07th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110040136 | ELIMINATION OF CHLORINE COMPOUNDS FROM HYDROCARBON CUTS - The invention concerns a process for purification by elimination of chlorine in the form of hydrogen chloride and organochlorine compounds by contacting in the presence of hydrogen of at least a part of the effluent from a reforming, aromatics production, dehydrogenation, isomerisation or hydrogenation zone, said part of the effluent comprising olefins, hydrogen chloride and organochlorine compounds, on an elimination zone comprising a chain arrangement of two masses, the first mass being a mass comprising at least one metal from group VIII deposited on a mineral carrier and the second mass being a hydrogen chloride adsorbent. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040137 | Automated mechanical cleaning method for radioactively contaminated metal - A rotary-drum mechanical surface decontamination method for radioactively contaminated metal first places a feed chute fully loaded with radioactively contaminated metal on a hydraulic lift platform of a dual-chain roller conveyor and then moves the feed chute to a hydraulic cover-opening machine for positioning, and then uses a hydraulic cover-opening machine to open the cover of the feed chute, while non-covered feed chute will advance further to the post on a feed hopper of a drum spray washer, and then drop the workpieces into a conical drum for rotary multi-angular spray washing. The decontaminated metal waste is transferred by a vibrating discharger onto a conveyor and then into a discharge tank, and to the hydraulic cover-opening machine by a dual-chain roller conveyor, and to the hydraulic lift platform to complete the decontamination process. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040138 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING INFECTIOUS WASTE MATTER - A system and method is provided for producing a safely disposable end product from waste matter containing undesirable materials, such as infectious, biohazardous, hazardous, or radioactive elements. The method comprises the steps of providing a highly alkaline solvent, immersing the waste matter containing the undesirable materials within the highly alkaline solvent, and heating the solvent. The waste matter containing the undesirable materials is allowed to remain within the solvent until digested, thereby forming a solution void of any infectious or biohazardous elements and/or containing a decreased concentration of radioisotope. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040139 | SOFT BODY CATHETER WITH LOW FRICTION LUMEN - An elongated catheter device for irradiating tissue surrounding a body site within a patient includes a treatment location on a distal portion of the elongated catheter device. An elongated flexible shaft is formed at least in part of a low durometer polymeric material and has at least one radiation lumen extending within a portion of the elongated flexible shaft formed of the low durometer polymeric material to the treatment location and is configured to receive a radiation source. A deposited coating of a high durometer polymeric material and a starch particulate is located on a lumen surface of the at least one radiation lumen to provide improved frictional characteristics in the at least one radiation lumen. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040140 | Apparatus Comprising a Drive Cable for a Medical Device - An article comprising a drive cable suitable for high-speed operation in an anatomy having small-radii bends is disclosed. The drive cables disclosed herein include one or more physical adaptations that enable them to be “tuned” to avoid large amplitude vibrations during operation. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040141 | CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR TUBULAR ORGANS - In one embodiment, a surgically implantable adjustable ring comprises a ring body, which includes a closure system having first and second end parts. The ring body is designed to be closed around a tubular organ by the closure system, constricting the tubular organ by forming a loop. The first end part is shaped like a sleeve having a first and second end portions, and is designed to receive the second end part of the ring. The sleeve is substantially perpendicular to the main direction of the first end part of the ring, and the second end part of the ring includes a locking protrusion adapted to hold the sleeve in position, securing the ring in a closed position by engaging the locking protrusion in an opening disposed on the sleeve. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040144 | Method and apparatus for weight control by olfactory nerve ablation - Methods and apparatus are described for diet and weight loss control by altering the senses of smell and taste. Olfactory nerves are ablated in a localized area at the top of the nasal cavity, resulting in a loss of smell, which also decreases the sense of taste and results in a reduced appetite, enabling a patient to eat less and lose weight. After several months the nerves begin to regenerate, and the sense of smell and taste return, although a repeat ablation can be performed if necessary, such as if new dietary habits have not yet been firmly established. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040145 | SURGICAL ADAPTER - A surgical system is provided that includes a device body that has a working channel providing a pathway for an instrument, an extension adjuster engaged with the device body, the extension adjuster also including a stop. The stop is disposed a predetermined distance from the working channel such that the stop and the distal end of the working channel cooperate to define an effective working channel length. The instrument may be inserted through the working channel and protrude outwardly from the distal end of the working channel. The extent of the protrusion is limited by the effective working channel length whereby the stop prevents further insertion of the instrument. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040146 | Method and Apparatus for Tubal Occlusion - Disclosed herein is a device adapted for occluding the ovarian pathway of a female body for sterilization purposes. The device delivers RF energy to wound tissue at a desired location within at least one fallopian tube and implants a porous foam plug adjacent to the wounded tissue at said location. Depending on the plug's pore sizes, vascularized tissue may grow into the plug to prevent or discourage the formation of scar tissue around the plug and/or a vascularized capsule may form around the plug, which limits the patient's foreign body response so that the capsule does not constrict around the plug. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040147 | ELECTROSPRAYING DEVICES AND METHODS - An electrospray head for use in an electro-spraying apparatus comprises a body with an internal surface defining a conduit having an inlet for receiving a fluid to be sprayed and an outlet for emitting the fluid. A movable wall forms a part of the internal surface defining the conduit, the movable wall being arranged to constrict or dilate the conduit upon operation of the actuator. The movable wall can thus control the delivery of fluid through the outlet from the conduit. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040148 | Permanently sealed length compensation for endoscope shafts - An endoscope with an instrument housing and with a shaft that is mounted on the distal end of the instrument housing and consists of an outer tube and an inner tube that is mounted at least partly in the outer tube, so that the outer tube and the inner tube are mounted on the instrument housing so that they can move with respect to one another in the axial direction of the shaft. To provide an endoscope that ensures a constantly fluid-tight relative motion of the two shaft tubes with respect to one another, it is proposed with the invention that the outer tube and inner tube should be mounted on the instrument housing so that they are mobile with respect to one another in the axial direction of the shaft by means of at least one flexible membrane. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040149 | OBTURATOR ASSEMBLY - An optical obturator for penetrating tissue includes an outer member defining a longitudinal axis and having proximal and distal ends, a leading member disposed adjacent the distal end of the outer member and having an optical window adapted to permit passage of light therethrough for detection by a clinician, and a penetrating member mounted adjacent the leading member and having a penetrating surface adapted to facilitate penetrating of tissue. The leading member is adapted for longitudinal movement between a first longitudinal position and a second longitudinal position. The penetrating surface of the penetrating member is at least partially exposed upon movement of the leading member from the first longitudinal position to the second longitudinal position. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040150 | ROBOTIC DRIVE FOR CATHETER - Apparatus for controlling a steerable invasive probe having a handle. The apparatus includes a platform and a jig, which is mounted on the platform and is configured to receive the handle. The jig includes at least a first gear that is positioned and shaped to rotate the handle about an axis of the probe and a second gear that is positioned and shaped to operate a control on the handle for deflecting a tip of the probe. A drive module includes one or more motors. A transmission is coupled to the drive module and to the jig so as to controllably rotate at least the first and second gears and to translate the platform along a direction parallel to the axis in order to advance and retract the probe. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040151 | POSITIONING CLIP - A positioning clip to position an inner tube in an outer tube of an endoscope includes at least one inner support surface to support the positioning clip on the inner tube, at least one outer support surface to support the positioning clip on the outer tube, and a clamping device to clamp the positioning clip on the inner tube or on the outer tube. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040152 | SURGICAL RETRACTOR - Provided is a surgical retractor capable of preventing an organ of a human body from being damaged when the organ of the human body positioned over a surgical area in the human body is lifted up. The surgical retractor includes a support body including a plurality of support members that are inserted below an organ of a human body which is positioned over a surgical area in the body of a patient to lift the organ of the human body in an upward direction, the plurality of support members being fastened to a joint, and a protective film member joined to the support body to cover a region between the support members, and configured to enclose and protect a lower surface of the organ of the human body. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040153 | DEPLOYABLE JAWS RETRACTION DEVICE - A deployable jaws retraction device is provided for retracting a body organ away from an operative site without occupying an incision or surgical access port during the surgical procedure. The deployable jaws retraction device includes a jaw assembly having two or more jaws joined at one end and a retention device to maintain the jaws of the closed condition about a target body organ. The deployable jaws retraction device additionally includes an anchoring assembly for securing the jaw assembly and body organ away from the operative site during the surgical procedure. The anchoring assembly includes a needle having a tissue penetrating tip and a length of suture material connecting the needle to the jaw assembly. There is also provided an applicator instrument for applying the deployable jaws retraction device onto a target body organ. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040154 | Customizable, self holding, space retracting arthroscopic/endoscopic cannula system - The present invention is directed to a device including an inner cannula having one or more wings or leaflets attached to one end thereof The wings or leaflets can be cut to length or shaped to facilitate holding the operative field open for optimal visualization and the use of surgical instruments. A shorter, outer cannula is fitted over the inner cannula and a flange attached to the outer cannula is moved from a closed position in which the wings are covered by the inner surface of the cannula or to an open, deployed position in which the wings are opened. The outer cannula may be textured or shaped to aid in holding the desired position. The device also includes a dam or barrier at the end or other convenient location in the inner cannula to control the flow of air or fluids in the cannula as to make it useful in arthroscopic or endoscopic surgery of all types. The wings or leaflets can have mating tapered tips that joint into a single tip when closed or an optional trocar to ease insertion into the desired body cavity. The design allows for manufacture at almost any size to make the device useful in the widest of surgical applications and in all joint or body cavities large or small. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040155 | MULTIPLE SENSORY CHANNEL APPROACH FOR TRANSLATING HUMAN EMOTIONS IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Sensory inputs of a user can be received by a computing device. At least one of the sensory inputs can include a physiological input providing a physiological measurement from a body of the user. Each sensory input can be processed in a unique one of a set of standards-defined sensory channels, each corresponding to a specific emotion dimension. Processing the sensory inputs can transform the physiological measurement into an emotion dimension value. The emotion dimension values from each of the sensory channels can be aggregated to generate at least one emotion datum value, which is a standards-defined value for an emotional characteristic of the user. Historical data for a user can be optionally collected and used by a learning and calibration component to improve the accuracy of the generated emotion datum values for a specific individual. A programmatic action driven by the emotion datum value can be performed. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040156 | Aviation physiological health monitoring system and method - The present invention relates to an aircraft cockpit with health monitoring system and method that is designed to enable an occupant (e.g. a pilot) and/or a ground station to monitor the physical condition of the occupant during a flight. The health monitoring system and method comprises a sensor such as a pulse oximetry sensor in predetermined location to an occupant seat (e.g. an aircraft cockpit seat), within the field of reach of a person seated in the seat. The sensor is supported in the predetermined location in a stable manner that provides sufficient reaction to insertion of a finger to enable insertion of a finger in the sensor while the person is in a seated position, and the sensor is in communication with a control box that processes data from the sensor, and presents the data, e.g. at a the multi functional display in an aircraft cockpit. During a flight, a pilot seated in the aircraft cockpit seat will be prompted to insert a finger into the pulse oximetry sensor to produce output at the multi functional display, and the prompts are based on the sensed altitude of the aircraft and the time at that sensed altitude. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040158 | PATIENT MONITORING AND DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - Disclosed is a patient monitoring and drug delivery system and associated methods for use during diagnostic, surgical or other medical procedures. The functionality of the invention enables many time consuming and laborious activities to be minimized or moved to a part in the procedure where time is not as critical. The invention is capable of increasing practice efficiency in patient care facilities through system architecture and design into two separate units. A patient unit receives input signals from patient monitoring connections and outputs the signals to a procedure unit. The procedure unit is operational during the medical procedure and controls the delivery of drugs to the patient. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040159 | Implantable Medical Device With Antenna - An implantable medical device for use in a patient management system is described including a housing, a first communications unit, and a second communications unit. The first communications unit can establish a first communications link within short range telemetry communication range of an external local device. The second communications unit can establish a second communications link over a pervasive wireless communications network with a remote computer. A pervasive wireless communications network can include a cell phone network. The device further includes an antenna that is configured to be operatively connected to both the first and second communications units. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040160 | ANALYSIS DEVICE HAVING A DISCARDING MECHANISM - An analyzing device which fits an analyzing instrument | 2011-02-17 |
20110040161 | Device for generating a detectable signal based upon concentration of at least one substance - Utilization of a contact device placed on the eye in order to detect physical and chemical parameters of the body as well as the non-invasive delivery of compounds according to these physical and chemical parameters, with signals being transmitted continuously as electromagnetic waves, radio waves, infrared and the like. One of the parameters to be detected includes non-invasive blood analysis utilizing chemical changes and chemical products that are found in the conjunctiva and in the tear film. A transensor mounted in the contact device laying on the cornea or the surface of the eye is capable of evaluating and measuring physical and chemical parameters in the eye including non-invasive blood analysis. The system utilizes eye lid motion and/or closure of the eye lid to activate a microminiature radio frequency sensitive transensor mounted in the contact device. The signal can be communicated by wires or radio telemetered to an externally placed receiver. The signal can then be processed, analyzed and stored. Several parameters can be detected including a complete non-invasive analysis of blood components, measurement of systemic and ocular blood flow, measurement of heart rate and respiratory rate, tracking operations, detection of ovulation, detection of radiation and drug effects, diagnosis of ocular and systemic disorders and the like. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040162 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING A CONDUCTIVE-FLUID DETECTOR FOR A CATHETER-BASED MEDICAL DEVICE - A catheter-based medical device includes a catheter that is configured and arranged for at least partial insertion into a patient and that defines at least one lumen that is configured and arranged to receive a first fluid. A conductive-fluid detector is coupled to the at least one lumen and is configured and arranged to detect when a second fluid is disposed within the at least one lumen that is more conductive than the first fluid. The conductive-fluid detector includes a plurality of axially-positioned bodies, each body defining a lumen. The lumens of the axially-positioned bodies are aligned to form a shared lumen in fluid communication with the at least one lumen of the catheter. Spaced apart electrodes are disposed within the shared lumen. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040163 | ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY ENABLED CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING SENSOR SYSTEMS - The use of electrical impedance spectroscopy to adjust calibration settings in an in vivo monitoring system, such as an in vivo continuous glucose monitoring sensor. The adjustments can compensate for the condition of the sensor membrane in vivo. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040164 | Analyte Sensor Ports - The present disclosure provides a contamination resistant sensor port which includes one or more sealing members positioned so as to limit and/or prevent internal contamination of the sensor port with fluids and/or particles present in the environment outside the sensor port. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040165 | INTEGRATED CARTRIDGE AND TUB ASSEMBLY - An assembly for storing and dispensing a plurality of integrated lancet and test strips for use in a testing meter is provided. The assembly comprises a cartridge portion for housing a plurality of integrated lancet and test strips, and a tub portion coupled to the cartridge portion and providing a surface for advancing a single integrated lancet and test strip for use in the testing meter. A system is also provided which includes the assembly and a meter for determining an analyte concentration. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040166 | EXTRACTING KIT, EXTRACTING DEVICE, AND EXTRACTING METHOD - An extracting kits for extracting analyte through the skin of a living body are disclosed that comprises an inserting device comprising needles for forming a plurality of extraction holes in the skin through the stratum corneum but not reaching the subcutaneous tissue and an extracting device for extracting the analyte into a liquid supplied into the extraction holes by supplying the liquid into the plurality of extraction holes. An extracting device and extracting method are also described. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040167 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING MEDICAL ABLATION SYSTEMS AND HAVING MAPPING CATHETERS WITH IMPROVED ANCHORING ABILITY - A mapping catheter includes an elongated body for inserting into patient vasculature. A distal end of the elongated body includes a distal portion that includes a plurality of electrodes, a proximal portion disposed proximal to the distal portion, and a reduced-dimension portion disposed between the proximal and distal portions. The distal end is formed, at least in part, from a memory shape material that bends into a preformed shape upon release from a confined space. The preformed shape includes a first loop formed, at least in part, by the distal portion. The first loop is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the proximal portion. The reduced-dimension portion is configured and arranged to bend such that the reduced-dimension section advances distally through the first loop when the first loop is held in a fixed position and a force is applied distally along the longitudinal axis of the proximal portion. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040168 | System and Method for Predicting Future Fractures - A method of predicting bone or articular disease in a subject includes determining one or more micro-structural parameters, one or more macroanatomical parameters or biomechanical parameters of a joint in the subject and combining at least two of the parameters to predict the risk of bone or articular disease. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040169 | INTEGRATION OF MICRO AND MACRO INFORMATION FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGING - Macroscopic imaging data, such as from a CT, MR, PET, or SPECT scanner, is obtained. Microscopic imaging data of at least a portion of the same tissue is obtained. To align the microscopic imaging data with the macroscopic imaging data, intermediate data is also obtained. For example, photographic data is acquired at an intermediary stage of a process of preparing tissue for microscopic scan. The macroscopic and microscopic data are registered to the intermediary photographic data. Once registered to the intermediary data, the spatial relationship between the macroscopic and microscopic data is known and may be used for imaging or quantification. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040170 | ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE - The invention provides an endoscopic imaging photodynamic therapy system (EIPS) for focused tissue ablation by illumination of a photosensitizer drug in a target tissue, said system comprising an endoscopic assembly, a real-time imaging component for locating the target tissue and monitoring the ablation intervention, a therapeutic light system and, optionally, a drug delivery module, wherein said imaging component comprises a flexible transducer with an operative channel for insertion of a flexible light guide of the therapeutic light system and, optionally, a flexible drug delivery catheter of the drug delivery module. This EIPS may be used in various medical applications where tissue ablation is required and photodynamic therapy may be applied, in particular, in the treatment of extrauterine pregnancy (EUP). | 2011-02-17 |
20110040171 | IMAGE GUIDED HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TREATMENT OF NERVES - A method for using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to treat neurological structures to achieve a desired therapeutic effect. Depending on the dosage of HIFU applied, it can have a reversible or irreversible effect on neural structures. For example, a relatively high dose of HIFU can be used to permanently block nerve function, to provide a non-invasive alternative to severing a nerve to treat severe spasticity. Relatively lower doses of HIFU can be used to reversibly block nerve function, to alleviate pain, to achieve an anesthetic effect, or to achieve a cosmetic effect. Where sensory nerves are not necessary for voluntary function, but are involved in pain associated with tumors or bone cancer, HIFU can be used to non-invasively destroy such sensory nerves to alleviate pain without drugs. Preferably, ultrasound imaging synchronized to the HIFU therapy is used to provide real-time ultrasound image guided HIFU therapy of neural structures. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040172 | MEDICAL SYSTEM COMPRISING A PERCUTANEOUS PROBE - The percutaneous probe, made in MRI-compatible materials, comprises: a body percutaneously inserted into the tissue of a patient's body organ ( | 2011-02-17 |
20110040173 | Imaging Agents For Use In Magnetic Resonance Blood Flow/Perfusion Imaging - In one aspect, a method of imaging blood flow in a region of interest of a subject using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is provided. The method includes introducing an imaging agent into the subject, the imaging agent including a compound having at least one hyperpolarized nucleus having a T | 2011-02-17 |
20110040174 | HEAD COIL FOR A MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS WITH INTERCHANGEABLE OPERATING ELEMENTS - An assembly for mounting and unmounting a surface coil of a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus includes an upper part, a lower part, a locking element to fix the upper part and the lower part to one another, and contact elements at the upper part and at the lower part. The contact elements at the upper part can be brought into an electrically conductive connection with contact elements at the lower part and the upper part and the lower part can be fixed to one another by a movement of the locking element. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040175 | Method and Apparatus for Volumetric Image Navigation - A surgical navigation system has a computer with a memory and display connected to a surgical instrument or pointer and position tracking system, so that the location and orientation of the pointer are tracked in real time and conveyed to the computer. The computer memory is loaded with data from an MRI, CT, or other volumetric scan of a patient, and this data is utilized to dynamically display 3-dimensional perspective images in real time of the patient's anatomy from the viewpoint of the pointer. The images are segmented and displayed in color to highlight selected anatomical features and to allow the viewer to see beyond obscuring surfaces and structures. The displayed image tracks the movement of the instrument during surgical procedures. The instrument may include an imaging device such as an endoscope or ultrasound transducer, and the system displays also the image for this device from the same viewpoint, and enables the two images to be fused so that a combined image is displayed. The system is adapted for easy and convenient operating room use during surgical procedures. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040176 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NEAR-FIELD DUAL-WAVE MODALITY IMAGING - A method of near-field imaging of a region of interest includes emitting an input of near-field electromagnetic radiofrequency energy from a near-field source device into the region of interest, detecting a mechanical wave response generated in the region of interest in response to the near-field electromagnetic energy input using a detector device, and providing image data representing an image of the region of interest based on the mechanical wave response. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040177 | AUTOMATED VESSEL REPAIR SYSTEM, DEVICES AND METHODS - Systems, devices and automated methods for minimally invasive surgery. A device is fabricated of bio-compatible semiconductor elements, and can be assembled, delivered, navigated and implanted by automated methods, using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) technology. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040178 | METHOD FOR 3-D DATA COLLECTION WITH A BIPLANE C-ARM SYSTEM WITH BIPLANE ACQUISITION MULTIPLEXING - A method for collecting three-dimensional data of an object from a series of projection images recorded by a biplane C-arm system is provided. A cardiac activity is recorded. The cardiac frequency and a start cardiac phase are determined for calculating parameters of the C-arm planes. The C-arm planes are set with the parameters and data is acquired in the start cardiac phase. The C-arm planes are uniformly rotated at a same speed in a forward motion over an angular area and record data at different angular areas at different cardiac phases. Data is acquired in the start cardiac phase after termination of the forward motion. The C-arm planes are uniformly rotated at a same speed in a backward motion over an angular area and records data at different angular areas at different cardiac phases. The captured data are reconstructed after termination of the backward motion upon completed acquisition. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040179 | Adaptively Setting A Transmit Frequency In An Ultrasound System - Embodiments for adaptively setting a transmit frequency are disclosed. In one embodiment, by way of non-limiting example, an ultrasound system comprises: a storage unit for storing a mapping table including transmit (Tx) frequencies and scan conditions; and an ultrasound data acquisition unit in communication with the storage unit and being configured to retrieve a Tx frequency corresponding to a scan condition from the storage unit and form ultrasound signals having the retrieved Tx frequency. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040180 | Method and device for determining the position of a tangential plane on three extreme points of a body - In order to improve the computation of the position of the tangential plane in a method for determining the position of a tangential plane which rests tangentially on three non-collinear extreme points of structures of a body, in which one determines the position of the three extreme points approximately by using three starting points disposed in the locality of the structures and computes the tangential plane as being a plane passing through these three starting points, it is proposed that one investigates the structure of the body in the vicinity of the three extreme points using a navigated ultrasonic head which emits ultrasonic radiation in an investigation plane and displays the ultrasonic image of each investigated structure on a display screen, in that one overlays a line of intersection of the investigation plane and the tangential plane on the ultrasonic image in the display screen, in that, for each structure, one selects as an improved extreme point that point of the structure which is located in the investigation plane at the greatest or the least spacing from the line of intersection, and in that one computes an improved tangential plane as being a plane which passes through these three improved extreme points. A device for carrying out this method is disclosed in the patent. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040181 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT - An image processing device acquires an ultrasound B-mode image sequence and creates an evaluation function of a mode of the longitudinal sectional shape of the carotid artery rendered in a frame following the frame that has already been modeled, thereby optimizing the evaluation function. The image processing device estimates and models the position and shape of the longitudinal sectional shape of the carotid artery for the following frame based on the optimization result, and performs the same for the subsequent frames. The image processing device outputs a variation of the carotid artery diameter in response to heartbeats based on the modeling result. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040182 | Ultrasound System Having Variable Lookup Table And Method For Managing Variable Lookup Table - Disclosed is an ultrasound system including a variable lookup table. The ultrasound system includes the variable lookup table, a data acquiring unit to acquire ultrasound data, a lookup table generating unit to generate a variable lookup table according to the acquired ultrasound data, a three-dimensional (3D) rendering unit to perform 3D rendering with reference to the generated variable lookup table, and a display unit to display the 3D rendering result. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040183 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is configured as follows. Namely, the apparatus includes a first unit configured to generate a first transmission wave for acquisition of a first image with a higher priority on sensitivity than on resolution, a second unit configured to generate a second transmission wave for acquisition of a second image with a higher priority on resolution than on sensitivity, an analysis unit configured to perform multiresolution analysis based on predetermined transform processing on the first image and the second image, a filter unit configured to perform predetermined filter operation for corresponding coefficients of the first image and the second image for each coefficient of each resolution acquired by the analysis unit, and an inverse transform unit configured to generate a composite image of the first image and the second image by performing inverse transform processing of transform processing by the analysis unit. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040184 | METHOD FOR MONITORING OF MEDICAL TREATMENT USING PULSE-ECHO ULTRASOUND - A method for ultrasound imaging of anatomical tissue. A first signal is received from a first imaging ultrasound wave which has been reflected from a location in the anatomical tissue during a first time period. A second signal is received from a second imaging ultrasound wave which has been reflected from the location in the anatomical tissue during a later second time period, following a discrete medical treatment. The second signal is subtracted from the first signal to form a difference signal. The difference signal may be scaled, spatially filtered, then used to generate an indication, the indication showing the effect of the medical treatment in the location in the anatomical tissue. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040185 | REFERENCE DEFORMABLE BODY, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - A reference deformable body the type of which can be identified, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus enabling identification of the type of the reference deformable body, and an ultrasonic diagnostic method are provided. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040186 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - The present invention is made to accurately detect an absolute pressure even when a contact property between an elastic coupler and a body surface of an object is poor. An elastic coupler | 2011-02-17 |
20110040187 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - The invention was made to simplify the operation relating to the detection of an absolute pressure applied to a test body by an ultrasonic probe and thereby to enhance usability. The fact that an elastic coupler has been attached to the ultrasonic wave transmitter/receiver surface and the fact that the elastic coupler is in an initial state with no pressure are detected (S | 2011-02-17 |
