expanding frame which includes a self-expanding atrial skirt that forms a flanged region, a self-expanding ventricular skirt, and a first self-expanding tab coupled with the ventricular skirt. A receptacle for receiving a valve leaflet is formed by the area bounded by an outer surface of the atrial skirt, an outer surface of the ventricular skirt, and an inner surface of the first tab. The receptacle has a window for receiving the valve leaflet that is defined by a gap between an edge of the flange and a tip of the first tab. The gap is maximized when the tip of the first tab is unconstrained and a base of the first tab is at least partially constrained. The gap is minimized when the tip of the first tab and its base are unconstrained.
US12138148B2	Implantable prosthesis An implantable prosthesis for repairing a defect in a muscle or tissue wall. The prosthesis comprises a body of biologically compatible prosthetic material having a preformed three-dimensional contoured shape that independently assumes a three-dimensional curved shape configured to conform to the muscle or tissue wall. The body may be formed of a mesh fabric employing a knit construction. The body may be configured with one or more mechanical characteristics, individually or in any combination, having defined properties which may enhance the ability of the prosthesis to be handled in a surgical, robotic environment while meeting the performance and physical characteristics for soft tissue repair and reconstruction. One or more visual indicia may be provided to facilitate positioning and/or placement of the prosthesis at the muscle or tissue wall.
US12138146B2	Fluid management layer for an absorbent article A fluid management layer having an integrated, carded, nonwoven is described. The fluid management layer has a basis weight of between about 40 grams per square meter (gsm) and about 75 gsm; a plurality of absorbent fibers, a plurality of stiffening fibers and a plurality of resilient fibers; wherein the fluid management layer exhibits a total compression of greater than 0.40 mm and has a total recovery of at least 0.35 mm, and wherein the fluid management layer has a density of less than or equal to 0.08 g/cc.
US12138144B2	Patterned apertured webs A patterned apertured web is disclosed. The patterned apertured web includes a plurality of land areas in the patterned apertured web and a plurality of apertures defined in the patterned apertured web. At least some land areas of the plurality of land areas surround at least some apertures of the plurality of apertures. The patterned apertured web has an Effective Open Area in the range of about 3% to about 30%, according to the Aperture Test herein. The patterned apertured web has a plurality of Interaperture Distances, according to the Aperture Test herein. The Interaperture Distances have a distribution having a median and a mean. The plurality of apertures include a first set of apertures defining a first shape and a second set of apertures defining a second shape.
US12138141B2	Method for producing absorbent article [Object] To provide a method for producing an absorbent article comprising a fiber assembly layer of a cellulose acetate fiber, which can sufficiently apply a drug to the cellulose acetate fiber.[Solution] A method for producing an absorbent article, wherein the absorbent article comprises: a fiber assembly layer including a cellulose acetate fiber, and a member including a water absorbent fiber and directly disposed on the fiber assembly layer, and the method comprises: a first step of opening a cellulose acetate tow and collecting a cellulose acetate fiber to form a fiber assembly layer, a second step of spreading a fiber solvent on the fiber assembly layer and drying the fiber assembly layer; a third step of spreading a drug aqueous solution containing an antibacterial agent and/or a deodorizer on the surface where the fiber solvent has been spread of the fiber assembly layer; and a fourth step of mounting the member on the surface where the drug aqueous solution has been spread of the fiber assembly layer.
US12138140B2	Wound covering for wound monitoring and therapeutic agent delivery A wound covering includes a flexible main body, and a sensor element incorporated into the main body. The sensor element includes a mesh formed from a plurality of fibers, and the sensor element is configured to undergo a change in appearance in response to a change in a parameter associated with wound exudate. The wound covering further includes a supply of therapeutic agent configured to diffuse the therapeutic agent from the wound covering into a wound when the wound covering is placed on the wound.
US12138138B2	Dental implant abutment with enhanced shock distribution function An implant abutment according to the present invention is a dental implant abutment with an enhanced shock distribution function, the dental implant abutment comprising: an upper coupling portion that is an upper portion coupled to an artificial tooth; a lower coupling portion that is a lower portion coupled to a fixture, and an exposed portion that is exposed to the outside between the upper coupling portion and the lower coupling portion and has a plurality of flow grooves. By forming a plurality of grooves in the exposed portion of the implant abutment, the exposed portion of the implant abutment performs a shock distribution function as if it shakes elastically and distributes an occlusal force of teeth exerted to the implant, thereby providing a buffering function of relieving an impact on an area where the implant is inserted.
US12138137B2	Segmentation quality assessment A method for determining tooth numbers of teeth within a dental arch includes receiving a digital scan of a patient's dentition, detecting a cusp associated with at least one tooth in the digital scan, where the cusp is detected based at least in part on a radius of a surface of the cusp, matching a molar shape of the at least one tooth, and identifying the patient's molar tooth based on the molar shape.
US12138134B2	Blank for producing a dental prosthesis A one-piece or multi-piece prosthesis blank for manufacturing a dental prosthesis. The blank is constructed from a gum-colored material and a tooth-colored material. It is characterized by being connected to each other at connecting surfaces, having an interface between the gum-colored and tooth-colored materials. This interface, when viewed along the connecting surfaces has an undulating shape and viewed in the vestibular direction has a radial shape. In order to finish the dental prosthesis, a CAD/CAM device determines the exact course of a gingival line, based on patient-specific data, and produces the prosthesis.
US12138130B2	Surgical cannulas and related systems and methods of identifying surgical cannulas A cannula for insertion of a medical instrument includes a tube portion and an attachment portion coupled to the tube portion. One or more magnets are arranged at the attachment portion and configured to encode identifying information of the cannula. The attachment portion comprises a plurality of encoding positions that each indicate part of the identifying information; and for each encoding position of the plurality of encoding positions, absence of one of the one or more magnets at the respective encoding position indicates a first value, presence of one of the one of the magnets with a first orientation at the respective encoding position indicates a second value, and presence of one of the one of the magnets with a second orientation at the respective encoding position indicates a third value.
US12138129B2	Imaging system for surgical robot, and surgical robot An imaging system for a surgical robot and a surgical robot. The imaging system includes: a fixed display device for acquiring and displaying image information about a surgical environment; a movable display device, which is coupled, so as to be movable relative, to the fixed display device, the movable display device configured to acquire and display the same image information as is displayed by the fixed display device; and a console having a support on which the fixed display device is mounted. The combined use of the movable display device with the fixed display device in the imaging system and the surgical robot provide more options of operation to an operator. The movable display device can be adjusted according to the desired comfort and personal preferences of the operator to provide the operator with an experience of increased operational comfort and reduce the fatigue of the operator.
US12138116B2	Intraluminal medical imaging interface devices and systems An intraluminal medical imaging interface device includes an arm assembly comprising one or more longitudinal members and one or more joints coupled to the one or more longitudinal members, and a head assembly coupled to a distal portion of the arm assembly and comprising a proximal portion coupled to the distal portion of the arm assembly and a distal portion. The distal portion of the head assembly includes a mechanical coupling and an electrical coupling configured to separably connect to an intraluminal imaging catheter and to transmit electrical signals between a console and the intraluminal imaging catheter. The arm assembly is configured to couple to a surface to maintain the head assembly at a first position and an orientation with respect to a patient without continued support by an operator. Associated devices, systems, and methods are also provided.
US12138115B1	System of determining the correct implantable collamer lens size from ultrasound images of the eye A method for operating a data processing system to provide an estimate of a vault value for a PIOL to be inserted in a patient, a system for predicting the vault that will be realized for an implant, and computer readable medium that includes instructions that cause a data processing system to implement the method when the instructions are executed by a data processing system are disclosed. The method includes causing the data processing system to receive ultrasound-based anatomical measurements of the patient's eye, causing the data processing system to receive parameters specifying a power and size for the PIOL; and utilizing a calibrated model of a human eye to predict the vault based on the anatomical measurements and the parameters specifying the power and the size for the PIOL.
US12138112B2	Techniques for determining fetal situs during an imaging procedure Techniques for determining fetal situs during an ultrasound imaging procedure are disclosed. The techniques can include obtaining an ultrasound image of a fetus in utero. The fetus will include a torso and a spine and the ultrasound image can comprise a circumferential view of the torso of the fetus. The circumferential view can include at least: (i) an outer border of the torso, and (ii) the spine that includes three landmarks arranged in a triangular orientation. The techniques can further include superimposing a fetal overlay based on an alignment instruction corresponding to an alignment between the outer border of the torso and the three landmarks to obtain an augmented reality image of the fetus. The fetal overlay can include a graphical element indicating a left side and a right side of the fetus. The augmented reality image of the fetus can be output on a display of the ultrasound machine.
US12138111B2	Method for measuring the speed of sound in liver with a specific probe and associated methods and devices Because of the increase of the obesity related diseases, it is desirable to be able to detect a fatty liver and quantify the content in fat for the fatty liver. Known methods are biopsy and magnetic resonance imaging. However, biopsy is an invasive method and magnetic resonance imaging is a complicated method to carry out. The inventors propose a new ultrasonic method, which is more compliant with a regular control of the content in fat for the fatty liver for a subject. This method notably relies on a smart exploitation of the coherence properties of ultrasound pulses applied to the liver. This method has already been validated on sane subjects as providing accurate measurements, notably for fat content.
US12138105B2	Biological sound measurement device, control method for biological sound measurement device, and non-transitory recording medium storing control program for biological sound measurement device Provided are a biological sound measurement device capable of detecting contact with a body surface of a living body with a simple configuration, a control method for the biological sound measurement device, and a non-transitory recording medium storing a control program for the biological sound measurement device. The biological sound measurement device (1) includes: a measuring unit (3) that detects a biological sound of a living body in a state of contact with a body surface S of the living body; and a contact state determination unit (41) that determines whether or not a contact state is active in which the measuring unit (3) is in contact with the body surface S, based on a change in a sound pressure level of sounds detected by the measuring unit (3).
US12138103B1	Heterogeneous breast phantom with carcinoma model A heterogeneous patient-based breast phantom that mimics the anatomy and properties of real breast tissues when screened with ionizing and nonionizing imaging modalities is described. The heterogeneous breast phantom includes a skin mimicking segment; an adipose tissue mimicking segment; a fibro-glandular tissue mimicking segment; and a pectoral muscle mimicking segment wherein each segment is shaped and arranged such that the breast phantom represents a breast tissue. Performance of the breast phantom was characterized by mass attenuation coefficient, electron density and effective atomic number. Further, performance of breast phantoms was confirmed CT and breast MRI machines.
US12138081B2	Asthma management system and method An asthma management system and method are disclosed for collecting environmental and individual health data to predict the onset of asthma symptoms to allow for preventative therapy tailored on an individual basis. In one embodiment a computer system is in electrical communication with an individual user interface and one or more environmental factor collection points via a communications network. The user interface is adapted to send and receive asthma-related data including asthma profile and real-time asthma status data to the computer system via the communication network, and the environmental factor collection points are adapted to send and receive data to the computer system via the communications network. The computer system further comprises one or more processors connected to memory, and are programmed with executable instructions for implementing one or more algorithms for (1) collecting and storing in memory data received from the individual user interface and from the environmental factor collection points, (2) aggregating the data received from the individual user interface and the environmental factor collection points, and (3) implementing one or more algorithms to generate an asthma symptom onset prediction based on the aggregated data. The onset prediction is then communicated to the user interface. In addition, the one or more processors are further programed with executable instructions to revise one or more asthma symptom onset prediction algorithms where the generated asthma onset prediction and an individual's real-time asthma status data indicate a prediction error.
US12138078B2	Mobile device and control method thereof A mobile device includes a connector, an audio generator, a biological signal processor, a switch element, and a controller. The switch element has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the switch element is coupled to the connector, and the second terminal of the switch element is selectively coupled to either the audio generator or the biological signal processor according to a control signal. The controller is coupled to the audio generator and the biological signal processor, and is configured to generate the control signal.
US12138077B2	Operatively coupled data and power transfer device for medical guidewires and catheters with sensors A power and data coupling device for medical sensors comprises a first conductive surface integrated into a medical device and configured to couple via an electric field with a second conductive surface. The second conductive surface is translatable with respect to the first conductive surface. Additionally, the first conductive surface is connected to a power source for providing power, through the electric field, to the second conductive surface. The first conductive surface also radiates a time-varying electric field that is configured to convey power to the second conductive surface. Further, the first conductive surface is connected to a pick-up that is configured to receive signals from the second conductive surface.
US12138074B2	Monitor device of an ostomy system and associated method for operating a monitor device Disclosed is a method of operating a monitor device and an associated monitor device of an ostomy system including an ostomy appliance having an electrode assembly comprising a plurality of electrodes including a first electrode pair, the method comprising: obtaining one or more parameters including obtaining a first parameter of a first terminal pair connected to the first electrode pair of the electrode assembly; determining if one or more operability criteria are satisfied based on the one or more parameters including determining if the first parameter satisfies first operability criteria indicative of operability of the first electrode pair of the electrode assembly.
US12138068B2	Techniques for characterizing a nonlinearity of a time-to-digital converter in an optical measurement system An illustrative optical measurement system includes a signal generator configured to generate a signal and a processing unit configured to direct the signal generator to apply the signal to a TDC included in the optical measurement system and generate, based on timestamp symbols recorded by the TDC in response to the signal, characterization data representative of a nonlinearity of the TDC.
US12138066B2	Method and system for delivering sensory simulation based on evoked response quantification A system for delivering sensory stimulation a sensor; a sensory stimulator configured to deliver sensory stimulation to a patient during a sleep session, the sensory stimulation having varying stimulation intensity levels; and a computer system. One or more physical processors being programmed with computer program instructions which, when executed cause the computer system to: determine sleep stage information of the patient based on brain activity information of the patient during the sleep session from the sensor; provide input to the sensory stimulator based on the determined sleep stage information of the patient, the provided input causing the sensory stimulator to deliver the sensory stimulation to the patient; obtain stimulation response information from the patient, the stimulation response information including patient brain response to the delivered sensory stimulation; and determine a range of the stimulation intensity levels within which the patient brain response reaches a threshold.
US12138062B2	Determining whether a hypothesis concerning a signal is true A method of detection of a recurrent feature of interest within a signal including: obtaining evidence, based on a signal, the evidence including a probability density function for each of a plurality of parameters for parameterizing the signal, including at least one probability density function for a parameter, of the plurality of parameters, that positions a feature of interest within signal data of the signal; parameterizing a portion of the signal data from the signal based upon a hypothesis that a point of interest in the signal data is a position of the feature of interest; determining a posterior probability of the hypothesis being true given the portion of the signal data by combining a prior probability of the hypothesis and a conditional probability of observing the portion of the signal data given the hypothesis.
US12138058B2	Wearable congestive heart failure management system A non-invasive, wearable and portable medical device for evaluation and monitoring the heart condition for patients with congestive heart failure and a CHF management system is provided comprising a wearable textile-based device utilizing physiologic and biometric sensors, a Signal Acquisition Unit, and a monitoring system executing a suite of software algorithms to monitor and evaluate patients with CHF.
US12138057B2	Method and system for monitoring internal bodily disorders by detecting and analyzing tissue frequencies A method of determining and treating disordered tissue in a patient incites energy signal generation from disordered tissue. An energy sensor structure obtains an energy signal from tissue of a patient. The obtained energy signal is compared in a processor circuit to a known energy signal of the same tissue under normal functioning of the tissue. The tissue is identified as disordered tissue when the comparing step determines that the obtained energy signal is different from the known energy signal. The disordered tissue is localized within the patient via the energy signal. A bodily disorder caused by the localized disordered tissue is diagnosed by an AI module. The bodily disorder is then treated.
US12138056B2	Methods and systems for obtaining an electrocardiogram signal of a patient via a non-adhering, direct contact electrode apparatus Various methods and systems are provided for a fabric cover including a plurality of integrated electrodes for measuring an electrocardiogram signal of a patient in direct contact with at least a subset of the plurality of integrate electrodes. As one example, a fabric cover for an infant incubator or warmer includes a plurality of electrodes spaced apart from one another within a measurement area of a surface of the fabric cover adapted to have direct contact with a patient, the plurality of electrodes including a topmost electrode extending across an entire width of the measurement area, a bottommost electrode extending across the entire width of the measurement area, and a set of electrodes arranged between the topmost electrode and bottommost electrode, in a direction perpendicular to the width, within the measurement area.
US12138054B2	Specimen collection device A device for collecting blood, comprising: a tubular member having a diameter D1 enclosing an interior volume having a rated capacity, a distal end of the tubular member provided with a tip having a first through-hole in fluid communication with the interior volume, a proximal end of the tubular member provided a second through-hole in fluid communication with the interior volume; a cap formed of a self-healing material and configured to seal the tip of the tubular member; and a plunger movably accommodated within the interior volume of the tubular member, the plunger including an elongate member having an enlarged pad provided on a proximal end, an elastomeric member provided on a distal end and one or more locking wing members provided on and biased to extend away from the elongate member; wherein when the plunger is retracted to the rated capacity, the one or more locking wing members extend beyond the interior volume and engage with the proximal end of the tubular member.
US12138046B2	System and method for tinnitus suppression A method is provided which includes receiving first signals indicative of sound in an environment of a recipient. The method further includes receiving second signals indicative of sound perception by the recipient. The method further includes, in response to the first signals and the second signals, determining whether the recipient is experiencing tinnitus. The method further includes, while the recipient is experiencing tinnitus, transmitting stimulation signals to the auditory system of the recipient.
US12138045B2	In-vehicle hearing test A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to detect a position of a head of an occupant within a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The instructions include instructions to conduct a hearing test based on the position of the head of the occupant. The instructions include instructions to output sound at least at one of a specified frequency or amplitude, the specified frequency or amplitude selected based on results of the hearing test.
US12138044B2	Systems and methods for determining subject positioning and vital signs Systems and methods for monitoring a positioning and vital signs of a subject are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a processing device of a monitoring device, LWIR image data from a first imaging component of the monitoring device and NIR image data from a second imaging component of the monitoring device, determining one or more boundaries of the patient support apparatus from the NIR image data, constructing one or more virtual boundaries that correspond to the boundaries of the patient support apparatus, determining a location of the subject with respect to the virtual boundaries from at least one of the LWIR image data and the NIR image data, determining a facial temperature and a heart rate of the subject from the LWIR image data, and determining a respiration rate of the subject from at least one of the LWIR image data and the NIR image data.
US12138042B2	Methods and systems for facilitating interactive training of body-eye coordination and reaction time A computer implemented method for facilitating training of body-eye coordination using a computing device having access to a camera is disclosed. The method includes receiving a training video of a player from the camera; superimposing a visual cue onto the training video; extracting a body posture flow of the player from the training video by performing a computer vision algorithm on one or more frames of the training video; determining whether the player has responded to the visual cue by analyzing the body posture flow of the player; and generating a feedback to the player in response to determining that the player has responded to the visual cue. Multi-player embodiments of the present invention are also disclosed.
US12138032B2	Wrist-type body component measuring apparatus and body component measuring method using the same The wrist-type body component measuring apparatus includes: a band configured to be worn on a wrist of a user; a first input electrode and a first output electrode disposed on an inside surface of the band and configured to be in contact with the wrist of the user; a second input electrode and a second output electrode disposed on an outside surface of the band; a measuring unit configured to apply a current to the first and second input electrodes and detect a voltage from the first and second output electrodes to measure a body impedance of the user; and an electrode converter configured to convert a disposition of the first and second input electrodes and the first and second output electrodes based on a determination of whether the band is worn on a left wrist or a right wrist of the user.
US12138031B2	Apparatus, electronic device and method for estimating impedance The application relates to an apparatus, electronic device and method. The apparatus comprises circuitry configured to provide a direct current signal to a subject. The circuitry is configured to enable switching between a first circuit loop and a second circuit loop. The first circuit loop is configured to enable charging of a capacitor to enable measurement of a first time constant to be obtained where the first time constant is indicative of a charging time of the capacitor. The second circuit loop is configured to enable discharging of the capacitor to enable measurement of a second time constant to be obtained where the second time constant is indicative of a discharging time of the capacitor. The first time constant and the second time constant enable an impedance of the subject to be estimated.
US12138028B2	Fluid analysis apparatus, fluid analysis method, and fluid analysis program A processor analyzes an image obtained by imaging a subject including a tubular structure in which a fluid flows, thereby deriving fluid information regarding flow of the fluid at each of pixel positions in the tubular structure. The processor sets a sampling interval for displaying the fluid information in accordance with a size of a region intersecting a center line of the tubular structure included in the image. The processor samples the fluid information at the set sampling interval and causes a display to display the fluid information.
US12138024B2	Inflation apparatus for an inflation-based non-invasive blood pressure monitor and a method of operating the same According to an aspect there is provided an inflation apparatus (10) for use in an inflation-based non-invasive blood pressure, NIBP, measurement apparatus, the inflation apparatus comprising: an outlet (110) configured to be coupled to a cuff of the inflation-based NIBP measurement apparatus; a plurality of pumps (120) each configured to output a flow of gas to the outlet; and a control unit (130) configured to enable at least one of the plurality of pumps to output a flow of gas to the outlet based on a required flow rate to inflate the cuff and/or to control a flow rate of at least one of the plurality of pumps to output a flow of gas to the outlet based on a required flow rate to inflate the cuff.
