45th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150313477 | MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a medical device system comprising at least two technologies wherein at least one technology is based on galvanic skin response measurement and at least one technology is based on oximeter wave form measurement wherein software cross analyzes the results to assess a level of homeostasis and presents a homeostasis score. Preferably a pulse oximeter provides a vascular waveform using photoelectrical plethysmography in spectral analysis. Galvanic skin response is assessed using a change in voltage polarity during measurement. Preferably the system includes a) galvanic skin response, b) bioimpedance in tetrapolar mode c) oximeter sensor and d) blood pressure using oscillometric measurements. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313478 | Intravascular Pressure and Flow Data Diagnostic Systems, Devices, and Methods - In part, the disclosure relates to computer-based methods, devices, and systems suitable for performing intravascular data analysis and measurement of various types of data such as pressure and flow data. The disclosure relates to probes and methods suitable for determining an event in a cardiac cycle such as flow threshold such as a peak flow, a fraction thereof, other intravascular parameters or a point in time during which peak flow or a change in one of the parameters occurs. An exemplary probe includes one or more of a pressure sensor, a resistor, a flow sensor and can be used to generate diagnostic data based upon measured intravascular and other parameters. In part, the disclosure relates to methods and systems suitable for determining a coronary flow reserve value in response to one or more of intravascular pressure and flow data or data otherwise correlated therewith. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313479 | Device, System, and Method for Assessing Intravascular Pressure - An apparatus for assessing the severity of stenosis in a blood vessel includes an elongate body including a distal portion and a centering assembly. The centering assembly is actuatable to selectively center the elongate body in the vessel. A pressure sensor is disposed adjacent the centering assembly and is configured to detect fluid pressure in the vessel. A processing system receives the measured pressure from the pressure sensor, receives data representing the cross-sectional area of the vessel, receives data representing the size of the distal portion, calculates a offset correlation based on the size of the distal portion and based on the size of the vessel, and calculates a fractional flow reserve (FFR) for the vessel as an index of stenosis severity taking into account the offset correlation and the measured fluid pressure from the pressure sensor. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313480 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING STRAIN FROM CHARACTERIZATION DATA OF A CARDIAC CHAMBER - A method and system is provided for calculating a strain from characterization motion data. The method and system utilize an intravascular mapping tool configured to be inserted into at least one of the endocardial or epicardial space. The mapping tool is maneuvered to select locations proximate to surfaces of the heart, while collecting map points at the select locations to form a point cloud data set during at least one cardiac cycle. The method and system further include automatically assigning segment identifiers (IDs) to the map points based on a position of the map point within the point cloud data set. The method and system further select a first and second reference from a group of map points. Further, the method and system calculate a linear strain based on an instantaneous distance and a reference distance between the first and second references. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313481 | CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENING DIAGNOSTIC AND MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for providing an indication of at least LVD (Left Ventricular Dysfunction) including at least one temperature sensor providing an output indication based on skin temperature at at least one location on a person at a plurality of given times, at least one body activity sensor providing an output indication of at least termination of body activity, a time/temperature ascertainer operative to receive inputs from the at least one temperature sensor and from the at least one body activity sensor to provide output indications of the skin temperature at termination of body activity and thereafter and a correlator operative to correlate the output indications of the skin temperature at termination of body activity and thereafter with established clinical data relating changes in skin temperature at termination of body activity and thereafter to existence of at least LVD, the correlator providing at least an output indication of at least LVD. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313482 | Methods and Systems to Calculate time of Mechanical Activation Using Characterization Motion Data Area Strains - A method and system is provided for determining the mechanical activation of a region of interest. The system and method include using a triangulation technique algorithm to generate at least one triangle within a region of interest, wherein the triangle is formed from map points acquired from an intravascular mapping tool. The system and method further include calculating an area strain for each triangle, determining abnormal areas of the region of interest, and excluding triangles that include the abnormal area. Further, the system and method include determining a mechanical activation time for the region of interest based on the remaining triangles. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313483 | METHOD, IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE CONDITION OF A HEART VALVE - An implantable medical device has an impedance processor for determining atrial impedance data reflective of the cardiogenic impedance of an atrium of a heart during diastole and/or systole of heart cycle. Ventricular impedance data reflective of the cardiogenic impedance of a ventricle during diastole and/or systole are also determined. The determined impedance data are processed by a representation processor for estimating a diastolic and/or a systolic atrial impedance representation and a diastolic and/or a systolic ventricular impedance representation. A condition processor determines the presence of any heart valve malfunction, such as valve regurgitation and/or stenosis, of at least one heart valve based on the estimated atrial and ventricular impedance representations. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313484 | PORTABLE DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE INTEGRATED SENSORS FOR VITAL SIGNS SCANNING - In one embodiment of the invention, a portable device with multiple integrated sensors for vital signs scanning and method of using said device is disclosed. The portable personal scanning device includes multiple sensors such as a plurality of ECG, thermometer, PPG, accelerometer, and microphone for determining a user's vital signs. The method includes concurrently scanning with one or more sensors, validating and enhancing the results of each sensor scan with other concurrent sensor scan and patient interaction models, processing the sensor scans separately or in combination to extract user's vital signs, validating the vital signs extracted by comparison to physiological models, and fusing the similar vital signs extracted from more than one process according to a determination of the measure of quality of the process that produced the vital sign. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313485 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A blood pressure measurement apparatus includes a sensor, an input section, and a circuit. The sensor is configured to measure blood flow speed in a target blood vessel. The input section is configured to input blood pressure from a measurement apparatus continuously measuring the blood pressure. The circuit is configured to estimate the blood pressure on the basis of the blood flow speed by referencing a correlation formula that indicates correlation characteristics of the blood pressure from the measurement apparatus and the blood flow speed from the sensor. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313486 | DETERMINING PULSE WAVE TRANSIT TIME FROM PPG AND ECG/EKG SIGNALS - What is disclosed is a system and method for determining a pulse transit time for a subject. In one embodiment, the system comprises a handheld wireless cellular device configured with a sensor to acquire an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal from the subject and a photodetector generating a time-series signal in response to continuously sensing a reflection of source light off a region of exposed skin of the subject where a photoplethysmographic (PPG) signal can be detected by the photodetector. In one embodiment, the time-series signal is a PPG signal. In another embodiment, the time-series signal is processed to extract a PPG signal. A temporally overlapping segment of the PPG and ECG signals is analyzed to obtain a pulse transit time between a reference point on the PPG signal and a reference point on the ECG signal. The pulse transit time is used to assess pathologic conditions such as peripheral vascular disease. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313487 | Method and System for Controlling Electrical Conditions of Tissue - An implantable device for controlling electrical conditions of body tissue. A feedback sense electrode and a compensation electrode are positioned proximal to the tissue to make electrical contact with the tissue. A feedback amplifier is referenced to ground, and takes as an input a feedback signal from the feedback sense electrode. The output of the feedback amplifier is connected to the compensation electrode. The feedback amplifier thus drives the neural tissue via the compensation electrode in a feedback arrangement which seeks to drive the feedback signal to ground, or other desired electrical value. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313488 | Enhanced surface and tip for obtaining bioelectrical signals - The present invention is a device for providing an enhanced bioelectric sensing probe tip to facilitate locating and obtaining a bioelectric resistance value from a patient for therapeutic and/or diagnostic purpose. One embodiment of the present invention is a probe tip that comprises a uniform array of bristles that contacts a surface layer of a patient's skin to enable the bioelectric probe tip to locate and obtain a bioelectric resistance value from the patient. Another embodiment of the invention is to provide a probe tip cover that prevents foreign material from contaminating the probe tip and to assist in attaching the probe tip to a probe. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313489 | Wearable Device and Method for Assessing Cardiac Wellness by Analyzing High Definition EKG Signals - A method for assessing cardiac wellness in a human utilizes high definition EKG signals to detect, analyze and compare waveform feature signatures at rest and during recovery from exertion. The parameters measured and displayed include beat-to-beat heart rate, heart rate variance and rate of recovery, which are indicators of the underlying physiological state. Combining these capabilities in a wearable device enables direct feedback to the user regarding overall fitness and physiologic response to therapeutic or behavioral interventions. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313490 | USE OF A PROGRESSIVE COMPRESSION ENCODING OF PHYSIOLOGIC WAVEFORM DATA IN AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE TO SUPPORT DISCONTINUING TRANSMISSION OF LOW-VALUE DATA - An external data retrieval apparatus receives a low resolution version of a physiological signal from an active implantable medical device and determines if the physiological signal represents a clinically significant event. The apparatus provides an indication of such determination to the implantable medical device. If the physiological signal does represent a clinically significant event, the apparatus receives a full download of the physiological signal from the implantable device. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313491 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND TREATMENT OF ROTORS ASSOCIATED WITH FIBRILLATION - Some embodiments described herein relate to a method that includes defining an electro-anatomical model of a heart. The electro-anatomical model can include conduction patterns for multiple patterns or phases identified by a measurement instrument. The electro-anatomical model can also include a voltage map of the heart. A portion of the heart containing a rotor can be identified based on circulation in one phase of the model. The rotor can be determined to be stable based on that portion of the heart having circulation in another phase of the model. The rotor can be characterized as a substrate rotor based on the rotor being stable and based on the voltage or a change in voltage at the portion of the heart containing the rotor. The rotor can be treated or ablated when the rotor is determined to be a substrate rotor. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313492 | Method and System to Determine Cardiac Cycle Length in Connection with Cardiac Mapping - A method and system are provided for analyzing data for a region of interest in connection with cardiac mapping. The method and system acquire data recordings of at least one of electrical sensor measurements from an electrical sensor and motion data from a motion sensor in contact with the region of interest, determine cycle lengths associated with cardiac events in the data recordings; and identify a reference cycle length from the cycle lengths determined. The method and system analyze the cycle lengths such that differences in heart rate and cycle length have limited effect on an overall map. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313493 | REDUCING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ARTIFACTS DURING AND POST CPR - A portable medical device having improved ECG trace display and reporting. Embodiments implement features to ameliorate artifacts created by virtue of attempting to eliminate compression artifacts due to mechanical compression devices. Other embodiments additionally implement features to seek to detect the occurrence of ROSC while chest compressions are ongoing. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313494 | METHOD, IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE CONDITION OF A HEART VALVE - An implantable medical device has an impedance processor for determining atrial impedance data reflective of the cardiogenic impedance of an atrium of a heart during diastole and/or systole of heart cycle. Ventricular impedance data reflective of the cardiogenic impedance of a ventricle during diastole and/or systole are also determined. The determined impedance data are processed by a representation processor for estimating a diastolic and/or a systolic atrial impedance representation and a diastolic and/or a systolic ventricular impedance representation. A condition processor determines the presence of any heart valve malfunction, such as valve regurgitation and/or stenosis, of at least one heart valve based on the estimated atrial and ventricular impedance representations. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313495 | Cardiac Resynchronization System and Method - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of determining an inter-chamber delay within a heart of an individual that may include determining a position of a first sensor in a first chamber of the heart, determining a position of a second sensor in a second chamber of the heart, automatically computing a distance between the first and second sensors, and automatically determining the inter-chamber delay based on the automatically computing operation. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313496 | Mobile Wearable Electromagnetic Brain Activity Monitor - This invention is a mobile wearable electromagnetic brain activity monitor comprising a frame worn on a person's head, electromagnetic energy sensors which collect data concerning the person's electromagnetic brain activity, and a control unit. The electromagnetic energy sensors can be electroencephalogram (EEG) electrodes. In an example, the frame can be circular. In an example, the frame can loop around the person's head from one ear to the other ear. In an example, the frame can be an eyewear frame which also includes light-transmitting optical members. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313497 | Real-time Cortical Mapping - Methods of cortical mapping in real-time are provided. Aspects of the methods include performing real-time processing of signals indicative of a subject's brain activity by applying one filter or more to the signals, wherein the processing is in the absence of averaging based on time. Systems for cortical mapping in real-time are also provided. The methods and systems are useful in research, diagnostic, and therapeutic applications. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313498 | CONFIGURATION AND SPATIAL PLACEMENT OF FRONTAL ELECTRODE SENSORS TO DETECT PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS - Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for acquiring and analyzing physiological signals. In one aspect, a physiological sensor device includes a substrate formed of an electrically insulative material and structured to allow physical contact of the device with the frontal region of the head of a user, a recording electrode configured at a first location on the substrate to acquire an electrophysiological signal of the user, a reference electrode configured at a second location on the substrate to acquire a reference signal to the electrophysiological signal, and a ground electrode configured at a third location at least partially between the first and the second locations on the substrate, in which the first location is posterior to the second and third locations, and in which the device is operable when electrically coupled to an electrical circuit to detect physiological signals of the user. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313499 | ELECTRODE PATCH FOR MEASURING ELECTRICAL SIGNAL FROM BODY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed are an electrode patch for measuring an electric signal of a body and a physiological signal measurement apparatus using the same. The electrode patch includes a support layer formed of a conductive elastic material and formed to measure an electrical signal from a body adhered thereto, a first adhesive part formed on one surface of the support layer and attached to or detached from the body, and a second adhesive part formed on the other surface of the support layer and attached to or detached from an electric circuit for transferring the electrical signal from the body. The first adhesive part and the second adhesive part are formed of the same conductive elastic material as the support layer. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313500 | METHODS FOR ASSESSING AND OPTIMIZING MUSCULAR PERFORMANCE INCLUDING A STRIDE RATE TUNING PROTOCOL - A muscle assessment protocol can include: attaching one or more surface electromyometry (sEMG) sensors to the skin of a subject to be operably coupled with one or more muscles; operably coupling the one or more sEMG sensors to a computing system; performing the predetermined muscle activity of a muscle assessment protocol that includes a stride rate tuning protocol; monitoring/recording sEMG data of the one or more muscles during the predetermined muscle activity; and providing the sEMG data to the subject such that the subject can improve muscle performance for the predetermined muscle activity by using the sEMG data. The muscle activity includes static or dynamic muscle use. The predetermined muscle activity can be provided to the subject by the computing system. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313501 | HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRO-ANATOMIC MAPPING USING MULTIPLE BIOPOTENTIAL SENSORS AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAL PROCESSING AND DIGITIZATION IN THE CATHETER TIP - An apparatus for sensing an electrophysiological biopotential signal in combination with an external control circuit includes a catheter having a tip portion, an analog front-end sensor array in the tip portion of the catheter communicated with at least a first electrode in the tip portion of the catheter, and an analog signal processing integrated circuit in the tip portion of the catheter communicated with analog front-end sensor array. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313502 | DETERMINING ARTERIAL PULSE WAVE TRANSIT TIME FROM VPG AND ECG/EKG SIGNALS - What is disclosed is a system and method for determining arterial pulse wave transit time for a subject. In one embodiment, a video is received comprising a plurality of time-sequential image frames of a region of exposed skin of a subject where a videoplethysmographic (VPG) signal can be registered by at least one imaging channel of the video device used to capture that video. Also received is an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal obtained using at least one sensor placed on the subject's body where a ECG signal can be obtained. Batches of image frames are processed to obtain a continuous VPG signal for the subject. Temporally overlapping VPG and ECG signals are analyzed to obtain a pulse wave transit time between a reference point on the VPG signal and a reference point on the ECG signal. The pulse transit time is used to assess pathologic conditions such as peripheral vascular disease. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313503 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSOR INTEGRATION WITH ULTRATHIN SCANNING FIBER ENDOSCOPE - Methods and systems for imaging internal tissues within a body are provided. In one aspect, a method for imaging an internal tissue of a body is provided. The method includes inserting an image gathering portion of a flexible endoscope into the body. The image gathering portion is coupled to a sensor configured to sense motion of the image gathering portion with respect to fewer than six degrees of freedom. A tracking signal indicative of motion of the image gathering portion is generated using the sensor. The tracking signal is processed in conjunction with supplemental data of motion of the image gathering portion to determine a spatial disposition of the image gathering portion within the body. In many embodiments, the method includes collecting a tissue sample from the internal tissue. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313504 | Filtering method for surface modeling - A system for mapping a tissue surface includes a probe for mapping a tissue surface, a localization system to measure a location data point indicative of the probe's location, a memory in which to store the location data point, a servo mechanism to move the probe along at least a portion of the tissue surface, a controller to move the probe to a plurality of locations and to record in the memory a plurality of location data points, and a contact-sensing processor to analyze the plurality of location data points and to identify a subset thereof on the tissue surface. A modeling processor generates a model of the tissue surface using the subset of location data points. The contact-sensing processor utilizes probe velocity, or a rate of change in the distance moved by the probe, to determine contact between the probe and the tissue surface. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313505 | WIRELESS ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PATIENT MONITORING VIA ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY - A system including a plurality of wireless sensors for monitoring one or more parameters of a subject is provided. The wireless sensors can be attachable to or implantable in the subject and form a network. The sensors can include a sensing component configured to detect a signal corresponding to at least one condition of the subject. The sensors further can include a communication component configured to wirelessly transmit the detected signal to at least another of the plurality of wireless sensors, and wirelessly receive a signal transmitted from at least one of the remaining sensors in the network. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313506 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE DETECTION OF THE CONCENTRATION AND/OR AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE PER UNIT OF TIME CONTAINED IN A FLOW OF GAS TO BE MONITORED - The present invention relates to a process (P) and an apparatus ( | 2015-11-05 |
20150313507 | SYSTEM TO MONITOR THE INGESTION OF MEDICINES - A system for monitoring ingestion of medicine ( | 2015-11-05 |
20150313508 | Systems, Methods, and Media for Finding and Matching Tremor Signals - System, methods, and media for finding and matching tremor signals that: receive a first piece of tremor signal content; identify a first plurality of tremor peaks that describe at least a portion of the first piece of tremor signal content using a Teager-Kaiser operator; form a first template of tremor peaks from at least a portion of the first plurality of tremor peaks, the first group of tremor peaks having a first group of parameters; compare the first template and the first group of parameters with at least one second template and a second group of parameters, wherein the second group of parameters is based on a second set of tremor peaks associated with a second piece of tremor content; and identify a match between the first piece of tremor signal content and the second piece of tremor signal content based on the comparing. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313509 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR FINDING AND MATCHING TREMOR SIGNALS - System, methods, and media for finding and matching tremor signals that: receive a first piece of tremor signal content; identify a first plurality of tremor peaks that describe at least a portion of the first piece of tremor signal content using a Teager-Kaiser operator; form a first template of tremor peaks from at least a portion of the first plurality of tremor peaks, the first group of tremor peaks having a first group of parameters; compare the first template and the first group of parameters with at least one second template and a second group of parameters, wherein the second group of parameters is based on a second set of tremor peaks associated with a second piece of tremor content; and identify a match between the first piece of tremor signal content and the second piece of tremor signal content based on the comparing. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313510 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A THREE DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION OF CARDIAC MOTION - A method and system for displaying a three dimensional visualization of cardiac motion. The method and system obtain point specific (PS) motion data for a plurality of map points. The PS motion data indicates an amount of motion that occurred at the corresponding map point on a wall of the heart during at least one cardiac cycle. The method and system determine three dimensional (3D) positions of the map points during the cardiac cycle based on the PS motion data and select a set of 3D positions based on a frame rate. The method and system further generate 3D visualizations for each selected set of 3D positions. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313511 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CHARACTERIZE MOTION DATA BASED ON NEIGHBORING MAP POINTS - A method and system are provided for characterizing motion data. The method and system obtain point specific (PS) motion data for a plurality of map points. The PS motion data indicates an amount of motion that occurred at the corresponding map point on a wall of the heart during at least one cardiac cycle. The method and system, calculate mechanical activation times (MAT) for the map points, identifying a group of neighbor map points for a current map point, and modifying the MAT corresponding to the current map point based on the MATs corresponding to at least a portion of the group of neighboring map points. Further, the method and system repeat the identifying and modifying operations for at least a subset of the map points. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313512 | PERCUTANEOUS STIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING COMPARTMENT SYNDROME - A diagnosis device, and more particularly, a compartment syndrome diagnostic device is described herein. The diagnostic device may include a display that renders information associated with stimulation of a motor unit suspected of suffering from compartment syndrome. The diagnostic device may generate a stimulation signal for stimulating the motor unit through an electrode. The device may determine whether the motor unit is at risk for compartment syndrome based on the response of the motor unit to the stimulation. The diagnostic device may also measure pressure of a compartment. The device may determine whether the motor unit is at risk for compartment syndrome based on the measured pressure and the response of the motor unit to the stimulation. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313513 | LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device includes a lancet body ( | 2015-11-05 |