20110040188 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING - Some embodiments include acquisition of color Doppler data, and detection of one or more transitions of the color Doppler data, each of the one or more transitions being between a first area representing flow velocity in a first direction and a second area representing flow velocity not in the first direction. A normalized energy function across one or more of the one or more transitions is calculated, a configuration of flow areas within the color Doppler data is determined, and aliasing corrections for the color Doppler data are determined based on the normalized energy functions and the configuration of flow areas. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040189 | COLLAPSED MODE OPERABLE CMUT INCLUDING CONTOURED SUBSTRATE - A capacitive ultrasound transducer capable of operation in collapsed mode either with a reduced bias voltage, or with no bias voltage, is provided. The transducer includes a substrate that is contoured so that a middle region of the flexible membrane is collapsed against the substrate in the absence of a bias voltage. A non-collapsible gap may exists between the substrate and peripheral regions of the flexible membrane. The contour of the substrate may be such as to strain the flexible membrane past the point of collapse, or to mechanically interfere with the flexible membrane. The substrate may include a further membrane disposed beneath the flexible membrane, the further membrane being contoured so that the flexible membrane is collapsed against it. The substrate may a support disposed beneath the further membrane to deflect a corresponding portion of the further membrane upward toward the flexible membrane. The support may be a post. The transducer may be operated in collapse mode with an improved efficiency (k | 2011-02-17 |
20110040190 | Disposable Acoustic Coupling Medium Container - A medical imaging and therapy device is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the device is that it can acoustically couple an ultrasound therapy transducer to a patient. In some embodiments, the medical imaging and therapy device is configured to conform to the anatomy of a patient's perineal area to acoustically couple an ultrasound therapy transducer to the patient for treatment of BPH. The medical imaging and therapy device can be used in therapeutic applications such as Histotripsy, Lithotripsy, and HIFU, for example. Methods associated with use of the medical imaging and therapy device are also covered. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040191 | STRESS DETECTION DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Described herein are stress detection systems and methods of using such systems. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040192 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR IMAGING AND ANALYSIS FOR MOLE EVOLUTION TRACKING - A mole monitoring system including: (a) a calibration fixture including an illuminator that is operational to illuminate a skin area that includes a mole; (b) a digital camera operational to acquire at least one image of a body area that is included in the illuminated skin area and which includes the mole and its environment; and (c) a processor operational to analyze the at least one image of the mole and to determine values for parameters of the mole. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040193 | FITNESS TEST - This document describes a fitness test application which allows the user to exercise freely (running and cycling outdoors, bicycle ergometer, rowing ergometer, treadmill) and which provides an estimate of user's fitness during and/or after the exercise. The analysis can be performed either as real-time or as post-analysis. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040194 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING CARDIAC PARAMETERS - The present invention explains a method and system for providing all the relevant cardiac parameters in real time and in a fast manner, which are required for the cardiac analysis. The invention involves determining a first area and a second area, the first area under a waveform representing an aortic pressure, and extends between an onset of the systole and the end of the systole and the second area extends between a waveform representing a left ventricle pressure and a waveform adapted to represent the left atrium pressure of the same systole. The method further involves presenting a functional relationship between the first area and the second area on the one hand side and the cardiac parameters on the other hand side and then finally determining the cardiac parameters based on the first area and the second area by using the representation of the functional relationship. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040195 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE THE END OF THE SYSTOLIC PART OF A PRESSURE CURVE - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining the systolic phase interval (SP) of an arterial pressure curve with a starting point (t | 2011-02-17 |
20110040196 | BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR - A blood pressure monitor for measuring a blood pressure of a human body includes a main body, a connecting mechanism, and a sensing unit. The main body surrounds the human body and has a first end portion and a second end portion. The connecting mechanism connects the first end portion with the second end portion at a first position or a second position. When the first end portion and the second end portion are connected at the first position, the human body surrounded thereby has a first circumference, and when the first end portion and the second end portion are connected at the second position, the human body surrounded thereby has a second circumference. The sensing unit, disposed on the body, detects the first position or the second position to determine the first circumference or the second circumference respectively. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040197 | WIRELESS PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM - A device for obtaining physiological information of a medical patient can include a blood pressure device that can be coupled to a medical patient and a wireless transmitter electrically coupled with the blood pressure device. The wireless transmitter can wirelessly transmit blood pressure data received by the blood pressure device and physiological data received from one or more physiological sensors coupled to the blood pressure device. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040198 | Invasive Cardiology Digital Signal Amplifier and Acquisition Device - The digital signal amplifier and acquisition system includes at least one catheter input module (CIM) configured to receive, route and digitize incoming analog cardiac signals from a number of catheters, as well as outgoing stimulator pulses. A plurality of CIMs are mechanically stacked and electrically daisy-chained and coupled with a mounting. The mounting platter is clamped to the bedrail and provides a single digital output cable to the base. The system also includes an acquisition device and the aforementioned base, which is configured to collect, filter and distribute the acquired data. Lastly an analog output module receives filtered digital signals from the base and is configured to reconstruct analog representations of such filtered digital signals for outside devices. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040199 | Heart rate correction system and methods for the detection of cardiac events - A device for detecting a cardiac event is disclosed. Detection of an event is based on a test applied to a parameter whose value varies according to heart rate. Both the parameter value and heart rate (RR interval) are filtered with an exponential average filter. From these filtered values, the average change in the parameter and the RR interval are also computed with an exponential average filter. Before computing the average change in the parameter, large changes in the parameter over short times, which may be caused by body position shifts, are attenuated are removed, so that the average change represents an average of small/smooth changes in the parameter's value that are characteristic of acute ischemia, one of the cardiac events that may be detected. The test to detect the cardiac event depends on the heart rate, the difference between the parameter's value and its upper and lower normal values, and its average change over time, adjusted for heart rate changes. The upper and lower normal parameter values as a function of heart rate are determined from long term stored data of the filtered RR values and parameter values. Hysteeresis related data and transitory deviations from normal (e.g. vasospasm related data) are excluded from the computation of normal upper and lower parameter bounds. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040200 | System and method for analyzing an electrocardiogram signal - A system for analyzing an ECG signal is provided. The system comprises an interface that receives an ECG waveform associated with heart beat cycle of a patient. The system includes signal processor that determines a first isoelectric portion lying between a T-wave of a first heart beat cycle and a P-wave of a successive heart beat cycle, and a second isoelectric portion lying between a P-wave and a QRS complex of the first heart beat cycle. The signal processor determines a stability measure for each of said first and second portions and adaptively selects the first or the second portion as a baseline for the first heart beat cycle based on the stability measures. The signal processor determines a point of reference on an ST segment associated with the first heart beat cycle and evaluates a deviation of the point of reference on the ST segment from the selected baseline. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040201 | Periodic Disordered Breathing Detection - Systems and methods are directed to evaluating breathing disorders, such as periodic disordered breathing. A signal representative of patient respiration is developed, typically patient-internally. An envelope of the signal is provided. Periodicity of the envelope is detected, and presence and severity of periodic disordered breathing is determined based on the periodicity of the envelope. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040202 | SENSORY-EVOKED POTENTIAL (SEP) CLASSIFICATION/DETECTION IN THE TIME DOMAIN - Techniques are disclosed for sensory-evoked potential (SEPs, e.g., visual-evoked potentials) signal detection/classification by synchronizing EEG to the repeated presentation of sensory stimuli in the time domain. In some embodiments, a system receives a plurality of EEG signal samples, generates a stimulus-locked EEG and determines whether the plurality of EEG signal samples are evoked in response to a pattern of stimulus. In some embodiments, no prior knowledge about the update pattern (such as the flashing frequency of a visual stimulus) of the stimulus and no prior knowledge about an individual user's EEG pattern are required. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040203 | EVALUATION OF GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION USING PORTABLE ELECTROVISCEROGRAPHY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - Portable electroviscerography systems are provided. Aspects of the systems include a body-associated receiver and an ingestible identifier unit, both of which are configured to detect visceral electrical signals. The system communicates with an extra-corporeal data processor configured to receive data from the body-associated receiver and generate and electroviscerogram from the received data. Also provided are methods of producing electroviscerograms using systems of the present invention. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040204 | NEUROLOGICAL STIMULATION AND ANALYSIS - In one embodiment, a method for neurological interrogation and response analysis is provided. The method includes inducing, at the device, a non-optical excitation for a user. The device comprises a wearable device being worn by the user such that the non-optical excitation can be sensed. A response of a voluntary conscious movement is detected from the user. An outcome is analyzed based on the response and the non-optical excitation. An action can be performed in response to the analysis. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040205 | Treatment for Alleviating Tinnitus and Hyperacusis with Auditory Stimulation by Compensating for Hearing Loss and Loss of Non-Linear Compressions - An auditory stimulation treatment for alleviating tinnitus and hyperacusis by compensating for hearing loss and loss of non-linear compression. Natural auditory signals are delivered correcting for hearing loss and compressive non-linearity, both determined at separate frequency bands for the individual subject. This differs from existing treatment in that synthetic “masking” signals are not delivered, but rather the natural auditory input to the subject is modified. Consequently, the method is more akin to a conventional hearing aid. In contrast to conventional hearing aids, however, perception thresholds are specifically corrected and non-linear compression is matched to the specific hearing deficit of the user. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040206 | IN SITU OFFSET COMPENSATION FOR PRESSURE SENSORS - A pressure sensor having a substrate and a first, deformable membrane, partially supported by the substrate, which generates a first sensor reading when deformed by pressure. A second membrane is contiguous to the first membrane. When the second membrane is energized, it deforms the first membrane to alter the first sensor reading. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040207 | ANALYSIS DEVICE - This invention is regard to an analysis device that analyze a specific component in bodily fluid extracted from the skin using an analysis tool. The analysis device comprise a laser beam oscillation section that emits a laser beam for extracting the bodily fluid from the skin, and a detection mechanism that detects whether or not the analysis tool exists at a target position. The analysis device is adapted to emit the laser beam from the laser beam oscillation section when the analysis tool is detected by the detection mechanism. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040208 | INTEGRATED LANCET AND TEST STRIP AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - An integrated lancet and test strip for measuring an analyte level is provided. The test strip includes a protrusion at a sample receiving end of the test strip, and a notch at a body receiving end of the test strip. Further, a method of measuring an analyte level in a sample of bodily fluid using the integrated lancing and testing meter is also provided. Still further, a method of making a plurality of test strips for use in an integrated lancet and test strip is also provided. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040209 | BODY FLUID SAMPLING UNIT - A body fluid sampling unit includes a puncture device including a needle having a sharp needle point and a drive mechanism for operating the needle to puncture a living body surface with the needle point, a tip including an introducing section for introducing a body fluid flowing out from a puncture portion of the living body surface punctured with the needle point, a test paper for detecting a predetermined component in the body fluid, and a tip body mounted to a component measuring device for measuring the quantity and/or property of the predetermined component detected by the test paper; and a case including a mechanism containing section for containing the puncture mechanism so that the needle point of the puncture mechanism can be moved by the drive means, and a sampling implement containing section for containing the body fluid sampling implement so that the tip can be taken out. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040210 | LANCET-INTEGRATED SENSOR - A sensor and a lancet are integrated with each other. A thin strip-shaped sensor and a lancet are integrated so that the lancet moves in parallel, along a longitudinal direction of the sensor. A measuring device to which an integrated lancet and sensor is attached is provided with a function of driving the attached lancet. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040211 | ORAL-ESOPHAGEAL-GASTRIC DEVICE TO DIAGNOSE REFLUX AND/OR EMESIS - A system and method diagnoses esophageal reflux in a patient. A catheter includes a first pressure sensor configured to measure intra-abdominal pressure when the catheter is inserted into the stomach of a patient. A second pressure sensor is located proximal to the distal tip and configured to measure intra-thoracic pressure. A pH indicator is carried by the catheter body and configured to indicate that reflux has occurred in response to an involuntary reflex cough test. A processing device is configured to receive data regarding the first and second pressure sensors and regarding the pH indicator and process that data and assess if reflux is present during the involuntary epoch. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040212 | Ultrasonic Surgical Apparatus and Methods for Use Thereof - Ultrasound surgical apparatus are disclosed, including: medical ultrasound handpieces with proximally mounted ultrasound radiators configured to create a distally-focused beam of ultrasound energy, in combination with distal guide members for control of focal point depth; medical ultrasound handpieces with proximally mounted ultrasound radiators configured to create a distally-focused beam of ultrasound energy, in combination with distal rolling members for manipulability and control of focal point depth; medical ultrasound handpiece assemblies with coupled end effectors providing a probe with a probe dilation region configured to have an average outside diameter that is equal to or greater than the average outside diameter of a probe tip and neck; as well as junctions to an ultrasonically inactive probe sheath; medical ultrasound handpiece assemblies with coupled end effectors having positionable, ultrasonically inactive probe sheath ends slidably operable to both cover and expose at least a probe tip; and ultrasound transducer cores including a transducing structure affixed to a longitudinally elongated, generally planar, single crystal or polycrystalline material waveguide. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040213 | Ultrasonic Surgical Apparatus with Silicon Waveguide - Ultrasound surgical apparatus are disclosed, including: medical ultrasound handpieces with proximally mounted ultrasound radiators configured to create a distally-focused beam of ultrasound energy, in combination with distal guide members for control of focal point depth; medical ultrasound handpieces with proximally mounted ultrasound radiators configured to create a distally-focused beam of ultrasound energy, in combination with distal rolling members for manipulability and control of focal point depth; medical ultrasound handpiece assemblies with coupled end effectors providing a probe with a probe dilation region configured to have an average outside diameter that is equal to or greater than the average outside diameter of a probe tip and neck; as well as junctions to an ultrasonically inactive probe sheath; medical ultrasound handpiece assemblies with coupled end effectors having positionable, ultrasonically inactive probe sheath ends slidably operable to both cover and expose at least a probe tip; and ultrasound transducer cores including a transducing structure affixed to a longitudinally elongated, generally planar, single crystal or polycrystalline material waveguide. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040214 | IMAGE GUIDED HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TREATMENT OF NERVES - A method for using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to treat neurological structures to achieve a desired therapeutic effect. Depending on the dosage of HIFU applied, it can have a reversible or irreversible effect on neural structures. For example, a relatively high dose of HIFU can be used to permanently block nerve function, to provide a non-invasive alternative to severing a nerve to treat severe spasticity. Relatively lower doses of HIFU can be used to reversibly block nerve function, to alleviate pain, to achieve an anesthetic effect, or to achieve a cosmetic effect. Where sensory nerves are not necessary for voluntary function, but are involved in pain associated with tumors or bone cancer, HIFU can be used to non-invasively destroy such sensory nerves to alleviate pain without drugs. Preferably, ultrasound imaging synchronized to the HIFU therapy is used to provide real-time ultrasound image guided HIFU therapy of neural structures. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040215 | LEG MOVEMENT RAIL FOR THE REPETITIVE MOVEMENT OF THE KNEE AND HIP JOINT WITH ASSISTANCE FUNCTION FOR ACTIVE USE - A leg movement rail ( | 2011-02-17 |
20110040216 | Exoskeletons for running and walking - An exoskeleton worn by a human user consists of a rigid pelvic harness, worn about the waist of the user, and exoskeleton leg structures, each of which extends downwardly alongside one of the human user's legs. The leg structures include hip, knee, and ankle joints connected by adjustable length thigh and shin members. The hip joint that attaches the thigh structure to the pelvic harness includes a passive spring or an active actuator to assist in lifting the exoskeleton and the human user with respect to the ground surface upon which the user is walking and to propel the exoskeleton and human user forward. A controllable damper operatively arrests the movement of the knee joint at controllable times during the walking cycle and a spring located at the ankle and foot member stores and releases energy during walking. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040217 | OPTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF CHEST COMPRESSION DEPTH AND OTHER PARAMETERS DURING CPR - Embodiments of the present invention are related to a method and device for the determination and calculation of the depth of chest compressions during the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Embodiments use an optical sensor to monitor the distance that a victim's chest is displaced during each compression throughout the administration of CPR. The optical sensor is most commonly an image sensor such as a CMOS or CCD sensor, and more specifically a CMOS image sensor capable of three-dimensional imaging based on the time-of-flight principle. An infrared emitter may illuminate the victim's body and any visible piece of ground beside the victim. As the infrared light interacts with any surfaces it encounters, it is reflected and returns to the image sensor where the time of flight of the infrared light is calculated for every pixel in the image sensor. The distance data is used to gauge the effective displacement of the victim's chest. The optical sensors can be used to visualize the size of a patient and immediately gauge the body type and instruct the user accordingly. Furthermore, optical measurement techniques can be used to accurately measure chest rise during artificial respiration and ensure that proper ventilation is being administered in between compressions. In addition, optical measurements of the chest of the victim and the hands of the rescuer can be used to help ensure that the rescuer has positioned his or her hands in the anatomically correct location for effective CPR. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040218 | REMOVABLE MASSAGE ASSEMBLY - A massager is provided with a body support member having a frame with a cavity. A substrate has a series of receptacles and is mounted to the frame. A plurality of removable vibratory massage units are each mounted within one of the receptacles for imparting a vibratory massage effect. A massage chair is provided with a base for resting upon an underlying support surface. A seat bottom is supported upon the base. A seat back is supported by the base and/or the seat bottom. The massager is provided in the seat back and/or the seat bottom. A method for permitting selective removal of a massage assembly from a massager provides a body support member with a frame and a cavity, and a substrate with a series of receptacles. The substrate is installed to the frame. A plurality of removable vibratory massage units are installed in the receptacles. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040219 | Spinal Awareness, Massage, and Alignment Apparatus - An apparatus for massaging and aligning a spine is presented. The apparatus includes a base element, a pair of roller assemblies, a center roller assembly, a pair of hand bars, and a seat. The base element supports the apparatus along a surface. Each roller assembly includes an extendable arm and a plurality of rollers. The extendable arm is attached at one end to the base element so as to allow angular adjustment to the roller assembly with respect to the base element. The extendable arm is attached at a second end to the rollers so as to allow angular adjustment of the rollers with respect to the extendable arm. The center roller assembly is disposed between the roller assemblies and includes a second extendable arm and a pair of contoured rollers. The second extendable arm is attached at one end to the base element and at another end to the contoured rollers. The hand bars are attached to the second extendable arm and slide thereon so as to adjust the height of said bars. The seat is disposed at one end of the apparatus. The roller assemblies, center roller assembly, and hand bars are adjustable in height and angle so as to control the height, orientation, and relative position of the roller assemblies. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040220 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS PROPHYLAXIS - Apparatus for promoting blood flow in an extremity are disclosed including a gas source and a bladder assembly including a first bladder and a second bladder independently coupled to the gas source. The bladder assembly may be sized to fit within a shoe of a patient and may include a first bladder encircling a second bladder. A controller is operably coupled to the gas source and is configured to control the flow of gas from the gas source to the first and second bladders in order to periodically commence inflation the first and second bladders in sequence. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040221 | System and Method to Reduce Stasis-Induced Reperfusion Injury - A system and method for reducing or preventing stasis-induced ischemia reperfusion injury to a tissue. The system and method may vary a pressure exerted on a tissue to generate a physiological response in the tissue. The physiological response may include the production of an antioxidant. The system and method may introduce a pharmacological agent to increase blood flow to the tissue. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040222 | ORTHOPEDIC AUXILIARY AID COMPRISING AN INTRODUCEABLE FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT - The invention relates to an orthopedic auxiliary aid such as a bandage, orthesis, splint, support, compressive clothing and/or knitted item or similar for the therapy or support of corresponding body parts, comprising a functional element have additional therapeutic effects. Said orthopedic auxiliary aid is a compressive knitted part that comprises at least one receiving device for the additional functional element and at least one opening that is embedded in the knitted item allowing access to the receiving device, said opening does not negatively modify the compression properties of the auxiliary aid. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040223 | CERVICAL IMMOBILIZATION COLLAR WITH ARTERIAL COOLING ELEMENTS - A kit and method for cooling the carotid arteries includes cervical immobilization collar includes a substantially annular support structure having an extended axial length, at least two cheek support structures having an extended vertical length, and an anterior opening that may be covered with a door. The door has a body-facing surface on which a pressure member may be secured and an outward-facing surface. The kit and method also includes a cooling element that may be disposed within the anterior opening and can be secured to the substantially annular support structure by placing the cooling element between the anterior portion of a patient's neck and the pressure member located on the door. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040224 | CERVICAL IMMOBILIZATION COLLAR WITH ARTERIAL COOLING ELEMENTS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A kit and method for cooling the carotid arteries includes cervical immobilization collar includes a substantially annular support structure having an extended axial length, a chin rest, at least two cheek support structures having an extended vertical length, and an anterior opening that may be covered with an anterior removable door. The door has a body-facing surface and an outward-facing surface, the body-facing surface on which the pressure member is secured. The kit and method also includes a cooling element that may be disposed within the anterior opening and can be secured to the substantially annular support structure by placing the cooling element between the anterior portion of a patient's neck and the pressure member located on the door. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040225 | Calf enhancer for the lower extremity - An ingenious calf, shin and ankle rehabilitation and exerciser apparatus for engagement with the lower leg muscles and ankle comprising of a rigid sole plate member ( | 2011-02-17 |