US12138022B2	Sphygmomanometer using laser Doppler flowmeter, photoplethysmogram, and heart rate monitor An embodiment optical blood pressure monitor includes a laser Doppler blood flowmeter, which measures the blood flow velocity in a peripheral blood vessel, a photoplethysmography monitor, which measures the pulse waveform in a peripheral blood vessel, a heart rate monitor, which measures data relating to the pulsation of a heart, a characteristic point extraction portion, which extracts a characteristic point relating to the pulsation from the data relating to the pulsation of the heart, a first calculation portion, which determines the pulse wave velocity from the pulse waveform, and a second calculation portion, which determines the blood pressure based on the pulse wave velocity and the blood flow velocity.
US12138019B2	Devices, systems, and methods for training pelvic floor muscles Featured are intravaginal devices and methods of using the devices to observe the state of an individual's pelvic floor muscles in order to diagnose, treat, or prevent pelvic floor disorders (e.g., pelvic organ prolapse and incontinence) and their accompanying symptoms and methods of using the devices to treat or prevent vaginal disorders (e.g., skin laxity) in a subject using an energy transmitter (e.g., a radiofrequency transmitter). Also featured are algorithms to detect pelvic floor movements and physiological indicia from sensor data.
US12138018B2	Eyewear device An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: applying an electrical signal to a first electrical circuit formed between a first device electrode and a first eyelid electrode, an eyeball electrical path between the first eyelid electrode and a second eyelid electrode, the second eyelid electrode and a second device electrode, and the second device electrode and the first device electrode; and determining current and/or voltage measurements of the first electrical circuit, wherein a current and/or voltage is generated in the first electrical circuit in response to the applied electrical signal, and wherein the first device electrode is configured to form a first capacitor with the first eyelid electrode and the second device electrode is configured to form a second capacitor with the second eyelid electrode.
US12138014B2	Apertureless confocal microscopy devices and methods Methods, devices and systems for confocal microscopy of human tissues or other samples are described that can be manufactured at a low cost, and are small and portable. One apertureless confocal microscope includes a dispersion element that produces output beams having different spectral components for illumination of a target, such as a tissue. The confocal microscope also includes one or more lenses that receive reflected beams from the target and focus the reflected beams onto a linear variable filter. The linear variable filter is positioned to receive the focused light to allow a particular range of spectral components of light to pass through the linear variable filter that is a function of a spatial location of the focused light incident on the linear variable filter. The described confocal microscopes, among other features and benefits, can greatly facilitate disease diagnosis in medical applications.
US12138010B2	Combined wireless and body channel communication system for physiological data collection A physiological data acquisition system includes an array electrode sensor (220) having plural electrodes and configured to acquire physiological data; a single electrode sensor having a single electrode and configured to acquire additional physiological data; and a hub that is configured to receive the physiological data from the array electrode sensor and the additional physiological data from the single electrode sensor only along body communication channels. At least one of the array electrode sensor and the single electrode sensor is configured to send an energy request signal to the hub, along the body communication channels. The hub, in response to the received energy request signal, emits radio frequency signals, which are used by the at least one of the array electrode sensor and the single electrode sensor to harvest energy. Alternatively, the hub may be configured to send a wake up signal to at least one of the array electrode sensor and the single electrode sensor before emitting the radio frequency signals.
US12138009B2	Device for acquiring physiological variables measured in a body A system includes: an aortic pressure sensor configured to measure aortic blood pressure of an individual; a distal sensor configured to measure a parameter in a blood vessel; a receiver configured to receive both (i) a signal representing the measured aortic blood pressure value, and (ii) a signal representing the parameter, the receiver comprising a display configured to display data that is based on at least the measured aortic blood pressure value and the measured parameter; and a communication interface configured to (i) receive a signal representing the measured aortic blood pressure value from the aortic pressure sensor via a wired connection, (ii) provide a signal representing the measured aortic blood pressure value to a monitoring device via a wired connection, and (iii) send a signal representing the measured aortic blood pressure value to the receiver via a wireless connection.
US12138005B2	Drape unit An aspect of the present invention provides a drape unit that is disposed between a medical robot holding a surgical instrument and the surgical instrument to isolate the surgical instrument and the medical robot from each other. The drape unit transmits power in a forward/backward direction from a power transmission part of the medical robot to a movable part provided in the surgical instrument. The drape unit comprises: a movable intervening part that receives the power from the power transmission part; and a fixed intervening part that is detachably attached to the medical robot. The fixed intervening part has a through-hole through which a part of the movable intervening part is inserted. The fixed intervening part has a housing portion that covers a part of the movable intervening part as viewed in a penetrating direction of the through-hole when the movable intervening part moves to an end portion in the forward/backward direction. It is thereby possible to sufficiently isolate a clean area and an unclean area from each other and improve the operability of surgery.
US12138004B2	Methods for actively engaging and disengaging teleoperation of a surgical robotic system A method for engaging and disengaging a surgical instrument of a surgical robotic system including receiving a sequence of user inputs from one or more user interface devices of the surgical robotic system; determining, by one or more processors communicatively coupled to the user interface devices and the surgical instrument, whether the sequence of user inputs indicates an intentional engagement or disengagement of a teleoperation mode in which the surgical instrument is controlled by user inputs received from the user interface devices; in response to determining of engagement, transition the surgical robotic system into the teleoperation mode; and in response to determining of disengagement, transition the surgical robotic system out of the teleoperation mode such that the user interface devices are prevented from controlling the surgical instrument.
US12137999B2	Methods for laparoscopic surgery with assist robot and controlling methods for laparoscopic surgery system with assist robot This application relates to methods and systems for laparoscopic surgery with assist robot and controlling methods for laparoscopic surgery system with assist robot. In one aspect, the method includes arranging a control assist robot on one region of a bed and a motion assist robot on another region of the bed to be spaced a certain distance apart from the control assist robot. The motion assist robot includes a surgical instrument that moves according to a control of the control assist robot. The method also includes performing laparoscopic surgery in a state in which an operator is positioned next to the control assist robot and grips a manual type instrument with one hand and the control assist robot with the other hand.
US12137996B2	Revision robotics Systems and methods may be used for performing a robotic revision knee arthroplasty. For example, a robotic surgical device may be used to perform a cut. The cut may be planned to remove an existing implant based on information about the existing implant (e.g., reference points on the existing implant, an implant type, a maker of the implant, degradation information about the implant, a failure reason for the implant, or the like). In an example, a new plan may be developed for a new implant to replace the existing implant.
US12137995B2	Robotic surgical assemblies and instrument drive connectors thereof An instrument drive connector includes a housing assembly, an elongated shaft extending distally from the housing assembly, and a first drive assembly at least partially disposed within the housing assembly and the elongated shaft. The first drive assembly includes a first drive screw, a first input drive coupler non-rotatably coupled to a proximal end of the first drive screw, a first drive nut threadedly engaged with a threaded body portion of the first drive screw and longitudinally movable relative thereto in response to rotation of the first drive screw, and a locking link. The locking link includes an elongated body having a proximal end portion coupled to the first drive nut and longitudinally movable relative thereto between a proximal non-locking position and a distal locking position, and a distal end portion including a switch actuation assembly including a switch actuating arm biased towards the distal locking position.
US12137992B2	Surgical workflow and activity detection based on surgical videos One example method for detecting phases of a surgical procedure via video processing includes accessing a video of the surgical procedure and dividing the video into one or more blocks, each of the blocks containing one or more video frames. For each of the blocks, the method includes applying a prediction model on the video frames of the respective block to obtain a phase prediction for each of the video frames. The prediction model is configured to predict, for an input video frame, one of the plurality of phases of the surgical procedure. The method further includes generating an aggregated phase prediction for the respective block by aggregating the phase predictions of the video frames, and modifying the video of the surgical procedure to include an indication of a predicted phase of the respective block based on the aggregated phase prediction.
US12137985B2	System and methods for intraoperative guidance feedback Systems and methods for surgical guidance and image registration are provided, in which three-dimensional image data associated with an object or patient is registered to topological image data obtained using a surface topology imaging device. The surface topology imaging device may be rigidly attached to an optical position measurement system that also tracks fiducial markers on a movable instrument. The instrument may be registered to the topological image data, such that the topological image data and the movable instrument are registered to the three-dimensional image data. The three-dimensional image data may be CT or MRI data associated with a patient. The system may also co-register images pertaining to a surgical plan with the three-dimensional image data. In another aspect, the surface topology imaging device may be configured to directly track fiducial markers on a movable instrument. The fiducial markers may be tracked according to surface texture.
US12137984B2	Technique of determining a pose of a surgical registration device A method, a surgical registration device, a sensor device, a system, a computer program, a computer-readable medium and a data carrier signal are disclosed. The surgical registration device comprises a surface, an optical pattern on the surface, and an interface unit to attach to a tracking system. The method comprises obtaining an image of the surgical registration device, detecting the at least one optical pattern in the image, obtaining surface model data describing the surface, obtaining a location of the optical pattern with respect to the surface, determining, based on the detected optical pattern, the surface model data and the location of the optical pattern, a second pose of the surface, obtaining depth information describing three-dimensional coordinates of the surface and determining, based on the second pose, the surface model data and the depth information, a third pose of the surface of the surgical registration device.
US12137979B2	Eye system A method to analyze an eye with a mobile device includes capturing an eye image using a mobile device camera coupled to a processor; capturing gyroscope or accelerometer readings as image metadata to aid in orientation normalization and image registration by the processor; extracting features of the eye using the image corrected with image metadata; and applying the extracted features to a deep learning neural network to detect eye focus data or eye gaze data.
US12137978B2	Blood flow measurement apparatus, method of controlling the same, and recording medium A blood flow measurement apparatus of an aspect example includes a scanning optical system, a front image acquiring unit, a region-of-interest determining processor, a scan controller, and a blood flow information acquiring unit. The scanning optical system applies OCT scanning to a fundus of a subject's eye. The front image acquiring unit acquires a front image of the fundus. The region-of-interest determining processor determines a region of interest that intersects a blood vessel by analyzing the front image based on a condition set in advance. The scan controller controls the scanning optical system to apply a repetitive OCT scan to the region of interest. The blood flow information acquiring unit acquires blood flow information based on data collected by the repetitive OCT scan.
US12137976B2	Optical coherence tomography instrument and alignment method An ophthalmic optical coherence tomography instrument, method, and computer-readable medium. The instrument includes a scanner defining an apparent point source for scanning sample light across a subject position and an objective having a posterior imaging configuration to project the apparent point source onto a pivot point between the objective and the subject position. The objective is settable between the posterior imaging configuration for scanning the sample light across a retina of an eye at the subject position and an anterior imaging configuration for scanning the sample light across a pivot plane. An axial region from which an interferogram is detectable extends across the pivot plane while the objective is in the anterior imaging configuration. A pupil alignment method uses the anterior imaging modality to obtain a structure position of a structure of an eye's anterior segment and then an offset between the structure position and a reference position.
US12137975B2	Systems, methods, and program products for performing on-off perimetry visual field tests Systems for performing ON-OFF perimetry visual field tests. The systems may include a display apparatus including at least one display, and at least one computing device in electronic communication with the display apparatus. The computing device(s) may be configured to perform the ON-OFF perimetry test on a patient by performing processes including directing the patient to visual focus on an eye fixation region depicted in a visual field. The visual field may be divided into a right side and a left side. The processes performed by the computing device(s) may also include generating a plurality of stimuli in the visual field to be detected by the patient, directing the patient to indicate when the patient detects each stimulus depicted within the visual field, and analyzing the patient's indications to diagnosis a retinal disease, a visual cortex disease, and/or a deficit condition of an eye of the patient.
US12137971B2	System and methods for pulsing and directing a pulsed laser beam to treat dental tissue A laser beam treatment system that delivers laser beam pulses to a dental treatment area according to a particular pattern is described. In various instances, the spacing of the pattern (e.g., locations at which pulses are delivered and the distances therebetween) and/or the timing of the pattern (e.g., amount of time between the delivery of pulses to a first location and a later location that abuts the first location) can have a demonstrable effect on ablation performance. The effects can include, for example: improved ablation efficiency, improved surface smoothness, improved material removal rate, and/or the absence of melt, carbonization or other negative surface features.
US12137964B2	End tool of surgical instrument and electric cauterization surgical instrument comprising same Provided are an end tool of a surgical instrument and a surgical instrument for electrocautery including the same, and in particular, an end tool of a surgical instrument and a surgical instrument for electrocautery including the end tool that is capable of rotating in two or more directions and intuitively matching a movement of a manipulation portion, wherein the surgical instrument may be installed on a robot arm or manually operable in order to be used in laparoscopic surgery or other various surgeries.
US12137963B2	Bipolar electrosurgical instruments A bipolar surgical instrument comprises a body, first and second opposed jaws located at the distal end of a shaft, the first jaw being movable with respect to the second jaw between an open position in which the first and second jaws are spaced apart from one another, and a closed position in which the first and second jaws are adjacent one another. The first and second elongate jaw members have respective first and second electrodes. A controller is operable to determine a starting voltage for application to the jaws.
US12137962B2	Surgical electrode having surface treatment coating Provided is a surgical electrode in which an end portion capable of emitting a high frequency has a surface treatment film that includes a first coating and a second film in the order mentioned. The first coating is formed by contacting a surface treatment agent (X) with or over the entirety or a part of the surface of the end portion at least, which surface treatment agent (X) contains at least an amino group-containing compound, and the second film is formed by contacting a surface treatment agent (Y) with a part or the entirety of the surface of the first coating, which surface treatment agent (Y) contains: a silicone resin (A); a compound (B) containing a metal element selected from titanium, platinum, rhodium and palladium; and an aromatic hydrocarbon-based solvent (C), and satisfies: (I) the content of the silicone resin is in a range of 90% by mass to 99.9% by mass with respect to a total solid mass of the silicone resin and the compound; and (II) a ratio (BM/AM) of a mass (BM) of the compound to a mass (AM) of the silicone resin is in a range of 0.001 to 0.111.
US12137957B2	Fluid control arrangement for a medical device A fluid control arrangement for a medical device. The fluid control arrangement has a fluid control circuit with at least one fluid control component, through which a fluid flows. For controlling the at least one fluid control component, a control circuitry with at least one electric and/or electronic component is provided. A first carrier part has a first coupling surface and a second carrier part has a second coupling surface. In the first coupling surface at least one first fluid channel cavity and/or in the second coupling surface at least one second fluid channel cavity is provided. By connecting the carrier parts with each other with facing coupling surfaces, at least one main fluid channel is formed in the area of the separating location. At the first carrier part a first mounting surface for the at least one fluid control component can be provided.
US12137953B2	Humeral fixation plates Provided is a slot anchor guide that includes a medial portion and a lateral portion, the medial portion includes a medial projection configured to span a slot of a fixation plate, where the slot anchor guide is configured to guide an anchor through a predetermined position of a slot of the fixation plate and to mate with the fixation plate to allow a surgeon to place the fixation plate on a bone face by manipulating the lateral portion. Also provided is a tuberosity fracture plate that includes a tuberosity end having a first portion configured to overlay a first tuberosity and a second portion opposite the first portion, a distal portion coupled with and extending away from the tuberosity portion.
US12137952B2	Methods, devices, and manufacture of the devices for musculoskeletal reconstructive surgery A device used in conjunction with fixation hardware to provide a two-stage process to address the competing needs of immobilization and re-establishment of normal stress-strain trajectories in grafted bone. A method of determining a patient-specific stress/strain pattern that utilizes a model based on 3D CT data of the relevant structures and cross-sectional data of the three major chewing muscles. The forces on each of the chewing muscles are determined based on the model using predetermined bite forces such that a stiffness of cortical bone in the patient's mandible is determined. Based on the stiffness data, suitable implantation hardware can be designed for the patient by adjusting external topological and internal porous geometries that reduce the stiffness of biocompatible metals to thereby restore normal bite forces of the patient. A method of 3D printing nitinol to create a patient-specific device to facilitate the establishment of a normal stress-strain trajectory in grafted bone.
US12137949B2	Rib fracture fixation device and methods for use thereof The disclosure provides example methods, systems and apparatus for stabilization of a rib. An example method includes: (a) accessing a medullary canal of a rib having a fracture, (b) advancing a guidewire into the medullary canal across the fracture, (c) advancing a delivery catheter containing a stent over the guidewire into the medullary canal and across the fracture, (d) retracting the delivery catheter relative to the stent, and (e) expanding the stent in the medullary canal.
US12137942B2	Syndesmosis treatment construct An apparatus and method are provided for a syndesmosis treatment construct configured to be placed into a cinched configuration that presses a first bone against a second bone. The syndesmosis treatment construct comprises a proximal fixator to contact the first bone and a distal fixator to contact the second bone. A first suture and a second suture are parallelly looped through the proximal fixator and oppositely looped through the distal fixator. Distal ends of the first and second sutures are fixated within a washer disposed between the proximal fixator and the first bone. Proximal ends of the first and second sutures are passed through openings in the washer and through the proximal fixator. Pulling of the proximal ends by a practitioner places the syndesmosis treatment construct into a cinched configuration. Any of various suitable suture knots may be formed so as to fixate the cinched configuration.
US12137939B2	Medical device and treatment method A medical device and a treatment method are disclosed which allow easy formation of a hole using energy and easy expansion of the formed hole without loss of tissue and allow an increase in working efficiency. A medical device is disclosed for forming a hole in a tissue in a living body and expanding the hole, the medical device including: a dilator having a first lumen formed inside and having a tip portion in which the first lumen opens on a distal side; and an output unit that outputs energy for denaturing the tissue and forming a hole, in which the output unit is disposed on a tip portion and formed discontinuously in the circumferential direction of the tip portion, and the outer diameter of the tip portion gradually decreases toward the distal side.
US12137932B2	Medical assemblies and methods for implantation of multiple medical leads through a single entry Assemblies and methods provide for implantation of multiple medical leads to a defined space within the body, such as the epidural space, through a single entry. A catheter having multiple lumens or alternatively a single oblong lumen may be used. A distal end of the catheter enters the defined space through the single entry such that the distal ends of the multiple lumens or the oblong lumen are present in the defined space. Medical leads are introduced through the multiple lumens or the oblong lumen into the defined space. In some cases, the distal end of the catheter may be deflectable to direct the medical leads within the defined space. In other cases, sheaths may be present within each lumen of the catheter where the sheaths may be extended into the defined space and deflect to direct the medical leads that are being passed through a lumen of the sheaths.
US12137931B2	Occlusion-crossing devices A catheter device for crossing occlusions includes an elongate catheter shaft, a rotatable tip configured to rotate relative to the elongate catheter shaft, a drive shaft, and an OCT imaging sensor. The rotatable tip includes a central guidewire lumen, a distal grinding surface, and a fluted portion. The distal grinding surface can be substantially perpendicular to the guidewire lumen and include divots and sharp points that form pyramidal features, where the sharp points extend distally from the distal grinding surface. The fluted portion can have flutes extending around a circumference of the rotatable tip proximal to the distal grinding surface. The fluted portion may not include the divots and sharp points that form the pyramidal features of the distal grinding surface.
US12137930B2	System of sonotrode and guide shaft A system to be used for transmitting ultrasonic vibration, the system including a sonotrode designed to vibrate in a stationary wave having at least one node position between the distal end and the proximal end of the sonotrode, and a guide shaft with a through opening. During operation the sonotrode extends through the through opening of the guide shaft and the distal end of the guide shaft is situated on a distal side of the most distal node position of the sonotrode. The sonotrode and the guide shaft are adapted to each other for radial clearance between the sonotrode and the guide shaft to be a minimum for a sonotrode portion comprising the most distal node position.
US12137927B2	Cutting grasper for valve leaflet laceration A cutting grasper for valve leaflet laceration is described. The cutting grasper extends from a distal end of a flexible shaft so that the flexible shaft is configured to advance the cutting grasper through a vascular system of a patient. The cutting grasper includes a base member having a proximal end that is attached to the distal end of the flexible shaft. The cutting grasper also includes an actuating member. A proximal end of the actuating member is rotatably attached to the distal end of the base member forming a hinge of the cutting grasper. The actuating member is configured to rotate relative to the base member about the hinge between open and closed positions. The cutting grasper is configured to grasp a target leaflet in the open position, close into the closed position with the target leaflet disposed between the base and actuating members, and divide the target leaflet.
US12137926B2	Direct pull surgical gripper A surgical end effector includes a clevis and two jaws rotatably coupled to the clevis. A rocking pin in the form of a solid of revolution is pivotally supported by the clevis. The rocking pin may be pivotally supported by the clevis at the midpoint between the first and second ends. The opposite ends of the rocking pin engage the jaws to constrain the jaws to have opposite motions around the axes of rotation of the jaws. The clevis may be coupled to an elongate shaft to provide an endoscopic instrument. The first and second jaws may be electrically isolated from one another for electrocautery and the rocking pin may be formed from a non-conductive material or electrically isolated from the first and second jaws by electrically non-conductive liners. The jaws may be opened and closed by pushing and pulling on wires coupled to the jaws.
