04th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150025289 | PRODUCTION OF PROPENE - The disclosure relates to catalytically active carbocatalysts, e.g., a graphene oxide or graphite oxide catalyst suitable for use in production of propene. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025290 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING AN ALKENE - The invention relates to a method for generating an alkene, in which a hydrocarbon-comprising feed material is subjected to a dehydrogenation and a product material comprising at least one alkene is generated. A gas stream coming from an adsorber is cooled by a gas stream which comprises the feed material, and the gas stream coming from the adsorber is cooled by a condensed component of the gas stream coming from the adsorber in a first cooling phase. Feed material is cooled in a second cooling phase by a condensed component of the gas stream coming from the adsorber. The flow of the condensed component of the gas stream coming from the adsorber, fed to the first and/or second cooling phase, is varied depending on the temperature of the gas stream leaving the first cooling phase which comprises the feed material and which is fed to the dehydrogenation. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025291 | Molecular Sieve Material, Its Synthesis and Use - A molecular sieve material, EMM-17, has in its as-calcined form an X-ray diffraction pattern including the following peaks in Table 11: | 2015-01-22 |
20150025292 | SEPARATION SEQUENCE FOR HYDROCARBONS FROM A GENTLE THERMAL CLEAVAGE - The invention describes a method for separating hydrocarbons in an installation for generating hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon-containing charge by cleavage. The product gas of the cleavage, which contains gaseous hydrocarbons, is compressed, dried, and supplied as charge material into a separation stage (a front end C3/C4 separation). The front end C3/C4 separation comprises a C4 absorber and a depropanizer. A hydrocarbon fraction consisting of hydrocarbons having a maximum of 3 carbon atoms is obtained as a gaseous overhead product of the C4 absorber. A liquid hydrocarbon fraction consisting of hydrocarbons having at least 4 carbon atoms is obtained as a bottom product of the depropanizer. The front end C3/C4 separation comprises an additional process technological C2/C4 separation stage is arranged between the C4 absorber and the depropanizer. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025293 | MEMBRANE SEPARATION OF OLEFIN AND PARAFFIN MIXTURES - A metal exchanged fluorinated ionomer is a copolymer minimally including repeating units of (i) a polymerized derivative of a perfluorinated cyclic or cyclizable monomer and (ii) a strong acid highly fluorinated vinylether compound in which the acid moiety is exchanged with a cation of a Group 11 metal. Metal exchanged fluorinated ionomers are readily soluble and can be formed into thin, selectively gas permeable membranes by solution deposition methods. These membranes are suitable for separating olefins from gas olefin/paraffin mixtures. Good selectivity and transmembrane flux can be obtained without humidifying the membrane feed gas mixture. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025294 | Decontamination Method for Radioactively Contaminated Material - This invention relates to a method for decontaminating radioactively contaminated material, for example construction waste. The material is comminuted by means of voltage pulses and can be divided with a high degree of selectivity into non-contaminated or only weakly contaminated material and contaminated remainder. The majority therefore represents non-contaminated or only weakly contaminated waste material which can be disposed of much more easily than the contaminated remainder. Therefore, the method is particularly suitable for reducing the volume of radioactive waste material which is subject to stringent safety requirements in respect of its storage and disposal and therefore its storage and disposal incur high costs. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025295 | MEDICAL TREATMENT APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - According to an embodiment, a medical treatment apparatus includes: a first acquirer to acquire a group including five or more pairs of corresponding points on a first perspective image of a subject captured at a first timing and a second perspective image of the subject captured at a second timing; a second acquirer to acquire a first parameter including position/orientation information of an imaging device capturing the first perspective image and conversion information related to a coordinate system of the first perspective image, and acquire a second parameter including position/orientation information of an imaging device capturing the second perspective image and conversion information related to a coordinate system of the second perspective image; a calculator to calculate difference in position of the subject between the first timing and the second timing using the group and the parameters; and a controller to control a subject position using the difference. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025296 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACCURATE DISPENSING OF RADIOACTIVITY - A method of delivering a radioactive liquid includes, performing an initialization, including; extracting at least a first amount of a radioactive liquid from a source of radioactive liquid, measuring a radioactivity level for the first amount of radioactive liquid, and performing a calibration phase. The calibration phase includes, extracting a second amount of radioactive liquid from the source of radioactive liquid wherein the second amount is calculated based on the radioactivity level of the first amount to provide a total dose of radioactive liquid having a predetermined radioactivity level, and delivering the total dose and performing at least one more calibration and delivery phases. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025297 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MAGNETIC STIMULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS - Described herein are magnetic neural stimulation systems for the treatment of neurological disorders. One variation of a magnetic neural stimulation system includes magnetic stimulators shaped as helical or ramped coils, where each turn of the coil has an acute turning angle of less than 90 degrees. Also described herein are magnetic neural stimulation systems that include an array of stimulators and one or more shielding components. The shielding components modulate the density profile of the induced eddy currents to increase stimulation to targeted neural tissue regions while decreasing stimulation to non-targeted neural regions. Other variations of magnetic stimulation systems include one or more stimulators and a shield in which some of the induced eddy currents in the shield may act to attenuate the magnetic field in certain regions of the shield. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025298 | STIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - A stimulation device and method for treating cardiovascular disease in a human or an animal is provided, the method including placing a magnetic pulse application unit including a coil on a skin surface of a region of the human or the animal, and generating magnetic pulses around the coil, wherein the magnetic pulses induce currents in tissues in the region to stimulate a vagus nerve. The region may be a neck region or a chest region. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025299 | ESTHETIC APPARATUS USEFUL FOR INCREASING SKIN REJUVENATION AND METHODS THEREOF - Systems and methods for increasing skin rejuvenation of a region of a patient's skin. The system includes: a pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) frequency generator that emits electromagnetic pulses to the region of the patient's skin; and a deep tissue diathermy device that applies heat to the region of the patient's skin up to temperature T. The system simultaneously applies the heat and the PEMF to the region of a patient's skin. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025300 | MODULAR PATIENT CARE ENCLOSURE - A patient enclosure, comprised of at least two spaced-apart side walls, a top wall, and a front wall, the side walls, the top wall, and the front wall defining a predetermined area surrounding a location where a patient is positionable. At least one of the walls has a panel of electrochromic glass that is switchable between a clear state, an opaque state and a reflective (mirrored) state. UV radiators are provided within the area of the enclosure. An air circulation system is provided for circulating air through the area defined by the enclosure. A controller controls the UV radiators and the air circulation system. The controller is programmed to create one of a higher pressure or a lower pressure within the area as compared to the environment surrounding the enclosure. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025301 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF STIMULATING EYE MOVEMENT - A device for stimulating eye movement in a subject is presented. Stimulating eye movement through Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) allows the processing of information and elimination of negative body sensations. In an embodiment, a mechanical device is presented in which a physical object is attached to a motion mechanism which moves horizontally from left to right. In another embodiment, an electrical device is presented in which a computer-simulated object travels horizontally across a visual component. The subject tracks the movement of the object with his eyes for a specific number of cycles in order to eliminate negative body sensations such as post-traumatic stress disorder. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025304 | System and Method for Treatment of Anal Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse - Using a sling that includes a central portion and at least two arms extending from the central portion, a method of treating anal incontinence may include positioning the central portion posteriorly to the rectum and/or anus of a subject, and extending each arm of the sling to a respective obturator region. Using a sling having the same or similar structure, a method of treating pelvic organ prolapse may include positioning the central portion beneath the ano-rectum of a subject, and extending each arm of the sling to a respective thigh incision near the obturator region. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025305 | SCROTAL CUSHION THERAPEUTIC DEVICE - A scrotal cushion and therapeutic device is provided that fits securely under and around the scrotum when a patient is seated or supine (body position characterized by lying flat on one's back). The scrotal cushion comprises a device body, a cap, four lateral wing elements contiguous with the scrotal cushion body, a temperature altering element (cooling or heating) and/or a receptacle for receiving the temperature altering element, and aeration elements. The body, cap and wings are preferably constructed of a soft, absorbent, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-decubitus, fast drying, durable, washable material. The scrotal cushion can be used to decrease pain, increase comfort, reduce scrotal swelling, improve hygiene, prevent scrotal skin tears, prevent infections, and alter fertility. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025307 | DEVICE USED IN THE CONTEXT OF A GYNECOLOGICAL TRANSFER AND THE MANUFACTURE OF SUCH A DEVICE - This invention concerns a device for gynaecological transfer or insemination with shape memory comprising a catheter comprising a polymer tube open at its ends, characterised in that this tube is comprised of a medium-density polymer associated with mineral filler. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025308 | BODILY IMPLANT - In one embodiment, an implant includes a body member, a first arm member and a second arm member. The body member is formed of a first material and has a first side portion and a second side portion. The body member has a first stiffness and includes multiple apertures through the body member. The first arm member is formed of a second material and is coupled to and extends from the body member. The second arm member is formed of the second material and is coupled to and extends from the body member. The first arm member and the second arm member have a second stiffness, the second stiffness being more than the first stiffness. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025309 | TRANSPERITONEAL PROLAPSE REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A prolapse repair system and procedure are provided. The system can include one or more anchor devices and one or more extending members, such as a suture. The system can further include a mesh or like support or suspension structure provided intermediate the one or more anchor devices and the one or more extending members. The anchors can be directed to the coccygeous sacrospinous ligament or complex via a transperitoneal approach, wherein the one or more anchor devices are engaged directly into the target ligament or tissue complex and the one or more sutures extend back through the thickness of the vaginal wall to provide vaginal wall support. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025310 | MEDICAL APPLICATOR - An applicator for use in the fitting of an occlusive plug of the screw in kind to a fallopian tube, said applicator comprising: a body member; an eyepiece fitted to one end of the body member; an elongate probe carried by, and projecting from the other end of the body member; a fibre optic cable extending from the eye-piece along the interior of the probe to a terminal end of the probe distal from the body member; a nose piece movably mounted at said distal end of the probe and adapted to releasably receive a rear, drive end of an occlusive plug; a mechanical connection extending between the body member and the nose-piece whereby the practitioner may, within limits, vary the angle of the nose-piece with respect to its carrier tube; and a rotational drive means extending between the body member and the nose-piece to apply torque & hence rotational movement to an occlusive plug temporarily held by the nose-piece. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025311 | Small single-port arthroscopic lavage, directed tissue drying, biocompatible tissue scaffold and autologous regenerated cell placement delivery system - A system for performing arthroscopic lavage, directed tissue drying, and the accurate placement of a biocompatible tissue scaffold for the adherence of autologous regenerated cells through a small single port of entry into a joint compartment. The system is comprised of a handpiece having valves for irrigation and suctioning and a dual valve swivel cannula attached to the handpiece. The system includes a mobile cart, high resolution camera, light source, optical coupler, high-resolution monitor, an air compressor to power individually controlled irrigation pumps to deliver irrigation fluid to a handpiece and a vacuum suction console to collect fluid. The system also includes an insufflator to maintain distension immediately following the lavage and to dry tissue in preparation for directed tissue scaffold and regenerative cell placement. The delivery system achieves accurate biocompatible tissue scaffold placement to a specific tissue site or sites within the joint utilizing a small diameter arthroscope for direct visualization while inserting and advancing a grasping instrument or device through one of two valves located on the cannula. While holding the tissue scaffold in the jaws of the grasping device, it is advanced through the cannula lumen and extended beyond the distal tip and placed on the dried tissue site. Removing the grasping device, a catheter is then inserted and advanced through a cannula valve into the lumen and extended beyond the distal tip to the scaffold placed and prepared tissue site. A means of applying torque to the catheter tip further enhances the ability for accurate, exact placement of cells to a specific scaffold receptive tissue site. The cells are then injected into and through the catheter and applied under direct visualization to the scaffold. As comprised, the small single-port system allows a physician to perform the diagnosis, clean the joint space of debris and degradative enzymes using pressurized irrigation and suction, followed by a rapid conversion from a sterile saline fluid distension media to a dry gas CO2 distension media and directed tissue drying, and the accurate placement of a biocompatible tissue scaffold for the adherence and accurate placement of regenerated cells through a catheter to a specific tissue site within a joint. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025312 | INTRODUCTORY ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR INSERTING INTRACARDIAC INSTRUMENTS - An introduction assembly and method for the insertion of medical instruments through a thoracic passage into a selected one of either the left or right atrium of the heart. Catheters or other instruments dedicated to performing required cardiac maneuvers are passed through an introductory sheath having a distal end disposed within the targeted atrium. Upon completion of the required cardiac maneuvers the instruments are removed from the atrium and a closure assembly is passed through the introductory sheath into a closing relation to an entry site, formed in the pericardium and corresponding atrium wall, to facilitate healing thereof. The introductory assembly and method facilitates the concurrent, operative disposition of a plurality of catheters or other instruments into the interior of the selected atrium through different thoracic passages and entry sites thereby allowing synergistic interaction between the multiple catheters in the performance of the required cardiac maneuvers. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025313 | INTRALUMINAL DEVICE DELIVERY TECHNIQUE - A technique for deploying an intraluminal device, such as a bariatric device, in a mammalian lumen, such as the gastrointestinal tract, includes positioning a visualization device through an orifice, such as a natural orifice, into the mammalian lumen. A deployment device having the intraluminal device mounted thereto is guided to the mammalian lumen. The intraluminal device, which has a lumen wall that is configured to the size and shape of a portion of the mammalian lumen, is at least partially deployed from the deployment device in the mammalian lumen. The at least partially deployed intraluminal device is positioned with the deployment device while a position of said intraluminal device is visualized with the visualization device. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025314 | ENDOLUMINAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GASTROINTESTINAL TREATMENT - Improved methods and devices for performing an endoscopic surgery are provided. Systems are taught for operatively treating gastrointestinal disorders endoscopically in a stable, yet dynamic operative environment, and in a minimally-invasive manner. Such systems include, for example, an endoscopic surgical suite. The surgical suite can have a reversibly-expandable retractor that expands to provide a stable, operative environment within a subject. The expansion can be asymmetric around a stabilizer subsystem to maximize space for a tool and an endoscope to each be maneuvered independently to visualize a target tissue and treat the target tissue from outside the patient in a minimally invasive manner. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025315 | TREATMENT INSTRUMENT INSERTION AUXILIARY AND TREATMENT INSTRUMENT INSERTION METHOD - A treatment instrument insertion auxiliary is used to subserve passage of an elongated treatment instrument into a treatment instrument channel by being connected to an endoscope provided with a rigid insertion portion which includes the treatment instrument channel adapted to allow passage of the treatment instrument and a treatment instrument channel opening portion formed at a proximal end of the treatment instrument channel and used to insert the treatment instrument, where the treatment instrument insertion auxiliary includes a receiving portion adapted to suppress vibration of a distal end side of the treatment instrument by being placed in contact with the distal end side of the treatment instrument; and a first guide unit adapted to guide a distal end of the treatment instrument placed in contact with the receiving portion in a central axis direction of the treatment instrument channel opening portion. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025316 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes an insertion portion, an objective optical window, an image pickup device, a position/direction detection section that acquires position information of the objective optical window, and a memory that records the subject internal image acquired by the image pickup device in association with the position information of the objective optical window. The endoscope system aligns the position information of the objective optical window with a reference position of a predetermined organ in the subject in a coordinate system of a three-dimensional model image based on an amount of change or the like of the subject internal image information in the subject and generates an image with the subject internal image pasted onto the two-dimensional model image of the predetermined organ which is the three-dimensional model image two-dimensionally developed in which the position of the objective optical window is associated with the position in the coordinate system. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025317 | SCENTED AND FLAVORED ORAL AIRWAYS - An oral airway includes a first component having a first guiding surface and a second component having a second guiding surface. The first component and the second component are adapted to be removably coupled together such that the first guiding surface and the second guiding surface collectively define and encompass an interior passage through the oral airway that is dimensioned to direct, for example, a fiber-optic scope or an endotracheal tube extending through the interior passage for tracheal intubation. The first and second components are configured to be decoupled and independently removed from a patient's mouth without disrupting an endotracheal tube that has been extended through the conduit for tracheal intubation. The first and second components may be maintained in coupled disposition by an interlocking mechanical structure. The first and second components also may be maintained in coupled disposition by magnetism. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025318 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING INJURY TO A PATIENT DURING LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY - This group of inventions provides means and methods for preventing the damaging portions of surgical tools, such as laparoscopic devices, from adversely contacting tissues and organs that are not in the desired field of surgery. As such, the present disclosure pertains to any form of a warning or positioning device or methods, including those that are facilitated via software that are adapted and arranged for use in tracking portions of surgical instruments during laparoscopic surgery or other medical procedures. Such systems include those that are adapted and arranged to provide a warning to the surgeon or other medical personnel regarding the positional status of an instrument, and those that are adapted and arranged for disabling or attenuating the portions of those instruments that might be dangerous to a patient when a dangerous portion of the instrument is near or outside the desired, or denominated, field of surgery. Data relating to the position and orientation of the instrument and of the position of a safe zone within which the instrument can be kept safely is optionally (preferably) stored throughout a medical procedure for later playback for training purposes or for ensuring that a patient was not injured during a medical procedure. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025319 | BENDING ANGLE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM FOR ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE HAVING THE BENDING ANGLE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - A bending angle adjustment mechanism for an endoscope includes a rod member that is disposed along a traveling path of a long member that is connected to a bending portion that is bendable and is pulled, a support member made of metal that is integrally provided to support both ends of the rod member, an adjustment piece that is engaged with the rod member, is movable along the rod member, and restricts movement of the long member, a guide member made of resin having a guide surface for guiding movement of the adjustment piece, wherein the guide member is fixed in a state in which the guide member is sandwiched between the adjustment piece and the support member so that the guide surface is disposed in a position capable of guiding the adjustment piece. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025320 | Stiffening Assembly - A stiffenable structure is made of longitudinal beams that are positioned around a longitudinal axis. In one state, the longitudinal beams are bendable so that the structure is bendable. As the structure bends, the longitudinal beams slide longitudinally with reference to one another. In a second state, the beams are clamped in a fixed position relative to one another so that the structure is stiffened. In some aspects the longitudinal beams are made of two or more longitudinal laminar elements. As each beam bends, the laminar elements slide longitudinally with reference to one another. Each beam, and accordingly the structure, is stiffened by preventing the laminar elements from sliding longitudinally relative to one another. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025321 | SURGICAL ACCESS APPARATUS AND METHOD - A device includes an access port adapted to permit access of a surgical instrument into a patient. The access port includes a proximal portion, a distal portion, and an intermediate portion monolithically formed. The proximal portion includes a proximal flange. The distal portion includes a distal flange. The intermediate portion includes an outer surface and an inner surface. The access port is adapted to be positioned in the patient such that the proximal flange is disposed exteriorly and the distal flange is disposed interiorly in an operative position. The access port is adapted to form a seal with the surgical instrument positioned through the access port in an operative position. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025322 | Tissue Retractor Assembly - An intracorporeal surgical tissue retractor is provided having an anchor selectively deployable in a first tissue not to be retracted and a grasper selectively deployable on a second tissue to be retracted. A longitudinally selectively movable support is threadable through the anchor and attached at a substantially distal end of the movable support to the grasper. A deployment user interface is couplable to the movable support and has a proximal end manipulable by a user extracorporeally and a distal end releasably attachable to both the anchor and the grasper, adapted to intracorporeally deploy the anchor into the first tissue and the grasper onto the second tissue. The user interface includes a first actuator having an anchor positioning tool enabling selective deployment of the anchor in the first tissue, and a second actuator enabling selective opening and closing of the jaws of the grasper. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025323 | TROCAR ASSEMBLY WITH PNEUMATIC SEALING - A trocar assembly for creating a pneumatic seal during a minimally-invasive surgical procedure. The trocar assembly including an elongated body having a lumen extending therethrough. The proximal end portion of the body defining a housing. A fluid supply plenum is defined in the housing configured to deliver pressurized insufflation fluid to a nozzle. The nozzle configured for directing pressurized fluid into the lumen and creating a pneumatic seal. A fluid return plenum is defined in the housing configured to collect spent insufflation fluid from as patient's abdominal cavity. The fluid return plenum including a plurality of axially and radially oriented elongate vanes configured to permit spent insufflation fluid to proceed between the vanes and direct spent insufflation fluid back to the fluid return plenum. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025324 | SURGICAL RETRACTOR WITH LIGHT - A surgical retractor has a shaft with an integral blade. The shaft and the blade are joined at an angle. The blade has an upper surface. A plurality of LED lights are embedded within the blade and are exposed at the upper surface. The blade surrounding the LED lights is opaque. The retractor may further include a camera mounted on the blade. Also disclosed is a surgical retractor kit including a mounting ring, at least one of the aforementioned surgical retractors, and a coupler for releaseably mounting the retractor to the ring. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025325 | Insertable Lighting Device - The present invention relates to an insertable lighting device that includes an optical fiber assembly | 2015-01-22 |
