10th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 68 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150065753 | Process for Producing Phenol and Cyclohexanone - In a process for separating a mixture comprising cyclohexanone and phenol, at least a portion of the mixture is distilled in the presence of a solvent including at least two alcoholic hydroxyl groups attached to non-adjacent saturated carbon atoms and at least one hemiketal defined by the formula (I) or the formula (II): | 2015-03-05 |
20150065754 | Hydrogenation Process - The present invention relates to hydrogenation processes including: contacting a first composition with hydrogen under hydrogenation conditions, in the presence of an eggshell hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the first composition has: (i) greater than about 50 wt % of cyclohexylbenzene, the wt % based upon the total weight of the first composition; and (ii) greater than about 0.3 wt % of cyclohexenylbenzene, the wt % based upon the total weight of the first composition; and thereby obtaining a second composition having less cyclohexenylbenzene than the first composition. Other hydrogenation processes are also described. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065755 | PHENOL PURIFICATION PROCESS - The present invention provides an easy process for purifying phenol by separating carbonyl compounds through selective hydrogenation of the compounds to the corresponding alcohols then distillation. The phenol purification process of the present invention comprises bringing phenol into contact with a copper-based catalyst in the presence of hydrogen to convert carbonyl compounds contained in the phenol to the corresponding alcohol compounds, and separating the alcohol compounds and phenol by distillation. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065756 | LIQUID RESOL-TYPE PHENOLIC RESIN AND WET PAPER FRICTION MATERIAL - A straight-chain unsaturated hydrocarbon group having equal to or more than 10 carbon atoms is bonded to at least one or more of meta positions of all of phenol structure units. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065757 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPOSED OF A POLYMER CONTAINING FLUORINE, HYDROPHOBIC ZEOLITE PARTICLES AND A METAL MATERIAL - The invention relates to a composite material comprising a) a porous matrix of a polymer containing fluorine and having a percentage of tetrafluoroethylene monomer units of at least 95 mol % based on the total of monomer units, b) hydrophobic zeolite particles which are embedded in the matrix and around which matrix filaments extend, and c) at least one metal material. The invention further relates to the use of the composite material for adsorbing organic molecules from a gaseous or liquid mixture of substances that contains at least one organic component, and to a method for removing organic molecules from a gaseous or liquid mixture of substances. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065758 | ETHANOL FERMENTATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for purifying feedstock-to-ethanol fermentation products are disclosed. The methods include the use of a solvent in the form of a supercritical fluid or liquid gas such as supercritical CO2 or liquid CO2 to dry fermentation beer solids, and/or to extract oil, ethanol, or ethanol and oil from fermentation beer or mixtures derived therefrom. Systems include a separations reactor having a first portion defined by walls that are impermeable to fermentation beer liquids joined to a second portion defined by walls that are impermeable to fermentation beer liquids by a third portion defined by walls that are permeable to fermentation beer liquids and impermeable to fermentation beer solids. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065759 | EXTERNAL STEAM REDUCTION METHOD IN A FLUIDIZED CATALYTIC CRACKER - The present disclosure generally relates to methods to reduce the external steam supplied to a fluidized catalytic cracker by injecting a stream comprising a water-containing renewable fuel oil into a riser of a fluidized catalytic cracker. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065760 | FLUIDIZED CATALYTIC CRACKER RISER QUENCH SYSTEM - The present application generally relates to a riser quench system comprising a quench line and one or more quench injecting ports for injecting a renewable fuel oil into the riser of a fluidized catalytic cracker co-processing a renewable fuel oil and a petroleum fraction as reactants. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065761 | DIESEL FUEL OR DIESEL FUEL BASE STOCK AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a hydrotreating step (A) containing a hydroisomerization step (A1) that obtains a hydroisomerized oil (a1) by bringing a FT synthesis oil into contact with a hydroisomerization catalyst and/or a hydrocracking step (A2) that obtains a hydrocracked oil (a2) by bringing it into contact with a hydrocracking catalyst, and a fractionation step (B) that transfers at least a portion of the hydrotreated oil (a) composed of the hydroisomerized oil (a1) and/or the hydrocracked oil (a2) to a fractionator and, at the very least, obtains a middle distillate (b1) with a 5% distillation point of 130 to 170° C. and a 95% distillation point of 240 to 300° C., and a heavy oil (b2) that is heavier than the middle distillate (b1). | 2015-03-05 |
20150065762 | CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS OF OLIVE MILL WASTE - Methods and apparatus for producing bio-oil that include providing a catalyst that includes red mud in a catalyst bed in a fluid state, the catalyst being maintained at a temperature suitable for pyrolysis; providing a flow of a non-reactive fluid into the catalyst bed; entraining a biomass that includes olive mill waste in the flow of non-reactive fluid, so that the biomass is delivered to the catalyst bed; pyrolyzing the biomass; collecting gases and vapors that result from pyrolysis; and condensing the gases and vapors into bio-oil. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065763 | PETROLEUM SUBSTITUTE COMPRISED OF AN ORGANIC SOLVENT EXTRACT OF A WOODY TREE BIOMASS - A preferred embodiment of the present invention is directed generally to a composition of matter and, more specifically, to a composition comprising a petroleum substitute produced from renewable, woody tree-based sources through a solvent extraction process. The woody tree sources are typically hydrocarbon-bearing trees or shrubs capable of producing significant quantities of liquid terpenes such that the process of extracting hydrocarbons from the woody tree material is economically viable. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the woody tree material is derived from pine or eucalyptus trees, or a combination thereof. These tree species contain relatively large quantities of relatively low molecular weight hydrocarbons. A raw woody tree biomass is processed into a plurality of solvent-permeable wood particles. Naturally occurring hydrocarbons found in the wood particles are then extracted using an organic solvent extraction process. The organic solvent utilized is a mixture of solvents comprised of at least one non-polar solvent and at least one polar solvent. The extracted hydrocarbon oils are then separated from the solvent and may be used as a petroleum substitute, while the solvent may be reused in the extraction operation. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065764 | OPTIMIZED METHOD FOR RECYCLING BIO-OILS INTO HYDROCARBON FUELS - A process for the production of hydrocarbon products from a feed comprising at least one non-pre-treated bio-oil, comprising a first step for hydroreforming in the presence of hydrogen and a hydroreforming catalyst, used alone or as a mixture, to obtain at least one liquid effluent comprising at least one aqueous phase and at least one organic phase, a second step in which at least a portion of the organic phase of the effluent obtained from the first hydroreforming step is recycled to the first hydroreforming step with a recycle ratio equal to the ratio of the mass flow rate of said organic phase to the mass flow rate of the non-pre-treated bio-oil in the range 0.05 to 2 and in which the hydrocarbon effluent obtained from the hydrotreatment and/or hydrocracking step is not recycled to said first hydroreforming step. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065765 | PROCESS FOR PURIFYING A HYDROCARBON FEED - A process for purifying a hydrocarbon feed, using a first adsorption unit with first and second adsorption columns respectively filled with first and second adsorbent solids by simultaneously:
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20150065766 | Heavy Oils Having Reduced Total Acid Number and Olefin Content - A process for treating a heavy oil by heating a feedstock comprising a heavy oil in order to separate from the heavy oil a first fraction. The first fraction contains no more than 25% of the total number of acid groups of the heavy oil. A second fraction contains at least 75% of the total number of acid groups of the heavy oil. The second fraction then is treated under conditions that provide a heavy oil that has a total acid number, or TAN, that does not exceed 1.0 mg KOH/g, or is at least 50% lower than the total acid number prior to treatment, an olefin content that does not exceed 1.0 wt. %, and a p-value of at least 50% of the p-value of the heavy oil prior to treatment, or a p-value that is at least 1.5. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065767 | Catalytic Alkane Conversion and Olefin Separation - Disclosed is a hydrocarbon conversion process that is less energy intensive than comparable processes. The hydrocarbon conversion process is particularly desirable for converting alkanes, such as methane into C | 2015-03-05 |
