18th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200129725 | WATER OUT ALARM - The present invention provides for an improved method of determining a water out condition in a humidified gases supply apparatus. The method includes a two step process including a primary determination of a water out condition and a secondary determination of a water out condition. This primary determination is made during observation of the normal operation of the apparatus. During the secondary determination the method takes temporary control over the humidifying part of the apparatus. The secondary determination confirms or contradicts the primary determination. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129726 | VALVE MODULE FOR A VENTILATION SYSTEM, VENTILATION TUBE DEVICE, VENTILATOR, VENTILATION SYSTEM AS WELL AS PROCESS FOR SEVERING AND ESTABLISHING A FLUID-COMMUNICATING CONNECTION - A valve module ( | 2020-04-30 |
20200129727 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PAVLOVIAN SLEEP INDUCTION - A Pavlovian conditioned reflex sleep induction kit includes at least one physiological sensor, wherein the at least one physiological sensor is configured to detect at least a physiological parameter of a user and transmit a detection signal to an automatically activated scent diffuser, wherein the automatically activated scent diffuser is configured to receive an electronic activation signal and to diffuse a scent as a function of the electronic activation signal, a control circuit configured to receive the detection signal from the at least one physiological sensor, to ascertain that the user is entering a hypnagogic state, and to transmit the electronic activation signal to the automatically activated scent diffuser, thereby conditioning the user to respond to subsequent sensing of the same scent. For later use, a user-activated scent diffuser is provided, that diffuses the same scent upon activation by a user, to thereby trigger the conditioned reflex to fall asleep. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129728 | Method and System for Influencing Emotional Regulation through Assessment, Education, and Music Playlist Applications - A method of music therapy informed processes provides an effective online process to help a user regulate their mood through appropriate music selection choices. The method offers mood and music assessments to evaluate the user's mood, music preferences, goals, and understanding of the correlation between various moods and music. A mood sequence formula (MSF) is subsequently created to generate stylized and personalized music medicine pill (MMP) playlists. With additional recommendations of music exercise routine/regimen (MER) to the user, the method delivers therapeutic MMP playlists of the music therapy informed process with personalized music to manage physiological and behavioral responses, emotional regulation, performance and emotional intelligence. Using daily tracking and specific measurement data of biometrical and physiological devices, the user can track the progress and thus enable the method to fine tune the MSF and MMP playlists for the best effectiveness of the music therapy informed method. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129729 | Catheter Assembly Including a Multi-Lumen Configuration - A catheter assembly for use in accessing a vasculature of a patient is disclosed. In one embodiment, the catheter assembly includes a catheter body that includes a flattened oval outer surface and defines first and second lumens. The catheter body defines a distal tip region that includes a venous lateral opening that is in fluid communication with the first lumen and includes a distal-facing portion. The distal tip region further includes an arterial lateral opening that is in fluid communication with the second lumen, includes a distal-facing portion, and is substantially un-staggered with respect to the venous lateral opening. A distal end opening is in fluid communication with a power injectable third lumen. In another embodiment, the first and second lumens each generally include a reniform cross-sectional shape. In yet another embodiment, a dual-lumen catheter includes first and second lumens that each define a modified ellipse cross-sectional shape. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129730 | CATHETER - A catheter that includes a tubular inner layer, a first reinforcing body that is wound around an outside in a radial direction of the inner layer, a second reinforcing body that is wound around the outside in the radial direction of the first reinforcing body, and an outer layer that covers the inner layer, the first reinforcing body, and the second reinforcing body, and the inner layer has a reduced diameter portion that is reduced in diameter from a proximal end side of the catheter toward a distal end side of the catheter on an inner peripheral surface of the inner layer, and a thickness of the outer layer between the first reinforcing body and the second reinforcing body is increased, at least partially from the proximal end side toward the distal end side, in the radial direction of the reduced diameter portion. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129731 | Self-washing catheter - The present invention is a self-cleaning catheter designed to impede the development of biofilm within the catheter and provide a mechanism for removing biofilm within the catheter during use by a patient. The self-cleaning catheter includes an outer shell enclosing a urine lumen. The urine lumen has the ability to be opened and closed with a urine lumen closure device and is formed with a plurality of micro ports and a plurality of macro wash ports. At least one antimicrobial lumen is affixed to the exterior of and in fluid communication with the urine lumen at the plurality of micro ports. Similarly, at least one wash lumen is affixed to the exterior of and in fluid communication with the urine lumen at the plurality of macro wash ports. Antimicrobial solutions and wash solutions are introduced into the urine lumen by the antimicrobial lumen and wash lumen respectively, even during use. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129732 | DEVICE FOR TEMPORARY LOCAL APPLICATION OF FLUIDS - One embodiment is a medical device for local application of a fluid, including a flexibly deformable external hose. The external hose includes multiple through-going openings, at least one of them is arranged in the area of a first end of the external hose. It includes a flexible internal hose, at least sections of which are arranged on the inside of the external hose. The internal hose, in an expanded state, has an external diameter that is at least equal to the internal diameter of the external hose, such that it closes the openings of the external hose. The external diameter of the internal hose can be transitioned from the expanded state into a radially contracted state, such that the openings are being exposed. A connection firmly connects the external hose and the internal hose to each other on the first end of the external hose, and closes them in fluid-tight manner. A connector supplies the fluid into the intervening space between the external and the internal hose. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129733 | CATHETER INCLUDING AN INNER LINER WITH A FLEXIBLE DISTAL SECTION - In some examples, a catheter includes a catheter body including an outer jacket and an inner liner. The inner liner may include a proximal section including a proximal end of the inner liner and a distal section including a distal end of the inner liner. The distal section may include an inner liner defining a plurality of cuts. Each cut may extend at least partially through the liner wall. The one or more cuts defined in the liner wall of the distal section of the inner liner may increase a bending flexibility of the distal section relative to the proximal section of the inner liner, while maintaining a suitable tensile strength of the distal section. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129734 | DEVICES FOR ASSISTING WITH ADVANCEMENT OF CATHETERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Disclosed herein is a catheter advancement device having an elongate shaft and a capsule attached to or integral with the shaft, and related methods for assisting with advancement of catheters such as cardiovascular guiding catheters while reducing damage to the inner wall of the blood vessel. Some capsules have a distal plug portion and a neck portion having a smaller diameter than the plug. Other capsules have a channel defined along the outer surface of the capsule. Some elongate shafts have an attachment tube disposed at or near the proximal end thereof. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129735 | TRANSPARENT CATHETER AND HUB - A catheter assembly comprises a transparent hub and a transparent catheter coupled to the transparent hub at a proximal end. The present inventive concept further contemplates that the transparent hub can further comprise components, including but not limited to, a valve, a valve housing, a catheter securing mechanism, a hub body. The present inventive concept further contemplates a catheter assembly comprising one or more transparent components, such that the catheter assembly reveals the contents therein to a user. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129736 | CATHETER - A catheter that includes a catheter shaft including an inner layer, a coil body that is formed of a wire spirally wound around an outer periphery of the inner layer, and an outer layer that covers the coil body, and the coil body includes a joint part where adjacent wires are jointed, and a main body part other than the joint part, the joint part is positioned closer to a distal end side of the catheter shaft than the main body part, the joint part has a slit that is a notch passing through the joint part in a radial direction of the catheter, one end of the slit is located closer to the distal end side than the other end of the slit, and between the wires included in the joint part, all parts except a part overlapping the slit are jointed. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129737 | PICC Line Arm Sleeve - A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line arm sleeve with a window-style opening design or slip-on structured design. The sleeve has treated mesh fabric, with properties including, but not limited to, anti-bacterial, odor-resistant, moisture-wicking, and breathability, to cover the PICC insertion area. Treated and non-treated solid fabric may be used in the body of the sleeve. Treated solid fabric used has the same properties as treated mesh fabric. Use of the sleeve is not limited but targets survivors undergoing treatment for cancer(s), infectious disease(s), and other medical issues that use PICC lines in the treatment plan. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129738 | INTRODUCER NEEDLE WITH NOTCHES FOR IMPROVED FLASHBACK - A catheter system may include a catheter adapter, a catheter extending distally from the catheter adapter, an introducer needle extending through the catheter, a flash chamber in fluid communication with a needle lumen of the introducer needle, and a seal element. The introducer needle may include a wall defining the needle lumen, a first notch formed through the wall, and a second notch formed through the wall. The seal element may be proximal to the first notch and the second notch and within the catheter between an outer surface of the introducer needle and an inner surface of the catheter. The seal element may prevent priming fluid from travelling distal to the seal element. The seal element in conjunction with the first notch, the second notch, and the flash chamber may facilitate pressure-driven blood flow into the catheter for detection of flashback and transfixing when priming occurs prior to insertion into vasculature. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129739 | CATHETER SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING SAME - Some embodiments are directed to a catheter system comprising an introducer having a main body, an introducer sheath projecting from the main body, and a first seal supported within the introducer and a catheter having a main body, an outer sheath projecting from the main body, a second seal supported within the catheter, and an inner core configured to be advanced axially through the main body, the second seal, and the outer sheath. The introducer can be configured to be selectively engageable with the catheter so that the catheter can be selectively and removably linked with the introducer in the axial direction. The catheter system can also be configured such that, when the introducer and the catheter are linked, the catheter can be rotatable relative to the introducer. The introducer can be configured to radially restrain an endoluminal prosthesis. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129740 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A DEVICE THROUGH A PATH TO A TARGET LOCATION - A method for delivering an elongated medical device along a path to a target location using a catheter procedure system includes generating a mask of the path, tracking a position of a distal portion of the elongated medical device based on a set of real-time images and determining a remaining path length based at least on the position of the distal portion of the elongated medical device. The remaining path length is a distance between the distal portion of the elongated medical device and the target location. The remaining path length decreases as the distal portion of the elongated medical device approaches the target location. The method also includes updating the remaining path length during movement of the elongated medical device, determining if the distal portion of the elongated medical device is off path, adjusting the position of the elongated medical device if the distal portion of the elongated medical device is off path, monitoring the distal portion of the elongated medical device in the set of real-time images to identify a prolapse and advancing the elongated medical device to the target location at a velocity determined based at least on the remaining path length. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129741 | DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES FOR CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTION - Devices, assemblies, systems, and techniques described herein may deliver a pressure wave to structures of a heart, such an aortic valve. For example, a medical assembly may include an expandable member configured to expand from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration, the expandable member configured to at least partially define a channel through the expandable member in the expanded configuration and one or more electrodes carried by the expandable member. The one or more electrodes may be configured to transmit an electrical signal through a fluid to cause the fluid to undergo cavitation that generates a pressure wave within the fluid. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129742 | CAVITATION CATHETER - In some examples, a catheter includes an elongated member including at least one balloon connected to the elongated member, the at least one balloon being configured to inflate to an expanded state. In the expanded state, the at least one balloon forms at least a portion of a cavity with a wall of a vessel of the patient. The catheter including at least one electrode carried by the elongated member and having at least one surface exposed to the cavity formed by the at least one balloon. The electrode is configured to connect to an energy source that is configured to deliver, via the electrode, an electrical signal to a fluid contained in the cavity and in contact with the electrode to cause the fluid to undergo cavitation to generate a pressure pulse wave within the fluid. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129743 | APPLICATOR AND SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTERING AND DISPENSING FLOWABLE PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS - A transdermal delivery apparatus for delivering specific desired quantities of cream-base medicament or any flowable composition is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a revolving platform, a threaded screw-complex, a house, an applicator pad, and a safety cap. The revolving platform produces audible and tactile sensations upon interaction with projections from the house. The threaded screw-complex interacts with an elevator to transport the medicament upwards. The house confines an inner chamber to store the medicament. The applicator pad comprises a center outlet where the composition exits the chamber. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129744 | PRE-MOISTENED SWAB SYSTEM - A pre-moistened swab system is disclosed including cotton swabs having a first end, a second end, swab tip, and a liquid material. The cotton swabs contained with the liquid material provide a pre-moistened swab applicator for use. The liquid materials may include makeup remover, rubbing alcohol or peroxide, anesthetic, petroleum jelly, and ear cleaner. It enables users to clean the face, moisturize dry lips, remove ear wax buildup, disinfect small wounds, numb the skin, and treat small cuts. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129745 | MICRONEEDLE, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MICRONEEDLE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MICRONEEDLE USING APPARATUS - Disclosed are a microneedle, an apparatus for manufacturing a microneedle including a support part containing a medicinal solution for coating a microneedle, a controller for controlling the temperature of the medicinal solution contained in the support part, and a dryer for drying the medicinal solution coated on the microneedle, and a method of manufacturing the microneedle using the apparatus. According to the configuration, the temperature of the medicinal solution can be adjusted such that a viscosity suitable for coating with the medicinal solution is maintained, whereby the quality of a microneedle coated with the medicinal solution can be improved, and denaturation of active ingredients in the medicinal solution can be prevented, which causes stability increase. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129746 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MICROPROJECTION UNIT, AND MICROPROJECTION UNIT - A method for manufacturing a microprojection unit ( | 2020-04-30 |