20150025326 | ACCESSORIES FOR REMOTE MONITORING - An accessory for remote monitoring, including: a body capable of being placed on a human body; a measurement unit installed in the body and measuring a change in surroundings; a signal processing unit for processing a signal acquired from the measurement unit; and a wireless communication unit including a monopole antenna transmitting the signal processed by the signal processing unit and a ground installed along the body, corresponding to the monopole antenna. The signal processing unit and the monopole antenna are manufactured in a small size to be formed in the accessories body or periphery of the accessories body, and a space for wiring the ground may be obtained by using a band or the accessories body in an extended shape. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025327 | Device and Method of Monitoring a Position and Predicting an Exit of a Subject on or from a Substrate - Methods and devices for monitoring the position of a subject are disclosed. One such method includes sensing pressure waves generated by the subject moving on a divided bladder comprising interleaved portions, generating signals indicative of the pressure waves for each of the interleaved portions, and sending the signals to a processor. The method further includes determining the position of the subject based on the difference between the signals from each of the interleaved portions and generating a pattern for the subject. The pattern includes the presence and/or position of the subject over time. The method further includes predicting an action such as an exit of the subject from the divided bladder based on comparing a current pattern for the subject to previous patterns for the subject. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CARDIAC OUTPUT, FLOW BALANCE, AND PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS - A system for measuring of cardiac output and cardiac performance parameters based on a cardiac blood flow balance parameter between a right chamber of the heart and a left chamber of the heart, includes a sensor device for measuring one of blood pressure and blood flow rate and blood constituent concentration of a patient so as to generate an arterial pulse signal. A processing unit is responsive to the arterial pulse signal for generating a full arterial pulse signal, an arterio-venous pulse signal, and a balance parameter. A computational device is responsive to the balance parameter for further generating cardiac output and a set of cardiac performance parameters. A display station device is responsive to the set of physiological parameters from the computational device for displaying meaningful information. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025329 | PATIENT CARE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A patient care surveillance system comprises a data store operable to receive and store clinical and non-clinical data associated with at least one patient, a user interface configured to receive user input of current information related to at least one patient, a monitor configured to sense at least one parameter associated with at least one patient, and further configured to generate real-time patient monitor data, a data analysis module configured to access the data store and analyze the clinical and non-clinical data, receive and analyze the current information and real-time patient monitor data, and identify at least one adverse event associated with the care of at least one patient, and a data presentation module operable to present information associated with at least one adverse event to a healthcare professional, the information including contextual information associated with the adverse event. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025330 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for Assessment of Vessels - Devices, systems, and methods for visually depicting a vessel and evaluating treatment options are disclosed. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025331 | SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING A THERMOCOUPLE JUNCTION FOR MONITORING OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS - Disclosed are systems and methods for enabling the acquisition of physiological parameters of a mammal or other specimen using thermo-mechanical responses (e.g., temperature, pressure and alternatively acceleration, pulse, position). In accordance with one example embodiment, a monitoring device for wired and/or wireless sensors is used to acquire a series of sensor signals that are attached to achieve the physiological measurements of a mammal vital signs is provided. The device includes a Temperature-Pressure (T-P) sensor configured to attach to respiration, vascular pressure and audio points of the mammal in a manner suitable for obtaining the acquired individual sensor electrical signal. The sensor system is configured to attach to alternative locations of the specimen in a manner suitable for obtaining electrical signals in communication with a signal receiver and transmitter. Physiological parameters, such as those associated with vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, etc.), can be obtained using the monitoring device and associated sensors. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025332 | BODY BALANCE CORRECTION SYSTEM - There is provided a body balance correction system and a method for controlling same, wherein body balance of a user is allowed to be improved in his or her daily life. The body balance correction system includes a measurement unit which measures data on the left and right sides of an examinee's body, a control unit which analyzes the data measured by the measurement unit and provides a selection criterion for a body balance correction product based on a result of the analyzed data, and a display unit which displays the result of the analyzed data. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025333 | MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An apparatus, a system, and a method for monitoring and/or performing a diagnosis. A first implantable device measures a property of a first tissue in a body and includes a housing. The housing includes a first processing circuitry for causing the first implantable device to measure the property of the first tissue. A second implantable device for measures a property of a second tissue in the body and includes a housing. The housing includes a second processing circuitry for causing the second implantable device to measure the property of the second tissue using at least one sensor. The second implantable device is communicatively coupled to the first implantable device and provides information about the measured property of the second tissue to at least one of the following: the first implantable device and at least one processing device disposed externally to the body. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025334 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PAIN OF PATIENTS - The present disclosure provides a method and system for stimulating and monitoring intensity of pain experienced by one or more users. The method includes measuring the intensity of pain experienced by the one or more users on a pre-determined scale and augmented chart or physician's personal assessment using a plurality of one or more bio-markers, determining co-relation between the plurality of one or more bio-markers and the intensity of pain experienced by the one or more users, refining the co-relation between the plurality of one or more bio-markers and the intensity of pain experienced by the one or more users by learning from responses of one or more similar users, generating a pain profile for each of the one or more users and utilizing the learned information and the generated profile for monitoring, evaluating and treating the one or more users. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025335 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PAIN OF PATIENTS - The present disclosure provides a method and system for monitoring intensity of pain experienced by one or more users. The method includes measuring the intensity of pain experienced by the one or more users from a pre-determined set of one or more bio-markers using a pre-determined set of one or more bio-sensors, determining a correlation between the one or more bio-markers from the pre-determined set of one or more bio-markers and the intensity of pain experienced by the one or more users, refining the correlation between the one or more bio-markers from the pre-determined set of one or more bio-markers and the intensity of pain experienced by the one or more users by learning from responses of one or more similar users and generating a pain profile for each of the one or more users. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025336 | HYPOVOLEMIA DIAGNOSIS TECHNIQUE - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system and method for determining a risk, onset, or presence of hypovolemia based on one or more features of a plethysmographic waveform during a patient breathing cycle. For example, a hypovolemic patient may exhibit characteristic changes in pulse amplitude or stroke volume during inhalation and exhalation relative to a healthy patient. Further, a trend or pattern of such features may be used to assess the patient's fluid condition. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025337 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus sets a desired period with reference to a predetermined time phase in each heartbeat of the object, sequentially executes ultrasonic scanning on a plurality of sub-volumes in a period including the diagnosis period to acquire sub-volume data corresponding to a plurality of time phases, controls acquisition timing of the sub-volume data from a time point elapsed from the predetermined time phase by a predetermined period of time while switching the sub-volume, generates composite sub-volume data or a full volume data constituted by a plurality of sub-volume data by performing combining processing of the sub-volume data acquired in the different diagnosis periods, detects at least one of a cyclic change of a heartbeat signal and a change in the number of sub-volume data acquired in the one diagnosis period and performs combining processing of sub-volume data based on a detection result. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025338 | Medical Device Inserters and Processes of Inserting and Using Medical Devices - An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided, as well as methods of inserting medical devices. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025339 | Methods for Classifying Pleural Fluid - Methods of classifying pleural fluid are disclosed. The methods typically include determining the level of indicator nanoparticles, such as lipids, particularly large lipids, in the pleural fluid of a subject. The level of lipids can be determined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), such as proton NMR ( | 2015-01-22 |