US12137925B2	Forceps including a pre-loaded handle latch A surgical device comprising: a closure assembly comprising: (a) a movement unit including (i) a bar and (ii) a contact element, wherein the bar, the contact element, or both move in a direction of a prescribed motion; (b) a latch unit comprising: (i) a latch plate including: (1) a hook latch that selectively receives the bar, the latch plate being movable between: (A) a lockable state where the hook latch is engageable by the bar, and (B) an unlockable state where the hook latch is unengageable by the bar; (c) an indicator mechanism that moves into alignment with the prescribed motion of the contact element, the bar, or both when the latch unit is in the unlockable state so that the indicator is contacted by the bar, the contacting element, or both generating an indication.
US12137923B2	Guide wire tip having roughened surface A guidewire for use in penetrating through complex and stenosed lesions. The distal tip of the guidewire has a roughened surface to increase frictional engagement with calcified and fibrous tissue to increase the penetration of the distal tip and the guidewire into and through the lesion and reduce the likelihood of deflection of the guidewire tip. The average surface roughness of the distal tip is in the range from 1 micron to 200 microns.
US12137920B2	Medical device and method for treatment of hip joint A medical device for delivering an action to an area of a hip joint or its surroundings, inside a human body, is provided. The hip joint of a patient comprises a collum femur and a ball shaped caput femur, being the proximal parts of the femoral bone, and an acetabulum, being a bowl shaped part of the pelvic bone. The medical device comprising; an elongated member, having a length axis along its elongated distribution, comprising a first portion, adapted to enter the body of the patient, and a mechanical element, adapted to be used during an operation in the hip joint or its surroundings, inside the body. The first portion of the elongated member comprises a holding member adapted to hold the mechanical element inside the body of the patient, wherein the first portion of the elongated member have a first portion cross-section area substantially perpendicular to the length axis of the elongated member. The first portion is adapted to pass through a hole, in a bone of the patient, the hole having a hole cross-section area. The first portion cross-section area, is adapted to be smaller than said hole cross-section area. The mechanical element have a functional status, ready to deliver said action inside said body, when held by the holding member inside the body of the patient. The mechanical element is adapted to have a mechanical element cross-sectional area substantially perpendicular to the length axis of the elongated member, substantially larger than the first portion cross-sectional area and adapted to be unable to pass through the hole, when the mechanical element is in the functional status.
US12137918B2	Coupling portion for rotary surgical cutting systems Aspects of the disclosure relate to surgical cutting systems having a surgical tool and a powered hand piece. The surgical tool can include a cutting tool having a coupling portion for selective connection to a drive pin of the hand piece. The coupling portion defines a tang that is configured to promote self-alignment of the cutting tool and the drive pin during connection of the cutting tool and the hand piece, thus promoting ease of use.
US12137916B2	Device for occlusion of blood vessels and hemorrhage control and method for its placement and removal A device for occlusion of blood vessels and hemorrhage control, whose design it allows to control the force of application of the blood vessel that is intended to be occluded and during its placement, applies always the same force, regardless of the diameter of the blood vessel to be occluded and/or the dimensions of the tissue that surrounds it.
US12137914B2	Anastomosis set, anastomotic auxiliary and the method thereof An anastomosis set for anastomosing a first end to be anastomosed with a second end to be anastomosed, such anastomosis set comprising: a first manipulator, with a first telescoping part at a distal end thereof, the first telescoping part is used for telescoping toward the first end to be anastomosed; a second manipulator, with a second telescoping part at a distal end thereof, the second telescoping part is used for telescoping toward the second end to be anastomosed; and an anastomosis mechanism for anastomosing the first end to be anastomosed with the second end to be anastomosed; the first manipulator including a first exit part through which the first manipulator will be removed from the first end to be anastomosed after anastomosing; the second manipulator has a second exit part, through which the second manipulator will be removed from the second end to be anastomosed after anastomosing.
US12137912B2	Compressible adjunct with attachment regions A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. The staple cartridge assembly comprises a compressible adjunct and a staple cartridge. The compressible adjunct comprises attachment regions. The staple cartridge comprises a proximal end, a distal end, a deck, a longitudinal row of staple cavities, staples, bonding zones, and barbs. The attachment regions of the compressible adjunct are configured to be secured to bonding areas defined by the bonding zones. The barbs protrude from the deck, and the barbs are configured to maintain an initial alignment between the attachment regions and the bonding zones prior to attachment of the compressible adjunct to the deck.
US12137910B2	Tissue grasping devices and related methods A tissue gripping device is formed from a shape-memory material, and has a base section, a first arm, and a second arm disposed opposite the first arm, each arm having a first end coupled to the base section and a free end extending from the base section. The arms of the tissue gripping device are configured to resiliently flex toward a relaxed configuration in a distal direction as the tissue gripping device is moved from a pre-deployed configuration toward a deployed configuration. The tissue gripping device is usable in a method for gripping tissue. The method includes positioning the tissue gripping device near target tissue and moving the tissue gripping device from a pre-deployed configuration toward a deployed configuration in order to grip the target tissue.
US12137907B2	Surgical stapler handle assembly having actuation mechanism with longitudinally rotatable shaft A handle assembly for a surgical stapler can comprise a rotatable actuation shaft. The actuation shaft can have a first rotational orientation in which it can actuate a jaw assembly in a repeatable open and close mode, a second rotational orientation in which it can actuate a jaw assembly in a staple firing mode, and a third rotational orientation in which it can actuate a jaw assembly in a reversing mode. The handle assembly can include a rotational mechanism arranged to discretely position the rotatable actuation shaft in one of the rotational orientations. The rotational mechanism can be arranged for single handed operation such as by including a slidable switch or selector to rotate the actuation shaft.
US12137905B2	Gas-powered continuous feed surgical fastening device A stapling device includes a handle assembly, an elongate body, and an end effector. The elongate body includes a proximal portion and a distal portion. The proximal portion extends distally from the handle assembly. The end effector is operably disposed on the distal portion of the elongate body. The end effector includes a first jaw member and a second jaw member pivotally secured relative to the first jaw member. The second jaw member is movable between an open position and a closed position. The first jaw member includes at least one pusher bag. The at least one pusher bag is transformable between a deflated condition and an expanded condition. The stapling device further includes at least one staple member releasably supported within the first jaw member. Transformation of the at least one pusher bag from the deflated condition to the expanded condition ejects the at least one staple from the first jaw member.
US12137902B2	Adaptive anti-twitch algorithm for powered surgical devices A surgical device includes a handle assembly having a controller; a first motor; and a second motor. The surgical device also includes an adapter assembly having: a tubular housing defining a longitudinal axis having a proximal end portion configured to couple to the handle assembly, and a distal end portion; a first actuation assembly disposed within the tubular housing and coupled to the first motor; and a second actuation assembly disposed within the tubular housing and coupled to the second motor. The surgical device further includes an end effector configured to couple to the distal end portion of the adapter assembly. The end effector is coupled to the first actuation assembly that articulates the end effector about an articulation axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The end effector also includes a flexible drive beam coupled to the second actuation assembly and movable axially by the second actuation assembly. The controller is configured to maintain an initial articulation position of the end effector in response to axial movement of the flexible drive beam.
US12137895B2	Anchors and methods for securing suture to bone A method for securing suture to bone comprises drilling a hole in a desired portion of bone at a desired procedural site, passing a strand of suture through a portion of soft tissue to be approximated to the portion of bone, and extending the free suture ends proximally from the soft tissue. The suture is loaded into an anchor implant. Using an inserter, on a distal end of which is attached the anchor implant, the anchor implant is manipulated into the bone hole. The suture is then tensioned to a desired level by pulling on the free suture ends, after the anchor implant is positioned in the bone hole. The free suture ends are wrapped about a suture cleat on an inserter handle once the desired tension level is achieved. A proximal anchor component is moved distally to engage with a distal anchor component to lock the anchor in place within the bone hole, and to lock the suture in place within the anchor. Then, the inserter is removed from the procedural site.
US12137893B2	Perforator-integral suture anchor device A perforator-integral suture anchor device is proposed. More specifically, it simultaneously inserts and fixes the suture anchor into the bone while the pilot hole in the bone is forming when an anchor driver is pressed and rotated. The perforator-integral suture anchor device includes the suture anchor having threads formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and the anchor driver capable of pressing and rotating the suture anchor, wherein the anchor driver includes a plurality of guide arms protruding forward by being spaced apart from each other relative to a central axis of the anchor driver, and a perforating tip formed at a front end of each of the guide arms, and the suture anchor includes a plurality of female coupling grooves recessed on an outer surface of the suture anchor in a longitudinal direction thereof and allowing the suture anchor to be coupled to the plurality of guide arms.
US12137892B2	Insertion instruments The insertion instrument (10) for inserting a modular intervertebral fusion device or components thereof into an inter-vertebral space comprises at least one superior (arm 16), (18) mounted on a superior support (12) such that the at least one superior arm extends from the superior support. The insertion instrument further comprises at least one inferior arm (20), (22) mounted on an inferior support (14) such that the at least one inferior arm extends from the inferior support. The superior and inferior supports (12), (14) are mechanically coupled to each other whereby: the at least one superior arm (16), (18) and the at least one inferior arm (20), (22) extend in generally a same direction such that, in use, each of the distal ends of the superior and inferior arms engage at a respective location on a modular intervertebral fusion device or component thereof; and the superior and inferior supports (12), (14) rotate relative to each other to provide relative rotation of: the at least one superior arm; and the at least one inferior arm, whereby there is movement together and apart of the at least one superior arm and the at least one inferior arm at their distal ends. One of: the at least one superior arm (16), (18); and the at least one inferior arm (20), (22) is unarticulated between its distal end and the respective superior or inferior support (12), (14). The other one of: the at least one superior arm (16), (18); and the at least one inferior arm (20), (22) comprises a hinge (32) between its distal end and the respective superior or inferior support. The hinge (32) rotates the distal end of the other one of the superior arm and the inferior arm towards or away from the one of the superior arm and the inferior arm.
US12137890B2	Surgical retractor, methods of making a surgical retractor, and methods of retracting tissue In an example, a surgical retractor includes an elongated shaft extending from a first end to a second end, and a retractor blade extending from the second end of the elongated shaft. The elongated shaft defines an internal chamber. The elongated shaft includes a handle portion at the first end of the elongated shaft, a suction conduit in a first lateral portion of the internal chamber, and a light conduit in a second lateral portion of the internal chamber. The suction conduit extends from a suction port at the first end to a suction aperture at the second end. The light conduit extends from a light-input port at the first end to a light aperture at the second end. The suction conduit and the light conduit are substantially coplanar. The surgical retractor also includes an optical waveguide in the light conduit of the elongated shaft.
US12137888B2	Fastening device and related methods of use A fastening mechanism that comprises an actuator, a fastening device attached to a distal end of the actuator, and a device coupler, wherein the fastening device is pivotally attached to the device coupler.
US12137885B2	Bodily fluid collection device A bodily fluid collection device includes a needle part having a needle tube with a needle tip, and a capillary removably connected to a base end part of the needle tube in a longitudinal direction thereof on a side opposite to the needle tip. A method for collecting a bodily fluid using the bodily fluid collection device, and a method for collecting an aqueous humor using the bodily fluid collection device are also disclosed.
US12137884B2	Sample collection devices and methods of using the same A sample collection device that includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end, the body defining a channel extending from the distal end to the proximal end. The sample collection device includes an opening at the proximal end of the body that extends into the channel of the body. The body includes an adhering portion having a depressed surface relative to an adjacent exterior surface of the body, the adhering portion configured to receive a sample in response to the sample contacting the depressed surface of the adhering portion. The body is manually maneuverable in response to the channel receiving a finger of a user through the opening of the body.
US12137877B2	Endoscopic-release surgical retractor This invention relates to an endoscopic-release surgical retractor (1) comprising a blade (2) having an arch-shaped cross section and a handle (3) extending upwardly from the proximal end of the blade. The handle (3) is adapted to removably receive an L-shaped endoscope-retainer (5). The vertical arm (52) of the endoscope-retainer is adapted to receive an endoscope such that in use the endoscope is retained at the apex of the arch of the blade.
US12137876B2	Endoscope attachment accessory with telemetric function for measuring distances and sizes on internal surfaces of the human body A biomedical device, an endoscope attachment accessory with telemetric function that allows to make measurements in internal surfaces of the body; the endoscope attachment accessory with telemetric function for measuring distances and sizes on internal surfaces of the human body comprising three modules, an image signal processing module for calculating distances, areas and volumes, a laser control module and an alignment module, all contained in a single housing.
US12137875B2	Endoscopic device removal system and method Systems and methods are provided for the non-traumatic removal of a variety of devices placed over, or on, endoscopic instruments or endoscopes. A device removal system includes a removal element for gripping the device having a body with a central portion and adjacent gripping arms movably coupled to the central portion. The system further includes an insertion device coupled to the removal element and an expanding instrument. The insertion device has an elongate shaft configured for advancement into an opening or channel within the device to be removed. The expanding instrument is configured for insertion into the insertion device to expand the shaft of the insertion device and obtain a firmer grip on the device, thereby reducing the local pressure applied to any one portion of the device, which reduces the wear and tear on the instrument and minimizes damage to epoxy joints and other sealed areas.
US12137873B2	Compact multi-viewing element endoscope system The present specification is directed towards endoscopes, such as colonoscopes, that provide a broader field of view and allow extended access of surgical tools and also enable efficient packing of all necessary elements in the tip section, while maintaining their functionality. Also described are methods and systems for capturing and displaying still and video images using an endoscope corresponding to a left-side looking, a front-looking and a right-side looking viewing element of an endoscopic tip generated in a native aspect ratio.
US12137872B2	Surgical devices, systems, and methods using multi-source imaging In general, devices, systems, and methods for multi-source imaging are provided. In one embodiment, a surgical system is provided that includes a first imaging device configured to gather first images for visualization of a surgical target, a second imaging device configured to gather second images that enhance the visualization of the surgical target, and a controller configured to cause a display device to show a single view of the surgical target that is a cooperation of the first and second images. The first imaging device has a different point of view of the surgical site than the second imaging device.
US12137863B2	Shoe or boot sole cleaning device and shoe or boot sole cleaning kit comprising the shoe or boot sole cleaning device There is provided a shoe sole cleaning device (10) comprising a lower tray (20) having a bottom wall (22) and one or more side walls (24) which define a first compartment (V1) for cleaning liquid, and an upper tray (30) having a bottom wall (32) and one or more side walls (34) which define a second compartment (V2) for pebbles or crushed stone. The upper tray (30) is shaped and dimensioned such that at least a part thereof is accommodated in the first compartment (V1) of the lower tray (20). The upper tray (30) includes one or more holes (36) communicate between the first and second compartments (V1, V2).
US12137858B2	Base station and water tank A water tank is provided for communicating with a cleaning system on a base station body of a base station and outside of the base station. The water tank includes a clean water cavity configured to hold clean water, a clean water input channel configured to be communicated with the clean water cavity and an external water source outside the base station, a clean water output channel configured to be communicated with the clean water cavity and the cleaning system on the base station body, a sewage cavity configured to hold sewage, a sewage input channel configured to be communicated with the cleaning system on the base station body and the sewage cavity, and a sewage output channel configured to be communicated with the sewage cavity and outside of the base station.
US12137857B2	Robotic cleaner The present disclosure relates to a robotic cleaner. The robotic cleaner may be configured such that an imaginary plane passing mop contact portions having a small area passes through the center of gravity of the robotic cleaner, thereby travelling while the mops effectively scrub a floor surface.
US12137847B2	Portable urinal A portable urinal in the form of a vessel with a reservoir, lid, funnel, one or more handles, and internal fluid diverting features in various arrangements and combinations. The components of the portable urinal are useful for mitigating odor and directing fluid to dampen sound. The funnel of the portable urinal can be aligned to direct fluid toward the internal diverting features to dampen the sound of fluid flowing into the reservoir.
US12137844B2	Insulated antibacterial pouch A pouch includes first and second multilayered sidewalls each having a first surface and a second surface, the first and second multilayered sidewalls being connected together to define an interior space of the pouch between the first and second multilayered sidewalls, and a mouth defining an opening into the interior space. The multilayered sidewalls have an inner surface that is configured to be in contact with one or more objects contained within the pouch. A portion of the multilayered sidewall comprises a compound insulating layer. A portion of the multilayered sidewalls that comprises the inner surface is formed from an antibacterial material. An outer wrapping is formed from a water resistant material.
US12137842B2	Ice cream scoop or scoop for another food of semisolid consistency The present invention relates to an ice cream scoop or scoop for another food of semisolid consistency, comprising a bowl or spatula and a handle carrying said bowl or spatula, said scoop being adapted to make a portion in said bowl or spatula, preferably a spherical portion, of said ice cream or other food, when said bowl or spatula is moved through a bulk of said ice cream or other food. According to the invention, the scoop comprises dispensing means of at least one food sauce suitable for dispensing said food sauce on and/or within said ice cream or other food portion during the formation of said ice cream or other food portion in said bowl or spatula.
US12137840B2	Food preparation appliance with a detachable tool The present disclosure relates to a food preparation appliance including a food preparation pot and a rotatable tool for chopping and/or blending a food in the food preparation pot wherein the tool is detachably connected to a shaft, which is at least partially outside the food preparation pot in order to be coupled to a drive for rotation. Further, a locking mechanism is provided for connecting the tool to the shaft in a locked manner. The locking mechanism is arranged in such a way that, during operation, the tool can be driven by the shaft in both rotation directions for chopping and/or blending a food.
US12137839B2	Automated food preparation system Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to food preparation systems and associated automated gantry systems. An example automated food preparation system may include a housing that supports one or more baskets therein and a gantry system. The gantry system may include a retrieval arm and a drive system operably coupled with the retrieval arm. The drive system may cause movement of the retrieval arm in at least two directions relative to the housing. In operation, the retrieval arm may engage a basket and cause movement of the basket about the housing. In some instances, an ejection mechanism is provided that receives the basket from the retrieval arm and causes removal of the contents of the basket.
US12137837B2	Systems and methods for real-time monitoring of boiling fluid for food processing assistance In one embodiment, a method for monitoring for boiling fluid in a kitchen environment by a smart hood apparatus includes accessing sensor data indicating one or more parameters of a cooking utensil detected by the smart hood apparatus from sensors associated with the smart hood apparatus, wherein the sensors comprise one or more of a camera, a thermal sensor, or an audio sensor, and wherein the cooking utensil contains fluid, determining information associated with boiling events associated with the fluid in the cooking utensil based on the sensor data by algorithms, wherein the information comprises at least a boiling time required for the fluid to boil, and sending instructions for presenting a notification comprising the information associated with the boiling events.
US12137836B2	Milk warmer The present application discloses a milk warmer, which includes: a milk warmer base, the milk warmer base is provided with a first accommodation space, and the first accommodation space is used to accommodate milk to be heated; a heating member for heating the first accommodation space; a temperature measuring member for detecting the temperature of the heating member; a first fixing bracket used to fix the position of the temperature measuring member; wherein the heating member is provided with a connection hole, one end of the temperature measuring member is connected in the connection hole, and the other end of the temperature measuring member is connected with the first fixing bracket. The milk warmer of this disclosure can increase the volume of the heating member while maintaining an original volume of the milk warmer, and the heating speed can be increased accordingly.
US12137827B2	Package receiving container A package receiving container, including a main body to store at least one item therein, a lid assembly movably disposed on at least a portion of the main body to prevent access within the main body while closed and facilitate access within the main body while opened, a lock disposed on at least a portion of the lid assembly to prevent the lid assembly from opening in response to being locked; and a control unit disposed within at least a portion of the main body to monitor for receipt of the at least one item within the main body and sending a signal to an external device that the at least one item has been delivered in response to the main body receiving the at least one item.
US12137823B1	Pizza display case A pizza display case for showcasing pizzas attractively and conveniently. It includes a base assembly and a lid assembly. The base assembly having a base dish and accompanying walls and surface that provide support and create a cavity. The lid assembly, positioned above the base assembly, features an upper surface, walls, and a bottom surface with lights and a lid mirror. The lights trace the edge of the lid mirror, illuminating the pizzas within and enhancing visibility. The base dish is removable for easy placement and removal of pizzas. A base lock on the front wall secures the lid assembly, and hinges enable smooth opening and closing. Customization is facilitated by the base dish, lid mirror, and front wall. Additional features include lights on the walls and adjustable lighting controlled by a switch. Overall, the case offers a versatile and visually appealing solution for showcasing pizzas.
US12137822B2	Shelving system and methods A racking system and methods of assembling a racking system includes one or more adjustably positionable backing walls that may be positioned at different distances from a front end of a corresponding shelf. Dividers may be provided to be positioned adjacent the one or more backing walls to divide a product display zone into separate zones.