20150065768 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR XYLENE ISOMER PRODUCTION - Methods and systems are provided for producing a xylene product. The method includes fractionating a feed stream in a feed fractionator to produce a feed bottoms stream and a feed overhead stream. The feed stream includes aromatic compounds and non-aromatic compounds, and more than 5 weight percent of the non-aromatic compounds have a boiling point above 105° C. at one atmosphere of pressure. The feed bottoms stream is de-ethylated in a heavy aromatics conversion zone to produce a de-ethylated aromatics stream and a light gases stream, where non-aromatic compounds are converted to light gases in the light gases stream. The de-ethylated aromatics stream is fractionated to produce a heavy aromatics stream and an intermediate aromatics stream, and a desired isomer stream is recovered from the intermediate aromatics stream and an isomerized stream in an isomer recovery process. The isomer recovery process produces an isomer raffinate stream, and the isomer raffinate stream is isomerized in an isomerization zone to produce the isomerized stream. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065769 | Oxygen Storage and Production of C5+ Hydrocarbons - Disclosed are reactors and reaction processes for contacting hydrocarbon reactant in the presence of oxygen stored and released within a thermal mass region of the reactor, and catalytically converting at least a portion of alkane, e.g., methane, in the hydrocarbon reactant to produce a reaction mixture comprising a C | 2015-03-05 |
20150065770 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING OLEFINS WITH GENTLE CLEAVAGE - A process for producing olefins, in which a hydrocarbon-containing feed is fed into a cracking furnace where relatively long-chain hydrocarbons of the hydrocarbon-containing feed are cracked at least partly to form shorter-chain olefins, encompassing ethylene and propylene. Cracking gas ( | 2015-03-05 |
20150065771 | Catalytic Alkane Conversion - Disclosed is a hydrocarbon conversion process in which an alkane component is catalytically converted in the presence of an oxygen or oxidizing component (i.e., oxidant). The hydrocarbon conversion process can be an oxidative coupling reaction, which refers to the catalytic conversion of alkane in the presence of oxidant to produce an olefin product, i.e., a composition containing C | 2015-03-05 |
20150065772 | Chemical Process for Hydrogen Separation - A process is disclosed for removing hydrogen gas that is produced during a DHA (dehydroaromatization) reaction that is used to produce benzene from methane. The hydrogen gas is reacted with a quantity of an alkali metal to produce an alkali metal hydride, which may be separated out from the benzene and any unreacted methane. This removal of the hydrogen gas “drives” the reaction to produce more benzene, thereby increasing the theoretical yield of the DHA reaction. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065773 | Oxygen Storage and Catalytic Alkane Conversion - The inventing relates to hydrocarbon conversion, and more particularly to catalytically converting alkane in the presence of oxygen released from an oxygen storage material. Conversion products include C | 2015-03-05 |
20150065774 | FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING SYSTEM AND PROCESS - One exemplary embodiment can be a fluid catalytic cracking system. Generally, the fluid catalytic cracking system includes a first reaction vessel and a second reaction vessel. The first reaction vessel may contain a first catalyst having pores with openings greater than about 0.7 nm and a second catalyst having pores with smaller openings than the first catalyst. What is more, the second reaction vessel may contain the second catalyst. Generally, at least a portion of the second catalyst is directly communicated with the first reaction vessel. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065775 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL MIGRATION OF CONTAMINATES WITHIN A WATER TABLE - System and Method is described that controls the release of contaminated water by rapidly freezing the ground water, including salt water, which permeates the area underneath the a contamination source, so that the resulting ice lens mitigates the extent to which radioactive water is released into the environment. An aperture in the containment area allows the dispersal and dilution of the contaminates by allowing in ground water from outside, and/or removing water from the containment area. The variable aperture may be a physical valve or preferably an opening in the ice shield which size may be controlled by freezing or thawing portions of the ice shield. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065776 | INCREASED RADIOTHERAPY PATIENT THROUGHPUT - A system and method for radiotherapy patient throughput is described. The system includes carts for supporting and moving patients between stations. A mounting and immobilization station allows mounting and immobilizing the patients on the carts. A registration station produces imaging data related to the patients. A waiting station provides waiting space for the carts. A treatment station irradiates the patients on the carts according to a treatment plan. A dismounting station allows releasing and dismounting the patients from the carts. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065777 | RADIATION THERAPY MACHINE WITH REAL-TIME EBT IMAGING - The present invention provides a radiation therapy machine using electron beam tomography to provide rapid real-time measurement of radiation therapy target movement. The electron beam therapy may be mounted on a gantry to move with the radiation therapy head or both the megavoltage and kilovoltage radiation needed for radiation therapy and tomography may be implemented by a single combined electron beam tube. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065778 | RADIOTHERAPY PATIENT-POSITIONING SHELL - The present invention discloses a radiotherapy patient-positioning shell, which comprises a low-temperature thermoplastic board fabricated to have different positioning zones for different regions of the human body. Each positioning zone has holes. Different positioning zones respectively have different layout densities of the holes. The radiotherapy patient-positioning shell of the present invention has optimized structure and superior usability. The layout densities of different positioning zones of the radiotherapy patient-positioning shell are varied according to requirements of different regions of the human body. Thereby, different positioning zones will have different degrees of contraction and apply different intensities of fixing force to the related body regions. Thus is promoted the comfort of the user and prolonged the service life of the radiotherapy patient-positioning shell without affecting the fixing force thereof. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065779 | TREATMENT PLANNING DEVICE, TREATMENT PLANNING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - This treatment planning device calculates position information for specific locations for a plurality of times corresponding to a time course on the basis of the positions of markers positioned in the vicinity of the specific locations, and generates a three-dimensional range for the specific locations for each of the plurality of times. In addition, the treatment planning device generates representative range information, which represents a range that includes the entire three-dimensional ranges for the specific locations for each of the plurality of times, tracks the position information for the specific locations for each of the plurality of times, and calculates the amount of radiation to be emitted in the range for the specific locations represented by representative range information when radiation is emitted for a prescribed time period in the range for the specific locations represented by the representative range information. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065780 | Multi Orientation Cryostats - A multi-orientation cryostat | 2015-03-05 |