20200129747 | PORTABLE SELF SANITIZING MICRONEEDLE DEVICE - A portable, self-sanitizing microneedle device similar in size and shape to a pen, or marker that can be held and manipulated by a human hand. The microneedle device is comprised of a main body with a handle attached to a circular base support structure, a second circular platform structure having screw threads to connect with screw threads on the inside of a substantially conical-shaped cap with a hexagonal base that holds a disinfecting solution, and a third circular platform structure comprising the microneedle support structure covered with a substrate holding a plurality of microneedles. The cap is sealingly and removably attached to the base support structure over the microneedle array using a plurality of sealing surfaces within the cap and on the support structures to create a tight seal that prevents the leakage of the disinfecting solution, and keeps the microneedles sanitized for use at all times, even when traveling. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129748 | 3D PRINTED MICRONEEDLE ASSEMBLIES - A microneedle assembly and a method of fabrication the assembly are provided. The microneedle assembly includes an array of microneedles attached to a base. Each of the microneedles comprise a tip, a needle shaft and a plurality of cantilevered barbs protruding outwardly from the needle shaft, where a plurality of the microneedles include two or more of the cantilevered barbs arranged in a series of concentric rings along the needle shaft of each of the plurality of microneedles. The microneedle assembly may be fabricated using a 3D printing technique, where one or more cantilevered layers are formed by exposing a photocurable liquid resin including monomer material to a light source to create initially horizontal, cantilevered barbs having a crosslinking gradient, and rinsing to remove an amount of un-crosslinked monomers from the cantilevered layers to induce curvature in the cantilevered barbs extending towards a direction of the lower crosslinking. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129749 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CANNULATION OF VASCULAR ACCESS VESSEL - An apparatus is provided for rotatable selection of sites for cannulation with a needle along a subcutaneous vascular access vessel. The cannulation site selection apparatus comprises a template having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a plurality of visible markings on the outer surface of the template. The template is adapted to be disposed adjacent the subcutaneous vascular access vessel such that the markings align with the cannulation sites along the vascular access vessel for selecting a site for cannulation with a needle into the vascular access vessel. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129750 | NEEDLE-FREE CONNECTOR - A needle-free connector including a guiding base, a connecting base, a valve member, and a seal member is provided. The guiding base has a conduit, and the conduit extends downward along an axial direction. The connecting base is disposed on the guiding base and has a screw portion and a passage running through the screw portion. A chamber is formed between the guiding base and the connecting base, and the conduit and the passage respectively communicate with the chamber along the axial direction. The valve member is disposed between the guiding base and the connecting base, and is movably located in the chamber. The seal member is disposed at an end of the valve member far away from the conduit, and the seal member and the valve member are adapted to be connected into a whole in a manufacturing process. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129751 | VACUUM DRIVEN SUCTION AND IRRIGATION SYSTEM - A vacuum assisted suction and irrigation system includes a suction and irrigation wand, an irrigation fluid supply, a vacuum source, and a fluid pump. The vacuum source is connected to a suction valve of the suction and irrigation wand to provide suction within the suction and irrigation wand. The irrigation fluid supply is connected to the suction and irrigation wand via the fluid pump to supply pressurized irrigation fluid to the suction and irrigation wand. The vacuum source is connected to the fluid pump to pressurize the irrigation fluid being delivered to the suction and irrigation wand. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129752 | IMPLANTABLE STIMULATION NODE CONFIGURATION - Methods, systems, and devices for implantable node are described. The method may include storing, at an implantable stimulation node, a set of stimulation profiles in a memory during a configuration phase. The method may also include receiving a stimulation command corresponding to a stimulation profile of the set of stimulation profiles during a treatment phase. The method may further include delivering stimulation based at least in part on the stimulation profile corresponding to the received stimulation command. In some cases, the system may include an implantable hub, an implantable sensing node, and a sensing device. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129753 | WIRELESS PHYSICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wireless physical stimulation system includes at least one sensor, at least one physical stimulation device and an electronic device. The electronic device wirelessly connects to the at least one sensor disposed on a human body and the at least one physical stimulation device disposed on the human body. The at least one sensor is configured to sense at least one first sensing signal. The electronic device is configured to receive the least one sensing signal from the least one sensor; generate first body condition information on the basis of a body condition identifying model and according to the least one sensing signal; generate first feedback plan information on the basis of a first feedback model and according to the first body information; and control the at least one physical stimulation device according to the first feedback plan information. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129754 | AORTOPULMONARY ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR-PRESSURE TRANSDUCER - In an embodiment herein, an aortopulmonary stimulation method is provided including positioning at least one aortic electrode in or near the aorta, and using the at least one aortic electrode, to deliver stimulation to the aorta to decrease aortic after load. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129755 | SUBSTERNAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM - Implantable cardiac pacing systems and methods for providing substernal pacing are described. In one example, a cardiac pacing system includes a pacemaker implanted in a patient and an implantable medical electrical lead. The implantable medical electrical lead includes an elongated lead body having a proximal end and a distal portion, a connector configured to couple to the pacemaker at the proximal end of the elongated lead body, and one or more electrodes along the distal portion of the elongated lead body, wherein the distal portion of the elongated lead body of the lead is implanted substantially within an anterior mediastinum of the patient and the pacemaker is configured to deliver pacing pulses to a heart of the patient. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129756 | AORTOPULMONARY ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR-PRESSURE TRANSDUCER - In one embodiment, an aortopulmonary stimulation device is provided. The device includes a first electrode for placement on or in the aorta, a second electrode for placement on or in the pulmonary artery, and a control unit associated with the first and second electrodes for delivering electrical stimulation to the first and second electrodes, wherein the stimulation is delivered to both the first electrode and the second electrode, or to the first electrode or the second electrode to reduce afterload. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129757 | SIGNAL-BASED AUTOMATED DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION PROGRAMMING - Techniques are disclosed to automate determination of therapy parameter values for adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS). A medical device may determine differences in power values between a present and a previous power value. Based on the difference being greater than or equal to a threshold value, the medical device may iteratively adjust a present therapy parameter value until the difference in the power values between a present and a previous power value is less than the threshold value. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129758 | CONFIGURATIONS AND CONSTRUCTIONS FOR ACTIVE FIXATION IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL ELECTRICAL LEADS - A medical electrical lead includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced electrodes and a fixation element helix located between a proximal-most pair of adjacent electrodes of the plurality, so that a piercing tip of the helix is centered therebetween. A grip sleeve of a connector terminal of the lead may be gripped to apply a torque which is transferred to the fixation element, thereby engaging the helix thereof with tissue. The lead may include means for limiting the amount of torque that can be transferred from the connector terminal grip sleeve to the fixation element. The torque limiting means may be an external contour of the lead along a length thereof that extends between the connector terminal grip sleeve and the fixation element. The plurality of lead electrodes may further include a distal-most pair of adjacent electrodes, between which the lead extends in pre-set a curvature. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129759 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE TREATMENT - A method for aesthetic soft tissue treatment includes placing at least one applicator in contact with the patient's body. The applicator has at least one electrode. Electrotherapy and radio frequency therapy are provided to the soft tissue, optionally with overlay or sequentially. A handheld applicator may be used, with the applicator moving during the therapy, which may provide muscle stimulation in the patient, or provide an analgesic effect during the treatment. A spacing object may be positioned between the skin of the patient and the applicator. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129760 | WIRELESS AUDIO DEVICE - Methods and systems are provided for a sound device for making or treatment of tinnitus. In one example, a method includes determining a current sleep cycle and administering a therapy sound based on the current sleep cycle. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129761 | Delivering Alternating Electric Fields (e.g., TTFields) to a Subject's Spinal Anatomy - This application discloses an improved approach for delivering alternating electric fields (e.g., TTFields) at a therapeutically effective strength to a target region of the spinal anatomy. In some embodiments, first and second sets of electrode elements are positioned with their centroids adjacent to upper and lower portions of the person's spine, respectively. In other embodiments, a first set of electrode elements is positioned with its centroid on an upper surface of the person's head, and a second set of electrode elements is positioned with its centroid adjacent to the person's spine (e.g., below the L3 vertebrae). Applying an AC voltage between the first and second sets of electrode elements generates a generally vertical field in the target region at levels that are not achievable using other layouts for positioning the electrode elements on the subject's body. These configurations are particularly useful for preventing and/or treating metastases. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129762 | DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA - Example inventions provide treatment for obstructive sleep apnea by affixing a patch externally on a dermis of the user. The patch includes a flexible substrate and an adhesive on a first side adapted to adhere to the dermis of the user, an electronic package directly coupled to the substrate, the electronic package including a processor, and electrodes directly coupled to the substrate and the electronic package. Example inventions detect an occurrence of obstructive sleep apnea and activate the patch in response to the detecting, the activating including generating an electrical stimuli to one or more nerves of the user via the electrodes. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129763 | BIOSTIMULATOR FEEDTHROUGH HAVING INTEGRATED ELECTRODE CUP - A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, including an electrical feedthrough assembly mounted on a housing, is described. An electronics compartment of the housing can contain an electronics assembly to generate a pacing impulse, and the electrical feedthrough assembly can include an electrode tip to deliver the pacing impulse to a target tissue. A monolithically formed electrode body can have a pin integrated with a cup. The pin can be electrically connected to the electronics assembly, and the cup can be electrically connected to the electrode tip. Accordingly, the biostimulator can transmit the pacing impulse through the monolithic pin and cup to the target tissue. The cup can hold a filler having a therapeutic agent for delivery to the target tissue and may include retention elements for maintaining the filler at a predetermined location within the cup. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129764 | EVENT DETECTION IN AN IMPLANTABLE AUDITORY PROSTHESIS - Presented herein are techniques for monitoring the physical state of a stimulating assembly to, for example, detect the occurrence of an adverse event. More specifically, an elongate stimulating assembly comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced contacts is at least partially implanted into a recipient. Electrical measurements are performed at one or more of the plurality of contacts and the electrical measurements are evaluated relative to one another to determine the physical state of the stimulating assembly. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129765 | ELECTRICAL MICROGLIAL CELL ACTIVATION - A method is provided that includes positioning electrodes in or in contact with a head of a subject identified as in need of enhanced microglial cell activation. Control circuitry is activated to drive the electrodes to apply an electrical current to a brain of the subject in pulses having an average pulse duration of between 0.1 ms and 10 ms, and to configure the electrical current to enhance microglial cell activation for taking up amyloid beta or tau protein from brain parenchyma. The control circuitry is activated to apply the electrical current with an average amplitude of between 0.1 and 5 mA, or with an average voltage that results in between 0.1 and 5 mA current. Other embodiments are also described. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129766 | Removal of Stimulation Artifact in Multi-Channel Neural Recordings - Stimulation of nervous system components by electrodes can be used in many applications, including in the operation of brain-machine interfaces, bidirectional neural interfaces, and neuroprosthetics. The optimal operation of such systems requires a means of accurately measuring neural responses to such stimulations. However, currently the measurement of neural responses is difficult due to heavy stimulation artifacts arising from stimulatory pulses. The invention encompasses novel methods of estimating stimulation artifacts in measurements attained by recording electrodes and the effective removal of these artifacts. This provides improved neural recording systems and enables the deployment of closed-loop neural stimulation systems. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129767 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BLOCKING NERVE ACTIVITY PROPAGATION IN NERVE FIBERS - A nerve activity blocking system ( | 2020-04-30 |
20200129768 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROGRAMMING NEUROMODULATION DEVICES - An example of a system for delivering neurostimulation may include a programming control circuit and a user interface. The programming control circuit may be configured to generate stimulation parameters controlling delivery of neurostimulation pulses according to one or more stimulation waveforms associated with areas of stimulation each defined by a set of electrodes. The neurostimulation pulses are each delivered to an area of stimulation. The user interface may include a display screen and an interface control circuit. The interface control circuit may be configured to define the one or more stimulation waveforms and the areas of stimulation, and may include a stimulation frequency module configured to display a stimulation rate table on the display screen. The stimulation rate table may present stimulation frequencies associated with each of the areas of stimulation for selection by a user. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129769 | Subsurface electrodes for electric field shaping with protruding supporting structures - An electric stimulator for heart (as in heart pacemakers), brain (as in DBS), organs and general cells, with electrodes in the space surrounding the main stimulating electrodes. These surrounding electrodes are more effective at creating the best electric field to guide the stimulating electric charges necessary for the purpose of the device. The surrounding electrodes are supported on a second supporting device, while the main electrodes are in a first supporting device we call picafina. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129770 | HIGHLY ACCURATE TEMPERATURE SENSORS, AND CALIBRATIONS THEREOF, FOR USE WITH IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES - Certain embodiments of the present technology relate to temperature sensors for using in an implantable medical device, and methods for use therewith. Such a method can include alternating between producing a first base-to-emitter voltage drop (VBE1) and a second base-to-emitter voltage drop (VBE2), and alternating between using a capacitor to store the VBE1, which is complimentary to absolute temperature (CTAT), and using the same capacitor to store a ΔVBE=VBE2−VBE1, which is proportion to absolute temperature (PTAT). The method also includes using a sigma-delta modulator that includes the capacitor to produce a signal having a duty cycle (dc) indicative of the ΔVBE stored using the capacitor, and producing a temperature measurement based on the signal having the duty cycle (dc) indicative of the ΔVBE. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129771 | PACEMAKER AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING LEADING PACING PULSES - A pacemaker is configured to deliver pacing pulses that lead pacing pulses delivered by another medical device. The pacemaker may detect pacing pulses delivered by the other medical device by a pulse detector circuit of the pacemaker, produce a pulse detect signal in response to each one of the detected pacing pulses, determine a pulse detect interval between two pulse detect signals consecutively produced by the pulse detector circuit, set a pacing escape interval based on the pulse detect interval less a pre-interval, and deliver a pacing pulse upon expiration of the pacing escape interval. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129772 | HIS-BUNDLE OR BUNDLE BRANCH PACING CAPTURE VERIFICATION - Systems and methods for pacing cardiac conductive tissue are described. In an embodiment, a medical system includes an electrostimulation circuit to generate pacing pulses to stimulate a His bundle or a bunch branch. A sensing circuit senses a far-field ventricular activation, determines a cardiac synchrony indicator using the far-field ventricular activation in response to His bundle or bundle branch pacing, and verifies His-bundle capture status using the determined cardiac synchrony indicator. The system can determine a pacing threshold using the capture status under different stimulation strength values. The electrostimulation circuit can deliver stimulation pulses in accordance with the determined pacing threshold. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129773 | FACILITATING ACCELERATION OF ADVERTISING RATES FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - Techniques for facilitating communication between an implantable medical device and an external device are provided. In one example, a method comprises broadcasting, via communication circuitry of an implantable device, a first set of advertisements at a first advertising rate according to a communication protocol. The method further comprises determining that detection circuitry of the implantable device detected voltage induced by an electromagnetic field at an interface between tissue of a patient and electrodes of the implantable device and in response to the detection of voltage induced by the electromagnetic field, broadcasting, via the communication circuitry, a second set of advertisements at a second advertising rate according to the communication protocol. The second advertising rate is greater than the first advertising rate. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129774 | MAGNET ASSEMBLY AND PACKAGING - A magnet assembly is configured to facilitate causing a state change of an implantable medical device (IMD), the IMD having a magnetic field sensor, and the magnet assembly including a disc-shaped magnet; and a magnet housing at least partially encasing the magnet. A medical device kit includes the magnet assembly and a packaging assembly including a box having a lid and a foam insert configured to be placed within the box, the foam insert including a slot defined therein for receiving the magnet assembly. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129775 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTABLE NEUROMODULATION STIMULATION - The present invention comprises implantable neuromodulation systems and methods comprising a protective pouch that at least partially encases an implantable pulse generator prior to implanting in a patient and is adapted to be secured within the surgical site. A lead placement tool configured to receive an electrical lead(s) along at least part of the length of the tool within an open channel or groove to assist in placing electrical leads at the desired target. The lead placement tool may have at least one, or two, angles that provide a bend or angle between first and/or second end regions relative to a straight central region and an open channel along at least one of these regions. A harness for receiving and protecting at least a portion of the length of electrical leads in operative communication with an implantable pulse generator is provided. The harness is adapted to be secured within the surgical site. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129776 | EFFICIENT ASCENDING WAVEFORM CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS WITH HYBRID CLASS DB AMPLIFIERS HAVING PROGRAMMABLE LOWPASS FILTERS - An apparatus has advanced amplifier Classes and low pass filter technologies for using software generated ascending or level waveforms that are effective when applying cardiac defibrillation and cardioversion waveforms which significantly reduce damage to the heart muscle. The apparatus comprises a waveform energy control system for delivering software generated waveforms comprising differentially driven Class D and Class B amplifier sections, wherein the Class D amplifier section produces Phase 1 ascending waveforms and has a programmable lowpass filter (LPF) and wherein the Class B amplifier section delivers hard-switched Phase 2 waveforms. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129777 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING AN APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT USING NUCLEAR SPIN RESONANCES - The invention relates to a method for adjusting an apparatus for treatment using nuclear magnetic resonances. The chronotype of the user is determined. The apparatus is adjusted on the basis of this determination. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129778 | Micro-Solenoid Inductors With Magnetic Core for Neural Stimulation - A method of stimulating a neural cell may comprise disposing a neural stimulation probe substantially adjacent to the neural cell, and applying a signal to the neural stimulation probe. The neural stimulation probe may comprise a micro-coil, an input lead, an output lead, and a magnetic core. The micro-coil may comprise N of windings having a first end and a second end, with the input lead electrically coupled to the first end and the output lead coupled to the second end. The micro-coil may have a width that is less than or equal to 40 μm, a thickness of less than or equal to 20 μm, and a length of less than or equal to 80 μm. The magnetic core may be disposed such that the N windings are wrapped about the magnetic core. The micro-coil may be configured and arranged to generate a E-field gradient in the direction of the neural cell. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129779 | IMPLANT, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT DEVICE, AND METHOD OF EMITTING LASER - An implant for laser diagnosis and treatment comprises: a metal halide perovskite, wherein the metal halide perovskite is in a form of a nanosheet, a nanowire, or a quantum dot; a gold nanoshell coupled to the metal halide perovskite; and an antibody, which is bondable to a biological tissue, on an outer surface of the gold nanoshell. A diagnosis and treatment device for exciting the implant, a method of using the implant, and a diagnosis and treatment system are also disclosed. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129780 | MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH TO REAL-TIME PATIENT MOTION MONITORING - Systems and techniques may be used to estimate a patient state during a radiotherapy treatment. For example, a method may include generating a dictionary of expanded potential patient measurements and corresponding potential patient states using a preliminary motion model. The method may include training, using a machine learning technique, a correspondence motion model relating an input patient measurement to an output patient state using the dictionary. The method may include estimating, using a processor, the patient state corresponding to an input image using the correspondence motion model. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129781 | DETERMINING A DISTRIBUTION OF SPOTS OF VARYING SIZES FOR ION BEAM THERAPY USING OPTIMIZATION - According to a first aspect, it is presented a method for determining a treatment plan comprising a distribution of spots for use with ion beam therapy for providing the spots in a target volume. The method comprises the steps of: selecting energy layers to be used in the treatment plan; determining a number of spot sizes to use; generating, for each energy layer, one copy of the energy layer for each spot size to use and populating each copy with spots of the spot size for that copy; optimizing spots of all copies of all energy layers, by repeatedly varying a weight of at least a subset of the spots and calculating an effect on a performance measurement, wherein the performance measurement is calculated by combining a plurality of evaluation criteria, comprising a first criterion related to total treatment time and a second criterion related to a desired dose distribution. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129782 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING - A method of optimizing a radiation treatment plan of ion treatment, in which the optimization procedure is interrupted, some but not all low-weight spots are discarded and the optimization procedure is resumed with a reduced set of spots. The weight of one or more remaining spots may be increased before resuming the optimization procedure, for example by adding the spot weight of one or more of the discarded spots to one or more of the remaining spots. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129783 | TARGET TRACKING AND IRRADIATION METHOD AND DEVICE USING RADIOTHERAPY APPARATUS AND RADIOTHERAPY APPARATUS - A method for tracking and irradiating a target using a radiotherapy apparatus, a device and a radiotherapy apparatus are provided. The radiotherapy apparatus includes a first ray source, a second ray source, and at least one detector. The method includes: moving the first ray source to a first location to emit a ray beam; receiving the ray beam emitted from the first ray source at the first location and generating first image data of a target according to the received ray beam, by the detector; and adjusting the second ray source according to the first image data to make the second ray source move to the first location and an emitted ray beam pass through the target, wherein a time taken for the second ray source to move to the first location is a positive integer multiple of a preset respiratory period of a patient. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129784 | REAL-TIME PATIENT MOTION MONITORING USING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE LINEAR ACCELERATOR (MR-LINAC) - Systems and techniques may be used to estimate a real-time patient state during a radiotherapy treatment using a magnetic resonance linear accelerator (MR-Linac). For example, a method may include generating a dictionary of expanded potential patient measurements and corresponding potential patient states using a preliminary motion model. The method may include training, using a machine learning technique, a correspondence motion model relating an input patient measurement to an output patient state using the dictionary. The method may include estimating, using a processor, the patient state corresponding to a 2D MR image using the correspondence motion model. The method may include directing radiation therapy, using the MR-Linac, to a target according to the patient state. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129785 | CALIBRATION METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM OF RADIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT - Provided are a calibration method, device and storage medium of radiotherapy equipment. The calibration method of the radiotherapy equipment adopts an imaging body disposed within a preset distance range of an isocenter of radiotherapy equipment to perform error calibration on the radiotherapy equipment, and includes: imaging the imaging body through an imaging system to obtain an actual image of the imaging body; determining an image deviation between the actual image and a theoretical image of the imaging body, wherein the theoretical image is determined in advance based on a theoretical position of the imaging system and a spatial position of the imaging body in a rack; and determining a system error of imaging system based on the image deviation. Thus, the imaging system is calibrated without moving a treatment couch. The calibration accuracy of imaging system is not influenced by movement precision of treatment couch. The calibration accuracy is improved. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129786 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COATING FILM - A method for producing a film of the present invention includes the step of electrostatically spraying a liquid composition directly on the surface of skin using an electrostatic spray device to form a film on the skin. The electrostatic spray device includes a container capable of storing the liquid composition, a nozzle configured to eject the liquid composition, a power supply configured to apply a voltage to the nozzle, and a voltage stabilizer configured to stabilize the voltage applied by the power supply to the nozzle. The liquid composition contains component (a): one or more volatile substances selected from alcohols and ketones, and component (b): a polymer having film formability. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129787 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SOLVENT, A MONOALCOHOL AND GLYCERIN - The present invention relates to compositions for removing nail polish that include a C2-C3 monoalcohol, at least about 15% glycerin, and at least about 20% by weight of a solvent selected from acetone, a C2-C4 alkyl acetate, and combinations thereof. The compositions include less water than glycerin. Methods of using these compositions to remove nail polish and moisturize the hands are also provided. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129788 | RESPIRATOR MASK - The present disclosure provides a respirator mask adapt to cover the mouth and the nose of a user. The respirator mask comprises a mask body and a filter unit. The mask body has a ventilation opening, and an end face of the ventilation opening forms a ventilation flux surface. The filter unit comprises a filter portion and a connection portion, wherein the filter portion comprises a plurality of connection sheets jointly forming a folding structure. The folding structure forms a fold flux surface, wherein an area of the fold flux surface is bigger than that of the ventilation flux surface. The ventilation opening is sealed by the filter unit. The respirator mask of the present invention has the fold flux surface which increases the flux area to make enough air flux pass through the respirator mask and prevent a user from having difficulty in breathing with the respirator mask. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129789 | FALL PROTECTION SAFETY APPARATUS - A fall protection safety apparatus is provided for use with fall protection assemblies such as those including a harness and tethering element (such as a cable, Lanyard, or strap) for attaching a person occupying the upper level of a multiple level structure. The safety apparatus includes a base post connected to a base level concrete slab and a mast connected to the base post, extending upward through the upper working level and providing an attachment mechanism for connecting the tethering element thereto. The safety apparatus provides a strong and stationary attachment point for connecting the person occupying the upper working level, regardless of whether a suitable stationary feature exists on the structure itself or is close enough to the area where the person must work. The safety apparatus may be positioned as desired on the base and working levels and even relocated to different base and working levels. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129790 | FALL ARRESTING DEVICE CONNECTOR - Connectors for coupling fall arresting devices to a safety harness. The connectors may include a first pin configured to lock into a first side of a base portion using one or more locking mechanisms. The first pin may be used to engage with one or more fall arresting devices to attach the one or more fall arresting devices to the connector. In some such examples, the locking mechanisms may be positioned within interior portions of the first side of the connector so as to allow the one or more fall arresting devices to pivot freely about the ends of the connector. In some examples, the connectors may include a second pin configured to lock into a second side of the base portion using one or more locking mechanisms. The second pin may be used to conveniently and releasably attached the connector to a safety harness of a worker. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129791 | TREE SAFETY DEVICE - A tree safety device comprising a housing, a holder attached to the housing to hold the device to a tree, an automatic breaking retractor inside of the housing, a cable, with a first end attached to the retracting device and a second end extending out of the housing, a latch attached the second end of the line, wherein the retractor allows for the cable to be fed from the housing at a rate below a predetermined speed, but automatically breaks the cable from feeding out of the housing if the rate exceeds the predetermined speed. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129792 | SEALED SELF-RETRACTING LIFELINE - A self-retracting lifeline assembly ( | 2020-04-30 |
20200129793 | FOLDABLE RIM ASSEMBLY FOR AN AERIAL FIRE-FIGHTING BUCKET - A foldable rim assembly for an aerial fire-fighting bucket, the bucket including a collapsible body, the body having an upper rim surrounding an open upper end of the body, the rim assembly including;
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20200129794 | FLAME ARRESTER FOR THE SAFER USE OF HYDROGEN AS A LIFTING GAS IN AIRSHIPS - An airship comprises an envelope accommodating hydrogen further comprising a flame arrester arrangement distributed along the envelope. The flame arrester arrangement comprises a plurality of cells made of mesh panels. The cells are adjoined the envelope and mounted end-to-end to each other. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129795 | FIRE EXTINGUISHING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A fire extinguishing apparatus for a vehicle is provided, which is capable of quickly and easily extinguishing, at an initial time, a fire that occurs in an engine compartment of a vehicle by injecting a fire extinguishing fluid into the engine compartment from the outside of the engine compartment when the fire occurs in the engine compartment of the vehicle. The fire extinguishing apparatus for a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a cowl assembly provided at a boundary between the outside and an engine compartment that defines an internal space of a vehicle, and configured to divide the outside from the engine compartment; and a fire extinguishing pipe coupled to the cowl assembly to allow the engine compartment to communicate with the outside, in which an inlet portion of the fire extinguishing pipe, of which at least one end is exposed to the outside, is connected to a fire extinguisher having therein a fire extinguishing material, and an outlet portion of the fire extinguishing pipe, which is partially exposed into the engine compartment, guides the fire extinguishing material discharged from the fire extinguisher so that the fire extinguishing material is injected into the engine compartment. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129796 | INTEGRATED AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an air handling unit having a housing that defines an air flow path therethrough, a heat exchanger disposed within the air flow path and configured to flow a working fluid therethrough, and a nozzle configured to deliver a fire suppression agent into the air flow path. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129797 | FIRE SPRINKLER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING ADJUSTABLE DROP - Provided herein are example aspects of a fire sprinkler assembly and a method for adjusting the height of an adjustable drop. In one aspect, the fire sprinkler assembly can comprise a bracket hub coupled to a bracket bar; a flexible conduit; an adjustable drop coupled to the bracket hub, the adjustable drop defining a lengthwise axis oriented transverse to the bracket bar, and the adjustable drop comprising: an inner casing, wherein the flexible conduit is directly coupled to the inner casing; and an outer casing surrounding the inner casing, the inner and outer casings including corresponding threading to permit rotation between the inner casing and the outer casing to adjust an axial height, along the lengthwise axis, of the inner casing; and a sprinkler head extending from the adjustable drop. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129798 | THERMAL TRIGGERING ELEMENT - A thermal triggering element having a vessel body with an outer wall formed from a rupturing material, and having a cavity enclosed by the outer wall and situated in the interior of the vessel body, and in which a triggering liquid is enclosed. The vessel body is formed so as to extend along an axial direction, with a tubular central section extending in the axial direction, and with two end sections located at the respective axial ends and in which the cavity is closed off in the manner of a cap. In order for the thermal triggering element to be protected against damage by shocks, the triggering element has a permanently acting reinforcement which reinforces the rupturing material with respect to shock loads acting transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129799 | Wild Fire Fighting Products and Associated Methods - The present invention relates to fire suppressant systems and methods for suppressing or extinguishing fires. These fires may be wild fires. It also relates to new methodologies that employ a fire suppression technique that allows for one to target particular areas of a fire. The methods and systems for effectively at least partially suppressing and/or extinguishing fires include the use of a container that will disappear/disintegrate when exposed to the fire allowing fire retardant materials contained in the container to be exposed to thereby suppressing or extinguishing the fire. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129800 | ADJUSTABLE INDIAN CLUB/LONG HANDLE MACE DEVICE AND METHOD - A handheld device for the purpose of exercise of the human body via added resistance, leverage, torque and/or momentum. The handheld device can be moved freely in any direction or pattern at any speed or pace generated and desired by the user creating a wide variety of resistance, torque and or momentum. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129801 | Portable And Adjustably Weighted Containers of Liquid For Fitness training - The inventive concept presented is a fitness training system featuring a plurality of different-sized containers having a detachable, water-tight sealer, by which each container may be filled with a determinable quantity of a liquid, constituting a specific volume. The volume of the inserted liquid equates to a weight in pounds, facilitating the use of each container for exercise and fitness training. In the preferred embodiment, the liquid utilized is ordinary tap water. In this manner, a user may choose from a selection of variously-dimensioned containers, and proceed to fill an appropriate volume of water for creating the desired weight of one or more containers. By use of a handle grip and a stabilizer grip attached to the exterior surface of each container, the user exercises and strengthens a particular muscle or grouping of muscles, including the associated stabilizer muscles. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129802 | ADJUSTABLE DUMBBELL SYSTEM - An adjustable dumbbell system may include a base, two or more weights, a handle assembly, an additional weight, and selection assembly. The two or more weights may be supported by the base and grouped into a first set of weights associated with one end of the dumbbell system and a second set of weights associated with an opposing end of the dumbbell system. The handle assembly may be selectively fixedly joined to the first and second set of weights. The additional weight may be disposed distally of the handle assembly. The selection assembly may be secured to the additional weight. The selection assembly may include a selection member that may be linearly moveable between a selected position where the additional weight is operatively secured to the handle assembly and an unselected position where the additional weight is disengaged from the handle assembly. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129803 | TRANSLATING CARRIAGE EXERCISE MACHINES AND METHODS OF USE - A translatable carriage exercise machine comprising first and second spaced elongate side rails. A moveable carriage translatable along the side rails. An upper support surface on the carriage sized to support the entire posterior trunk of an adult human in supine. A plurality of elastic tension members secured to a bottom of the moveable carriage and fixable to a plurality of spring anchors. An upright footbar positioned at a machine first end. A pair of carriage pulleys fixed at a second end of the exercise apparatus with carriage ropes adjustably fixed to the moveable carriage each looped around respective carriage pulleys. A rotational resistance mechanism comprising an elongate resistance band having an extended configuration and a retracted configuration. The rotational resistance mechanism comprising a resistor comprising a load member. A user option to utilize one or more of the elastic tension members and rotational resistance mechanism during exercise. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129804 | Elliptical Exercise Apparatus - A portable elliptical exercise apparatus where movement of the right pedal or left pedal defines an ellipse having an ellipse width and ellipse height, where the ellipse height can be incrementally varied according to the pedal surface location of a left foot or right foot on a corresponding left pedal or right pedal. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129805 | EXERCISE DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a resistance exercise device and methods of using the same. In one embodiment, a resistance exercise device is disclosed comprising a quarter-wheel, a means for attaching resistance to said quarter-wheel, a support means attached to the axis of the quarter-wheel, whereby a user can perform core exercise while moving in a direction parallel to the line of resistance. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129806 | HAMSTRING EXERCISE DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A hamstring exercise device is provided that allows a user to apply variable resistance to the hamstring muscles during exercise. The hamstring exercise device has a user sled, upon which a user may rest, slidably mounted on an angulation slide. The angulation slide is pivotably adjustable to varying degrees of inclination or declination relative to the horizontal. The user's body weight, resistance of the sled toward moving and an optional biasing means all contribute to an adjustable degree of exercise difficulty. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129807 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL EXERCISE DEVICE - Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a multi-functional exercise device for improving flexibility, range of motion and muscle strength of the user's hands. The exercise device comprising a first band unit comprising a plurality of first spokes, plurality of first spokes connected diametrically opposite to second band unit comprising plurality of second spokes via a central hub, each first spoke provides a means for connecting a first band to central hub and each second spoke provides a means for connecting a second band to the central hub, and a wrist band comprising elongated bands secured to central hub, wrist band comprising an opening configured to wrap around wrist for improved stability and additional base support when both palms are stretched, the central hub comprising a miniature digital counter and a miniature stretch sensor, the miniature stretch sensor electrically coupled to the miniature digital counter. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129808 | Predictive analytics method and system for positively adjusting fitness and/or well-being conditioning - A system and method of predictive analytics that assesses multiple causal factors to a target outcome, determines the relationship and significance of those causal factors to the target outcome, and permits adjustment of a conditioning, wellness and/or athletic training program to more effectively approach or achieve the target outcome. Artificial intelligence tools are disclosed for aiding in determining the relationship and significance of the causal factors and for improving accuracy and predictive success. Causal factors may be physiological or non-physiological, and the system and method of the present invention may be applied to a team or individual. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129809 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR SUPPORTING SHOOTING A GOLF SWING - The present invention relates to a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for supporting photographing of a golf swing. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for supporting photographing of a golf swing, the method comprising the steps of: (i) determining a user device matched with information on a user who is to perform a golf swing, among a plurality of user devices, with reference to a scenario associated with the golf swing; and (ii) causing a photographing module of the determined user device to photograph the golf swing of the user. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129810 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR MEASURING BALL SPIN - According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for measuring ball spin, the method comprising the steps of: detecting information on a mark appearing in a region corresponding to a ball hit by a user in each of a plurality of images in which the ball is photographed; determining whether it is possible to directly calculate physical quantities related to spin of the ball on the basis of the information on the mark; and when it is determined that it is not possible to directly calculate the physical quantities related to spin of the ball on the basis of the information on the mark, estimating the physical quantities related to spin of the ball on the basis of physical quantities related to at least one of a speed and an angle of the ball or a club hitting the ball. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129811 | Method of Coaching an Athlete Using Wearable Body Monitors - A method of providing coaching or teaching a training regimen, trick shot, athletic motion, workout program, ergonomic trade secret. The method of providing coaching information by a user at a remote location to another user at another remote location via digital communication. The coaching information is obtained from sensors worn on the body of an athlete. The sensors provide both biomechanics and physiological data. The sensors provide data to a server that can analyze the movement of the athlete. The analyze data can be stored and labeled. The data can then be accessed for display on another users preferred device. The user can then attempt the motion and will receive biofeedback from the sensors worn. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129812 | BALANCE EXERCISE DEVICE - A multi-purpose balance exercise device designed to be used in multiple positions and for diverse exercises. For example, various embodiments allow for the device to be used as an aerobic step device as well as the ability to easily adjust the device to various heights to easily decrease the level of difficulty of the device for use during various exercises. The balance exercise device can provide a plurality of handles and grab points both horizontally and vertically, which allow for an enhanced number of exercises or movements using either the top and/or bottom of the device. The exercise device includes a flexible bladder filled with air, other gases, or gels attached to a substantially rigid base. The base can include an interior within which features such as handles are disposed to provide a gripping or lifting exercise for which the balance exercise device can be used. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129813 | GOLF BALL - An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent resilience performance. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a constituent member, wherein at least a part of the constituent member is formed from a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinking initiator, and (d) an organic sulfur compound, wherein (d) the organic sulfur compound contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of a thiophenol having a halogenated sulfanyl group, a metal salt of a thiophenol having a halogenated sulfanyl group, and a diphenyl disulfide having a halogenated sulfanyl group. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129814 | CARBON NANOTUBE GOLF BALL HAVING IMPROVED HITTING FEEL, DURABILITY, AND ANTISTATIC PROPERTY - Disclosed is a carbon nanotube golf ball having improved hitting feel and durability, and antistatic property comprising: a core having CNT/ionomer-dispersion; a cover formed on the core; and an antistatic finish on the top cover. Herein, CNT/ionomer-dispersions having a diameter of 10 to 3,000 μm are produced in advance using an independent process, and then applied to the present art. The top cover is provided with antistatic finish using a CNT coating solution for keeping the clean surface during the golf play. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129815 | GOLF BALL - An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent durability. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core composed of an inner core layer and an outer core layer, and at least one cover covering the spherical core, wherein the inner core layer is formed from an inner core layer rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinking initiator, and (d) a terpene-based resin. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129816 | FOOTBALL THROWING TRAINER AND A METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A method of training to improve a user's ability to throw a football. The method may include gripping a training ball, with the training ball having a first end and a second end spaced along a longitudinal axis. A plurality of laces may be positioned between the first end and the second end. The training ball may define a lengthwise circumference which passes through the first and second ends, and a maximum widthwise circumference perpendicular to the lengthwise circumference and positioned between the first and second ends. The maximum widthwise circumference of the training ball may be greater than the maximum widthwise circumference of the football. The training ball may be gripped by one hand of the user, with at least one of the user's fingers extending toward the plurality of laces. The method may further include throwing the training ball in an overhand throwing motion. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129817 | Device for Displaying in Response to a Sensed Motion - A device includes a signaling means and a motion sensor, and logic for activating or controlling the signaling means in response to a sensed motion according to an embedded logic. The device may be used as a toy, and may be shaped like a play ball or as a handheld unit. It may be powered from a battery, either chargeable from an AC power source directly or contactless by using induction or by converting electrical energy from harvested kinetic energy. The embedded logic may activate or control the signaling means, predictably or randomly, in response to sensed acceleration magnitude or direction, such as sensing the crossing of a preset threshold or sensing the peak value. The visual means may be a numeric display for displaying a value associated with the count of the number of times the threshold has been exceeded or the peak magnitude of the acceleration sensed. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129818 | Device for Displaying in Response to a Sensed Motion - A device includes a signaling means and a motion sensor, and logic for activating or controlling the signaling means in response to a sensed motion according to an embedded logic. The device may be used as a toy, and may be shaped like a play ball or as a handheld unit. It may be powered from a battery, either chargeable from an AC power source directly or contactless by using induction or by converting electrical energy from harvested kinetic energy. The embedded logic may activate or control the signaling means, predictably or randomly, in response to sensed acceleration magnitude or direction, such as sensing the crossing of a preset threshold or sensing the peak value. The visual means may be a numeric display for displaying a value associated with the count of the number of times the threshold has been exceeded or the peak magnitude of the acceleration sensed. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129819 | SYSTEM DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SPORTS BALL WITH IMAGE - Disclosed herein is a sporting ball with a specific image printed on the sporting ball. The image is generated, selected, or captured by a user, which triggers a process for printing the image onto the ball. Further disclosed are systems and methods for printing and delivering the sporting ball with the image. The image may be an image of the user, a favorite sports athlete, or a celebrity. Certain preferred embodiments utilize a basketball, a soccer ball, or a football. However, alternative embodiments may include any type of sporting ball. The image may be captured by numerous means recognizable by those skilled in the art, including but not limited to a computing device, a cellular phone, a tablet, a web cam, a digital cam, and other traditional non-digital cameras. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129820 | IRON TYPE GOLF CLUB HEAD - A head includes a hitting face. The hitting face has a face center and a sweet spot. The hitting face has a face height that is denoted by Hf (mm), the face height being measured at a toe-heel direction position of the face center. The sweet spot has a vertical height that is denoted by Hs (mm). The face center has a vertical height that is denoted by Hc (mm). The vertical height Hc is greater than or equal to 20 mm and less than or equal to 26 mm. The face height Hf is greater than or equal to 40 mm and less than or equal to 52 mm. The head satisfies an expression 1 as follows: Hs<0.06*Hf+16 (expression 1). The head is an iron type golf club head. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129821 | GOLF CLUB HAVING REMOVABLE WEIGHT - A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member, and the weight member is preferably constructed so that it has a low profile. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129822 | GOLF CLUB HAVING REMOVABLE WEIGHT - A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member, and the weight member is preferably constructed so that it has a low profile. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129823 | BAT SYSTEM WITH PERFORMANCE LIMITING STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - A bat, which can have a hollow barrel and an internal assembly configured to resist deformation of the hollow barrel, is disclosed. The internal assembly can include multiple rods disposed longitudinally within the hollow barrel. The internal assembly can include a deformable ring having a substantially circular outer wall having a diameter less than an inner diameter of the hollow barrel and multiple holes, with each hole configured to at least partially receive a rod. The bat can have an end cap including end cap holes extending partially through the end cap, with each end cap hole configured to at least partially receive a rod. | 2020-04-30 |
20200129824 | METHOD OF MEASURING AND MAPPING A PERFORMANCE VARIABLE OF A FACE OF A GOLF CLUB HEAD - A method of measuring and recording at least one performance variable of a golf club head. | 2020-04-30 |