US12137819B2	Anti-theft pusher with incremental distance detection A retail merchandise pusher is configured for sliding along a pusher assembly track. The pusher assembly is mountable to a retail merchandise shelf. The pusher includes a housing, a spring drum rotatably mounted within the housing, and a coil spring mounted to the spring drum. The coil spring is coilable and uncoilable upon rotation of the spring drum. A controller is coupled to a sensor arrangement within the housing. The sensor arrangement has a spring drum sensor for detecting rotation of the spring drum. A direction sensor detects a direction of rotation of the spring drum. An incremental distance sensor detects incremental movement of the pusher. The controller is configured to calculate, based on data from the sensor arrangement, a total distance and direction of travel by the pusher, and to generate an alarm when the pusher travels more than a threshold distance within a predetermined period of time.
US12137817B2	Interlocking mechanism for seat and back of chair An interlocking mechanism for a seat and a back of a chair is provided. A seat body and a chair chassis are pivotally connected, and a pad plate is pivotally connected with the seat body. Thereby the pad plate is moved around a pivotal connection between itself and the seat body when users sit on the pad plate. While a front side of the pad plate is moved downward, it is inclined to an angle slowly by a pad spring connected with the pad plate. When the use is leaning on the chair back connected with the seat body, the seat body is moved backward with a pivotal connection between itself and the chair chassis. The pivotal connection between the seat body and the pad plate can push the pad plate upward so that the seat body is inclined with the chair back and the user sits more comfortably.
US12137814B2	Pocket spring string, pocket spring mattress core, and mattress A pocket spring string, a pocket spring mattress core and a mattress. The pocket spring string includes: springs; cloth, which is folded and provided with welds to form multiple adjacent pockets, each pocket being provided with an opening, and the springs being received in the pockets respectively; and thread provided to stitch the openings so that the springs are packaged in the pockets in a compressed state. The pocket spring mattress core is formed by connection of the pocket spring strings, and the mattress includes a mattress cover and the pocket spring mattress core. Because the top and/or bottom of each pocket is provided with the opening which is stitched by the thread, when the thread is removed, the springs can be quickly separated from the pockets, so that the metal material and the cloth are separated without any special technical means.
US12137811B2	Active comfort controlled bedding systems Active comfort controlled bedding systems and processes include an air blower assembly for variable climate control. The air blower assembly generally includes a unidirectional air blower configured to flow air to and from a mattress surface overlaying the bucket assembly.
US12137810B2	Bedding system, kit and method A bedding system includes an adjustable base comprising a tambour. An air control unit is coupled to the base. The air control unit includes a left fan and a right fan. The fans are positioned under the tambour. A first air passage is connected to the left fan. A second air passage is connected to the right fan. A sealed bag is positioned on the base. The bag includes a spacer and coils positioned therein. The bag includes opposite top and bottom ends. The top and bottom ends are each being breathable. A duct that connects the bottom end to the first and second air passages. A breathable comfort layer is positioned on the bag. A mattress cover is positioned on the comfort layer. Kits and method of use are disclosed.
US12137809B2	Adjustable bed base with incline/decline feature An adjustable bed base has a subframe assembly including a subframe which may be inclined relative to a stationary frame by a primary linear actuator. An articulating deck is attached to the subframe. Secondary linear actuators articulate the deck. The subframe assembly is pivotally secured to a portion of the stationary frame. The subframe may be inclined by extending the primary linear actuator which moves ramps, causing wheels attached to the subframe to ride upwardly along the ramps, thereby raising the head end of the subframe relative to the stationary frame.
US12137808B2	Headboard assembly for modular bed frame A headboard assembly for a modular bed frame assembly includes a bracket and a headboard. The bracket includes an upper attachment structure and a lower attachment structure. The headboard is removably coupled to the bracket at the upper attachment structure. The bracket is configured to be removably coupled between two laterally adjacent planar members of the modular bed frame assembly by the lower attachment structure. At least one of the upper attachment structure or the lower attachment structure of the bracket defines a generally C-shaped section.
US12137801B2	Portable and foldable workstation apparatus A portable workstation apparatus includes: a pair of collapsible legs; and a work portion that is attached in a removable manner to the pair of collapsible lags via a pair of brackets. Each leg of the pair of collapsible legs includes: a frame; an extension connected to a first end of the frame; a lower post housed within a sleeve; an upper post; a hinge connecting the lower post and the upper post; a first brace connecting the extension to the sleeve; and a plurality of holes on an exterior face of the lower post or the upper post. Each leg is configured to collapse by folding the upper post towards the lower post via the hinge and rotating the extension toward the lower post.
US12137800B2	Book stand A stand for supporting a book in an inclined reading position having a resting surface, which tilts back such that the book rests at an incline; a shelf surface, which prevents the book pages and book from sliding down and off the resting surface; and a groove between the shelf surface and resting surface, into which the cover of a book may be inserted such that a majority number of the book pages rest on the shelf surface.
US12137798B2	Toothbrush A toothbrush includes a head portion (10) having a bristle tufting surface; a grip portion (30) disposed on a rear end side from the head portion; a neck portion (20) disposed between the bristle tufting surface (11) and the grip portion; and a sensing portion (70) for sensing that an external force in a first direction orthogonal to the bristle tufting surface exceeds a threshold value. A reversal portion (80) connects a first region and a second region, and snaps, buckles, and reverses as the head portion is displaced on a rear surface side due to the external force exceeding the threshold value. An elastic deformation portion (90) connects the first region and the second region, and elastically deforms at least up to the external force at which the reversal portion snaps, buckles, and reverses.
US12137796B2	Stringer for retaining empty beverage cans A stringer for retaining empty beverage cans is disclosed. The stringer may include a catch at a first end of the stringer. The catch may be configured to be threaded through a hole in a tab of a beverage can. The stringer may also include a stopper that is configured to prevent the beverage cans from falling off of a second end of the stringer. An elongated neck may be positioned between the catch and the stopper that is configured to hold a plurality of beverage cans. The catch, the stopper, and the elongated neck may all be manufactured from a unitary piece of material or may be a combination of different materials. This material may be aluminum to allow the stringer to remain attached to cans during the recycling process or a ferromagnetic metal so that the stringer may be extracted magnetically in the recycling process.
US12137792B2	Thermally insulated solar rechargeable backpack A thermally insulated solar rechargeable backpack is provided. The device includes a plurality of compartments that are thermally insulated. The plurality of compartments may keep items placed therein either hot or cold. The backpack includes a plurality of zippers to maintain the temperature in the compartments and keep the contents from falling out of the backpack. Additionally, the sides of the backpack have at least one storage pocket. Moreover, a solar panel is disposed on the top of the backpack to power a plurality of USB charging ports for charging electronic devices. In this way, the insulated backpack may be utilized to thermally insulate items to keep them either hot or cold in separate compartments during their transportation and utilize solar energy to provide power through a plurality of charging ports.
US12137785B2	Hairdryer and method of use A hairdryer is described. The hairdryer includes an air intake aperture which has a variable airflow cross section. The hairdryer also includes an air expulsion aperture with a fan positioned between the air intake aperture and the air expulsion aperture. The air intake aperture is adapted to regulate amount of air flowing out of the air expulsion aperture.
US12137780B2	Cases with multipole magnet hinges A case for a portable electronic device includes a housing, a lid, and a hinge rotatably coupling the lid to the housing such that the lid is operable between an open position and a closed position. The hinge includes a first multipole magnet coupled to the lid such that the first multipole magnet rotates with the lid. A second multipole magnet is coupled to the housing and is arranged coaxially with the first multipole magnet and such that the first multipole magnet and the lid rotate relative to the second multipole magnet. The lid is unstable between the open and closed positions, such that, between the open position and the closed position, the lid is biased toward either the open position or the closed position depending on an angle of orientation of the lid relative to the housing.
US12137779B1	3-in-1 connector system for shading structure A 3-in-1 connector system for a shading structure includes a base body having a central through hole for deposing a main supporting pole, a plurality of retaining members axially arranged around the central through hole, wherein one of the plurality of the retaining member has a retaining receiving cavity; a plurality of joint connectors; an extension member configured to couple with an upper supporting frame and having an extension receiving cavity for receiving and securing one of the plurality of the joint connectors with a lower supporting frame to form a first lock position and a first unlock position; wherein another one of the plurality of the joint connectors is receiving and securing inside the retaining receiving cavity; one of the plurality of the retaining member has a plurality of first elastic sheets configured to perform a second lock position and a second unlock position.
US12137775B2	Sole structures and articles of footwear having separate outsole and midsole components Articles of footwear in accordance with some aspects of this technology include a simple construction that includes three main parts, with each made from a single material and fit together in a releasable manner. The invention enhances the recyclability and sustainable nature of the article of footwear and shoe. At least some more specific aspects of this technology relate to footwear structure that may include three main parts: (a) an outer cage, which may include a single piece having features of: (i) a footwear upper and (ii) a sole structure having one or more cleat outer shells; (b) an inner upper component; and (c) a chassis and heel counter component with a bottom surface thereof that includes one or more cleat inserts and supports that fit inside the one or more cleat outer shells.
US12137773B2	Fastening device A fastening device includes a case unit, a spool, a connecting unit, a knob and an engaging unit. The case unit includes a wall forming a receiving space, a partition separates the receiving space into an upper chamber and a lower chamber, a through hole located at the partition, and a base detachably connected to at least one part of the wall. The spool is located at the lower chamber. The knob is connected to the connecting unit. The engaging unit is located at the upper chamber. After the connecting unit is inserted into the spool, the through hole and the engaging unit to couple to the knob, the partition, the spool, the connecting unit, the knob and the engaging unit are connected integrally without being separated from each other while the base is separated from the at least one part of the wall.
US12137769B2	Sole structure for article of footwear A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a bladder having an inner chamber and a peripheral chamber completely surrounding the inner chamber. The inner chamber defines a first interior void having a tensile element received therein and providing the inner chamber with a constant thickness. The inner chamber may be arcuate and curve continuously from a first end of the bladder to a second end of the bladder. The peripheral chamber extends from and completely surrounds the inner chamber, and has a variable thickness that is greater than the constant thickness of the first inner chamber. The inner chamber and the peripheral chamber are in fluid communication with each other, and the peripheral chamber includes a plurality of deformation zones configured to deform to accommodate a pressure increase within the inner chamber.
US12137762B1	Elastic ponytail extension A hair extension for a ponytail is described. The hair extension may comprise an elastic band having a looped end and a free end. A plurality of hairs may be connected to the band by weaving or sewing the plurality of hairs into a track or weft that is then attached to the band. The elastic band may have a taut and a relaxed configuration. The track or weft may be attached to the band while the band is in the taut configuration such that when the band is relaxed, the track or weft is wavy. The looped end of the band may be formed by folding a tip of the band over and securing it to a portion of the band. The loop may have an opening through which a user's natural hair may be inserted.
US12137759B2	Hand-worn workwear unit for scanning barcodes A hand-worn workwear unit for scanning barcodes, including a portable control system configured to connect to an external device via a wireless signal, a sensor module having a barcode scanner, a peripheral device, and a seat fastened to a backhand portion of the hand-worn workwear unit. The portable control system and the sensor module form a structural unit configured to be inserted into and removed from the seat. The seat provides a contact point for detachably electrically connecting the peripheral device and the sensor module via one or more wires in the hand-worn workwear unit. The peripheral device has push button which is arranged outside on an index finger portion of the hand-worn workwear unit.
US12137757B2	Shirt with padded upper torso A shirt incorporating a padded torso section formed with padding sewn onto an interior layer of an encompassing shell which in turn is sewn onto the exterior layer of the shell. Additional stitching passing through the padding and the interior and exterior layers of the shell can form a pleasing geometric pattern. The padded torso section provides comfort to the caregiver and to the infant resting on the torso of the caregiver. The padding can be secured to the interior shell member in a detachable manner to permit the removal of the padding from the upper torso section of the shirt. The shirt can be constructed as a nursing shirt, utilizing various forms of fasteners, and having an overlapping cover secured to the torso section to be used as a privacy cover.
US12137753B2	Athletic bra An athletic bra includes a front portion and a rear portion, where the front portion includes a plurality of sections that form regions having different degrees of elasticity. The sections of the front portion are oriented such that a gradient in elasticity is imparted along the front portion between the plurality of sections.
US12137750B2	Aerosol generating system including a cradle and a holder, and a cradle thereof An aerosol generating system includes a holder including: a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating article; a holder battery configured to supply electric power to the heater; and a holder processor configured to measure a remaining charge value of the holder battery; and a cradle detachably coupled to the holder and including: a cradle battery having a greater battery capacity than the holder battery; and a cradle processor configured to: identify whether the holder is coupled to the cradle, receive a remaining charge value of the holder battery from the holder processor based on the holder being coupled to the cradle, and control the cradle battery to supply electric power to the heater based on the received remaining charge value being greater than or equal to a preset reference value.
US12137749B2	Temperature control method, aerosol generation apparatus and aerosol generation system A method for controlling temperature of a heating element in an electronic inhaler for vaporizing an aerosol forming substrate. The method includes, in a first stage, applying power to and increasing a temperature of the heating element from an initial temperature to a first temperature; in a second stage, controlling power to decrease the temperature of the heating element from the first temperature to a second temperature; and in a third stage, controlling the heating element to provide a constant temperature operation at the second temperature. During detection of inhalation, power to the heating element is increased to raise its temperature to a third temperature. In the third stage, the heating element increases the temperature only when suction is detected, thereby ensuring that a supply of an aerosol to the inhaler and minimize waste of electric energy and the aerosol forming substrate.
US12137747B2	Electrically operated smoking device including a compact system for identifying smoking articles in the device An electrically operated smoking device configured to receive a smoking article is provided, including: a housing defining a cavity configured to at least partially receive the smoking article; and an image sensor configured to detect indicia on the smoking article, the image sensor being disposed on a periphery of the cavity and including a light source, an image detector, and a plurality of microlenses held in a support structure, the plurality of microlenses being configured to provide a mosaic of inverted images on the image detector. A smoking system is also provided.
US12137746B2	Aerosol provision system An aerosol provision system for generating an aerosol for user inhalation comprises a cartridge comprising a housing containing an aerosolizable material, and an aerosol provision device having an interface configured operatively to receive the cartridge. The aerosol provision device is configured in use to cause the aerosolizable material to generate the aerosol for user inhalation by providing heat/power to the aerosol generating material. The cartridge includes a data storage unit configured to store information relating to the cartridge, the aerosol provision device being configured to detect the identifier stored in the data storage unit when cartridge is received by the aerosol provision device. Embodiments of the present technique can be arranged to provide a cartridge with data storage unit integrally formed with one or more walls of the cartridge's housing. In one example the data storage unit is integrally formed with the one or more walls of the housing by embedding circuitry forming the data storage unit in or below a surface of one of the walls of the housing. The embedding of the circuitry of the data storage unit integrally forms the circuitry with the wall of the housing with the effect that removal of the data storage unit causes one or both of the data storage unit or the aerosol generating material to be rendered inoperable.
US12137745B2	Aerosol generating device and method and program for operating this In order to provide an aerosol generating device which can determine, at an earlier stage, the occurrence of depletion or shortage pf the aerosol source, this aerosol generating device (100) includes: a storage unit (116A) which stores an aerosol source or an aerosol substrate (116B) which holds an aerosol source; a load (132) which atomizes the aerosol source by generating heat with power supplied from a power supply (110); a sensor (112) which outputs values related with the temperature of the load (132); and a control unit (106). The control unit (06), in response to an aerosol generation request, supplies power from the power supply (110) to the load (132) to carry out a power supply cycle, and, on the basis of an index based on the deviation of the output values of the sensor (112) in a single power supply cycle, determines the occurrence of depletion or shortage of the aerosol source in the storage unit (116A) or the aerosol substrate (116B).
US12137744B2	Aerosol generating device Provided is an aerosol generating device including a cartridge comprising: an atomizer heating an aerosol generating material to generate aerosol; a mouthpiece through which the generated aerosol is released to outside; a main body accommodating the cartridge; and a sensor configured to detect release of the aerosol to the outside; wherein a first air channel is formed between the cartridge and the main body and guides external air introduced through an air inlet to the mouthpiece through the atomizer, and wherein a second air channel is formed in the main body such that the first air channel and the second air channel are in fluid communication, and wherein the sensor detects the release of the aerosol to the outside based on a change in air flow rate or air pressure of the second air channel.
US12137743B2	Aerosol generating apparatus using induction heating method and aerosol generating method using induction heating method An embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of coils which have different numbers of windings and generate an alternating magnetic field when alternating current is applied; a susceptor for generating an aerosol by heating adjacent aerosol-generating substrates using heat generated through the alternating magnetic fields generated from the plurality of coils; and a controller for controlling a predetermined alternating current to be supplied to each of the plurality of coils, wherein the controller controls a first portion and a second portion of the susceptor to be heated differentially by alternating current supplied to the plurality of coils.
US12137740B2	Porous heating body and atomizer having same A porous heating body includes a porous body having a first porous portion, a second porous portion and a third porous portion successively disposed in the porous body along a lengthwise direction of the porous body. A cross-sectional area of the first porous portion and a cross-sectional area of the third porous portion are both larger than a cross-sectional area of the second porous portion along a widthwise direction of the porous body. A heating element extends along the lengthwise direction of the porous body is disposed on the porous body. The heating element includes a heating portion. At least one portion of an extension length of the heating portion is overlapped with an extension length of the second porous portion. The porous body is shaped to enhance conductivity of liquid tobacco in a middle thereof, and storing liquid tobacco for replenishing at two bulge ends thereof.
US12137739B2	Fluid permeable heater assembly for aerosol-generating systems A fluid permeable heater assembly for aerosol-generating systems includes an electrically conductive flat filament arrangement and a first contact point and a second contact point for electrically contacting the flat filament arrangement. A longitudinal axis is defined between the first contact point and the second contact point. A center resistance Rc is the electrical resistance between two points situated on the longitudinal axis. One of the two points is situated at a distance from the first contact point equal to about 40 percent and the other one of the two points being situated at a distance from the first contact point equal to about 60 percent.
US12137736B1	Electronic cigarette having a plurality of e-liquid storage bins An electronic cigarette includes an electronic cigarette body and a plurality of e-liquid storage bins configured to store e-liquid. The electronic cigarette body is provided with a plurality of atomizing cores, and a mounting chamber is arranged on the electronic cigarette body. The mounting chamber is configured to mount the e-liquid storage bins. An e-liquid outlet configured to discharge the e-liquid is formed in each of the e-liquid storage bins. Each of the e-liquid storage bins is at least partially arranged in the mounting chamber. After the e-liquid storage bins are assembled into the mounting chamber, each of the atomizing cores is communicated to the e-liquid outlet of at least one e-liquid storage bin to add the e-liquid from the e-liquid storage bin into the atomizing core.
US12137733B2	Hookah device A hookah device (202) which attaches to a hookah (246). The hookah device (202) comprises a plurality of ultrasonic mist generator devices (201) for generating a mist for inhalation by a user. The hookah device (202) comprises a driver device (202) which controls the mist generator devices (201) to maximize the efficiency of mist generation by the mist generator devices (201) and optimize mist output from the hookah device (202).
US12137732B2	Remote powered hookah system The present invention relates to a vehicle powered electronic hookah system that is designed to be used by a driver or passenger while driving an automobile and while obviating the need to use traditional charcoal for heating the tobacco. The hookah system includes a coil pack for heating tobacco to produce smoke for consumption by a consumer. The coil pack can be provided power using an electronic supply such as a vehicle's electronic power using a cigarette lighter plug or USB connector. Alternatively, a built-in rechargeable battery can be used for providing power to the coil. These power sources obviate the use of charcoal for heating the tobacco and maintain a clean and sanitary smoking area without worry of ashes. The hookah system can be placed in a cupholder in the vehicle and can be rotated in any direction for convenient use.
US12137731B1	Smoking pipe A smoking device that produces smoke by using indirect heat from a heat source such as a flame and achieves a healthier release of the desired chemical vapor from the ingredients being smoked. A smoking pipe includes a cartridge, a chamber, a barrel, a mouthpiece and a filter capable of being disassembled for cleaning and maintenance. The barrel may be indexed 1-4, so each quadrant can be heated individually and in succession.
US12137729B2	Smoking filter The present disclosure relates to a filter for a smoking device, such as, but not limited to, a water pipe. The filter includes a body that is positionable over a mouthpiece of the smoking device, to filter impurities from smoke drawn therethrough, and a base that secures the body over the mouthpiece such that smoke is drawn therethrough, prior to inhalation by a user. The body can include one of more filtration layers, such as a first layer formed from a material selected to filter carcinogens and other impurities from the smoke prior to inhalation, and a second layer formed from a material selected to minimize or prevent the transmission of bacteria, viruses, or other contagions from a user's mouth to the smoking device. Each of the filtration layers can also be formed from one or more materials.
US12137728B2	Cardboard filter for cigarettes, cigarette and manufacturing method thereof The invention relates to a cardboard filter (1) for cigarettes, formed by folding, winding and gluing a cardboard strip (2). According to the invention, the cardboard strip (2) is folded to form a central portion (21) having a series of lobes (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) angularly equally distributed around a central axis (22) of the filter (2) and a peripheral portion (23) surrounding the central portion (21), the lobes (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and the peripheral portion (23) delimiting gas passage channels (24) around the central axis (22).