20150313514 | Lancing Device for Obtaining Samples of Body Fluid - The application relates to a lancing device for obtaining samples of body fluid, said device comprising: a base body which is rotationally symmetrical with relation to the longitudinal axis thereof and on one longitudinal end of which a positioning surface with an exit opening is arranged; a lancet cartridge for receiving a plurality of lancets; a drive device for moving a lancet held in the lancet cartridge back and forth along the longitudinal axis; and a transport device for transporting lancets on a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The exit opening is located substantially centrally in the positioning surface and the lancet cartridge has a guide track for the lancets, in which track said lancets can be positioned in such a way that their tips can emerge from the exit opening during the movement back and forth. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313515 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PENETRATING TISSUE - A body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site includes a single drive force generator. A plurality of penetrating members are operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generator moves each of the members along a path out of a housing with a penetrating member exit, into the tissue site, stops in the tissue site, and withdraws out of the tissue site. A flexible support member couples the penetrating members to define a linear array. The support member is movable and configured to move each of the penetrating members to a launch position associated with the force generator. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313516 | Non-Invasive Biolipid Concentration Meter, Non-Invasive Biolipid Metabolism Measuring Device, Non-Invasive Method for Measuring Biolipid Concentration, and Non-Invasive Method for Examining Biolipid Metabolism - The non-invasive biolipid concentration meter comprises: an irradiator ( | 2015-11-05 |
20150313517 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - The invention provides an endoscope system for generating an oxygen saturation image that can be used for various medical applications, such as oxygen saturation monitoring during surgery. A clip | 2015-11-05 |
20150313518 | IMAGE BASED OXYGEN SATURATION MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention is an image based oxygen saturation measuring device and method thereof. The method comprises steps of providing a plurality of red lights and a plurality of infrared lights arranged uniformly in an interlocked fashion and turned on alternatively; controlling the plurality of red lights and infrared lights to irradiate onto a selected skin area of a testee to have a red light turn-on period and an infrared light turn-on period; receiving a reflected version of the plurality of red lights and infrared lights from the selected skin area, respectively; and analyzing one reflected red light and one infrared light to acquire an oxygen saturation index for each of the coordination points. By means of the present invention, the measurement of oxygen saturation may be much exempted from effects brought from exterior interference and poor blood circulation, and may achieve a large measurement area in a single time. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313519 | MOTION ENERGY HARVESTING WITH WIRELESS SENSORS - A system and method for generating power when one or more motion sensitive structures are moved. The system may include one or more sensing components which, acting alone or in combination, are capable of generating data related to one or more physiological parameters. The system may also include wireless communication circuitry capable of wirelessly transmitting the data related to the one or more physiological parameters. Furthermore, at least one of the one or more sensing components or the wireless communication circuitry may be at least partially powered, directly or indirectly, by the one or more motion sensitive structures. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313520 | Analyte Sensors Having Temperature Independent Membranes - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to analyte determining methods and devices (e.g., electrochemical analyte monitoring systems) that have a membrane structure with an analyte permeability that is substantially temperature independent. The devices also include a sensing layer disposed on a working electrode of in vivo analyte sensors, e.g., continuous and/or automatic in vivo monitoring using analyte sensors and/or test strips. Also provided are systems and methods of using the, for example electrochemical, analyte sensors in analyte monitoring. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313521 | SENSOR MODULE AND METHOD OF USING A SENSOR MODULE - A sensor module is disclosed herein. The sensor module includes a skin piercing member carried by the carrier. The skin piercing member has a skin piercing end positioned opposite from a base end. The skin piercing member defines a lumen that extends along the central longitudinal axis from the skin piercing end toward the base end and the lumen having a lumen axis. The sensor module also includes a blood sample analysis zone located entirely within the lumen of the skin piercing member and a capillary flow stop for stopping capillary flow at a predetermined location within the lumen of the skin piercing member. The sensor module includes an elongated working electrode positioned within the lumen. The working electrode has a length that extends along the lumen axis where at least a section of the working electrode is positioned within the analysis zone. The working electrode includes sensing chemistry. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313522 | DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES ASSOCIATED WITH DIAGNOSTICS, THERAPIES, AND OTHER APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING SKIN-ASSOCIATED APPLICATIONS - The present invention generally relates to devices and techniques associated with diagnostics, therapies, and other applications, including skin-associated applications, for example, devices for delivering and/or withdrawing fluid from subjects, e.g., through the skin. In some embodiments, the device includes a system for accessing an extractable medium from and/or through the skin of the subject at an access site, and a pressure regulator supported by a support structure, able to create a pressure differential across the skin at at least a portion of the access site. The device may also include, in some cases, a sensor supported by the support structure for determining at least one condition of the extractable medium from the subject, and optionally a signal generator supported by the support structure for generating a signal relating to the condition of the medium determined by the sensor. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313523 | Sampling Port - A sampling port includes a hub having a body that forms a hub chamber for containing a fluid. The hub also has a proximal opening to the hub chamber for receiving a medical implement, and the hub chamber has a valve member that normally closes the opening. The valve member has a valve wall forming a valve interior. The sampling port also has a first and second fluid channel formed by the hub body and in fluid communication with the hub chamber. The first and second channels have radial portions and proximally extending portions with proximally extending longitudinal axes. The proximally extending longitudinal axes form a plane therebetween that diverges from the longitudinal axis of the first fluid channel. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313524 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD AND INSTRUMENT, AND PHYSIOLOGICALLY-ACTIVE SUBSTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND INSTRUMENT - A biological information acquisition method for acquiring information on a living body on a basis of a quantified value of a physiologically active substance originated from the living body, includes a step of collecting the physiologically active substance from a body surface of the living body. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313525 | SAFETY ASSEMBLY FOR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - The invention relates to a safety assembly for medical technology, which comprises a handling device having a main part and a holding attachment and a longitudinal axis extending between a distal and a proximal end. A protective device is moreover provided, having a base part and a protective element connected pivotally thereto, wherein the base part is retained on the holding attachment of the handling device so as to rotate about the longitudinal axis. A locking device having first and second detent elements defines a relative position of the protective device with respect to the handling device. The at least first detent element provided on the handling device is arranged spaced from the holding attachment in the radial direction with respect thereto and spaced from the annular base part on the side facing away from the longitudinal axis. The at least second detent element provided on the base part of the protective device is arranged or formed on the base part on the side thereof facing away from the longitudinal axis. The base part is mounted on the holding attachment of the handling device so as to rotate freely about the longitudinal axis. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313526 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOOD SAMPLING FAILURE ANALYSIS AND CORRECTION - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for analyzing failed bodily fluid sampling. The systems and methods include providing a system having a sampling line and an access device, the access device having an inner space, wherein the sampling line is positioned in the inner space; performing a sampling event; obtaining one or more status values of the sampling event; comparing the one or more status values with at least one predetermined value corresponding to a failed sampling event; and determining whether the sampling event failed based on the comparing step. In the event of sampling failure, the systems and methods provide flushing the sampling line or a portion of the inner space of the access device via the flow controller; detecting pressure; and determining one or more possible root causes for the failure of the sampling event based on the detected pressure. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313527 | A MOCROFABRICATED SENSOR AND A METHOD OF SENSING THE LEVEL OF A COMPONENT IN BODILY FLUID - The disclosure relates to a microfabricated sensor ( | 2015-11-05 |
