38th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 136 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140272784 | TEAR-RESISTANT DENTAL DAMS - A tear-resistant dental dam is provided. The tear-resistant dental dam includes a first elastomeric sheet and a second elastomeric sheet disposed on the first elastomeric sheet. The first and second elastomeric sheets have a grid pattern of weld joint regions configured to couple together the first and second elastomeric sheets. The grid pattern of weld joint regions define a plurality of unwelded regions of the first and second elastomeric sheets. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272785 | ABSORBENT DEVICE FOR TEETH CLEANING AND ORAL SURGERY - Disclosed is an endotracheal tube having an absorbent device attached so that the absorbent device is able to absorb and block any procedure produced debris. The absorbent device has strings that are attached to a device around an endotracheal tube so that the absorbent device is properly dislodged at the end of the procedure. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272786 | DEVICE FOR DENTAL, CLEANING, OR OTHER PROCEDURE - A device for use in an oral healthcare or other procedure includes a ring having a base and two arms extending in opposite circumferential directions. An upstanding receptacle having a flexible wall is mounted on the base. The two arms may partially overlap. Each arm may include a radial tab at a distal end, and a lateral lobe turned toward and overlapping a portion of the other arm. A cup may be inserted into the first receptacle. A pedestal may extend outward from the base within the receptacle. Anti-rotation pins may extend upward from a top surface of the pedestal, the anti-rotation pins contacting and engaging the cup. A sunken receptacle may be formed in the base. A flange extending at inclined angle may overhang the interior space. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272787 | DENTAL DEVICES AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Dental devices and systems and methods for making the same are provided. In at least one embodiment, a method for fabricating an arch-shaped device for coupling to a patient's mouth is provided. The method can include disposing each of a plurality of teeth into respective teeth receptors of an inlay device, positioning the inlay device in a recess of a lower portion of a mold device, and coupling the lower portion to an upper portion of the mold device to sandwich the inlay device therebetween. The method can also include injecting a base compound into an injection hole of the mold device, and processing the base compound to integrate the base compound with the plurality of teeth. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272788 | TWIST LOCK INTERFACE FOR ABUTMENT AND IMPLANT ASSEMBLY - A dental restoration system is disclosed. The system includes an implant having a tip and an opposite cylindrical socket. The socket has an interior surface having a sloped rim surface and a groove with a vertical and horizontal channel. The system includes a dental component such as an abutment having a stem and an opposite post. The post includes a collar having a radial tab. The collar is attached to a conical interface surface. The tab slides in the vertical channel when the abutment is attached to the implant. The tab fits in the horizontal channel of the groove to lock the abutment in place when the abutment is rotated. The conical interface contacts the sloped rim surface of the cylindrical socket to create a seal when the tab is fit into the horizontal channel. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272789 | METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A GUIDED SINUS LIFT PROCEDURE - A method of conducting a sinus lift procedure is provided. A secure and physical interaction is formed between a fiducial device and a site within a patient's mouth to form a fiducial marker. A virtual incising plan is formed for incising the patient's maxilla, with respect to the fiducial marker, for providing access to a sinus membrane. Movement of an incising device is physically regulated with respect to the fiducial marker with a guidance device. The incising device is in physical communication with the fiducial marker via the fiducial device. The guidance device physically regulates movement of the incising device, according to the virtual incising plan and corresponding with physical manipulation of the incising device by a user, to incise the maxilla. Tactile feedback is provided to the user, via the incising device, if the physical manipulation of the incising device by the user deviates from the virtual incising plan. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272790 | UNIVERSAL DIGITAL DENTAL IMPLANT SCANNING CODE AND METHOD - A universal digital implant scanning code (UDDISC) is provided on a dental implant body and/or any device attached to the dental implant body (e.g., the dental implant carrier). Implant bodies and platforms are available in many different types of sizes and configurations from many different companies. The UDDISC allows for an immediate digital scan of the dental implant in relationship to the patient's dentition. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272791 | DENTAL IMPLANT WITH IMPROVED PROSTHETIC INTERFACE - Dental implants, dental abutments, and dental systems are disclosed. A dental implant can include an implant body having a longitudinal axis, a coronal end, and an apical end. An internal bore can be provided within the implant body, and can have a coronal end, adjacent to the coronal end of the implant body, and an apical end. The internal bore can include a first internally facing surface, extending from the coronal end of the internal bore towards the apical end of the internal bore, at least a portion of which tapers inwardly towards the apical end of the internal bore. The internal bore can further include an internally threaded portion positioned between an apical end of the first internally facing surface and the apical end of the internal bore. A dental abutment can be configured to engage with the dental implant. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272792 | CONVERSION ABUTMENT FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS - A conversion abutment that cements onto one-piece dental implants that convert the one-piece implant use to a retrievable screw retained implant use in retaining complete dentures, hybrids, partial dentures, or fixed screw retained crowns or bridges, allowing the flexibility to retain and remove these restorative prostheses. These conversion abutments can be fabricated as angled conversion abutments to be used with single or multiple implants placed at various angulations. The conversion abutment system consists of three parts: a cementable conversion abutment (straight or angled), a coping (short or extended), and an occlusal screw. The bottom part (or apical portion) of the implant conversion abutment will cement over the one-piece implant in use, while the top (or coronal portion) will allow a screw to fit through a coping into the implant conversion abutment, screwing the prostheses into place. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272793 | DENTAL IMPLANT INSTRUMENTATION AND METHODS - Embodiments of the invention described herein include various instrumentation components designed to install a dental implant. They are provided in order to secure a base platform and to accurately prepare a central opening which receives an implant screw that secures the base platform to the patient's jawbone. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272794 | SURFACE MODIFIED DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental implant provided herein includes a body including titanium or titanium alloy and a diamond-like coating on the body. The diamond-like coating has a surface kurtosis R | 2014-09-18 |
20140272795 | ARRANGEMENT FOR INCREASING THE STRESS RESISTANCE OF IMPLANTS AND ONE SUCH IMPLANT - An arrangement and an implant are provided for increasing the stress resistance of the implant arranged in an upper jaw bone. The implant has access via parts to the sinus cavity. At said parts, the implant is arranged with a convex or rounded front surface which, upon access, lifts the sinus mucous membrane, without piercing the latter, and thus forms a closed space between the parts and the underside of the mucous membrane. The implant is provided, at least at said parts, with growth-stimulating substance or substances which interact with cell-containing body fluid which penetrates or has penetrated into the space, so that new bone is formed around said parts of the implant. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272796 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING OF DENTURES - A layered denture having at least one of an integrated layer, balanced occlusion, and a root approximating structure is disclosed. The resulting denture may be suitable for use without an underlying reinforcement bar and may provide enhanced aesthetics by approximating natural dentition and roots both above and below the gum line. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272797 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MAKING A FINAL HYBRID PROSTHESIS TO BE ATTACHED TO DENTAL IMPLANTS - The present invention includes apparatuses and methods for making a final hybrid prosthesis to be attached to one or more dental implants. One preferred method includes the step of making a temporary hybrid prosthesis and at about the same time also making a duplicate temporary hybrid prosthesis. The duplicate temporary hybrid prosthesis permits the final hybrid prosthesis to be made with fewer visits to a restorative dentist and with less dental laboratory time than is currently needed when making a final hybrid prosthesis. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272798 | STRESS-REDUCED DENTURE BASE DISC - A method and apparatus for making a denture base disc that is used subsequently to form a removable denture. A vessel with an elastomeric lining is used to form the denture base disc so that the compression of the elastomeric material is approximately equivalent to the shrinkage of the denture base disc material during its polymerization. The vessel and elastomeric lining contained therein work cooperatively to cause the denture base disc to cure in a homogenous manner with consistent pressure on all sides so that residual stresses in the finished disc are minimized. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272799 | YTTRIA-TREATED PORCELAIN VENEER - A dental component comprising a modified porcelain veneering coating thereon is provided, wherein the porcelain veneering coating can comprise a plurality of crystalline inclusions. The crystalline inclusions can serve to strengthen the porcelain veneering coating and the dental component as a whole. A method for the preparation of such treated implants is also provided, the method involving providing a dental component; applying a porcelain slurry comprising about 5% or more by weight of an additive capable of forming a crystalline silicate phase to at least a portion of the surface of the dental component to give a coated dental component; and firing the porcelain-coated dental component. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272800 | DENTAL CROWNS AND BRIDGES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - Dental prostheses and methods for making them are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises a sequence of steps including milling a cavity in a block of a coping material, filling the cavity with a green ceramic material, milling a portion of the green ceramic material away to leave a layer of green ceramic material on an occlusal surface formed in the coping material, milling the underside of the block of coping material to form the coping with green ceramic material, and sintering the coping with green ceramic material to complete the prosthesis. The milling steps may be performed by a computer-controlled mill. The computer may execute a CAD-CAM program that includes data from a three dimensional model of a tooth that is to receive the prosthesis. The dental prosthesis may be a dental crown or a dental bridge. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272801 | LAB ANALOG WITH INDEXING FOR INSERTION INTO PLASTIC MODELS WITH CORRESPONDING COUNTER-INDEXING - The invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional model of at least a part of a jaw in order to produce a dental prosthesis, wherein a laboratory implant is arranged in a recess of the model, a cylindrical or conical recess being produced in the model according to the method, the laboratory implant being inserted into the recess in order to position the laboratory implant on the model, wherein the recess is produced with a single or multiple rotational symmetry about the longitudinal axis of the recess, and a laboratory implant is used that has the same rotational symmetry at least in certain areas and thus fits into the recess, or a counter thread mating with a thread on the lab implant is produced in the recess. The invention also relates to a model of a jaw for the production of a dental prosthesis, in particular to the conducting of such a method, the model comprising a recess for insertion of a laboratory implant, the recess being shaped cylindrically or conically and having a single or multiple rotational symmetry along the longitudinal axis, so that a laboratory implant with identical rotational symmetry, at least in certain sections, can be arranged in a rotationally fixed manner in the recess, or a counter-thread, preferably with a stop, is provided in the recess, said counter-thread mating with a thread on the laboratory implant, preferably with a stop, so that the laboratory implant can be arranged in a fixed position in the model. The invention further relates to a laboratory implant for the production of a dental prosthesis, in particular to the conducting of such a method, the laboratory implant comprising an area for insertion into a recess of a jaw model and a head part for mounting the dental prosthesis, the laboratory implant being cylindrical or conical, at least in certain sections, and having a single or multiple rotational symmetry about its longitudinal axis, so that the laboratory implant can be arranged in a rotationally fixed manner in a recess with a matching shape, or comprising an outside thread, preferably an external thread with a stop, so that the laboratory implant can be arranged in a fixed position in a recess having mating internal thread. Finally the invention also relates to a device for producing a model of a jaw for realizing such a method. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272802 | MULTI-TAPER DENTAL ROOT CANAL FILLING POINTS/CONES AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME - The present invention provides an improved root canal filling point/cone having a structure that can be manufactured precisely to result in better obturation with less micro-leakage. One aspect of the present invention is directed to a molded root canal filling point having progressively decreasing tapers from the smaller tip end to the larger end. Another aspect of the present invention is directed to a thermo-pressure molding process for manufacturing root canal filling appliances (e.g., Gutta Percha points). A further aspect of the present invention is directed to the structure of the mold for undertaking thermo-injection molding. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272803 | ROOT CANAL FOR TISSUE IN-GROWTH - A composition and method useful in forming a physiologic root canal seal and a method of endontic repair. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272804 | COMPUTER ASSISTED TRAINING SYSTEM FOR INTERVIEW-BASED INFORMATION GATHERING AND ASSESSMENT - A computer-assisted training system for interview-based information gathering and assessment. A GUI displays information pertaining to a training scenario and generates event messages based on student input. An Evaluation Engine compares event messages to rules embodying predetermined instructional content and generates evaluation comments. An Adaptation Engine processes the evaluation comments to produce student feedback that is presented to the student via the GUI. The training scenario includes a scene defining a physical context of the scenario; one or more witnesses who may be interviewed by the student; and the predetermined instructional content. The instructional content includes any of: a predetermined line of questions to be posed by the student to elicit clues relevant to a particular subject of the training scenario, preferred questioning techniques to be employed by the student; and a predetermined line of reasoning to be employed by the student to deduce characteristics of the particular subject. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272805 | Individual Gunnery Trainer with Sensing Platform - A system and method are that includes a frame and a weapon mount on the frame that receives a weapon mock-up. The system also includes a substantially non-rotatable sensing platform, coupled to the frame, on which a single trainee stands, where rotational pressure applied to the platform by the trainee generates a virtual orientation signal. The system also includes a head-mounted display worn by the trainee that receives a display signal representative of a virtual environment to be simulated to the trainee; and a controller in electrical communication with the sensing platform and the display, wherein the controller receives the virtual orientation signal and generates the display signal in response such that rotational pressure applied to the platform by the trainee results in rotation of the virtual environment displayed to the trainee. A method for the simulation of a single weapon system in a transportable enclosure is also presented. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272806 | WEAPON EMULATORS, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - A weapon emulator comprising: a body; an electro-mechanical actuator coupled to the body; a firing indicator coupled to the electro-mechanical actuator and designed to move relative to the body when the electro-mechanical actuator is activated. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272807 | INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHOOTING AND TARGET TRACKING FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT AND TRAINING - A device configured to track and capture the movement data of a target as well as shooting and firearm movement activity of a hunter includes a housing, a camera, sensors, a processor, a memory, and a battery. The camera is disposed in close proximity to the housing to capture the movement of a target. One or more sensors are disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor to capture the velocity and orientation of a gun. A trigger activation sensor is also in communication with the processor. The memory stores camera activity, trigger activity, sensor activities, and also stores an alarm setting on the device. The processor activates the alarm setting when predefined criteria are met. Radar can be incorporated to determine the distance of the target from the user. GPS can also be included to provide precise location and time information. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272808 | VIDEO CAPTURE, RECORDING AND SCORING IN FIREARMS AND SURVEILLANCE - A video camera and recording device integrated with a real or toy weapon to provide video recording of the assault and aiming process of the weapon holder in operational training, actual combat, hunting, sports and gaming scenarios. A video camera is boresighted with the weapon, and a video memory stores the recorded dynamic scenario, and a trigger sensor which continually senses and records the triggering actions imposed by the weapon holder. The trigger sensor is attached to the actual trigger of the weapon thus enabling normal operation of the weapon. The video camera, may be mounted internally within the bore of the weapon, such that the external form of the weapon is not altered, thus achieving closer operation to real life situations. The recorded trigger data is utilized upon playback of the recorded video, enabling quick review and scoring of the recorded aiming process for training and gaming. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272809 | FOLDABLE FLIGHT SIMULATOR - The subject invention provides a flight simulator, having a folded state and an unfolded state, having a chassis, an inner display and support that may be stowed or deployed, and an outer display and support that may be stowed or deployed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272810 | Real-Time Driver Observation and Scoring For Driver's Education - Driving skill data is gathered with one or more accelerometers during a driving session of a first student driver, including one or more of acceleration data, braking data, or steering data and wherein the driving skill data includes one or more of a timestamp or location stamp. A driving session report is generated with a computer processor. The driving session report includes a calculation of one or more of a student driver acceleration skill score based on the acceleration data, a student driver braking skill score based on the braking data, or a student driver steering skill score based on the steering data and storing the one or more scores on a computer-readable medium. The driving session report is displayed. Driving skill data may be gathered and driving session reports may be generated for subsequent student drivers. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272811 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DRIVING AND VEHICLE RELATED ASSISTANCE TO A DRIVER - Disclosed here are methods, systems, paradigms and structures for providing driving and vehicle related assistance to a driver of a vehicle. The method includes receiving information related the operation of the vehicle by the driver, where the received information is gathered by monitoring the driver, the vehicle and the proximity of the vehicle during a period of operation of the vehicle by the driver. The method includes analyzing the received information to determine condition of the vehicle and a driving performance of the driver during the operation of the vehicle. The method further includes determining a driving and vehicle related assistance to provide to the driver based on the determined driving performance of the driver and the condition of the vehicle respectively. The method further includes providing the determined driving and vehicle related assistance to the driver of the vehicle. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272812 | DRIVER TRAINING SYSTEM USING HEADS-UP DISPLAY AUGMENTED REALITY GRAPHICS ELEMENTS - A driver training system includes a training controller, a heads-up display device, and a driving cue adherence controller. The training controller is configured to receive inputs related to an operational state of a vehicle and an environment surrounding the vehicle, and to determine a driving cue based on the received inputs. The heads-up display device is configured to present the driving cue as an augmented reality graphic element in view of a driver by projecting graphic elements on a windshield of the vehicle. The driving cue adherence controller is configured to continuously determine a current level of adherence to the driving cue, and an aggregate level of adherence to the driving cue based on the continuously determined current level of adherence to the driving cue over a predetermined time period. The heads-up display device is configured to present the continuously determined aggregate level of adherence in view of the driver. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272813 | DEVICE FOR COLOR MATCHING A COSMETIC COMPOSITION WITH THE SKIN SHADE OF A PERSON - A device for matching the skin shade of a person with the shade of a cosmetic composition includes a tape having a plurality of transparent and opaque portions. The opaque portions have different shades and unique shapes that are coded to so that each portion can be matched to a cosmetic composition of a particular shape by the shape of the portion. When the tape is attached to or at least placed adjacent to the body portion of a person, the opaque portion having a shade that is close to the shade of the skin of the respective body portion becomes substantially invisible. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272814 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS FOR NOTIFYING DEVICES HAVING A PLURALITY OF UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS ABOUT MISSED COMMUNICATIONS - Apparatuses and methods for notifying a group of communication devices about a missed call are disclosed. Each communication device is associated with a group identifier that is shared with all the communication devices in a group. Each communication device is also associated with an individual identifier that is unique to that communication device. An unanswered communication to the group identifier is received on all the communication devices in the group. A first communication device transmits to a remote server an acknowledgement notification that the unanswered communication related to the group identifier has been acknowledged by the user. A clear indicator indicating that the unanswered communication has been acknowledged is transmitted from the remote server to all the devices in the group except the first communication device. Each of the communication devices receiving the clear indicator can then clear its indicator that notifies the user of a missed call. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272815 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING ACTIONS BASED ON CAPTURED IMAGE DATA - An apparatus and method are provided for performing one or more actions based on triggers detecting within captured image data. In one implementation, a method is provided for audibly reading text retrieved from a captured image. According to the method, real-time image data is captured from an environment of a user, and an existence of a trigger is determined within the captured image data. In one aspect, the trigger may be associated with a desire of the user to hear text read aloud, and the trigger identifies an intermediate portion of the text a distance from a level break in the text. The method includes performing a layout analysis on the text to identify the level break associated with the trigger, and reading aloud text beginning from the level break associated with the trigger. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272816 | MULTI-DAY MEAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTION GENERATION - A computing system accepts user selection and/or performs automatic selection of recipes. In various embodiments, the system produces shopping lists, task lists, pre-cooking-day preparation lists, labels for freezing, and the like so that preparation for several days' worth of meals can be accomplished by a given number of people in one cooking day of a given length, for example. The organization of preparation tasks is, in some embodiments, optimized for efficient use of preparation resources, such as ovens, mixers, and counter space. In certain embodiments, the system automatically converts ingredients between units in which they are typically purchased and units in which they are used in cooking. Various embodiments produce grocery shopping lists, chopping (ingredient preparation) lists, preparation instruction lists, freezing and serving instructions, freezer labels, and reminder messages. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272817 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVE GUIDED ASSISTANCE - Disclosed here is a technology for providing active guided assistance in culinary execution to consumers in real-time. The guided assistance can take the form of a platform system implemented on an electronic device that provides recipes, recipe details (e.g., timing, techniques, cooking tools, ingredients, steps), and one or more guidance tools including any one of a meal plan, a shopping list, a nutrition tracker (or “health tracker”), a taste profile, or an allergen/medical filter. The guided assistance dynamically adapts its content in response to a user's understanding and progress with respect to each step in executing a recipe. The content includes integrated culinary information collected from various sources of information, including a system-generated database or third-party systems. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272818 | Method and apparatus for teaching Spanish - A method and system comprising an educational game board for teaching children and adults the following Spanish language skills features (vocabulary, phonetics, reading skills and orthography) in an entertaining way. The educational game consists of a game board with multiple word cards with printed words, at least two types of markers, each marker representing a pronunciation rule and made of any appropriate material. The game board has a grid with three rows and three columns, with full color pictures and words printed on it. The markers are used by the students to, and. The student or player will have to listen to the word read from the card picked up by the teacher, identify said word in the game board, decide between the markers which marker represent the pronunciation rule of said word and cover the called word with the selected marker. The teacher may supervise the performance of each student while they discriminate between the selected pronunciation rules. The first player that covers each space of the grid for the game board correctly wins. The same process is repeated for the remaining students to allow the teacher assess their language skills. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272819 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED LANGUAGE HEURISTICS - A linguistic phrase including a plurality of adjacently positioned characters arranged in a first sequence may be displayed. A first command may be received to obscure the linguistic phrase by separating the plurality of adjacently positioned characters into constituent characters In response to receiving the first command, the constituent characters may be displayed separate from each other to obscure the linguistic phrase. A second command may be received to combine at least two of the constituent characters to form a particular linguistic phrase including a number of adjacently positioned characters arranged in a particular sequence. Validity of the particular linguistic phrase may be evaluated. Upon determining that the particular linguistic phrase is valid, the particular linguistic phrase may be displayed including the number of adjacently positioned characters arranged in the particular sequence. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272820 | LANGUAGE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT - A method of providing a language learning environment comprises accessing media content, and identifying a number of content objects associated within the media instance. An apparatus for providing a language learning environment, comprises a processor, and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, in which the memory comprises of metadata for the media, and in which the processor executes computer program instructions to, access media, and identify a number of content objects associated within the media instance. A computer program product for providing a language learning environment comprises a computer readable storage medium comprising computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising computer usable program code to, when executed by a processor, access media, computer usable program code to, when executed by the processor, identify a number of content objects associated within a media instance. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272821 | USER TRAINING BY INTELLIGENT DIGITAL ASSISTANT - The method includes receiving, from a user, a first speech input spoken in a first language; inferring a user intent based on at least the first speech input in the first language; based on the inferred user intent, generating one or more alternative expressions of the first speech input in the first language; and providing feedback to the user introducing the alternative expressions as a more preferred input to express the inferred user intent than the first speech input provided by the user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272822 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A HIGH-LEVEL VISUAL VOCABULARY - Systems and methods for learning a high-level visual vocabulary generate inter-visual-word relationships between a plurality of visual words based on visual word-label relationships, map the visual words to a vector space based on the inter-visual word relationships, and generate high-level visual words in the vector space. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272823 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEACHING PHONICS USING MOUTH POSITIONS STEPS - A computerized method for teaching phonics using series of mouth positions specifying placement of lips, teeth and tongue includes, but is not limited to any one or combination of: obtaining predefined mouth positions and keywords for a plurality of sounds; identifying a sound, setting initial mouth positions to a predefined state for the identified sound, thinking of a keyword associated with the identified sound, and vocalizing the identified sound with mouth positions set and while thinking the keyword. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING SPELLING AND VOCABULARY - A computer implemented system and method for teaching and evaluating language competency is disclosed and provides for the sorting, selection, testing and teaching of words based on previous demonstrated mastery and common word characteristics. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272825 | ELECTRONIC EDUCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a system and method for educating one or more individuals, and in particular, an electronic education system and method that is capable of being used by one or more students to learn, improve, and/or enhance fundamental literacy skills. In various aspects, one or more elements such as pop-up menus, social media connections, web interfaces, and/or the like, may be provided that enable users, such as students, to engage in real-time, interactive computer-enabled instruction. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272826 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TARGETED STRENGTHENING OF BRAIN NETWORKS FOR FLUENT READING ACQUISITION - Systems and methods for targeted strengthening of brain networks for fluent reading acquisition are provided. A task is delivered to assess neuronal connectivity of working-memory-network areas of a brain of a subject. Weaknesses in neuronal connectivity between working-memory-network areas of the brain are identified based on the assessment. Based on the identified weaknesses, a training exercise is delivered to the subject to increase neuronal connectivity between the identified working-memory-network areas of the brain of the subject. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272827 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A VOICE ACTING SESSION - Various of the disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for managing a vocal performance. In some embodiments, a central hosting server may maintain a repository of speech text, waveforms, and metadata supplied by a plurality of development team members. The central hosting server may facilitate modification of the metadata and collaborative commentary procedures so that the development team members may generate higher quality voice assets more efficiently. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272828 | COMPONENTS FOR STEM EDUCATION - Provided herein are construction kits and methods of using the construction kits. The construction kit comprises one or more connector elements and one or more elongate members. Each connector element has a substantially regular prismatic shape and each face of each connector element has a substantially centrally-located opening located thereon to receive an end of an elongate member therein or therethrough. To assist with learning, each connector and rod of the kit can be assigned variable values depending on the educational level of a user. For example, a lower grade may have a coloured elongate member with an integer value, whereas that same coloured elongate member may have a fractional value for a higher grade. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272829 | EDUCATIONAL TOY NUMBER STACKING BLOCKS - The present invention includes a set of stacking blocks designed to resemble the Arabic numerals 1-10. Each number block is height proportional to its value, and they can be stacked vertically. This feature allows students to see the relationship between numbers, and discover math concepts as they stack or play. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272830 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION - A system and method for professional education through a business system of cooperating participants and other educational service providers, organized in order to effect incentive-based individual learning: namely, to engage the user as a learner by way of offering participation incentives. The associated educational service pertains to individualized programs for licensure or certification in the fields of medicine, dentistry, law, or business, depending on the individual learner's needs. The system and method thus provides incentive opportunities as further motivation to learn, without exclusively providing monetary gain to the learner although monetary gain is an option. The learner derives benefit from the knowledge gained in preparation for license or certification examinations, and from the goodwill of his or her efforts resulting in some benefit bestowed upon others. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272831 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING A TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY - Devices for simulating a transportation emergency and kits for the same are disclosed. The devices have a base with a framework of interconnected supports extending therefrom as a skeletal portion of a simulated transportation device and defining a chamber configured to receive a human or a medical-training manikin. Within the chamber a seat for receiving the human or the medical-training manikin is disposed. The framework defines one or more openings representative of access openings into the simulated transportation device such that a first responder in-training can receive instructions on how to assist a victim positioned in the simulated transportation device. The framework also defined one or more open frames representative of structural features of the simulated transportation device that block access to the victim such that realistic training occurs. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272832 | PATIENT NOTE SCORING METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS - Aspects of the invention include methods of generating models for scoring patient notes. The methods include receiving a sample of patient notes, extracting a plurality of ngrams from the sample of patient notes, clustering the plurality of extracted ngrams that meet a similarity threshold into a plurality of lists, identifying a feature associated with each of the plurality of lists based on the ngrams in that list and designating at least one ngram in each list as evidence of the feature associated with that list. The identified features and designated ngram are stored in models for scoring patient notes. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272833 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMAL CURRICULUM PLANNING AND DELIVERY - Methods and systems are disclosed for planning and delivering curricula and specifically for managing learning and development in organizations. In some embodiments, a method for conducting training in an organization comprises identifying a candidate project in the organization, wherein identifying the candidate project includes determining that the candidate project is at risk and that a level of training for the candidate project is below a training threshold conducting, by one or more processors, a marginal benefit analysis including determining a marginal success rate increase as a function of a training level increase; conducting, by the one or more processors, a learning effectiveness analysis including determining a plurality of effectiveness scores and a plurality of cost values corresponding to a plurality of training courses; and determining a training plan for an employee of the organization based on the marginal benefit analysis and the learning effectiveness analysis. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272834 | INSTRUMENT SKILL INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING SYSTEM - Technology is described for a system to provide skill training in various fields, including professional fields involving hand-held instruments. The system senses a user's manipulation of an instrument or tool using various sensors, e.g., for a dental tool, an array of pressure sensors in the tool's tip, grip sensors, and sensors to track the position and movement of the tool. The system includes lessons to train users in the proper methods to manipulate the tool and provides guidance and feedback based on the user's performance to build the user's skills, prevent injury, and document competency. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272835 | WELDING TORCH FOR A WELDING TRAINING SYSTEM - A welding training system includes a welding training software having a first training mode configured to simulate a welding arc and a second training mode configured to use a live welding arc. The welding training system is configured to block welding power flow between a welding power supply and a welding torch while the welding training software is in the first training mode. The welding training system is also configured to enable the welding power to flow between the welding power supply and the welding torch while the welding training software is in the second training mode. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272836 | CALIBRATION DEVICES FOR A WELDING TRAINING SYSTEM - A welding training system includes a welding surface, a computer configured to execute a welding training software, and a calibration device. The welding training system also includes a sensor communicatively coupled to the computer and configured to sense a position of the calibration device, an orientation of the calibration device, or some combination thereof. The sensor is also configured to provide calibration data to the welding training software to calibrate a location of the welding surface relative to the sensor. The calibration data includes the position of the calibration device, the orientation of the calibration device, or some combination thereof. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272837 | MULTI-MODE SOFTWARE AND METHOD FOR A WELDING TRAINING SYSTEM - A welding training system includes a welding training software having three or more modes. The three or more modes include a live-arc mode, a simulation mode, a virtual reality mode, an augmented reality mode, or some combination thereof. The live-arc mode is configured to enable training using a live welding arc, the simulation mode is configured to enable training using a welding simulation, the virtual reality mode is configured to enable training using a virtual reality simulation, and the augmented reality mode is configured to enable training using an augmented reality simulation. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272838 | DATA STORAGE AND ANALYSIS FOR A WELDING TRAINING SYSTEM - A welding training system includes a camera configured to capture video data corresponding to a welding training operation. The welding training system also includes a storage device configured to store the video data, and to store welding parameter data corresponding to the welding training operation. The welding training system includes a welding training software configured to retrieve the video data from the storage device, to retrieve the welding parameter data from the storage device, to synchronize the video data with the welding parameter data, and to provide the synchronized video and welding parameter data to a display device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272839 | BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for altering behavior by providing a first stimulus to a subject. The first stimulus is an interactive activity requiring that the subject perform one or more actions to interact with one or more icons on one or more computing devices. The first stimulus is selected to correspond to a current physiological or neurocognitive state for the subject. The performance of the subject is monitored in response to the first stimulus. A second stimulus is provided to the subject in response to determining that the subject's performance in response to the first stimulus satisfies a predetermined condition. The second stimulus is an interactive activity requiring that the subject perform one or more actions to interact with one or more icons on the one or more computing devices. The second stimulus is selected to correspond to a new physiological or neurocognitive state for the subject. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272840 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING WORKING MEMORY - Apparatus and methods for enhancing a working memory of a human is provided. A computing system having a processor executing instructions out of a memory device presents a plurality of selectable working memory domains corresponding to cognitive functions of a human brain, where each working memory domain is associated with a corresponding training game that is configured to enhance a selected working memory domain. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272841 | METHODS FOR RESOLVING AN ISSUE AND BLINDLY RESOLVING AN ISSUE - A method for resolving an issue and a method for blindly resolving an issue are provided. A method for resolving an issue, comprising: (a) providing a group, wherein the group includes at least three Mentors and a Focus; (b) evaluating the Focus by the at least three Mentors; (c) identifying an inconsistent internal existence of the Focus by the at least three Mentors; (d) comparing the inconsistent internal existence to a matrix of consistent internal existence by the at least three Mentors; (e) providing feedback to the Focus from the Mentors; and (f) incorporating the feedback by the Focus to create a modified internal existence of the Focus is provided. A method for blindly resolving an issue is also provided. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272842 | ASSESSING COGNITIVE ABILITY - The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes receiving first cognitive ability levels for first persons. The first cognitive ability levels represent assessments of the first persons within a model of cognitive abilities. The method further includes receiving first user generated online data of the first persons. The method further includes extracting first values for one or more types of features from the first user generated online data. The method further includes comparing, by a processing device, the extracted first values to the received first cognitive ability levels to identify relationships between the types of features and the received first cognitive ability levels. The method further includes storing the relationships between the types of features and the received first cognitive ability levels in a storage device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272843 | COGNITIVE EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM WITH CONTENT ACQUISITION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A system and method of operation of a cognitive evaluation and development system includes: a cognitive puzzle having a video tile; a media clip linked to the video tile; a cognitive task based on the media clip; a user generated content based on the cognitive task; and a cognitive response message based on the user generated content for displaying on the device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272844 | METHOD FOR INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD TO INDUCE BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN A LIFESTYLE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A method and corresponding system for increasing the likelihood of inducing behavior change in a lifestyle management program for a user includes sensing at least one behavior parameter of a user; identifying at least one intention-behavior gap based on the sensing of the behavior parameter; via application of a genetic algorithm generating a quantified profile of the intention-behavior gap; via a user interface, suggesting at least one action to accept or reject; and varying the quantified profile based on the action accepted or rejected by the