01st week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160000303 | ALIGNMENT CT - Methods and systems for navigating to a target through a patient's bronchial tree are disclosed including a bronchoscope, a probe insertable into a working channel of the bronchoscope including a location sensor, and a workstation in operative communication with the probe and the bronchoscope the workstation including a user interface that guides a user through a navigation plan and is configured to present a three-dimensional (3D) view for displaying a 3D rendering of the patient's airways and a corresponding navigation plan, a local view for assisting the user in navigating the probe through peripheral airways of the patient's bronchial tree to the target, and a target alignment view for assisting the user in aligning a distal tip of the probe with the target. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000304 | STEERING SYSTEM WITH LOCKING MECHANISM - A steerable device, such as a steerable catheter, may include a control handle and an insertion shaft extending outwardly therefrom. In use, the insertion shaft is navigated to an area of interest for examination and/or treatment thereof. The steerable device may include a steering system that controls the deflection angle of the distal end of the insertion shaft in two or more non-planar directions for navigating the insertion shaft to the area of interest. The steering system may also include a locking mechanism for arresting or partially arresting the movement of the distal end of the insertion shaft in a first direction independent of arresting or partially arresting the movement of the distal end in a second non-planar direction. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000305 | SINGLE USE LARYNGOSCOPE HANDLE FOR USE IN DUAL COMPONENT LARYNGOSCOPE ASSEMBLY - Single use laryngoscope handle for use in an ISO 7376 compatible dual component laryngoscope assembly with an illumination arrangement. The laryngoscope handle includes a plastic hand grip, a plastic end cap, and at least one plastic frangible member for engaging a hand grip and an end cap in a pre-actuated position of an end cap which is broken on application of a relatively minor manual detachment force to the end cap, thereby precluding subsequent use of the laryngoscope handle. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000306 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes: an image pickup apparatus in which an insertion portion is detachable, the image pickup apparatus picking up an optical image of light from an observed object; a focus changing section that can change focus of the image pickup apparatus; a control section that generates a control signal to control the optical image in a focused state in a state in which the insertion portion is fitted to the image pickup apparatus; a storage section that stores data associating a type of the insertion portion and control information; an identification section that reads a predetermined code to identify the type of the insertion portion; and an optical characteristic acquiring section that acquires the control information corresponding to the type of the insertion portion identified by the identification section to acquire an optical characteristic of the insertion portion used to generate the control signal. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000307 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND ACTUATION METHOD FOR ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes an image pickup device that is inserted into a subject and picks up an image inside the subject and a memory that records an intra-subject image acquired by the image pickup device and position information of the image pickup device in association with each other. The endoscope system includes an image generating section that applies, to the intra-subject image, when it is determined that a release signal is generated as a predetermined trigger signal, predetermined processing for distinguishably displaying the intra-subject image at a time when the release signal is generated and generates an image obtained by pasting the intra-subject image onto a model image of a predetermined organ. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000308 | ORAL EXAMINATION - A housing containing an electrical energy source is coupled between a first end cap comprising a control and an interstitial member comprising an LED selectively electrically couplable to the electrical energy source by the control, and a second end cap coupled to the interstitial member comprises an optical filtering component in optical alignment with light emitted by the LED. At least a portion of an exterior of at least one of the housing, the first end cap, the interstitial member, and the second end cap may have a cross-sectional shape that is not substantially circular. The end caps, housing, interstitial member, and optical filtering component may each be sealingly interconnected. A method of using the apparatus may comprise directing light emitted by the apparatus into a human oral cavity without inserting the apparatus into the human oral cavity. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000309 | LED ILLUMINATION MODULE - A LED illumination module has at least one LED ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160000310 | ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS - A chemical bottle is inclined by a bottle push-up mechanism, and a chemical solution is gravitationally injected into a chemical tank from a chemical supply tube line. When a chemical tray is drawn out after completion of chemical injection, the bottle push-up mechanism returns to a planar initial state. In connection with this, the chemical bottle returns to an original set position in which the chemical bottle is in a horizontal state or a plug section faces upward with respect to a gravity direction. This prevents the chemical solution remaining in the chemical bottle from flowing to an outside by gravity. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000311 | BRONCHOSCOPIC MANIFOLD - An airway-blocking device is disclosed. The airway-blocking device includes a conduit having a branched proximal end, a branched distal end, and first and second lumens extending from the branched proximal end to the branched distal end. The branched proximal end includes a first air supply connection and a second air supply connection. The branched distal end includes a first sealing balloon and a second sealing balloon. The first air supply connection is in fluid communication with the first sealing balloon through the first lumen of the conduit, and the second air supply connection is in fluid communication with the second sealing balloon through the second lumen of the conduit. The first air supply connection is visually distinguishable from the second air supply connection. An assembly is also disclosed that includes a bronchoscopic manifold and the airway-blocking device. A method for performing a treatment on airways of a patient using the assembly is also disclosed. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000312 | MONITORING DISPOSITION OF TETHERED CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE IN ESOPHAGUS - A scanning flexible endoscope includes a tether attached to a capsule. The tether controls a disposition of the capsule within a body lumen such as the esophagus. A scanning device in the capsule optically scans the adjacent tissue on the inside surface of the body lumen as the capsule is moved axially through the body lumen. A non-contact sensor responds to indicia on the tether to measure a relative position of the tether and the capsule in the body lumen. The indicia can be analog or digital in form and the sensor can be either magnetic, or optical. A wiper is optionally provided to remove bodily fluids from the tether when pulled from the body lumen past the sensor. A pulse of fluid can be delivered to the distal end of the tether to cause the body lumen to distend, facilitating free movement of the capsule in the lumen. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000313 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING TRANSESOPHAGEAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES - An apparatus for performing a transesophageal cardiovascular procedure includes an elongated tubular main access device having a first lumen with an open proximal end and a distal side opening, and a second lumen with a rigid outer wall and a collapsible inner wall. The second lumen is adapted to receive an elongated probe or surgical device. The apparatus further includes an inflatable sealing means on the outside of the main access device above and below the side opening, and a first fluid conduit extending along the main access device for inflating the sealing means so that when the main access device is inserted into a patient's esophagus and the sealing means are inflated. The portion of the esophagus opposite the side opening is isolated from the remainder of the esophagus above and below the side opening. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000314 | Method Of Evaluating The Efficiency Of A Myopia Control Product - A method of evaluating the efficiency of a myopia control product for a wearer, the method comprising: an initial myopia indicator providing step S | 2016-01-07 |