US12137719B2	Short-term wash treatment of produce A produce wash system is provided. The produce wash system includes a produce line including a short-term wash device and a rinse transition component followed by a wash device, a short-term wash treatment that is applied by the short-term wash device to a product, wherein the short-term wash treatment remains on the product for a pretreatment time that lasts until the short-term wash treatment is rinsed off, and a rinse solution applied by the rinse transition component that rinses the product after the product leaves the short-term wash device and before the product enters the wash device, and a wash treatment that is applied by the wash device to the product, wherein the wash treatment rinses any remaining short-term wash treatment from the product. The pretreatment time is set at or below a damage threshold time beyond which the short-term wash treatment damages the product beyond a damage threshold.
US12137711B2	Methods and devices for heating or cooling viscous materials Methods and devices heat or cool viscous materials, such as meat emulsions useful for producing food and other products. The devices have a heat exchanger including a first plate, a second plate attached to the first plate, and a first spacer and a second spacer arranged between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate, the second plate, the first spacer, and the second spacer define at least one temperature controlled passage for a product to pass through the heat exchanger.
US12137707B2	Pet food A pet food is provided, the pet food including soy protein grains containing soy protein, in which the soy protein grains include a first soy protein grain and a second soy protein grain, a main raw material of the first soy protein grain is the same as a main raw material of the second soy protein grain, a hardness of the first soy protein grain is within a range of 1 to 15 N, and a hardness of the second soy protein grain is within a range of 30 to 100 N.
US12137705B2	Pet food A pet food that comprises a soybean protein isolate, a fermented soybean meal or a mixture thereof wherein a content of β-conglycinin is 5 mass % to 10 mass % in terms of dry matter, a content of a plant-based protein other than a plant-based protein derived from the soybean protein isolate and the fermented soybean meal is 11.0 mass % or less in terms of dry matter, and digestibility of a protein contained in the pet food is 88% or more.
US12137703B2	Oily food and producing method thereof The present invention addresses the problem of providing an oily food, such as chocolate or cream, which does not require tempering treatment and in which the occurrence of blooming and the like is suppressed even when a large amount of cocoa butter is used; and producing method thereof. The present invention provides an oily product containing a fat/oil as a continuous phase. The fat/oil contains SOS, HMM, HLM, HLL, HHM and HHL. The mass ratio (HLM/HLL) of the HLM content to the HLL content is 1.0 or more. The mass ratio (HMM+HLM+HLL+HHM+HHL)/SOS of the total content of HMM, HLM, HLL, HHM and HHL to the SOS content is 0.9 to 8. In HMM, HLM, HLL, HHM and HHL, fatty acids having a carbon number of 20 or more occupy less than 3% by mass of the total constituent fatty acids H.
US12137700B2	Food safety method Methods for inoculating a grain suitable for use in testing methods of reducing bacterial load are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of reducing bacterial load on a grain by using elevated temperature and an organic acid. Also disclosed are methods of tempering a grain at an elevated temperature and reduced time as compared to standard tempering methods.
US12137698B2	Multilayer structure for active packaging, process and method of using the same A multilayer sheet for controlling growth of post-harvest pathogens in agricultural product, use thereof for controlling growth of post-harvest pathogens during packaging, storing and/or transportation of agricultural products, and a method comprising the use thereof.
US12137697B2	Deskinning apparatus for a poultry leg A deskinning apparatus including a conveyor with shackles from which a poultry leg or part of a poultry leg is suspendable by the ankles. Rollers may be positioned below the conveyor to define a nip between the rollers, which may be movable to engage, grip and draw skin on the poultry leg or part of the poultry leg into the nip. The rollers may be arranged to stop rolling after gripping the skin to hold the skin in the nip and may be equipped to subsequently move away from the poultry leg so as to pull the skin loose from the poultry leg The rollers can be configured to enable rotation in one direction only so that after the rollers have stopped rolling to hold the skin in the nip between the rollers, the rollers are blocked from rotating in a counter direction.
US12137690B2	Herbicidal mixtures comprising L-glufosinate and their use in cotton cultures The present invention relates to herbicidal mixtures and their methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation in conventional and tolerant, e.g. glufosinate-tolerant, cotton, wherein the herbicidal mixtures comprise L-glufosinate and and at least one herbicidal compound II selected from clethodim, fluazifop, fluazifop-butyl, fluazifop-P, fluazifop-P-butyl, haloxy-fop, halox-yfop-methyl, haloxyfop-P, haloxyfop-P-methyl, metamifop, quizalofop, quizalofop-ethyl, quizalo-fop-tefuryl, quizalofop-P, quizalofop-P-ethyl, quizalofop-P-tefuryl, chlorimuron, chlorimuron-ethyl, thifensulfuron, thifensulfuron-methyl, trifloxysulfuron, tritosulfuron, imazamethabenz, ima-zamethabenz-methyl, imazamox, imazamox ammonium, imazapic, imazapic ammonium, imaza-pyr, imazapyr isopropylammonium, imazaquin, imazethapyr, imazethapyr ammonium, pyrithiobac, pyrithiobac-sodium, amicarbazone, atrazine, prometryn, diuron, fluometuron, thiadiazuron, carfentrazone, carfentrazone-ethyl, flumiclorac, flumiclorac-pentyl, flumioxazin, fluthiacet, fluthiacet-methyl, fomesafen, pyraflufen, pyraf I uf en-ethyl, oxyfluorfen, saflufenacil, sulfentra-zone, tiafenacil, trifludimoxazin, norflurazon, picolinafen, clomazone, topramezone, fenquinotrione, mesotrione, bicyclopyrone, isoxaflutole, tembotrione, tolpyralate, glyphosate, glyphosate dimethylammonium, glyphosate-isopropylammonium, glyphosate-potassium, glyphosate-trimesium (sulfosate), pendimethalin, trifluralin, acetochlor, alachlor, butachlor, dimethenamid, dimethenamid-P, metazachlor, metolachlor, S-metolachlor, pyroxasulfone, 2,4-D and its salts and esters, dicamba and its salts and esters, fluroxypyr, fluroxypyr-butometyl, fluroxypyr-meptyl, quinclorac, quinclorac dimethylammonium, quinmerac, cinmethylin, endothal, cycloxydim, seth-oxydim, diflufenzopyr, diflufenzopyr-sodium, bentazone and bentazone-sodium and other com-pounds. The present invention relates to herbicidal mixtures and their methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation in conventional and tolerant, e.g. glufosinate-tolerant, cotton, wherein the herbicidal mixtures comprise L-glufosinate and and at least one herbicidal compound II selected from clethodim, fluazifop, fluazifop-butyl, fluazifop-P, fluazifop-P-butyl, haloxyfop, halox-yfop-methyl, haloxyfop-P, haloxyfop-P-methyl, metamifop, quizalofop, quizalofop-ethyl, quizalo-fop-tefuryl, quizalofop-P, quizalofop-P-ethyl, quizalofop-P-tefuryl, chlorimuron, chlorimuron-ethyl, thifensulfuron, thifensulfuron-methyl, trifloxysulfuron, tritosulfuron, imazamethabenz, ima-zamethabenz-methyl, imazamox, imazamox ammonium, imazapic, imazapic ammonium, imazapyr, imazapyr isopropylammonium, imazaquin, imazethapyr, imazethapyr ammonium, pyrithi-obac, pyrithiobac-sodium, amicarbazone, atrazine, prometryn, diuron, fluometuron, thiadi-azuron, carfentrazone, carfentrazone-ethyl, flumiclorac, flumiclorac-pentyl, flumioxazin, fluthiac-et, fluthiacet-methyl, fomesafen, pyraflufen, pyraf I uf en-ethyl, oxyfluorfen, saflufenacil, sulfentra-zone, tiafenacil, trifludimoxazin, norflurazon, picolinafen, clomazone, topramezone, fenquinotri-one, mesotrione, bicyclopyrone, isoxaflutole, tembotrione, tolpyralate, glyphosate, glyphosate dimethylammonium, glyphosate-isopropylammonium, glyphosate-potassium, glyphosate-trimesium (sulfosate), pendimethalin, trifluralin, acetochlor, alachlor, butachlor, dimethenamid, dimethenamid-P, metazachlor, metolachlor, S-metolachlor, pyroxasulfone, 2,4-D and its salts and esters, dicamba and its salts and esters, fluroxypyr, fluroxypyr-butometyl, fluroxypyr-meptyl, quinclorac, quinclorac dimethylammonium, quinmerac, cinmethylin, endothal, cycloxydim, seth-oxydim, diflufenzopyr, diflufenzopyr-sodium, bentazone and bentazone-sodium and other compounds.
US12137688B2	Naphthalene isoxazoline compounds for controlling invertebrate pests Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, wherein J is and R1a, R1b, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R14, R15, R16, Q and X are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
US12137671B2	System for measuring body temperature in poultry An arrangement for measuring the body temperature of a bird comprises: (a) an enclosure having at least one aperture configured for receiving a bird's head thereinto at least in a partial manner; (b) at least one receptacle mounted within the enclosure; at least one receptacle accommodating an attractor; (c) at least one remote sensing instrument configured for acquire thermal reading and calculating bird's temperatures. The remote sensor instrument and the receptacle accommodating the attractor are mutually disposed such that at least the bird's head is within a field of view of the remote sensor instrument.
US12137667B2	Foldable litter box and litter box with variable volume A foldable litter box and a litter box with a variable volume are provided. The foldable litter box includes a bottom plate and a several side plates integrally formed with the bottom plate, the side plates can be bended relative to the bottom plate to enclose a housing cavity. The side plates includes a front baffle and a rear baffle, as well as a left baffle and right baffle. The foldable litter box also includes connection plates integrally formed with the front baffle and the rear baffle, and the connection plates can be bent and connected to the left baffle and the right baffle respectively. The litter box can be quickly transformed into a pet litterbox with different volume from a flat state to different folded states, and the litter box can be quickly returned to the flat state when not in use, thus reducing space occupation.
US12137664B2	Tomato hybrid SVTM9027 The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTM9027. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTM9027 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTM9027 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US12137659B2	Soybean cultivar 13430644 A soybean cultivar designated 13430644 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 13430644, to the plants of soybean cultivar 13430644, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 13430644, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 13430644. 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 13430644. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 13430644, 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 13430644 with another soybean cultivar.
US12137657B2	Soybean cultivar 19140644 A soybean cultivar designated 19140644 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 19140644, to the plants of soybean cultivar 19140644, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 19140644, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 19140644. 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 19140644. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 19140644, 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 19140644 with another soybean cultivar.
US12137651B2	Methods and systems for use in implementing resources in plant breeding Exemplary systems and methods are disclosed for allocating resources in a breeding pipeline to multiple origins. One exemplary method includes accessing a data structure including data representative of multiple origins, in which the data includes, for each of the multiple origins, a trait performance expression or genotypic component information. The exemplary method further includes determining a resource allocation, which allocates n resources among the multiple origins based on a probability associated with the trait performance expressions and/or the genotypic components for the origins, and then allocating the n resources in the breeding pipeline for the multiple origins, based on the determined resource allocation.
US12137641B2	Pole saw An outdoor tool includes a powerhead, a tool unit powered by the powerhead, and a shaft assembly extending between the powerhead and the tool unit. The tool unit includes a transmission housing, a support plate, a guide bar adjustably supported by the support plate, a drive gear, and a chain circumscribing a portion of the drive gear and a portion of the guide bar, the drive gear operatively coupled to the powerhead. The tool unit further includes a tension adjustment mechanism for adjusting a position of the guide bar relative to the drive gear to increase and decrease a tension in the chain. The tension adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment screw, a threaded adjustment bolt, at least one adjustment gear, and a member coupled to the adjustment bolt and the guide bar. Rotation of the adjustment screw causes translation of the guide bar relative to the drive gear.
US12137639B2	Wireless irrigation control Some embodiments provide methods and systems of controlling irrigation. Some of these systems comprise: a connector of a controller interface (CI) coupled with an irrigation controller, wherein the connector is configured to receive a valve activation signal activated by the irrigation controller; a user interface of the CI; a processor of the CI configured to obtain valve transceiver (VT) programming with VT programming being received from inputs through the user interface, determine a station identifier, and identify as defined in the VT programming a remote valve associated with the station identifier and controlled by a remote VT; and a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit a wireless activation signal configured to be wirelessly received by the VT controlling the valve associated by the VT programming with the station identifier such that the VT is configured to control an actuator to actuate the valve.
US12137634B2	Apparatuses and methods for managing agricultural crops An apparatus for managing agricultural crops includes a vehicle and a user interface. The vehicle includes a navigation system, one or more vision systems, one or more removal tools, and a control system. The control system can include a data processing system, a data storage system, and a targeting system. The apparatus can be used to carry out one or more methods for managing agricultural crops, such as, for example, utilizing the vision system to capture images of an item to be targeted for removal by the removal tool, and utilizing the control system to process the images and position the removal tool to remove the item.
US12137631B2	Residue management control system for harvester A control system for a harvester having a residue discharge system operable to eject crop residue according to an adjustable residue discharge parameter, the control system including a processor, a memory, a human-machine interface, and a sensor configured to detect at least one of wind speed, wind direction, or humidity. The control system is configured to receive the signal from the sensor, receive an operator input corresponding to a desired residue management strategy selected from at least a first residue management strategy and a second residue management strategy, and adjust the residue discharge parameter based on the desired residue management strategy and the detected at least one of wind speed, wind direction, or humidity.
US12137629B2	Automated camera system control for harvesting machine unloading A harvesting machine includes a header configured to gather harvested material into the harvesting machine during a harvesting operation, a conveyance subsystem configured to convey the harvested material from the harvesting machine to a receiving vehicle during the harvesting operation, an image capture system comprising at least one optical sensor, and a control system configured to determine a position of the receiving vehicle relative to the harvesting machine, determine an image magnification factor based on the determined position, and display, on a display device, an image of a portion of the receiving vehicle based on the image magnification factor.
US12137624B2	Method for adjusting the position of a power lift A method for adjusting the position of a power lift of an agricultural utility vehicle includes storing one or more target positions in a control device, moving the control member rotationally relative to and translationally along a longitudinal axis, and adjusting the one or more target positions of the power lift within a position range defined by a lower limit position and an upper limit position by a variable movement of the control member.
US12137623B2	Agricultural work vehicle The invention relates to an agricultural work vehicle (100) for performing an agricultural work operation in an agricultural field, wherein said work vehicle comprises: a first drive module (2): a second drive module (4), a connecting element (6); said connecting element comprises a first axial end (8) and a second axial end (10); propulsion means (12) for propelling said work vehicle; steering means (14) for steering said work vehicle; a control unit (16) for controlling the operation of said work vehicle; wherein said first drive module (2) comprises a first chassis (18); wherein said second drive module (4) comprises a second chassis (20); wherein said first drive module (2) comprises drive means (90) for allowing said first drive module to move over ground, said drive means (90) being suspended on said first chassis (18); wherein said second drive module comprises drive means (92) for allowing said second drive module to move over ground, said drive means (92) being suspended on said second chassis (20); wherein said first axial end (8) of said connecting element (6) is being attached to said first chassis (18); and wherein said second axial end (10) of said connecting element (6) is being connected to said second chassis (20); wherein said work vehicle is comprising pivoting means (26), thereby allowing that the orientation of said first drive module (2) is being able to rotate in relation to the orientation of said second drive module (4), around an axis being essentially parallel to a longitudinal direction of said connecting element (6).
US12144271B2	Back end of line embedded RRAM structure with low forming voltage A semiconductor structure may include a resistive random access memory device embedded between an upper metal interconnect and a lower metal interconnect in a backend structure of a chip. The resistive random access memory may include a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a dielectric film. A portion of the dielectric film directly above the first electrode may be crystalline. The semiconductor structure may include a stud below and in electrical contact with the first electrode and the lower metal interconnect and a dielectric layer between the upper metal interconnect and the lower metal interconnect. The dielectric layer may separate the upper metal interconnect from the lower metal interconnect. The crystalline portion of the dielectric film may include grain boundaries that extend through an entire thickness of the dielectric film. The crystalline portion of the dielectric film may include grains.
US12144258B2	Suspension design with improved microactuator sensitivity and microactuator configurations A piezoelectric (PZT) actuator assembly having a fixed-end and a hinged-end is provided. The assembly includes a first side electrode at the hinge-end, and a second side electrode at the fixed-end. The assembly includes a third piezoelectric layer including a top surface and a bottom surface disposed over the top surface of the second PZT layer. A fourth electrode is at least partially disposed on the top surface of the third PZT layer. The fourth electrode is connected to the second side electrode at the fixed-end.
US12144257B2	Heat dissipation composite, lower panel sheet, and display device including the same A heat dissipation composite for a display device includes: a heat absorber; an electricity generator disposed on the heat absorber to convert heat from the heat absorber into electricity; and a vibrator disposed on the electricity generator to convert the electricity provided from the electricity generator into vibration.
US12144254B2	Dynamic equivalent circuit of combined heat and power system, and working method thereof The present disclosure discloses a dynamic equivalent circuit of a combined heat and power system, and a working method thereof. Controlled sources are used to represent a thermoelectric coupling source; equivalent inductance is used to represent a delay of a heat transmission pipeline; equivalent resistance is used to represent a heat load and a heat loss of the heat transmission pipeline; and equivalent capacitance is used to represent a heat storage water tank. A circuit model is used to uniformly represent two thermoelectric heterogeneous energy sources, and a single power simulation tool may be used to simulate a combined heat and power system, so that the simulation system has a simple structure and is easy to develop and maintain.
US12144252B2	Organic electroluminescence device An organic electroluminescence device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the emission layer includes a first host, a first dopant, and a second dopant different from the first dopant, the first dopant and the second dopant are compounds each independently exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence, the first dopant has a delayed fluorescence lifetime (τ) value of about 2.6 μs to about 5.0 μs, and the first host, the first dopant, and the second dopant satisfy Equation 1 defined in the detailed description, thereby exhibiting increased efficiency and lifetime characteristics.
US12144249B2	Compound for organic optoelectronic device, composition for organic optoelectronic device, organic optoelectronic device and display device A compound for an organic optoelectronic device, a composition for an organic optoelectronic device including the same, an organic optoelectronic device, and a display device, the compound being represented by Chemical Formula 1:
US12144248B2	Compound, display panel and display apparatus The present disclosure relates to the technical field of OLED, and provides a compound having TADF property. In an embodiment the compound has a structure according to Formula (1), in which X1-X5 are each independently selected from a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom, and at least one of X1-X5 is a nitrogen atom; R11-R20 are each selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, alkyl, alkoxy, cyano, trifluoromethyl, an electron-accepting group, and an electron-donating group; at least one of R11-R15 is an electron-donating group or an electron-accepting group, and at least one of R16-R20 is an electron-donating group or an electron-accepting group; when each of R11-R15 is an electron-accepting group, at least one of R16-R20 is an electron-donating group, and each of R11-R15 is an electron-donating group, at least one of R16-R20 is an electron-accepting group.
US12144246B2	Compounds, infrared absorbers, infrared absorbing/blocking films, photoelectric devices, sensors, and electronic devices A compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1. In Chemical Formula 1, R1 to R4, R11a to R14c, and n are the same as defined in the detailed description.
US12144243B2	Organometallic compound, light-emitting device including same, and electronic apparatus including the light-emitting device Provided is an organometallic compound, a light-emitting device including the same, and an electronic apparatus including the light-emitting device. The light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an interlayer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer, wherein the light-emitting device includes at least one organometallic compound represented by Formula 1.
US12144240B2	Flexible panel In a display device including a flexible display panel, the risk of disconnection of a wiring due to bending is reduced. A display panel includes a display function layer including display elements and a wiring on one major surface of a base material having flexibility. The display panel includes, on the one major surface of the base material, an organic-film-covered wiring area where the surface of the wiring is covered with an organic planarization film that is an organic insulating film in direct contact with the wiring. The display panel includes, in the plane thereof, a display area where the display elements are arranged and a component mounting area that is a peripheral area located outside the display area. As the organic-film-covered wiring area, a curved area is provided in the peripheral area.
US12144239B2	Substrate for flexible device A substrate for flexible device, including a stainless steel sheet, an oxide layer formed on a surface of the stainless steel sheet, and a glass layer of electrically-insulating bismuth-based glass formed in a form of layer on the surface of the oxide layer. Also disclosed is a sheet for flexible device, including a stainless steel sheet, and an oxide layer on a surface of the stainless steel sheet, the oxide layer having a thickness of not less than 30 nm.
US12144238B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a display apparatus includes separating a mother substrate that includes a plurality of connected unit display apparatuses into a plurality of separated unit display apparatuses. Each separated unit display apparatus includes a display panel and at least one supporting unit attached below the display panel. The display panel includes a display substrate that has a pad area on which are disposed a plurality of pads and a thin film encapsulation layer on the display substrate. The method further includes consecutively cutting the display panel and the at least one supporting unit of each separated unit display apparatus along cutting lines in the pad area, where a first cut surface of the pad area of the display substrate and a second cut surface of the at least one supporting unit are respectively cut at different angles.
