| 18th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
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| 20160120393 | LAPAROSCOPIC VIEWING SYSTEM - A laparoscopic viewing system is provided. The laparoscopic viewing system embodies a viewing device for heads-up three dimensional viewing of a laparoscopic surgical field. The viewing device may include a head-mount framing, a transparent light shield and two prism and screen sets. The head-mount framing may provide a brace arm extending off a front portion thereof for supporting the light shield a predetermined distance from the front portion. Each prism and screen set may be disposed on the light shield so as to be a predetermined distance from each eye of the wearer of the device, wherein a screen of each set is configured to produce video images viewable through its corresponding prism of the same set. The viewing system may further provide a wireless transmitter configured to reproduce visual images on each screen, wherein the visual images are transmitted from a stereo laparoscopic camera by way of the wireless transmitter. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120394 | VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE AND VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE INSERTION SECTION - A video laryngoscope and elongate laryngoscope insertion section for a video laryngoscope, comprising a viewing port through which an imaging device within the insertion section can obtain images of a larynx, the insertion section extending between a distal end for insertion into a subject and an opposite proximal end, and having an inferior surface and an opposed superior surface, wherein the insertion section comprises a proximal region where the insertion section extends through a subject's teeth in use, a distal region extending to the distal end and an intermediate region therebetween, wherein the inferior surface of the insertion section comprises or consists of a curved region which extends from the proximal region through the intermediate region to the distal region, wherein the curved region of the inferior surface is continuously longitudinally curved along the length of the longitudinally curved region and wherein the longitudinal curvature of the curved region of the inferior surface varies in the intermediate region. Markings on an elongate laryngoscope insertion can be used to monitor depth of insertion and to indicate a path by which an endotracheal tube should be inserted. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120395 | DISPOSABLE ENDOSCOPE SHEATH - The present invention discloses a disposable endoscope sheath, comprising an insertion portion, a control portion and an endoscope locking portion, wherein the insertion portion comprises a sheath head and a sheath tube; the control portion comprises a main body, a water inlet and outlet valve and an instrument adjusting knob; and the endoscope locking portion comprises an extension endoscope bridge, a locking sleeve and a protective cover. The sheath head is located at the front end of the insertion portion and is connected with the sheath tube in the rear. The sheath tube is connected with the extension endoscope bridge of the endoscope locking portion through a main body. The water inlet and outlet valve and the instrument adjusting knob are located on the main body of the endoscope sheath. The sheath tube is a multi-channel structure, and the outer surface of the insertion portion has scale marks. The present invention has the beneficial effects in that the disposal use avoids cross infection, and the demands of different endoscopic surgeries can be satisfied. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120396 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE DEVICE - A capsule endoscope includes: an imaging unit configured to capture inside of a subject and to generate an image of the inside of the subject; a brightness distribution measurement unit configured to measure a brightness distribution in the image generated by the imaging unit; and an imaging controller configured to switch a frame rate of the imaging unit to a frame rate higher than a reference frame rate when an area having brightness lower than a predetermined value is distributed at a center of the image in the brightness distribution measured by the brightness distribution measurement unit and to switch the frame rate of the imaging unit to a frame rate lower than the reference frame rate when the area having the brightness lower than the predetermined value is distributed outside the center of the image. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120397 | ENDOSCOPE IMAGE-ACQUISITION DEVICE - The present invention achieves a reduction in the size of a device by acquiring a plurality of images in different position without shifting microlenses (MLs) of an one imaging element while suppressing shading and crosstalk. Provided is an endoscope image-acquisition device including: an objective optical system that forms two subject images in parallel; and an imaging element that has a plurality of MLs arrayed at an entrance side from the objective optical system and in which pixels are allocated to the respective MLs, wherein the centers of light-sensitive portions at the pixels are displaced with respect to the optical axes of the MLs such that displacements therebetween are gradually increased from the center portion of the imaging element toward peripheral portions thereof; the position of an exit pupil of the objective optical system is closer to an object than an imaging position of the objective optical system is; and conditional expression (1) is satisfied. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120398 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A light source unit is provided with a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source that emit red light, green light, and blue light, respectively, as illumination light. A light source controller controls emission intensity and emission timing of the illumination light to make an emission period of the red light longer than an emission period of each of the green light and the blue light. An image sensor is capable of separately receiving the light of each color reflected from an object of interest irradiated with the illumination light and capable of separately changing a light-receiving period of the light of each color. An imaging controller makes the light-receiving period of at least the red light coincide with the emission period of the red light. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120399 | ADJUSTABLE BITE BLOCKS - Embodiments of the present invention relate to an adjustable bite block for positioning within a person's mouth and maintaining the mouth in an open position. The adjustable bite block comprising at least one band of curved material comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first and second portions configured to be coupled to one another so as to define a closed loop with an opening defined therethrough, wherein the first and second portions are further configured to be selectively adjusted relative to one another so as to adjust a radial dimension of the loop, and wherein the band is configured to be positioned within the person's mouth such that at least a portion of the loop maintains the person's mouth in an open position. Embodiments of the adjustable bite block may use snap tabs spaced along the band or a ratchet mechanism for adjustment of the radial dimension. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120400 | METHOD FOR REALIZING OCULAR FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE CORRECTED FOR SCATTERED LIGHT - A method by which fundus photographs that are corrected for scattered light can be realised by using a digital fundus camera. The fundus is illuminated and a photograph of the fundus is realized. The photographed area is greater than the illuminated are. The scattered light intensity is determined and is used for correction. Measurement points for determining the scattered light intensity are defined in the non-illuminated area. Values of the scattered light intensity determined at the measurement points are averaged. Average-scattered light intensity thus determined is subtracted from the intensity values of the photograph to correct the photograph. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120401 | Optical Tomographic Imaging Apparatus - An optical tomographic imaging apparatus capable of acquiring a two-dimensional or/and three-dimensional tomographic image having higher SNR and quality by cancelling phase change caused by birefringence of a sample in average processing using a predetermined kernel region, and calculating a global phase difference of each pixel in the kernel. The optical tomographic imaging apparatus includes a processing unit configured to: set a predetermined kernel to a B scan image or/and C scan image (volume data) acquired corresponding to a Jones matrix; model the Jones matrix of each pixel in the set predetermined kernel by using one or more unitary matrices to calculate a relative global phase of each pixel; and cancel the calculated relative global phase in each pixel in the predetermined kernel to average each element of the Jones matrix in the predetermined kernel. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120402 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF REFRACTIVE ERROR OF AN EYE BASED ON SUBJECTIVE DISTANCE METERING - The method include: (a) displaying at least one dynamic target image of at least one sign over a display area; (b) receiving subjective feedback from the subject indicating that the subject is positioned at a maximum distance of best acuity (MDBA) from the target image, wherein the MDBA is the maximum distance in which the subject recognizes the sign; (c) measuring one or more parameter associated with distance, during the time the subject has reached the MDBA distance, using at least one sensor; (d) estimating the MDBA by estimating the distance between the eye of the subject and the display area in which the target image is displayed by using the sensor data and (e) calculating the refractive error of the eye according to the estimated MDBA and characteristics of the target image. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120403 | VISUAL FIELD CALCULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING VISUAL FIELD - A visual field calculation apparatus capable of accurately calculating a visual field range of a user without using a complex configuration is provided. The visual field calculation apparatus includes a saccade detector that detects a saccade on the basis of a first gaze direction detected at a first timing and a second gaze direction detected at a second timing, a saccade speed calculator that calculates speed of the saccade on the basis of a time difference between the first timing and the second timing, the first gaze direction, and the second gaze direction, and a visual field range calculator that calculates a displacement vector of a saccade whose speed exceeds a first threshold, and calculates an area including a final point of the displacement vector as the visual field range of the user. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120404 | OPHTHALMOSCOPE - The invention relates to an ophthalmoscope comprising a camera and an associated illumination device; the invention further concerns a novel method for processing a plurality of images of the eye taken by said device; and software, typically included in said ophthalmoscope, for executing said method. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120405 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS - An ophthalmologic apparatus of an embodiment includes a focusing indicator projector, a fundus imaging unit, a driver, and a focusing controller. The focusing indicator projector is configured to irradiate light fluxes for projecting a pair of focusing indicators onto a fundus of an eye. The fundus imaging unit is configured to capture an image of the fundus. The driver is configured to move an optical system including the focusing indicator projector, the fundus imaging unit, and a focusing lens. The focusing controller is configured to move the focusing lens based on projection images of the focusing indicators captured by the fundus imaging unit, wherein the projection images are captured along with movement of the optical system by the driver. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120406 | System and Method of Workflow Management - Wireless systems and methods include a plurality of peripheral electronic devices each having a wireless communication system. A processor is configured to establish an association confidence level indicative of a likelihood that a peripheral electronic device is associated to a monitored subject for each peripheral electronic device based on association criteria. Indicators are configured to communicate the association the association confidence level. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120407 | MICROWAVE NEARFIELD RADAR IMAGING (NRI) USING DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS (DBT) FOR NON-INVASIVE BREAST CANCER DETECTION - In some aspects, the disclosure is directed methods and systems for granular imaging of a distribution of tissues. A tomographic device may acquire a first image of a distribution of tissues, the first image including a plurality of pixels. A tomographic image processor may translate at least some of the plurality of pixels of the first image into a plurality of values representative of a distribution of dielectric constants corresponding to the distribution of tissues. A nearfield radar imaging (NRI) system may generate a second image of the distribution of tissues based on the plurality of values. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120408 | NON-CYLINDRICAL HYPOTUBES - A non-cylindrical hypotube is disclosed, such as for use in OCT and endoscopy. The hypotube is defined by a non-cylindrical, rotationally symmetric tube and has an interior, a proximal-end section with an outer diameter D | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120409 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING PORTIONS OF A WOUND FILLER LEFT AT A TISSUE SITE - Methods for treating a wound include positioning a wound filler having a coating agent containing a fluorescent material proximate the wound. The wound filler is removed after a time period. The wound is then scanned using a fluorescence scanner to determine whether a portion of the wound filler remains at the wound. In response to the portion of the wound filler remaining at the wound, the portion of the wound filler is removed. Other methods and systems are presented. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120410 | SPECTROMETER INCLUDING VERTICAL STACK STRUCTURE AND NON-INVASIVE BIOMETRIC SENSOR INCLUDING THE SPECTROMETER - Provided are a spectrometer that may be easily manufactured while having high resolution and sensitivity due to reduced light loss and a non-invasive biometric sensor including the spectrometer. The spectrometer includes: a stacked light absorbing structure including a plurality of absorbing layers stacked in a vertical direction and having different absorption wavelength bands, and a plurality of tunnel junction layers respectively interposed between the plurality of absorbing layers to electrically connect the plurality of absorbing layers; and an illuminating unit configured to provide the stacked light absorbing structure with an illumination light for saturation of the plurality of absorbing layers. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120411 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PULSE WAVE VELOCITY - A non-invasive sensor unit adapted to be coupled to a patient includes a pair of light emitters spaced apart a known distance, and a pair light detectors. The light detectors detect light emitted from the emitters and scattered by a patient. The unit determines one or more cardiovascular characteristics of the patient from the scattered light, such as the patient's pulse wave velocity; a saturation of peripheral oxygen (SpO | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120412 | PHANTOM - This invention provides a phantom whose light propagation characteristics and acoustic propagation characteristics are similar to those of human tissues and which allows detection of an absorber also with an ultrasonic wave diagnostic apparatus and allows adjustment of the oxygen saturation. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120413 | PASSIVE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTACT AND/OR NON-CONTACT WITH OR WITHOUT INTERVENING MATERIALS FOR DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE INCIDENCE, TRAVERSE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION OF A LIVING HUMAN AT ANY INSTANT - A low input current amplifier has a voltage spectral density curve to operate at 50 Hz or less and is connected to dielectric materials to receive a signal irrespective of ground reference. The amplifier outputs a first output. A multi-stage amplifier includes a stage connected in series with the low input current amplifier to amplify the first signal to distinguish the incidence, traverse and physiological condition of a living human. The resulting signal is then processed by an algorithm and displayed as human specific motion, heart rate and respiratory rate. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120414 | Monitoring Activity of a User in Locomotion on Foot - A device supported by a user while the user is in locomotion on foot during an outing to automatically measure amounts of time taken by the user to complete respective distance intervals. During the outing, data representing the automatically measured amounts of time may be automatically stored in memory of the device. During the outing, the device may display at least one of an average pace of the user since a most recently completed distance interval, an average speed of the user since the most recently completed distance interval, and a projected time to complete a current distance interval based on monitored performance since the most recently completed distance interval. The device may determine a remaining distance to be traveled to complete a specified goal distance for the outing and a calculated fraction of the specified goal distance for the outing. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120415 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FFR GUIDEWIRE RECOVERY - A kit for coronary treatment comprising a pressure sensing guidewire that includes a pressure sensor for measuring pressure within a patient's vasculature. A sheath comprising a tube having a proximal end and a distal end and defining an internal lumen sized for receiving the pressure sensing guidewire; a hemostasis valve positioned over the proximal end of the tube; a cylindrical element attached to the distal end of the tube, the cylindrical element having an internal lumen sized for receiving a conventional guidewire; wherein the pressure sensing guidewire is configured to be slideably insertable into the tube from the proximal end of the tube; and further wherein, the tube is configured to permit the pressure sensing guidewire, including the pressure sensor, to freely slide distally and proximally within the tube at the election of a user. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120416 | SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM USING A HEART LUNG SOUND - The present invention relates to A system for monitoring the cardiovascular system using a heart sound, which comprises a heart sound receiving means( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120417 | SOLENOID VALVE AND ELECTRONIC BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - In a solenoid valve, a bobbin and a solenoid coil are accommodated in a casing. A rod-shaped plunger is slidably inserted into the bobbin. A core provided with a flow port through which a fluid flows is disposed on one side of the casing. A valve body is attached to one end opposing the flow port of the plunger. In a non-operating period during which a solenoid coil is in a non-energized state, the valve body moves away from the flow port due to the biasing force applied by the biasing portion and another end of the plunger protrudes outward from the casing through the through hole, abuts against lock portions disposed outside of the casing, and is thereby locked. The lock portions can be elastically deformed by an external force such that separation of the plunger and the valve body from the casing is allowed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120418 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A method for measuring blood pressure of a patient continuously and non-invasively comprises measuring a first pressure signal being proportional to arterial blood pressure of the patient at a first location by a first pressure sensor (P | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120419 | RADIAL ARTERY BLOOD PRESSURE WAVEFORM MEASURING DEVICE - A radial artery blood pressure waveform measuring device includes a stress sensor, a stress concentrating elastic structure, and a stress guiding elastic member. The stress sensor is in contact with a skin surface of a wrist corresponding to a position of a radial artery. The stress concentrating elastic structure is disposed on the stress sensor. The stress guiding elastic member has a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one side surface. The bottom surface is disposed on the stress concentrating elastic structure, and an area of the bottom surface is greater than an area of a horizontal section of the stress concentrating elastic structure. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120420 | VASCULAR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A vascular measurement system is provided to perform various types of peripheral vascular measurements to evaluate at least one of arterial blood flow and venous blood flow. The system includes a plurality of ports configured to connect a plurality of inflatable cuffs, an inflation device, a deflation device, and a volume measuring device configured to withdraw a predetermined volume of air contained in at least one of the first and second inflatable cuffs and resupply the predetermined volume of air into the at least one of the first and second inflatable cuffs. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120421 | OPTICAL DETECTION UNIT AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DETECTION DEVICE - An optical detection unit includes a light emitting portion | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120422 | HOST OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DETECTION SYSTEM AND PHYSIOLOGICAL DETECTION DEVICE WITH HIGH ACCURACY - There is provided a physiological detection system including a physiological detection device and a host. The physiological detection device is configured to transmit a physiological data series to the host according to a local oscillation frequency. The host is configured to calculate a physiological value according to the physiological data series and determine a correction parameter according to a receiving data parameter and a reference data parameter, wherein the correction parameter is configured to correct the physiological value, process the physiological data series or adjust the local oscillation frequency of the physiological detection device. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120423 | MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE - One aspect relates to a layered structure with a substrate, a first layer over the substrate, and a second layer over the first layer. The substrate and the second layer are an electrically conductive material and the first layer is an insulating material or the substrate and the second layer are insulating material and the first layer is electrically conductive material. At least one of the first and second layers comprises an electrically conductive polymer. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120424 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRODE AND A BIOLOGICAL PROBE COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention provides a three-dimensional electrode having high cell affinity and capacitive coupling, comprising a pillar portion and a spherical portion, wherein the diameter of the spherical portion is larger than that of the pillar portion, and the carbon nanotubes are coated on the spherical portion, and pillar portion and the spherical portion are made of material selected from metal materials. The present invention may be used for developing biological probes having high cell affinity and capacitive coupling so as to provide high accuracy for measurement of neural cells or electrocardiograms and prevent from distortion. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120425 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT OF SURAL NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY AND AMPLITUDE - Apparatus for measuring sural nerve conduction velocity and amplitude, the apparatus comprising:
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| 20160120426 | REGISTRATION MAPS USING INTRA-CARDIAC SIGNALS - Cardiac catheterization is facilitated by generating first and second electroanatomic maps of a heart of a subject and designating common spatial locations that correspond to first electrical events on the first electroanatomic map and second electrical events on the second electroanatomic map. The common spatial locations of the first electroanatomic map and the second electroanatomic map are aligned to establish an aligned map, and using the location data on the aligned map to guide a probe to a point of interest. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120427 | REAL-TIME COLORING OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MAP - Catheterization of the heart is carried out with a probe having a plurality of electrodes and sensors by displaying an electroanatomical map of the heart on a monitor. During a time interval that does not exceed a duration of a cardiac cycle of the heart the following steps are performed: reading data from at least one of the electrodes and sensors, and invoking a processor to perform an algorithm on the data. The data is one of a plurality of inputs of the algorithm, and the result of the algorithm includes a transformation of the data. The method is further carried out by rendering the result of the algorithm on the monitor to modify the electroanatomical map. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120428 | DIGITALLY INVERTIBLE UNIVERSAL AMPLIFIER FOR RECORDING AND PROCESSING OF BIOELECTRIC SIGNALS - A system for measuring electrical signals in a biological subject includes a variable gain amplifier with a predetermined transfer function that generates amplified signals corresponding to an input from electrical signals in the biological subject over a predetermined range of frequencies and amplification gain levels, an analog to digital converter generating digital data corresponding to the amplified signals, and a signal processing device receiving the digital data for the plurality of amplified signals. The signal processing device applies an inversion filter with another transfer function that is an inverse of the transfer function of the variable gain amplifier to remove an effect of the transfer function from the digital data, and generates an output signal corresponding to the electrical signals in the subject with reference to the filtered digital data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120429 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION SIGNALS IN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM - This invention discloses a system and a method for extracting VF signal in ECG recorded during uninterrupted CPR. The present invention provides a method for extracting a Ventricular fibrillation (VF) signal in Electrocardiography (ECG), comprising: receiving an ECG signal; adding a plurality of shadowing functions to the ECG signal, to obtain a plurality of modification signals; decomposing the plurality of modification signals by using an Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) method, to generate a plurality of Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs); calculating the sum of IMFs in different frequency regions based on time sequence, dividing by a number of the shadowing signal, to obtain a plurality of modification intrinsic mode functions; combining the plurality of modification IMFs with the same property, to obtain a shape function; modeling the shape functions to obtain a compression signal; and subtracting the compression signal from the ECG signal based on time sequence, to obtain the VF signal. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120430 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR DETECTING A VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA EVENT - A medical device and method for detecting a ventricular arrhythmia event is disclosed. The medical device includes input circuitry configured to receive an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal, processing circuitry coupled to the input circuitry and configured to identify at least one fiducial point of a first heartbeat signature and at least fiducial point of a second heartbeat signature of the ECG signal, and feature extraction circuitry coupled to the processing circuitry. The feature extraction circuitry is configured to determine at least one difference between the at least one fiducial point of the first heartbeat signal and the at least one fiducial point of the second heartbeat signal. Machine learning circuitry is coupled to the feature extraction circuitry and is configured to select a ventricular arrhythmia class based on the at least one difference. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120431 | MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING AUTOMATED ECG FEATURE EXTRACTION - A medical device having automated electrocardiogram (ECG) feature extraction is disclosed. The medical device includes input circuitry configured to receive an ECG signal. Processing circuitry coupled to the input circuitry is configured to identify at least one fiducial point of heartbeat signature of the ECG signal. The processing circuitry is further configured to perform substantially simultaneously both a discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and a curve length transform (CLT) to identify the at least one fiducial point. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120432 | Sensor System and Process for Measuring Electric Activity of the Brain, Including Electric Field Encephalography - A sensor system and process for measuring electromagnetic activity of a brain are provided. The system and process employ a sensor assembly having a plurality of electrodes arranged in a closely spaced arrangement and a processor to determine a weighted average of the signals indicative of an electric field generated by electromagnetic activity of the brain. The system provides a medical body area network of a subject including one or more of the sensor assemblies and one or more additional sensors, which may be within a smartphone or other wearable device. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120433 | WEARABLE MONITOR - The present disclosure relates to a wearable monitor device and methods and systems for using such a device. In certain embodiments, the wearable monitor records cardiac data from a mammal and extracts particular features of interest. These features are then transmitted and used to provide health-related information about the mammal. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120434 | WIRELESS PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING DEVICE AND SYSTEMS - The present disclosure relates to a cardiac monitoring system and methods for using such a system. Preferred embodiments detect and record cardiac information via a wearable device, then extract data features from the recorded cardiac information. The extracted data features may then be analyzed and used in clinical diagnosis. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120435 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND ASSEMBLIES FOR MEASURING BIOELECTRICAL SIGNALS OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL ORGANS - The present disclosure discuses systems and methods for detecting and recording bioelectric signals, and specifically bioelectrical signals generated by abdominal organs, such as the uterus. The disclosure discusses area electrodes and arrays of area electrodes. The area electrodes are defined in a metal layer and include an inner and outer diameter. The area electrodes are configured to detect electrical signals generated substantially perpendicular to a surface of the area electrode while rejecting electrical signals generated substantially parallel to the surface of the area electrode. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120436 | Psychological Evaluation and Methods of Use - The psychological impact of entertainment material, visual objects, brands and advertising, commercial communication, the response to an individual presenting a message, or to an individual seeking public office can be assessed using methods employing measurements of SSVEP or SSVER phase increase and gaze tracking of subjects in a variety of ways. Various psychological states may be analyzed in order to accurately predict success and to enable early modification in development stages of products or communication. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120437 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING VISUAL FEEDBACK OF TOUCH PANEL INPUT DURING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - Systems and methods of are disclosed for providing visual feedback to a subject during magnetic resonance imaging, where the visual feedback is associated with input provided by the subject to a magnetic resonance compatible touch panel. A video camera is employed to record video images of the interaction between the subject and the touch panel, and the video images are processed to generate a real-time video signal including a rendering of the input provided to the touch panel and the interaction between the subject's hands and the touch panel. The real-time video signal is provided to the subject as visual feedback, and is displayed within a time duration that is sufficiently fast to avoid the detection of the visual feedback as an error signal with the subject's brain in relation to the sense of proprioception. A measurement of the force applied to the touch panel by the subject may be recorded and employed when rendering the real-time video. The systems and methods may be employed for a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures involving magnetic resonance imaging. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120438 | NMR SENSOR AND METHODS FOR RAPID, NON-INVASIVE DETERMINATION OF HYDRATION STATE OR VASCULAR VOLUME OF A SUBJECT - The invention features methods for detecting the hydration state or vascular volume of a subject using a device capable of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement. The methods involve exposing a portion of a tissue of the subject in vivo to a magnetic field and RF pulse from the device to excite hydrogen nuclei of water within the tissue portion, and measuring a relaxation parameter of the hydrogen nuclei in the tissue portion, the relaxation parameter being a quantitative measure of the hydration state or vascular volume of the subject as a whole. The invention also features devices and computer-readable storage media for per forming the methods of the invention. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120439 | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM HAVING MICROWAVE EMISSION/RECEPTION - The invention relates to a medical imaging system having microwave emitting antennas and antennas for receiving the electromagnetic field, which are arranged around a space for receiving a human tissue medium to be observed, and comprising: an array ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120440 | SPLIT BRIDGE FOR PET-MR SCANNER - A PET-MRI apparatus includes a patient support assembly having a cradle to accommodate a subject, a carriage assembly to attach to the cradle and cause the cradle to selectively travel, and a rear bridge to receive the cradle and carriage. The patient support assembly also includes a front bridge to receive the cradle and carriage assembly and provide for translation therealong, with the front bridge including a first section and a second section that is spaced apart from the first section to form a gap in the front bridge between the first section and the second section in an area adjacent a PET detector array of the PET-MRI apparatus. The front and rear bridges include an anti-tip rail assembly to interact with the cradle and the carriage assembly so as to prevent tipping thereof when traversing over the gap between the first and second sections of the front bridge. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120441 | Portable Device for Direct Nasal Respiration Measurement - A portable and wireless connected device, comprising a breathing channel part, a sensor box, a nose piece and a cover, allows measuring air flow of respiration through each nostril. All components are in conjunction with other parts through quick assembly mechanisms. Multiple parameters including air flow speed, volume and respiration rate are determined by analyzing sensors data in real time, thereby allowing diagnosis, monitoring and interactive breathing training in patients with pulmonary diseases. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120442 | GAS CONCENTRATION APPARATUS HAVING CARBON FOAM - A gas concentration apparatus and a method of operating the gas concentration apparatus are provided. The gas concentration apparatus includes a gas concentration module. The gas concentration module includes a base component having a chamber configured to accommodate carbon foam, a gas inlet connected to one side of the chamber, a gas outlet connected to the other side of the chamber, and a heating device disposed on at least one side of the substrate. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120443 | Single Chamber Volume Measurement Apparatus and Methods of Making and Using the Same - A single chamber system or apparatus configured to measure a volume of a person, animal, and/or object, and methods of manufacturing and using the same, are disclosed. The system/apparatus includes a chamber having a door thereon or affixed thereto, and a fixed volume therein when the door is closed; an oscillating membrane or diaphragm in a wall of the chamber; a pressure sensor and/or a pressure transducer configured to measure pressure fluctuations in the chamber; and an oscillation amplitude detector coupled to the oscillating membrane or diaphragm. The chamber generally has a volume sufficient to enclose the person, animal, or object therein. The volume of the chamber generally does not vary with relatively small pressure changes or fluctuations. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120444 | OPTICAL SENSING APPARATUS AND MEASURING METHOD THEREOF - An optical sensing apparatus including a light sensor, a plurality of light-emitting devices, and a controller is provided. The light sensor is disposed on a substrate. The light sensor senses a light reflection signal in a sensing area of the optical sensing apparatus. The light-emitting devices are disposed on the substrate and around the light sensor. The light-emitting devices provide an optical signal to be transmitted into the human tissue. Then, the optical signal is reflected by the human tissue to generate the light reflection signal. The controller determines whether the position of the human tissue has been changed in the sensing area. The controller drives at least one light-emitting device of the light-emitting devices and adjusts the light intensity thereof to provide the appropriate optical signal. Besides, a measuring method of the optical sensing apparatus is proposed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120445 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXTUALIZED RECORDING OF BIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS - Described are apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, software), and methods for monitoring the cardiac health of a patient which incorporates secondary information. The apparatus may be a heart rate monitor, a blood pressure monitor, an ECG or other biometric device in communication with an electronic device having communication ability. The devices detect a cardiac or other biometric measurement and correlate the detected information with secondary information, such as GPS data, to produce a contexualized measurement. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120446 | HAND FUNCTION DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM - Systems, devices and methods for quantitatively assessing hand function strength and range of motion via various instrumentations are disclosed. In one example embodiment, a hand function diagnostic and therapeutic system includes distal and proximal finger flexion measurement apparatuses used to automate quantitative assessment of hand function based on a combination of strength, range of motion, and time performance metrics. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120447 | SENSOR INSERTION METHOD, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND SENSOR INSERTION DEVICE - A sensor insertion method for inserting a sensor into a user's body is provided. The method includes a unit fixing step of regulating a relative position between a sensor control unit and an inserting unit, where the sensor control unit is in a sensor insertion allowing state, and the inserting unit contains the sensor. In this step, the sensor control unit and the inserting unit are fixed to an insertion target portion of the user. Then, in a sensor inserting step, the inserting unit is caused to insert the sensor into the insertion target portion. In a sensor connecting step, the sensor control unit is shifted from the sensor insertion allowing state to a sensor connecting state, whereby electrical conduction is established between the sensor in the insertion target portion and the sensor control unit. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120448 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING LIFE OF A BATTERY IN AN ANALYTE SENSOR SYSTEM WORN BY A USER - Systems and methods for analyte monitoring, particularly systems and methods for monitoring and managing life of a battery in an analyte sensor system worn by a user, are provided. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120449 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING IMAGE SHOWING CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION OF BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES IN BIOLOGICAL TISSUE - Generating an image of a molar concentration ratio between a first and second biological substance, an absorption spectrum of the first and second biological substance within a predetermined wavelength range including a first, second, third, and fourth isosbestic point, acquiring first imaging data of the tissue using light extracted from white light using a first filter to collectively selectively extract light in a first wavelength range demarcated by the first and second isosbestic point, light in a second wavelength range demarcated by the second and third isosbestic point, and light in a third wavelength range demarcated by the third and fourth isosbestic point; acquiring second imaging data by taking an image of the tissue using light from the white light using a second optical filter to selectively extract light in the second wavelength range; and generating the distribution image on the basis of the first and second imaging data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120450 | SPECTROMETRIC APPARATUS AND STORAGE CASE - A biological body inspection apparatus includes a measurement module that acquires an amount of light having a wavelength under measurement contained in light incident on the measurement module and an enclosure that accommodates the measurement module and has a window that transmits light traveling toward the measurement module. An adhesive member is provided on a surface of the enclosure at least in an area thereof that surrounds the window. The adhesive member has a light blocking section that is located in an area outside the window and surrounds the window in a plan view in the direction along the optical axis of the light traveling toward the measurement module and blocks light that belongs to a measurement wavelength region within which at least the wavelength under measurement is present. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120451 | Cartridge - A cartridge for insertion into a meter comprises: a plurality of cartridge brackets disposed on an inner wall of the cartridge; a spindle mounted so as to be rotatable within the cartridge and movable longitudinally in first and second directions within the cartridge; and a plurality of testing members each arranged to be supported temporarily by at least one of the plurality of cartridge brackets, each of the testing members including a hole through which the spindle is located, the spindle having a plurality of spindle brackets disposed on an outer surface thereof, each spindle bracket being movable between first and second positions wherein in the first position the spindle bracket's distal end is at a first distance radially from the longitudinal axis of the spindle and wherein in the second position the spindle bracket's distal end is at a greater distance radially from the longitudinal axis of the spindle, and wherein when a given one of the spindle brackets is in the second position its distal end is located against a surface of one of the testing members so as to prevent movement of the testing member in the second longitudinal direction relative to the spindle. When the spindle advances in the second longitudinal direction relative to the cartridge, the spindle brackets are configured to move from the second to the first position so as to allow the spindle brackets to move past the testing members in the second longitudinal direction relative to the testing members, the spindle brackets being configured to return to the second position after moving past the testing members such that each spindle bracket is located against a surface of a different one of the testing members to the testing member against which it was originally located and such that the spindle brackets communicate force from the spindle to the testing members in the first longitudinal direction to move the testing members in the first longitudinal direction as the spindle is moved in the first longitudinal direction. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120452 | BLOOD GLUCOSE MANAGEMENT - This disclosure provides equipment and processes for blood glucose management. Embodiments may comprise a lancet device that includes a base that supports a lancet and a cover. The cover can move controllably from an un-depressed position to a depressed position when a predetermined force is applied. The cover can provide access to the lancet in the depressed position. In another aspect, a biological test kit may include a reusable module and a disposable module. The disposable module may include one or more lancet devices such as that described above to collect a biological sample, one or more strip stations supporting biological strips and a disposable module connector. The reusable module may support measuring equipment to measure a property of the biological sample and a reusable module connector that engages removably with the disposable module connector. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120453 | System for monitoring incontinence - According to one aspect of the inventive concept there is provided a system for monitoring incontinence comprising: a urine sensitive circuit arranged to present a changed electrical characteristic when exposed to urine; a measurement circuit arranged to perform a measurement on a urine bladder of a wearer to determine at least one parameter which varies with a fill level of the urine bladder; and a processing circuit arranged to: determine whether the urine sensitive circuit has been exposed to urine, and in response to determining that the urine sensitive circuit has been exposed to urine, record data representing the at least one parameter determined by the measurement circuit. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120454 | System for monitoring incontinence - According to one aspect of the inventive concept there is provided a system for monitoring incontinence comprising: a urine sensitive circuit arranged to present a changed electrical characteristic when exposed to urine; a measurement circuit arranged to perform a measurement on a urine bladder of a wearer to determine at least one parameter which varies with a fill level of the urine bladder; a sensor arranged to determine an orientation and/or a movement of the sensor; and a processing circuit arranged to: determine whether the urine sensitive circuit has been exposed to urine; estimate an amount of urine released on to the urine sensitive circuit; andin response to determining that the urine sensitive circuit has been exposed to urine, record data representing said at least one parameter determined by the measurement circuit, an estimated movement and/or posture of the wearer based on an orientation and/or a movement determined by the sensor, and an estimate of the amount of urine released on to the urine sensitive circuit. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120455 | Method for monitoring incontinence - According to one aspect of the inventive concept there is provided a method of monitoring incontinence for a user, comprising: determining, using a urine sensitive circuit provided at an absorbent article and arranged to present a changed electrical characteristic when exposed to urine, whether the user has urinated on the absorbent article, performing, using a measurement circuit, a measurement on the urine bladder to determine a parameter which varies with a fill level of the urine bladder, and in response to determining that the user has urinated on the absorbent article, recording, by a processing circuit, data representing said parameter. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120456 | Methods and Systems for Quantitative Brain Assessment - Systems and methods for measuring macromolecular proton fraction in a subject are provided. A nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus applies a magnetic field to a body region on the subject, and radiofrequency modes are applied to the body region as well. Each radiofrequency mode delivers a plurality of radiofrequency pulses separated by time delays, wherein at least one of the radiofrequency modes causes suppression of signal components from an unwanted tissue, and at least one of the radiofrequency modes causes magnetization exchange between water and macromolecules in tissues in the body region. Amplitudes corresponding to magnetic signals received from the body region are measured and macromolecular proton fraction based on the amplitudes can be calculated. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120457 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR VISUALIZATION OF RESECTION TARGET DURING EPILEPSY SURGERY AND FOR REAL TIME SPATIOTEMPORAL VISUALIZATION OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC BIOMARKERS - The subject matter described herein relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media for visualization of a resection target during epilepsy surgery and for real time spatiotemporal visualization of neurophysiologic biomarkers. One exemplary method includes a real time neurophysiologic biomarker visualization system implemented by at least one computer, receiving, as input, a pre-electrode-implantation MRI of an epilepsy patient's brain. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120458 | SKIN GAS MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND SKIN GAS MEASUREMENT METHOD - A skin gas measurement device includes a skin gas collecting unit that includes a skin gas collecting space having an opening that is to be attached to a skin surface, a porous material that is for adsorbing and concentrating a skin gas component that is emitted from the skin surface into the skin gas collecting space and that allows the adsorbed skin gas component to be desorbed at a relatively low temperature, and a heater for heating the porous material; and a skin gas measurement unit for measuring the skin gas component that is desorbed from the heated porous material. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120459 | Wound Acknowledgement Interface - Systems, tools, and methods for providing wound data and/or information to a remote location for clinical assessment and acknowledgement are disclosed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120460 | MOBILE HEALTH CARE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a health care device and a method of operating the health care device. The method includes: detecting, by the health care device, biosignal information of a user through skin of the user; obtaining health status information of the user by using the detected biosignal information; providing a task of the user for improving a health status, according to the obtained health status information; and monitoring whether the user achieves the provided task. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120461 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120462 | ORAL APPLIANCE FOR VENTILATION FLOW MEASUREMENT - A system and method for managing ventilation of a user, through the use of an oral appliance, is disclosed. The appliance is configured to fit between the user's teeth and lips or cheeks to inhibit ventilation by the user around the appliance, and includes a passageway. An airway resistor within the passageway includes an aperture that is sized to allow a metered amount of air flow by the ventilation of the user. A pressure sensor measures an air pressure in the aperture, which measurement is transmitted to an external computer processor to generate feedback data for the user. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120463 | VESSEL SENSING DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC AMENDMENT FUNCTION - A vessel sensing device with automatic amendment function includes an analog processing circuit, a signal generating circuit and a DC voltage detecting circuit. The analog processing circuit includes an optical sensing module. An optical sensor of the optical sensing module generates an analog signal with a skin characteristic signal and a vessel characteristic signal according to an optical reflecting signal. The skin characteristic signal and the vessel characteristic signal respectively correspond to a skin feature and a vessel feature of the user. The signal generating circuit is coupled to the analog processing circuit to transform the analog signal into a compensation signal. The DC voltage detecting circuit is coupled to the signal generating circuit and adapted to compensate the analog processing circuit according to the compensation signal, so as to decrease the skin characteristic signal within the analog signal. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120464 | Discrimination of cheyne-stokes breathing patterns by use of oximetry signals - Methods and apparatus provide Cheyne-Stokes respiration (“CSR”) detection based on a blood gas measurements such as oximetry. In some embodiments, a duration, such as a mean duration of contiguous periods of changing saturation or re-saturation occurring in an epoch taken from a processed oximetry signal, is determined. An occurrence of CSR may be detected from a comparison of the duration and a threshold derived to differentiate saturation changes due to CSR respiration and saturation changes due to obstructive sleep apnea. The threshold may be a discriminant function derived as a classifier by an automated training method. The discriminant function may be further implemented to characterize the epoch for CSR based on a frequency analysis of the oximetry data. Distance from the discriminant function may be utilized to generate probability values for the CSR detection. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120465 | METHODS FOR DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY EFFORT AND SLEEP APNEA MONITORING DEVICES - A sleep apnea diagnostic system includes a housing that is configured to be attached to near the nose of a patient's face to sense physiological information of a patient. The housing includes sensors to sense the physiological information. The physiological information may be, for example, air flow through the nose or the mouth or both. The physiological information further may be, for example, blood volume. The sleep apnea diagnostic system includes at least one processor in the housing or external to the housing or both to analyze the physiological information to determine whether the patient has experienced irregular or abnormal respiratory activity and to detect respiratory effort. The analysis may be real time or delayed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120466 | MONITORING A CONDITION OF A SUBJECT - Apparatus for monitoring a subject is described. A sensor monitors the subject during a sleeping session of the subject, and generates a sensor signal in response thereto. A control unit analyzes the sensor signal. In response to analyzing the sensor signal, the control unit performs an action selected from the group consisting of: identifying that the subject is currently undergoing an apnea episode, and predicting that the subject is going to undergo an apnea episode. In response thereto, the control unit changes a position of at least a portion of a body of the subject by activating a device. Other applications are also described. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120467 | PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA AND EPIDURALS - Methods, computer systems and computer readable media for receiving data and information from medical devices in a healthcare setting are provided. In embodiments, information is received from an infusion device. After a pain score or sedation score is received for a patient, a graphical representation that indicates a correlation between the information and the pain score or sedation score is provided. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120468 | NON-INVASIVE DEHYDRATION MONITORING - The present invention relates to a device ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120469 | MEASURING MYOCARDIAL PHYSIOLOGIC PARAMETERS - A method for measuring a myocardial physiologic parameter according to an embodiment includes placing an at least partially convex portion of a spectral sensor against an intercostal space of a human over a heart of the human and measuring the physiologic parameter of a myocardium of the heart with the spectral sensor over time during an emergency medical event. The spectral sensor may be configured to determine and visually display a suggested position adjustment for directing the spectral radiation more directly toward the tissue of interest (e.g. the myocardium), and/or for placing the operative elements of the spectral sensor closer to the tissue of interest (e.g. the myocardium). | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120470 | Garment System With Electronic Components and Associated Methods - The disclosure provides a wireless biometric monitoring system that may be capable of acquiring, compiling, analyzing, and transmitting biometric data in near real time/real time. The system may utilize either the most up-to-date Bluetooth protocol (currently Bluetooth Smart) or a similar wireless protocol. The system may further integrate through this wireless protocol with peripheral devices to expand the measurement capacity of the system. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120471 | PIECE OF CLOTHING FOR A HUMAN BEING - A piece of clothing is described and which detects external effects, and which further generates a signal which can be relayed to an analysis unit, and a multiplicity of sensors are incorporated into the piece of clothing, and which are arranged in zones of the piece of clothing, and which further adjoins a vital organ of a human body wearing the piece of clothing. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120472 | Low Dissolution Rate Device and Method - An implantable device includes a circuit protected with a low dissolution rate layer, wherein the circuit is either (a) fully encapsulated by the low dissolution rate layer and configured for non-electrical conduction contact sensing (e.g., capacitive sensing) or (b) partially encapsulated by the low dissolution rate layer with an electrode at least partially exposed outside the layer; wherein the implantable device is suitable for implantation inside the body of a living animal; and wherein the low dissolution rate layer comprises an element selected from the group consisting of gallium, boron, nitrogen, oxygen, zirconium, aluminum, and titanium. Such devices can be made by lithographic and other means, with coating layers applied by atomic layer deposition. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120473 | DISPOSABLE INSERT HAVING SENSOR AND RFID - A diagnostic sheet for use in conjunction with a disposable absorbent garment is disclosed. The diagnostic sheet may be operable to wick fluid vertically, and includes one or more diagnostic elements and a radio frequency identification device (RFID). The one or more diagnostic elements may be integrated with the diagnostic sheet and positioned at a first region of the diagnostic sheet, and the RFID may be integrated with the diagnostic sheet and positioned proximate the first region. In the presence of the fluid, each of the one or more diagnostic elements may be configured to indicate a result of a particular diagnostic test. In the presence of the fluid, the RFID may be configured to provide an indication that the fluid wicked by the diagnostic sheet has reached the one or more diagnostic elements. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120474 | Wearable Device for the Ear with Electroencephalographic and Spectroscopic Sensors - This invention is a wearable device for the ear comprising: an ear attachment with a forehead-projecting portion, an electromagnetic energy sensor which is configured to collect data concerning electromagnetic energy which is transmitted through and/or emitted by the person's body, a microphone, a spectroscopic sensor which is configured to collect data concerning light energy which is transmitted through and/or reflected from the person's body, a sound-emitting unit, a power source, and a data processor. This device configuration is advantageous for mobile electroencephalographic monitoring and spectroscopic analysis of body tissue. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120475 | Electrode for Measuring Living Body Signal - An electrode device for measuring a living body is herein disclosed. The electrode device for measuring a living body signal includes a body comprising a handle part and a tongs part, the body elastically moving by an external force, an electrode part comprising needles disposed on inner surfaces of the tongs part to face each other, and a wire part connected to one end of the electrode part for a connection with a measuring device. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120476 | MOTION COMPENSATION FOR OPTICAL HEART RATE SENSORS - A method of optical heart rate sensing includes receiving a motion frequency from a motion sensor and receiving an optical signal from an optical sensor. The motion frequency is then filtered from the optical signal, and an estimated heart rate frequency is determined based on the filtered optical signal. A heart rate is reported that is based on the motion frequency, but not based on the estimated heart rate frequency, when a local neighbor magnitude ratio of the estimated heart rate frequency is below a confidence threshold. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120477 | BIOLOGICAL-INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND BIOLOGICAL-INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A biological-information processing apparatus includes a plurality of filters that detects a biological signal including a pulse wave component and a body motion noise component, detects a body motion signal correlated to the body motion noise component, and separates the pulse wave component and the body motion noise component included in the biological signal on the basis of the body motion signal. The filters have different filter characteristics. The biological-information processing apparatus calculates, for each of the filters, a correlation coefficient between the body motion signal and at least one of the pulse wave component and the body motion noise component and determines, on the basis of the correlation coefficient, as a pulse wave signal, the pulse wave component separated using any one filter. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120478 | User Interface For Artifact Removal In An EEG - A method and system for a user interface for artifact removal in an EEG is disclosed herein. The invention allows an operator to select a plurality of artifacts to be automatically removed from an EEG recording using a user interface. The operator pushes a button on the user interface to apply a plurality of filters to remove the plurality of artifacts from the EEG and generate a clean EEG for viewing. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120479 | Respiration Monitoring Method and Device with Context-Aware Event Classification - A respiration monitoring method and device with context-aware noise detection use context supplied by neighboring events when deciding how to classify a target event. More particularly, the present invention considers similarities between a target event and neighboring events relative to event attributes and timing to inform the decision whether to classify the target event as a respiration event or a noise event. Target events classified as noise events are removed from the respiration signal or otherwise ignored when estimating respiration parameters. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120480 | EXPERT SYSTEM TO FACILIATE SOURCE LOCALIZATION OF BRAIN ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY - A system or method can facilitate source localization of brain electrical activity. In one example, an expert system can be utilized to evaluate the source localization results and, based on the acceptability of the results, adjust a data preparation phase to provide for acceptable source localization. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120481 | ACTIVE PATIENT RISK PREDICTION - Electronic health records of a plurality of patients are received. A risk prediction model for a disease based on the electronic health records of the plurality of patients is created. An electronic health record of an original patient is received. A neighboring group of patients of the plurality of patients is identified, wherein the neighboring group of patients is two or more patients similar to the original patient. An ordering of the two or more patients of the neighboring group of patients is received, wherein the ordering of the two or more patients of the neighboring group of patients is based upon how similar each patient of the two or more patients is to the original patient. The risk prediction model is updated based on the ordering of the two or more patients of the neighboring group of patients. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120482 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a device, system and a method for extracting physiological information indicative of at least one vital sign of a subject from detected electromagnetic radiation reflected from the subject. The device comprises an input interface for receiving a data stream of detection data derived from detected electromagnetic radiation reflected from a skin region of a subject, wherein the detected electromagnetic radiation is detected by a polarized radiation detector, while the polarization angle of the polarized radiation detector is changed, a PPG extraction unit for extracting a photoplethysmographic, PPG, signal from said detection data, a signal quality determination unit for determining quality metrics from said PPG signal for different settings of the polarization angle of the polarized radiation detector, a selection unit for selecting the optimum quality metric value from the determined quality metrics and for generating polarization control information for use by said polarized radiation detector for setting the polarization angle to an angle value, at which said optimum quality metric value was obtained, for subsequent detection of radiation, and a processor for deriving physiological information indicative of at least one vital sign from the PPG signal. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120483 | Systems and Methods For Monitoring a Patient - A system for monitoring a patient includes an inflatable cuff configured to at least partially occlude an artery of the patient, and a sensor configured to determine a first parameter associated with the at least partially occluded artery and to generate an output signal indicative of the first parameter. The system also includes a processor configured to receive the output signal and information indicative of an occlusion efficiency of the cuff. The processor is configured to determine a hemodynamic parameter of the patient based on the output signal and the information. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120484 | PULSE OXIMETERWITH VOICE BROADCAST FUNCTION - A pulse oximeter with a voice broadcast function for voice-broadcasting pulse rate-related information and blood oxygen level-related information is introduced. The pulse oximeter includes a pulse blood oxygen sensor, a signal processing circuit, and a loudspeaker. The pulse blood oxygen sensor senses a user's pulse rate-related information and blood oxygen level-related information and sends a physiological signal carrying the pulse rate-related information and the blood oxygen level-related information. The signal processing circuit is electrically connected to the pulse blood oxygen sensor and adapted to receive and convert the physiological signal into the pulse rate-related information and the blood oxygen level-related information and send the pulse rate-related information and the blood oxygen level-related information. The loudspeaker is electrically connected to the signal processing circuit and adapted to receive and voice-broadcast the pulse rate-related information and the blood oxygen level-related information. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120485 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND GANTRY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an X-ray CT apparatus includes an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, processing circuitry, a showing device, an image processing circuit, and a gantry device. The X-ray source irradiates an object with X-rays. The X-ray detector detects X-rays radiated by the X-ray source and passed through the object. The processing circuitry sets an irradiation section, which is a moving section of the X-ray source or the X-ray detector during X-ray irradiation. The showing device displays the irradiation section. The image processing circuit generates an X-ray CT image based on data obtained by the X-ray detector during the X-ray irradiation through the irradiation section. The gantry device is provided with the X-ray source, the X-ray detector, and the showing device. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120486 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS - An X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus according to an embodiments includes collection circuitry, control circuitry and image generation circuitry. The collection circuitry collects a signal derived from X-rays emitted from an X-ray tube and transmitted through a subject. The control circuitry calculates a value of tube current to be supplied to the X-ray tube in a main scan, based on a first image acquired through a reconstruction process using the signal and a first filter, the signal being collected by the collection circuitry in a localizer scan. The image generation circuitry generates a second image as a localizer image through a reconstruction process using the signal and a second filter, the signal being collected by the collection circuitry in the localizer scan. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120487 | COUCH PANEL AND PATIENT COUCH FOR MEDICAL IMAGING METHODS - A couch panel for a patient couch for a medical imaging method is disclosed. The couch panel is of single-shell design, beads are formed in the longitudinal direction of the couch panel, wherein the number and the shape of the beads are chosen such that the couch panel has a predefinable geometric moment of inertia. The two longitudinally extending edges of the couch panel are bent upward. This is advantageous because of the cost-effective production of a couch panel and, in the case of X-ray imaging, in the low radiation absorption. A patient couch having a couch panel of this kind is likewise disclosed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120488 | Intraoral X-Ray Detector Assembly And Intraoral X-Ray Imaging Apparatus Using Same - Provided is an intraoral X-ray detector assembly that provides X-ray detection signals to an X-ray imaging apparatus main body, the assembly may comprises: an X-ray irradiation means disposed to emit X-rays toward a dentition to be imaged within an oral cavity of a patient; a close-contact means that can bring the X-ray detection means capable of detecting the X-rays close to the patient's face and can fix the X-ray detection means so as to face an X-ray emission direction of the X-ray irradiation means; and a support means that supports a first shaft extending to the X-ray irradiation means and a second shaft extending to the close-contact means and is mechanically coupled to a connection means between the X-ray imaging apparatus main body. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120489 | RECEIVING DEVICE AND X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A receiving device in which detectors of different sizes can be stably accommodated and an X-ray imaging apparatus having the same are provided. A receiving device having a receiving unit in which a first detecting device is accommodated. The receiving device includes a fixing unit provided in the receiving unit and into which a part of a side surface of the first detecting device is inserted in order to prevent the first detecting device from being moved; and a detector support having a side that is connected to a rotating shaft and tiltable, and configured to support at least one side surface of a second detecting device having a smaller size than the first detecting device. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120490 | Independently Rotatable Detector Plate for Medical Imaging Device - A real-time fluoroscopic imaging system includes a collimator and a detector which are rotationally movable independent of the support assembly, e.g., c-arm, to which they are mounted. Rotational movement of the collimator and the detector are coordinated such that the orientation of the detector with respect to the collimator does not change. The collimator may include a geared flange member to facilitate rotation, and may be a single molded piece formed of a plastic such as tungsten polymer material. The system may also include a plurality of interchangeable collimators characterized by different shapes. A display is provided to present an image to an operator, and image orientation logic displays a target anatomy in a selected orientation regardless of orientation of the target anatomy relative to the detector, and regardless of rotation of the detector. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120491 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a dynamic image acquiring unit acquiring a dynamic image; a time range setting unit setting a first time range and a second time range in an overall time of the dynamic image; a thumbnail generating unit generating a first thumbnail image and a second thumbnail image that are still images obtained by performing statistical processing on frame images in the first time range and frame images in the second time range, respectively; and a display unit displaying the first thumbnail image and the second thumbnail image so that they can visually be compared with each other. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160120492 | FILLING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF CONFIRMING INJECTION STATE OF FILLING MATERIAL - A filling material which enables a user to visually confirm the state of the filling material while it is injected into a flexible container based on an X-ray image, and a method of confirming the injection state of the filling material. The filling material configured to be injected into the flexible container includes a first contrast substance that is flowable, and a second contrast substance that is mixed into the first contrast substance and is insoluble in the first contrast substance. The second contrast substance possesses higher contrast X-ray contrast properties than the X-ray contrast properties of the first contrast substance. | 2016-05-05 |