20110040226 | COLD IONIZING RADIATION STERILIZATION - A hydratable gel-forming polymer may be sterilized by chilling the polymer below ambient temperature and sterilizing the chilled polymer using ionizing radiation (e.g., E-Beam radiation). Doing so may reduce the degradation in physical properties caused by ionizing radiation sterilization of the polymer while at ambient temperature, and may preserve or retain desired hydration or gel-forming characteristics. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040227 | Wrap Apparatus and Method of Wrapping a Body Part with a Wrap Apparatus - A wrap apparatus and method of wrapping a body part with a wrap apparatus includes an elongated elastic fabric material having a first end, a second end and a middle portion located between the first end and second end. A loop is integral with the first end of the elongated elastic fabric material. A retention device is located proximate to the second end of the elongated elastic fabric material, wherein the retention device is removably fixable to the middle portion of the elongated elastic fabric material. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040228 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLOID EXCHANGE THERAPY - The present invention relates to a method and system for using a very large pore hemofilter to treat IMRD, hepatic failure, exogenous intoxication and other conditions associated with toxins in a patient's blood. One treatment includes the use of a very large pore hemofilter to remove target complex molecules and/or target molecules from a patient's blood and to infuse a replacement fluid into the patient's blood to maintain a prescribed albumin concentration in the patient's blood. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040229 | EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT FOR CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS - The subject invention provides an improved bypass circuit for use in adult and especially pediatric cardiac surgery. The auto regulating capability of this circuit design simplifies its operation and combines the benefits of both VAVD and KAVD systems while eliminating the need for multiple blood pumps. Advantageously, this system occupies less space than existing systems, requires the use of less blood, reduces the contact between blood and tubing, reduces damage to blood cells, eliminates the need for multiple blood pumps and also reduces the incidence of gaseous emboli. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040230 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE GASTROINTESTINAL BYPASS - A solution is provided for modifying the location at which bodily fluids interact with nutrients in a gastrointestinal tract having a conduit with a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to divert bodily fluids from an entrance within a gastrointestinal tract to a location downstream from the entrance. The solution also provides for a means for attaching the second end to the entrance. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040231 | TEMPORARY OSTOMY APPLIANCE - A temporary ostomy appliance is disclosed, including a catheter for extending through the abdominal wall into the intestine. The catheter may be a transcecal catheter for extending through the cecal valve into the ileum. A portion of a catheter that extends through the cecal valve is made collapsible when the catheter is empty. The collapsed portion expands to permit passage of effluent. A balloon carried on the catheter is preformed with a shape and size in order to permit inflation without elastic stretching of the balloon wall material. A filament is provided for permitting a portion of the catheter to be fastened to internal body tissue by surgical sutures or staples. In order to release the fastening without further surgery, the filament is withdrawn by pulling on a proximal portion outside the body. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040232 | DUODENAL LINER DEVICE - Disclosed are tethered duodenal liner devices as well as methods of transcutaneously deploying and removing the tethered duodenal liner devices. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040233 | WIRELESS PRESSURE SETTING INDICATOR - Devices and methods useful for non-invasively indicating the position or setting of a mechanical device, such as a sensor or control in an implanted medical device, are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a valve housing adapted to receive fluid flow therethrough is provided. The flow of fluid through the valve housing can be controlled, for example, by a valve assembly that has a plurality of predetermined pressure settings. A radio frequency tag can be disposed in the valve assembly, and the masking element and the radio frequency tag can be configured to move relative to one another. The relative positions of the masking element and the radio frequency tag can alter the response of the radio frequency tag to a wireless signal (which can be emitted from an external reading device, for example) and thereby indicate the pressure setting of the valve assembly. For example, in some embodiments, the masking element can selectively cover at least part of the radio frequency tag according to the pressure setting of the valve assembly, which can change a characteristic of the radio frequency tag's response to the wireless signal. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040234 | DILATOR AND TAMPON APPLICATOR DEVICE - A tampon applicator having an annular gripping element and a dilating element connected to the annular gripping element. The dilating element has a plurality of longitudinal members delimited by a plurality of longitudinal slots. The dilating element is configured with a conical section and a neck section, the conical section being between the annular gripping element and the neck section. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040235 | Multi-Modal Drug Delivery System - A device for the transdermal delivery of a therapeutic agent at a treatment site comprising a housing containing: a mechanical vibration element; a light source; a heating and/or cooling clement; a power source for powering said mechanical vibrational element, light source, and heating element; and an electronic control module. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040236 | MICRONEEDLE ROLLER - The invention provides a microneedle roller comprising a rotatable drum, the drum including a plurality of radially projecting microneedles, wherein the microneedles are provided in substantially linear arrays, each array being carried by a support, and each array being arranged in a substantially axial direction relative to the drum. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040237 | DRILL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING MICROCONDUITS - The present invention relates to methods and devices for formation of microconduits in tissue, particularly using an impedance sensing drill to form microconduits. One embodiment of the invention is an impedance sensing drill comprising a drilling assembly, a control module, mechanically connected to the drilling assembly for controlling the depth of drilling by the drilling assembly; and a sensor, electrically connected to the drilling assembly and control module for detecting a change in an electrical impedance of a material being drilled. Another embodiment is a method of forming a microconduit in a material, which comprises the steps of drilling into the material, monitoring an electrical impedance of the material, and stopping the drilling into the material when a change in the impedance is detected, thereby forming microconduit. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040238 | INTERVENTIONAL CATHETER ASSEMBLIES INCORPORATING GUIDE WIRE BRAKE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - Interventional catheter assemblies that operate over a guide wire and incorporate guide wire management systems are disclosed. Specifically, a guide wire buffer zone is provided between a proximal end of the interventional catheter and the guide wire clamp that accommodates variable lengths of exposed guide wire in an unrestrained condition when the guide wire is clamped, allowing the distal end of the operating catheter to be advanced and retracted over the distal end of the guide wire without repositioning and reclamping the proximal end of the guide wire. The configuration of the guide wire buffer zone may be adjusted prior to or during an intervention based on the anticipated range of axial motion of the catheter and operating head relative to the guide wire. | 2011-02-17 |