20150065781 | COMBINATION THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA - This invention concerns methods of treating a patient diagnosed with glioblastoma comprising administering to said patient a therapy comprising an effective amount of an anti-VEGF antibody and a chemotherapeutic. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065782 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORCED NON-UNIFORM RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL UPTAKE - A method is provided including identifying a target portion of a patient corresponding to a portion of interest of the patient to be scanned with a nuclear medicine scanning technique. The method also includes applying an uptake increasing technique to at least one of the target portion or an application portion of the patient other than the target portion. The uptake increasing technique is configured to increase uptake of a radiopharmaceutical to the target portion of the patient relative to portions of the patient other than the target portion. Also, the method includes administering the radiopharmaceutical to the patient temporally proximate to the applying an uptake increasing technique. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065783 | SINGLE KIDNEY DENERVATION FOR REDUCING AND CONTROLLING HYPERTENSION - Apparatus, systems, and methods provide access to the renal pelvis of a kidney to treat renal nerves embedded in tissue surrounding the renal pelvis. Access to the renal pelvis may be via the urinary tract or via minimally invasive incisions through the abdomen and kidney tissue. Treatment is effected by exchanging energy, typically delivering heat or extracting heat through a wall of the renal pelvis, or by delivering active substances. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065784 | BRACHYTHERAPY APPLICATOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - An applicator device is provided including a connecting unit. The connecting unit includes a first connector coupled to a first colpostat and a second connector coupled to a second colpostat. The first connector includes a first contact portion and a body portion, the first contact portion being immovably fixed to the body portion. The second connector includes a second contact portion and a third contact portion, the second contact portion being configured to contact and pivotally engage the first contact portion. The first connector further includes a fourth contact portion configured to contact the third contact portion. The second contact portion and the third contact portion are disposed between the first contact portion and the fourth contact portion, and the first contact portion are disposed in closer proximity to a point of delivery of a radiation source than the second, third, or fourth contact portions. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065785 | PASS-THROUGH ASSEMBLY - A pass-through assembly including a first wall having oppositely-directed inner and outer sides, the first wall defining a first opening extending from the inner side to the outer side; an elongated structure extending into the opening from the outer side of the first wall; a first material contacting the first wall and the elongated structure so as to at least partially seal the opening, and a second material different from the first material, the second material overlying the first material on the outer side of the wall, the second material adhering to the elongated structure and the first wall, the second material having at least one physical property different than a corresponding physical property of the first material. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065786 | SKIN INTERFACE DEVICE FOR CARDIAC ASSIST DEVICE - A skin interface device (“SID”) for a cardiac assist device, including a SID cap having a first housing, an annular sleeve, and a first annular winding disposed over said annular sleeve. The SID further includes a SID base having a second housing formed to include a tubular portion, a cylindrical member disposed in said tubular portion, and a second annular winding disposed around said cylindrical member. The SID cap is configured to be rotationally attached to said SID base. When the SID cap is attached to the SID base, the second annular winding is disposed within the first annular winding, and the relative positions of the first annular winding and the second annular winding are fixed both laterally and vertically. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065787 | HEAT THERAPY DEVICE - A heat therapy device, in particular an incubator, for treating newborn children, has a bordered lying surface ( | 2015-03-05 |
20150065788 | INCUBATOR WITH DOUBLE GLAZED WALL AND METHODS THEREOF - An incubator with a double glazed wall that promotes regulation of sound pressure levels and temperature levels the incubator, using an insulated glass unit. The canopy of the incubator has at least one insulated glass unit. This unit includes at least one first inner glass and at least one second external glass. The inner and external glasses are spaced by a spacer, and are characterized by an inner atmosphere confined within the canopy and an external atmosphere. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065789 | STIMULUS SEQUENCER FOR A CLOSED LOOP NEUROMODULATOR - This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for generating a sleep therapy stimulus waveform for a patient. Stimulus sequence information can be selected from a sequence memory array, and stimulus sequence information can be received from the sequence memory array at a stimulus generator selector. A generator select signal can be provided to a stimulus generator of a closed loop neuromodulator using the stimulus sequence information and a stimulus duration signal, wherein the generator select signal can include stimulus type information related to stimulus pulses generated using the closed loop neuromodulator. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065790 | METHOD FOR TREATING FECAL INCONTINENCE - A method for treating fecal incontinence in a body of a mammal having a rectum formed by a rectal wall extending to an anus wherein the rectal wall includes a sphincter muscle surrounding the anus. At least one nonaqueous solution is introduced into the rectal wall in the vicinity of the anus. A nonbiodegradable solid is formed in the rectal wall from the at least one nonaqueous solution. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065791 | PUNCTURE APPARATUS - A puncture apparatus is disclosed, which includes a freely rotatable puncture member possessing a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the puncture member including a bent region at which the puncture member is bent, the distal end portion of the puncture member including a puncture needle for puncturing living body tissue as the puncture member is rotated about a rotation center to rotate a needle tip of the puncture needle toward the living body tissue to puncture the living body tissue; and an elongated urethral-insertion member configured to be inserted into a urethra so that a near-side of the urethral-insertion member is the side of the urethral-insertion member located closer to the rotation center, and the far-side of the urethral-insertion member is the side of the urethral-insertion member located farther from the rotation center. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065793 | MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM PROVIDING COMPUTER GENERATED AUXILIARY VIEWS OF A CAMERA INSTRUMENT FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION AND ORIENTING OF ITS TIP - A medical robotic system includes an entry guide with surgical tools and a camera extending out of its distal end. To supplement the view provided by an image captured by the camera, an auxiliary view including articulatable arms of the surgical tools and/or camera is generated from sensed or otherwise determined information about their positions and orientations and displayed on a display screen from the perspective of a specified viewing point. Intuitive control is provided to an operator with respect to the auxiliary view while the operator controls the positioning and orienting of the camera. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065794 | CANNULA - The present invention relates to an improved cannula that enables a plurality of applications to such as tools to be utilised through a single cannula. According to the present invention there is a cannula having a distal end for insertion into a body, the distal end defining an opening to a primary conduit extending along the longitudinal axis of the cannula. The cannula further comprises a tool element for providing a tool function at or adjacent the distal end of the cannula. At least a portion of the tool element is arranged to be moveable outwardly relative to the longitudinal axis of the cannula. Accordingly, it is beneficial that more than one function can be provided at the distal end of the cannula reducing the trauma to the patient and improving access for the surgeon. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065795 | Optical Coupler for an Endoscope - An optical coupler is disclosed for mounting at a distal end of an optical imaging device for visualizing a surface area covered with an opaque fluid and/or particulate matter. The coupler includes a visualization section at one end of the coupler and an attachment section connected to and extending away from the visualization section. The attachment section is dimensioned to be mounted at the distal end of the optical imaging device. The visualization section includes a proximal surface for engaging the distal end of the optical imaging device. The visualization section includes an outer surface spaced apart from the proximal surface. The outer surface extends continuously from a first outer side boundary across to a second opposite outer side boundary of the visualization section. The visualization section may include a hollow instrument channel extending from the proximal surface toward the outer surface. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065796 | OPTICAL UNIT, ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL UNIT - An optical unit includes: a cylindrical member whose thickness varies in a circumferential direction; a transparent member disposed at one end, in an axial direction, of the cylindrical member; and a joining member which joins the transparent member to the cylindrical member and thereby seals the cylindrical member at the one end in the axial direction, and a portion, joining a side surface of the transparent member to an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical member, of the joining member is thicker at a position where the cylindrical member is thick than at a position where the cylindrical member is thin. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065797 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE DEVICE, IMAGING MODULE, AND IMAGE PICK-UP LENS MOLDING METHOD - The invention provides an electronic endoscope device, an imaging module, and an image pick-up lens molding method that can prevented dew formation of an objective lens optical system and facilitate manufacture. An objective lens optical system of an imaging module includes a tip lens | 2015-03-05 |
20150065798 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE DEVICE AND IMAGING MODULE THEREFOR - Provided are an imaging module for an endoscope that favorably blocks incidence of flare light to an imaging element and an electronic endoscope device including the same. The imaging module for an endoscope includes an objective lens optical system; a transparent optical member | 2015-03-05 |
20150065799 | Solid State Variable Direction Of View Endoscope - An endoscope with a wide angle lens that comprises an optical axis that is angularly offset from a longitudinal axis of the endoscope such that the optical axis resides at an angle greater than zero degrees to the longitudinal axis. The wide angle lens system simultaneously gathers an endoscopic image field, the endoscopic image field at least spanning the longitudinal axis and an angle greater than ninety degrees to the longitudinal axis. The endoscope includes an optical lens system to at least partially even out the information density across an imaging surface area of the imager. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065800 | VIDEO ENDOSCOPE - A video endoscope including: an elongated housing; an image sensor unit arranged in the elongated housing; an optical transmitting unit arranged in the elongated housing and connected to the image sensor unit; and a through contact device, wherein the optical transmitting unit is arranged at a proximal end of the elongated housing on the through-contact device, the through-contact device penetrates through a wall of the elongated housing and the through-contact device is arranged such that it is mounted in a hermetically sealed manner in the wall of the elongated housing. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065801 | GUIDANCE DEVICE - A guidance device applies a magnetic field to a capsule medical apparatus within which a first permanent magnet is arranged when the capsule medical apparatus is introduced into a subject, to guide the capsule medical apparatus within the subject. The guidance device includes a second permanent magnet that is configured to be disposed outside the subject and has a rectangular parallelepiped shape or a polygonal column shape, the second permanent magnet having a first plane containing a magnetization direction and a first direction orthogonal to the magnetization direction, and being configured to confine the capsule medical apparatus within a region facing the first plane. The second permanent magnet has a length in the first direction longer than a length in the magnetization direction. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065802 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - A light source apparatus outputs light for an endoscope apparatus. A blue LED emits blue light with a peak wavelength equal to or longer than 450 nm. A wavelength cut-off filter is disposed downstream of the blue LED, for cutting off a component in the blue light having a wavelength equal to or longer than the peak wavelength. Preferably, the wavelength cut-off filter cuts off a component of a wavelength equal to or longer than a reference wavelength in a wavelength range equal to or longer than the peak wavelength. A mode changer changes over an enhancement mode and a normal mode, the enhancement mode is set for enhancing and imaging a surface blood vessel of the object by use of the wavelength cut-off filter, the normal mode is set for imaging the object by disabling a function of the wavelength cut-off filter. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065803 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MOBILE IMAGING AND ANALYSIS - Apparatuses and methods for mobile imaging and image analysis. In particular, described herein are methods and apparatuses for assisting in the acquisition and analysis of images of the tympanic membrane to provide information that may be helpful in the understanding and management of disease, such ear infection (acute otitis media). These apparatuses may guide or direct a subject in taking an image of a tympanic membrane, including automatically detecting which direction to adjust the position of the apparatus to capture an image of the tympanic membrane and automatically indicating when the tympanic membrane has been imaged. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065804 | CANNULA - OBTURATOR STRUCTURE - A cannula includes a body portion having circumferential openings at the distal end thereof and a removable tip incorporated at the distal end of the body portion, the removable tip having circumferential tabs for releasably interlocking with the circumferential openings of the cannula. The removable tip serves as an obturator, and it is positioned within the distal end of the cannula, such that the cannula and obturator are combined into a single unitary cannula assembly. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065805 | SURGICAL RETRACTOR - A surgical retractor device for retaining and/or moving internal organs during minimally invasive or laparoscopic surgery is provided. The surgical retractor can be a single continuous structure that includes a shaft. The shaft can branch into a first elongate finger with a first distal end opposite the shaft and a second elongate finger with a second distal end opposite the shaft. The retractor can further include a resilient lattice structure disposed between the first elongate finger and the second elongate finger. The retractor can have an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration based on relative distance between the first distal end and the second distal end. When the retractor is in the collapsed configuration, spring force energy can be stored in the resilient lattice structure. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065806 | DOUBLE LUMEN ARTHROSCOPY PORT - A device is provided to serve as a port for arthroscopic procedures. The device may include a cannula defining a lumen, with a partition extending the length of the cannula and dividing the lumen into two compartments. The surgeon may use one compartment for instrumentation such as an arthroscope or other surgical instruments, and the second compartment for suture and related suture instruments. This may enable the surgeon to keep untied sutures and the like separate from other surgical instruments and prevent tangling, etc. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065807 | 4-WAY CYSTOSCOPY CATHETER - Systems and methods of cannulating a body orifice such as a bladder are disclosed. A cystoscopy catheter can include a proximal end, a distal end having at least one exit port, and a flexible elongate tubular body therebetween; an inflatable balloon near the distal end of the catheter, the balloon transformable from an unexpanded and an expanded configuration; a first proximal port for fluid inflow; a second proximal port for fluid outflow; a third proximal port for balloon inflation, in fluid connection with the balloon; and a fourth proximal port for insertion of a diagnostic and/or therapeutic instrument such as a cystoscope therethrough, wherein the first, second, and fourth proximal ports are fluidly connected to a common central lumen extending through the elongate tubular body to the exit port on the distal end. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065808 | SIMPLIFIED ARTHROSCOPY CANNULA - An arthroscopic sealing cannula having improved efficiency, access and reduced manufacturing costs is described herein. In particular, the present invention describes arthroscopic sealing cannulae in which the conventional thermal and chemical bonding means are eliminated and replaced with a mechanical joining system that utilizes mating fastener pairs integrally molded into the distal and proximal elements of a cannula so as to thereby provide a strong reliable joining of the elements. Such a mechanical system eliminates the need for costly capital equipment and specializing tooling as well as the material and environmental handling problems associated with conventional bonding techniques. Furthermore, in that the join may be readily confirmed through simple visual examination, the present invention also eliminates the need for complex, costly, and time-consuming validation procedures mandated by regulations in place to ensure proper integrity, strength, and reliability of the bond. Accordingly, arthroscopic sealing cannulae constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention are expected to have increased reliability and reduced manufacturing costs. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065809 | IRIS RETRACTOR - An iris retractor made of two slender elements operatively coupled via a joining mechanism, wherein each slender element has an iris grabbing hook located at its distal end; and a handle located at the proximal end of the slender element, wherein the joining mechanism is configured to endow the iris refractor with at least two configuration: a refracted configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein the length of each slender element is between 4 mm to 14 mm. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065810 | Frontal Sinus Recess Dilator - Dilators and methods for dilating a stenotic recess of a frontal sinus in a subject using minimally invasive insertion procedures are provided. Also provided are devices and methods for inserting said dilator into a stenotic opening of a paranasal sinus in a subject. The dilators, devices and methods can be used to treat sinusitis and other nasal and/or sinus disorders. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065811 | DELIVERY OF NEBULIZED MEDICINES - Devices are disclosed that include a positionable elongated member configured to support and delivery tube and maintain a distal end of the tube in a desired position, and to allow the position of the distal end of the tube to be adjusted by a user, and an attachment device configured to allow a proximal end of the elongated member to be secured in a fixed position. These devices may be used, for example, in the delivery of vaporized medicine to a patient, e.g., a child or infant on a bed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065812 | TELEMEDICINE INFORMATION SYSTEM, MONITORING METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosure herein is related to a telemedicine information system, a monitoring method, and computer-accessible storage medium. The telemedicine information system includes at least one client end in which one or more physiological sensors for sensing the physiological conditions of a person to be monitored. The system includes a monitoring end connected to the client end over a network for receiving physiological data therefrom. Medical staff at the monitoring end uses a handheld monitoring terminal device to retrieve the physiological data. Then a program is executed to determine any abnormal condition. The medical staff may therefore issue a warning signal to the client end, and also timely communicate with the person to be monitored. The person may also timely receive location-based medical advice. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065813 | SYSTEM FOR RECORDING AND PROCESSING SIGNAL FOR DIAGNOSING AUDITORY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AND PROCESSING SIGNAL FOR DIAGNOSING AUDITORY SYSTEM - In system for recording and processing a signal for diagnosing an auditory system, a system for measuring signals of bioelectric activity of brain (EEG signal) or eye (EOG signal) or muscle (EMG signal) or their combination obtained from electrodes ( | 2015-03-05 |
20150065814 | Mobile front-end system for comprehensive cardiac diagnosis - A stethoscope front-end recorder device (also referred to as Sleeve) for the chest piece of a stethoscope, which is easily installed and removed. The Sleeve is attached to the chest piece of a stethoscope for comprehensive diagnosis of heart issues. The Sleeve contains sensors for acquiring biosensor parameters such as electrocardiogram, body temperature, heartbeat, heart rhythm, heart rate variability, heart rate turbulence, heart sounds, respiration, cardiac index and blood flow. The Sleeve has Bluetooth interface communicating with a mobile device with software component, interfacing with a back-end server with the capability to capture, analyze and save patient information. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065815 | ASSESSMENT AND PREDICTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR STATUS DURING CARDIAC ARREST AND THE POST-RESUSCITATION PERIOD USING SIGNAL PROCESSING AND MACHINE LEARNING - Real-time, short-term analysis of ECG, by using multiple signal processing and machine learning techniques, is used to determine counter shock success in defibrillation. Combinations of measures when used with machine learning algorithms readily predict successful resuscitation, guide therapy and predict complications. In terms of guiding resuscitation, they may serve as indicators and when to provide counter shocks and at what energy levels they should be provided as well as to serve as indicators of when certain drugs should be provided (in addition to their doses). For cardiac arrest, the system is meant to run in real time during all current resuscitation procedures including post-resuscitation care to detect deterioration for guiding care such as therapeutic hypothermia. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065816 | Evidence Based Interactive Monitoring Device and Method - A method for issuing an alert which includes the following steps:—carry out an R analysis on two or more physiological variable inputs;—carry out an N analysis on a primary physiological variable input;—issue an alert if the R analysis confirms a trend for each of the physiological variable inputs and the N analysis shows a statistically significant change in the primary physiological variable input; where the two or more physiological variable inputs include systolic or mean blood pressure and pulse volume, and the primary physiological variable input is systolic or mean blood pressure; such that the alert is a visual, audio, vibratory, tactile or a combination of two or more of these or an alert signal to an output unit configured to output the alert in one of those forms. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065817 | THORACIC DIAGNOSIS ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - According to one implementation, the system includes, a capturing unit, a deforming unit, and a generating unit. The capturing unit captures a dynamic state of a thoracic portion to generate a plurality of frame images. The deforming unit sets a reference point in a position corresponding to each other among the plurality of generated frame images. The deforming unit extracts a lung field region from each of the frame images. The deforming unit deforms a shape of the lung field region so that a distance from the set reference point to an outline of an outer side of the lung field region becomes a certain distance. The generating unit analyzes a dynamic state in the lung field region and generates an analysis result image showing a result of the analysis in a corresponding position in the deformed lung field region. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065818 | Analyte Monitoring Device and Methods of Use - An analyte monitor includes a sensor, a sensor control unit, and a display unit. The sensor has, for example, a substrate, a recessed channel formed in the substrate, and conductive material disposed in the recessed channel to form a working electrode. The sensor control unit typically has a housing adapted for placement on skin and is adapted to receive a portion of an electrochemical sensor. The sensor control unit also includes two or more conductive contacts disposed on the housing and configured for coupling to two or more contact pads on the sensor. A transmitter is disposed in the housing and coupled to the plurality of conductive contacts for transmitting data obtained using the sensor. The display unit has a receiver for receiving data transmitted by the transmitter of the sensor control unit and a display coupled to the receiver for displaying an indication of a level of an analyte. The analyte monitor may also be part of a drug delivery system to alter the level of the analyte based on the data obtained using the sensor. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065819 | MULTIPLE VECTOR FLUID LOCALIZATION - A differential or relative measurement between an orthogonal measurement vector and another measurement vector can be used to determine the location where fluid accumulation is occurring or the local change in such fluid accumulation. This can help diagnose or treat infection or hematoma or seroma at a pocket of an implanted cardiac rhythm management device, other implanted medical device, or prosthesis. It can also help diagnose or treat pulmonary edema, pneumonia, pulmonary congestion, pericardial effusion, pericarditis, pleural effusion, hemodilution, or another physiological condition. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065820 | Sacrificial Layers for Bio-Compatible Devices - A method may involve: forming a sacrificial layer on a working substrate; forming a first bio-compatible layer on the sacrificial layer such that the first bio-compatible layer adheres to the sacrificial layer; forming a conductive pattern on the first bio-compatible layer; mounting an electronic component to the conductive pattern; forming a second bio-compatible layer over the first bio-compatible layer, the electronic component, and the conductive pattern; and removing the sacrificial layer to release the bio-compatible device from the working substrate. The first bio-compatible layer defines a first side of a bio-compatible device. The second bio-compatible layer defines a second side of the bio-compatible device. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065821 | Nanoparticle Phoresis - Functionalized particles in the blood are able to selectively bind to targets in the blood that have adverse health effects. The binding of the particles to the targets allows the targets to be selectively modified or destroyed by energy from outside the body such that the adverse health effects are reduced or eliminated. The energy is generated by a wearable device which is able to direct the energy into the subsurface vasculature of the wearer of the wearable device. Further, one or more of the functionalized particles may be magnetic, allowing a magnetic field generated by the wearable device and directed into the subsurface vasculature to concentrate the bound targets in a lumen of the subsurface vasculature proximate to the wearable device. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065822 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDICTION PREVENTION AND TREATMENT - The invention pertains to systems and methods for preventing or reducing the probability of human addiction to various substances and/or treating those currently or previously addicted to substances. The invention includes a sensing mechanism to detect a presence of the addictive substance or a condition resulting from the presence of the addictive substance, a signaling mechanism to generate a signal as a result of the sensing mechanism detecting the presence of the addictive substance or a condition resulting from the presence of the addictive substance, and a receiving mechanism to provide at least one response as a result of receiving as input the signal generated by the signaling mechanism | 2015-03-05 |
20150065823 | NONINVASIVE MID-INFRARED IN VIVO GLUCOSE SENSOR - A noninvasive mid-infrared in vivo glucose sensor for use in connection with the skin of a test subject is disclosed. The sensor includes a mid-infrared light source configured to deliver a light beam to the skin of the test subject, a collector element configured to collect backscattered light from the skin and direct it to the detector, and a detector element configured to measure the collected backscattered light from the skin. The mid-infrared light source may be a quantum cascade laser. The sensor may include optical fibers configured to deliver the light beam to the skin of the test subject. The collector element may be an integrating sphere or a bundle of two or more optical fibers. The sensor may also include a probe containing or connecting to optical fibers coupled to the mid-infrared light source and configured to be placed on the skin to take glucose level readings. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065824 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FORM OPHTHALMIC DEVICES INCORPORATING FLUORESCENCE DETECTORS - Ophthalmic devices with media inserts that have fluorescence based analysis elements upon or within them may be utilized to analyze and monitor fluid for certain components. Methods and devices for active ophthalmic devices based on fluorescence based analysis elements may also be formed. More specifically, the fluorescence based analysis elements may be useful for analyzing an analyte such as glucose in a fluid sample. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065825 | Extracorporeal Devices and Methods for Facilitating Cessation of Undesired Behaviors - Devices, methods and systems are disclosed for assisting patients in behavioral modification and cessation programs aimed at terminating undesired behaviors such as smoking, alcohol use and others. Patient devices configured to be easily carried or worn including test units such as carbon monoxide blood level sensors with automated patient prompting for self-testing, analysis of test results and data logging are included in a networked system with a specifically designed treatment modality. Devices and methods disclosed are particularly suited to use in smoking cessation treatment and programs. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065826 | Noninvasive Predictive and/or Estimative Blood Pressure Monitoring - Tools and techniques for estimating and/or predicting a patient's current and/or future blood pressure. In some cases, the tools will analyze physiological data captured from the patient against a model of blood pressure values to estimate/predict the patient's blood pressure value. In particular cases, derived parameters, such as a patient's compensatory reserve index (“CRI”) can be analyzed against such models, while in other cases, data captured from sensors can be directly analyzed against such models. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065827 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF CIRCULATORY FUNCTION - A system and method for evaluating a circulatory function of an individual includes at least one connection configured to receive signals indicative of functional data relating to at least one functional parameter of the cardiovascular system of the subject and to at least two disparate locations on the subject. A processor is coupled to the at least, one connection and configured to receive the functional data from the at least one connection. The processor is also configured to compare the functional data to identify variations that deviate from an expected delay associated with the disparate locations and provide an assessment of the cardiovascular system function based on the comparison of the functional data. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065828 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT OF A CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETER USING THE ARTERIAL PULSE PRESSURE PROPAGATION TIME AND WAVEFORM - A method and apparatus for determining a cardiovascular parameter including receiving an input signal corresponding to an arterial blood pressure measurement over an interval that covers at least one cardiac cycle, determining a propagation time of the input signal, determining at least one statistical moment of the input signal, and determining an estimate of the cardiovascular parameter using the propagation time and the at least one statistical moment. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065829 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPIRATION MONITORING - According to embodiments, techniques for determining respiratory parameters are disclosed. More suitable probe locations for determining respiratory parameters, such as respiration rate and respiratory effort, may be identified. The most suitable probe location may be selected for probe placement. A scalogram may be generated from the detected signal at the more suitable location, resulting in an enhanced breathing band for determining respiratory parameters. Flexible probes that allow for a patient's natural movement due to respiration may also be used to enhance the breathing components of the detected signal. From the enhanced signal, more accurate and reliable respiratory parameters may be determined. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065830 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SENSOR FOR DETERMINING BLOOD CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUBJECT - In accordance with one aspect of the present technique, a method is disclosed. The method includes receiving continuous photoplethysmographic (PPG) data of a subject from a sensor and calculating a continuous blood characteristic (BC) based on the continuous PPG data. The method also includes calculating a first quality metric of the continuous PPG data based on a sequence of the continuous BC. The method further determines whether the first quality metric satisfies a stability criterion and sending a first notification to the sensor in response to determining that the first quality metric satisfies the stability criterion. The first notification instructs the sensor to collect compressed PPG data of the subject. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065831 | Wireless Implantable Data Communication System, Method and Sensing Device - Disclosed herein is a wireless implantable communication system, method and sensing device, wherein an implantable data conversion module is adapted for operative coupling to a distinct or integrated implantable sensing device for the conversion of a characteristic signal for transmission thereof to an external receiver, e.g. by way of an inductive element. Upon positioning an external inductive element in the vicinity of the implanted device, a corresponding signal is induced within the external element allowing for reconstruction of the converted signal, and thereby allowing for recovery of the characteristic signal. Embodiments for the communication of data across a biological barrier, including communications from an external transmitter to an implanted receiver, an implanted transmitter to an external receiver, and an implanted transmitter/receiver pair are also disclosed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065832 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND ALERTING A USER OF A HEALTH EVENT - A health event monitoring system includes a measurement device that measures a health aspect of a monitored person to provide a measured health aspect, a notification device that provides a notification to a user of the system, and an analyzer that compares the measured health aspect with a predetermined health aspect threshold and which activates the notification device when the measured health aspect passes the predetermined health aspect threshold. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065833 | Analyte Sensors Comprising High-Boiling Point Solvents - Generally, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to analyte determining methods and devices (e.g., electrochemical analyte monitoring systems) that have improved uniformity of distribution of the sensing layer by inclusion of a high-boiling point solvent, where the sensing layer is disposed proximate to a working electrode of in vivo and/or in vitro analyte sensors, e.g., continuous and/or automatic in vivo monitoring using analyte sensors and/or test strips. Also provided are systems and methods of using the, for example electrochemical, analyte sensors in analyte monitoring. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065834 | INTEGRATED LANCING DEVICE WITH TESTING METER - The medical testing instrument integrates the multiclix insulin pen with lancet and with testing meter which show the result on the touch screen. The device also, can connect to smart phone application through Bluetooth or other wireless connections. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065835 | IMPEDANCE DEVICES FOR OBTAINING CONDUCTANCE MEASUREMENTS WITHIN LUMINAL ORGANS - Impedance devices for obtaining conductance measurements within luminal organs. In at least one embodiment of an impedance device of the present disclosure, the device, comprises an elongated body and an detector positioned upon the elongated body, the detector comprising at least five electrodes and configured to obtain one or more conductance measurements generated using a first arrangement of four of the at least five electrodes and further configured to obtain one or more fluid velocity measurements using a second arrangement of four of the at least five electrodes when the elongated body is positioned within a fluid environment of a mammalian luminal organ, wherein the first arrangement is different from the second arrangement. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065836 | ESTIMATING THE PREVALENCE OF ACTIVATION PATTERNS IN DATA SEGMENTS DURING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY MAPPING - A system and method for mapping an anatomical structure includes sensing activation signals of physiological activity with a plurality of mapping electrodes disposed in or near the anatomical structure. Patterns among the sensed activation signals are identified based on a similarity measure generated between each unique pair of identified patterns which are classified into groups based on a correlation between the corresponding pairs of similarity measures. A characteristic representation is determined for each group of similarity measures and displayed as a summary plot of the characteristic representations. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065837 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING A DETECTABLE SIGNAL BASED UPON CONCENTRATION OF AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANCE - Utilization of a contact device placed on the eye in order to detect physical and chemical parameters of the body as well as the non-invasive delivery of compounds according to these physical and chemical parameters, with signals being transmitted continuously as electromagnetic waves, radio waves, infrared and the like. One of the parameters to be detected includes non-invasive blood analysis utilizing chemical changes and chemical products that are found in the conjunctiva and in the tear film. A transensor mounted in the contact device laying on the cornea or the surface of the eye is capable of evaluating and measuring physical and chemical parameters in the eye including non-invasive blood analysis. The system utilizes eye lid motion and/or closure of the eye lid to activate a microminiature radio frequency sensitive transensor mounted in the contact device. The signal can be communicated by wires or radio telemetered to an externally placed receiver. The signal can then be processed, analyzed and stored. Several parameters can be detected including a complete non-invasive analysis of blood components, measurement of systemic and ocular blood flow, measurement of heart rate and respiratory rate, tracking operations, detection of ovulation, detection of radiation and drug effects, diagnosis of ocular and systemic disorders and the like. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065838 | ELECTRODE SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION - A system for electrically stimulating and/or detecting bioelectrical signals of a user comprising: an array of permeable bodies configured to absorb a solution that facilitates electrical coupling with a body region of the user; a housing defining an array of protrusions conforming to the body region and comprising: an array of channels distributed across the array of protrusions, each channel at least partially surrounding a permeable body, configured to deliver the solution to the permeable body, and comprising a barrier that prevents passage of the permeable body past the barrier, and a manifold configured to distribute the solution to the array of channels; and a coupling subsystem comprising a first electrical coupling region in electrical communication with an interior of the manifold, wherein the first electrical coupling region is configured to couple to a second electrical coupling region that couples the first electrical coupling region to the electronics subsystem. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065839 | SURGICAL DRAPE, EVOKED RESPONSE PROBES AND THEIR METHODS OF USE - The disclosure relates to a surgical cranial drape, probe for mapping brain of a subject and their methods of use. Specifically, the disclosure relates to a sterile surgical cranial drape embedded with electrodes; an system for mapping physiologically functional brain regions using evoked electrophysiological responses in a first and a second region; and their methods of use in combination or separately. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065840 | SYSTEMS, ARTICLES, AND METHODS FOR STRETCHABLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS - Improved stretchable printed circuit boards, and fabrication methods thereof, are described. The improved stretchable printed circuit boards include a serpentine conductive trace enclosed by stretchable dielectric material. The stretchable dielectric material has a serpentine shape itself, realized by crenulated edges. The crenulated edges reduce torsional strain on the conductive trace and are formed, for example, by cutting away sections of the stretchable dielectric material proximate segments of the serpentine conductive trace where the serpentine conductive trace changes direction. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065841 | CONDUCTIVE TEXTILE-BASED INDUCTANCE-TYPE ELECTRODE APPARATUS FOR BIO-SIGNAL DETECTION - Provided is a conductive textile-based inductance-type electrode apparatus for bio-signal detection, which includes an electrode unit ( | 2015-03-05 |
