47th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150327725 | Apparatus that will insure a healthy cooking of a wide range of produce using a minimum amount of oil, or in some cases no oil at all. - The invention in question is an appliance for either cooking or frying all kinds of vegetables, potatoes as well as poultry and red meat. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327726 | Modular Food Holding Cabinet Having Individually Configurable Food Holding Units - A modular food holding cabinet has multiple food holding units or bins, which can be connected and disconnected from each other in multiple different configurations. Each bin can be set to its own temperature, independently of the others. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327727 | STAINLESS STEEL THERMAL INSULATION DRINKING BEVERAGE CONTAINER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a stainless steel thermal insulation drinking beverage container and a manufacturing method thereof, particularly with regard to a stainless steel thermal insulation drinking beverage container which can reduce unpleasant odor therein and is convenient to clean up. The container is made through manufacturing steps of preparing and providing a bottle body, vacuuming, surface treatment, spray coating, baking and drying, and high temperature sintering, and so on. A ceramic layer is formed on an inner wall face of the stainless steel bottle body with a vacuum mezzanine. Accordingly, the ceramic layer is used for blocking direct contact between drinking beverages and the stainless steel bottle body in order to reduce occurrence of unpleasant odor in drinking beverages and to enhance convenience of cleaning up. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327728 | Adjustable Shower Safety Handle Device - An adjustable bathing facility safety handle device positions across an opening into a bathtub bathing facility providing a handle to support a person when needed. The device includes a bathing facility having a pair of opposed faces. Each of a pair of rails is coupled to an associated one of the opposed faces. Each of a plurality of apertures is positioned in an associated one of the rails. A handle is elongated and comprises a medial section and a pair of outer sections. Each of the outer sections is insertable into a selectable one of the apertures in an associated one of the rails wherein the handle is positionable at a selectable position extending between the rails. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327729 | SHOWER CURTAIN APPARATUS AND METHODS - In accordance with one embodiment, a shower curtain apparatus is shown. The shower curtain comprises a curtain cartridge holder for connection to a first wall. The shower curtain being adjacent to the shower fountain. The curtain cartridge holder having a length that extends in a vertical direction. The curtain cartridge holder have a free end and an attachment end, such that the free end and the attachment end may be at opposite ends of said length. The curtain cartridge holder further has an exposed side. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327730 | PRODUCT DISPENSER WITH PRESSURE RELIEF - A fluid product dispensing system includes a liquid pump and a pneumatic pump that forces fluid product and pressurized air through a foaming device. The foam mixture forces a dispensing valve, located downstream, to open and thereby distribute product onto a user's hands. A control system turns off the pumps and open a pressure relief valve in the pneumatic conduit lines to relieve the buildup of pressure. The dispensing valve automatically resets, i.e. closes, to prevent the leakage of product from the nozzle. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327731 | SMOOTH AND BULKY TISSUE - The present disclosure provides high bulk tissue products, as well as an apparatus and methods for manufacturing the same. The tissue products provided herein not only have high bulk, but they also have improved surface smoothness, particularly compared to tissue products of similar basis weights. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327732 | STACK OF Z-FOLDED WEB MATERIAL - A stack of web material for hygiene products, for use in a dispenser, including at least one continuous web material being Z-folded about transverse folding lines, thereby providing panels having a length along the folding lines, and a width perpendicular to the folding lines, the panels being piled on top of each other to form a height of the stack, such that the stack outlines a rectangular parallelepiped having the length, width and height, and forming six outer surfaces, namely a top and a bottom surface, being parallel to the panels of the stack, two side surfaces, including the longitudinal edges of the web material, and a front and a back surface, including the folded edges of the web material. The height of the stack is greater than 17 cm. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327733 | STACK OF FOLDED WEB MATERIAL FOR HYGIENE PRODUCTS - A stack of folded web material for hygiene products, such as paper or nonwoven products, said stack including: at least two webs, the webs including: a first web divided into individual sheets by means of lines of weakness; and a second web divided into individual sheets by means of lines of weakness; said first and second webs being interfolded with one another so as to form said stack; and wherein the first web and the second web are arranged in said stack such that the lines of weakness of the first web and the lines of weakness of the second web are offset with respect to one another along the webs; each line of weakness having a separation strength, being the force required to separate an individual sheet from the web along said line of weakness. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327734 | STACK OF FOLDED ABSORBENT SHEET PRODUCTS, USE OF THE SAME IN A DISPENSER, METHOD AND MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A stack of folded absorbent sheet products includes a first absorbent sheet product folded according to a first type of folding, the first absorbent sheet product includes at least one fold wherein at least a first panel is coupled to at least a second panel through a folding line. Each first absorbent sheet product encloses as a whole a certain amount of a second absorbent sheet product between said at least first panel and second panel, the second absorbent sheet product being folded according to a second type of folding. The certain amount of the second absorbent sheet product is formed as a sub-stack that nests within the first absorbent sheet product so as to distribute the certain amount of absorbent sheet product with one grasping movement of the first absorbent sheet product. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327735 | DISPENSER - A dispenser for tissue paper comprising a housing is provided. The housing includes a first seat for a first roll or a first stack of tissue paper and a second seat for a second roll or a second stack of tissue paper. The housing is provided with a first dispensing position and a second dispensing position, from which tissue paper is graspable for dispensing thereof. The dispenser includes a blocking arrangement for selectively blocking either the first dispensing position or the second dispensing position. The dispenser includes a sensor device arranged to sense at least one position of the blocking arrangement, wherein the sensor device is connected to a control unit arranged to indicate a tissue paper filling state of the dispenser based on the sensed at least one position of the blocking arrangement. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327736 | PAPER PRODUCT DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS - An apparatus for dispensing paper product stacked along a stacking dimension includes a housing for holding the stack of paper product and having a longitudinal dimension associated with the stacking dimension. The movable ejector is located adjacent the housing and is configured to contact paper product at an end of the stack. Movement of the ejector is effective to slide paper product at the end of the stack, relative to a remainder of the stack, in a dispensing direction, to thereby dispense paper product from the housing. A first restrictor in the housing is configured to exert a force on the stack in a first restricting direction transverse to the dispensing direction, with the first restrictor being spaced from the ejector, in the longitudinal dimension, by a first distance. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327737 | HANDLED CHILD POTTY SEAT - A handled potty seat for use with a conventional toiler set that provides a structure for smaller users to sit on the toilet without falling in. The handled potty seat is defined by a potty seat portion shaped in a conventionally but sized to provide a narrowed opening over the toilet, two side handles which extend from opposing sides of the potty seat, and an attachment portion for anchoring the handled potty seat behind and under the back side of the toilet. The attachment portion includes a flexible elbow portion which enables the potty seat to be moved between an up position in which it is perpendicular to a toilet seat in place on a toilet rim and a down position in which it lies flat on the toilet seat. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327738 | TOILET SEAT HINGE ASSEMBLY - A hinge assembly for mounting a toilet seat to a toilet bowl includes a hinge post and a fastener for securing the hinge post to the toilet bowl. The fastener includes a threaded portion configured to extend into a bore of the toilet bowl, a first segment coupled to an end portion of the threaded portion, a second segment configured to be engaged by a tool to rotate the fastener, and a shear segment connecting the first and second segments. The shear segment has a lower torque resistance than the first and second segments such that the shear segment breaks when a torque applied to the second segment reaches a predetermined amount. The hinge assembly also includes a nut threadably coupled to the threaded portion of the fastener. The threaded portion, the first segment, the second segment, and the shear segment of the fastener are unitary. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327739 | ADJUSTABLE TOILET FOOTREST AND METHOD OF USE - The present disclosure is directed to adjustable toilet footrests while using a toilet. In one embodiment, an adjustable toilet footrest comprises a foot platform having at least two telescopic legs extending therefrom, wherein the telescopic legs have a locking mechanism that allows for the height of the platform to be selectively adjusted to a user's desire. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327740 | INFLATABLE TOILET FOOTREST AND METHOD OF USE - The present disclosure is directed to inflatable toilet footrests while using a toilet. In one embodiment, an inflatable toilet footrest comprises a foot surface having a back concave curvature sized so as to conform to a toilet, a sidewall extending downwardly from the foot surface creating an airtight seal with the foot surface, a bottom portion connected to and creating an airtight seal with the sidewall, and an air valve. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327741 | MULTI-FUNCTION CLEANING TOOL - A multi-function cleaning tool for use with a suction cleaner having a suction source includes a nozzle body rotatably coupled to a housing assembly, where the nozzle body includes multiple suction nozzles and/or agitators that are configured to clean different portions of a surface to be cleaned, such as a stairway. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327742 | AUTOMATICALLY DRIVEN CLEANING DEVICE - A device for cleaning or processing a surface, wherein the device has a light source for illuminating the surface with light and an optical detection device for detecting the light reflected by the surface. In addition, the invention relates to a method for operating a device according to the invention. To create a device for cleaning or processing a surface and a method of the type in question, which differentiates various surfaces with a better resolution than that in the prior art, it is proposed that the optical detection device has at least one filter element and at least one sensor element, which are arranged and designed to detect the light reflected from the surface with respect to at least four different spectral ranges. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327743 | NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT OF A CLEANING DEVICE FOR CLEANING A SURFACE - The present invention relates to a nozzle arrangement ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150327744 | Cleaning Assembly - A cleaning assembly cleans and polishes a desired surface by using interchangeable cleaning attachments. The assembly includes a housing having a top wall and a perimeter wall attached to and extending downwardly from the top wall. A plurality of cleaning attachments is provided each having a first surface opposite a second surface. A selectable one of the cleaning attachments is removably coupled to the housing whereby the cleaning attachments are interchangeably couplable to the housing. A motor is electrically coupled to the selectable one of the cleaning attachments when the selectable one of the cleaning attachments is coupled to the housing for vibrating the selectable one of the cleaning attachments. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327745 | CLEANING SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A cleaning sheet ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150327746 | Portable Hygiene Kit - An improved portable hygiene kit comprising a washcloth, pouch and a sealed water bag is presented. The washcloth features a built in pouch which is layered with a water resistant sheet. For use, a person would release the water either by performing a hand twisting action or bending to cause the sealed water bag to rupture and release the water into the absorbent side of the washcloth. The user can also fold the edges of the washcloth and twist the sealed water bag in order to release the water. The user can subsequently clean his or her face, hands, and body with the dampened washcloth. After washing the user can then use the dry portion of the pouch to dry parts of the body. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327747 | DISHWASHER HAVING SPRAY MANIFOLD - A dishwasher includes a tub at least partially forming a treating chamber, a dish rack provided within the wash chamber, and a spray manifold. The spray manifold can have multiple apertures and/or sprayers for emitting wash liquid to define a spray zone. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327748 | WAREWASHER WITH AUTOMATED SCRAPPING SYSTEM - A warewasher includes a scrap reducing arrangement located within a wash zone for capturing scrap debris falling downward toward a tank. The scrap reducing arrangement is configured to automatically deliver captured scrap debris away from the tank when liquid spraying within the wash zone ceases. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327749 | CUTLERY RACK - The present invention relates to a cutlery rack ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150327750 | ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE - A method of controlling an endoscopic device includes a first field-of-view-moving process of causing an imaging unit to move with respect to a distal end rigid section to a first side with respect to an axis of an insertion unit, an insertion-unit-moving process of bending a bending section to cause the distal end rigid section to move to the first side with respect to the axis of the insertion unit, and a second field-of-view-moving process of causing the imaging unit to move with respect to the distal end rigid section to a second side in an opposite direction of the first side with respect to the axis of the insertion unit. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327751 | BENDABLE END-EFFECTOR - A bendable end-effector is described, used in endoscopic surgery which requires very large refraction angle, being capable of obtaining large internal space, as well as, transmitting safely a torque to a surgical instrument in curved state. The bendable end-effector includes a fixing block coupled at a driving unit, a bendable block coupled to the end of the fixing block and bending to a user's desired direction and angle, and a surgical instrument coupled to the end of the bendable block. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327752 | TISSUE RESECTING SYSTEM - A surgical system includes a first instrument defining a first channel and a second instrument receivable by the first channel. The second instrument defines a second channel. A valve coupled to the first instrument controls fluid flow through the first channel, such that impedance of fluid flow through the first channel is substantially the same without the second instrument received in the first channel and with the first channel partially blocked by the second instrument. In another aspect, a surgical apparatus includes an outer member and an inner member received within the outer member to define a first channel therebetween. The inner member houses an optical lens and defines a second channel for receiving a surgical instrument. The first and second channels are configured such that a pump having an inflow rate of up to about 0.7 L/min connected to the second channel can maintain fluid pressure inside an organ. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327753 | Systems and Methods for Visualizing Ablated Tissue - Systems and methods for visualizing ablated tissue are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for imaging tissue comprising: a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end; an inflatable balloon disposed about the distal end of the catheter; and an optical housing extending from the distal end of the catheter into the balloon, the optical housing being configured to position inside the balloon a light source for illuminating a tissue outside the balloon and a camera for imaging the illuminated tissue. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327754 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THEM - Systems and methods are provided for injecting one or more agents into tissue within a patient's body that includes a catheter. A needle guide extends from a distal end of the catheter and terminates at a distal tip, e.g., including a foot with an atraumatic contact surface, the needle guide having a cross-section smaller than the distal end and being biased to a curved shape. The needle guide includes a passage communicating from a lumen of the catheter to an outlet at the distal tip, and a needle device is disposed within the passage that may be deployed from the outlet to inject one or more agents into tissue. The catheter also includes an imaging assembly on the distal end configured to acquire images of tissue adjacent the needle guide distal tip. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327755 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND SUBJECT OBSERVATION APPARATUS AS WELL AS LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL METHOD - A light source device includes: excitation light sources configured to emit a plurality of excitation light including mutually different spectra; wavelength converting members configured to wavelength-convert the excitation light emitted from the excitation light sources into light having mutually different spectra and configured to be disposed in a common application region of the excitation light; and a light source control unit configured to switch a combination of the excitation light sources that are lighted among the excitation light sources based on the observation mode including a normal light observation mode and a special light observation mode to highlight a particular observation target input to an input unit, wherein light emitted from the wavelength converting members is used as illumination light, and the illumination light corresponding to the observation modes is emitted from a same emitting portion. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327756 | LIGHT GUIDING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A light guiding optical system includes a light guide configured to guide light from an entrance end to an exit end by internally reflecting the light a plurality of times, and an optical unit configured to condense the light emitted from the exit end of the light guide in a first section. The exit end of the light guide has an aperture that has a size in a first direction perpendicular to the first section, which is larger than a size in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327757 | A PRE-SHAPED RIGID PORT - The present invention provide a pre-shaped port, at least partially introduced into a body cavity, comprising a body characterized by a distal end and a proximal end; said body comprising at least one throughgoing channel enabling introduction of at least one surgical tool; said distal end comprises at least one extension; wherein said extension is adapted to provide mechanical support to a distally located organ within said body cavity. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327758 | CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL ANALYSIS METHOD AND CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL ANALYSIS APPARATUS - A corneal endothelial cell analysis method includes: a step of displaying a photographed image including endothelial cells of a cornea of an examinee's eye on a monitor; a step of setting, based on an operation signal from a user interface, regions of the endothelial cells for each or more than one of the cells with respect to the photographed image displayed on the monitor, the setting step including setting the endothelial cell regions on the one photographed image by use of setting modes including at least a first setting mode of setting the endothelial cell regions and a second setting mode different from the first setting mode; and a step of obtaining an analysis result on the endothelial cells of the examinee's eye based on the endothelial cell regions set by the first setting mode and the endothelial cell regions set by the second setting mode. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327759 | IMAGING PROBES AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS UTILIZING LEVER ARM ACTUATORS - Devices, systems, and methods that utilize a mechanical structure, such as a lever arm or a flexure mechanism, and an electrically energizable member, such as an actuator, to impart motion to an optical fiber positioned within an imaging probe are provided. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic imaging probe can include a handle; a cannula coupled to the handle; an optical fiber positioned at least partially within the handle and the cannula, the optical fiber configured to receive an imaging light from an imaging light source and guide the imaging light to an optical element positioned within a distal portion of the cannula; and an actuator system configured to impart motion to the optical fiber, the actuator system including a mechanical structure and an electrically energizable member configured to selectively impart motion to the mechanical structure upon the electrically energizable member being electrically energized. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327760 | IMAGING PROBES AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS UTILIZING SPEAKER ACTUATORS - Devices, systems, and methods that utilize a speaker to impart motion to an optical fiber positioned within an imaging probe are provided. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic imaging apparatus comprises an optical probe having a handle sized and shaped for handheld grasping by a user; and a cannula coupled to the handle, the cannula sized and shaped for insertion into an eye to be treated; an optical fiber positioned at least partially within the optical probe, the optical fiber configured to receive an imaging light from an imaging light source and guide the imaging light to an optical element positioned within the cannula of the optical probe; and an actuator system configured to impart motion to the optical fiber, the actuator system including a speaker positioned within the optical probe. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327761 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENTLY OBTAINING MEASUREMENTS OF THE HUMAN EYE USING TRACKING - Systems and methods for efficiently obtaining optical coherence tomography (OCT) measurement data with reduced effects of motion are presented. One embodiment involves determining the amount of motion present during the collection of an OCT data set based on images of the eye collected at the same time as the OCT data, and recollecting select portions of the OCT data set when the amount of eye motion is determined to exceed a predetermined threshold. Another embodiment includes enabling or disabling a tracking feature based on the quality of the images available for tracking. Another embodiment includes reducing the effect of motion in the axial direction based on a comparison to a model of the eye constructed from OCT data. The method can also be used to reduce the presence of mirror image artifacts in an OCT image. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327762 | METHOD OF OBSERVING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF EXAMINEE'S EYE - A method of observing a three-dimensional image of an examinee's eye to be examined, includes: obtaining a first three-dimensional image which is a three-dimensional image of an anterior segment of the examinee's eye by optical coherence tomography for obtaining a tomographic image by converging a measurement light on the anterior segment of the examinee's eye; obtaining a second three-dimensional image which is a three-dimensional image of a fundus of the examinee's eye by optical coherence tomography for obtaining a tomographic image by converging the measurement light on the fundus of the examinee's eye by a timing different from a timing of obtaining the first three-dimensional image; constructing a three-dimensional eyeball image of the examinee's eye through image processing based on the obtained first and second three-dimensional images; and displaying the constructed three-dimensional eyeball image on a monitor. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327763 | CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A corneal endothelial cell photographing apparatus for photographing endothelial cells of a patient eye's cornea, includes: a cornea photographing optical system including an imaging device and configured to project light toward the cornea and photograph the corneal endothelial cells through the imaging device; a light projecting optical system to project detection light in a first oblique direction to the cornea to detect a focus state of the cornea photographing optical system relative to the cornea; a detecting optical system including a detector with arranged pixels and configured to receive, in a second oblique direction opposite to the first oblique direction, corneal reflection light resulting from the detection light and including reflection light from the corneal endothelium through the detector, and detect an intensity distribution of the corneal reflection light in a depth direction; and a controller to cause a monitor to display the intensity distribution output from the detector. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327764 | FLEXIBLE CONTACT LENS - A self-adhering, flexible, contact lens for adhering to cornea and sclera regions of an eye, the cornea and sclera each having a radius of curvature with the radius of curvature of the sclera being greater than the radius of curvature of the cornea, includes a central lens having a body including a contact surface and a viewing surface, the contact surface having a radius of curvature R1 that approximates the radius of curvature of the cornea, and an eye fixation system attached to the perimeter of the contact surface of the central lens. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327765 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGING VASCULATURE AND SUB-DERMAL STRUCTURES BY TRANS-ILLUMINATING NIR LIGHT - A system for real-time visualization of subdermal structures of a mammal, using near-infrared (nIR) illumination source, a support structure with independently articulating arms for attaching a camera and a visual display screen, a controller for the camera and nIR illumination source. The camera includes a zoom lens that provides a detection field of view at a long working distance to avoid the camera obstructing the view of the medical personnel when performing a medical procedure on the mammalian body part. A targeting system indicates a focus location of the zoom lens and a center of detection field of view. An nIR bandpass filter and image processor convert the captured and filtered trans-illuminating nIR light to an image signal. An interfaced computer can operate on a commercial or proprietary operating systems and operates image enhancement software and image archival, distribution and display. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327766 | SUPERPIXEL-BASED IMAGE SEGMENTATION USING SHADING AND ALBEDO DECOMPOSITION - Embodiments segment received image data. The received image data may include pixels that have multiple channels of intensity values. The image data is decomposed into albedo and shading components. This may be accomplished using a minimization that enforces a relationship between albedo, shading, and intensity values. The minimization may also include an albedo regularizer to infer albedo in part based on chromaticity and albedo of surrounding pixels. Superpixels are generated based on contiguous regions of pixels having similar image data across channels. These superpixels are then merged based in part on the determined albedo and shading components as well as based on the image data. The channels of image data may include infrared image data used to modify visible channels of the image to create pseudo-image data, which may be used in place of image data for albedo-shading decomposition, superpixel generation, or superpixel merging. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327767 | IMAGING METHOD FOR RESECTED MATTER AND/OR FOR A RESECTION BED AND IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SUCH AN IMAGING METHOD - Provided is an imaging method in which a surface of resected matter is imaged in first images with a photoacoustic image generation method down to a first predetermined depth such that in the first images there is a contrast between pathological tissue, in particular cancerous tissue, and non-pathological tissue. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327768 | PHOTOACOUSTIC APPARATUS - A photoacoustic apparatus disclosed herein includes a plurality of receiving elements which receive photoacoustic waves caused by irradiation of light from a light source to a subject and outputs reception signals and a signal data acquisition unit which generates and stores reception signal data by reducing a data amount of reception signals output from the plurality of receiving elements when a region where the directional axes of the plurality of receiving elements are gathered at a point is not included in a region of interest. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327769 | PHOTOACOUSTIC APPARATUS - A photoacoustic apparatus includes a light source; a supporting member configured to support a receiving element that receives a photoacoustic wave generated through irradiation of a subject with light generated by the light source and that outputs a time-series reception signal; a control unit configured to set a plurality of measurement positions at which the supporting member is located when the subject is irradiated with the light at a plurality of timings; a moving unit configured to move the supporting member to the plurality of measurement positions; a signal data obtaining unit configured to generate reception signal data by reducing a data amount of the time-series reception signal in accordance with a measurement position among the measurement positions, and store the reception signal data; and an information obtaining unit configured to obtain information about the subject on the basis of the reception signal data. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327770 | PHOTOACOUSTIC APPARATUS - A photoacoustic apparatus includes a light source; a receiving element configured to receive, at a plurality of positions, a photoacoustic wave generated through irradiation of a subject with light generated by the light source, and output a time-series reception signal; a signal data obtaining unit configured to obtain information that is based on a shape of the subject, generate reception signal data by reducing a data amount of the time-series reception signal on the basis of the obtained information that is based on the shape of the subject, and store the reception signal data; and an information obtaining unit configured to obtain information about the subject on the basis of the reception signal data stored in the signal data obtaining unit. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327771 | PHOTOACOUSTIC APPARATUS - A photoacoustic apparatus includes a light source, a probe including a reception element that receives a photoacoustic wave generated by a subject in response to being illuminated with light and output a time-series reception signal, a signal data acquisition unit that generates reception signal data based on the time-series reception signal and stores the resultant data, a light fluence acquisition unit that acquires a light fluence at a position of interest in the subject, and an information acquisition unit that acquires subject information based on the stored reception signal data, wherein in a case where the light fluence at the position of interest is smaller than a threshold value, the signal data acquisition unit reduces the amount of data for a part of the time-series reception signal that corresponds to the position of interest. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327772 | PHOTOACOUSTIC APPARATUS - A photoacoustic apparatus includes a light source, a plurality of receiving elements that receive a photoacoustic wave generated as a subject is irradiated with light emitted from the light source and output time-series reception signals, a signal data acquisition unit that generates reception-signal data based on the time-series reception signals and store the reception-signal data, and an information acquisition unit that acquires information on the subject based on the reception-signal data stored in the signal data acquisition unit. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327773 | PROBE - There is provided a photo acoustic probe which prevents foreign substances from entering and of which a portion of a light emitting unit to be easily damaged can be replaced. An acoustic wave detector | 2015-11-19 |
20150327774 | BIO SIGNAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND USER MONITORING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A bio signal measuring apparatus is provided which includes a sampling unit, and a processing unit. The sampling unit samples a portion of a pulse included in a pulse signal penetrating a person to be measured, and portions sampled from a plurality of pulses included in the pulse signal are different from each other. The processing unit processes a sampled signal and measures a bio signal of the person to be measured based on at least one of a center frequency, a bandwidth, or amplitude of a reconstruction pulse obtained through the sampling. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327775 | MEDICAL EXAMINATION APPARATUS - An apparatus to enable health care providers to perform a number of diagnostic procedures, including listening to the heart, obtaining electrocardiograms, sonograms, ocular and otoscopic exams; audio and video functions as well as mobile phone capabilities, not limited to voice and text messaging. A pocket size instrument displays an ECG tracing on its screen simultaneously upon auscultation of the heart. The screen allows for audio-video display, Spo2 and touch screen functions. Wireless broadband technology may provide a closed circuit or global interface for real-time wireless transmission of acquired data, audio, photos and videos. Many common non-invasive examinations and tests can be performed without the need for a multiplicity of devices. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327776 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF WORSENING HEART FAILURE - Devices and methods for differentially diagnosing between worsening heart failure (HF) and other diseases or medical conditions are described. A medical system can receive patient information including one or more physiologic signals, and detect a respective physiologic feature from each of the one or more received physiologic signals. The medical system can include a differential diagnosis circuit that generates one or more signal metrics, receive two or more candidate conditions associated with the change in patient physical or physiological status, and determine a respective diagnostic score for each of the candidate conditions. The diagnostic score can indicate likelihood the change in the patient physical or physiologic status being caused by the corresponding candidate condition. A user interface can be provided to generate a presentation of the detected physiologic features and the diagnostic scores associated with the candidate conditions. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327777 | TISSUE MONITORING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A tissue monitoring device for selecting, administering or adjusting a treatment based on information obtained by monitoring the tissue. The device includes a substrate for applying to the tissue, for example, a human or an animal external, or internal tissue, including vascular tissue; a light source supported by the substrate, the light source emitting light of a first frequency for directing the emitted light onto a surface of the tissue; a photodetector carried by the substrate spaced from the light source for detecting scattered light, wherein the scattered light is the emitted light scattered by the tissue; and a controller in communication with the photodetector and the light source. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327778 | MONITORING APPARATUS AND OTHER DEVICES - A wrist watch system is provided. The wrist watch system includes at least one sensor configured to detect biometric data of a user; and a watch communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and configured to removably couple to a wrist of the user. The watch includes an output device configured to display data from the at least one sensor and a communication device configured to transmit, to an external source, data received from the at least one sensor. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327779 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING BLOOD FLOW CONDITION IN REGION OF INTEREST IN PATIENT'S BODY - A system and method are presented for use in monitoring blood flow conditions in a region of interest in a patient's body, such as a brain or kidney region. The monitoring system comprises a blood flow sensing system, and a control unit configured for communication with the sensing system to operate and to process and analyze output data of the sensing system. The blood flow sensing system is configured and operable for measuring a blood flow parameter from a first region being a region of interest in a patient's body and generating first measured data indicative thereof, and measuring a blood flow parameter in a second region being a tissue region outside the brain region and generating second measured data indicative thereof The control unit is configured for operating the sensing system for carrying out substantially simultaneous measurements on the region of interest and the tissue region outside the region of interest and recording the first and second measured data, and configured and operable for determining a predetermined function characterizing a relation between the first measured data and the second measured data, and generating output data indicative of said relation, being indicative of the blood flow condition in the region of interest. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327780 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain images in a time series including images of a blood vessel of a subject and correlation information indicating a correlational relationship between physical indices of the blood vessel and function indices of the blood vessel related to vascular hemodynamics, calculate blood vessel morphology indices in a time series indicating morphology of the blood vessel of the subject, on a basis of the images in the time series, and identify a function index of the blood vessel of the subject, by using a physical index of the blood vessel of the subject obtained from the blood vessel morphology indices, on a basis of the correlation information. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327781 | METHOD FOR CONFIDENCE LEVEL DETERMINATION OF AMBULATORY HR ALGORITHM BASED ON A THREE-WAY RHYTHM CLASSIFIER - A method of determining a confidence level in a heart rate obtained from an ECG signal of a patent comprises determining a heart rate from a segment of an ECG signal, the segment having a pre-determined length, and determining a first confidence level in the determined heart rate. If the first confidence level exceeds a predetermined value, the heart rate is output. Otherwise, the method further comprises determining a set of features from the segment of the ECG signal; and classifying the segment of the ECG signal, based on one or more features selected from the determined set of features and the heart rate, into one of at least three classes: noise, an abnormal sinus rhythm and a normal sinus rhythm. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327782 | MEASURING APPARATUS, PROBE PORTION, AND CONNECTING CABLE - A measuring apparatus ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150327783 | NONINVASIVE 4-D TIME-RESOLVED DYNAMIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY - A method for non-contrast enhanced 4D time resolved dynamic magnetic resonance angiography using arterial spin labeling of blood water as an endogenous tracer and a multiphase balanced steady state free precession readout is presented. Imaging can be accelerated with dynamic golden angle radial acquisitions and k-space weighted imaging contrast (KWIC) image reconstruction and it can be used with parallel imaging techniques. Quantitative tracer kinetic models can be formed allowing cerebral blood volume, cerebral blood flow and mean transit time to be estimated. Vascular compliance can also be assessed using 4D dMRA by synchronizing dMRA acquisitions with the systolic and diastolic phases of the cardiac cycle. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327784 | Non-Interfering Blood Pressure Measuring - Systems, methods, and devices of various embodiments enable measurement of blood pressure from an artery. The various embodiments may measure, using a non-interfering arterial measurement sensor, a first change in distension of the artery at a measurement location without interference to an arterial pressure at the measurement location during a series of pulses. A first pulse rate and estimated pulse pressures may be determined from the first change in distension. A coefficient may be determined fitting an exponentially decaying function representing an exponential decay of a portion of a diastolic phase to select ones of the estimated pulse pressures corresponding to the diastolic phase. An absolute blood pressure may be determined by applying the coefficient to a select mathematical model expressing a first relationship between the first change in distension of the artery and the pulse pressure in the artery at the measurement location. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327785 | Continuous Calibration of A Blood Pressure Measurement Device - Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable continuous non-invasive monitoring of blood pressure with a minimum of interference. The various embodiments may provide a method for adaptation for the calibration for continuous measurements of blood pressure, wherein the measured quantity may be related to an arterial lumen or arterial cross sectional area comprising calibrating the conversion for incremental variations of arterial properties and absolute value adaptation by exploitation of the exponential decay during the diastole. In various embodiments, continuous calibration of a non-interfering blood pressure measurement device may be initiated based on a change in mean arterial pressure being greater than a threshold value, such as a pressure value associated with an actual measured distension of a patient's artery. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327786 | Method of Calibrating a Blood Pressure Measurement Device - Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable calibration of continuous non-interfering blood pressure measurement devices. The measured quantity may be related to an arterial lumen or arterial cross sectional area. The arterial cross-sectional area may be related to transmural pressure, and thus the measured quantity may be related to transmural pressure by applying the first relationship to the second relationship. Sensor outputs may be obtained at a number of different heights, while the blood pressure measurement device is attached to the limb of a patient. The obtained sensor outputs may be used to determine a set of unknown parameters associated with the relationship of the transmural pressure to the sensor output. Upon determination of the parameters, the relationship of the transmural pressure to the sensor output may be used to obtain blood pressure measurements. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327787 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND PROCESSING OF HEARTBEAT SIGNALS - A heart beat detection device comprises at least one optical reflection sensor to be positioned on the skin of a person, The sensor unit is provided with a light emitter and a corresponding light receiver which converts the light reflected by the skin into an electric signal and comprises electrically adjustable opt cal filters connected to the emitter, to the receiver or to both of them in order to select, upon operation, a desired light wavelength and perform processing of the signals thus obtained in order to reinforce the heart beat signal. A system with this device and a detection method are also described. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327788 | ELECTRODE LEAD WIRE CONNECTOR - Electrode lead wire connectors configured to be connected to an electrode for defibrillation and/or heart monitoring are disclosed. The electrode lead wire connector includes a one-piece electrically conductive connector contact having one end that is configured to be connected to a lead wire and an opposite end having an electrode receiving section that is configured to releasably receive a post of an electrode. The electrode receiving section includes a detent for retaining the post of the electrode within the electrode receiving section. Resilient engagement between the detent and the post provides a user of the electrode lead wire connector with tactile feedback indicating that the post of the electrode is fully engaged with the electrode receiving section of the one-piece electrically conductive connector contact. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327789 | Electrode - The present invention concerns an electrode for measuring a bio-potential on, and/or providing electric stimulation to, a skin surface of a subject, said electrode comprising a device for providing a conductive fluid, the device comprises at least one container ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150327790 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND ANALYZING GRAPHS OF CARDIAC FUNCTION IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND SINUS ARRHYTHMIA BASED ON THORACIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS - The present invention provides a method for creating and pathophysiologically analyzing graphs of cardiac function in atrial fibrillation and sinus arrhythmia by using thoracic impedance measurements. A two-dimensional scatter plot is created by applying (dZ/dt)min values corresponding to preceding RR interval (RR1) values and an approximate curve (i.e., cardiac function curve) is fitted to dots on the plot. The distribution pattern of the dots and the slope of the approximate curve allow for readily and visually evaluating cardiac function. Furthermore, a graph of the relationship between (dZ/dt)min values and RR1/pre-preceding RR interval (RR2) ratio values makes it possible to analyze pathophysiological mechanisms of cardiac function in more detail. This novel method of the present invention can be easily and repeatedly performed in atrial fibrillation and sinus arrhythmia with less of a physical burden on the patient, thereby being able to provide a very useful information for diagnosis and treatment. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327791 | LOCATABLE CATHETER - A catheter having a sensor at a distal end thereof, useable to detect and create signals from an electromagnetic field. The sensor is constructed and arranged to leave a lumen of the catheter open such that it may be used to pass instruments therethrough once a target location has been reached. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327792 | MONITORING A CONDITION OF A SUBJECT - Apparatus for monitoring a subject is described. A sensor detects monitors the subject and generates a signal in response thereto. A control unit analyzes the signal, and in response to the analyzing, identifies a clinical parameter of the subject. The control unit received an indication of a menstrual cycle of the subject. Taking into account the subject's menstrual cycle, the control unit identifies a baseline value of the clinical parameter, compares the identified clinical parameter to the baseline value, and, in response to the comparing, the control unit (a) determines whether a clinical episode is predicted, (b) determines whether a clinical episode is currently occurring, and/or (c) monitors an occurring clinical episode. The control unit generates an output in response thereto. Other applications are also described. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327793 | BREATH END-TIDAL GAS MONITOR - An improved apparatus and method for capturing and analyzing the end-tidal portion of an exhalation. The CO | 2015-11-19 |
20150327794 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND VISUALIZING LIVE KINETIC AND KINEMATIC DATA FOR THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM - A system and method using a single 3D motion sensing Microsoft Kinect for Windows augmented with computer vision algorithms for detecting, recognizing and tracking the movement of different joints of the body of a subject and deducing kinetic and kinematic data from those movements. The method requires only a single motion sensing device and is non-invasive as the subject does not need to wear any external devices on the body. The proposed method incorporates Second Life serious game environment where the patient, the therapist and other members of the community of interest can log-in any time and see all the subject's movements performed by an avatar in Second Life, thereby making the invention particularly useful for disabled hemiplegic children. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327795 | Assessing the Condition of a Joint and Preventing Damage - Methods are disclosed for assessing the condition of a cartilage in a joint, particularly a human knee. The methods include converting an image such as an MRI to a three dimensional map of the cartilage. The cartilage map can be correlated to a movement pattern of the joint to assess the affect of movement on cartilage wear. Changes in the thickness of cartilage over time can be determined so that therapies can be provided. Information on thickness of cartilage and curvature of cartilage or subchondral bone can be used to plan therapy. Information on movement pattern can be used to plan therapy. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327796 | MOVEMENT ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND SYNCHRONY BASED CONTROL METHOD FOR MOVEMENT ASSISTANCE DEVICE - In a wearable motion assist device, a motion assist device for generating a motion pattern synchronized with a wearer while maintaining a certain phase difference between a motion of the wearer and a motion of the device, and a synchronization based control method for the device are provided. The motion assist device acquires a phase of torque generated by the wearer's motion, applies a value of the phase to a phase oscillator model as an input, performs arithmetic processing, and calculates target torque and a target angle of the device with the motion of the device synchronized with the wearer. It is possible to improve an assisting effect of the device by controlling the device based on the calculated values. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327797 | AUDIOMETRIC SELF-TESTING - A method includes:
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20150327798 | DEVICE AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEARING CONDITIONS - A device and method for the diagnosis and/or treatment of any one or more of hearing loss, tinnitus and hyperacusis. The device is configured with programming to enable a patient to select from one or more program blocks that establish sound amplification and sound generation functions and to control adjustment of sound amplification and/or generation within a range. A single device of the invention can be used to detect and/or resolve a plurality of conditions including hearing loss, tinnitus and hyperacusis. The acoustic modulator device of the present invention enables effective tinnitus treatment, effective hyperacusis treatment and effective treatment when both exist. The method also includes a graduated process for building patient tolerance to noise amplitude when the patient has hyperacusis including doing so to allow the patient to reach a tinnitus threshold point. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327799 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT OF OXYGEN LEVELS IN BLOOD BY PLACEMENT OF A SINGLE SENSOR ON THE SKIN - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for measurement of oxygen levels in blood by placement of a single sensor on the skin. According to an aspect, a method includes using a light transmitter to generate and direct light into a surface of skin. The method also includes using a detector to receive non-absorbed light. Further, the method includes measuring oxygen saturation level in blood based on the non-absorbed light. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327800 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING VITAL SIGN OF SUBJECT - An apparatus for obtaining a vital sign of a subject includes: an image sensor and a vital sign processor. The image sensor is employed for capturing a video of the subject to generate a plurality of first video frames. The vital sign processor is employed for processing the plurality of first video frames to generate a vital sign signal. Additionally, the vital sign processor adjusts a first parameter set for configuring the image sensor to make the plurality of first video frames suitable for obtaining the vital sign of the subject. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327801 | Analyte Sensors Comprising High-Boiling Point Solvents - Generally, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to analyte determining methods and devices (e.g., electrochemical analyte monitoring systems) that have improved uniformity of distribution of the sensing layer by inclusion of a high-boiling point solvent, where the sensing layer is disposed proximate to a working electrode of in vivo and/or in vitro analyte sensors, e.g., continuous and/or automatic in vivo monitoring using analyte sensors and/or test strips. Also provided are systems and methods of using the, for example electrochemical, analyte sensors in analyte monitoring. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327802 | EVALUATION APPARATUS FOR MENTAL STATE OF HUMAN BEING - An evaluation apparatus evaluates the relationship between multiple subjects in communication between the subjects. A non-verbal information measurement unit measures non-verbal information respectively obtained for the multiple subjects, and quantifies the non-verbal information so as to generate first signals each configured as a time-series signal. A waveform analyzing unit generates second signals for the respective subjects, each configured as a value that relates to a feature configured as non-verbal information rhythm with respect to the corresponding one of the subjects. A relationship evaluation unit generates a third signal configured as an index that represents a mental state with respect to the relationship between the multiple subjects, based on a relative relationship between the multiple second signals that correspond to the respective subjects. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327803 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING BIOLOGICAL STATE DURING DRIVING AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A device determining a biological state of a driver more accurately, including a hypnagogic symptom phenomenon detecting mechanism, an imminent sleep phenomenon detecting mechanism, a subjective sleepiness/low consciousness traveling state detecting mechanism, and a homeostasis function level determining mechanism, which are configured to function in parallel. Therefore, detection of a hypnagogic symptom phenomenon or an imminent sleep phenomenon, or detection of a period resisting a light sleepiness mild sleepiness or a strong sleepiness which occurs consciously, or the case where a low consciousness traveling state due to a decrease in consciousness level momentarily occurs or the case where it occurs longer continuously, or the like, can be determined/detected, and the driver's biological state can be accurately determined | 2015-11-19 |
20150327804 | EXERCISE SYSTEM AND METHOD - We here describe an exercise system and control method thereof to obtain exercise protocols relating to the individual user's optimal exercise intensity. The system and method comprise the monitoring of the transition between the aerobic and anaerobic training zones and an estimate of the maximal lactate steady state, which is an important physiological indicator of the user's cardio respiratory fitness. Together with individual models of how the user's heart rate responds to exercise intensity, it is possible to predict the needed exercise intensity that should be performed to obtain the wanted exercise goal. The analysis can (preferably) be performed in real-time during exercise. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327805 | BODY STRUCTURE IMAGING - A method of imaging nervous tissue, comprising acquiring functional imaging modality data from a functional imaging modality which images an intrabody volume of a patient having a body part, the patient having been injected with an imaging agent having a nervous tissue uptake by an autonomic nervous system (ANS); and locating the nervous tissue in the intrabody volume based on the functional imaging modality data. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327806 | AIRFLOW AND AIRWAY FACTORS - A method for characterizing sleep disordered breathing may include identification of at least one of a plurality of predefined airway structural sources associated with a sleep disordered breathing event based on airflow data. In one example, an identification of at least one of a plurality of predefined airway structural sources associated with a sleep disordered breathing event is made based on data indicative of a ratio of a difference between a peak inspiratory airflow rate and a mid-inspiratory airflow rate to the peak inspiratory airflow rate captured during occurrence of the sleep disordered breathing event. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327807 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING COMPRESSIONS AT A CARDIAC MASSAGE - The invention relates to a device for and method of monitoring compressions in a cardiac massage on a person in a medical emergency situation. The device is equipped with a flow tube ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150327808 | Electrodermal Interface System - A communication system, method, and computer program product supported by electro-dermal monitoring physiological signals at the surface of the skin. The system includes a garment comprising an electro-dermal interface. The interface includes two or more electrodes in an array of electrodes. The electrodes are associated with three or more polarities. Two or more measurement circuits associated with respective measurement functions are in communication with the electrodes, including a first measurement circuit associated with a first measurement function and a second measurement circuit associated with a second measurement function. Switching circuitry comprising two or more pole switches, with each switch in communication with a respective electrode. A controller is in communication with the switching circuitry to change a measurement function. Changing the measurement function includes changing a polarity associated with at least one of the electrodes. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327809 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING DEVICE, MEASURING UNIT OF BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING DEVICE, FINGER ACCOMMODATING UNIT OF BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING DEVICE, AND PULSE OXYMETER - A biological information measuring device includes: a finger accommodating unit to be attached to a finger of a living subject; and a measuring unit that can be connected to the finger accommodating unit, and includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit that face each other, with the region in which the finger is to be placed in the finger accommodating unit being interposed between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit. After formed as components independent of each other, the finger accommodating unit and the measuring unit are connected. The basic electrical components (such as the light emitting unit, the light receiving unit, and an electrical circuit) related to the measuring function of the biological information measuring device are complete in the measuring unit. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327810 | BIOLOGICAL SOUND SENSOR AND BIOLOGICAL SOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - A biological sound sensor to be used in contact with a skin of a living body, and includes a casing that has an opening in a face on the side facing the skin of the living body, a double-sided adhesive membrane, one surface of which closes the opening by adhering to the face of the casing and the other surface of which adheres to the skin when collecting a biological sound produced in the living body, and a microphone that is arranged in the casing and picks up the biological sound. The double-sided adhesive membrane includes a one-material portion made from a single type of material across the entire width in the thickness direction, the one-material portion being made from an adhesive material. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327811 | IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - Systems and methods for monitoring the condition of electrodes used in biological signal measurement are provided. One method includes applying a first test signal having a first frequency to at least one of a plurality of electrodes and applying a second test signal having a second frequency to at least one of the plurality of electrodes. Both frequencies are below a frequency range associated with the biological signal. The method further includes capturing the biological signal while applying the plurality of test signals and generating an output signal that includes both the measured biological signal and the plurality of test signals. The method further includes retrieving an output amplitude for each of the plurality of test signals from the output signal and calculating an estimated impedance for each of the plurality of electrodes based on the retrieved output amplitudes of the plurality of test signals. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327812 | PORTABLE SMART STETHOSCOPE FORMED OF SMART MOBILE DEVICE AND CASING ASSEMBLY - A smart portable stethoscope is formed of a smart mobile device and a casing assembly for the mobile device. The casing assembly comprises a casing member, a diaphragm holder member configured to securely and effectively retain a diaphragm, and a vibrator-transducer member. The casing member includes a diaphragm connector part configured to securely fasten the diaphragm holder member to the casing member. The vibrator-transducer member is configured to be securely fastened to diaphragm holder member or casing member in such a manner that its vibrator is disposed to interconnect with the diaphragm and effectively duplicate vibrations captured by the diaphragm so as to deliver medical-grade auscultation electronic signal based on the duplicated vibrations to the mobile device through an electronic transmission channel coupling an audio interface of the mobile device and a signal-transmitting component of the vibrator-transducer member. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327813 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING BRAINWAVE SIGNALS - A signal processing method and system combines multi-scale decomposition, such as wavelet, pre-processing together with a compression technique, such as an auto-associative artificial neural network, operating in the multi-scale decomposition domain for signal denoising and extraction. All compressions are performed in the decomposed domain. A reverse decomposition such as an inverse discrete wavelet transform is performed on the combined outputs from all the compression modules to recover a clean signal back in the time domain. A low-cost, non-drug, non-invasive, on-demand therapy braincap system and method are pharmaceutically nonintrusive to the body for the purpose of disease diagnosis, treatment therapy, and direct mind control of external devices and systems. It is based on recognizing abnormal brainwave signatures and intervenes at the earliest moment, using magnetic and/or electric stimulations to reset the brainwaves back to normality. The feedback system is self-regulatory and the treatment stops when the brainwaves return to normal. The braincap contains multiple sensing electrodes and microcoils; the microcoils are pairs of crossed microcoils or 3-axis triple crossed microcoils. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327814 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING A BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL - Provided is an apparatus and method for analyzing a biological signal. The apparatus may measure the biological signal, detect a noise signal influencing the electrical characteristics of the measured biological signal, and display the measured biological signal by distinguishing a normal section of the measured biological signal from an abnormal section of the biological signal. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327815 | BIOSIGNAL MEASURING DEVICE - According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a biosignal measuring device comprises two channels respectively detecting bio-potential signals from a human body through two electrodes, a biosignal extracting unit including two detecting means respectively amplifying the bio-potential signals through amplifiers, respectively, differentially operating the amplified bio-potential signals through a differential operator, and selectively adopting respective output signals of the two detecting means to obtain a biosignal, and an impedance correcting means adjusting the amplitude of the amplifiers of the two detecting means so that the power of a common mode noise signal caused by an impedance imbalance between the channels and included in the obtained biosignal is reduced to suppress the common mode noise signal. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327816 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - According to an embodiment, an X-ray CT apparatus comprises a bed reciprocating member, setting circuitry, determination circuitry, and control circuitry. The bed reciprocating member reciprocally moves the top along the body axis direction of the object. The setting circuitry sets an imaging range in the above helical scanning. The determination circuitry determines whether the position of the top coincides with a planned scan end position when the helical scanning reaches one end of the set imaging range in the body axis direction. If the determination result obtained by the determination circuitry indicates incoincidence, the control circuitry controls the bed reciprocating member to move the position of the top to the planned scan end position. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327817 | METHOD OF MANAGING A BRAIN STROKE - The present invention relates to a medical method of managing a cerebrovascular insult, the method comprising the following steps in this order:
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20150327818 | Positioning Device for Patients - A patient positioning device is provided with a patient support, a movement device, and a pivoting device connecting the patient support to the movement device. The movement device moves the patient support by enabling translational movements of the patient support in directions of the three spatial axes x, y, z of a coordinate system and rotational movements of the patient support about the three spatial axes x, y, z. The pivoting device enables a pivot movement of the patient support relative to the movement device about a horizontal pivot axis. The movement device is preferably a robot arm. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327819 | Radiolucent Patient Table - A radiolucent patient table top including a first face sheet, a second face sheet, and a honeycomb core is provided. The first face sheet includes carbon fibers in a first radiolucent plastic matrix. The second face sheet includes carbon fibers in a second radiolucent plastic matrix. The honeycomb core is disposed between the first face sheet and the second face sheet, where the first face sheet and the second face sheet sandwich the honeycomb core. The honeycomb core includes carbon fibers embedded in a third radiolucent plastic matrix. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327820 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnosis apparatus is capable of imaging a subject based on a scan plan. The medical image diagnosis apparatus includes a gantry, a bed, a display, and a controller. The gantry images the subject. The bed includes a top-plate upon which the subject is positioned. The display is attached to the gantry. The controller displays, based on the scan plan, one of a moving distance of the top-plate, a moving direction of the top-plate, and a scan mode based on the scan plan. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327821 | AUTOMATIC COLLIMATOR ADJUSTMENT DEVICE WITH DEPTH CAMERA AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT EQUIPMENT - An automatic collimator adjustment device and method for medical treatment equipment are disclosed. The medical treatment equipment includes an automatic collimator adjustment device, which includes a processor unit, a depth camera, and a collimator control device. The processor unit receives an instant image pixel depth signal acquired by the depth camera to compare with a predetermined image pixel depth signal of a predetermined human body portion of a target human body in order to generate at least one collimator adjustment signal to the collimator control device, so that the collimator control device controls the collimator to adjust the X-ray beam to align with the predetermined human body portion of the target human body. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327822 | METHOD FOR ASSISTED POSITIONING OF AN ORGAN ON A PLATFORM OF A MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM - A method for assisted positioning of an organ is provided. An acquisition system comprises a platform underneath which a detector is placed for the acquisition of radiographic medical images, during which a radiation source is moved over different successive positions with respect to the detector, wherein at least one medical image is acquired at each position of the radiation source. The method comprises illuminating the platform with a light source of the acquisition system to assist the positioning of the organ on the platform; and determining, with a drive unit of the acquisition system, a positioning limit on the platform based on the distance separating the platform and a compression paddle used to compress the organ and based on the position of the light source relative to the detector, wherein the positioning limit on the platform is a limit beyond which the organ must not lie. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327823 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE - A radiation imaging apparatus includes a hydrophilized portion provided on at least a portion of an outer surface of the radiation imaging apparatus. The hydrophilized portion contains a hydrophilic polymer and an antibacterial agent. A water contact angle of a surface of the hydrophilized portion is equal to or less than 30°. | 2015-11-19 |
20150327824 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND X-RAY RECORDING SYSTEM FOR VISUALIZATION OF AN X-RAY REGION - A visualization of an X-ray region during the production of an X-ray recording of an object is produced. In order to reduce radiation exposure for a physician and/or the patient during X-ray recordings, a proposal is made to record a video image of a region, which is captured by a beam from the X-ray source, of the object, to display the video image and to represent at least a portion of the beam in the displayed video image. | 2015-11-19 |