20150313528 | VALIDATION PROCESS FOR IPSATIVE ASSESSMENTS - This invention is a validation process for ipsative assessments. Respondents are connected to an Electroencephalograph (EEG) and some or all of the ipsative assessment questions are asked again while connected to the EEG. The EEG measuring frontal lobe responses in terms of gamma waves is compared with the assessment questions. Positive responses provide one frontal lobe response in terms of gamma waves, negative or false answers provide a different gamma response and neutral questions provide a neutral gamma response. Reading the responses then tells whether the respondent initially responded with integrity, if so the assessment is validated. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313529 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BEHAVIORAL MONITORING - A method of analysis is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving from a mobile device of a subject sensor data and/or device state data, analyzing the data to provide at least one behavioral pattern associated with the subject, comparing the behavioral pattern with a reference behavioral pattern, and estimating the likelihood that the subject is experiencing or is expected to experience an abnormal condition based on the comparison. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313530 | MENTAL STATE EVENT DEFINITION GENERATION - Analysis of mental states is provided based on videos of a plurality of people experiencing various situations such as media presentations. Videos of the plurality of people are captured and analyzed using classifiers. Facial expressions of the people in the captured video are clustered based on set criteria. A unique signature for the situation to which the people are being exposed is then determined based on the expression clustering. In certain scenarios, the clustering is augmented by self-report data from the people. In embodiments, the expression clustering is based on a combination of multiple facial expressions. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313531 | FETAL MONITORING DEVICE AND METHODS - Described herein are fetal and/or maternal monitoring devices, systems and methods using UWB medical radar. These devices and systems may include a UWB sensor providing high-resolution and reliable simultaneous monitoring of multiple indicators of fetal and/or maternal health, such as fetal heart rate, fetal heart rate variability, fetal respiration, fetal gross body movement, maternal contractions, maternal heart rate, maternal respiration, and other derivative parameters during virtually all stages of pregnancy and during delivery. The sensor allows novel collection of physiological data using a single sensor or multiple sensors to develop individual and aggregate normal motion indices for use in determining when departure from normal motion index is indicative of fetal or maternal distress. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313532 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND QUANTIFYING SUN EXPOSURE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and system for managing pre- and in-sun exposure of skin. The method comprises during pre-sun exposure phase, inputting a location information of a user, and other contextual ambient information therefor, thereby facilitating determination of the UV level thereof, determining a baseline information in connection with the skin in a part of the day from at least one of midnight and dawn to noon, scanning at least one most predictably susceptible zone of one or more zones of the skin predictably susceptible to sun exposure, determining the Sun Protection Factor (SPF) level for a sunscreen for use by the user based on one or more quantifiable qualitative and quantitative parameters therefor, recommending the determined SPF level for the sunscreen for use by the user thereby facilitating search, identification and selection of one or more sunscreen products, solutions and regimens by the user, during in-sun exposure phase, at least one of determining whether or not the UV index of the location is confined in at least one of one or more predetermined ranges and reminding the user to scan the skin at one or more predetermined intervals depending upon the confinement of the determined UV index or level in at least one of the one or more predetermined ranges. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313533 | FIBER OPTIC BASED DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MONITORING SOFT TISSUE - Fiber optic based systems and related components and methods for monitoring soft tissue volume (pressure) and temperature change. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313534 | Rules-Based Message Prioritization or De-Selection with Patient Glucose Monitors - An interactive diabetes monitoring and advice system includes a patient glucometer device with a wireless link to a server which can provide messages to the patient, such as advice and educational messages. The messages are associated such that selection of certain advisory messages or blood glucose levels, or exertion levels, leads to sending of certain educational or other messages, while certain other educational or other messages are not sent, or not sent for a specified period. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313535 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SLEEP DETECTION - Described herein are various embodiments of a method and system for sleep detection. For example, in one embodiment, a method is described for automatically characterizing digitized breath sounds recorded from a subject over time as indicative of the subject being one of asleep and awake. This method comprises identify individual breathing cycles in a given segment of the recorded breath sounds; calculating one or more preset breathing cycle characteristics from the identified breathing cycles; evaluating a relative regularity of the calculated characteristics for the given segment; and upon the relative regularity satisfying a preset high regularity condition, outputting a sleep status indicator that the subject was likely asleep during the segment, otherwise outputting a wake indicator that the subject was likely awake during the segment. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313536 | Demonstrable Efficacy Across or Within Patient Populations - The present invention provides methods for improving observed or determined efficacy by administration of agents to more severely diseased subjects, as contrasted with less severely diseased subjects. The present disclosure specifically demonstrates that, with respect to treatment of certain skin conditions, and particularly conditions associated with dysregulated and/or diseased skin cells, administration to more severely diseased subjects improves observed or determined efficacy. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313537 | BIOELECTRONIC SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND PROCEDURE TO LOCATE AND DESTROY PANCREATIC CANCER CELLS - Methods and systems for treating pancreatic cancer. A signal associated with pancreatic cancer in a body can be detected and recorded, and then reprogrammed to generate a confounding treatment signal with respect to the pancreatic cancer. The confounding treatment signal can be aimed at the pancreatic cancer in the body to shut down pancreatic cancer cells associated with said pancreatic cancer. The treatment signals can be provided as tiny encoded signals powered by ultra-low voltage approximated to the power level of the actual live pancreatic cancerous cell targets. An audio-light-optic system can seek out spreading pancreatic cancer cells that have moved onto nerves and blood vessels and the nearby organs, which include, for example, the liver, stomach, gall-bladder, spleen, and duodenum. Once the aberrant pancreatic cells are identified, the confounding treatment signals can be applied to destroy them. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313538 | IDENTIFICATION OF SURGICAL SMOKE - A method includes assessing tumor margins and discriminating between tumor and non-tumor tissues by analyzing the compositional make-up of smoke produced during cautery resection of tissues. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313539 | Willpower Glasses (TM) -- A Wearable Food Consumption Monitor - This invention is a device to monitor caloric intake comprising: a wearable member that is worn in a manner similar to eyeglasses; and an EEG sensor, wherein indications that a person is probably eating are based on electromagnetic waves from the person's brain. In an example, this device can further comprise one or more automatic-imaging members that automatically take pictures when the person eats based on data from the EEG sensor. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313540 | Improved Methods of Assessing Metabolic Function - The present invention relates to improved methods for determining metabolic function in tissues of an animal. In particular, the invention relates to methods for determining the penumbra in ischaemic tissues using MRI techniques in association with hyperoxic conditions and an oxygen carrier. The invention also relates to systems adapted to perform the methods. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313541 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TISSUE HYDRATION - The present invention provides a system for the measurement of a tissue hydration value in a subject comprising a microprocessor and a sensor system having a light source and a light detector. Light is projected from the light source towards the tissue of a subject. The light projected either passes through or off of the tissues of the subject and is then received by the light detector. The light detector transmits a measurement of light intensity received by the detector to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is programmed with a tissue hydration model that utilizes the measurement of light intensity to determine the tissue hydration value for the subject. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313542 | WEARABLE ELECTRONICS - A wearable article includes a flexible band comprising one or more band segments; one or more biosensors located in the flexible band; one or more processing units located in the flexible band; and at least one connecting mechanism configured to connect at least one end of the flexible band to a housing of a watch face. A method of monitoring a physiological state of a wearer via a flexible band connected to a watch face housing worn at the wearer's wrist includes: receiving, at one or more processing units located in the flexible band, sensor data from one or more biosensors located in the flexible band; and analyzing the received sensor data, via the one or more processing units, to compute a score representative of a physiological state of the wearer. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313543 | INTERCHANGEABLE CASES FOR BIOMETRIC MONITORING DEVICES - A biometric monitoring device and multiple carrying cases for same are provided. In some implementations, the case may be made from a flexible viscoelastic material and the biometric monitoring device may be slipped into a receptacle in the case through an opening in the case; the opening may become distended during the insertion of the biometric monitoring device. In some implementations, the case may feature a display window that, in combination with materials of the biometric monitoring device, may mask a display of the biometric monitoring device from view when the display is off and may allow the display to be seen when the display is displaying content. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313544 | METHOD, IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE CONDITION OF A HEART VALVE - An implantable medical device has an impedance processor that determines impedance data reflective of the transvalvular impedance of a heart valve of a heart during a heart cycle. The determined impedance data are processed by a representation processor that estimates diastolic and systolic transvalvular impedance representations. A condition processor determines the presence of any heart valve malfunction, such as valve regurgitation and/or stenosis, of the heart valve based on the estimated diastolic and systolic transvalvular impedance representations. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313545 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING THE LOCATIONS OF CAPTURED CONFOCAL IMAGES OF A LESION IN SKIN TISSUE - A system is provided having a guide member with features, such as grid and axes, which spatially correlate to tissue with a lesion adjacent the guide member, and a template device upon the tissue aligned with the features having a first aperture over the guide member, and a second aperture over the tissue with the lesion. A microscope captures one or more images of the tissue via the second aperture at one or more locations each spatially correlated with a location selected or being mapped along the guide member in the first aperture. Prior to imaging and template device placement, marks are recorded along the guide member when part of a tracing sheet is positioned in a folded state over the lesion to establish spatial correlation of the features of the guide member to the lesion when in an unfolded state and positioned for use with the template device and microscope. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313546 | ORTHOPAEDIC MONITORING SYSTEM, METHODS AND APPARATUS - A method for assessing the orthopaedic performance of a joint of a patient can comprise implanting at least a first and second RF wirelessly detectable markers in first and second bones associated with a site and determining and storing their positions before a surgical procedure is performed. The procedure can be carried out on the site and the positions of the first and second markers can be detected and stored after the procedure has been completed. The detected positions can be used to generate a representation of the orthopaedic performance of the joint after the procedure. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313547 | Depicting force - A force exerted on a distal end of an elongate medical device can be determined. A graphical representation of the distal end of the elongate medical device and a graphical representation of the force exerted on the distal end of the elongate medical device can be computed. The graphical representation of the force can emanate from the graphical representation of the distal end of the elongate medical device. A first dimension of the graphical representation of the force can be increased in response to a longitudinal force being exerted on the distal end of the elongate medical device. A second dimension of the graphical representation of force can be increased in response to a lateral force being exerted on the distal end of the elongate medical device. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313548 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING CARDIAC ACTIVATION INFORMATION - An example method of representing cardiac information associated with a heart rhythm disorder includes accessing a plurality of neighboring cardiac signals obtained from a patient. The method also includes eliminating far-field activations from the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals using one or more divergence criteria that define local activations in the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals, the divergence criteria being associated with divergence among the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals. The method further includes constructing a clinical representation of local activations in the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313549 | HEART RATE MONITORING METHOD AND DEVCIE WITH MOTION NOISE SIGNAL REDUCTION - A heart rate monitoring method and device to analyze signals in time or frequency domain with motion noise signal reduction comprises at least two LEDs for providing two different light signals for incidenting into a portion of a human, a photodetector for detecting two reflected and scattered signals reflected and scattered form the human, and a processor for eliminating motion noise signal cause by any motion of the human. The processor may compare the two reflected and scattered signals and execute an independent component analysis to obtain a correct heart rate signal in time domain, and then the processor can calculate the correct heart rate. The processor may transform the two reflected and scattered signals form time domain to frequency domain and compare the two reflected and scattered signals in frequency domain to obtain a heart rate signal in frequency domain, and then the processor can calculate the heart rate. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313550 | Method and System to Equalizing Cardiac Cycle Length Between Map Points - A method and system are provided for equalizing cycle lengths among different map points during mapping studies. Different embodiments may be applicable to different circumstances and physiological settings. A compression embodiment encapsulates the entire behavior of a map point throughout its native cycle length. A truncation and rotation embodiment, and an extension and rotation embodiment allow for a more physiologically-relevant processing of the motion data. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313551 | TENDENCY DISCRIMINATION DEVICE, TASK EXECUTION ASSISTING DEVICE, TENDENCY DISCRIMINATION COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND TASK EXECUTION ASSISTING COMPUTER PROGRAM - A tendency discrimination device includes a discriminator to objectively discriminate a tendency of a person to be tested, based on brain information obtained by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In the generation of the discriminator, a gray matter volume and a diffusion anisotropy degree are calculated for a frontal pole of each of multiple test subjects as a region of interest, and machine learning is performed on the relationship of the information obtained by classifying results of a test for discriminating the tendencies of the multiple test subjects, to gray matter volumes and diffusion anisotropy degrees obtained by MRI for each of the multiple test subjects. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313552 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING THE FALL RISK OF A USER - There is provided a method of estimating the fall risk of a user, the method comprising analyzing measurements of the acceleration of the user to determine if the user has performed a sit-to-stand transfer; identifying the peak vertical acceleration of the user during the sit-to-stand transfer from the measurements of the acceleration of the user; and estimating a fall risk for the user from the identified peak vertical acceleration. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313553 | DETECTION AND MONITORING OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - A real-time arrhythmia discrimination method is used in smartphones, which can discriminate between NSR, AF, PACs and PVCs using pulsatile time series collected from a smartphone's camera. To increase the sensitivity of AF detection and add the new capabilities of PVC and PAC identification, the arrhythmia discrimination method of these teachings combines Root Mean Square of Successive RR Differences (RMSSD), Shannon Entropy (ShE) and turning point ratio (TPR), with the Poincare plot, and utilizes the features of pulse rise/fall time and amplitude for arrhythmia discrimination. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313554 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL - A method and a configuration for visualizing an electrical signal are provided with a stand, a movable part, an electromechanical actuator and a vessel. The movable part is movable by the electromechanical actuator in at least one stroke direction. The movable part is mechanically connected to the vessel. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313555 | Method and System to Subdivide a Mapping Area for Mechanical Activation Analysis - A method and system are provided for subdividing a region of interest. The method and system utilize an intravascular mapping tool configured to be inserted into at least one of the endocardial or epicardial space. The mapping tool is maneuvered to select locations proximate to surfaces of the heart, while collecting map points at the select locations to form a point cloud data set during at least one cardiac cycle. The method and system further include selecting a region of interest from the point cloud data set, and forming a triangulation area that include a set of map points from the point cloud data set corresponding to the region of interest. Further, the method and system use a triangulation technique algorithm to generate at least one triangle within the triangulation area formed from at least a portion of the set of map points. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313556 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - In a computer tomography system having an x-ray detector with a detector surface at which sensor pixels, for detection of x-ray radiation, are distributed non-uniformly, and a method for operating such a system, either a pitch factor is selected, and a value range for an extent of a reconstruction field for image data is determined dependent on the distribution of the sensor pixels and dependent on the selected pitch factor, or a value for the extent of the reconstruction field is selected, and a value range for the pitch factor is determined dependent on the distribution of the sensor pixels and dependent on the selected value for the extent of the reconstruction field. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313557 | CT Machine for Multi-Angle Scanning of Stationary Patients - A CT machine for scanning a stationary patient may provide for two-bar linkage articulated arms to move a CT gantry in an arbitrary trajectory. In one embodiment, the gantry may fit within a cavity to expose a central platform, which may support a patient for vertical scans in which the gantry housing rises from the cavity after the patient is so positioned. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313558 | X-Ray Reduction System - An x-ray system including an x-ray source, a detector having an input area, a monitor configured to display detected images, means for determining a location of a Region of Interest (ROI) of a patient on the displayed image; and a collimator having means for projecting the region of interest (ROI) on a selected fraction of the input area exposed by the x-ray source, the collimator movable in a plane parallel to the detector input area, the collimator includes a plurality of holes having different sizes, each one of the holes configured for projecting the selected fraction of the exposed area for a different zoom of the detector. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A PROBLEM TOOTH - A system and method for visualizing a dental image that includes a plurality of high resolution dental data, a plurality of tooth objects, at least one threshold and a processing module is described. The plurality of high resolution dental data that is generated using computed tomography. The plurality of tooth objects selected for each tooth from the dental data includes at least one of an enamel object, a dentin object, a pulp object, a root object, and a nerve object. The at least one threshold is used to detect at least one problem tooth. The processing module detects at least one problem tooth. Additionally, the processing module mathematically models the growth of at least one tooth object, the decay for at least one tooth object, or the combination thereof. Furthermore, the processing module determines the effect the problem tooth has on at least one other tooth object. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313560 | RADIATION GENERATION APPARATUS AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM - A radiographic imaging system and a radiation generation apparatus are provided where components are detachable according to a transportation form. The radiation generation apparatus and the radiographic imaging system include a radiation generation unit configured to generate radiation, an arm configured to support the radiation generation unit, a support pillar configured to support the arm, and a storage unit configured to store a radiation detector configured to detect the radiation. The storage unit is detachable from the support pillar. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313561 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - There are provided a radiographic imaging apparatus that is movable in response to a relatively small application of force and a method for controlling the same. A radiographic imaging apparatus includes a radiographic image generator; a motor configured to move the radiographic image generator; and a controller configured to calculate a disturbance applied to the radiographic image generator and to drive the motor based on the disturbance. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313562 | METHOD FOR RETRIEVING APPLICATION COMMANDS, COMPUTING UNIT AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM - A method is disclosed for retrieving application commands relating to a medical image displayed on a touch-capable user interface of a computing unit of a medical imaging system. In at least one embodiment, the method includes at least detecting simultaneous touching of the user interface on at least two touch points and displaying the application-situation-related possible application commands on the user interface at the touch points. A computing unit of a medical imaging system is also disclosed, including at least one memory unit and one program code stored in the memory unit, wherein the program code is embodied such that a medical image of a patient is output on a touch-capable user interface of the computing unit, wherein the method of an embodiment of the invention can be executed. Finally, a medical imaging system is disclosed, including at least one computing unit according to an embodiment of the invention. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313563 | REGRESSION FOR PERIODIC PHASE-DEPENDENT MODELING IN ANGIOGRAPHY - A periodic time-varying model of a guide wire, other device, or vessel is created from higher contrast CINE acquisition. A multivariate curve regression is used for periodic, phase dependent motion modeling. This model is then used to locate or track the guide wire, other device or vessel in lower contrast fluoroscopy images during intervention. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313564 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray generator, an X-ray detector, a supporting body, and a supporting body moving structure. The X-ray generator generates X-rays to be irradiated on an object. The X-ray detector detects the X-rays. The supporting body supports the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector. The supporting body moving structure is provided on the supporting body and includes a rotator. The supporting body moving structure reciprocates the supporting body by rotational motion of the rotator in one direction. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313565 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY CT APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes a storage circuit and processing circuitry. The storage circuit stores correction data for emergency and/or correction data for normal time. The processing circuitry outputs a command to perform imaging of a patient and acquire radiographic data, and determines whether imaging time of the patient is in a first period during which temperature of an X-ray detector is stable or in a second period during which the temperature is not stable, before the imaging of the patient. In addition, the processing circuitry corrects the radiographic data by using the correction data for emergency when the imaging time is in the second period, and corrects the radiographic data by using the correction data for normal time when the imaging time is in the first period. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313566 | Determining the Spatial Position and Orientation of the Vertebrae in the Spinal Column - The invention relates to a method for determining the spatial position and orientation of the vertebrae hi a spinal column, comprising the following steps: taking at least one X-ray image of at least part of the spinal column; simultaneous recording of surface data ( | 2015-11-05 |
