| 10th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
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| 20130060087 | RIGID SCOPE APPARATUS - A rigid scope apparatus including a rigid scope body to be inserted into a body for guiding and projecting an inputted illumination light on an examination area of the body, and receiving and guiding a light from the examination area caused by projection of the illumination light, and a camera head section to be connected to the rigid scope body and having an imaging section for receiving the light from the examination area and guided by the rigid scope body, and outputting an image signal. The camera head section includes an illumination light output section for outputting the illumination light and the rigid scope body receives and guides the illumination light outputted from the illumination light output section. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060088 | BENDING PORTION-EQUIPPED MEDICAL APPARATUS - A bending portion-equipped medical apparatus includes: a bending portion; a grasping portion having a long axis and including a sheath portion to be grasped by a finger other than a thumb of a grasping hand; an operation portion including the grasping portion; and an operation element for performing an operation to bend the bending portion, the operation element including a shaft portion including a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the shaft portion being provided in a standing manner in the operation portion, a tilting direction and an tilting angle of the shaft portion being changeable, and a finger contact portion provided at the distal end portion and including inclined surfaces each inclined from the proximal end direction side of the shaft portion to the distal end direction side of the shaft portion along a tilting direction in which the tilting angle of the shaft portion increases. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060089 | LARYNGOSCOPE INSERTION SECTION STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a laryngoscope insertion section having a curved superior surface and a curved inferior surface, and a channel extending from the proximal end the channel having an inferior internal surface with a greater curvature than the curvature of the inferior surface. The insertion section is compatible with laryngoscope hardware optimised for indirect viewing, yet enables direct viewing. Additionally, the distance between the inferior and superior surfaces is at a maximum within the intermediate portion, and enables the dimensions of the proximal and distal portions to be minimized. Thus, the intermediate portion, which is located in the patient's oral cavity in use, is provided with greatest depth and therefore strength where the greatest forces are received, whereas the distal and proximal portions are of reduced dimensions to as to minimize trauma to the patient's airway and mouth areas, respectively, in use. Further structural features providing the insertion section with improved strength, with a minimum of material and size, are also disclosed. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060090 | LARYNGOSCOPES, LARYNGOSCOPE ARMS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A video laryngoscope has an arm comprising a video camera, at least one electrical conductor extending to the video camera, an elongate electrical conductor retaining member retaining the electrical conductor and an overmoulding extending around the elongate cable retaining member and having a smooth outer surface. Providing a laryngoscope arm overmoulded to provide a smooth outer surface has the benefit of allowing the laryngoscope arm to be readily cleaned or sterilised, and minimises the number of features, such as seams or joints, where dirt or infectious bodies may be retained. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060091 | ENDOLUMINAL AND TRANSLUMINAL SURGICAL METHODS AND DEVICES - An access device adapted and configured to be inserted through a natural biological orifice, and related surgical methods are provided. The access device includes a body, a nozzle means and means for delivering a pressurized flow of fluid to the nozzle means. The body is configured and dimensioned to be inserted through a natural bodily orifice and has proximal and distal end portions and defines at least one lumen therethrough to accommodate passage of one or more surgical instruments. The nozzle means is operatively associated with the body for directing pressurized fluid into the lumen to develop a pressure differential in an area within a region within the lumen to form a fluid seal around the one or more surgical instruments passing therethrough. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060092 | SURGICAL ACCESS SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue refraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060093 | INSTRUMENT ACCESS DEVICE - An instrument access device comprises at least a first instrument seal | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060094 | RETRACTOR SYSTEM FOR LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY - Disclosed is a retractor system for laparoscopic surgery. According to one aspect of the present invention, provided is a retractor system for laparoscopic surgery comprising: a sleeve portion for forming a passage at a retractor; an upper guide portion in which an upper circular elastic ring is built, formed at the upper portion of the sleeve portion; a lower guide portion comprising a circular tube in which a lower circular elastic ring is built, formed at the lower portion of the sleeve portion; a tube pressure controller for injecting air or water into the circular tube or discharging the air or water of the circular tube to contract or extend the circular tube, connected to the circular tube through a pipe; and an air injector or a CO2 injector in which one end is mounted to the adjacent area of the sleeve portion, the extended pipe passes through the inside of the lower guide portion along the outer wall of the sleeve portion, and the other end is mounted to the lower portion of the lower guide portion. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060095 | Vaginal Speculum - A vaginal speculum, conical in shape made out of clear plastic resin or metal that when closed can easily and gently be inserted into the introitus (vaginal opening). In certain embodiments, an obturator is used to introduce and/or expand the speculum. Various mechanisms are disclosed for dilating the speculum, after it has been inserted, so as to allow inspection of the patient's cervix. Such dilation can be effected relative to multiple axes, or even in substantially continuous, radial fashion about the periphery of the speculum, for improved visualization. In addition, this speculum has a handle that is oriented such that a vaginal exam can be performed on a standard exam table. The handle also includes a receptacle that receives a standard pen light. A light pipe directs light from the pen light to illuminate the cervix. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060096 | Integrating Wellness Care and Data into the Patient Care Cycle - In a computer-based medical patient care system, patient wellness information, such as exercise data, visits to wellness providers, and vitamin intake, is collected by the system. The wellness information is associated with the patient=s medical record. The wellness information is made available to the patient=s the medical services providers via the system. Wellness information is categorized relative to whether it has been verified by a third party or self reported by the patient. Medical providers, such as physicians, obtain insight into patients=wellness issues, thereby becoming able to work with patients more effectively to effect behavior modification, determine whether the patient is actually following wellness directives, etc. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060097 | MULTI-MODAL SLEEP SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for a multi-modal sleep system comprising a data processor for operating in a plurality of operating modes. The data processor may detect at least one sensor providing data to the data processor and determine a sensor type associated with each of the at least one sensor. The data processor may select a mode of operation based on the determined sensor type of the detected at least one sensor and of each of the at least one sensor. A first of the plurality of operating modes may be selected in response to determining that the at least one detected sensor includes a first sensor type or combination of sensor types. The data processor may be configured to receive data from the at least one detected sensor and process the received data according to the selected mode of operation to output a characterization of a user's sleep. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060098 | MONITORING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a novel monitoring device suitable for attachment to a surface of a subject and for monitoring specific physiological signals of a subject wearing the device. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060099 | Methods for Subcutaneously Positioning an Analyte Sensing Device - Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for determining the presence and/or concentration of an analyte. In practicing methods according to certain embodiments, an analyte sensing unit is positioned at a location on the abdomen of a that experiences involuntary movement sufficient to provide for mixing of non-circulating interstitial fluid with circulating interstitial fluid and determining an analyte concentration in the interstitial fluid. Also provided are methods for positioning an analyte sensing unit at a location on the abdomen of a subject, and methods of determining an analyte concentration while the subject is asleep, e.g., during a rapid eye movement (REM) sleep period. Devices and systems for practicing the subject methods also described. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060100 | CONTACTLESS NON-INVASIVE ANALYZER OF BREATHING SOUNDS - A device and method for monitoring and analyzing breathing sounds, the device including at least one microphone adapted and configured for placement adjacent a body to be monitored for contactless recording of breathing sounds, a motion detector using an ultrasound distance sensor to detect the patient body motions, and a processor coupled to the microphones and the motion detector for receiving and processing the breathing sounds and patient motions to detect abnormal breathing events. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060101 | CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE - A capsule casing of a capsule medical device has a chemical sensor inside, used for sensing operation. The chemical sensor has a recovery device which resets the chemical sensor to an initial state thereof so as to use the chemical sensor for the sensing operation a plurality of times or continuously. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060102 | Two-Wrist Data Gathering System - Sensing is carried out from locations at considerable remove from the stomach. Cooperating sensor electronics are placed at each of two wrists of the patient. The potential discomfort and inconvenience of an abdominal patch are reduced or eliminated. And alternative power sources become available. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060103 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING DISTRIBUTED ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) TISSUE(S) MONITORING - A system for monitoring at least one biological tissue of a patient during a period of at least 24 hours. The system comprises an implantable intrabody probe and an extrabody probe which propagate an electromagnetic (EM) signal, using an antenna, via at least one tissue therebetween, in a plurality of sessions during a period of at least 24 hours, a processing unit which analyses the EM signal to detect a change in at least one biological parameter of the at least one tissue, and an output unit which outputs the change. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060104 | FILTERED DETECTOR ARRAY FOR OPTICAL PATIENT SENSORS - The present embodiments relate generally to patient monitoring system and, more particularly, to optical patient monitoring systems. In an embodiment, a physiological sensor includes a broadband emitter configured to emit two or more wavelengths of light into the tissue of a patient. The sensor also includes a charge coupled device (CCD) or complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) photodetector array comprising a plurality of photodetectors. Each photodetector in the photodetector array is configured to receive the light from the tissue of the patient and to produce a corresponding output signal. Additionally, the sensor also includes one or more filter layers disposed on the plurality of photodetectors. The filter layers are configured to only allow light of particular wavelengths, polarizations, or both, to be received by each of the plurality of photodetectors. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060105 | Orthogonally Redundant Sensor Systems and Methods - A continuous glucose monitoring system may include a hand-held monitor, a transmitter, an insulin pump, and an orthogonally redundant glucose sensor, which may comprise an optical glucose sensor and a non-optical glucose sensor. The former may be a fiber optical sensor, including a competitive glucose binding affinity assay with a glucose analog and a fluorophore-labeled glucose receptor, which is interrogated by an optical interrogating system, e.g., a stacked planar integrated optical system. The non-optical sensor may be an electrochemical sensor having a plurality of electrodes distributed along the length thereof. Proximal portions of the optical and electrochemical sensors may be housed inside the transmitter and operationally coupled with instrumentation for, e.g., receiving signals from the sensors, converting to respective glucose values, and communicating the glucose values. The sensors' distal portions may be inserted into a user's body via a single delivery needle and may be co-located inside the user's body. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060106 | OPTICAL SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An optical glucose sensor may include an optical fiber and a glucose-permeable membrane having a hollow interior and being coupled to the optical fiber's distal end. The membrane's hollow interior provides a compartment to house a competitive glucose binding affinity assay. The assay may include a glucose analog that may be labeled with a dye, and a glucose receptor that may be labeled with a fluorophore. The optical fiber may include a compound parabolic concentrator tip, and the compartment may additionally house a reflector disposed so as to face the optical fiber's tip. A fluorophore-labeled assay may be interrogated by an optical interrogating system including a light source and a filter substrate having one or more coatings to effect, e.g., an excitation filter and/or an emission filter. The interrogating system may be manufactured as a stacked planar integrated optical system and diced into smaller units. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060107 | SUBCUTANEOUS GLUCOSE SENSOR - A glucose sensor for measurement of glucose in subcutaneous tissue, the sensor comprising: a probe for subcutaneous insertion, the probe containing an indicator system comprising a receptor for selectively binding to glucose and a fluorophore associated with said receptor, wherein the fluorophore has a fluorescence lifetime of less than 100 ns; a detector head which is optically connected to the probe and which is for location outside the body; a light source; and a detector arranged to receive fluorescent light emitted from the indicator system, wherein the light source and detector are optionally located within the detector head; wherein the sensor is arranged to measure glucose concentration in subcutaneous tissue by monitoring the fluorescence lifetime of the fluorophore. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060108 | METHOD FOR DATA REDUCTION AND CALIBRATION OF AN OCT-BASED PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITOR - The present invention relates to a method and system for estimating blood analyte levels using a noninvasive optical coherence tomography (OCT) based physiological monitor. An algorithm correlates OCT-based estimated blood analyte data with actual blood analyte data determined by other methods, such as invasively. OCT-based data is fit to the obtained blood analyte measurements to achieve the best correlation. Once the algorithm has generated sets of estimated blood analyte levels, it may refine the number of sets by applying one or more mathematical filters. The OCT-based physiological monitor can be calibrated using an Intensity Difference plot or the Pearson Product Moment Correlation method. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060109 | TECHNIQUE FOR REMANUFACTURING A MEDICAL SENSOR - Remanufactured medical sensors and methods for remanufacturing used medical sensors are provided. Such a remanufactured sensor may include certain components from a used medical sensor and certain new components. For example, a remanufactured regional oximetry sensor may include a padding layer, an emitter and a pair of detectors, a flexible circuit coupled to the emitter and detectors, and a patient-contacting adhesive layer. The flexible circuit, the emitter, the first detector, the second detector, or any combination thereof, are from a used medical sensor, and the padding layer, the patient-contacting adhesive layer, or a combination thereof, are new. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060110 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF A PLURALITY OF SPO2 TIME SERIES PATTERN TYPES - The disclosed embodiments relate to pulse oximetry. An exemplary pulse oximeter comprises a probe that is adapted to be attached to a body part of a patient to create a signal indicative of an oxygen saturation of blood of the patient, and a processor that is adapted to receive the signal produced by the probe, to calculate an SPO2 value based on the signal, to detect a plurality of pattern types of SPO2 indicative of pathophysiologic events, and to produce an output indicative of a detected one of the plurality of pattern types. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060111 | DUAL PAD FOR HYGIENE AND DETECTING CONDITIONS - The present invention provides a hygienic pad enabled not only to collect human discharges when a man or a woman uses the pad, but also to detect reactants contained in the discharges. The detected reactants are indicators of medical conditions. Means to detect the reactants are incorporated into the hygienic pad. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060112 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ANALYTE SENSOR DATA FOR SENSOR CALIBRATION - Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data are disclosed, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. The sensor can be calibrated using a calibration set of one or more matched sensor and reference analyte data pairs. Reference data resulting from benchtop testing an analyte sensor prior to its insertion can be used to provide initial calibration of the sensor data. Reference data from a short term continuous analyte sensor implanted in a user can be used to initially calibrate or update sensor data from a long term continuous analyte sensor. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060113 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING GLUCOSE LEVELS AROUND A REPEATING EVENT - Methods for evaluating changes in glucose levels include selecting a repeating event, obtaining a pre-event measurement and a post-event measurement for a plurality of occurrences of the repeating event wherein a glucose change between the pre-event measurement and post-event measurement may be determined for each of the plurality of occurrences of the repeating event, and, recording unique details for each of the plurality of occurrences of the repeating event such that the unique details may be correlated with the glucose change for each of the plurality of occurrences of the repeating event. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060114 | TEST ELEMENT FOR ANALYZING A BODY FLUID - A test element comprises a puncture element and a test pane. The puncture element has a tip for generating a wound and a capillary structure. The capillary structure extends from the tip to the test panel and has a fluid connection to the tip configured to allow body fluid to penetrate into the capillary structure. The test panel contains at least a part of the reagent system and is positioned in the test element adjacent to a part of the capillary structure of the puncture element in such a manner that body fluid penetrating into the capillary structure contacts a liquid entry side of the test panel. The test panel comprises a transparent support layer and a test layer applied to the support layer by coating, the side of the test panel facing away from the support layer forming its liquid entry side, which faces toward the capillary structure. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060115 | SHIELDED BIOMEDICAL ELECTRODE PATCH - A biomedical electrode patch having improved resistance to capacitive coupling to extraneous electric fields. The patch includes a conductive shield and a contact portion formed on an upper surface thereof The contact portion extends through the film layer and contacts an electrode formed of a material suitable for conducting electrical signals from a patient. Conductive traces formed on the lower surface of the tab extend to contact pads. A nonconductive layer is printed over the traces and can have a shield formed thereon. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060116 | Integrated System for Intravascular Placement of a Catheter - An integrated catheter placement system for accurately placing a catheter within a patient's vasculature is disclosed. In one embodiment, the integrated system comprises a system console, a tip location sensor for temporary placement on the patient's chest, and an ultrasound probe. The tip location sensor senses a magnetic field of a stylet disposed in a lumen of the catheter when the catheter is disposed in the vasculature. The ultrasound probe ultrasonically images a portion of the vasculature prior to intravascular introduction of the catheter. The ultrasound probe includes user input controls for controlling use of the ultrasound probe in an ultrasound mode and use of the tip location sensor in a tip location mode. In another embodiment, ECG signal-based catheter tip guidance is included in the integrated system to enable guidance of the catheter tip to a desired position with respect to a node of the patient's heart. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060117 | Method and Apparatus for Identifying Oversensing Using Far-Field Intracardiac Electrograms and Marker Channels - A method for identifying oversensing in implantable medical devices (IMDs), such as implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), is described. A near-field electrogram signal and a far-field electrogram signal are obtained via a near-field electrode pair and a far-field electrode pair. The near-field electrogram signal is compared to the far-field electrogram signal and a determination of whether oversensing exists is made based on the comparison. In some instances, a scheduled therapy is withheld in response to determining that oversensing exists. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060118 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD COMPRISING MEANS FOR DETECTING AND CLASSIFYING AN ARRHYTHMIA - An implantable medical device ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060119 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FETAL MOVEMENT | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060120 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH - An electrocardiograph includes first and second induction electrodes, a signal difference generation section, an electrocardiographic detection section, a signal applying section, and a contact detection section. The signal difference generation section generates a potential difference between a signal from the first induction electrode and a signal from the second induction electrode as a signal difference. The electrocardiographic detection section detects an electrocardiographic complex of a subject based on the signal difference. The signal applying section applies a first signal to the first induction electrode and a second signal to the second induction electrode. The first signal has a property different from the electrocardiographic complex. The second signal has a property different from the electrocardiographic complex and the first signal. The contact detection section detects a contact state of the subject to the first and second induction electrodes based on the signal difference. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060121 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ULTRASOUND BASED AUTOMATED DETECTION, QUANTIFICATION AND TRACKING OF PATHOLOGIES - An automated method for detecting a disease state is presented. The method includes identifying a bone surface in one or more image data sets, wherein the one or more data sets correspond to a region of interest in an object of interest. Furthermore, the method includes segmenting a joint capsule region corresponding to the one or more image data sets based on a corresponding identified bone surface. In addition, the method includes analyzing the segmented joint capsule region to identify the disease state. Systems and non-transitory computer readable medium configured to perform the automated method for detecting a disease state are also presented. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060122 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IN VIVO FLOW CYTOMETRY USING THE DETECTION OF PHOTOACOUSTIC WAVES - A photoacoustic flow cytometry (PAFC) device for the in vivo detection of cells circulating in blood or lymphatic vessels is described. Ultrasound transducers attached to the skin of an organism detect the photoacoustic ultrasound waves emitted by target objects in response to their illumination by at least one pulse of laser energy delivered using at least one wavelength. The wavelengths of the laser light pulse may be varied to optimize the absorption of the laser energy by the target object. Target objects detected by the device may be unlabelled biological cells or cell products, contrast agents, or biological cells labeled with one or more contrast agents. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060123 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING BREAST VOLUME TO ASSIST MEDICAL PROCEDURE - Various systems, methods, techniques and/or modules are provided to allow for the automated analysis of the 3-D representation of the upper front torso (i) to recognize 3-D anatomical features, (ii) to orient the subject with reference to their anatomy or a display, (iii) to determine dimensional analysis including direct point-to-point lines, 3-D surface lines, and volume values, (iv) to simulate the outcome with the addition of breast implants including breast and nipple positioning, (v) to assist in the selection of the breast implants, and/or (vi) to assist in the planning of breast surgery. The automated analysis is based on the analysis of changes in a 3-D contour map of the upper torso, orientation analysis of 3-D features and planes, color analysis of 3-D features, and/or dimensional analysis of 3-D features and positions of the upper torso. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060124 | APPARATUS FOR USE IN DIAGNOSING AND/OR TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER - An apparatus ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060125 | ENCEPHALOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS INCORPORATING INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS AND A SPECTRAL SHAPING FILTER - Methods and apparatus for encephalography process encephalography data to yield components that correspond to modular areas of the brain. In some embodiments encephalography data is processed by independent component analysis to yield a first set of components that are processed to generate a spectral filter. The spectral filter is applied to the encephalography data to generate a second set of components. The second set of components may be represented by one or more matrices. In an embodiment the second set of components is represented by weight and sphereing matrices. Methods and apparatus may be applied for monitoring brain function, selecting participants for medical trials, adjusting drug dosages, performing and monitoring biofeedback methods, detecting progression toward diseases or conditions that affect the brain and other applications. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060126 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM TO GENERATE AN MR IMAGE WITH A TRACKING FACTOR - For the generation of a magnetic resonance (MR) image of a predetermined volume segment of a living subject, a tracking factor is determined for each of different regions of the volume segment, from which the position of the respective region can be determined depending on a position of a moving area of the subject. MR image data of the volume segment are acquired for different positions of the moving area. The position of the moving area is calculated depending on the position and the tracking factor of the respective region, and the MR image data of the respective region are reconstructed using the MR image data of the volume segment corresponding to the calculated position of the moving area. The MR image of the predetermined volume segment is generated as a combination of the constructed MR image data of the regions. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060127 | ULTRASONICALLY VISIBLE SCORING BALLOON - An angioplasty balloon ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060128 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEM - A method is disclosed for operating a radiation therapy system. The radiation therapy system includes a magnetic resonance apparatus. In an embodiment of the method, an irradiation plan is received for a patient. While the patient is arranged in the radiation therapy system and a hyperpolarized contrast agent has been administered, magnetic resonance data of the patient is acquired. In the magnetic resonance data, molecular irradiation target areas are determined on the basis of the hyperpolarized contrast agent and the received irradiation plan is corrected as a function of the molecular irradiation target areas determined in the magnetic resonance data. A molecular irradiation target area relates to an area of the patient with a molecular property. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060129 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device and a control method thereof reduce the preparation time for MRI photographing a patient. A patient table has a transfer unit for moving a patient inside the magnet assembly. A fixing unit includes a signal transmitting unit. A signal receiving unit is installed on a diagnosis area of the patient or a radio frequency (RF) coil attached to a diagnosis area of the patient, and a patient position determination system calculates position information of the diagnosis area of the patient or the RF coil if the signal receiving unit detects a signal output from the signal transmitting unit when the transfer unit transfers the patient to inside the magnet assembly and to transfer the diagnosis area of the patient to an optimum photographic area inside the magnet assembly based on the position information. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060130 | THERAPEUTIC MICROROBOT SYSTEM FOR BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD DISEASES - Disclosed is a microrobot for the therapy of brain/spinal cord diseases. It comprises a microrobot comprising a driving unit having a magnet therein, and a therapeutic means or drug delivery means for treating a disease lesion; a microrobot driving module for performing and controlling various motions of the microrobot by generating an electromagnetic force through an electromagnetic coil system; an imaging module for imaging a thecal sac filled with cerebrospinal fluid, a ventricle, and the microrobot; a diagnosis module for diagnosing the brain/spinal cord disease, based on a pre-operative image produced by the imaging module; and a navigation module for planning a moving path for the microrobot, based on the pre-operative image produced by the imaging module and for monitoring the microrobot through an intraoperative image produced by the imaging module. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060131 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXAMINING INNER EAR - An apparatus, for examining an inner ear is provided. An endoscope is provided, comprising a wave guide and an end piece comprising an end window to be placed a first distance from an inner ear, wherein the waveguide focuses light to create a focal plane the first distance from the end window. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system is connected to a second end of the wave guide and comprises an imaging system connected to the OCT system for generating an image of the inner ear. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060132 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF CONTRAST INJECTION - A method for automatically detecting the presence of a contrast agent in an x-ray image includes acquiring a preliminary x-ray image. A background image is estimated. The contrast agent is administered. A plurality of image frames is acquired. The background image is subtracted from each image frame. An image having a highest image intensity is selected. A predefined shape model is fitted to the selected image using a semi-global optimization strategy. The fitting of the shape model is used to fit the shape model to each of the subtracted images. A feature value is calculated for each image frame based on pixel intensities of each pixel fitted to the shape model for the corresponding subtracted image. An image frame of peak contrast is determined by selecting the image frame with the greatest feature value. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060133 | NON-INVASIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE - Non-invasive systems and methods for determining fractional flow reserve. At least one method of determining fractional flow reserve within a luminal organ of the present disclosure comprising the steps of positioning a monitoring device external to a luminal organ and near a stenosis, the monitoring device capable of determining at least one characteristic of the stenosis, operating the monitoring device to determine the at least one characteristic of the stenosis, and determining fractional flow reserve at or near the stenosis based upon the at least one characteristic determined by the monitoring device. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060134 | CZT SENSOR FOR TUMOR DETECTION AND TREATMENT - A tumor treatment apparatus may include an array of collimated CZT detectors configured to intersect a known coordinate and measure gamma radiation activity, for example at 511 keV. A radiation delivery system may be configured to direct radiation through the known coordinate on the basis of the gamma radiation activity. A translatable and rotatable table may be configured to support a tumor host, wherein the tumor is positionable relative to the known coordinate on the basis of the gamma radiation activity emitted by the tumor and measured by the array of collimated CZT detectors. Radiation from the radiation delivery system may be delivered to the tumor at the known coordinate, and may be delivered in an intra-operative surgical environment. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060135 | INITIALIZATION OF FITTING PARAMETERS FOR PERFUSION ASSESSMENT BASED ON BOLUS ADMINISTRATION - An embodiment includes analyzing a body part perfused with a contrast agent, which has been pre-administered as a bolus to circulate through the body-part with at least a first passage during an analysis interval. The analyzing includes providing at least one input signal indicative of a response to an interrogation signal of a corresponding location of the body part during the analysis interval, and fitting each input signal over the analysis interval by an instance of a combined bolus function of time, based on a combination of a first simple bolus function of time modeling the first passage of the contrast agent and at least one second simple bolus function of time each one modeling a corresponding second passage of the contrast agent. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060136 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR AGENT-ASSISTED MEDICAL PROCEDURES - Various embodiments of bulking or cushioning agents or material and related medical devices and methods are disclosed. For example, a method of performing a medical procedure in a tract of a body may include injecting a material in a liquid phase proximate a target site between a first tissue layer and a second tissue layer, allowing the material to transition from the liquid phase to the gel phase in response to a raise in temperature of the material to approximately at or above the predetermined temperature, and performing a surgical procedure on the target site. The material may have the liquid phase at temperatures below a predetermined temperature and a gel phase at temperatures approximately at or above the predetermined temperature. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060137 | Catheters and Related Equipment - A device for inserting a catheter into a blood vessel that uses fluid flow to aid the insertion of the catheter into a patient is described herein. The device includes a catheter retention device that houses a catheter and is configured to attach to an angiocatheter or other blood vessel access device. The catheter retention device receives fluid and guides the catheter into the blood vessel using the flow of fluid to carry the catheter into the blood vessel. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060138 | Catheter and Seal Assembly - A laboratory specimen sealed within a chamber on an animal holder may be injected or otherwise administered material such as drugs and radioactive imagining materials from the ambient, or outside the chamber, through a sealed catheter assembly. The animal holder can be mounted on imaging machines such as MRI, X-ray, PET, CT and like imaging machines. Biologically contaminated animals are isolated within the chamber from the ambient, yet may be injected from outside the chamber thereby protecting lab technicians from contamination and isolating the animal from additional contamination from an ambient environment, such as an imaging laboratory. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060139 | METHOD OF DETECTING PORTAL AND/OR HEPATIC PRESSURE AND A PORTAL HYPERTENSION MONITORING SYSTEM - The devices and methods generally relate to vibratable sensors for measuring ambient fluid pressure, in particular implantable sensors. The devices and methods are particularly well-suited to implantation within the body of a living animal or human to monitor physiological conditions, such as portal and/or hepatic venous blood pressure, and allow frequent, remote interrogation of venous pressure using the resonance frequency of an implanted sensor. The sensor devices are relatively small compared to conventional devices for measuring fluid pressure and can be implanted in the porto-hepatic venous system, whereas conventional devices are too large. The small size of the device is accomplished by using a thick sensor membrane, compared to conventional devices, and by limiting the size of additional elements of the device relative to the size of the sensor membrane. The thicker sensor member also obviates the need for multiple sensor arrays and maintains the accuracy and robustness of the sensor device. A data capture, processing, and display system provides a pressure measurement reading, and is particularly well-suited for detecting portal hypertension in patients with liver disorders. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060140 | Dual-Mode Piezocomposite Ultrasonic Transducer - A compact, high power, dual mode, emitting and receiving ultrasound transducer and method for applying ultrasonic energy within a living subject and for monitoring the effects it induces in tissue comprises a set of piezoelectric polymeric transducer elements and a set of piezoelectric ceramic elements, bonded together. The polymeric transducer elements have electrodes enabling their use for low power diagnostic imaging interrogation of the tissue and the ceramic transducer elements have electrodes enabling their use for high power therapy applications. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060141 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY - An ultrasound transducer assembly includes an acoustic focusing lens and a therapy transducer mounted to a holder member so that the lens is movable relative to the transducer. The lens and the transducer are mounted to the holder member so that the lens is spaced a predetermined distance from the transducer element. A liquid layer having a thickness of the predetermined distance is provided between the lens and the transducer element. A solid backing member is disposed on a side of the transducer element opposite the lens. The backing member is spaced by an additional liquid layer of a predetermined thickness from the transducer element. The focusing depth of the lens-transducer assembly is controllable by transducer operating frequency. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060142 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ULTRASOUND IMAGE - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an operating unit which sets multistage focus positions through operation by an operator, and a multistage focus position correction unit which, when an inter-focus position distance at the multistage focus positions set through the operating unit exceeds an allowable range set in advance for each measurement depth, automatically corrects the multistage focus positions so as to be within the allowable range. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060143 | DOPPLER PROBE PLACEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - The present invention is directed towards a placement device for a flat Doppler probe and a method of use that allows for hands-free use of a flat Doppler probe. The device replaces gel for transmitting and receiving ultrasound signals or alternatively encapsulates the gel. The placement device includes a hydrophilic surface that contacts a patient and allows for the transmission and receiving of ultrasound signals. The placement device eliminates the use of gel for easier clean up and optimizes the transmission of ultrasound signals. The placement device includes an adhesive on the patient contacting surface that allows the placement device to adhere to a surface on a patient. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060144 | SCANNING DENTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY PROBE - A dental ultrasonography probe includes a probe tip having a scanning ultrasonography transducer that generates a narrow beam ultrasonic transmission signal over a sequence of beam angles, that receives an ultrasonic return signal, and that generates an ultrasonic receive signal in response to the ultrasonic return signal to identify and measure dental and craniofacial objects and features. A probe body has a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the probe tip. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060145 | Ultrasound Catheter With Rotatable Transducer - An ultrasound catheter assembly having a rotatable transducer assembly is disclosed. The ultrasound catheter assembly includes an elongate flexible shaft having a lumen and a proximal end and a distal end. The catheter assembly further includes a drive member that engages the transducer assembly at a distal end of the catheter. Rotation of the drive member in a first direction causes the transducer assembly to rotate in an oscillatory fashion in a second direction. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060146 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR INTRAOPERATIVE GUIDANCE FEEDBACK - Systems and methods for surgical guidance and image registration are provided, in which three-dimensional image data associated with an object or patient is registered to topological image data obtained using a surface topology imaging device. The surface topology imaging device may be rigidly attached to an optical position measurement system that also tracks fiducial markers on a movable instrument. The instrument may be registered to the topological image data, such that the topological image data and the movable instrument are registered to the three-dimensional image data. The three-dimensional image data may be CT or MRI data associated with a patient. The system may also co-register images pertaining to a surgical plan with the three-dimensional image data. In another aspect, the surface topology imaging device may be configured to directly track fiducial markers on a movable instrument. The fiducial markers may be tracked according to surface texture. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060147 | OCCLUSIVE NON-INFLATABLE BLOOD PRESSURE DEVICE - A blood pressure device including a compressible material can be placed around a limb of a patient (e.g. a band or cuff). Further, the blood pressure device can include a sleeve that, at least partially, covers the compressible material and is capable of compressing the compressible material to occlude a patient's blood vessel without inflating the sleeve. In some embodiments, the sleeve can compress the compressible material using a motor assembly. This motor assembly can include a motor and any additional mechanical devices that can be used to facilitate compressing the compressible material. For example, the motor assembly may include one or more of the following: a cable, a pulley, and a gear assembly, such as a worm drive or any other gear assembly that can facilitate compressing the compressible material. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060148 | PULSE DETECTION USING PATIENT PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS - The presence of a cardiac pulse in a patient is determined by evaluating physiological signals in the patient. In one embodiment, a medical device evaluates optical characteristics of light transmitted into a patient to ascertain physiological signals, such as pulsatile changes in general blood volume proximate a light detector module. Using these features, the medical device determines whether a cardiac pulse is present in the patient. The medical device may also be configured to report whether the patient is in a VF, VT, asystole, or PEA condition, in addition to being in a pulseless condition, and prompt different therapies, such as chest compressions, rescue breathing, defibrillation, and PEA-specific electrotherapy, depending on the analysis of the physiological signals. Auto-capture of a cardiac pulse using pacing stimuli is further provided. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060149 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING CARDIAC AND RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS USING ACOUSTIC SOUNDS - A medical device system and associated method discriminate respiratory and cardiac conditions using respiratory sounds. A sensing module acquires a first signal and a second signal, at least the second signal acquired from an acoustic transducer. A processor is configured to receive the first signal and to control the sensing module to acquire the second acoustic signal in response to a change in the first signal. The processor discriminates between a cardiac condition and a respiratory condition as a cause of the change in the first signal in response to the second acoustic signal. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060150 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING CARDIAC AND RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS USING ACOUSTIC SOUNDS - A medical device system and associated method discriminating conditions that includes a plurality of sensors, a sensing module coupled to the plurality of sensors and configured to acquire signals from the plurality of sensors, and a processor coupled to the sensing module and configured to determine a change in a respiratory related sounds in response to a signal from a sensor of the plurality of sensors, select one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors associated with the determined change, determine a respiratory signature in response to signals from the selected one or more sensors, and determine the respiratory condition in response to the determined respiratory signature. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060151 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE HOSPITALIZATION - A hospitalization management system including a heart failure analyzer that receives diagnostic data including at least sensor data representative of one or more physiological signals sensed from a hospitalized patient using one or more sensors and assesses risk of rehospitalization for the patient using the diagnostic data. The outcome of the risk assessment is used during and following the patient's hospitalization for reducing the risk of rehospitalization. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060152 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS OSCILLOMETRIC BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT - A method that extends the oscillometric method, which currently is used for blood pressure measurement at one point in time, to provide continuous measurement of blood pressure (BP). The method provides a BP signal that is similar to an invasive arterial line continuous BP measurement with minimal changes in clinical procedures. The apparatus for performing the method includes a sensor with a fluid-filled, disposable, flexible bladder underneath a non-invasive inflatable cuff monitor. The inflatable cuff monitor provides a single-point BP value in a traditional manner. An electronic scaling adapter estimates the diastolic pressure and systolic pressure corresponding to the BP signal obtained from the fluid-filled bladder, uses the single-point BP value from the inflatable cuff monitor to scale the BP signal detected by the bladder, and outputs a scaled BP signal that can be displayed from a conventional vital signs monitor. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060153 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE CUFF AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A blood pressure information measurement device cuff includes a wide blood pressure value measurement air bladder wrapped around a fitting area when in a fitted state, and a narrow pulse wave measurement air bladder disposed so as to be closer to the fitting area than the blood pressure value measurement air bladder when in the fitted state, and covered by the blood pressure value measurement air bladder when wrapped around the fitting area. The pulse wave measurement air bladder includes an anchored portion anchored to the blood pressure value measurement air bladder so as to be immobile relative to the blood pressure value measurement air bladder and a mobile portion that is not anchored to the blood pressure value measurement air bladder so as to be mobile relative to the blood pressure value measurement air bladder along a wrapping direction in which the cuff is wrapped around the measurement area. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060154 | ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DECISION APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DECIDING PRESENCE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - An atrial fibrillation decision apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a detected waveform signal indicating a detection result of an electrocardiogram or pulse wave, an RR interval calculation unit that calculates a parameter corresponding to the RR interval with respect to each frame on the basis of a spectrum of each frame obtained through frequency analysis of the detected waveform signal acquired, and an RR waveform signal that indicates a temporal change of the parameter, a power calculation unit that calculates a temporal change of power of a predetermined frequency band of the RR waveform signal, and a decision unit that decides whether the calculated power satisfies a specific condition and outputs information indicating whether atrial fibrillation is taking place, on the basis of the detection result. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060155 | EAR-CARRYING HEART BEAT DETECTION DEVICE - The present invention relates to an ear-carrying heart beat detection device, which includes a device body, an attaching structure, an ear clip, an extension assembly, a control circuit and a wrist watch unit. The attaching structure is coupled to the device body. The ear clip includes a blood flowrate sensor to detect variation of blood flowrate through a user's earlobe. The extension assembly adjusts the relative distance of the ear clip with respect to the device body. The control circuit is arranged inside the device body and the control circuit transmits a heart beat signal to a wrist watch unit in a wireless manner to allow the user to inspect the condition of heart beat of his or her body and to adjust the time period and style of exercise according to the heart beat information. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060156 | VISUALIZATON OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCT SIZE IN DIAGNOSTIC ECG - The segments of an anatomically corresponding bull's eye graph familiar to echocardiologists is annotated by coloring those segments for which ECG data indicates the presence of myocardial infarction injury. In an illustrated example, segments are colored with a second color when the ECG data corresponding to those segments are indicated as being the site of a coronary occlusion. The segments of the bull's eye graph may be colored in a third color with the results of a diagnostic imaging exam, such as by coloring segments exhibiting wall motion abnormalities with a third color. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060157 | OXYGEN FACEMASK WITH CAPNOGRAPHY MONITORING PORTS - An oxygen face mask to cover a user's nose and at least partially cover a user's mouth with lateral sampling ports; systems including such a face mask; and methods of using such a face mask. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060158 | METHODS BASED ON FLUCTUATIONS IN CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION - A method of identifying a site of injury in a pediatric patient with brain injury is provided which comprises obtaining an electroencephalogram signal on the patient. The identification of phase synchrony within the signal is indicative of the site of brain injury. Electroencephalogram signals may also be used to determine prognosis of a pediatric patient in a coma in which an increase in the temporal variability of phase synchronized EEG signals over time is indicative of an improvement in the patient. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060159 | HEARING SCREENING APPLICATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A computer-implemented method is provided for conducting a hearing assessment of a patient. The method includes: presenting a plurality of objects on a display of a computing device, where each object produces an audio output in response to a stimuli from the patient and the audio output by the objects varies in frequency and intensity amongst the plurality of objects; prompting a patient with a visual cue to classify objects producing sound; receiving an input from the patient for each object in the plurality of objects, where the input indicates whether the audio output by a given object was perceptible to the patient; and generating an audiogram for the patient using the input received from the patient. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060160 | TISSUE AND FLUID SAMPLING DEVICE AND METHOD - A device and method for acquiring tissue or fluid. The device includes an instrument for acquiring tissue or fluid, and a pump. The instrument has a proximal end and a distal end at which the tissue or fluid is first acquired. The pump is connected to the proximal end of the instrument for applying negative pressure for drawing in the tissue or fluid. The pump has a switch for adjusting the amount of pressure. The method includes inserting an instrument into the site of the tissue or fluid to be acquired and exerting a controlled amount of adjustable negative pressure through the instrument to draw back into or onto the instrument the tissue or fluid being acquired. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060161 | COAXIAL NEEDLE ASSEMBLY - An adjustable coaxial needle assembly for placement into a tissue mass prior to a biopsy procedure comprises a guide cannula assembly, a stylet, and a throw calibrator. The stylet is selectively coaxially received by the guide cannula, which is in turn coaxially received by the throw calibrator. The effective length of the guide cannula can be selectively adjusted by moving the throw calibrator relative to the guide cannula to adjust the distance between an open distal end of the guide cannula and a the throw calibrator. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060162 | Venting Safety Closure - A closure for use with a specimen collection container is disclosed. The closure includes a base portion having a first end adapted for engagement with an open end of the specimen collection container, and a second end adapted for receiving a portion of a syringe assembly therein. The closure also includes a luer fitting connected to the base portion and having at least one channel for venting an interior of the specimen collection container to atmosphere during introduction of a fluid specimen from the syringe assembly into the specimen collection container. The closure further includes a shielding portion connected to the base portion and adapted to transition from an open position in which fluid communication is established between the first end and the second end through the luer fitting, to a closed position in which the luer fitting is fully shielded by the shielding portion. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060163 | Sinonasal Specimen Collection Kit and Use - The present invention additionally provides a kit for collecting the sinonasal specimen to analyze which pathogenic microbes cause a disease in a mammal, how to test the drug sensitivity against the infectious microbes in sinonasal cavities, and to help the selection of a pharmaceutical composition to selectively treat a disease of a mammal. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a chemical compound or a herb extract or the combination having at least one of the activities of antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergy, anti-cancer, promoting membrane healing or immunomodulating, for the treatment and prevention of a disease of a mammal. The invented method of treating a human disease reduces infectious and inflammation without causing antibiotic resistance or clinically noticeable adverse event. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060164 | BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL DETECTOR - A biological signal with small amplitude is detected with greater sensitivity than before. A mechanical amplification device provided with a three-dimensional knitted material | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060165 | Device for Detecting The Curvature of the Skin Surface of a Human or an Animal Subject - This invention relates to a device for detecting the curvature change of the skin surface of a human or an animal subject, comprising a sensing unit and a processing unit. The device can be used for monitoring distention level of the bladder of the subject and so parents may find it useful for toilet training their children by knowing the status of bladders of their children from the device. It is also suitable for other people such as patients suffering from uncontrollable urination, physically disabled patients and/or comatose patients, and even pet owners. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060166 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HAND REHABILITATION AND ASSESSMENT OF HAND FUNCTION - The various embodiments provided herein are generally directed to a method, system, and/or device for providing rehabilitation and assessing function from a portion of the human body. In one embodiment, there is disclosed a method, system, and/or device for providing rehabilitation and assessing of hand function using an audio interface. The audio interface may be a music-based interface and device may include a monitor unit, such as a hand monitoring unit, for providing data of a movement to a computing device, such as a microcontroller. The computing device may output data to a music-based interface. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060167 | METHOD FOR PREDICTION, DETECTION, MONITORING, ANALYSIS AND ALERTING OF SEIZURES AND OTHER POTENTIALLY INJURIOUS OR LIFE-THREATENING STATES - The present invention provides a method for predicting seizures and for detecting seizures, and other potentially injurious or life-threatening events, optionally in conjunction with a mobile device. In an embodiment, a portable device provides epilepsy seizure prediction, detection, monitoring, analysis and alerting for epilepsy patients or other people afflicted with seizures. In an embodiment, the portable device may alert and communicate information to health care providers, caregivers and family members, emergency services, and the like. Collected data may be reviewed and analyzed for use in developing specific criteria for predicting and detecting seizures and other potentially injurious or life-threatening events. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060168 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY - The present disclosure provides system and method for monitoring of at least one physiological parameter of a person engaged in a physical activity, for example, an impact received by a player engaged in a contact sport such as football. The system includes a monitoring unit that actively monitors the physiological parameter of the person, wherein the monitoring unit generates an alert event when the monitored physiological parameter exceeds a threshold of the parameter. The monitoring unit determines whether the parameter exceeds an over-exposure threshold, wherein said threshold is based upon both a single incidence or cumulative incidences. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060169 | MEDICAL APPARATUS - A treatment apparatus includes an ultrasonic vibration source, an ultrasonic treatment portion which is configured to treat living tissue by ultrasonic vibration transmitted from the ultrasonic vibration source, and a micrograin feeder which is configured to supply liquid containing micrograins to between the ultrasonic treatment portion and the living tissue. Whole micrograins within the micrograin-containing solution has a grain size equal to or smaller than an amplitude of the ultrasonic vibration. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060170 | MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOF - A medical apparatus and a method of controlling thereof are provided. The medical apparatus includes an ultrasound transducer unit including a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements, the ultrasound transducer elements being configured to transform signals into ultrasound and output the transformed ultrasound, a grouping unit configured to group the ultrasound transducer elements into a plurality of groups, and a signal generating unit configured to generate the signals to be transformed into the ultrasound and output the generated signals to the groups via a plurality of output channels respectively corresponding to the groups. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060171 | REHABILITATION AND TRAINING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A rehabilitation and training apparatus is built based on the empirical law by introducing physical therapists' experiences into the apparatus to simulate therapy with hands in the course of rehabilitation. The apparatus includes a multi-axis robotic arm having first to eighth arm segments, and a high-precision control system for controlling movements of the multi-axis robotic arm. The control system provides an active, a passive and an auxiliary mode; receives and computes information about a patient's movements and muscle force detected by potentiometers and force sensors provided in the multi-axis robotic arm; and accordingly, drives actuators to apply an aiding force or a resisting force to assist the patient in completing rehabilitation exercises. The apparatus also includes a humanized operating interface, via which a doctor or a physical therapist may obtain related rehabilitation data for assessment and adjustment of rehabilitation therapeutic courses. A method of controlling the apparatus is introduced. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060172 | Automated CPR Chest Compression Device with Feedback from a Chest Compression Monitor - A piston-based automated CPR chest compression device with accelerometer feedback. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060173 | Automated CPR Chest Compression Device with Feedback from a Chest Compression Monitor - A piston-based automated CPR chest compression device with accelerometer feedback. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060175 | ROTATING & TAPPING TYPE MASSAGE DEVICE - A rotating & tapping type massage device comprises: a base, a drive motor, a drive gear assembly, a driven member, a push member, a driven shaft and a massage member. The drive motor rotates the drive gear assembly, the drive gear assembly rotates the driven member, and then the drive member pushes the push member when rotating. The driven member is provided with skew teeth to be engaged with skew concaves formed on the push member. When the driven member rotates in different directions, it can selectively cause rotation or repeated up and down displacement of the push member, and meanwhile, the push member drives the driven shaft to move and makes the massage member disposed on the driven shaft rotate or move up and down repeatedly, so that the massage member can selectively massage in a rotation or tapping manner. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060176 | Handheld Motorized Facial Brush Having Pivoting, Floating Head - “A Handheld Motorized Facial Brush Having Pivoting, Floating Head. The heads interface with a conventional handpiece so that the facial brush or other facial treatment head can be removed and replaced with a subassembly that provides pivoting/floating support. The treatment head is then attachable to the pivoting/floating subassembly as if it were attaching to the handpiece; the result being a motorized skin treatment head that pivots and/or floats to follow the contour of the skin. The internal motor can either be housed within the handpiece, or pivoting/floating subassembly, and will either provide rotation/oscillation of the treatment head, or simple vibrations to the handpiece and/or treatment head. The floating mechanism may be available in a variety of forms to provide the widest variety of use scenarios. Each floating mechanisms and/or subassemblies are interchangeable with the others so as to be removably attachable to the handpieces described in the Parent applications.” | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060177 | MASSAGE APPARATUS FOR USE IN A VAGINAL OR RECTAL CAVITY OR A VAGINAL OR RECTAL OPENING OF THE HUMAN BODY - An insertion apparatus for use in a vaginal or rectal cavity or a vaginal or rectal opening of the human body. The insertion apparatus has a base body, which in turn has a working body. In addition, a pulling device used for removing the working body from the cavity or the opening is firmly mounted on the base body. The pulling device is formed by a finger grip that is elastically formed, at least in part. The finger grip is elastically deformable between a neutral position and a removal position, and the finger grip is made, at least in part, of an elastic material. The insertion apparatus may in particular be configured as a massage apparatus or as a tampon. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060178 | TEXTILE BANDAGE - The invention relates to a textile bandage with a bandage body ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060179 | Cervical Collar With Cable Reel Adjustment System - A cervical collar having a vertically adjustable chin support, the collar including a chin support adjustably connected to a collar body, a cable reel for adjusting the length of a cable cable, a cable stop connecting between the collar body and the chin support and slidingly positionable along a slot on the collar body and a pulley located on the collar body adjacent to the elongate slot. Adjustment of the length of the cable adjusts the position of the cable stop along the slot and adjusts the vertical position of the chin support relative to the collar body. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060180 | Ortho training device - An article of manufacture, an orthodic device for use with feet and ankles with an arch support removably attached to an ankle brace. A stirrup, tab and tunnel are disclosed. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060181 | ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE FOR THE MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF HALLUX VALGUS - An orthopedic device is provided for treatment of Hallux Valgus. The orthopedic device includes a main part ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060182 | ORTHOTIC TOE SOCK - The present invention is based on providing, in order to correct or prevent a toe deformity, an orthotic toe sock (S) wherein a toe part (W) of the sock (S) comprises at least two toe-specific toe elements ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060183 | Attachable grip enhancers and uses and methods of said enhancers - According to the various features, characteristics and embodiments of the present invention which will become apparent as the description thereof proceeds, the present invention provides attachable grip enhancers for general use, as well as in playing the game of various sports, that could be attached to an individual, and uses and methods thereof. The present invention and its embodiments can, among other things, enhance the overall performance in arm tasks conducted by the wrist, forearm and/or bicep areas, as well as hand tasks. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060184 | MEDICAL BANDAGES WITH A SKIN ADHESION REDUCING MATERIAL - A bandage that facilitates the removal of the bandage from the skin is shown and described. The bandage comprises a selectively releasable adhesion reducing material contained in structures such as a selectively rupturable reservoir or a selectively deformable synthetic or natural matrix. When the adhesion reducing material is released from the reservoir, it contacts the bandage's skin adhesive and reduces its adhesion to the skin. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060185 | Thermal Apparatus - Provided herein are an apparatus and methods to induce electromagnetic field in biologic tissue for thermal therapy. The apparatus comprises electromagnetic devices fitted to be releasably deployed inside a body, magnetic materials to be deployed in a body, and a magnetic centrifuge machine. An electromagnetic device includes a controllably flexible fiberoptic tubular device with a magnetic-flux-controlled electromagnetic assembly on its distal end. The electromagnetic device receives direct or alternating electric current. Implanted particulate magnetic materials in close proximity to said electromagnetic assembly form reversible magnetic vascular mold in target blood vessels by static magnetic field produced by direct electric current to said electromagnetic assembly. Implanted magnetic materials generate heat by alternating magnetic field induced by alternating electric current to said electromagnetic assembly. A magnetic centrifuge machine removes magnetic materials from blood by centrifugation under static magnetic field after completion of thermal therapy. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060186 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING AN ARTIFICIAL ARTERIO-VENOUS FISTULA - A shunt rivet for implantation in the aorta and inferior vena cava to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and a method of treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060187 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORNEAL CROSS-LINKING WITH PULSED LIGHT - A method for controlling activation of Riboflavin applied to an eye includes applying the Riboflavin to a selected region of a cornea of the eye and initiating cross-linking activity in the selected region by activating the Riboflavin with pulsed light illumination. The pulsed light illumination has an irradiance, dose, and an on/off duty cycle. The irradiance, the dose, and the on/off duty cycle are adjusted in response to a determination of photochemical kinetic pathways for Riboflavin cross-linking activity and to control photochemical efficiency. | 2013-03-07 |