20150025340 | CALIBRATION CURVE CREATING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME, AND BLOOD COMPONENT CALIBRATION APPARATUS - A calibration curve creating method includes: (a) acquiring observation data of a plurality of samples of a living body, when near infrared light is emitted to the living body and an absorbance spectrum obtained from transmitted light or diffusely-reflected light thereof is set as the observation data; (b) acquiring content of a target component of each sample; (c) estimating a plurality of independent components when the observation data of each sample is separated into the plurality of independent components, and acquiring a mixing coefficient corresponding to the target component for each sample; and (d) acquiring a regression equation of a calibration curve. (c) includes acquiring an independent component matrix by performing processes of normalization, whitening, and independent component analysis of the observation data, and the normalization is performed after a process performed by project on null space. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025341 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING BLOOD INFORMATION - Blood information such as hemolysis (a plasma-free hemoglobin concentration) and a blood coagulation level (thrombus) can be obtained by extracting only reflected light in a plasma layer, and non-invasively and continuously obtaining information only on a plasma component independently of a hematocrit without separating blood components by a mechanical or chemical process. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025342 | Methods for measuring changes in optical properties of wound tissue and correlating near infrared absorption(fNIR) and diffuse refelectance spectroscopy scattering (DRS) with tissue neovascularization and collagen concetration to determine whether wound is healing - Optical changes of tissue during wound healing measured by Near Infrared and Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy are shown to correlate with histologic changes. Near Infrared absorption coefficient correlated with blood vessel in-growth over time, while Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS) data correlated with collagen concentration. Changes of optical properties of wound tissue at greater depths are also quantified by Diffuse Photon Density Wave (DPDW) methodology at near infrared wavelengths. The diffusion equation for semi-infinite media is used to calculate the absorption and scattering coefficients based on measurements of phase and amplitude with a frequency domain or time domain device. An increase in the absorption and scattering coefficients and a decrease in blood saturation of the wounds compared to the non wounded sites was observed. The changes correlated with the healing stage of the wound. The methodologies used to collect information regarding the healing state of a wound may be used to clinically assess the efficacy of wound healing agents in a patient (e.g., a diabetic) and as a non-invasive method | 2015-01-22 |
20150025343 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL DETECTION OF SKIN DISEASE - An optical system for the detection of skin disease, such as melanoma, acquires images of a lesion on a subject's skin at different wavelengths and utilizes a sweeping arm rotating about the lesion in a clock-like sweep to produce diagnostically relevant metrics and classifiers from the image data so as to enhance detection of the skin disease. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025344 | METHOD FOR SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC BLOOD OXYGENATION MONITORING - An apparatus and method for non-invasively determining a blood oxygen parameter value of a subject's tissue is provided. An embodiment of the method includes the steps of: a) providing a spectrophotometric sensor that includes a processing portion and a transducer, b) detecting at least a portion of transmitted light after passage through the subject's tissue and producing initial signal data from the detected light; and c) using the processing portion to: (i) determine a value representative of an attenuation of at least one wavelength of light detected; (ii) determine whether the representative attenuation value is outside a predefined range of attenuation values; and (iii) determine the blood oxygen parameter value using a first interrogation or an alternate interrogation setting. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025345 | Sensor Inserter Assembly - An analyte monitor includes a sensor, a sensor control unit, and a display unit. The sensor control unit typically has a housing adapted for placement on skin and is adapted to receive a portion of an electrochemical sensor. The sensor control unit also includes two or more conductive contacts disposed on the housing and configured for coupling to two or more contact pads on the sensor. A transmitter is disposed in the housing and coupled to the plurality of conductive contacts for transmitting data obtained using the sensor. The display unit has a receiver for receiving data transmitted by the transmitter of the sensor control unit and a display coupled to the receiver for displaying an indication of a level of an analyte, such as blood glucose. An inserter having a retractable introducer is provided for subcutaneously implanting the sensor in a predictable and reliable fashion. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025346 | PARTICLE-CONTAINING MEMBRANE AND PARTICULATE ELECTRODE FOR ANALYTE SENSORS - Systems and methods of use involving sensors having a particle-containing domain are provided for continuous analyte measurement in a host. In some embodiments, a continuous analyte measurement system is configured to be wholly, transcutaneously, intravascularly or extracorporeally implanted. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025347 | Lateral Flow Device for Attachment to an Absorbent Article - A lateral flow device for testing a bodily fluid, such as urine, blood, mucous, saliva, etc., is provided. The lateral flow device is configured to be attached to an absorbent article via an attachment mechanism located on the lateral flow device or the absorbent article. The lateral flow device includes a chromatographic medium (e.g., porous membrane) that defines a detection zone that provides a signal indicative of the presence or absence of the analyte. The device may also include a control zone that provides a signal indicative of whether a sufficient amount of bodily fluid has been provided and tested. Regardless of its specific configuration, the lateral flow device is configured to be attached onto the absorbent article to provide a user or caregiver with rapid information about a health condition. For example, the device may be attached onto a diaper to provide information about the presence of enzymes or other compounds often encountered with a patient having a urinary tract infection. This information may provide an early warning system to allow the user or caregiver to seek additional testing and/or treatment. Alternatively, semi-quantitative or quantitative results may be derived from the test. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025348 | Assessing Coagulation - Devices and methods for assessing coagulation include a channel configured such that shear stress, in a first portion of the channel, applied to blood drawn through the channel by a vacuum-tube attached to an outlet of the channel approximates physiological shear stresses. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025349 | PAD FOR MEASURING BLOOD LOSS - A pad is disclosed having a grid of absorbent structures (e.g., squares) formed on the pad. The pad may be used to quantify or otherwise assess blood loss by a patient. For example, blood lost by the patient and absorbed by the pad may be quantified by counting the number of saturated squares on the pad and taking into account the known absorbance of each square. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025350 | Electrode With Guide Tunnel for a Cannula, and Kit Comprising Electrode and Cannula - An electrode for conducting electrical signals from or to an organ, and also to a kit for examining or treating an organ, said kit including an electrode that can be anchored to the organ. In order to reduce the risk of inflammation of the organ caused by the treatment or examination thereof, the electrode is formed in accordance with the present disclosure with a guide tunnel for a cannula for the administration of an active ingredient. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025351 | CARDIAC ACTIVITY VISUALIZATION WITH FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION - A method includes measuring electrical activity at multiple points on a surface of a heart of a patient. User input indicative of a spectral slice selected from a frequency band is received. Respective levels of the electrical activity within the selected spectral slice are calculated. The calculated levels are displayed on a map of the heart. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025352 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING BRAIN AND SCALP STATE - A method for determining brain state has the steps of attaching at least 2 first electrodes to the scalp of a subject at a separation, transmitting an electrical current between the at least 2 first electrodes, and measuring a first impedance between the at least 2 first electrodes to provide a resulting impedance. One embodiment has the further step of comparing the resulting impedance to pre-stored impedance measurements of the scalp to determine normal or pathological state. A further embodiment has the steps of attaching 2 first electrodes to the scalp of a subject at a separation and 2 second electrodes, transmitting a current between the first electrodes and measuring a first impedance between the second electrodes to provide a resulting impedance. The electrodes may be driven shield electrodes, and the method may further include comparing impedance measurements to pre-stored impedance measurements to determine normal and pathological state. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025353 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING BODY COMPOSITION - An arrangement ( | 2015-01-22 |