US12144236B2	Display substrate having photosensitive sensing unit located in visible light signal receiving region Provided are a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a visible light communication apparatus. The display substrate includes a substrate, and the substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region; the peripheral region includes a visible light signal receiving region surrounding the display region; the display substrate further includes a photosensitive sensing unit, the photosensitive sensing unit is located in the visible light signal receiving region and is configured to receive a visible light signal and convert the visible light signal into an electrical signal to achieve visible light communication.
US12144232B2	Display panel and display device with improved shrinkage performance of curved regions The present application provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel comprises a first curved region located between two second curved regions and corresponding to a corner area of a planar region. The display panel comprises a supporting layer and a panel main body, and the supporting layer comprises a first portion being bent and within the first curved region and a second portion being bent and within the second curved region; the panel main body is disposed on the first portion and the second portion and bent along with the first portion and the second portion. a shrinkage rate of the first portion is greater than a shrinkage rate of the second portion.
US12144231B2	Display substrates, display panels, and display devices The present application provides a display substrate, a display panel, and a display device. The display substrate includes a substrate layer. The substrate layer includes a first substrate portion and a second substrate portion joined to each other. The first substrate portion is made of a first substrate material and configured to be disposed opposite to a photosensitive element. The second substrate portion is made of a second substrate material. A light transmittance of the first substrate material is larger than or equal to a light transmittance threshold, and a light transmittance of the second substrate material is smaller than the light transmittance threshold.
US12144230B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region, a first array unit in the first region and including at least one subpixel having a first light emitting part, and a second array unit in the second region. The second array unit can include a plurality of subpixels, where each of the plurality of subpixels can include a second light emitting part having a smaller area than an area of the first light emitting part. A first driving thin film transistor of at least one subpixel in the first array unit and a second driving thin film transistor of each of the subpixels of the second array unit can include a first active layer and a second active layer, respectively.
US12144229B2	Display device having a bent portion A display device includes a display area and a peripheral area. A display layer includes a plurality of display elements arranged thereon. A thin-film encapsulation layer is arranged on the display layer and includes first, second, and third encapsulation layers. The second encapsulation layer is on the first encapsulation layer. The third encapsulation layer is on the second encapsulation layer. A touch sensing layer is arranged on the thin-film encapsulation layer and includes touch electrodes and trace lines. The display area is partially bent about an axis, and the third encapsulation layer is bent along the axis and has a structure in which a first layer and a second layer are alternately stacked. The first layer includes an inorganic insulating material, and the second layer includes a silicon carbon compound material.
US12144228B2	Transparent display device with touch sensor A transparent display device is provided, which may reduce or minimize loss of light transmittance due to a touch sensor and a touch line, and may detect a defective touch sensor in a touch block. The transparent display device with a touch sensor comprises a plurality of transmissive areas and a non-transmissive area disposed between the transmissive areas adjacent to each other, a plurality of pixels provided in the non-transmissive area, including a plurality of subpixels, a touch block including a plurality of touch sensors disposed in the plurality of transmissive areas, a plurality of touch connection portions respectively connected to the plurality of touch sensors, transferring a touch sensing voltage to the connected touch sensor and including a first high resistance area, and a plurality of sensing transistors respectively connected to the plurality of touch sensors, sensing a voltage of the connected touch sensor.
US12144222B2	Display device Provided is a display device. The display device includes a substrate having a pixel area including a first sub-pixel area, a second sub-pixel area, and a third sub-pixel area, a first control layer on the substrate, a second control layer on the first control layer, an intervening layer disposed between the first control layer and the second control layer on the first sub-pixel area and the second sub-pixel area, first quantum dots on the intervening layer of the first sub-pixel area, second quantum dots on the intervening layer of the second sub-pixel area, and an organic layer configured to cover a top surface and a side surface of the intervening layer between the first control layer and the second control layer.
US12144220B2	Display panel A display panel having a first display region and a second display region is provided. The display panel includes sub-pixels. Light transmittance of a non-light-emitting region in the second display region is greater than light transmittance of a non-light-emitting region in the first display region. For a first sub-pixel of the sub-pixels located in the first display region and a second sub-pixel of the sub-pixels located in the second display region that emit a same color, the first sub-pixel corresponds to a first pixel circuit, and the second sub-pixel corresponds to a second pixel circuit, and a width-to-length ratio of a driving transistor in the second pixel circuit is greater than a width-to-length ratio of a driving transistor in the first pixel circuit.
US12144218B2	Display substrate and display device with display uniformity Provided is a display substrate. In the display substrate, a base substrate includes a display region, a bending region and a pad region. A length of the display region in a first direction is greater than a length of the display region in a second direction. Since the pad region, the bending region and the display region are arranged along the second direction, the pad region is arranged on a side where a long boundary line of the display region is located, such that each signal line led into the display region from the pad region has a relatively short length in the display region.
US12144216B2	Display device A display device includes a display module. A support layer is disposed below the display module. A plurality of support bars is disposed inside the support layer and extends outside of the support layer. Each of the plurality of support bars includes first and second ends that are disposed outside of the support layer. A plurality of joints are configured to receive the first and second ends of the plurality of support bars. The plurality of joints are coupled to each other. The coupled plurality of joints are configured to rotate with respect to each other.
US12144211B2	Display apparatus including metal pattern overlapping with conductive line at bending area and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area, a pad area, and a bending area, the peripheral area being outside the display area, the pad area being within the peripheral area, and the bending area being between the display area and the pad area; a first organic insulating layer at the bending area; a first conductive line on the first organic insulating layer; a second organic insulating layer on the first conductive line; a third organic insulating layer on the second organic insulating layer; and a metal pattern on the third organic insulating layer, and overlapping with at least a portion of the first conductive line.
US12144208B2	Display panel, manufacturing method thereof and display apparatus A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel is divided into a display region and at least one light transmission region at least partially surrounded by the display region, including a base substrate; a driving circuit layer; an anode layer; a first insulating layer over the anode layer and including a first insulating sub-layer in the display region and a second insulating sub-layer in the at least one light transmission region; a functional film layer in the at least one light transmission region, the functional film layer has a first thickness so that a height difference between a height of a surface of the first insulating sub-layer and a height of a surface of the second insulating sub-layer is less than a first threshold; and an encapsulation leveling layer arranged on surfaces of the first and second insulating sub-layer.
US12144202B2	Method of manufacturing display device According to one embodiment, in a manufacturing method of a display device, a first lower electrode, a second lower electrode and a third lower electrode are formed. A rib having first aperture overlapping the first lower electrode, a second aperture overlapping the second lower electrode, and a third aperture overlapping the third lower electrode is formed. A first thin film including a first light emitting layer is formed on the first lower electrode. A second thin film including a second light emitting layer is formed on the second lower electrode. An area of the first aperture is larger than an area of the second aperture.
US12144201B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel including a first region and a second region, and a sensing module on a rear side of the display panel. The first region includes a first pixel area to display an image. The second region includes a second pixel area to display the image and a transmission area to transmit light output by the sensing module. The second region overlaps the sensing module. The second pixel area overlaps a first layer that blocks light output by the sensing module. The transmission area does not overlap the first layer.
US12144199B2	Display device having a tapered low refractive index layer and a high refractive index layer A display device includes a substrate. A first electrode is disposed on the substrate. A pixel definition layer is disposed on the substrate. A second electrode is disposed on the first electrode and the pixel definition layer. An organic emission layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. A planarization layer is disposed on the second electrode. A low refractive index layer is disposed on the planarization layer and overlaps the pixel definition layer. A high refractive index layer is disposed on the planarization layer and overlaps the second electrode. The high refractive index layer has a higher refractive index than that of the low refractive index layer.
US12144194B2	Display apparatus, module, and equipment A display apparatus includes a display device and a light transmission plate overlapping the display device. The display device has a display region. A void is provided between the display region and the light transmission plate. Between the display region and the light transmission plate, a distance G from a front surface of the display device facing the void to a main surface of the light transmission plate facing the void is greater than a height difference H of the front surface in the display region. The height difference H is greater than 1 μm.
US12144193B2	Display device including anode electrode that includes first, second and third anode electrode layers, and method of manufacturing the same An embodiment of a display device comprises a base substrate; an anode electrode disposed on the base substrate; a cathode electrode facing the anode electrode; and an organic light emitting layer disposed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, wherein the anode electrode includes: a first anode electrode disposed between the base substrate and the organic light emitting layer, a second anode electrode disposed between the first anode electrode and the organic light emitting layer, and a third anode electrode disposed between the second anode electrode and the organic light emitting layer, wherein a width of the first anode electrode is equal to or greater than a width of the second anode electrode.
US12144192B2	Imaging element, stacked imaging element and solid-state imaging device, and method of manufacturing imaging element An imaging element includes a photoelectric conversion section 23 including a first electrode 21, a photoelectric conversion layer 23A including an organic material, and a second electrode 22 that are stacked. An inorganic oxide semiconductor material layer 23B including a first layer 23C and a second layer 23D, from side of the first electrode, is formed between the first electrode 21 and the photoelectric conversion layer 23A, and ρ1≥5.9 g/cm3 and ρ1−ρ2≥0.1 g/cm3 are satisfied, where ρ1 is an average film density of the first layer 23C and ρ2 is an average film density of the second layer 23D in a portion extending for 3 nm from an interface between the first electrode 21 and the inorganic oxide semiconductor material layer 23B.
US12144190B2	3D semiconductor device and structure with bonding and memory cells preliminary class A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer, the first level including first transistors, where each of the first transistors includes a single crystal channel; a first metal layer; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer; and a second level including a plurality of second transistors and at least one third metal layer, where the second level overlays the first level, where at least one of the second transistors includes a transistor channel, where the second level includes a plurality of memory cells, where each of the plurality of memory cells includes at least one of the second transistors, where the device includes at least one Phase-Lock-Loop (“PLL”) circuit or at least one Digital-Lock-Loop (“DLL”) circuit, where the second level is directly bonded to the first level, and where the bonded includes metal to metal bonds.
US12144188B2	Multitier arrangements of integrated devices, and methods of forming sense/access lines Some embodiments include an arrangement having a memory tier with memory cells on opposing sides of a coupling region. First sense/access lines are under the memory cells, and are electrically connected with the memory cells. A conductive interconnect is within the coupling region. A second sense/access line extends across the memory cells, and across the conductive interconnect. The second sense/access line has a first region having a second conductive material over a first conductive material, and has a second region having only the second conductive material. The first region is over the memory cells, and is electrically connected with the memory cells. The second region is over the conductive interconnect and is electrically coupled with the conductive interconnect. An additional tier is under the memory tier, and includes CMOS circuitry coupled with the conductive interconnect. Some embodiments include methods of forming multitier arrangements.
US12144184B2	Tunnel junction selector MRAM A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) cell includes a bottom electrode, a magnetic tunnel junction structure, a bipolar tunnel junction selector; and a top electrode. The tunnel junction selector includes a MgO tunnel barrier layer and provides a bipolar function for putting the MTJ structure in parallel or anti-parallel mode.
US12144183B2	Arithmetic operation circuit and neuromorphic device An arithmetic operation circuit including: a variable resistance element that includes three terminals that are a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal and is configured to be able to change a resistance value; a first electrode connected to the first terminal; a second electrode; a third electrode; a first switching element connected between the second electrode and the second terminal; a second switching element connected between the third electrode and the third terminal; and a capacitor connected between a transmission line connecting the second terminal and the first switching element and the ground.
US12144180B2	Semiconductor memory device According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device comprises: a stacked body that includes a plurality of control gate electrodes stacked above a substrate; a memory columnar body that extends in a first direction above the substrate and configures a memory string along with the stacked body; and a source contact that extends in the first direction and is electrically connected to one end of the memory string. Moreover, this source contact is adjacent to the stacked body via a spacer insulating layer. Furthermore, a spacer protective layer including a nitride or a metal oxide is provided between these source contact and spacer insulating layer.
US12144178B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device and method of detecting electrical failure thereof Disclosed are three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices and methods of detecting electrical failure thereof. The three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes a substrate with a first conductivity including a cell array region and an extension region having different threshold voltages from each other, a stack structure on the substrate and including stacked electrodes, an electrical vertical channel penetrating the stack structure on the cell array region, and a dummy vertical channel penetrating the stack structure on the extension region. The substrate comprises a pocket well having the first conductivity and provided with the stack structure thereon, and a deep well surrounding the pocket well and having a second conductivity opposite to the first conductivity.
US12144176B2	Integrated assemblies having one or more modifying substances distributed within semiconductor material, and methods of forming integrated assemblies Some embodiments include a method of forming an integrated assembly. A stack of alternating first and second materials is formed over a conductive structure. The conductive structure includes a semiconductor-containing material over a metal-containing material. An opening is formed to extend through the stack and through the semiconductor-containing material, to expose the metal-containing material. The semiconductor-containing material is doped with carbon and/or with one or more metals. After the doping of the semiconductor-containing material, the second material of the stack is removed to form voids. Conductive material is formed within the voids. Insulative material is formed within the opening. Some embodiments include integrated assemblies having carbon distributed within at least a portion of a semiconductor material.
US12144175B2	Three dimensional NAND memory device with novel support structures Aspects of the disclosure provide a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first stack of layers including a source connection layer and a second stack of layers including gate layers and insulating layers. The gate layers and the insulating layers are stacked alternatively upon the first stack of layers. Further, the semiconductor device includes channel structures that are formed along the first direction in the first stack of layers and the second stack of layers, and a gate line cut structure having a trench that cuts through the first stack of layers and the second stack of layers. The trench is filled with at least an insulating layer. The semiconductor device includes a support structure having a first portion that is disposed at a side of the gate line cut structure and extended from the side of the gate line cut structure and underneath the second stack of layers.
US12144171B2	Semiconductor device including select cutting structure, method for manufacturing the same and electronic system including the same A semiconductor device of the disclosure includes a peripheral circuit structure including a peripheral transistor, a semiconductor layer on the peripheral circuit structure, a source structure on the semiconductor layer, a gate stack structure on the source structure, the gate stack structure including a word line, a gate upper line and a staircase structure, a memory channel structure and a dummy channel structure extending through the gate stack structure, a cut structure extending through the gate upper line, and a bit line overlapping with the memory channel structure. The cut structure includes a narrow section, and a wide section nearer to the staircase structure than the narrow section. A width of the narrow section is less than a width of the wide section.
US12144169B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a floating gate disposed on a substrate; a memory gate disposed on the floating gate; a first spacer disposed sidewalls of the floating gate and the memory gate, and an upper surface of the substrate; a second spacer disposed on the first spacer; a select high-k film disposed on a first portion of a sidewall of the first spacer between the substrate and the second spacer; and a select gate disposed on a second portion of the sidewall of the first spacer between the substrate and the second spacer. A width of a portion of the first spacer is reduced as a distance to the substrate decreases, and the portion of the first spacer is disposed between the substrate and the second spacer.
US12144167B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same A method of fabricating a semiconductor device. A cell area and a core area is defined in a substrate. A bit line structure disposed in the cell area is provided. A gate structure disposed in the core area is provided, and a core capping film disposed on the gate structure is provided. A height of the core capping film is greater than a height of the bit line structure. A first contact film is formed on the bit line structure. A second contact film is formed on the core capping film. A mask is formed on the first contact film. An upper surface of the core capping film is exposed using the mask. The first contact film is etched until a height of the first contact film becomes less than a height of the bit line structure using an etching process. In the etching process, an etching rate for the first contact film is greater than etching rates for the bit line structure and the core capping film.
US12144166B2	Semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes: a substrate is provided, and Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) structures are formed in the substrate, the STI structures isolating a plurality of Active Areas (AAs) spaced in the substrate; word line trenches are formed in the substrate; an etch protection layer is formed on a surface of the first protruding structure; the STI structure is partially removed to form a second protruding structure based on the first protruding structure; the lower portion of the second protruding structure is etched to make a width of the lower portion of the second protruding structure smaller than a width of an upper portion of the second protruding structure; and a word line structure is formed in the word line trench.
US12144163B2	Selective double diffusion break structures for multi-stack semiconductor device A multi-stack semiconductor device includes: a plurality of lower transistor structures arranged on a lower stack and including a plurality of lower fin structures surrounded by a plurality of lower gate structures, respectively; a plurality of upper transistor structures arranged on an upper stack and including a plurality of upper fin structures surrounded by a plurality of upper gate structures, respectively; and at least one of a lower diffusion break structure on the lower stack and a upper diffusion break structure on the upper stack, wherein the lower diffusion break structure is formed between two adjacent lower gate structures, and isolates two lower transistor structures respectively including the two adjacent lower gate structures from each other, and the upper diffusion break structure is formed between two adjacent upper gate structures, and isolates two upper transistor structures respectively including the two adjacent upper gate structures from each other.
US12144161B2	Flexible display module and electronic device comprising the same A flexible display apparatus can include a flexible substrate including a display portion, a bending portion and a pad portion; a first back plate configured to support the display portion of the flexible substrate; a second back plate configured to support the pad portion of the flexible substrate; a bending maintenance member disposed between the first back plate and the second back plate and configured to support the bending portion of the flexible substrate; and a conductive heat dissipating portion disposed to a rear surface of the first back plate.
US12144158B2	Power electronics assemblies having embedded power electronics devices A power electronics assembly includes a circuit board assembly including a first electrically insulating layer, an electrically insulating substrate, a laminate panel provided between the first electrically insulating layer and the electrically insulating substrate, and one or more electrically conductive layers provided within the electrically insulating substrate. The laminate panel includes a power electronics device assembly including an S-cell and a power electronics device. The S-cell includes a graphite layer and a metal layer encasing the graphite layer. A recess is formed in an outer surface of the metal layer and the power electronics device is disposed within the recess of the outer surface of the S-cell.
US12144157B2	Converter A converter for an air conditioner includes a substrate, an inductor that is disposed in one side of the substrate and includes a core and a coil wound around the core, a switching element that is disposed in one side of the substrate and selectively controls a flow of a circuit, and a heat sink for absorbing heat generated from the switching element by contacting the switching element. A lead-in hole is formed in one side of the substrate, and at least a portion of the inductor is disposed in the lead-in hole, thereby quickly discharging the heat generated by the inverter and more efficiently using a space.
US12144156B2	Cooling for power distribution systems In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a power distribution system having integrated cooling includes a chassis defining an interior cavity, an electronics bus structure housed within the interior cavity, and an electrical contactor operatively connected to the electronics bus structure to receive a voltage therefrom. One or more heat dissipation fins can be included extending away from the chassis and configured to dissipate heat from the electronics bus structure to an ambient environment external to the chassis. In embodiments, the electronics bus structure can be sealed within the interior cavity.
US12144153B2	Electronic control of a compressor, compressor and cooling equipment The present invention refers to an electronic control (1) of a compressor (2), the electronic control (1) disposed in an encasement 5 (3), wherein the electronic control (1) comprises: a main board (4) associated to at least an auxiliary board (5,6,7), wherein one of the auxiliary boards (5,6,7) is a heat-generating board (7), wherein the heat-generating board (7) is disposed at a first distance (D1) in relation to a first wall of the encasement (P1), wherein the other auxiliary boards 0 (5.6) are disposed at least at a second distance (D2, D3) in relation to the first wall of the encasement (P1), wherein the first distance (D1) is less than the second distance (D2). A compressor (2) and a cooling equipment are also described.
US12144151B2	Systems and methods for vapor-compressed cooling A fluid cooling system includes a boiling plate, a compressor, and a condenser. The boiling plate contacts a heat-generating electronic component. The boiling plate receives a liquid such that the liquid absorbs heat from the electronic component and evaporates into a vapor. The compressor is fluidly connected the boiling plate and receives the vapor of the boiling plate. The compressor increases the pressure of the vapor such that the temperature of the vapor increases, and such that a saturation temperature of the vapor increases. The condenser is fluidly connected to the compressor and the boiling plate. The condenser receives the vapor from the compressor and removes heat from the vapor such that the vapor condenses back into the liquid. The boiling plate receives the liquid from the condenser. The system can include a pump that circulates the liquid and the vapor between the boiling plate, the compressor, and the condenser.
US12144149B2	Cooling apparatus for electronic element A cooling apparatus for an electronic element includes a first chamber in a non-vacuum state, the first chamber being configured such that a printed circuit board equipped with a heat-generating element is disposed in the first chamber, a second chamber in a vacuum state, the second chamber being configured such that a spray unit configured to spray a refrigerant and a refrigerant supply unit configured to supply the refrigerant to the spray unit are disposed in the second chamber, and an evaporation unit disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber, in which the spray unit sprays the refrigerant, which is supplied by the refrigerant supply unit and condensed in the second chamber, into the second chamber, and in which the evaporation unit evaporates the refrigerant, which is sprayed into the second chamber by the spray unit.
US12144140B2	Server, electronic device assembly thereof and electronic device fixing mechanism thereof A server includes a chassis and an electronic device assembly. The electronic device assembly includes a holder and a fixing member. The holder accommodates an electronic device and includes a limiting slot and a positioning hole. The fixing member includes a hook set. The hook set includes a first hook and a second hook. The first hook is connected to the limiting slot to be limited in a first direction. The second hook is connected to the positioning hole to be limited in a second direction. The first direction is substantially different from the second direction. The fixing member and the holder sandwich a connector connected to the electronic device.