20150065842 | CLOTHING WITH MINIMIZED MOTION ARTIFACT HAVING TEXTILE ELECTRODE KIT MOUNTED THERETO - A textile electrode kit mounted to the clothing includes a contact-type electrode or a non-contact electrode, and the textile electrode kit may be mounted to a clothing having a lower fixed member configured to reduce a motion artifact and a partially three-dimensional clothing structure by means of sewing. On occasions, the textile electrode kit having a non-contact electrode may be inserted into and used in an electrode-mounting pocket or an electrode-mounting tunnel formed at the clothing. The textile electrode kit of the present disclosure may detect various kinds of bio signals such as a heart activity signal, an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal, an electromyogram signal, a breathing signal or the like. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065843 | APPAREL FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL TELEMETRY DURING ATHLETICS - A user interface component and system for physiological parameters telemetry is provided. A user interface component may be reversibly or irreversibly attached to a garment that allows connection to a user's skin, such as via one or more holes in the garment. Signals transmitted through a conductive transfer layer in the user interface component are provided to a signal receiving unit which can collect and transmit physiological data. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065844 | SELECTION OF OPTIMAL CHANNEL FOR RATE DETERMINATION - According to at least one example, an ambulatory medical device is provided. The device includes a plurality of electrodes disposed at spaced apart positions about a patient's body and a control unit. The control unit includes a sensor interface, a memory and a processor. The sensor interface is coupled to the plurality of electrodes and configured to receive a first ECG signal from a first pairing of the plurality of electrodes and to receive a second ECG signal from a second pairing of the plurality of electrodes. The memory stores information indicating a preferred pairing, the preferred pairing being either the first pairing or the second pairing. The processor is coupled to the sensor interface and the memory and is configured to resolve conflicts between interpretations of first ECG signal and the second ECG signal in favor of the preferred pairing. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065845 | MEASURING APPARATUS AND ITS METHOD - An object of the present invention is to make it possible to accurately grasp the state inside an object to be measured. According to the present invention there is provided a measuring apparatus comprising: quasi-electrostatic field generating means generating a quasi-electrostatic field of higher strength as compared with a radiated electric field and an induced electromagnetic field; quasi-electrostatic field detecting means detecting a result of interaction between the quasi-electrostatic field generated by the quasi-electrostatic field generating means and applied to a human body, and an electric field corresponding to a potential change caused by a biological reaction inside the human body; and extracting means extracting the potential change from the result of interaction. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065846 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING LOCATION, ONSET, AND/OR CHANGE OF CORONARY LESIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting the location, onset, or change of coronary lesions from factors like vessel geometry, physiology, and hemodynamics. One method includes: acquiring, for each of a plurality of individuals, a geometric model, blood flow characteristics, and plaque information for part of the individual's vascular system; training a machine learning algorithm based on the geometric models and blood flow characteristics for each of the plurality of individuals, and features predictive of the presence of plaque within the geometric models and blood flow characteristics of the plurality of individuals; acquiring, for a patient, a geometric model and blood flow characteristics for part of the patient's vascular system; and executing the machine learning algorithm on the patient's geometric model and blood flow characteristics to determine, based on the predictive features, plaque information of the patient for at least one point in the patient's geometric model. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065847 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING LOCATION, ONSET, AND/OR CHANGE OF CORONARY LESIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting the location, onset, or change of coronary lesions from factors like vessel geometry, physiology, and hemodynamics. One method includes: acquiring, for each of a plurality of individuals, a geometric model, blood flow characteristics, and plaque information for part of the individual's vascular system; training a machine learning algorithm based on the geometric models and blood flow characteristics for each of the plurality of individuals, and features predictive of the presence of plaque within the geometric models and blood flow characteristics of the plurality of individuals; acquiring, for a patient, a geometric model and blood flow characteristics for part of the patient's vascular system; and executing the machine learning algorithm on the patient's geometric model and blood flow characteristics to determine, based on the predictive features, plaque information of the patient for at least one point in the patient's geometric model. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065848 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING LOCATION, ONSET, AND/OR CHANGE OF CORONARY LESIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting the location, onset, or change of coronary lesions from factors like vessel geometry, physiology, and hemodynamics. One method includes: acquiring, for each of a plurality of individuals, a geometric model, blood flow characteristics, and plaque information for part of the individual's vascular system; training a machine learning algorithm based on the geometric models and blood flow characteristics for each of the plurality of individuals, and features predictive of the presence of plaque within the geometric models and blood flow characteristics of the plurality of individuals; acquiring, for a patient, a geometric model and blood flow characteristics for part of the patient's vascular system; and executing the machine learning algorithm on the patient's geometric model and blood flow characteristics to determine, based on the predictive features, plaque information of the patient for at least one point in the patient's geometric model. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065849 | Automated Pneumothorax Detection - A method of determining the presence of a pneumothorax includes obtaining a series of frames of image data relating to a region of interest including a pleural interface of a lung. The image data includes at least a first frame and a second frame. The method further includes identifying, via processing circuitry, the pleural interface in at least the first frame and the second frame, determining, based on computing optical flow between the first and second frames, a pleural sliding classification of the image data at the pleural interface, and determining whether a pneumothorax is present in the pleural interface based on the pleural sliding classification. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065850 | ACCURATE AND EFFICIENT POLYP DETECTION IN WIRELESS CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY IMAGES - A method for detecting polyps in endoscopy images includes pruning a plurality of two dimensional digitized images received from an endoscopy apparatus to remove images that are unlikely to depict a polyp, where a plurality of candidate images remains that are likely to depict a polyp, pruning non-polyp pixels that are unlikely to be part of a polyp depiction from the candidate images, detecting polyp candidates in the pruned candidate images, extracting features from the polyp candidates, and performing a regression on the extracted features to determine whether the polyp candidate is likely to be an actual polyp. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065851 | DETERMINING NON-CONTACT STATE FOR A CATHETER - A method, including inserting a probe into a cavity in a subject's body and receiving, from a force sensor in the probe, first readings indicative of a first change in measured contact forces between the probe and the cavity by less than a predetermined limit over at least a predetermined interval of time. The method continues by receiving second readings from the force sensor when the second readings have changed by more than a predetermined force threshold or location coordinates of the probe have changed by at least a predetermined location change threshold. The method continues by receiving third readings indicative of a second change in the measured contact forces between the probe and the cavity by less than the predetermined limit over at least the predetermined interval of time. The method concludes by calibrating a zero-force point for the force sensor according to the third readings. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065852 | Local Coil and Leveling Mirror - The embodiments relate to a local coil arrangement for an imaging MRI system, where the system is a head local coil or a head/neck local coil, which includes a mirror housing that is mounted in a rotatable manner on the local coil arrangement. | 2015-03-05 |
20150065853 | SYSTEM FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY OF BRAIN TISSUE FOR PATTERN-BASED DIAGNOSTICS - A system and method for preprocessing magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) data of brain tissue for pattern-based diagnostics is disclosed. The MRS preprocessing system includes an MRS preprocessing module that executes an operation that normalizes MRS spectrum data, recalibrates and scales the normalized MRS spectrum data, and then renormalizes the scaled MRS spectrum data. The resulting preprocessed MRS data is used to assist in identifying abnormalities in tissues shown in MRS scans. | 2015-03-05 |