20150025354 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DEVICE | 2015-01-22 |
20150025355 | SYSTEMS, ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR STRAIN MITIGATION IN WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Wearable electronic devices that provide adaptive physical coupling between electrically coupled components are described. Adaptive physical coupling advantageously accommodates different user sizes, forms, and movements and enhances the overall ergonomics of a wearable electronic device. Adaptive physical coupling also introduces stresses and strains on electrical pathways between the electrically coupled components. Accordingly, the wearable electronic devices include strain mitigation systems that mitigate physical strains on the electrical pathways between electrically coupled components. An exemplary strain mitigation system includes a guide structure that is pivotally coupled to a first substantially rigid structure of the wearable electronic device and slideably coupled to a second substantially rigid structure of the wearable electronic device. The guide structure provides a surface/channel over/through which electrical pathways extend between electrically coupled components. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025356 | ASSESSMENT METHOD - A method of assessing the well being of an animal is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining information as to movement characteristics of the animal before applying medical treatment to the animal; obtaining information as to movement characteristics of the animal after applying medical treatment to the animal; comparing the movement characteristics of the animal before applying the medical treatment with the movement characteristics of the animal after applying the medical treatment and identifying differences between these; and assessing the differences and, based on these, determining whether the well being of the animal is improving as a result of the treatment. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025357 | DOUBLE LINE IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device, including a first longitudinal body which is configured to be inserted into a cavity, and a first linear imaging element having a first linear proximal end and a first linear distal end, which is rotatably connected at the first linear proximal end to the first longitudinal body. The imaging device further includes a second linear imaging element having a second linear proximal end and a second linear distal end, which is rotatably connected at the second linear proximal end to the first linear distal end. The device also has a second longitudinal body, slidably positioned with respect to the first longitudinal body and rotatably connected to the second linear distal end. There is a rotatable shaft that is connected to at least one of the first longitudinal body and the second longitudinal body. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025358 | SURFACE STATIONARY ARRAY COIL STRUCTURE FOR MULTI-MODALITY IMAGING - A stand-alone MR or hybrid PET-MR imaging system incorporating a surface stationary RF coil structure is disclosed. The imaging system includes a support assembly comprising a cradle to accommodate a subject and a bridge to receive the cradle and provide for translation therealong to enable an acquisition of imaging data. An RF coil structure is positioned between the bridge and the cradle, and includes a base portion, a cover portion, and an array of RF coil elements positioned on the cover portion. The cover portion includes contoured features that enable placement of RF coil elements in proximity to a subject and to provide a constant and uniform gap between the RF elements and the cradle. The RF coil structure also includes structural elements that support the cradle when rolling over the array of RF coil elements without deforming the RF coil elements. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025359 | METHOD FOR EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF A CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE OF COMBINED MEDICAL IMAGING EXAMINATIONS AND ALSO A MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR EXECUTING THE INVENTIVE METHOD - A method is disclosed for evaluating and comparing a chronological sequence of at least two combined medical imaging examinations, wherein a combined medical imaging examination is carried out in each case by way of a first imaging apparatus and by way of a second imaging apparatus which is formed by a Positron Emission Tomography apparatus. On the basis of the image data captured by the first imaging apparatus, a transformation specification is created and this is applied to the image data captured by the Positron Emission Tomography apparatus, so that a direct comparison of the first and second image data captured by way of the Positron Emission Technology apparatus is made possible. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025360 | REFERENCE-LIBRARY EXTENSION DURING IMAGING OF MOVING ORGANS - Images acquired during an image-guided treatment procedure sometimes exceed the scope of a reference library previously acquired for the purpose of monitoring and/or adjusting the treatment. In this situation, the reference library may be extended dynamically and/or in real time based on the newly acquired treatment images and/or other available information. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025361 | Breast Coil with a Mechanical Height Adjustment - A local coil for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is a breast coil that includes at least one height adjustment apparatus. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025362 | Local Transmission Coils and Transmission Coil Arrays for Spinal Column Imaging in an MRI Device - A spine coil for a magnetic resonance imaging device includes at least one transmission coil element configured for transmission. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025363 | SPINAL CANAL ACCESS AND PROBE POSITIONING, DEVICES AND METHODS - Methods and devices for detecting positioning of a probe in a tissue of a patient. A method can include providing a detection device; advancing a device coupled probe through the tissue of the patient and toward the patient's spinal canal; detecting a change in pressure about the distal portion of the coupled probe during advancing, where the detected pressure change indicates probe positioning in the patient's spinal canal; outputting the detected pressure change or indication of probe positioning to a visual display. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025364 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING A CONDUCTION TRACT OF HEART - The invention relates to an apparatus, a method and a computer program for visualizing a conduction tract of a heart. In order to provide a visualization which is helpful in avoiding or finding the conduction tract in, for example, an invasive procedure like ablation of heart tissue, a generic heart model is adapted to geometrical data of the patient's heart, wherein model data indicating a shape and/or position of the conduction tract is modifying in accordance to the adaptation. The modification of the model data is further refined based on electrophysiological data and the refined model is used for generating a visualization. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025365 | CATHETER WITH SINGLE AXIAL SENSORS - A catheter has single axis sensors mounted directly along a portion of the catheter whose position/location is of interest. The magnetic based, single axis sensors are on a linear or nonlinear single axis sensor (SAS) assembly. The catheter includes a catheter body and a distal 2D or 3D configuration provided by a support member on which at least one, if not at least three single axis sensors, are mounted serially along a length of the support member. The magnetic-based sensor assembly may include at least one coil member wrapped on the support member, wherein the coil member is connected via a joint region to a respective cable member adapted to transmit a signal providing location information from the coil member to a mapping and localization system. The joint region provides strain relief adaptations to the at least one coil member and the respective cable member from detaching. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025366 | Method for Obtaining Sterile Human Amniotic Fluid and Uses Thereof - Provided herein is a method for sterilely filtering amniotic fluid from selected caesarean sections of an individual. The amniotic fluid is first centrifuged at 5,000 to 10,000 rpm for 30 to 60 minutes and filtered through filters with about 5 to about 10 μm pore size. Next, the fluid is sequentially filtered through a series of membrane filters with the pore sizes 1 μm and 0.45 or/and 0.2 μm. The filtrate is then aseptically transferred to and sealed in syringes or vials. The fluid is subsequently lyophilized to obtain the lyophilisate of amniotic fluid. Amniotic fluid is reconstituted by adding sterile water to the lyophilisate, and the reconstituted fluid is used for wound healing, cosmetic, orthopedic or ophthalmic applications, particularly for the treatment of dry eyes. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025367 | IMPLANTABLE MARKER FOR A SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM, THE MARKER HAVING A STEM WITH A SEPARATION ZONE TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL OF THE MARKER - A marker for use with a surgical navigation system for tracking the tissue with which the marker is associated. The overall dimensions of the mark is such that it is shaped to be disposed below the skin of the patient in which the marker is implanted. The marker has a stem that allows the marker to be implanted in hard tissue such as bone. A head, containing navigation system components is located above the stem or spike. The stem is formed with a section of reduced tensile strength. Once the procedure is completed, a force is applied to the marker. The force breaks the stem at the separation zone. This allows the portion of the marker above the separation zone to be removed. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025368 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTUBATION - An intubation device is provided. An intubation device comprises a movable guide configured to guide an insertion of an endotracheal tube into a trachea of a patient, the guide having a guide extension and a guide tip; an external trachea identifier source external to the trachea and disposed on the patient during an intubation, wherein the trachea identifier source generates and transmits a signal; at least one trachea condition sensor disposed on the guide tip to detect the signal generated by the trachea identifier source; and a guide control device operatively coupled to the guide, the guide control device configured to move the guide into the trachea in response to the detected signal. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025369 | HOUSING FOR THE OCT PROBE, OCT PROBE ASSEMBLY, AND A METHOD OF MAKING SUCH ASSEMBLY - According to some embodiments a housing for the OCT comprises: (a) a tubular body with an inner diameter of less than 5 mm (for example less than 2 mm, and in some embodiments not greater than 1.5 mm), a first end, a second end; and a window formed in the tubular body closer to the second end than to the first end, displaced from the second end, and framed by a portion of the tubular body, wherein the window has a width w. According to some embodiments, 0.05 mm2015-01-22 | |
20150025370 | PERIODIC CONTRAST INJECTIONS AND ANALYSIS OF HARMONICS FOR INTERVENTIONAL X-RAY PERFUSION IMAGING - An apparatus ( | 2015-01-22 |
20150025371 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE DATA OF BODY REGIONS OF A PATIENT, THE BODY REGIONS BEING PRONE TO DEMENTIA, AND A MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM WHICH IS DESIGNED TO CARRY OUT THE METHOD - A method is disclosed for displaying image data of body regions of a patient using a medical imaging system including a first imaging apparatus and a positron emission tomography apparatus, the body regions being prone to dementia. The method includes provision of first image data recorded using the first imaging apparatus; provision of second image data recorded using the positron emission tomography apparatus, the first image data and the second image data being recorded simultaneously or at short intervals of time consecutively; segmentation of the first image data in respect of body regions prone to dementia, a segmentation mask being generated to this end on the basis of the first image data; generation of results data, the results data including a selection of voxels in the second image data made using the segmentation mask; and display of the results data. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025372 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING HEPATIC FUNCTION FROM LIVER SCANS - Systems and methods described herein determine an objective metric for analyzing health of a patient's liver. In some embodiments, the system may include a scanner that can detect radiation counts responsive to administration of radioactive compound to a patient. Further, the system may include an image detection module that can access image data responsive to the detected radiation counts by the scanner. The image detection module can programmatically identify a first region of interest corresponding to a liver of the patient from the image data. A parameter calculator module can programmatically determine a first attribute associated with the first region of interest and calculate a first parameter indicating health of the liver of the patient based at least in part on the first attribute associated with the first region of interest. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025373 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMBINED PHOTOACOUSTIC AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS - A microbubble used as a contrast agent for ultrasound imaging burst due to high intensity of ultrasound, and the burst microbubble effectively acts as a contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging. Based on this point, a new apparatus and method for combined photoacoustic and ultrasound diagnosis are provided. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025374 | POWERHEAD OF A POWER INJECTION SYSTEM - A contrast media injection system includes detects the absolute position of the syringe ram using a non-contact sensor. A series of magnets and Hall-Effect sensors may be used or an opto-reflective system. Illuminated knobs that are connected to the drive mechanism for the syringe ram rotate with the drive and provide visual feedback on operation through the illumination. Analog Hall-Effect sensors are used to determine the presence or absence of magnets that identify the type of faceplate being used. The faceplates include control electronics, connected to the powerhead through connectors, which may be interchangeably used by the two faceplates. The faceplate electronics include detectors for automatically detecting the capacity of pre-filled syringes. Additional features include using historical data to provide optimum pressure limit values during an injection protocol, a removable memory device for storing and transferring information such as injection protocols and injector statistics, and password protection of such protocols. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025375 | INJECTOR SYSTEM - Multiple embodiments of contrast media injector systems ( | 2015-01-22 |
20150025376 | LIQUID INJECTOR FOR INJECTING CONTRAST MEDIUM AT VARIABLE RATE INTO A SUBJECT WHO IS TO BE IMAGED BY IMAGING DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A liquid injector registers the data of a variable pattern in which an injection rate of a contrast medium varies with time. The injection rate of the contrast medium varies with time according to the variable pattern for maintaining a state in which the image contrast achieved by the contrast medium approximates an optimum level. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025377 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE AND RADIOGRAPHY PROTECTION UNIT - A radiographic imaging device comprising an imaging platform that includes an imaging surface on which a breast of a test subject is to be rested; a radiation irradiation section disposed to face the imaging surface and irradiates radiation at the imaging surface; a main radiation protection portion that is disposed at the side of a region between the radiation irradiation section and the imaging surface and that is adapted to protect the test subject from the radiation; and an auxiliary radiation protection portion disposed at a side portion of the main radiation protection portion, and that is movable between a protecting position, at which the auxiliary radiation protection portion is adapted to protect the test subject, and a non-protecting position, at which the auxiliary radiation protection portion is withdrawn from the protecting position. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025378 | ULTRASOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, ULTRASOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Preceding decoders each convolve a corresponding one of a plurality of transducer elements constituting a transducer element array of an ultrasound probe with an impulse response waveform, while varying a filter coefficient corresponding to time side lobes for each transmission event. A succeeding decoder stores, in a memory, a reception beam signal that is output from a reception beam former. When a new reception beam signal is output, the succeeding decoder performs delay-and-sum on the new reception beam signal and the reception beam signal, which has been output immediately before the new reception beam signal and is stored in the memory. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025379 | DIAGNOSTIC CATHETER USING A VACUUM FOR TISSUE POSITIONING - A diagnostic catheter and method of use for analyzing tissue is provided. A method for analyzing tissue in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention includes inserting a catheter having a sensor at its distal end into the body of a patient, applying suction through the catheter to secure the tissue to the catheter and then analyzing the tissue with the sensor. An apparatus for analyzing tissue within the body of a patient in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention is also provided. This alternative embodiment includes a catheter having a first end and a second end, the first end having an orifice and a sensor, the catheter also having a lumen. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025380 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a transmitting and receiving unit, a detecting unit, and a chart display unit. The transmitting and receiving unit transmits an ultrasound pulse to a subject and receives an echo signal from the subject. The detecting unit detects thrombi that are present in the blood of the subject from the echo signal and generates numerical value information that quantifies a thrombus detection result. The chart display unit displays a chart indicating the thrombus detection result on a display unit, on the basis of the numerical value information. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025381 | ENDOVENTRICULAR INJECTION CATHETER SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CAPABILITIES - Methods of providing image-guided transendocardial injection of a therapeutic agent into a left ventricular wall of a heart. Some methods enable injections into heart tissue under visualization. The methods may include providing an endoventricular injection catheter having integrated echocardiographic capability. The endoventricular injection catheter may have an imaging core and an injection system carried on the elongated body with the imaging core. The method may include positioning the endoventricular injection catheter into the left ventricle of the heart, which inserts the imaging core into the heart. The method may also include transmitting ultrasonic energy via the imaging core, receiving reflected ultrasonic energy at the distal end, visualizing the left ventricular wall of the heart using the imaging core, identifying infarct regions of the left ventricle, and injecting a therapeutic agent into the visualized infarcted regions of the left ventricle using the injection system. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025382 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ULTRASOUND IMAGE - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound image producer which produces an ultrasound image from reception data based on a predetermined set sound speed, a reception data image producer which produces a reception data image representing a luminance image of an ultrasonic echo wavefront from the reception data corresponding to a predetermined range on at least one scan line in the ultrasound image, a sound speed determination unit configured to determine an optimum sound speed based on ultrasound images respectively produced by the ultrasound image producer while changing the predetermined set sound speed, and a controller which makes an ultrasound image for diagnosis produced by the ultrasound image producer and the reception data image produced by the reception data image producer be displayed simultaneously on a display unit based on the optimum sound speed determined by the sound speed determination unit. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025383 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein are an ultrasonic imaging apparatus which is capable of accurately and quickly estimating a Point Spread Function (PSF) is usable for restoring ultrasonic images, and a control method which is executable by the ultrasonic imaging apparatus. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes: a probe; a receive beamformer configured to beamform an ultrasonic signal and to output the beamformed ultrasonic signal; a Point Spread Function (PSF) database configured to store a PSF which is acquired based on a situational variable, and a phase parameter which is determined based on the situational variable, for the beamformed ultrasonic signal; and an image generator configured to select the PSF and the phase parameter from the PSF database based on the beamformed ultrasonic signal, and to perform deconvolution using an estimated PSF based on the selected PSF and the selected phase parameter in order to generate an image. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025384 | ULTRASOUND MEDICAL APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - In embodiments of an ultrasound medical apparatus, main body part includes ultrasound transducer and is inserted into lumen of subject. First and second blocking parts are inserted into lumen and capable of substantially occluding lumen by changing dimensions. First blocking part is arranged at the opposite side to insertion opening across main body part, and is provided, on surface of insertion opening side, with shieldable opening. Second blocking part is arranged at insertion opening side across main body part, and is provided with path penetrating itself. Fluid supplying part supplies fluid in a state in which its tip part is arranged inside first blocking part through opening to enlarge dimension, and supplies fluid in a state in which tip part is arranged in path to enlarge dimension of second blocking part. Liquid supplying part supplies liquid into space between first and second blocking parts. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025385 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE - According to a method of adaptive signal processing, compensation for deterioration of image quality caused by wavefront distortion is provided in an ultrasound imaging apparatus, with a low computing amount and with a precision. The elements | 2015-01-22 |
20150025386 | PORTABLE DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND APPARATUS - In order to provide technology for limiting the deterioration of hardware in a portable diagnostic ultrasound apparatus without increasing user workload, internal processing of the portable diagnostic ultrasound apparatus is controlled according to the opening or closing of the cover case in which the monitor is disposed. In particular, when the cover case is closed, not only is output of ultrasonic waves stopped but processing that is being executed inside the apparatus is appropriately terminated and the power is turned off. When so doing, processing that is being executed is interrupted and cancelled and processing that is waiting to be executed is cancelled. The cancelled information is stored in a storage device. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025387 | EFFICIENT ARCHITECTURE FOR 3D AND PLANAR ULTRASONIC IMAGING-SYNTHETIC AXIAL ACQUISITION AND METHOD THEREOF - An improved device and method for collecting data used for ultrasonic imaging. The data is gathered over numerous transmit and echo receive cycles, or iterations and combined into a synthetic acquisition representing a complete echo characteristic acquisition. At each iteration, only a portion, or subset, of the echo characteristic is sampled and stored. During the iterations, the portion of the echo characteristic that is measured and sampled is varied by changing the relative sampling instants. That is, the time offset from the transmission to the respective sampling instant is varied. The sample sets representative of the entire echo characteristic are then compiled from the multiple subsets of the ultrasonic transmissions. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025388 | ULTRASOUND WAVEFORM TOMOGRAPHY WITH WAVE-ENERGY-BASED PRECONDITIONING - Synthetic-aperture ultrasound tomography systems and methods using scanning arrays and algorithms configured to simultaneously acquire ultrasound transmission and reflection data, and process the data using ultrasound waveform tomography with a wave-energy-based preconditioning method for improved ultrasound tomography imaging. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025389 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLIES - An ultrasound system is disclosed. The ultrasound system includes an ultrasound device. The ultrasound device includes a housing, a control panel coupled to the housing, and a receiver assembly coupled to the housing, wherein the receiver assembly includes a first contact surface. The ultrasound system further includes a transducer assembly having an ultrasound probe and a cartridge, wherein the cartridge includes a second contact surface. The cartridge is configured to be removably received in a slot of the receiver assembly such that the cartridge is movable between a removed position, in which the transducer assembly is not connected to the ultrasound device, and an engaged position, in which the cartridge is positioned in the slot and the first contact surface is electrically coupled to the second contact surface. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025390 | Ultrasound Transducer Connector - A reversible transducer connector allows the connector to be inserted within the receptacle in more than one orientation. The electrical connections between the receptacle and connector are reprogrammed based on the orientation. The connector is inserted in two or more stages, such as using zero-insertion or magnetic retention in a first stage to identify the connector and using an automated engagement to engage remaining channel connections in a second stage for use. Doors for protecting the connector and/or receptacle may be opened and/or closed magnetically. | 2015-01-22 |
20150025391 | Tissue Fluorescence Monitor With Ambient Light Rejection - Fluorescent markers used to identify a tissue may be imaged in a bright environment by synchronizing the imaging process with rapidly switched ambient lighting so that imaging occurs in phase with a switching off of the ambient lighting. In this way, valuable fluorescent imaging may be performed in an environment that appears to be brightly illuminated, for example in the area of a surgical suite. | 2015-01-22 |