20150313567 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING - Apparatus and methods for computed tomography (CT) imaging are provided. One method includes providing a patient table to move along an examination axis of a rotating gantry of a CT imaging system having at least one imaging detector. The imaging detector includes a pixelated detector array. The method further includes configuring the CT imaging system to perform an overlapping helical CT scan by controlling a speed of the moving patient table along the examination axis through a field of view (FOV) of the at least one imaging detector of the rotating gantry. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313568 | RADIATION CONTROL AND MINIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING COLLIMATION/FILTERING - A radiation control system and method are provided in which radiation delivered to a patient and/or the operator of the equipment is minimized. The radiation control system may be used in a large variety of applications including applications in which radiation source is used to inspect an object, such as, for example, medical imaging, diagnosis and therapy, in manufacturing operation using radiation, in airports scanning systems, in different security setups, and in nuclear reactors automation and process control. The radiation control system and method may also be used with 3D imaging. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313569 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING BOWTIE FILTER CONFIGURATION - An imaging system is provided including a selectable pre-object filter module, a detector, and a processing unit. The selectable pre-object filter module is configured to absorb radiation from the X-ray source to control distribution of X-rays passed to an object to be imaged. The selectable pre-object filter module has plural pre-object filter configurations providing corresponding X-ray distributions, and is selectable between the plural configurations to provide a selected pre-object filter configuration for a scan of the object. The detector is configured to receive X-rays that have passed through the object. The processing unit is operably coupled to the selectable pre-object filter module and the detector, and is configured to identify an anatomy to be imaged, determine a corresponding image quality and radiation dose for each of the plural pre-object filter configurations; and select the selected pre-object filter configuration based upon the determined corresponding image qualities and radiation doses. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313570 | OPERATION SWITCH FOR USE ON X-RAY SYSTEM, AND X-RAY SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME - The present invention relates to an operation switch for use on an X-ray system and to an X-ray system including same. The operation switch, which includes a button part for operating a generator for driving an X-ray tube, includes: a switch body part; a link part which is formed so as to extend integrally with the button part and which is slid along the outer side surface of the switch body part when the button part is under a pressing operation; a switching means for being switched when the link part slides; and a transmission means for generating and transmitting a signal based on the switching operation of the switching means. A controller controls an X-ray receiving cassette to be ON when the signal is received. Accordingly, the convenience of X-ray imaging can be improved when using the X-ray system. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313571 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIA STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR GENERATING PLANNING IMAGES BASED ON HDR APPLICATORS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media relate to generate an integrated image based on one or more applicators inserted into a target of a patient. The method may include receiving ultrasound image data and planning image data of the target. The ultrasound image data including a pre-operative and post-operative image data and the planning image data may include post-operative image data (e.g., CT and/or MRI image data). The method may include processing the ultrasound image data and the planning image data to determine a location of each channel and/or needle. The method may include generating an integrated image including the ultrasound image data and the planning image data based on the location of each channel and/or needle of the applicator. The methods, systems, and computer readable media according to embodiments can improve target (e.g., prostate) delineation, enable accurate dose planning and delivery, and potentially enhance HDR treatment outcome. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313572 | ULTRASOUND PROBE AND DEVICE FOR 3D IMAGING OF THE JAW - This invention concerns an ultrasonic dental imaging probe ( | 2015-11-05 |
20150313573 | OPHTHALMIC ELASTOGRAPHY - This invention describes an ultrasound technique that maps out the mechanical properties of the cornea and the sclera to the intrinsic mechanical loadings in the eye. It helps identify the abnormally weaker or stiffer regions in the eye, to add functional information for early and definitive diagnosis of corneal diseases, surgical planning, prevention of surgical complications, as well as better interpretation of tonometric readings. This technique will allow a spatial mapping of the mechanical strains developed in the cornea or the sclera during ocular pulse or other intraocular pressure fluctuations. The envisioned use of this technique resembles the current clinical ophthalmic ultrasound in terms of the patient experience, but provides functional information about the eye tissue that is not available from current clinical ultrasound. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313574 | PROBE FOR ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A probe for an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes including backing members, a first connector bonded between the backing members and including electrodes spaced from each other in an arrangement direction, a ground connector bonded between the backing members to be spaced from the first connector, and a piezoelectric member electrically connected to the electrodes and the ground connector. A method of manufacturing the same is also disclosed. The piezoelectric member is joined to the first connector and the ground connector or to first and second connectors and the ground connector via first and second electrode layers instead of using a complicated and laborious soldering operation, thereby enabling easy connection between the piezoelectric member and the connectors while preventing deterioration in performance caused by defective connection therebetween and deterioration in performance of the piezoelectric member caused by heat during manufacture. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313575 | Ultrasonic Probe and Ultrasonic Diagnostic Apparatus - An ultrasonic probe includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducers. The ultrasonic probe is connected to a reception system circuit including at least one first delay adder circuit in which a predetermined number among the plurality of ultrasonic transducers is configured as one subarray and delaying and adding are performed in subarray units with respect to an ultrasonic wave reception signal that is acquired from the ultrasonic transducers included in the subarray, and a second delay adder circuit in which delaying and adding are performed with respect to the ultrasonic wave reception signal that is acquired from the ultrasonic transducers. The plurality of ultrasonic transducers include a first group which transmits the reception signal to the second delay adder circuit passing through the first delay adder circuit and a second group which transmits the reception signal directly to the second delay adder circuit without passing through the first delay adder circuit. | 2015-11-05 |
20150313576 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: a transducer array; a transmission circuit transmitting an ultrasonic beam from the transducer array; a reception circuit obtaining fundamental component data based on reception signals corresponding to the fundamental component of an ultrasonic wave and harmonic component data based on reception signals corresponding to a harmonic component of the ultrasonic wave; and an image producer performing frame correlation processing on the fundamental component data and the harmonic component data generated for each frame so as to produce an ultrasound image. The frame correlation processing is performed such that the weight of harmonic component data of another frame used in the frame correlation processing of the harmonic component data is greater than the weight of fundamental component data of another frame used in the frame correlation processing of the fundamental component data. | 2015-11-05 |