user. The user interface may include a smart phone that includes at least one sensor for sensing location and activity of a user of the user interface, or a dedicated device that communicates with a sensor for sensing a behavior parameter, or the sensor is disposed on the body of the user or on a garment worn by the user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272845 | METHOD FOR INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD TO INDUCE BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN A LIFESTYLE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A method and corresponding system for increasing the likelihood of inducing behavior change in a lifestyle management program for a user includes sensing at least one behavior parameter of a user; identifying at least one intention-behavior gap based on the sensing of the behavior parameter; via application of a genetic algorithm generating a quantified profile of the intention-behavior gap; via a user interface, suggesting at least one action to accept or reject; and varying the quantified profile based on the action accepted or rejected by the user. The user interface may include a smart phone that includes at least one sensor for sensing location and activity of a user of the user interface, or a dedicated device that communicates with a sensor for sensing a behavior parameter, or the sensor is disposed on the body of the user or on a garment worn by the user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272846 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALTERING AN INDIVIDUAL'S BEHAVIOR - Systems and methods for altering participants' behaviors associated with a health care system are provided. In one example, a method of altering a behavior of a participant associated with a health care system includes assessing activities of the participant over a network via at least one electronic device, determining a behavior of the participant based on the activities of the participant, determining a motivation level of the participant, the motivation level is associated with an extent to which the participant is willing to change the behavior, categorizing the participant into a first category of a plurality of categories based on the behavior and the motivation level of the participant, and communicating with the participant based on the category in which the participant is categorized over a network via at least one electronic device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272847 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED REWARD SYSTEM FOR EDUCATION RELATED APPLICATIONS - Computer implemented systems, methods and computer program products for assessing and designing customized reward-based learning sessions. These technologies involve determining factors for a student's peak academic performance, such as: 1) their preferred type of reward trigger; 2) their preferred timing of the learning objective relative to the reward; and, 3) the nature of the reward (time to use an electronic device, cash, store credit). The reward trigger is the type of event that most motivates a student to learn, such as achieving an academic milestone, demonstrating effort and improvement in lessons, and random rewards for participating in educational sessions. The timing of the learning objective relative to the reward may be measured as the time at which the user initiates operation of an electronic device, the time at which the user engages in a learning or testing exercise, or the time at which the user receives the reward. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272848 | Method and Apparatus for Teaching Utilizing Moving Walkways - A room or area designed to facilitate a plurality of users moving while they learn, work, or participate in a simulation. sensor relays aid this process by sending and receiving user information to a central hub, a movement device, one another or any combination of the three, in order to safely benefit the users coordination, exercise, or concentration while multitasking, according to their own user defined set points, a set of default set points, or set points determined by an external observer. This room or area may be further enhanced in applications where a treadmill or moving walkway is present. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272849 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING POSITIVE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC MOTIVATORS FOR GOAL ACHIEVEMENT - Disclosed herein is system, method and architecture facilitating goal setting and achievement and providing positive social and economic motivators for goal achievement. Progress toward a goal is tracked and a determination may be made based the progress whether or not to initiate one or more actions to stimulate progress and/or increase the likelihood of success in achieving a goal and/or achieving a milestone in a path of progression toward the goal. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272850 | METHOD FOR RELIEVING PAIN AND A KIT THEREFOR - A kit for use in physical therapy by a person includes a tension release device and a set of instructions associated with the kit. The set of instructions is in the form of written instructions and/or audio/visual instructions. The set of instructions includes an instruction to place pressure on a muscle of a person with the device, an instruction to stretch the muscle, and an instruction to strengthen at least one core muscle. The instruction to place pressure may be provided before the instruction to stretch, and the instruction to stretch may be provided before the instruction to strengthen. The kit may include other tension release devices. A method of physical therapy for use by a person includes providing a tension release device to apply pressure to a muscle of the person and providing a set of instructions to perform. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272851 | METHOD OF WORKING WITH THE BODY, AND RELATED TEACHING METHOD - The present invention is directed toward a method of working with a subject's body comprising evaluating the upper and/or lower body with a series of defined steps. The invention also includes a method for teaching the method of working with the body. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272852 | METHOD FOR TREATING NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT - Method having activities for treating persons having neurological impairment and kit for performing the method. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272853 | MOTOR FUNCTION EVALUATION DEVICE AND MOTOR FUNCTION EVALUATION METHOD - To provide a motor function evaluation device and a motor function evaluation method capable of evaluating a motor function of a subject comprehensively and easily. A motor function evaluation device | 2014-09-18 |
20140272854 | EXERCISE MAT - An exercise mat including a flexible sheet member. A plurality of targets are positioned on at least a first surface of the flexible sheet member. Each of the plurality of target includes a verbally-definable unique identifier. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272855 | SELECTING AVAILABLE EXERCISES FOR CUSTOMIZING AN EXERCISE SESSION - System, apparatuses, and methods can provide customized exercise sessions and customized videos corresponding to the exercise session. Exercise components that are available to a user for an exercise category can be determined. Certain available components can be selected to include in a customized session. Components of selected exercise categories can be selected to fill slots in the session. The selected components can have ranks that satisfy one or more criteria. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272856 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING THROUGH DIGITAL LEARNING - A system and method for receiving sensor information regarding a user's physical expression, processing the sensor information using an analysis module and stored data, and displaying real-time or delayed training output to the user. The system may further include utilizing a hub module for communicating with external systems such as external computer systems and storage media for reasons including, without limitation, to receive updates for the analysis module and stored data, request additional analysis of the sensor information, receive a result from the external system, and retrieve data and files from the external system for use as part of training output. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272857 | Skiing or Skating Training Assist - Described is an apparatus to facilitate training for skiing, skating, rollerblading, and the like, where an experienced person may assist or direct a novice. The apparatus includes a central support bar with three crossbars, one for the experienced person to grasp and two for the novice to hold onto and sit on or put behind the knees, respectively. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272858 | LEG SPACER FOR SKIER - Apparatus for sport activity, in particular for skiing and/or snowboarding, usable for example by a skier, suited to splay the legs of the skier, includes a spacer element to which ends fastening mechanisms are coupled in order to couple the spacer element to each leg of the skier by the fastening mechanisms. Consequently, when the skier uses the apparatus, he/she has his legs open by a distance equal to the length of the spacer element. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272859 | Mobile Application for Multilevel Document Navigation - Embodiments provide a user-friendly mobile interface for presenting multistep exercises of a dynamic exercise layer in a multilayered textbook within a digital education platform. The mobile interface comprises a variety of elements facilitating navigating, commenting, rating and interacting with the multistep exercises. A first interface element of a picker tab allows users to navigate the plurality of exercises and make selections. Once an exercise is selected from the picker tab, the mobile interface displays the exercise in a second interface element of a window, by showing one or more cascading steps of the selected exercise. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272860 | DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR USE WITH A MEDICAL MONITOR-DEFIBRILLATOR - Work flows are modeled as a graph of interdependent tasks to be performed. The tasks to be performed are set by a task file module configured to enable interactions between tasks and including modules for event viewing, protocol assistance, smart messaging, smart indices, reference material lookup. A decision support manager module is configured to construct data and model profiles for storage in a data and model profile bank, events for storage in a decision support events bank, and protocols for storage in a decision support protocol bank. Configuration files are provided to specify a configuration for execution of one of the tasks. Data entered through a user interface or from a network via a wireless or wired communication module may define task files in the task files module, configuration files in the configuration files module, as well as data, events, and protocols to be used for a defibrillation procedure. A decision support manager module is configured to construct a dependency graph of tasks as specified in at least one of the configuration files and to execute the dependency graph. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272861 | PATCH PUMP TRAINING DEVICE - Described are methods and systems to train a user in the proper operation of a manual patch pump to ensure that the user can attach the patch pump to a suitable location on the skin of the user and actuate the pump correctly in accordance with a prescribed dosing schedule or a self-calculated dosing schedule. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272862 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VIRTUAL PROBLEM BASED LEARNING - A computer-implemented method includes selecting, by a virtual problem-based learning (PBL) system, information indicative of a medical profile of a patient; accessing, by the virtual PBL system, information indicative of a team of students using the virtual PBL system; generating, by the virtual PBL system and based on the medical profile, an medical PBL schema comprising a medical problem to be solved by the team of students; generating a plurality of sections in the medical PBL schema, with each section promoting solving of the medical problem, and with each section associated with (i) a private work environment for a student to privately analyze the medical problem, and (ii) a shared, anonymous work environment for the students to view analysis performed by other students in solving the medical problem; and transmitting, to one or more client systems used by the students participating in the virtual problem-based learning system, the medical PBL schema. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272863 | User Interface For Virtual Reality Surgical Training Simulator - Exemplary embodiments of a virtual reality surgical training simulator may be described. A virtual reality surgical training simulator may have a rendering engine, a physics engine, a metrics engine, a graphical user interface, and a human machine interface. The rendering engine can display a three-dimensional representation of a surgical site containing visual models of organs and surgical tools located at the surgical site. The physics engine can perform a variety of calculations in real time to represent realistic motions of the tools, organs, and anatomical environment. A graphical user interface can be present to allow a user to control a simulation. Finally, a metrics engine may be present to evaluate user performance and skill based on a variety of parameters that can be tracked during a simulation. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272864 | Metrics Engine for Virtual Reality Surgical Training Simulator - Exemplary embodiments of a virtual reality surgical training simulator may be described. A virtual reality surgical training simulator may have a rendering engine, a physics engine, a metrics engine, a graphical user interface, and a human machine interface. The rendering engine can display a three-dimensional representation of a surgical site containing visual models of organs and surgical tools located at the surgical site. The physics engine can perform a variety of calculations in real time to represent realistic motions of the tools, organs, and anatomical environment. A graphical user interface can be present to allow a user to control a simulation. Finally, a metrics engine may be present to evaluate user performance and skill based on a variety of parameters that can be tracked during a simulation. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272865 | Physics Engine for Virtual Reality Surgical Training Simulator - Exemplary embodiments of a virtual reality surgical training simulator may be described. A virtual reality surgical training simulator may have a rendering engine, a physics engine, a metrics engine, a graphical user interface, and a human machine interface. The rendering engine can display a three-dimensional representation of a surgical site containing visual models of organs and surgical tools located at the surgical site. The physics engine can perform a variety of calculations in real time to represent realistic motions of the tools, organs, and anatomical environment. A graphical user interface can be present to allow a user to control a simulation. Finally, a metrics engine may be present to evaluate user performance and skill based on a variety of parameters that can be tracked during a simulation. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272866 | Visual Rendering Engine for Virtual Reality Surgical Training Simulator - Exemplary embodiments of a virtual reality surgical training simulator may be described. A virtual reality surgical training simulator may have a rendering engine, a physics engine, a metrics engine, a graphical user interface, and a human machine interface. The rendering engine can display a three-dimensional representation of a surgical site containing visual models of organs and surgical tools located at the surgical site. The physics engine can perform a variety of calculations in real time to represent realistic motions of the tools, organs, and anatomical environment. A graphical user interface can be present to allow a user to control a simulation. Finally, a metrics engine may be present to evaluate user performance and skill based on a variety of parameters that can be tracked during a simulation. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272867 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING VIRTUAL SURGERY - A method and system are presented for performing virtual surgery simulations. The computer system includes a processor and a memory. The method includes receiving user input from a user via a user interface. The user input includes input representing surgical operations or non-surgical invasive procedures. The method also includes processing the user input and utilizing the input to generate or modify a computational model. The method also includes running simulations using the computational model in accordance with the user input. After running the simulations, the method further includes determining results from the simulations. The results correspond to probable effects or outcomes of performing real life surgical operations or non-surgical invasive procedures corresponding to the user input. Last, the method includes presenting the results to the user via the user interface. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272868 | PATIENT MODELS FOR ORAL SURGERY - A model head including a jaw insert having layers of varying materials replicating the anatomical features of a human jaw. The jaw may include a mock nerve system that provides a signal to indicate the condition of the nerve. The jaw also may include a circulatory system including vessels that simulate the bleeding that occurs when a vessel in a human has been damaged. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272869 | PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, SOFTWARE, AND METHODS FOR ONLINE CPR TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION - Disclosed are web-based CPR training and certification platforms comprising: 1) a controller device comprising: a first mode for collecting student compression data; a second mode for collecting student breath data; and a software module for transmitting the data to a server application; and 2) a server processor configured to provide an application comprising: a training mode, a practice mode, and a certification mode; a software module for providing a student interface; and a software module for providing an instructor interface. Optionally, feedback on student CPR psychomotor skills is provided in the form of a single-player or multi-player game played by performing the skills. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272870 | RESPONSIVE MODEL WITH SENSORS - A flexible responsive model has a major surface and a sensor attached to and aligned with the major surface of the responsive model. The sensor may have piezoelectric body, such as an elastic body containing conductive nanotubes homogeneously distributed therein to form a conductive path and at least two electrodes in electrical connection with the conductive path. Models of organs, physical structures that are the subject of medical procedures are particularly useful in methods used in training personnel and evaluating medical techniques and medical personnel. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272871 | PHYSICAL-VIRTUAL PATIENT BED SYSTEM - A patient simulation system for healthcare training is provided. The system includes one or more interchangeable shells comprising a physical anatomical model of at least a portion of a patient's body, the shell adapted to be illuminated from behind to provide one or more dynamic images viewable on the outer surface of the shells; a support system adapted to receive the shells via a mounting system, wherein the system comprises one or more image units adapted to render the one or more dynamic images viewable on the outer surface of the shells; one or more interface devices located about the patient shells to receive input and provide output; and one or more computing units in communication with the image units and interface devices, the computing units adapted to provide an interactive simulation for healthcare training. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272872 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING BLOOD FLOW - A device for simulating blood flow including an anatomical unit and a waveform generator for generating waveforms. The waveform generator includes a pump capable of pumping a fluid through at least one fluid line and thereby transmitting the waveform from the waveform generator through the fluid line. The waveform generator further includes a bifurcation point capable of splitting the fluid line into additional fluid lines, where the fluid lines include a main line and a parallel line. Additionally, the waveform generator includes valves capable of at least partially occluding fluid flow. The device further includes a reservoir capable of housing the fluid, where the waveforms enter and exit the anatomical unit and the waveform generator through the fluid lines simulating blood flow. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272873 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND KIT FOR DEMONSTRATING MEDICAL PROCEDURE - A teaching aid has visual indicia thereon simulating the circulatory system of an organism. The teaching aid includes (i) a template having visual indicia thereon simulating the circulatory system of an organism; and (ii) a plurality of connectors for connecting a medical device to the template. The template comprises (a) a base, and (b) visual indicia on the base, simulating the circulatory system of an organism. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272874 | Interactive Education System With Physiological Modeling - Patient simulator systems for teaching patient care are provided. In some instances, the patient simulator systems include a patient body comprising one or more simulated body portions. Generally, the patient simulator systems of the present disclosure provide physiological modeling. In one embodiment, the patient simulator includes a maternal simulator comprising a maternal circulatory model, a maternal cardiac ischemia model, and a maternal respiratory model and a fetal simulator comprising a fetal circulatory model, a fetal cardiac ischemia model, and a fetal central nervous system model. A controller in communication with the maternal and fetal simulators coordinates parameters of the maternal circulatory model, the maternal cardiac ischemia model, the maternal respiratory model, the fetal circulatory model, the fetal cardiac ischemia model, and the fetal central nervous system model to simulate physiological characteristics of a natural mother and fetus. Methods of utilizing the patient simulator systems are also provided. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272875 | APPLIANCE FOR SIMULATING THE CHEWING ACTION OF A MAMMAL - The invention relates to an appliance for simulating the chewing action of a mammal, said appliance comprising two elements ( | 2014-09-18 |
20140272876 | Birthing Simulation Devices, Systems, and Methods - Devices, systems, and methods appropriate for use in medical training are disclosed. In some instances, a patient simulator system is provided that includes a maternal patient simulator and a fetal patient simulator. The maternal patient simulator includes an internal chamber sized to receive the fetal patient simulator and a birthing mechanism disposed within the internal chamber configured to translate and rotate the fetal patient simulator with respect to the maternal patient simulator to simulate a birth. In some instances, the fetal patient simulator an internal support structure that includes a head, spinal components, left arm components, right arm components, left leg components, and right leg components with a continuous silicon skin layer covering the internal support structure. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272877 | Birthing Simulation Devices, Systems, and Methods - Devices, systems, and methods appropriate for use in medical training are disclosed. In some instances, a patient simulator system is provided that includes a maternal patient simulator and a fetal patient simulator. The maternal patient simulator includes an internal chamber sized to receive the fetal patient simulator and a birthing mechanism disposed within the internal chamber configured to translate and rotate the fetal patient simulator with respect to the maternal patient simulator to simulate a birth. In some instances, the fetal patient simulator an internal support structure that includes a head, spinal components, left arm components, right arm components, left leg components, and right leg components with a continuous silicon skin layer covering the internal support structure. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272878 | DYNAMICALLY-CHANGEABLE ABDOMINAL SIMULATOR SYSTEM - A dynamically-changeable abdominal simulator system comprises a patient manikin having an abdominal cavity covered by a sheet of synthetic skin, an array of inflatable elements emplaced within the abdominal cavity covering respectively distinct areas of pressurization of the abdominal cavity and supplied with pressurized medium under separate and independent inflation control for each of the inflatable elements in order to simulate a wide range of abdominal ailments and/or conditional expressions thereof. An inflation manifold and an electronic control module operable therewith control the supply of pressurized medium to the inflatable elements. The electronic control module can communicate with an external computer that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for the user to control the training simulation routines to be performed on the manikin. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272879 | DYNAMICALLY-CHANGEABLE ABDOMINAL SIMULATOR SYSTEM - A dynamically-changeable abdominal simulator system comprises a patient manikin having an abdominal cavity covered by a sheet of synthetic skin, a grid array of inflatable cells emplaced within the abdominal cavity covering respectively distinct areas of pressurization of the abdominal cavity and supplied with pressurized medium under separate and independent inflation control in order to simulate a wide range of abdominal ailments and/or conditional expressions thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the inflation cells of the grid array are each made of semi-rigid material for maintaining a fixed cell shape and contain an inflation balloon for pressurizing cell turgidity. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272880 | SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES OF TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX AND CARDIAC TAMPONADE WITHIN A MEDICAL TRAINING MANIKIN - A system is configured to selectively and reversibly simulate diagnostic features of tension pneumothorax and cardiac tamponade. the system is configured to simulate deviation of the trachea. the system is configured to simulate jugular vein distension. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272881 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A PATIENT-SPECIFIC THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL HAVING HARD TISSUE AND SOFT TISSUE PORTIONS - A method of producing a patient-specific three-dimensional model of a native tissue. A virtual replica of at least a portion of a native tissue is produced. A three-dimensional unitary replica of the portion of the native tissue is produced as a tangible representation of the virtual replica. The three-dimensional unitary replica includes at least one location of interest. The three-dimensional unitary replica includes a first area and a second area of the portion of the native tissue. The first area density has a first area density greater than a second area density of the second area. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272882 | DETECTING ABERRANT BEHAVIOR IN AN EXAM-TAKING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for detecting aberrant behavior in a testing environment involve receiving real-time audio-visual data from a detection device and executing an application stored in memory that, when executed by a processor, detect aberrant data within the real-time audio-visual data and reacting automatically to the aberrant data. | 2014-09-18 |
20140272883 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR EQUALIZATION PREFERENCE LEARNING - Systems, methods, and apparatus for equalization preference learning are provided. An example method includes receiving a first label for a first audio concept for a media object and applying active learning to select a first example not yet rated by a first current user. The example method includes collecting a first user rating, by the first current user, of the first example compared to the first audio concept and applying transfer learning to combine the first user rating with ratings from prior users of examples not yet rated by the first current user to build a model of the first audio concept. The example method includes creating a tool operable by the first user to generate examples close to and far from the first label to modify the media object. | 2014-09-18 |