20160000315 | AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF THE OPTIC NERVE HEAD: MEASUREMENTS, METHODS AND REPRESENTATIONS - The present invention relates to structural analysis of the optic nerve head (ONH). In one approach, a 3D volume of intensity data which includes the optic nerve head is acquired using an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. The vitreoretinal interface (VRI) and the optic disc margin are identified from the 3D data. The minimum area of a surface from the optic disc margin to the VRI is determined. This minimum area can be displayed as an image or in the alternative, a value corresponding to this minimum area can be displayed. The minimum area measurement provides relevant clinical information to determine the health of the eye. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000316 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH TARGET BRIGHTNESS LEVEL ADJUSTMENT - A system and method for measuring a characteristic of an eye of a subject receive data pertaining to the subject; assign the subject to an assigned age category based on the data pertaining to the subject; adjust a brightness level of a fixation target according to the assigned age category for the subject; provide the fixation target for a subject to view; and objectively measure at least one characteristic of the eye of the subject while the subject views the fixation target at the adjusted brightness level. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000317 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING VISUAL FIXATION DISPARITY - There is disclosed herein a system for measuring visual fixation disparity comprising a display apparatus for presenting stereoscopic visual content to a patient. A sensing apparatus tracks eye movement of the patient. A controller controls the display apparatus to stereoscopically display a central image target alternately to a left eye and a right eye of the patient and tracking eye movement for a period of time as the central image target is alternated between the left eye and the right eye, and incrementally relocating the central image target left and right images until the patient perceives the left and right images to be physically coincident. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000318 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING BLINK RATE MONITOR AND/OR TEAR FILM BREAKUP DETECTOR - An optical measurement system and method measure a characteristic of a subject's eye. The optical measurement system receives from an operator, via a user interface of the optical measurement instrument, a begin measurement instruction indicating the start of a measurement period for objectively measuring at least one characteristic of the subject's eye. Subsequent to receiving the begin measurement instruction, the optical measurement system determines whether a criterion associated with the tear film quality of the subject's eye is not satisfied. In response to determining that the criterion is not satisfied, the optical measurement instrument takes one or more corrective actions to measure the characteristic of the subject's eye under a condition wherein the criterion is satisfied. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000319 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUB-APERTURE BASED ABERRATION MEASUREMENT AND CORRECTION IN INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING - Systems and methods for sub-aperture correlation based wavefront measurement in a thick sample and correction as a post processing technique for interferometric imaging to achieve near diffraction limited resolution are described. Theory, simulation and experimental results are presented for the case of full field interference microscopy. The inventive technique can be applied to any coherent interferometric imaging technique and does not require knowledge of any system parameters. In one embodiment of the present application, a fast and simple way to correct for defocus aberration is described. A variety of applications for the method are presented. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000320 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPECTRALLY DISPERSED ILLUMINATION OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - Systems and methods are presented for acquisition and processing of spectrally dispersed illumination optical coherence tomographic data. Light from a source is distributed spectrally on the sample, and each acquisition simultaneously provides partial spectral interference information from multiple locations in the sample. Thus for a given spatial point, a single observation will be of a partial spectrum A-scan. When multiple partial spectrum A-scan observations are made at the same point by shifting the spectrum of light on to the tissue, the point can be observed by the entire broadband spectrum of the light source, thereby making it possible to create a full axial resolution A-scan. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000321 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate information indicating similarity among a plurality of tomographic images, and a generation unit configured to generate a tomographic image from the plurality of tomographic images based on the calculated information indicating similarity. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000322 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY WITH FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A corneal topographer includes: a flat panel display configured to display a light pattern and to project the light pattern onto a cornea of an eye disposed on a first side of the flat panel display; an optical system disposed on a second side of the flat panel display, the optical system being configured to receive and process reflected light from the cornea that passes through the flat panel display from the cornea to the optical system; a camera configured to receive the processed reflected light from the optical system and to capture therefrom a reflected light pattern from the cornea produced in response to the projected light pattern; and one or more processors configured to execute an algorithm to compare the projected light pattern to the reflected light pattern from the cornea, and to produce a topographic map of the cornea based on a result of the comparison. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000323 | MOBILE DEVICE-EMBEDDED SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME AUTOMATED HEALTH DIAGNOSIS BASED ON IRIS SCANNING ANALYSIS - The presented invention discloses, in the first aspect, a mobile-device embedded system and apparatus for personalized real-time instant diagnostics of a patient, such a diagnostics produced without human involvement, by scanning a patient's iris with a mini iridology camera, such a camera embedded into the patient' mobile device, and by performing automated real-time iridology analysis by cross-referencing the iridology scan results with diseases data, while iridology analysis package will be pre-installed into the patient' device, and by producing diagnosis if the iridology scan produces results consistent with iris signs indicating the disease. Patient' treatment is recommended by automatically cross-checking a list of diagnosed diseases with the list of treatments. Emergency medical response may be provided automatically to the patient location as determined by GPS/wireless means. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000324 | OPHTHALMIC EXAMINATION AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT WITH MULTIPLE ILLUMINATION MODALITIES - Imaging various regions of the eye is important for both clinical diagnostic and treatment purposes as well as for scientific research. Diagnosis of a number of clinical conditions relies on imaging of the various tissues of the eye. The subject technology describes a method and apparatus for imaging of the back and/or front of the eye using multiple illumination modalities, which permits the collection of one or more of reflectance, spectroscopic, fluorescence, and laser speckle contrast images. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000325 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR IMPLANTATION OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE SENSORS - Methods and devices for implanting an intra-ocular pressure sensor within an eye of a patient are provided herein. Methods include penetrating a conjunctiva and sclera with a distal tip of a fluid-filled syringe and positioning the pressure sensor within a vitreous body of the eye by injecting the sensor device through the distal tip. The sensor device may be stabilized by one or more anchoring members engaged with the sclera so that the pressure sensor of the sensor device remains within the vitreous body. Methods further include advancing a sensor device having a distal penetrating tip through at least a portion of the sclera to position the sensor within the vitreous body and extracting of the sensor devices described herein by proximally retracting the sensor device using an extraction feature of the sensor device. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000326 | METHOD OF IMAGING BONE - A method of obtaining an image of bone using magnetic resonance imaging, the method comprising the step of selecting the scanning parameters for the magnetic resonance imaging device, wherein the scanning parameters comprise a low flip angle, a short time to repetition and a short time to echo. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000327 | NON-TOUCH OPTICAL DETECTION OF VITAL SIGNS FROM AMPLIFIED VISUAL VARIATIONS - A microprocessor is operably coupled to a camera from which patient vital signs are determined. A temporal-variation-amplifier of at least two images is operable to generate a temporal variation, a vital-sign generator is operable to generate at least one vital sign from the temporal variation and a display device is operable to display the at least one vital sign. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000328 | NON-TOUCH OPTICAL DETECTION OF VITAL SIGNS FROM AMPLIFIED VISUAL VARIATIONS OF REDUCED IMAGES - A microprocessor is operably coupled to a camera from which patient vital signs are determined from reduced images. A temporal-variation-amplifier of at least two reduced images is operable to generate a temporal variation, a vital-sign generator is operable to generate at least one vital sign from the temporal variation and a display device is operable to display the at least one vital sign. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000329 | WIDE FIELD RAMAN IMAGING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Apparatus and methods are presented herein that permit real-time, accurate detection of residual tumor in the operating room. The Raman-based wide-field imaging apparatus and methods described herein permit real-time imaging of tumor-targeted R-MR nanoparticles over a wide field. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000330 | Diagnostic Instrument and Method - A diagnostic instrument comprises a monochromatic light source, transmission means to transmit light from the light source to a test site, collection means to transmit scattered light from the test site, and spectral analysis apparatus to receive light from the collection means, the spectral analysis apparatus comprising a diffraction grating having a first grating element and a second grating element, wherein the first grating element diffracts light within a first wavelength range and the second grating element diffracts light within a second wavelength range, the spectral analysis apparatus further comprising a light-sensing apparatus, the first grating element arranged to diffract light onto a first area of the light-sensing apparatus and the second grating element arranged to diffract light onto a second area of the light-sensing apparatus. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000331 | APPARATUS OF NON-TOUCH OPTICAL DETECTION OF VITAL SIGNS OF REDUCED IMAGES FROM SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL FILTERS - A microprocessor is operably coupled to a camera from which patient vital signs are determined. A temporal variation of images from the camera is generated and amplified from which the patient vital sign, such as heart rate or respiratory rate, can be determined and displayed or stored. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000332 | APPARATUS FOR DENTAL CONFOCAL IMAGING - An apparatus for dental confocal imaging comprises an illumination module for generating an array of light beams, an optics system for confocal focusing of the array of light beams and a probe head with a light-guiding part having an entrance face and an exit face. The illumination module, the optics system and the probe head are arranged such that the array of light beams from the illumination module passes through the optics system, enters the light-guiding part via the entrance face and exits the light-guiding part via the exit face. The optics system is configured such that, after having passed through the optics system, the outermost marginal rays of the outermost light beams with respect to the optical axis of the optics system are parallel or divergent to the optical axis. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000333 | PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A photoacoustic image production device includes a light source that emits light, a light source driver that causes the light source to emit the light, an ultrasonic wave detector that receives an ultrasonic wave and produces an ultrasonic wave detection signal, an image signal production component that produces an ultrasound image based on the ultrasonic wave detection signal, and a controller that controls the light source driver to stop operation of a booster circuit during a first reception period in which the ultrasonic wave detector receives the ultrasonic wave produced by the light emitted from, the light source. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000334 | NON-TOUCH OPTICAL DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL VITAL SIGNS - A microprocessor is programmed to execute a spatial bandpass filter that is operable to apply spatial bandpass filtering to a plurality of images, a regional facial clusterial module that is operably coupled to the spatial bandpass filter and that applies spatial clustering to output of the spatial bandpass filter, a temporal bandpass filter that is operably coupled to the regional facial clusterial module and that is applied to output of the regional facial clusterial module, a temporal-variation identifier that is operably coupled to the temporal bandpass filter and that identifies a temporal variation of the output of the temporal bandpass filter and a vital-sign generator that is operably coupled to the temporal-variation identifier that generates a biological vital sign from the temporal variation. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000335 | NON-TOUCH OPTICAL DETECTION OF VITAL SIGNS - A non-touch thermometer senses temperature from a digital infrared sensor is described. A microprocessor is operably coupled to a camera from which patient vital signs are determined. A digital signal representing a temperature without conversion from analog is transmitted from the digital infrared sensor. A temporal variation of images is generated from which a heart rate and the respiratory rate can be determined and displayed or stored. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000336 | IMPROVEMENTS IN HEART ACTIVITY MONITORING DURING PHYSICAL EXERCISE - A method, apparatus, and computer program monitor a user's heart activity during a physical exercise. A heart activity measurement signal representing the user's heart activity is acquired and a phase component of the heart activity measurement signal is monitored. On the basis of the monitoring of the phase component, one or more actions are carried out. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000337 | THERMOMETER HAVING A DIGITAL INFRARED SENSOR - A microprocessor is operably coupled to a digital infrared sensor from which temperature is determined from the digital infrared sensor. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000338 | MULTI-SENSOR STRATEGY FOR HEART FAILURE PATIENT MANAGEMENT - An apparatus comprises plurality of sensors and a processor. Each sensor provides a sensor signal that includes physiological information and at least one sensor is implantable. The processor includes a physiological change event detection module that detects a physiological change event from a sensor signal and produces an indication of occurrence of one or more detected physiological change events, and a heart failure (HF) detection module. The HF detection module determines, using a first rule, whether the detected physiological change event is indicative of a change in HF status of a subject, determines whether to override the first rule HF determination using a second rules, and declares whether the change in HF status occurred according to the first and second rules. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000339 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING INFORMATION OF LIVING BODY - A biometric information detecting apparatus is provided. The biometric information detecting apparatus includes a fixing unit disposed on a lower structure, and a pressure pulse wave measuring unit that is supported by the fixing unit and separate from the lower structure. An optical pulse wave measuring unit is disposed on the pressure pulse wave measuring unit. The optical pulse wave measuring unit may contact a surface of a subject's body. A pressure pulse wave of the subject's body may be measured by the pressure pulse wave measuring unit and an optical pulse wave of the subject's body may be measured by the optical pulse wave measuring unit, at the same time. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000340 | RAPID CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE MONITOR - A device used to quickly measure central venous pressure is disclosed. Compared to current systems, the JVPM is easier to use, less expensive, and faster in providing the needed information to determine both the course of treatment and the proper positioning of the inserted catheter. As a physically smaller device that remains within the sterile operative field, the JVPM is also less likely to introduce infecting organisms into the body. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000341 | INTRAVASCULAR PRESSURE DROP DERIVED ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AND REDUCTION OF COMMON MODE PRESSURE EFFECT - In some embodiments, a method and/or device are disclosed for measuring a pressure drop over a portion of a body lumen. Optionally, the pressure drop for two different flow conditions may be used to find the stiffness of the lumen. In some embodiments the device may be calibrated, for example by correcting for distortion, for example the common mode pressure distortion. Pressure drop and or stiffness measures may be used to evaluate a treatment procedure and/or a stenosis. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000342 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT CUFF AND ATTACHMENT METHOD FOR THE SAME - A blood pressure measurement cuff wrapped a direction along circumferential direction around a measurement site, the blood pressure measurement cuff containing fluid bladder between belt-shaped body composed of inner cloth to be in contact with the measurement site and outer cloth opposing the inner cloth. Ring attachment member attached to a region on inner circumferential end-side of the outer cloth and hook-and-loop fastener provided in a region on outer circumferential end-side of the inner cloth are included. The ring has a temporary fastening structure that allows a region continuous with outer circumferential end of the belt-shaped body to be pulled through ring with arm strength in a direction away from measurement site during attachment and suppresses a case in which the region continuous with the outer circumferential end of the belt-shaped body pulled by the arm strength is pulled back through the ring by elastic force of the measurement site. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000343 | DOZING PREVENTION METHOD, AND DOZING PREVENTION DEVICE - A method for preventing dozing off, comprising the steps of: a measurement step measuring human heartbeats; a decision step (S | 2016-01-07 |
20160000344 | HERMETICALLY SEALED IMPLANT SENSORS WITH VERTICAL STACKING ARCHITECTURE - The present invention describes vertically stacked and hermetically sealed implantable pressure sensor devices for measuring a physiological signal. The implantable device comprises multiple layers, including a first wafer having a pressure sensor configured to measure the physiological signal and a second wafer having at least a digitizing integrated circuit. The first wafer is vertically stacked or disposed over the second wafer so as to form a hermetic seal. The device may include one or more additional layers adapted for energy storage and transfer, such as a third layer having a super-capacitor and a fourth layer having a thin film battery. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000345 | MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING DEVICE KIT - A monitoring device includes an expansion body that is delivered into a vessel, and that expands at a predetermined position, and an electrode that is attached to the expansion body, and that detects neural activities of a nerve located outside the vessel by coming into contact with an inner wall of the vessel when the expansion body expands. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000346 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION SIGNALS IN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM - This invention discloses a system and method for extracting VF signal in ECG recorded during uninterrupted CPR. The method and system applies an adaptive algorithm incorporating the EMD and least mean square (LMS) filtering to effectively model the CPR artifacts such as chest compression signals. Thus, A VF signal in ECG recorded during uninterrupted CPR can be extracted without deteriorating the reliability of the waveform parameter (i.e. AMSA) of shockability. The present invention enables uninterrupted CPR performed during recording ECG for accessing the shockability, so that an increase the probability of successful resuscitation is achieved. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000347 | Disposable Printed Conductive Lead Elements for Medical Applications - A conductive lead that connects a medical sensor or probe to a monitoring or analytical machine. The conductive lead is flexible, lightweight and can be manufactured at a very low cost. The conductive lead has a dielectric flexible substrate. Conductive ink is printed upon the flexible substrate. The conductive ink forms contact pads and connection lines on the flexible substrate. The connection lines electrically interconnect the various conductive pads. An insulation layer covers the connection lines The insulation layer can be dialectic ink that is printed atop the conductive ink. Peel-away protective covers are used to cover the contact pads. Any one of the contact pads can be exposed for use by removing the protective cover that covers it. The contact pads are used to electrically interconnect with both the sensor and the machine. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000348 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER - The present invention includes (i) a right instantaneous phase determining section ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160000349 | System and Method for Distinguishing a Cardiac Event From Noise in an Electrocardiogram (ECG) Signal - A cardiac monitoring device includes: at least one sensing electrode for obtaining an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal from a patient; a processing unit comprising at least one processor operatively coupled to the at least one sensing electrode; and at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the cardiac monitoring device to: obtain the ECG signal from the at least one sensing electrode; determine a transformed ECG signal based on the ECG signal; extract at least one value representing at least one feature of the transformed ECG signal; provide the at least one value to determine a score associated with the ECG signal, thereby providing an ECG-derived score; compare the ECG-derived score to a predetermined threshold score determined by machine learning; and provide an indication of a cardiac event if the ECG-derived score is one of above or below the predetermined threshold score determined by the machine learning. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000350 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING DISCRIMINATING OF TACHYCARDIA EVENTS IN A MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING DUAL SENSING VECTORS - A method and medical device for detecting a cardiac event that includes sensing cardiac signals from a plurality of electrodes, sensing a plurality of beats in response to the sensed cardiac signals, identifying each beat of the plurality of beats as one of a normal beat and a not normal beat, determining at least one of whether a number of beats identified as a normal beat is greater than a normal beat threshold, whether an RR interval associated with the beats identified as being a normal beat is less than a threshold interval, and whether RR intervals associated with the beats identified as being normal beats are within an RR interval range, and identifying the cardiac event as being one of shockable and not shockable in response to the determining. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000351 | LINE-CONTACT DRY ELECTRODE - A line-contact dry electrode comprises a conductive electrode base and at least one conductive contact member extending from the conductive electrode base. The conductive contact member includes a plurality of elastic conductive branches arranged intermittently to form a comb-like electrode able to comb and push away the testee's hair and contact the testee's skin. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000352 | LINE-CONTACT DRY ELECTRODE - A line-contact dry electrode comprises a conductive electrode base and at least one conductive contact member extending from the conductive electrode base. The conductive contact member includes a plurality of elastic conductive branches arranged intermittently to form a comb-like electrode able to comb and push away the testee's hair and contact the testee's skin. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000353 | LINE-CONTACT DRY ELECTRODE - A line-contact dry electrode comprises a conductive electrode base and at least one conductive contact member extending from the conductive electrode base. The conductive contact member includes a plurality of elastic conductive branches arranged intermittently to form a comb-like electrode able to comb and push away the testee's hair and contact the testee's skin. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000354 | ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY MEASUREMENT AND TRAINING AND REMOTE DATABASED AND DATA ANALYSIS MEASUREMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system provides for electrophysiological data analysis in a networked processing environment. The method and system includes receiving, via a networked connection, electrophysiological data of a patient and electronically performing, via at least one network processing device, a data analysis on the electrophysiological data. The method and system includes generating at least one report based on the data analysis, wherein the at least one report includes determination of one or more intervention options for the patient and therein transmitting the report to a recipient device across the network connection for utilization with the patient. The results of the report direct the user to apply from within the same system non-invasive brain stimulation, neurofeedback, and biofeedback modalities. Re-assessment can occur from within the same system following the training or modulation of electrophysiology and thereby generate a comparison report showing functional changes from the provided intervention or combined interventions. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000355 | AUTOMATIC METHOD OF PREDICTIVE DETERMINATION OF THE POSITION OF THE SKIN - An automatic process of predictive determination of the position and movements of the skin of a subject in a zone of interest, with the subject breathing freely or in an assisted manner, includes preliminarily acquiring multiple configurations of the skin profile in axial planes, at given successive times, in different respiratory positions, and for each axial plane, constructing at least one deformable digital model starting from different skin profiles, then noting, in a repetitive manner, the actual position of a point on the skin at the level of each axial plane, whose position is significantly modified during inhalation and exhalation phases, and providing, essentially in real time, a simulation of the skin profile in each axial plane, as a function of the actual position noted, and an evolving three-dimensional representation of the skin at the level of the zone of interest, by interpolation between the different axial planes. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000356 | REAL-TIME AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION FEEDBACK - A method of registering a luminal network to a 3D model of the luminal network with real-time feedback is disclosed, including generating the 3D model of the luminal network based on images of the luminal network, generating an electromagnetic field about the luminal network, inserting a location sensor into the electromagnetic field, tracking the location of the sensor within the luminal network, comparing the tracked locations of the sensor with sensors located outside of the luminal network and the portions of the 3D model representative of open space, and presenting on a user interface an indication of which portions of the luminal network have been sufficiently traversed by the sensor to register that portion of the luminal network to the 3D model. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000357 | TRACKING USING FIELD MAPPING - Methods and systems for determining the position of an object, such as tracking the position of one or more catheters in a patient's heart cavity are disclosed herein. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000358 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVE ANALYSIS OF PARTICLES DURING MEDICAL VENTILATION - A diagnostic device is disclosed for characterisation of particles from a patient's airways, such as a lung, when ventilated by a ventilator, and/or for control thereof, comprising a particle detecting unit configured to be connected to a conduit for passing expiration fluid from said patient, for obtaining data related to particles being exhaled from said patient's airways. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000359 | Human Body Movement State Monitoring Method And Device - The present invention provides a human body movement state monitoring method and device. The method comprises the following steps performed repeatedly: obtaining acceleration signals having a set sampling time period from output of a triaxial acceleration sensor worn on a human body, and calculating the energy and average power of the acceleration signals; determining a human body movement state according to the average power of the acceleration signals, and if the average power of the acceleration signals is more than a predetermined fierce movement threshold, determining that the human body is in a fierce movement state, if the average power of the acceleration signals is less than a predetermined sleeping threshold, determining that the human body is in a sleeping state, if the average power of the acceleration signals is less than the fierce movement threshold and is more than the sleeping threshold, determining that the human body is in a light movement state; if the human body is in the fierce movement state, further determining whether the acceleration signals have quasi-periodicity, if the acceleration signals do not have quasi-periodicity, determining that the human body is in an irregular fierce movement state, if the acceleration signals have quasi-periodicity, determining that the human body is in a regular fierce movement state. The method can automatically, comprehensively, round-the-clock, accurately monitor various movement states of a person. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000360 | Method and System for Providing Continuous Calibration of Implantable Analyte Sensors - Method and system for providing continuous calibration of analyte sensors includes calibrating a first sensor, receiving data associated with detected analyte levels from the first sensor, and calibrating a second sensor based on a predetermined scaling factor and data associated with detected analyte levels from the first sensor, is disclosed. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRA-CORPORAL CHEMICAL DETECTION AND MONITORING - A device for detection of substances transmitted into the body surrounding environment through body boundaries including a first sensor arranged to face a body boundary surface and structured to locally detect a substance indicative of at least one targeted substance of interest transmitted through the body boundary surface in proximity of the body boundary surface of a monitored subject. The device also includes a second sensor arranged to face in an opposite direction from the body boundary surface and structured to detect in a surrounding environment at least one substance indicative of the targeted substance of interest transmitted through the body boundary surface of the monitored subject. In addition the device further include an electronic circuit structured to receive and process the signals generated by the first and second sensors, and to determine presence of the at least one targeted substance of interest. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000362 | HYPERSATURATION INDEX - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a hypersaturation index for measuring a patient's absorption of oxygen in the blood stream after a patient has reached 100% oxygen saturation. This hypersaturation index provides an indication of the partial pressure of oxygen of a patient. In an embodiment of the present invention, a hypersaturation index is calculated based on the absorption ratio of two different wavelengths of energy at a measuring site. In an embodiment of the invention, a maximum hypersaturation index threshold is determined such that an alarm is triggered when the hypersaturation index reaches or exceeds the threshold. In another embodiment, an alarm is triggered when the hypersaturation index reaches or falls below its starting point when it was first calculated. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000363 | VENOUS ACCESS DEVICE - A venous access device includes a hub and a bifurcated cannula. The hub includes a bifurcated connecting arm, a blood sampling arm connected to the bifurcated connecting arm, a fluid transfer arm connected to the bifurcated connecting arm, a blood sampling channel and a fluid transfer channel. The blood sampling channel passes through the blood sampling arm and the bifurcated connecting arm. The fluid transfer channel passes through the fluid transfer arm and the bifurcated connecting arm. The bifurcated cannula is coupled to the bifurcated connecting arm and includes a blood sampling lumen having a blood sampling port, a fluid transfer lumen having a fluid transfer port, and a dividing member separating the blood sampling lumen from the fluid transfer lumen. The blood sampling port is 2 mm to 20 mm proximal from the fluid transfer port. The blood sampling channel is fluidly connected to the blood sampling lumen, and the fluid transfer channel is fluidly connected to the fluid transfer lumen. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000364 | IN LINE FLUID SAMPLING PORT - A fluid sampling ports for withdrawing and administering fluids from or to a sampling site. The sampling valve is interconnected in a line to and/or from a patient with the line carrying a fluid that one wishes to sample. In a particular example, the sampling valve or port is interconnected in an arterial line and/or serves as a dialysis fluid sampling port. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000365 | ANXIETY METER - Methods and systems for detection of anxiety using physiological signals. The detection of anxiety may take place in real-time and in a naturalistic setting. A modified Kalman filter may be used. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000366 | Pressure Measuring System - A pressure measuring system, including a tube system having at least one first device for measuring pressure in a fluid. The at least one first device includes a coupling element, at least one pressure transducer and at least one measuring chamber, which can be filled with a fluid. Between the first device and the feed of the fluid, the tube system has a second device for regulating a fluid flow, the second device having a tube section through which fluid can flow and at least one tube clamp, which can be set in the regulation positions open, closed and perfused. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000367 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE AND VOLUME - It has been discovered that even mild changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure or intracranial pressure (ICP) can be detected immediately as evidenced by distortions in the ONS surface structure. Further, the changes in the ONS persist after the CSF pressure has returned to normal. The stability of ONS distortions provides a means of detecting transient changes in brain pressure even when the use of the diagnostic ultrasound is delayed. One embodiment provides systems and methods for detecting or diagnosing brain injury by detecting distortions or deformations of the ONS, preferably using ultrasound. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000368 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO VISUALIZATION OF LYMPHATIC VESSELS WITH OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - The present technology relates generally to systems and methods for in vivo visualization of lymphatic vessels. A system includes an optical coherence tomography (OCT) device and a computing device coupled to the OCT device configured to cause the OCT device to perform an OCT scan, generate image data in response to the OCT scan, and apply an eigendecomposition filter to the image data to produce processed image data. Alternatively or in addition, the computing device can compensate for scattering attenuation along an optical axis of the OCT scan in the image data set to generate compensated image data, enhance contrast of the compensated image data along a cross-section substantially orthogonal to the optical axis to generate contrast-enhanced image data, and identify at least one lymphatic vessel in the image data. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000369 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR ASSESSING KNEE MOVEMENT - A measurement device for assessing knee movement comprises: an elongated base member; a moveable (or sliding) member configured for movement along and relative to the elongated base member; and indicia on an upper surface of the elongated base member to reflect the relative position of the moveable member with respect to the elongated base member. The measurement device may also include multiple blocks arranged in a stack on the elongated base member to measure knee extension of a patient. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000370 | 2D SCANNING VIDEOKYMOGRAPHY SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING VIBRATION OF VOCAL-FOLD MUCOSA, AND METHOD OF ANALYZING VIBRATION OF VOCAL-FOLD MUCOSA USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a 2D scanning videokymography system for analyzing a vibration of vocal-fold mucosa, including: a laryngoscope for observing vocal folds; a light source for illuminating the vocal folds; a video camera for recording and storing images observed through the laryngoscope; a computer incorporating an image capture unit for converting a video signal transmitted from the video camera into a digital image signal, a storage unit for storing the digital image signal, a control unit for analyzing the image signal of the storage unit and displaying the analysis results on a monitor, and analysis software for analyzing the image signal of the storage unit; and a monitor for displaying a captured image and analysis results. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000371 | ACTIVITY REGULATION BASED ON BIOMETRIC DATA - Disclosed are devices, systems, apparatus, methods, products, and other implementations, including a method that includes obtaining biometric data of a user, and generating instruction data, presentable on a user interface, based on data relating to one or more activities to be completed by the user and based on the biometric data of the user. In some embodiments, obtaining the biometric data may include measuring one or more of, for example, heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygen level, temperature, speech-related attributes, breath, and/or eye behavior. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000372 | MONITORING HEART DISEASE USING IMPLANTABLE SENSORS - Specific embodiments of the present invention determine a range of a physiologic property, for each of a plurality of periods of time, and monitor changes in the patient's heart disease based on changes in the range. Other embodiments determine a minimum of a physiologic property, for each of a plurality of periods of time, and monitor changes in the patient's heart disease based on changes in the minimum. Still other embodiments determine a maximum of the physiologic property, for each of a plurality of periods of time, and monitor changes in the patient's heart disease based on changes in the maximum. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000373 | COMPUTING USER'S PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE RELATED TO PHYSICAL EXERCISES - A method, apparatus, and computer program for estimating user's physiological state from gait measurements carried out during a physical exercise are disclosed. The physiological state is computed from at least one of step interval variability and stride interval variability acquired from the gait measurements. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000374 | SMART KNITTED FABRICS - Knitting machines are used to intermesh conductive yarns into loops resulting in knitted fabrics. The knitting machine is adapted to import different types of yarns (conductive and non-conductive) directly into the knit structure. Combining conductive yarns and knitting systems allows for integration of electrical or mechanical component designs into existing clothing fabrication processes, avoiding current limitations of attaching or gluing conductive fabrics or other components over various materials. Starting with a planar design of an antenna, RFID tag, or some other electronic structure, the layout is converted into a CAD knitting program including a grid representing stitches. The CAD specifications of the final design/product are exported to the knitting machines so that the knitting machine may make conductive fabrics in accordance with the CAD specifications. The conductive fabrics are knitted into a variety of garments that monitor the vital signs of the wearer, including the fetus of an expectant mother. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000375 | ENDOSCOPY CAPSULE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ENDOSCOPY CAPSULE - An endoscopy capsule is provided for detecting a metabolic product of a bacterium located in a gastrointestinal tract, wherein the endoscopy capsule has a sensor unit with two electrodes and has a capsule shell that encloses a usable space, and wherein the electrodes are routed through the capsule shell. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000376 | A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESPIRATORY MONITORING - A respiration monitoring system has deformation transducers on a flexible substrate arranged to adhere to a patient's torso. A processor receives signals in channels from the transducers and processes them to eliminate, reduce or compensate for noise arising from patient motion artefacts, to provide an output representative of respiration. The transducers have a size and a mutual location on the substrate so that a first transducer can overlie at least part of the 10th rib and a second transducer can overlie at least part of the 11th rib or the abdomen, and the processor processes data from the first transducer as being primarily representative of rib distending respiration and from the second transducer as being primarily representative of either diaphragm respiration or patient motion artefacts. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000377 | APPARATUS OF NON-TOUCH OPTICAL DETECTION OF VITAL SIGNS ON SKIN FROM MULTIPLE FILTERS - A microprocessor is operably coupled to a camera from which patient vital signs of skin are determined. A temporal variation of images of skin from the camera is generated from multiple filters and then amplified from which the patient vital sign, such as heart rate or respiratory rate, can be determined and then displayed or stored. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000378 | Human Health Property Monitoring System - The present invention describes a system and method for assessing, monitoring and predicting disease and/or disease progression through ongoing and longitudinal analysis of various health-related parameters. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000379 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT AND PROGNOSIS OF THE RISKS OF DEVELOPING PATHOLOGICAL STATES - A method and apparatus for health risk assessment by means of measuring and evaluating the functional state of the mechanisms of physiological adaptation of human organism comprises recording analog signals of heartbeat intervals, filtering the analog signals of heartbeat intervals, converting the analog signals to digital signals of heartbeat intervals, transmitting the digital signals of heartbeat intervals to a central processing unit, detecting R-peaks from the digital signals of heartbeat intervals, measuring time intervals between two consecutive said R-peaks, calculating heartbeat variability parameters from said heartbeat intervals, calculating degree of tension (DT) of regulatory mechanisms and their functional reserve (FR) based on said heartbeat variability parameters, calculating plurality of functional states based on the DT and FR, and calculating posteriori probabilities based on plurality of functional states, wherein probabilities of health risk is determined based on values of DT, FR, at least one functional state and the posteriori probabilities. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000380 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING MEDICAL TREATMENT - Systems and methods are provided for using stored physiologic information about a subject to detect a previous treatment event. Physiologic information can be sensed from a subject using one or more sensors. Using a detection circuit, a change in the sensed physiologic information, such as a change from reference physiologic information, can be used to identify a candidate previous treatment event. An alert or other information about the candidate treatment event can be provided to a patient or clinician. In an example, a candidate treatment event can include a heart failure or diuresis treatment that is identified using information about a change in one or more of a subject's circadian pattern, a subject's thoracic impedance, or a subject's respiration status. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000381 | APPARATUS OF NON-TOUCH OPTICAL DETECTION OF VITAL SIGNS FROM MULTIPLE FILTERS - A microprocessor is operably coupled to a camera from which patient vital signs are determined. A temporal variation of images from the camera is generated from multiple filters and then amplified from which the patient vital sign, such as heart rate or respiratory rate, can be determined and then displayed or stored. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000382 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EEG MONITORING - Systems, devices and methods are described for physiological monitoring, for example monitoring EEG signals to detect the onset or probability of adverse events. The systems, devices and methods discussed herein may monitor received EEG signals to identify trends or patterns in the signal that are either indicative of ongoing seizures or indicative of a future risk of seizure. The systems, devices and methods provide the user with increased control and flexibility in the monitoring processes that produce the alerts. In particular, in some implementations the physician is able to make adjustments during monitoring and customize the process by which EEG data is displayed and analyzed during the patient monitoring without pausing the monitoring to make the adjustments. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000383 | NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING FOR PROSPECTIVE MOTION GATING IN RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING - A system, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for monitoring motion during medical imaging. The monitoring of the motion includes initiating an acquisition of image data, measuring physiological signals of a patient, generating a prediction signal by integrating the physiological signals, determining whether patient motion is likely to occur based on the prediction signal and modifying the acquisition of image data, if it is predicted that patient motion is likely to occur. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000384 | ELASTICITY MEASUREMENT WITH TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING - In a method and apparatus for determining the elasticity of a material of an examination object, which is included in a subarea of an acquired image volume, data from the image volume are acquired with a tomographic imaging method in at least two different time phases during a body movement of the examination object. At least two recorded images are registered with one another. A deformation field of the material included in the subarea of the acquired image volume is determined from the images which are registered with one another. The local elasticity of the material of the image volume included in the subarea of the acquired image volume is determined on the basis of the determined deformation field. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000385 | DETERMINING INFORMATION FLOW USING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS - Systems, devices, and processes may be related to determining the flow of information based on received physiological parameters. In one example, a computing device includes at least one processor and at least one module operable by the at least one processor to receive an indication of a physiological parameter representative of a physiological condition of a user and receive a request to output notification information. The at least one module may also be operable by the at least one processor to determine, based on the physiological parameter, whether to output the notification information and selectively output, based on the determination, the notification information. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000386 | METHOD FOR IMAGING AN ORGAN AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM - A method for imaging an organ with a medical imaging system comprising a radiation source, a detector facing the radiation source, an organ support and a compression paddle, wherein the compression paddle is smaller than the detector, the method comprising offsetting the compression paddle to a position towards a side edge of the detector, moving the radiation source along a trajectory, wherein the trajectory is above the compression paddle and dependent upon the position of the compression paddle, and acquiring images of the organ at several positions along the trajectory. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000387 | BODY SUPPORT WITH ANATOMICAL APERTURE - A body support comprising a support surface with at least one anatomical aperture configured to allow at least one appendage to protrude through the at least one anatomical aperture for a medical treatment is disclosed. Additionally, a method for positioning a user on the body support is also disclosed. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000388 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING SUPER-SAMPLED IMAGING DATA - An apparatus for collecting super-sampled imaging data includes an imaging scanner, a bed, and a first motor. The imaging scanner includes a plurality of detectors arranged substantially circumferentially about a scanner axis. The bed has a plane and a central axis that is generally in the plane of the bed. However, the bed is oriented so as to form a first non-zero degree angle between the central axis and the scanner axis. The first motor translates the bed along the central axis, and a second motor may translate the bed along an axis orthogonal to the central axis and scanner axis. Since the voxels pass through the scanner in different relative positions of the bed, additional information may be acquired during the scan. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000389 | GRATED COLLIMATION SYSTEM FOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - A collimator for a computed tomography imaging device can include first and second leaves positioned on opposing sides of a primary radiation delivery window. The first and second leaves can include first and second gratings having a plurality of attenuating members with a plurality of secondary radiation delivery windows extending between adjacent attenuating members. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000390 | MOBILE X-RAY-DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A mobile X-ray-diagnostic apparatus of an embodiment includes an X-ray generator, an arm, a main body, a support column, and at least two input equipment. The X-ray generator generates X-rays. The arm holds the X-ray generator at one end. The main body includes wheels. The support column is turnably supported about a vertical direction as an axis, and supports another end of the arm. The at least two input equipment are arranged on the support column such that heights in the vertical direction differ from each other, and controls driving of the main body. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000391 | C-ARM OF MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM - A C-arm of a medical imaging system, comprising a C-shaped structure, a radiation detector support and a connection linking said support to said C-shaped structure so that said support can move toward and away from an end of said C-shaped structure, wherein said connection is structured so as to be bendable to reduce its bulk. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000392 | TARGET SITE SELECTION, ENTRY AND UPDATE WITH AUTOMATIC REMOTE IMAGE ANNOTATION - Fluoroscopic imaging of a patient's heart is performed by positioning a patient in a sterile field and imaging the heart using a x-ray fluoroscopy system within the sterile to produce a two-dimensional image. The two-dimensional image is simultaneously displayed on an operative display within or adjacent the sterile filed and on a display of a remote image processor outside the operative field. The two-dimensional image of the remote display is manually marked or annotated to show anatomical or treatment information which is simultaneously shown on the operative display. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000393 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR X-RAY-BASED BREAST IMAGING - The invention provides x-ray-based breast imaging systems and related methods that are, for example, applicable to contrast enhanced digital mammography and contrast enhanced digital breast tomosynthesis and allow fast, cost-effective and accurate x-ray imaging. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000394 | ARITHMETIC PROCESSOR AND BONE DENSITY MEASURING DEVICE - An arithmetic processor for measuring bone density using a correspondence relationship between a luminance value of transmitted radiation and a thickness of a reference material is provided. The luminance value is obtained by applying radiation, which is emitted from a radiation source upon application of a tube voltage to the radiation source, to the reference material having different thicknesses and detecting the radiation transmitted through the reference material. The arithmetic processor includes: a generating unit that generates, based on the detected luminance value, a luminance profile representing the correspondence relationship; a normalizing unit that generates a normalized profile by normalizing the luminance profile based on a maximum value and a minimum value in the luminance profile; and a determining unit that determines whether or not each luminance value corresponding to each thickness in the normalized profile is within a range defined in advance by the tube voltage and each thickness. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000395 | Assessing Optical Density Gradients and Variations - The invention relates to a method of assessing an optical density gradient in one or more radiologic images of a non-uniformly composed material for purpose of using the optical density gradient to assess a characteristic of the non-uniformly composed material. Optical density gradient is calculated as a function of the difference in optical density between a first and second region on the one or more images. The method finds particular application in predicting occurrence or likelihood of non-union of a bone fracture and for predicting occurrence of likelihood of a disorder or disease of the bone, such as osteoporosis. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000396 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The X-ray CT apparatus includes an X-ray tube, a high-voltage power supply, an X-ray detector and a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry reconstructs, as a first image, any of a monochromatic X-ray image and a polychromatic X-ray image on a basis of pre-reconstruction data acquired by scanning an object, the polychromatic X-ray image being taken in a first X-ray energy band. The processing circuitry reconstructs, as a second image, a polychromatic X-ray image taken in a second X-ray energy band wider than the first X-ray energy band on a basis of a pre-reconstruction data acquired by scanning the object. The processing circuitry identifies an area of a correction target in the first image as a correction area. The processing circuitry corrects the correction area in the second image on a basis of the first image. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000397 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING STENOSIS SEVERITY THROUGH STENOSIS MAPPING - A method of assessing stenosis severity for a patient includes obtaining patient information relevant to assessing severity of a stenosis, including anatomical imaging data of the patient. Based on the anatomical imaging data, the existence of any lesions of concerns may be identified. A three dimensional image can be generated of any irregular shaped lesion of concern and a surrounding area from the patient anatomical imaging data. A plurality of comparative two dimensional lesion specific models may be created that have conditions that correspond to the three dimensional model. The comparative two dimensional models may represent vessels having regular shaped lesions with each of the comparative two dimensional models represents a different stenosis severity. The three dimensional model can then be mapped to one of the plurality of comparative two dimensional models. After this mapping, a diagnosis of whether the patient has coronary artery disease may be made. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000398 | SCANNING TO IDENTIFY AND DELIMIT STATIONARY FLUID POOLS - Dynamically identifying a stationary body of fluid ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160000399 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASOUND NEEDLE GUIDANCE - A method and apparatus of ultrasound guidance for interventional procedures involving a needle includes acquiring ultrasound data from a region of interest, positioning the needle with respect to the region of interest, displaying an image based on the ultrasound data, calculating a risk of bending for the needle, and presenting the risk of bending for the needle. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000400 | NEEDLE DETECTION IN MEDICAL IMAGE DATA - A system for processing an image data volume acquired with a medical imaging acquisition device | 2016-01-07 |
20160000401 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING AN IMAGING PROTOCOL - Various methods and systems are provided for imaging a fetus. One example method for imaging a fetus includes obtaining genetic analysis information of the fetus, and adjusting an ultrasound image acquisition protocol based on the information. | 2016-01-07 |
20160000402 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) ULTRASOUND SYSTEM FOR SCANNING OBJECT INSIDE HUMAN BODY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING 3D ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound system and a 3D ultrasound system operating method that may obtain 3D ultrasound data with respect to an object inside a human body to determine an accurate sagittal view. The 3D ultrasound system may include a scanner to generate ultrasound data including image data generated by scanning an object inside a human body, a processing unit to detect a center point of the object from the generated ultrasound data, and to generate, on the ultrasound data, a virtual plane on which the detected center point is placed, and a controller to rotate the ultrasound data based on the image data included in the virtual plane and to determine a sagittal view with respect to the object. | 2016-01-07 |