US12144137B2	Tool-free unlocking mechanism The present invention relates to a tool-free unlocking mechanism including a connecting member and a mounting member, wherein the connecting member has at least one mounting hole that can be placed on the mounting member, and the tool-free unlocking mechanism can be quickly positioned on a bracket.
US12144136B2	Modular surgical energy system with module positional awareness with digital logic A modular surgical system for use in a surgical procedure is disclosed. The modular surgical system includes a header module, a first surgical module, a second surgical module, a first backplane connector configured to detachably connect the header module to the first surgical module, and a second backplane connector configured to detachably connect the first surgical module to the second surgical module. The first surgical module is arrangeable in a stack configuration with the header module and the second surgical module. The first backplane connector is configured to yield a first bit pattern identifying the first surgical module in the stack configuration. The second backplane connector is configured to yield a second bit pattern identifying the second surgical module in the stack configuration. The first bit pattern is different than the second bit pattern.
US12144131B2	Display device A display device includes: a first display unit; a second display unit; a first support part under the first display unit; a second support part under the second display unit; a first housing which accommodates the first support part and the first display unit; a second housing into or from which the second support part and the second display unit are inserted or withdrawn; and a guide groove defined in the second housing and which guides the second support part during the inserting or withdrawing. The inserting or withdrawing is performed along a first direction, the second support part includes support bars extending along a second direction, each support bar includes a first part not inserted into the guide groove and a second part inserted into the guide groove, and a width of the second part is smaller than a width of the first part in the first direction.
US12144118B2	Embedded system module thermal installation verification Systems and methods for detecting an incorrectly attached heat sink component on an electronic device. The system includes one or more temperature sensors secured to the electronic device and a controller unit comprising one or more processors and one or more computer-readable media, the computer-readable media having stored thereon executable instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform a method for detecting incorrectly attached heat sink components. The method includes receiving temperature data, calculating a thermal ramp rate, comparing the thermal ramp rate to a predetermined threshold ramp rate, and transmitting a fault signal when the calculated thermal ramp rate exceeds the predetermined threshold ramp rate.
US12144113B2	Circuit board structure A circuit board structure includes a substrate, a first build-up structure layer, first and second external circuit layers, at least one first conductive via, and second conductive vias. The first build-up structure layer is disposed on a first circuit layer of the substrate. The first external circuit layer is disposed on the first build-up structure layer. The second external circuit layer is disposed on a second circuit layer and a portion of a third dielectric layer of the substrate. The first conductive via is electrically connected to the first external circuit layer and the second external circuit layer to define a signal path. The second conductive vias surround the first conductive via, and the first external circuit layer, the second conductive vias, the first circuit layer, the outer conductive layer, and the second external circuit layer define a first ground path. The first ground path surrounds the signal path.
US12144105B2	Wiring board A wiring board according to the present disclosure includes a core layer including core electrical conductor layers on upper and lower surfaces of a core insulating layer, a first build-up portion, a second build-up portion, a first mounting region, and a second mounting region. The first build-up portion includes a first build-up insulating layer and a first build-up electrical conductor layer connected to the first mounting region. The second build-up portion includes a second build-up insulating layer and a second build-up electrical conductor layer connected to the second mounting region. The second build-up insulating layer includes a margin for adhesion between the second build-up insulating layers or between the second build-up insulating layer and the core insulating layer. The second build-up electrical conductor layer includes an electrical conductor layer for grounding, a first opening, and a signal pad located inside the first opening.
US12144103B2	Printed circuit board and camera device comprising same A printed circuit board according to an embodiment comprises: a substrate comprising at least two insulating layers; pads arranged on the substrate; heat dissipation vias arranged to pass through the substrate in a region of the substrate which vertically overlaps the pads; and through vias arranged to pass through the substrate in a region of the substrate which does not vertically overlap the pads, wherein each heat dissipation via includes a plurality of via parts which are spaced apart from each other in at least one of the at least two insulating layers, the upper surface of each of the plurality of via parts has a first horizontal width in a first direction that is smaller than a second horizontal width thereof in a second direction different from the first direction, and the plurality of via parts have a surface area corresponding to 10% or greater of the surface area of the pads.
US12144100B2	3D high speed RF beam scanner for hadron therapy A hadron therapy system that provides 3D scanning and rapid delivery of a high dose. Such systems can include a hadron source and accelerator with an RF energy modulator and an RF deflector that operate in combination to provide 3D scanning of a targeted tissue. The systems can include a permanent magnet quadrupole for magnification of the beam. The systems can include high energy hadron sources that utilize a multi-cell, multi-klystron design that achieves scanning of high energy hadron beams, for example a fixed energy of 200 MeV protons. Such systems can provide full irradiation of a liter scale tumor within one second or less.
US12144094B2	Microwave suppression tunnel and related features A continuous asphalt mix system for using a microwave heating vessel at the point of production that includes a microwave energy suppression tunnel with one or more mesh flaps for substantially reducing or preventing the leakage of microwave energy from a microwave system, while having a continuous flow of product through the vessel and suppression tunnels. The suppression tunnels are installed on the inlet and/or the outlet side of the system and are sized to suppress leakage.
US12144091B2	High-frequency heating apparatus A high-frequency heating apparatus includes: a heating chamber for accommodating a load; a microwave source; at least one radiator; a temperature detector; and a controller. The microwave source generates a microwave and adjusts the frequency and output of the microwave. The at least one radiator radiates a microwave into the heating chamber. The temperature detector detects the temperature in the heating chamber. The controller causes the microwave source to adjust the output of the microwave based on the temperature profile that defines the temperature change in the load, and the temperature in the heating chamber. According to this aspect, food can be heated in accordance with the temperature profile appropriate for the cooking recipe, thereby ensuring the quality of cooked food.
US12144089B2	Induction heating type cooktop with reduced thermal deformation of thin film An induction heating type cooktop includes a cover plate that is coupled to a top of a case and that includes an upper plate configured to seat an object to be heated, a working coil disposed inside the case and configured to heat the object, an insulator disposed between a bottom surface of the upper plate and the working coil, and a thin film that is disposed on at least one of a top surface of the upper plate or the bottom surface of the upper plate and that includes a plurality of sub-films that are arranged about a central portion of the thin film. An outer boundary of one of the plurality of sub-films is positioned radially outward of an outer boundary of another of the plurality of sub-films relative to the central portion of the thin film.
US12144088B2	Induction cooktop An induction cooktop includes: a cover plate with at least one cooking point; a retaining plate; at least one inductive heating coil arranged in an intermediate space between the cover plate and the retaining plate; at least one electronics housing fastened to a side of the retaining plate facing away from the at least one heating coil and having electronics for the at least one heating coil; and a lower box closing off the induction cooktop at a bottom of the induction cooktop, the lower box being open at a top of the lower box. The at least one electronics housing with the electronics is arranged in the lower box. The retaining plate covers the lower box at the top of the lower box. The induction cooktop includes a fan for generating a primary cooling air flow for cooling the electronics in the lower box.
US12144087B2	Induction heating circuit, protection circuit and cooling system for an appliance An induction heating circuit for an appliance, the induction heating circuit comprising: an AC power supply with an AC monitoring output connected to the active line of the AC power supply, the AC monitoring output providing an indication of current being drawn from the AC power supply; a control circuit comprising at least one processor and a semiconductor current sensor, the semiconductor current sensor arranged to i) detect the current being drawn from the AC power supply and ii) output an output voltage based on the detected current; and an induction driving circuit for driving an inductor of the appliance comprising a semiconductor switch, wherein the semiconductor switch is controlled by the processor based on, at least, the output voltage.
US12144082B2	Load control device having internet connectivity A load control device for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load is able to receive radio-frequency (RF) signals from a Wi-Fi-enabled device, such as a smart phone, via a wireless local area network. The load control device comprises a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series between the source and the load, a controller for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive and non-conductive, and a Wi-Fi module operable to receive the RF signals directly from the wireless network. The controller controls the controllably conductive device to adjust the power delivered to the load in response to the wireless signals received from the wireless network. The load control device may further comprise an optical module operable to receive an optical signal, such that the controller may obtain an IP address from the received optical signal and control the power delivered to the load in response to a wireless signal received from the wireless network that includes the IP address.
US12144081B2	Commissioning load control systems A load control system may include load control devices for controlling power provided to an electrical load. The load control devices may include a control-source device and a control-target device. The control-target device may control the power provided to the electrical load based on digital messages received from the control-source device. A user device may discover load control devices when the load control devices are within an established range associated with the user device. The user device and the load control devices may communicate via a wireless communications module. The established range may be adjusted based on the configurable transmit power of the user device or the wireless communications module associated with the user device. A discovered control-target device may be associated with a control-source device to enable the control-target device to control the power provided to the electrical load based on digital messages received from the control-source device.
US12144080B2	UV LED product automatic lifespan increaser An apparatus for extending the lifetime of an LED device is provided. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes an LED printed circuit board (PCB) having two or more LED circuits thereon, where each of the two or more LED circuits includes a plurality of LED emitters. The apparatus further includes a module electrically coupled to the LED PCB that has a selector configured to move between two or more positions, each position activating one of the one or more LED circuits and a relay configured to control a movement of the selector between the two or more positions based on a received input. Additionally, the apparatus includes a power supply that is electrically coupled to the relay.
US12144072B2	All-optical laser-driven light source with electrodeless ignition An electrodeless laser-driven light source includes a laser source that generates a CW sustaining light and a pump laser that generates a pump. An optical beam combiner combines the CW sustaining light and the pump such that the CW sustaining light and the pump propagate co-linearly. A Q-switched laser crystal generates pulsed light in response to the pump. A gas-filled bulb is configured such that the pulsed light ignites a pulse plasma in a breakdown region of the gas bulb and the sustaining light sustains a CW plasma in a CW plasma region of the gas bulb, thereby emitting a high brightness light from the gas bulb, where the gas-filled bulb is positioned between the output of the pump laser and the pump input of the Q-switched laser crystal such that the CW plasma absorbs the pump light quenching the pulsed light generated by the Q-switched laser crystal.
US12144070B2	Electric heater An electric heater includes a substrate and an inner plane heating element formed on one surface of the substrate. The inner plane heating element includes an inner pattern portion connecting a start point with an end point. The inner pattern portion includes a first track, a second track located outside the first track and spaced part from the first track, a first bridge connecting the first track with one end of the second track, a third track located outside the second track and spaced apart from the second track, and a second bridge connecting the other end of the second track with the third track. A first gap G1 between the first and second tracks is shorter than a second gap G2 between the second and third tracks along a virtual line crossing the first, second and third tracks and closer to the first bridge than the second bridge.
US12144061B2	Clustering of user entities in a cellular network The invention relates to a method for grouping a plurality of user entities connected to a cellular network into different clusters, the method comprising: —collecting, for each of the plurality of user entities, activity information comprising different activity parameters, each activity parameter describing an activity of the corresponding user entities in the cellular network, —generating, for each of the plurality of user entities, a user profile comprising the activity parameters for the corresponding user entity, —grouping the plurality of user entities into the different clusters based on a similarity of the activity parameters of the user profiles.
US12144060B2	Cellular signal mesh network Methods and devices related to a cellular signal mesh network are described. In an example, a method can include determining, via a processing resource of a first computing device, whether a cellular signal of the first computing device is below a threshold cellular signal, transmitting from the first computing device to a second computing device first signaling including data representing a request for operational data of the second computing device in response to determining that the cellular signal of the first computing device is below the threshold cellular signal, receiving from the second computing device second signaling comprising the operational data of the second computing device, and transmitting from the first computing device to the second computing device third signaling including data representing at least one of: a voice call, a video call, or a message in response to receiving the second signaling comprising the operational data.
US12144059B2	Roaming signaling message sending method, related device, and communications system A roaming signaling message sending method, where after receiving a roaming signaling message, a visited core network device adds an identifier of a home core network device and an identifier of a visited SEPP into the roaming signaling message, and then sends a roaming signaling message including the identifier of the home core network device and the identifier of the visited SEPP to the visited SEPP, such that the visited SEPP can forward the roaming signaling message to a home network based on the identifier of the home core network device.
US12144054B2	Handling of idle measurement results in RRC_connected In one aspect, a wireless device is adapted to perform idle mode measurements. The wireless device performs and stores one or more radio signal measurements while in an idle mode or inactive state. The wireless device also deletes the stored radio signal measurements in response to any one of a number of events, such as receiving a RRC release message that does not include an idle mode measurement configuration, receiving an RRC release message while in RRC Connected state, receiving a handover message, or receiving a reconfiguration message adding a secondary cell for carrier aggregation.
US12144052B2	Methods of type 1 UL gap triggering in FR2 Triggering an uplink (UL) gap at a base station may include decoding a user equipment (UE) UL gap capability report received from a UE. A radio resource control (RRC) UL gap configuration for transmission to the UE may be encoded. The RRC UL gap configuration may include configuration information associated with at least one of a periodicity, offset, or length. Measurement information received from the UE may be decoded. The measurement information may include at least one of a power headroom value, a PCMAX,f,c value, or a P value. Based on the power headroom value, the PCMAX,f,c value, or the P value, the UL gap configuration may be activated by encoding a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC CE) for transmission to the UE.
US12144049B2	Failure detection and recovery for multiple active resources Wireless communications using multiple active resources (e.g., bandwidth parts (BWPs)) are described. A wireless device may perform failure event detection, such as radio link monitoring (RLM) and/or beam failure detection (BFD), jointly or separately for multiple active resources (e.g., BWPs) based on one or more criteria.
US12144046B2	Systems and methods for improving wireless mesh networks Disclosed herein is a first wireless communication node comprising a first communication module that includes a first baseband unit configured to handle baseband processing for the first communication module, a first RF unit configured to define a frequency range of radio signals for the first communication module, and a first antenna unit configured to generate a first extremely-narrow beam that facilitates exchange of radio signals with at least one other wireless communication node. The first wireless communication node may also comprise a second communication module that includes a second baseband unit configured to handle baseband processing for the second communication module, a second RF unit configured to define a frequency range of radio signals for the second communication module, and a second antenna unit configured to generate a second extremely-narrow beam that facilitates exchange of radio signals with at least one other wireless communication node.
US12144045B2	Methods providing dual connectivity for redundant user plane paths and related network nodes A method may be performed by a network entity of a wireless communication network. A first PDU session may be established for a wireless terminal (UE) using a first NodeB base station (MgNB) and a first user plane function entity (UPF1). A second PDU session may be established for the wireless terminal (UE) using a second NodeB base station (SgNB) and a second user plane function entity (UPF2). The first and second PDU sessions may be established for the wireless terminal (UE) using the first and second NodeB base stations so that the first and second PDU sessions are provided concurrently using dual connectivity DC to provide redundant data paths for communication of data for the wireless terminal (UE) through the wireless communication network.
US12144043B2	Concurrent communications in a network Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless node may determine a first communication configuration for another wireless node. The wireless node may determine a second communication configuration, for the other wireless node, that is different from the first communication configuration, wherein the first communication configuration is a first timing reference and the second communication configuration is a second timing reference that is different from the first timing reference. The wireless node may communicate, with the other wireless node on a downlink, on an uplink, or on a sidelink, using the first communication configuration and the second communication configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12144030B2	Sharing of physical random channel resources among different radio access technologies A method, system and apparatus for sharing of physical random access channel (PRACH) resources between New Radio (NR) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio access technologies (RATs) are disclosed. According to one aspect, a network node is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to: receive a physical random access channel, PRACH, signal from a wireless device; correlate the PRACH signal with one of at least two orthogonal sequences from a common set of sequences shared among a first radio access technology, RAT, and a second RAT; and determine whether the wireless device is operating according to one of the first RAT and the second RAT based at least in part on the correlation.
US12144024B2	Method and apparatus for determining reference time domain unit A method for determining a reference time domain unit in a wireless communications network includes determining the number of pieces of target information included in each time domain unit within a target channel occupation time. The target channel occupation time is a first channel occupation time just before a target device initiates channel detection. The method further includes determining a reference time domain unit according to the number of pieces of target information.
US12144020B2	Bandwidth part switching due to LBT failure Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a device, a method, an apparatus and a computer readable storage medium for bandwidth part (BWP) switching. In example embodiments, a method is provided. The method comprises determining, at a terminal device, whether continuous Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) failures occur on a first bandwidth part (BWP), the terminal device operating on the first BWP. The method further comprises in response to the continuous LBT failures occurring on the first BWP, switching to a second BWP different from the first BWP. Instead of triggering a re-establishment procedure once continuous LBT failures are detected, switching to another BWP on different LBT sub-channels can be much more efficient than going through the whole re-establishment and reconfiguration procedures.
US12144019B2	Method and device for transmitting PUCCH According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a method for a first device to transmit a PUCCH to a base station. The method may comprise: a step for generating multiplexing information including at least one among HARQ feedback information for DL transmission, UL PSR for UL transmission, or SL PSR for SL transmission; and a step for transmitting the multiplexing information to the base station on a single slot through the PUCCH.
US12144018B2	Dynamic configuration of devices using encumbered shared spectrum Various embodiments comprise systems, methods, and apparatus for enabling dynamic configuration of devices using encumbered shared spectrum (e.g., CBSDs using CBRS) so as to operate these devices in accordance with a most preferred operator preference of a plurality of operator preferences currently available in view of current wireless operating conditions, such as impacted by overlapping/proximate incumbent or priority users of the shared spectrum, or other changes in spectrum available conditions. Various embodiments further provide for an efficient return of these devices to a most preferred operator preference or steady-state configuration.
US12144017B2	Method and device for configuring radio bearer , apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium The present disclosure provides in some embodiments a method and a device for configuring an RB, an apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes receiving a first message transmitted by a network device. The first message at least includes resource allocation information, and the first message is used to configure an SLRB.
US12144015B2	Wireless communication device, method, and system for wireless connection using a packet including transmission number A wireless communication device that transmits data to another wireless communication device that performs wireless connection using a packet including a transmission number, the wireless communication device includes, a controller configured to classify the data as first data when a transmission condition indicating a condition related to transmission of the data is a first transmission condition and classifies the data as second data when the transmission condition of the data is a second transmission condition different from the first transmission condition, and a transmitter configured to transmit the data in a first transmission mode in a layer related to the wireless connection when the data is the first data and transmits the data in a second transmission mode in a layer related to the wireless connection when the second data is second data.
US12144009B2	Control unit and method for assisting side-link communication The present disclosure relates to the fields of mobile communication, connected driving, Internet of vehicles (IoV), self-driving car, and autonomous car. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to side-link communication and network slicing. The present disclosure provides a control unit for assisting side-link communication for at least one slice of a communication network, wherein the control unit is configured to obtain at least one of an upper layer requirement, and a session requirement; and to configure, for the at least one slice, at least one side-link resource pool based on the upper layer requirement and/or session requirement.
US12144008B2	Method and apparatus for performing position-based sidelink communication in wireless communication system Proposed is a method for operating a first device (100) in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a second device, a sidelink service and at least one ID associated with the sidelink service; and determining a communication range associated with the second device on the basis of mapping information and the at least one ID associated with the received sidelink service.
US12144003B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting data The present disclosure provides a user equipment and a method for performing data transmission. The method includes receiving at least one of downlink control information (DCI) or higher layer signaling from a base station; determining a transmission format of the data transmission based on at least one of the DCI or the higher layer signaling; and performing the data transmission based on the determined transmission format. The present disclosure also provides a base station and a method for performing data transmission.
US12143999B2	Communication method, apparatus, and system Embodiments of this application provide a solution for network and terminal devices that have inconsistent understandings of retransmission scheduled by using downlink control information (DCI). The solution includes: A network device sends first DCI to a terminal device, and the terminal device receives the first DCI from the network device, where the first DCI includes a first field and a second field, the first field indicates that a retransmitted transport block (TB) exists in a TB scheduled by using the first DCI, and the second field indicates an index of a retransmitted first TB in the TB scheduled by using the first DCI; and the terminal device receives the retransmitted first TB from the network device based on the first field and the second field; or the terminal device sends the retransmitted first TB to the network device based on the first field and the second field.
US12143995B2	Multiplexing uplink control information (UCI) on physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing techniques for a user equipment (UE) to transmit a configured grant (CG) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) including an uplink control information (UCI) without transmitting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The UE determines, based on a configuration received from the base station, a first set of CG PUSCHs. Each CG PUSCH of the first set of CG PUSCHs overlaps with the PUCCH, and is configured to transmit data from the UE to the base station. The UE further determines a second set of CG PUSCHs by excluding a third set of CG PUSCHs from the first set of CG PUSCHs. and select a CG PUSCH from the second set of CG PUSCHs to carry the UCI contained in the PUCCH. The UE further transmits the selected CG PUSCH including the UCI without transmitting the PUCCH.
US12143992B2	Downlink scheduling and hybrid automatic repeat request feedback A wireless device receives a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling transport blocks (TBs) via physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) in slots, wherein the first DCI comprises a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback timing indicator indicating an inapplicable value and a first PDSCH group index for the PDSCHs. After receiving the TBs in the slots, the wireless device receives a second DCI indicating a second PDSCH group index; and transmits HARQ feedback information for the TBs in response to: the HARQ feedback timing indicator, of the first DCI, indicating the inapplicable value and the first PDSCH group index of the first DCI being equal to the second PDSCH group index of the second DCI.
US12143990B2	Downlink control information and bandwidth part switching in a wireless device A base station transmits radio resource control (RRC) messages having configuration parameters indicating a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP. The base station also transmits a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling one or more first uplink resources for a first reception of a first uplink transport block (TB) from a wireless device via the first BWP. Before the first reception of the first uplink TB, the base station may transmit a second DCI indicating a switching from the first BWP to the second BWP and one or more second uplink resources for a second reception of a second uplink TB from the wireless device via the second BWP. In response to the transmitting the second DCI before the first reception of the first uplink TB, the base station may cancel the first reception of the first uplink TB from the wireless device.
US12143988B2	Systems and methods for QCL-typed collision handling A UE may receive multiple signals causing a Quasi co-location TypeD (QCL-TypeD) collision. To determine which of the multiple signals to select, the UE may use a certain option based on a type transmission scheme associated with each of the multiple signals. The options may include one of a priority rule for signal reception, a scheduling restriction, or a priority rule for QCL-TypeD selection.
US12143985B2	Data transmission method and apparatus This application provides a data transmission method and apparatus. A terminal: receives a first uplink grant from a network device; sends first uplink data in to-be-sent data to the network device by using the first uplink grant; receives a second uplink grant from the network device; and sends second uplink data to the network device by using the second uplink grant, where the second uplink data is at least a part of uplink data in the to-be-sent data except the first uplink data, where the terminal is in a first state, and where the first state includes an idle state or an inactive state. The embodiments of this application help reduce a latency in a data transmission process.
US12143982B2	Apparatus and information processing method An apparatus and an information processing method are provided. The method includes determining, by a user equipment, a cyclic shift sequence comprising N cyclic shifts according to a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information to be transmitted and/or a scheduling request (SR) to be transmitted, wherein a resource in a frequency domain used for transmitting the HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted and/or the SR to be transmitted is a target interlace, the target interlace comprises N physical resource blocks (PRBs), the N cyclic shifts have a one-to-one correspondence with the N PRBs, and N is an integer and greater than 1; generating, by the user equipment, a target physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) based on PUCCH format_0 according to the cyclic shift sequence; and transmitting, by the user equipment, the target PUCCH on the target interlace. This can maintain a low peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) property.
US12143973B2	Timing advance offset for uplink-downlink switching in new radio The embodiments herein relate to timing advance offset for uplink/downlink switching in New Radio (NR). In one embodiment, there proposes a method in a wireless communication device, comprising: determining a timing advance (TA) offset for uplink/downlink switching, wherein the TA offset is at least based on the time offset requirement for uplink/downlink switching in different scenarios used in communication between the wireless communication device and a network node; applying the determined TA offset in the uplink communication from the wireless communication device to the network node. With embodiments herein, uplink/downlink switching time for NR is defined.
US12143972B2	Apparatus and method of scheduling Multi-TTI transmissions An apparatus and method for scheduling Multi-TTI transmissions, for PDSCH and PUSCH. 1. The disclosure provides an apparatus having: a receiver that receives downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a plurality of data channels, wherein the DCI contains a first indicator indicating a first time domain resource allocation pattern selected from a set of predefined time domain resource allocation patterns for time domain resources of the plurality of data channels; a processor that performs a channel access procedure for each of the plurality of data channels; and a transmitter that transmits the plurality of data channels in the time domain resources in response to the channel access procedure for a corresponding data channel being successful.
US12143970B2	Configured grant resource configuration for new radio-unlicensed Configurations for configured grant (CG) in new radio unlicensed (NR-U) systems is disclosed. CG configurations may, based on a periodicity, be provided either using a bitmap, shorter periodicity, or resource indicator value (RIV) signaling of start/end symbols, longer periodicity. Such CG configurations configure M sets of time division resource allocations. CG configuration may include common start/end symbols from for all contiguous allocations in one configuration. Common LBT starting points may be defined for all configured slots as indicated through a bitmap. The CG configuration allows for mini- and full slot configurations, in which the mini-slots are configured within the already configured CG slots. Repetition configurations include a type 1 for coverage and a type 2 for faster retransmission and reduced downlink feedback information (DFI) overhead. With multiple UEs, a UE identifier is added to the uplink control information (UCI). UEs may further ramp up power in the absence of DFI.
US12143969B2	Compact data and reference signal representation with modulation compression Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communication by a first network entity. The techniques may generally involve generating a message having a section with entries that represent time and frequency resources for transmitting data and reference signals over a fronthaul interface using modulation compression, transmitting the message to a second network entity via the fronthaul interface, and processing data and reference signal transmissions on the fronthaul interface in accordance with the section.
US12143968B2	Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method To suppress concentration of channel quality information requests and reports in a case of discontinuously transmitting reference signals at specific resources in a time domain, and thereby preventing degradation in throughput. A transmission apparatus transmits an instruction of CSI request distributed for each reception apparatus in a subframe concurrently with or earlier than a reference signal CSI-RS to each of reception apparatuses. Each of the reception apparatuses detects the CSI request from the transmission apparatus and calculates CSI from a channel estimation value of CSI-RS received thereafter. Then, the reception apparatus identifies CSI report subframe of the own apparatus from CSI report interval information of a given time interval notified in advance, the subframe in which the CSI request is detected and transmission timing of CSI-RS, and transmits a feedback signal including CSI report value by using PUSCH at the timing of the CSI report subframe.
US12143966B2	Method and apparatus for inter-user equipment coordination signaling Methods and apparatuses for inter user equipment (UE) coordination signaling. A method of operating a UE includes determining a first set of first sidelink (SL) resources based on SL sensing and resource exclusion; selecting a first one or more SL resources within the first determined set for reservation, transmitting information about the first one or more SL resources, and receiving inter UE co-ordination information indicating whether a SL resource in the first one or more SL resources has a conflict. The method further includes transmitting on one of the first one or more SL resources, when the one SL resource does not have a conflict; and determining a second set of SL resources based on SL sensing and resource exclusion, and selecting a second one or more SL resources within the second set for transmission and reservation, when all of the first one or more SL resources have a conflict.
US12143961B2	Assignment of a second UE identity to adjust paging timing for UE for wireless network A method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), at least a first UE identity assigned to the user equipment for a wireless network, the first UE identity associated with a first paging timing; and receiving, by the user equipment, a second UE identity that has been assigned to the user equipment at least for paging purposes that adjusts a paging timing from a first paging timing associated with the first UE identity to a second paging timing associated with the second UE identity, wherein the second paging timing is different from the first paging timing.
US12143956B2	Communication method and apparatus Example communication methods and apparatus are described. In one example method, a terminal receives a first information by using a serving beam, where the first information indicates a delay compensation parameter corresponding to a target beam. The target beam and the serving beam are different beams. The terminal determines, based on a full timing advance and the delay compensation parameter corresponding to the target beam, a differential timing advance corresponding to the target beam.
US12143954B2	Method and device for determining reference timing, storage medium, and electronic apparatus Provided are a method and device for determining a reference timing, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method comprises: a second node determining a reference timing of the second node by using at least one of the following modes: an open-loop mode, a closed-loop mode and an external synchronization source mode. By means of the present disclosure, the problem in the related art that there is no technical solution for setting a reference timing between each-hop links yet exists is solved.
US12143953B2	Techniques for power reduction in single subscriber identity module (SSIM) and multi-sim (MSIM) 5G new radio (NR) standalone (SA) user equipment (UE) devices This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, relating to synchronization signal block (SSB) selection for paging occasions (POs). In an example, a UE may identifying a first SSB overlapping with or after a PO. The UE may further identify that a distance between the first SSB and the PO is less than a distance between a second SSB the PO, the second SSB located before the PO. The UE may further select the first SSB associated with loop operations based on identifying that the distance between the first SSB and the PO is less than a distance between the second SSB the PO.
US12143952B2	User equipments, base stations, and methods Detection circuitry configured to detect a SS/PBCH block with time index Y, the time index Y being ascending order in time domain for SS/PBCH block candidates in a half radio frame, beam index Z being determined by remainder of the time index Y divided by a Q, or given by remainder of a DMRS index for a PBCH in the SS/PBCH block divided by the Q, the Q being indicated by a MIB, reception circuitry configured to monitor at least the type-0 PDCCH common search space set which corresponds to SS/PBCH block index Z+jQ, the j is any non-negative integer to satisfy Z+jQ is smaller than a number of usable SS/PBCH block candidates in a half radio frame indicated by system information.
US12143950B2	Timing alignment handling for configured grant based small data transmissions in inactive mode This disclosure relates to techniques for handling timing alignment for configured grant based small data transmissions in inactive mode in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may establish a radio resource control connection with a cellular base station. The wireless device may receive an indication to release the radio resource control connection. The indication to release the radio resource control connection may configure resources for performing uplink transmissions while in the radio resource control inactive mode. A timing advance may be maintained while in the radio resource control inactive mode. An uplink transmission may be performed using resources configured for performing uplink transmissions while in the radio resource control inactive mode. The uplink transmission may be performed using the timing advance.
US12143949B2	Methods and apparatuses for an access procedure An access node may provide synchronization information to a UE. The access node may further provide one or more information blocks, which may include basic network configuration information. Based on the synchronization information and/or the information block(s), the UE may transmit a message to the access node that includes a random access preamble, an identifier of the UE, and/or a buffer status report. Based on the message from the UE, the access node may determine that the UE should remain active and, therefore, may transmit a response to the first message to the UE indicating that the UE should remain active. Thereafter, the UE may receive a connection setup or connection reconfiguration message. The connection setup or reconfiguration message may be received from the same or different access node from which the UE received the synchronization information and/or the one or more information blocks.
US12143948B2	Method and apparatus for indication and transmission of downlink signal/channel for initial access A synchronization signal block (SSB) including a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) is transmitted using first and second beams. One or more symbols adjoining the first and second synchronization signals are configured to accommodate a beam switching time. At least one signal indicates a beam index for the first beam transmitting the first synchronization signal, and the beam index for the second beam transmitting the second synchronization signal is either signaled or determined based on a predetermined relationship between a resource for the first synchronization signal and a resource for the second synchronization signal. The beam indices may comprise first and second numbers of bits and/or may be jointly encoded. The beam indices may be indicated by one of the PSS, the SSS, the PBCH, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), or a synchronization or reference signal designated for that purpose.
US12143946B2	Beam-specific virtual power headroom reporting Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, a virtual power headroom report (PHR) that is based at least in part on a beam-specific pathloss reference signal (PLRS). The UE may receive, from the base station, a downlink transmission based at least in part on the virtual PHR. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12143940B2	Massive MIMO beamforming mode control to combat remote interference due to tropospheric ducting Systems and methods provided for controlling a signal power level of a beam at a cell site of a telecommunications network during an atmospheric condition include a user device and a cell site. The cell site includes a beam control system communicatively coupled to the user device. The beam control system is to determine whether a rise of interference is greater than a threshold during an atmospheric condition, determine a power increase status of the directional signal if the rise of interference is greater than the threshold, generate a secondary signal power level based on an increase of a first signal power level in response to the power increase status of the directional signal associated with an active state, and determine whether the secondary signal power level of the directional signal is greater than a target signal power level.
US12143938B2	Radio frequency (RF) exposure compliance Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for determining a transmit power based on a pattern and/or future conditions for a transmission while maintaining radio frequency (RF) exposure compliance. An example method generally includes obtaining a pattern associated with one or more first transmissions, determining a transmit power for one or more second transmissions based at least in part on the pattern and an RF exposure limit, and transmitting the one or more second transmissions at the determined transmit power.
US12143936B2	Method and device in node for wireless communication The disclosure provides a method and a device in a node for wireless communication. A first node first receives a first bit field and Q second-type bit field(s), and then transmits L radio signal(s) at a first power value; the first bit field is used for determining a first reference signal resource set; each of the Q second-type bit field(s) indicates one power offset; the first power value is only related to power offsets indicated by all second-type bit fields among the Q second-type bit field(s) that correspond to a first index, and the first index is one of K1 indexes associated to the first reference signal resource set; and the first index is related to the L reference signal resource set(s). Multiple times of repetition based uplink transmissions employ a uniform power control mechanism under multiple beams, which reduces hardware requirements at terminal side and improves transmission performance.
US12143933B2	Selective cross-slot scheduling for NR user equipment Embodiments include methods, performed by a user equipment (UE), for communication with a network node in a radio access network (RAN). Such methods include receiving, from the network node, an indication that a minimum scheduling offset, between a scheduling physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a signal or channel scheduled via the scheduling PDCCH, will change after a first duration. Such methods also include subsequently monitoring, during the first duration, for a scheduling PDCCH based on a first operating configuration; and in response to the end of the first duration, monitoring for a scheduling PDCCH based on a second operating configuration. The first duration can be related to time required, by the UE, to switch from the first to the second operating configuration. Embodiments also include UEs configured to perform such methods.
US12143930B2	Signal-repeater device operable in low-power repeater-operational mode The invention relates to a signal-repeater device (308) being operable in a regular repeater-operation mode and in a low-power repeater-operation mode requiring less operational power than the regular repeater-operation mode, and that comprises a signal processing unit (316) which performs, in the regular repeater-operation mode, a signal receiving function and a signal repeating function, and an operation control unit (318) configured to determine status information indicative of associated external transceiver devices being respectively operated in a low-power transceiver-operation mode, operate the signal processing unit in the low-power repeater-operation mode by switching off the signal repeating function upon determining, based on the determined status information, that each of the associated external wireless transceiver devices is being operated in the low-power transceiver-operation, thus reducing the power consumption of the signal-repeater device, and switch to operation of the signal processing unit in the regular repeater-operation mode upon reception of a predetermined repeater-wake-up signal.
US12143929B2	Wireless network allocation in television content receiver systems Various arrangements for facilitating digital content in multi-network television receiver communication systems are provided. A general network access point can provide access to a general network. A private network access point can provide access to a private network. Credentials for accessing the private network are distributed by a primary television receiver configured to determine that a secondary television receiver is connected to the general network via the general network access point. In response, the primary television receiver transmits, via the general network, credentials configured to enable the secondary television receiver to access the private network via the private network access point to the secondary television receiver. The primary television receiver is further configured to transmit, via the private network, digital media content to the secondary television receiver.
US12143928B2	Method and apparatus for providing device to device communications A method and apparatus for providing discovery within a D2D communications is provided herein. During operation, a first device will determine an identification of its own network slice, and an identification of a network slice other devices operate on. Only devices operating on the same network slice as the first device are allowed for D2D communication with the first device.
US12143926B2	Control method for automatic cleaning equipment The present disclosure provides a control method for an automatic cleaning equipment, wherein the automatic cleaning equipment includes a mobile device and a self-propelled cleaning device, in which the mobile device is used as a wireless network device to enable the self-propelled cleaning device to communicate with a hotspot function of the mobile device through a wireless network technology, the self-propelled cleaning device is connected to the cloud server through a mobile communication signal of the mobile device, and also the mobile device is connected to the cloud server by using a mobile communication technology.
US12143919B2	Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal using multi-basic service identifier set Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a frame through the transceiver, determine whether the frame is classified into an Intra-Basic Service Set (BSS) frame or an Inter-BSS frame according to a BSS from which the frame is transmitted, and access a channel according to whether the frame is an Intra-BSS frame or an Inter-BSS frame.
US12143918B2	Wireless communication system, base station, and wireless communication method A wireless communication system includes a base station to which a plurality of terminal stations are connectable and a control unit that controls the base station. The base station includes a collection unit that collects terminal station information indicating terminal stations each having issued a connection request to the base station, an information processing unit that causes a storage unit to store connected terminal station information indicating, among the terminal stations indicated by the terminal station information, the terminal station currently being connected to the base station, a network communication unit that receives, from the control station, base station control information for controlling a response to the connection request from the terminal station that is not indicated by the connected terminal station information, and a connection determination unit that determines, based on each of the connected terminal station information and the base station control information, whether or not the connection request from the terminal station that is not indicated by the connected terminal station information is to be refused. The control station transmits, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, to the base station, the base station control information indicating that the connection request from the terminal station that is not indicated by the connected terminal station information is to be refused.
US12143910B2	Systems, devices and methods for edge node computing Some embodiments are directed to a session manager, a cloud service system, and a mobile device. The session manager may be configured for managing an edge computing resource in a mobile network, wherein the mobile network comprises edge nodes which are configurable to provide edge computing resources to mobile devices. The session manager may generate a session identifier for the mobile device and associate the session identifier with the mobile device. Later, the session manager may receive a request from the cloud service system for deployment of an edge computing resource for the mobile device on an edge node.
US12143909B2	Service plan design, user interfaces, application programming interfaces, and device management Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses to enable subscribers of mobile wireless communication devices to view, research, select and customize service plans; to create and manage device groups, share and set permission controls for service plans among devices in device groups; to manage communication services through graphical user interfaces; to sponsor and promote service plans; and to design, manage, and control communication services through application programming interfaces.
US12143907B2	Method for exchanging data between a trailer and a road user, trailer communication module and trailer A method for transmitting data between a trailer and a road user in a vehicle environment is provided, wherein the data are transmitted according to a V2X standard with low latency via a wireless V2X data connection between a trailer communication module of the trailer and a subscriber communication module of the road user. The wireless data connection is between the trailer communication module and the subscriber communication module, or indirectly via a distribution station. The distribution station forwards the transmitted data directly, wherein the trailer communication module autonomously selects and activates an operating mode depending on the respective road user. As a function of the activated operating mode, trailer data relating to the trailer are selected and autonomously transmitted according to the V2X standard via the wireless V2X data connection and/or subscriber data provided by road users are received and autonomously processed.
US12143902B2	Wireless network access to wireless network slices over a common radio channel A wireless access node serves wireless communication devices over a radio channel that is allocated into subchannels for wireless network slices. The wireless access node determines the wireless network slices used by the wireless communication devices. The wireless access node schedules resource blocks in the subchannels for the wireless network slices to the wireless communication devices based on the wireless network slices used by the wireless communication devices. The wireless access node wirelessly exchanges user data with the wireless communication devices over the scheduled resource blocks in the subchannels for the wireless network slices. The wireless access node re-sizes the subchannels for the wireless network slices based on time-of-day.
US12143900B2	Sending or receiving SMS by internet messaging application without using internet The present disclosure provides a system and method of sending and receiving messages from a first device or sender to a second device or receiver through the internet messaging application in the absence of internet connectivity is the first-of-its-kind feature that ensures ‘delivery of messages’ at all times. When the user is temporarily disconnected from the internet, still they can send the message by selecting the ‘SMS’ option and the message will be delivered instantly to the recipient's message folder. Once the internet is resumed, the same message will he automatically sent also to the recipient's Internet message folder. This device independent application allows the users to access this feature from a smart mobile phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer and a desktop computer etc. Incorporating the feature of sending internet messages without the net connectivity by using the internet messaging application in the absence of internet connectivity ensures a smooth flow of communication.
US12143898B2	Digital radio system based on mobile terminal A digital radio system based on a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an analog radio transceiver configured to, while changing a used frequency band at any time, communicate with another analog radio transceiver through the used frequency band, and the mobile terminal configured to allow connection of the analog radio transceiver, and then decode a signal received through the analog radio transceiver and reconstruct and reproduce at least one of audio data, image data, and metadata, or encode at least one audio data, image data, and metadata generated by a user and wirelessly transmit the encoded data through the analog radio transceiver.
US12143897B2	Method and electronic device for smart home control A method for remote control of at least one non-ultra wide band (nUWB) device in a space by an electronic device is provided. The method includes identifying a position using at least one ultra wideband (UWB) anchor in the space, determining a field of view based on the position of the electronic device in the space, identifying the at least one nUWB device within the field of view, and establishing communication with the at least one nUWB device.
US12143896B2	Systems and methods for providing a vehicle-and drone-based tracking system The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for providing a vehicle- and drone-based tracking system. In an example method, a tracker system associated with a vehicle may be initiated. At least one parameter associated with a route may be received via the tracker system. A first notification may subsequently be received from a device, and the first notification may be associated with a first location of the device. After a first predetermined period of time since the first notification is received, a second notification may be received from the device. The second notification may be associated with a second location of the device. The tracker system may then determine, based on the second notification, that the second location of the device is within the at least one parameter associated with the route.
US12143892B2	Method, device, and computer program for determining a change in position and/or orientation of a mobile apparatus The present disclosure relates to methods, devices, and computer programs for determining a change in a position and/or orientation of a mobile apparatus. In an aspect, described is a method of determining a change in a position and/or orientation of a mobile apparatus that includes: acquiring a first data stream indicating a first estimated change in at least one of a position or an orientation of the mobile apparatus in respective ones of a plurality of time frames; acquiring a second data stream indicating a second estimated change in the at least one of the position or the orientation of the mobile apparatus in the respective ones of the plurality of time frames; and determining a change in the at least one of the position or the orientation of the mobile apparatus using the first estimated change or the second estimated change.

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