| 18th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
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| 20220133119 | CLEANING IMPLEMENT COMPRISING A MODIFIED OPEN-CELL FOAM - The present invention relates to a cleaning implement that includes a melamine-formaldehyde foam. The melamine-formaldehyde foam cleaning implement has a d90/d10 ratio above 1.65 and a compression deflection force above 3.25 psi. Additionally the present invention encompasses processes for making and methods for cleaning hard surfaces with a cleaning implement according to the present invention. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133120 | DEVICE WITH INDICATOR - A cleaning device having a handle portion and a surface contacting portion, at least one of the handle portion and the surface contacting portion having a pressure indicator, wherein the pressure indicator provides a reversible signal in response to a certain pressure applied to the cleaning device that is within a certain pressure range. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133121 | POLE CLEANING APPARATUS - A pole cleaning apparatus for cleaning a vertical pole or dance pole is disclosed. The apparatus is configured to enable the user to hygienically and comfortably cleaning the vertical pole or dance pole using a cleaning fabric. The apparatus comprises a handle, an elongated tube having a first end and a second end, and an attachment member. The attachment member is securely affixed to the first end of the elongated tube via threads or using fasteners and/or an adhesive, wherein the attachment member is configured to securely engage a loop or at least a portion of the cleaning fabric, which is securely wrapped around the vertical pole or dance pole using a releasable fabric strip. The handle is slidably affixed to the second end of the elongated tube and configured to enable the user to extend to a length, thereby reaching a great height for hygienically and comfortably cleaning the vertical pole or dance pole using the cleaning fabric with minimal effort. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133122 | Mop Bucket and Cleaning Tool Having the Same - The present disclosure relates to the technical field of cleaning tools, and discloses a mop bucket and a cleaning tool having the same. Through quantitative use of water for one cleaning and direct spin-drying after cleaning, the cleaning tool is convenient for operation and energy-efficient. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133123 | ROTATING INJECTION PROPELLER WITH 2K-SEAL. - ROTATING INJECTION PROPELLER WITH 2K-SEAL. It is a propeller with an injection apparatus, that extends outwardly from a vertical water pole, rotates such that it forms a peripheral movement through its water pressure in dishwashers. It is a rotating propeller with a 2K sealing element and a clamp structure and an injection feature, that is defined with a vertical leaning surface at its end portion and with an inner edge shape such that it has a partial cylindrical shape, wherein it is molded with a PP material, wherein body of each thereof is of longitudinal and wherein it comprises a lower wall and an upper wall. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133124 | RACK ASSEMBLY AND DISH WASHER COMPRISING THE SAME - A rack assembly of a dish washer is disclosed. A rack assembly of a dish washer according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a frame including a plurality of wires separately arranged on a bottom surface configured to house cutlery, and a plurality of tine blocks detachable from the plurality of wires, each of the plurality of tine blocks respectively includes a holding surface supporting the cutlery, and a plurality of tines formed on the holding surface, wherein the plurality of tine blocks include a first time block including a plurality of first tines separately arranged by a first interval in a first direction, and a second tine block including a plurality of tines separately arranged by a second interval narrower than the first interval in the first direction. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133125 | DISHWASHER CHOPSTICK TRAY - An automatic dishwashing device may include a tub defining a hollow dishwashing cavity having a back, top, bottom, and two sides and is accessible via an access opening at a front of the cavity, a rack slidably disposed within the tub and moveable in a longitudinal direction between a stored position within the tub to an extended position where the rack extends outside of the tub, and a tray slidably engaged with the rack for sliding movement in the longitudinal direction, wherein the tray is configured to selectively remain partially within the tub when the rack is in the extended position or extend outside the tub when the rack is in the extended position. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133126 | DISHWASHER - A dishwasher includes a storage and a moving mechanism that is coupled to and decoupled from a tub and configured to move in a front-rear direction of the tub. The moving mechanism includes a pair of first rollers provided in each lateral surface of the storage and configured to guide the moving of the storage, a guide provided in each lateral surface of the storage, under the first roller, and configured to guide the moving of the storage, and a guide rib disposed between an upper end of the first roller and a lower end of the guide. The guide rib is provided in each lateral surface of the storage and protrudes in a lateral direction of the storage. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133127 | After Treatment System Comprising a Cleaning Device, an Impregnation Device and Refilling Means - After treatment system for re-applying an impregnation treatment onto a previously treated item such as a shoe, glove, handbag, coat or the like, where said after treatment system comprises: A cleaning device having a body and integrating or having access to a reservoir containing a cleaning liquid, said reservoir being in connection with an application surface; An impregnating device having a body integrating or having access to a reservoir containing an impregnating balm, said reservoir being in connection with an application surface, where both reservoirs comprise means for refilling said reservoirs, and where the application surface is inter-changeable with another application surface. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133128 | CREDIT CARD CLEANING DEVICE - A card cleaning device, including a cleaning body, the cleaning body including a rectangular housing, including a first aide and a second side, the second side opposite the first side, a third side and a fourth side, the fourth side opposite the third side, and a fifth side and a sixth side, the sixth side opposite the fifth side, wherein the first side, the third side, and the fifth side are non-coplanar, a slot through the rectangular housing and which only intersects the first and second sides, and a scrubber disposed within the slot, the card cleaning device also including a cover shaped to friction fit about, and cover a majority of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sides of the rectangular housing and slidably coupled thereto. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133129 | SURGERY ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, SURGERY ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A surgery assistance apparatus | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133130 | ENDOSCOPE HAVING DISTAL PIVOT MECHANISM AND FINE ADJUSTMENT - An endoscope having an endoscope head arranged on the distal end of the endoscope, preferably on the distal end portion of an actively curvable shaft portion. The endoscope has at least one optics device for imaging, and a working channel that extends in or on the endoscope along a longitudinal direction. The working channel has a working channel exit arranged on or in the endoscope head with a defined alignment relative to the optics device. The endoscope also has a pivot mechanism arranged between the distal shaft portion and the endoscope head. The pivot mechanism holds the endoscope head together with the working channel such that the endoscope head is foldable or bendable. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133131 | ENDOSCOPE WITH A SUCTION VALVE HAVING A SEALING BUTTON - An endoscope including: a handle, a distal tip unit, an endoscope shaft connecting the handle and the distal tip unit, a working channel provided in the endoscope shaft, and a suction valve configured to control a suction through the working channel and having a valve closed state and a valve open state. The suction valve includes a housing having an inlet opening connected to the working channel and an outlet opening; and a piston unit inserted in the housing. The piston unit comprises a movable piston, a button attached to the piston, a fixation ring arranged stationary in the housing and a spring arranged and acting between the fixation ring and the button or piston. The button is a one-piece or integral part having an integrated sealing portion contacting the housing and providing a sealing between the button and the housing in the valve open state. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133132 | ENDOSCOPE ACCESSORY WITH LOCKING ELEMENTS - An endoscope accessory, such as a coupler device, is provided that includes a main body with a visualization section for allowing viewing of tissue by the endoscope and a proximal end configured for attachment to a distal end portion of the endoscope. The device includes a passage within the main body having an open distal end and a proximal end aligned with the working channel of the endoscope. A locking element on the coupler device secures an angle of exit of an instrument passing through the passage. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133133 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TIP HOUSING - A method for manufacturing a tip housing for the distal tip of a vision device such as an endoscope is disclosed. The method includes providing a molding tool, introducing in the molding tool a first housing material, introducing in the molding at least one further housing material different from the first housing material, allowing the at least one further housing material to set and form a combined housing component with the first molding material, and removing the combined housing component from the molding tool. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133134 | IMAGING AND PRESSURE SENSING APPARATUS AND PROBES WITH A SLIDABLE SHEATH - The invention relates to a medical sensor system with a probe sheath with a sheath distal end configured for insertion through an insertion opening into a lumen of a patient. A pressure signal channel between the sheath ends contains a pressure sensor at the sheath distal end configured to measure pressure in the pressure signal channel and produce a corresponding pressure measurement signal. A sheath retraction mechanism portion of the probe sheath has: i. an extended sheath configuration wherein the sheath distal end extends through the insertion opening into the lumen and encloses the pressure measurement sensor in physical isolation from the lumen, and ii. a retracted sheath configuration wherein the sheath distal end is longitudinally retracted back from the lumen towards the insertion opening so as to expose at least a portion of the pressure measurement sensor to the lumen. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133135 | FULL ROTATIONAL ARTICULATION LAPAROSCOPE - Laparoscopic devices, systems, and related methods of assembly and use. A laparoscopic device includes a controller connected to a camera rod having a flexible joint adjacent to a tip of the camera rod. The tip is configured to emit an incident light from a light source of the device to illuminate an anatomy of a subject and to receive light reflected from the anatomy back to the tip. The received light is processed to produce images of the anatomy that may be used during a medical procedure. The flexible joint provides a wider range of motion and a wider view angle for the tip, and the controller is more ergonomic to enable the laparoscopic device to be more easily operated. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133136 | ACCESS DEVICE - Tissue access devices and methods of using the same are disclosed. For example, an access device is disclosed having a first sheath having a first sheath lumen, a second sheath having a second sheath lumen, and an engager. The second sheath can be deflectable into and out of the first sheath lumen. The engager can be expandable and contractible. When the engager is in an expanded configuration, a space can be between the engager and the first sheath and the second sheath can be deflectable into and out of the space. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133137 | ORGAN FLUSH AND DRAINAGE UNIT - An organ flush and drainage unit for limiting an increase of pressure within a cavity of an organ during liquid irrigation is disclosed. The unit comprises a drainage body enclosing a drainage zone in the form of a drainage chamber as encompassed within a unit wall. The unit also includes a coupling passage in the form of a mouth defined at the opened up end of the chamber. The unit further includes an instrument insertion aperture that is in alignment with the mouth and that is formed with a penetrable sealing means by being fitted with a membrane type penetrable resilient sealing member defining a central location of instrument penetration along which an organ working instrument which is sealably insertable and a drainage cum charging location in the form of a drainage cum charging stub extending from the chamber though the wall of the unit. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133138 | DILATOR-LESS AND OBTURATOR-LESS INTRODUCER FOR VIEWING AND ACTING ON INTERNAL PASSAGEWAYS OR TISSUE - A medical device configured to move an introducer into a passageway or tissue without the conventional use of an obturator or dilator while concurrently affording visual control over the movement of a distal end of the introducer in the passageway or tissue. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133139 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SURGERY GUIDANCE - The invention discloses systems and methods for providing anatomical guidance in surgery. The system includes a light source configured to emit light for illuminating tissues of a target region; means for obtaining autofluorescence signals emitted from the illuminated tissues in response to the illumination; and a controller configured to process the obtained autofluorescence signal to identify target tissues. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133140 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, MEDICAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM, ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, ILLUMINATION METHOD, ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A light source apparatus, a medical observation system, an adjustment apparatus, an illumination method, an adjustment method, and a program that enable performing light modulation on a semiconductor light source through PWM control and current control without the necessary of a complicated work are provided. A light source apparatus | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133141 | REMOTE MEDICAL EXAMINATION - The present disclosure relates to remote medical examination of a patient, and, more specifically, to a remote exam attachment that, along with a user device, may capture images of an anatomical feature for examination of a patient. The remote exam attachment may include a lens and may couple to an examination tool, such as a speculum, a scope, or a tongue depressor, which may be used with a camera of the user device. The user device may be configured to adjust one or more settings of the camera, such as the zoom, field of view, aperture, and/or the like. The user device may further be configured to transmit an image captured in conjunction with the remote exam attachment to another user device. Accordingly, the remote exam attachment, along with the user device, may capture, display, and/or transmit images of an anatomical feature, facilitating remote examination of a patient. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133142 | HYSTEROSCOPIC SYSTEM - A hysteroscopy system includes a scope having an internal channel, a sheath removably coupled to the scope, and an outflow channel. The sheath has a distal flange extending internally towards an outer surface of the scope. The outflow channel is formed between an inner surface of the sheath and an outer surface of the scope. The distal flange forms a distal end of the outflow channel and is generally located between the scope and the sheath. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133143 | OCULAR SURFACE INTERFEROMETRY (OSI) FOR IMAGING, PROCESSING, AND/OR DISPLAYING AN OCULAR TEAR FILM - Ocular surface interferometry devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for imaging an ocular tear film. An imaging device can be focused on the lipid layer of the tear film to capture optical wave interference interactions of specularly reflected light from the tear film combined with a background signal(s) in a first image, wherein the specularly reflected light may be produced from various portions of the ocular tear film by obliquely illuminating various portions of the ocular tear film with a multi-wavelength light source, such as in a tiling pattern(s). The imaging device can also be focused on the lipid layer to capture a second image containing the background signal(s) present in the first image. The second image can be subtracted from the first image to reduce and/or eliminate the background signal(s) in the first image to produce a resulting image, which can used to measure a tear film layer thickness. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133144 | SLIT LAMP MICROSCOPE - A slit lamp microscope according to some aspect examples includes an illumination system and photographing system. The illumination system projects slit light onto an anterior segment of a subject's eye. The photographing system includes an optical system and an image sensor. The optical system directs light from the anterior segment onto which the slit light is being projected. The image sensor includes a light detecting surface that receives the light directed by the optical system. Further, a subject plane, a principal plane of the optical system, and the light detecting surface are arranged so as to satisfy a Scheimpflug condition. Here, the subject plane includes a focal point of the illumination system in which a position of the focal point is shifted on account of a refractive index of a tissue of the anterior segment. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133145 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance eye imaging method, wherein an eye image is obtained from magnetic resonance image data acquired while the eye is moving, comprising determining eye orientation information data during magnetic resonance image data acquisition; binning the acquired magnetic resonance image data into groups according to eye orientation information data; and constructing a magnetic resonance image eye image from a selection of groups of magnetic resonance image data. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133146 | ACQUISITION BOX, ACQUISITION BOX ASSEMBLY, AND MONITORING APPARATUS - The disclosure provides an acquisition box, comprising a signal receiving end, a voltage processing module, and a wireless communication module. The signal receiving end is configured to receive a measurement signal acquired from a subject. The voltage processing module is configured to reduce a voltage of the measurement signal received by the signal receiving end to obtain a target measurement signal. The wireless communication module is configured to transmit the target measurement signal to a target monitoring device in a wireless mode. The disclosure further provides an acquisition box assembly and a monitoring apparatus. According to the disclosure, the target measurement signal is obtained by an acquisition box independent of the monitoring device to at least reduce the voltage of the measurement signal received by the signal receiving end, achieving a defibrillation protection function; the size of the target monitoring device may be kept small, and the target measurement signal is transmitted to the target monitoring device in a wireless mode, meeting the ECG measurement requirement and also bringing convenience to a user. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133147 | COMMUNICATION OF PARENT PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA TO INFANT - Communication of parent physiological data to an infant may include a first interface device which includes a sensor to record physiological data associated with a heartbeat of a parent, a processor to receive the physiological data from the sensor, and a transceiver; a server which receives the physiological data from the transceiver, accesses an instance of the physiological data from a replay storage location during a loss of communication, assigns a unique identifier, processes the physiological data, modifies the physiological data to be within an allowable threshold or accesses physiological data within the allowable threshold when the physiological data is outside an allowable threshold, filters the physiological data to apply an effect, and transmits the physiological data based on the unique identifier; and a second interface device which includes a transceiver to receive the physiological data and a communication element to communicate the physiological data to the infant. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133148 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING PRINTED LABEL'S LIFE - Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a method comprising receiving, by a processor, one or more patient characteristics associated with a first patient. The one or more patient characteristics comprises at least a type of sanitization, and/or a frequency of sanitization usage. Further, the method includes receiving one or more image characteristics associated with an image of a patient bracelet worn by the first patient. The method further includes training a machine learning (ML) model defining a relation between the one or more patient characteristics and the one or more image characteristics. The ML model is utilized to predict a count of days until the patient bracelet, associated with a second patient, deems unusable. Additionally, the method includes generating an instruction to a printing apparatus to print a new patient bracelet for the second patient based on the count of days being less than a predetermined number of days threshold. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133149 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING ASSOCIATION BETWEEN WIRELESS SENSORS AND A MONITORED PATIENT - Systems and methods of wireless sensing of physiological data includes obtaining physiological data from a patient with a wireless sensor. A patient location device determines a location of the patient. A location of the wireless sensor is obtained. The physiological data from the wireless sensor is associated to the patient based upon a determined proximity of the location of the wireless sensor to the location of the patient. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133150 | WIRELESS SENSOR DEVICE - A wireless sensor device capable of constant operation without replacement of batteries. The wireless sensor device is equipped with a rechargeable battery and the battery is recharged wirelessly. Radio waves received at an antenna circuit are converted into electrical energy and stored in the battery. A sensor circuit operates with the electrical energy stored in the battery, and acquires information. Then, a signal containing the information acquired is converted into radio waves at the antenna circuit, whereby the information can be read out wirelessly. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133151 | BODY STRUCTURE IMAGING - A method of imaging nervous tissue, comprising acquiring functional imaging modality data from a functional imaging modality which images an intrabody volume of a patient having a body part, the patient having been injected with an imaging agent having a nervous tissue uptake by an autonomic nervous system (ANS); and locating the nervous tissue in the intrabody volume based on the functional imaging modality data. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133152 | METHOD FOR RELEASING A SUBSTANCE INTO A SUBJECT USING AN INSERTION ARRANGEMENT (as amended) - An exemplary tissue detection and location identification apparatus can include, for example, a first electrically conductive layer at least partially (e.g., circumferentially) surrounding a lumen, an insulating layer at least partially (e.g., circumferentially) surrounding the first electrically conductive layer, and a second electrically conductive layer circumferentially surrounding the insulating layer, where the insulating layer can electrically isolate the First electrically conductive layer from the second electrically conductive layer. A further insulating layer can be included which can at least partially surrounding the second electrically conductive layer. The first electrically conductive layer, the insulating layer, and the second electrically conductive layer can form a structure which has a first side and a second side disposed opposite to the first side with respect to the lumen, where the first side can be longer than the second side thereby forming a sharp pointed end via the first side at a distal-most portion. The exemplary configuration can be used for (a) determination/detection of a tissue type using impendence of the electrically conductive layers, and/or (ii) determination of a location of at least one portion or the insertion device/apparatus. Another exemplary apparatus can include, for example, a base structure comprising a lumen extending along a length thereof, and at least one optically-transmissive layer circumferentially surrounding the base structure and provided at least at a distal end of the base structure. For example, in operation, the optically-transmissive layer can be configured to transmit a particular optical radiation at the distal end thereof toward a target tissue. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133153 | SMART THERMOMETER AND METHOD FOR MEASURING BODY TEMPERATURE USING THE SAME - A smart thermometer and a method for measuring body temperature using the same are provided. The method for measuring body temperature using a smart thermometer comprises: performing advertising in idle mode; switching the smart thermometer to active mode and connecting to user equipment; measuring body temperature by using a temperature sensor; determining whether the measured body temperature stays below a first threshold for a preset period of time; if the measured body temperature stays below the first threshold for a preset period of time, switching to idle mode and performing advertising; and if the measured body temperature reaches or exceeds the first threshold within the preset period of time, displaying the measured body temperature on a display window and transmitting the measured body temperature to the user equipment. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133154 | Microbending Fiber-Optic Sensor for Vital Sign Monitoring and Co-Extraction of Respiration and Heartrate - A fiber-optic sensor matt detects movements of a person on the matt that cause microbending of a fiber-optic cable that is arranged into a symmetric pair of radial ring groups within the matt. There are no cross-over points or overlapping of the fiber-optic cable within the symmetric pair of radial ring groups that could cause fiber wear and noisy readings. Microbending of the fiber-optic cable pressed into a mesh modulates the light intensity received, which is analyzed to extract both respiration and heart BallistoCardioGram (BCG) waveforms by convolution with Daubechies dB5 wavelet and scaling functions. The reconstructed level-4 detail waveform is output as the extracted BCG, while the reconstructed level-6 approximation waveform is output as the extracted respiration waveform. Respiration and heart rates and variations can be generated from the extracted waveforms. An integrated Fast Wavelet Transform (FWT) using dB5 wavelet thus generates both respiration rate and heart rate. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133155 | PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM - Embodiments herein disclose a patient monitoring system ( | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133156 | CARDIOPULMONARY HEALTH MONITORING USING THERMAL CAMERA AND AUDIO SENSOR - System and method for monitoring vital signs of a subject, such as a sleeping patient. A health monitoring device includes a thermal camera such as an uncooled microbolometer array, to monitor breathing, pulse, core temperature, and other vital signs. An audio sensor, e.g., microphone, may be used for monitoring patient respiratory sounds and other sounds. Further information such as pulse rate, PRV, blood pressure, breathing rate and oxygenation level are derived from these signals. The health monitoring device utilizes acquired signals and higher order data in analyzing patient conditions and behaviors. Higher order data include visual data based upon thermal camera signals and audio data based upon audio sensor signals. A processor is configured to output a health determination relating to one or more health parameters of the patient by inputting one or both of the visual data and the audio data into one or more machine learning models. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133157 | SENSOR FUSION FOR MEASUREMENT OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS - There is provided a system for measuring a physiological parameter of a person indicative of physiological pathology, comprising: a plurality of remote non-contact sensors, each of a different type of sensing modality, at least one hardware processor executing a code for: simultaneously receiving over a time interval, from each of the plurality of remote non-contact sensors monitoring a person, a respective dataset, extracting, from each respective dataset, a respective sub-physiological parameter of a plurality of sub-physiological parameters, analyzing a combination of the plurality of sub-physiological parameters, and computing a physiological parameter indicative of physiological pathology according to the analysis, wherein an accuracy of the physiological parameter computed from the combination is higher than an accuracy of the physiological parameter independently computed using any one of the plurality of sub-physiological parameters. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133158 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOOD PRESSURE ESTIMATION USING SMART OFFSET CALIBRATION - Systems and methods for blood pressure estimation using smart offset calibration can include a computing device associating a calibration photoplethysmographic (PPG) signal generated from a first sequence of image frames obtained from a photodetector of the computing device with one or more measurement values generated by a blood pressure measurement device different from the computing device. The computing device can obtain a recording PPG signal generated from a second sequence of image frames obtained from the photodetector, and identify a calibration model from a plurality of blood pressure calibration models based on the calibration PPG signal and the recording PPG signal. The computing device can generate a calibrated blood pressure value using the recording PPG signal, features associated with the calibration PPG signal and the identified calibration model. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133159 | Non-Invasive, Continuous, Accurate and Cuff-Less Measurement of Blood Pressure and Other Cardiovascular Variables by Pulse Wave Acquisition and Analysis Using Non-Invasive Sensors - A method for noninvasively measuring hemodynamic variables of a person includes physically configuring a sensor to measure the pulse of a person. The sensor generates a pulse waveform indicative of the pulse of the person. A processor obtains the pulse waveform from the sensor and the processor determines a reflection coefficient and reflection delay between an incident and a reflected wave, from which the processor determines the hemodynamic variables of the person from the reflection coefficient and the reflection delay. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133160 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT CUFF AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A blood pressure measurement cuff includes a belt-like body including an outer fabric and an inner fabric facing each other to form a bag shape, the belt-like body housing a fluid bag, an elliptical ring member having one side attached to a region adjacent to one end of the belt-like body, a retaining member provided to a region adjacent to the other end of the belt-like body, and a fixing member provided to a front surface of the outer fabric of the belt-like body. The retaining member includes a projection part that is flexible and projects outward of the belt-like body in a thickness direction Z, and support parts, each being flat plate-like, contiguous with a base of the projection part, and attached along the region adjacent to the other end of the outer fabric. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133161 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACQUIRING PPG SIGNALS FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE - Systems and methods for acquiring photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals for measuring blood pressure can include a computing device acquiring a sequence of images representing transdermal optical data of a subject, and generating a corresponding sequence of downsampled color frames. The computing device can identify, in each downsampled color frame, a respective central image block representing a central image region of the downsampled color frame and having a first size smaller than a second size of the downsampled color frame. The computing device can generate, for each downsampled color frame, a corresponding color intensity value based on the respective central image block. The computing device can generate, using color intensity values corresponding to the sequence of downsampled color frames, a PPG signal to determine a blood pressure value of the subject. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133162 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING DATA ACQUISITION CONDITIONS USING COLOR-BASED PENALTIES - Systems and methods for detecting data acquisition conditions using color-based penalties can include a computing device obtaining a sequence of images acquired by a photodetector. The computing device can determine, for each pixel position of a plurality of pixel positions associated with the sequence of images, a respective penalty score indicative of a similarity between a color value of a pixel of the pixel position and a desired color value. The desired color value can represent a color property of light emitted from body parts of users when placed opposite to the photodetector. The computing device can determine, using penalty scores of the plurality of pixel positions, a relative position of a body part of a user with respect to a desired position. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133163 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A device for measuring blood pressure can include a housing including a groove to receive a finger of a user. The groove can have a curved end towards a center of the housing and can have a first dimension between 20 mm and 70 mm, a second dimension between 20 mm and 35 mm, and a third dimension between 3 mm and 10 mm. The device can include a light source disposed within the housing and positioned at a bottom region of the groove and configured to emit light in the groove. The device can include a photodetector disposed within the housing and positioned at the bottom region of the groove and configured to capture a sequence of image frames while the light is emitted. The device can include a processor configured to generate a photoplethysmographic (PPG) signal of a user using the sequence of image frames. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133164 | BED HAVING CONTROLLER FOR TRACKING SLEEPER HEART RATE VARIABLITY - A bed has a mattress. A sensor senses cardiac activity of a user of the bed and sends, to computing hardware, data messages recording the sensed cardiac activity of the user. Computing hardware performs operations that include receiving the data messages from the sensor; determining, from the data messages, a heart-rate variability metric for the user at a plurality of time-points in a plurality of single sleep session; calculating, for a given sleep session using the heart-rate variability metric for the user for the given sleep session, a recovery-metric that reflects the degree of cardiac restoration that the sleep session has provided to the user; and displaying the recovery-metric in a user interface. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133165 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER USING A PPG SIGNAL WITH REDUCED INFLUENCE OF VENOUS PULSATILITY - A method for determining a physiological parameter, including: providing a PPG sensor device configured to measure a PPG signal; measuring a PPG signal on the user, the PPG signal containing at least two cardiac cycles; identifying PPG pulses from the PPG signal, each corresponding to a cardiac cycle and having a non-modulated component and a time-modulated component; for each PPG pulse, determining at least one venous-related feature indicative of the contribution of venous pulsatility to the time-modulated component of the PPG pulse; assigning a weighting factor to each pulse including calculating the weighting factor by using a weighting function including a mathematical operator inputted with the set of at least one venous-related feature; computing a weighted-average PPG pulse by using the PPG pulses and their respective weighting factors; and determining the physiological parameter by using the weighted-average PPG pulse. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133166 | INTEGRATED PRESSURE AND FETAL HEART RATE MONITORING CERVICAL RIPENING CATHETER - Cervical ripening catheters are disclosed, and methods for monitoring and measuring a change in intrauterine parameters without rupturing the amniotic sac. The catheter is provided with a uterine balloon, and a pressure sensor in pressure sensing communication with the uterine balloon. Sensing circuitry is configured to detect pressure applied to the pressure-sensor and communicate information relating to uterine contractions. The catheter may also be provided with sensors for determining fetal heart rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, fetal blood pH or pelvimetry measurement. A working channel extends throughout the catheter to permit direct access to the amniotic sac by additional diagnostic or therapeutic tools. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133167 | METHODS OF USING AN ENHANCED THERAPEUTIC STIMULUS FOR NON-NUTRITIVE SUCK ENTRAINMENT SYSTEM - The present invention relates to methods of using a therapeutic system. In particular, the present invention relates to procedures and methods of using a system having hardware, software, and appliance components for assessing and entraining a non-nutritive suck (NNS) pattern in a patient. The methods include configuring the hardware and software systems to receive data from an orofacial stimulation appliance and to generate a precise therapeutic pulse profile that is actuated as a tactile stimulus. The methods also include collecting data using the orofacial stimulation appliance and delivering the tactile stimulus via the orofacial stimulation appliance to entrain an organized NNS pattern. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133168 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM GAIN ADJUSTMENT - A method comprises identifying P-waves within a cardiac signal stored by a medical device for a cardiac episode detected by the medical device, and calculating a gain factor for display of the cardiac signal based on the identified P-waves. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133169 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, CORRECTION METHOD, AND MEMORY MEDIUM - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. Regarding the k-space data obtained as a result of performing multi-shot imaging that includes a plurality of shots, the processing circuitry obtains a correction coefficient, based on first-type magnetic resonance images generated using the k-space data, the correction coefficient correcting phase shifting occurring in read out direction among the plurality of shots. Then, the processing circuitry corrects the k-space data based on the correction coefficients. Moreover, the processing circuitry generates a second-type magnetic resonance image using the corrected k-space data. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133170 | VOICE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN IMPLANT - The present invention relates to a system for the control of a medical implant in a mammal body. The system comprises a first and a second part being adapted for communication with each other. In the system the first part is adapted for implantation in the mammal body for the control of and communication with the medical implant, and the second part is adapted to be worn on the outside of the mammal body and adapted to receive control commands from a user and to transmit these commands to the first part. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133171 | DISEASE DIAGNOSING METHOD AND DISEASE DIAGNOSING SYSTEM - A disease diagnosing method and a disease diagnosing system are provided in the disclosure. The disease diagnosing method includes: obtaining continuous images of a body skin and generating a time domain signal according to an average pixel value of a region of interest in each frame of the continuous images; transforming the time domain signal to a frequency domain signal and combining the time domain signal and the frequency domain signal to a time frequency signal; retrieving multiple first features of a first high dimensional space of the time frequency signal to obtain multiple second features of a second high dimensional space; and use the second features as feature vectors to map to a high dimension feature space, and classifying the second features as one of the multiple categories of a disease corresponding to the region of interest in the body skin according to a hyperplane of the high dimension feature space. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133172 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING TISSUE ABLATION - Systems and methods for ablation optimization are provided. In some embodiments, a catheter system is provided for determining tissue thickness and includes a catheter including a catheter body with a distal tip, source openings in the distal tip for passing light energy to tissue, and detector openings in the distal tip for passing light energy from tissue. A visualization system includes a light source, a light measuring instrument, and optical fibers extending through the catheter body. The optical fibers include source fibers to pass light energy to the tissue through the source openings and detector fibers to detect light energy from the tissue through the detector openings. The source and detector openings are aligned in a longitudinal arrangement along a length of the distal tip and are paired and spaced apart from one another by a separation distance calculated based on a thickness of the tissue to be measured. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133173 | MECHANISMS AND METHODS FOR THE DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A MECHANICAL INTERFACE BETWEEN A WEARABLE DEVICE AND A HUMAN BODY SEGMENT - The system includes an instrument for determining the anatomical, biomechanical, and physiological properties of a body segment that includes one or more force sensitive probes is provided. A human operator actuates one or more force sensitive probes, wherein the force sensitive probes are positioned at the surface of the body segment. The operator pushes on the force sensitive probes with varying force applied on the body segment to measure tissue deflection forces. The instrument may include one or more of gyroscopes, accelerometers, and magnetometers capable of measuring changes in tissue deflection caused by the force sensitive probes relative to a grounded reference frame in 3-D space, wherein the tissue deflection force data and the change in tissue deflection data are used to compute segment tissue viscoelastic properties. The instrument may also be untethered or wireless. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133174 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING STROKE SYMPTOMS - A stroke detection system analyzes images of a person's face over time to detect asymmetric changes in the position of certain reference points that are consistent with sagging or drooping that may be symptomatic of a stroke or TIA. On detecting possible symptoms of a stroke or TIA, the system may alert caregivers or others, and log the event in a database. Identifying stroke symptoms automatically may enable more rapid intervention, and identifying TIA symptoms may enable diagnostic and preventative care to reduce the risk of a future stroke. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133175 | BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS SYSTEM OF LIVESTOCK USING ACCELERATION SENSOR AND BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS METHOD USING SAME - Provided are a behavior analysis system of livestock using an acceleration sensor and a behavior analysis method using the same, which mount a biocapsule including an acceleration sensor on a rumen of livestock and transmit a sensor value sensed by a behavior of the corresponding livestock, analyze a sensor value transferred from each entity and analyze the behavior of the livestock by the server, and predict and judge a health state, or a timing of estrus or a delivery of the livestock through the analyzed behavior to efficiently manage the livestock. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133176 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF NEUROMUSCULAR OR NEUROLOGICAL DEFICITS - A system, method and apparatus for diagnosis and therapy. Preferably, the system, method and apparatus is provided for diagnosis and therapy of neurological and/or neuromuscular deficits by using a computational device. Optionally and preferably, the system, method and apparatus track one or more physical movements of the user, which are then analyzed to determine whether the user has one or more neurological and/or neuromuscular deficits. Additionally or alternatively, the system, method and apparatus induce the user to perform one or more physical movements, whether to diagnose such one or more neurological and/or neuromuscular deficits, to treat such one or more neurological and/or neuromuscular deficits, or a combination thereof. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133177 | ROLLED MULTILAYER CHEMICAL SENSING ELEMENTS AND DEVICES AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - Embodiments herein relate to chemical sensing elements including a rolled multilayer structure. In a first aspect, a method of making a chemical sensor element is included, the method including depositing a polymer layer onto a deposition substrate, infusing a chemical sensor composition into the polymer layer, applying a hydrogel layer over the polymer layer to form a multilayer film, rolling the multilayer film down the deposition substrate, and slicing the multilayer film to form the chemical sensor element. Other embodiments are also included herein. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133178 | FIBROUS COVER LAYER FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - Embodiments herein relate to implantable medical devices including a fibrous cover layer. In an embodiment, an implantable medical device is included having a housing, an optical chemical sensing element disposed along the housing, and a fibrous electrospun cover layer, wherein the fibrous electrospun cover layer is disposed over the optical chemical sensing element. In another embodiment, a method of making an implantable medical device is included. The method can specifically include depositing an optical chemical sensing element into a sensor optical carrier attached to a housing and applying a fibrous electrospun cover layer over the optical chemical sensing element. Other embodiments are also included herein. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133179 | APPLICATION OF ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY IN SENSOR SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS - A diagnostic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) procedure is applied to measure values of impedance-related parameters for one or more sensing electrodes. The parameters may include real impedance, imaginary impedance, impedance magnitude, and/or phase angle. The measured values of the impedance-related parameters are then used in performing sensor diagnostics, calculating a highly-reliable fused sensor glucose value based on signals from a plurality of redundant sensing electrodes, calibrating sensors, detecting interferents within close proximity of one or more sensing electrodes, and testing surface area characteristics of electroplated electrodes. Advantageously, impedance-related parameters can be defined that are substantially glucose-independent over specific ranges of frequencies. An Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) enables implementation of the EIS-based diagnostics, fusion algorithms, and other processes based on measurement of EIS-based parameters. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133180 | ANALYTE SENSOR DEVICES, CONNECTIONS, AND METHODS - Devices associated with on-body analyte sensor units are disclosed. These devices include any of packaging and/or loading systems, applicators and elements of the on-body sensor units themselves. Also, various approaches to connecting electrochemical analyte sensors to and/or within associated on-body analyte sensor units are disclosed. The connector approaches variously involve the use of unique sensor and ancillary element arrangements to facilitate assembly of separate electronics assemblies and sensor elements that are kept apart until the end user brings them together. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133181 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING EARLY SHOCK - Systems, devices, and methods to measure interstitial concentration of selected compounds over time to provide early detection of shock are described. In an example method, interstitial fluid is obtained from a subject. Analytes are detected in the interstitial fluid. At least one of the analytes corresponds to hypoxia of a tissue of the subject and at least one other analyte corresponds to vascular permeability of the subject. The example method further includes determining whether the subject is in shock based on a computing model and the detected analytes and generating an alert based on whether the subject is in shock. Treatments can be administered following the alert generation. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133182 | PORTABLE DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE STATE OF HEALTH OF A USER - A portable device for measuring the state of health of a user configured to be carried/worn by the user and comprising at least one measurement unit and at least one electric battery supplying the measurement unit with electricity, said electric battery comprising at least two charging electrodes that are configured to cooperate with a charging device in order to electrically recharge the electric battery, among which at least two of the charging electrodes, referred to as charging and measurement electrodes, are configured so as to be in contact with the sweat of the user and are connected to the measurement unit in order to measure, in cooperation with said measurement unit, at least one physical parameter of the sweat of the user, in order to measure their state of health. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133183 | LOW-PROFILE WEARABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - Wearable medical devices are provided. An exemplary wearable medical device includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) comprising a dielectric layer having a top surface and conductive features on the top surface of the dielectric layer. Further, the exemplary wearable medical device includes a top housing mounted directly to the top surface of the PCBA. Also, the wearable medical device includes a power source located between the top housing and the PCBA. The top housing and the dielectric layer of the PCBA encapsulates the conductive features and power source and define an outer surface of the wearable medical device. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133184 | LOW-PROFILE WEARABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - Wearable medical devices are provided. An exemplary wearable medical device includes a flexible printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), a battery cell having a first terminal and a second terminal, a sensor, and a uniaxially electrically conductive adhesive electrically connected to the flexible PCBA, to the first terminal and the second terminal of the battery cell, and to the sensor. An exemplary sensor is a glucose sensor | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133185 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE PRESENCE AND/OR THE CONCENTRATION OF AN ANALYSIS SUBSTANCE DISSOLVED IN A BODILY FLUID - A system for measuring the presence and/or the concentration of an analysis substance dissolved in a bodily fluid includes a light source configured to emit excitation light and an optical device. The optical device defines, for the excitation light, an excitation beam path from the light source to a measurement region of a sample and, for scattered light from the measurement region of the sample, a detection beam path from the measurement region of the sample to a detection device. The system also includes a detection device configured to detect the scattered light. The detection device includes a light-sensitive sensor and a filter element arranged in the detection beam path, the filter element being designed to suppress a transmission of light with wavelengths outside of an analysis wavelength range around a Raman resonance of the analysis substance. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133186 | OPTICAL GLUCOMETER - Disclosed herein are devices and methods for detecting blood glucose levels in a subject that involve passively quantifying mid-infrared emissions from the eye of the subject. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133187 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING BLOOD COMPONENTS - The present disclosure is directed to a method and device to determine a hemoglobin value of a mammal. The device includes a plurality of light emitting diodes, one or more sensors and a processor. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133188 | TOPICAL SUBCUTANEOUS MICROCIRCULATION DETECTION DEVICE - A topical subcutaneous microcirculation detection device includes a first light source module, a second light source module, a lens plate, a first light sensor, and a second light sensor. The first and second light source modules are configured to emit first and second illumination beams, respectively. A flat plate portion of the lens plate is disposed to lean against a first portion of skin of a subject. A convex surface of a first convex lens portion of the lens plate is disposed to push into a second portion of the skin of the subject. The first and second illumination beams are reflected into first and second reflected beams by the first and second portions of the skin, respectively. The first and second reflected beams are transmitted to the first and second light sensors, respectively. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133189 | ACTIVE-PULSE BLOOD ANALYSIS SYSTEM - An active-pulse blood analysis system has an optical sensor that illuminates a tissue site with multiple wavelengths of optical radiation and outputs sensor signals responsive to the optical radiation after attenuation by pulsatile blood flow within the tissue site. A monitor communicates with the sensor signals and is responsive to arterial pulses within a first bandwidth and active pulses within a second bandwidth so as to generate arterial pulse ratios and active pulse ratios according to the wavelengths. An arterial calibration curve relates the arterial pulse ratios to a first arterial oxygen saturation value and an active pulse calibration curve relates the active pulse ratios to a second arterial oxygen saturation value. Decision logic outputs one of the first and second arterial oxygen saturation values based upon perfusion and signal quality. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133190 | GLUCOSE BIOSENSORS COMPRISING DIRECT ELECTRON TRANSFER ENZYMES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEM - Embodiments of the invention provide constellations of elements useful in glucose sensors as well as methods for making and using such glucose sensors. In typical embodiments of the invention, the sensor is a glucose sensor for diabetics that comprises an analyte sensing membrane formed from a layered stack of material that includes a cellobiose dehydrogenase enzyme composition disposed over an electrode that is further coated with an analyte modulating layer formed from a cellulose acetate composition. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133191 | OPTICAL METHODS TO MODULATE LOCAL BLOOD PERFUSION AT THE SKIN - Methods and systems for collecting blood samples are described. The disclosed methods and systems employ exposure of the skin surface at a sampling location to electromagnetic radiation, such as blue light, to induce vasodilation in the skin in order to increase a rate of capillary perfusion and blood collection. Following or during the exposure process, the skin at the sampling location can be pricked with one or more lancets to generate capillary perfusion sites for the blood collection process. Following collection of a blood sample, some of the disclosed devices and methods can optionally use heat or infrared electromagnetic radiation to increase a clotting rate to close the capillary perfusion sites. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133192 | SYSTEMS AND INTERFACES FOR BLOOD SAMPLING - The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for delivering and/or receiving a substance or substances such as blood from subjects. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to devices and methods for receiving or extracting blood from a subject, e.g., from the skin and/or from beneath the skin, using devices containing a substance transfer component (for example, one or more needles or microneedles) and a reduced pressure or vacuum chamber having an internal pressure less than atmospheric pressure prior to receiving blood. In some embodiments, the device may contain a “snap dome” or other deformable structure, which may be used, at least in part, to urge or move needles or other suitable substance transfer components into the skin of a subject. In some cases, for example, the device may contain a flexible concave member and a needle mechanically coupled to the flexible concave member such that the needle may be urged or moved into the skin using the flexible concave member. Other aspects of the present invention are directed at other devices for receiving blood (or other bodily fluids, e.g., interstitial fluid), kits involving such devices, methods of making such devices, methods of using such devices, and the like. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133193 | A DEVICE AND A METHOD TO IDENTIFY PERSONS AT RISK FOR DEPRESSIVE RELAPSE - The invention relates to a device and a method to identify a depressed person at risk for a depressive relapse or recurrence. The device measures biological signals from the brain of a person in order to detect depressed persons who are at risk for depressive relapse or recurrence. The device comprises a measuring unit that measures the electrodermal activity in the fingers of the person in order to detect depressed persons who are at risk for depressive relapse or recurrence. The measuring unit is arranged to transmit a certain experimentally well defined pattern of sound or tone signals to the person and to provide a signal for the analysis of the electrodermal response from the person in question. The invention also relates to a device and a method to perform the analysis of the electrodermal response by means of machine learning technique. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133194 | MEASURING AND STRENGTHENING PHYSIOLOGICAL/NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL STATES PREDICTIVE OF SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE - To identify physiological states that are predictive of a person's performance, a system provides physiological and behavioral interfaces and a data processing pipeline. Physiological sensors generate physiological data about the person while performing a task. The behavioral interface generates performance data about the person while performing the task. The pipeline collects the physiological and performance data along with reference data from a population of people performing the same or similar tasks. In various implementations, the physiological states are brain states. In one implementation, the pipeline computes bandpower ratios. In another implementation, the pipeline decomposes the physiological data into frequency-banded components, identifies brain states derived from the decomposed data—for example, clusters of correlations of decomposed data envelopes—grades the performance data, compares the graded performance data to the brain states, and identifies statistical relationships between the brain states and levels of performance. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133195 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING AND TREATING EYE CONTACT AVERSION AND IMPAIRED GAZE - Provided for may be a system for assessing an eye contact aversion bias comprising initiating a first predetermined number of trials, wherein a trial comprises generating a displayed human face having a first spatial location corresponding to a first feature and a second spatial location corresponding to a second feature, wherein the first feature is the eyes of the displayed human face, and the second feature is not the eyes of the displayed human face, generating a target stimulus, wherein the target stimulus is presented at the first or the second spatial location, and receiving a selection signal. The system may further comprise calculating a response time, a first average response time, a second average response time, and calculating the eye contact aversion bias. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133196 | MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STATE DISPLAY DEVICE, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STATE DISPLAY SYSTEM, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STATE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A mental and physical state display device allows a user to intuitively grasp his/her mental and physical state substantially in agreement with his/her individual perception. The display device includes a display unit; and a display-processing unit that displays, on the display unit, state-indicating graphics in chronological order in a monthly, weekly or daily calendar format, with the state-indicating graphics indicating a mental and physical state computed based on a result of measurement of biometric information of a user, and representing levels of the mental and physical state in a distinguishable manner by a change in the respective state-indicating graphic. The display-processing unit displays at least one of the state-indicating graphics that corresponds to a criterion of the mental and physical state as a criterial state-indicating graphic that is distinguishable from a remainder of the state-indicating graphics, with the criterion being set on a user-to-user basis. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133197 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSING PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF A PATIENT THROUGH GUIDED MEDITATION - Computing devices, methods and computer-readable mediums for providing guided meditation to patients based on results of a psychological test are provided herein. Contemplated computing devices can comprise a processor, a memory for storing a computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions stored therein, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to serve psychological tests to the patient through a virtual patient portal, transform results of the psychological tests into sets of psychological conditions of the patient, match predefined meditation paths to the patient, and serve guided meditation tracks in the matched meditation paths to the patient through the virtual patient portal. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133198 | System and Method for Quantification of Exercise and Physical Therapy - A system for quantification of exercise and physical therapy includes an anchoring module and an electronics module. The anchoring module is removably attached to an object (e.g., a flexible resistive band) or equipped with a clamping mechanism for removably securing the object. The anchoring module also includes an anchoring-module coupling fixture. At least one of the modules includes a sensor (e.g., a force sensor) configured to generate a signal representative of a user's performance during exercise or physical therapy; a processor configured to receive signals from the force sensor; a computer storage medium storing software code and in communication with the processor, wherein the software code includes instruction for processing the signals from the force sensor to quantify the performance; and at least one electronics-module coupling fixture configured to secure the electronics module to the anchoring module coupling fixture. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133199 | BIOSIGNAL ACQUIRING TOOL - Provided is a biosignal acquiring tool, including: a textile structure in which a non-slip textile is disposed; an electrode positioned on a surface of the textile structure; a connector configured to connect an electronic device configured to acquire a signal from the electrode; and an elastic belt capable of being stretched independently of the textile structure. The elastic belt is disposed in parallel with the textile structure, while facing a surface of the textile structure that is different from the surface on which the electrode is positioned. The elastic belt is coupled to the textile structure at a portion different from a portion at which the electrode is positioned and at a portion different from surroundings of the portion. The textile structure is capable of being displaced within a range of 2 mm or more and 10 mm or less in the width direction of the elastic belt. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133200 | ELASTIC WEARABLE SENSOR - In some embodiments, a system includes a first assembly, a second assembly, and a connecting member. The first assembly includes a first electrode and a first adhesive portion. The first assembly is configured to be coupled to a surface of a patient via the first adhesive portion. The second assembly includes a second electrode and a second adhesive portion. The second assembly is configured to be coupled to the surface of the patient via the second adhesive portion. The connecting member has a first end coupled to the first assembly and a second end coupled to the second assembly. The connecting member is configured to transition between a first configuration and a second configuration and may be configured to be coupled to the surface of the patient via a third adhesive portion in both the first configuration and the second configuration. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133201 | BIO-ELECTRODE COMPOSITION, BIO-ELECTRODE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BIO-ELECTRODE - A bio-electrode composition contains (A) an ionic polymer material, (B) an addition reaction-curable silicone having at least a hydrosilyl group, (C) a platinum-group catalyst, and a solvent. The bio-electrode composition has a water content of 0.2 mass % or less. The solvent includes one or more of an ether solvent, an ester solvent, and a ketone solvent each of which does not contain a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, a nitrogen atom, or a thiol group. Thus, present invention provides: a bio-electrode composition capable of forming a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode which is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light-weight, and manufacturable at low cost, and which does not leave residue on skin after attachment to and peeling from the skin; a bio-electrode including a living body contact layer formed of the bio-electrode composition; and a method for manufacturing the bio-electrode. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133202 | DISPOSABLE ECG ELECTRODES ADAPTED TO REDUCE LEADS-OFF EVENTS - ECG electrode assemblies are disclosed which include an adhesive-backed patch incorporating an ECG electrode and an adhesive-backed cover configured to cover and surround a lead wire clip attached to a contact of the ECG electrode. ECG electrode assemblies comprising said adhesive-backed patch and said adhesive-backed cover secure the connection between the lead and the electrode and effectively reduce the number of telemetry disruptions due to leads failure. ECG electrode assemblies can also provide water resistance to allow for patient showering while hospitalized on telemetry monitoring. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133203 | ELECTRODE CATHETER - To prevent unintended concentration of radially protruding arm members. An electrode catheter ( | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133204 | READING EEPROM DATA FROM AN EEPROM LEADSET - An electrocardiogram (ECG) extension cable includes a first connector configured to be electrically coupled to a physiological monitoring device; a second connector configured to be electrically coupled to an ECG lead set including a processor; an input/output (I/O) wire configured to transmit data between the physiological monitoring device and the processor; a ground wire that establishes a ground path between the first connector and the second connector; a series protection element coupled in series along the ground wire; a bypass path coupled to the ground wire in parallel to the series protection element; and a switching element arranged along the bypass path and configured to redirect the ground path along the bypass path, thereby bypassing the series protection element. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133205 | METHOD FOR LOW-VOLTAGE TERMINATION OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS BY EFFECTIVELY UNPINNING ANATOMICAL REENTRIES - A method for extinguishing a cardiac arrhythmia utilizes destructive interference of the passing of the reentry wave tip of an anatomical reentry through a depolarized region created by a relatively low voltage electric field in such a way as to effectively unpin the anatomical reentry. Preferably, the relatively low voltage electric field is defined by at least one unpinning shock(s) that are lower than an expected lower limit of vulnerability as established, for example, by a defibrillation threshold test. By understanding the physics of the electric field distribution between cardiac cells, the method permits the delivery of an electric field sufficient to unpin the core of the anatomical reentry, whether the precise or estimated location of the reentry is known or unknown and without the risk of inducting ventricular fibrillation. A number of embodiments for performing the method are disclosed. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133206 | RECORDING APPARATUS NOISE REDUCTION - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving cardiac signal segments responsively to electrical activity sensed by a first sensing electrode in contact with tissue, injecting the cardiac signal segments into a cable, which extends to a recording apparatus, the cable outputting corresponding noise-added cardiac signal segments responsively to noise acquired in the cable, training an artificial neural network to at least partially compensate for electrical noise that will be added to signals in the cable responsively to the received cardiac signal segments and corresponding noise-added cardiac signal segments, receiving a cardiac signal responsively to electrical activity sensed by a second sensing electrode, applying the trained artificial neural network to the cardiac signal yielding the cardiac signal with noise-compensation, which at least partially compensates for noise, which is not yet in the cardiac signal but will be added in the cable, and outputting the cardiac signal with noise-compensation via the cable. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133207 | HEART GRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEM - Systems are provided for generating data representing electromagnetic states of a heart for medical, scientific, research, and/or engineering purposes. The systems generate the data based on source configurations such as dimensions of, and scar or fibrosis or pro-arrhythmic substrate location within, a heart and a computational model of the electromagnetic output of the heart. The systems may dynamically generate the source configurations to provide representative source configurations that may be found in a population. For each source configuration of the electromagnetic source, the systems run a simulation of the functioning of the heart to generate modeled electromagnetic output (e.g., an electromagnetic mesh for each simulation step with a voltage at each point of the electromagnetic mesh) for that source configuration. The systems may generate a cardiogram for each source configuration from the modeled electromagnetic output of that source configuration for use in predicting the source location of an arrhythmia. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133208 | ECG CHARACTERISTICS ASSESSMENT - In one embodiment, a method to detect noise levels in electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. The method includes connecting to at least three sensing electrodes and obtaining a signal from each of the at least three sensing electrodes. The method also includes defining at least three channels between the at least three electrodes and obtaining heart data for a predetermined time period from the at least three channels wherein the heart data includes heart rate and QRS width. The method further includes comparing the heart data of each of the at least three channels to a consistency threshold. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133209 | USE OF ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY (ERG) FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS - Methods for the diagnosis, prognosis, patient stratification and prediction of pharmacological response in patients afflicted by psychiatric disorders based on electroretinography (ERG) parameters are described. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133210 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING NEUROMODULATION THERAPY VIA DETECTION OF MAGNETIC FIELDS - Systems and methods for measuring the magnetic fields generated by renal nerves before and/or after neuromodulation therapy are disclosed herein. One method for measuring the magnetic field of target nerves during a neuromodulation procedure includes positioning a neuromodulation catheter at a target site within a renal blood vessel of a human patient near the target nerves, and detecting a measurement of the magnetic field generated by the target nerves. The method can further include determining, based on the measurement of the magnetic field, a location of the target nerves, a location of ablation at the target nerves, and/or a percentage the target nerves were ablated by delivered neuromodulation energy. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133211 | MEASUREMENT UNIT AND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING INDICATOR OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE IN PERSON - The present disclosure describes a measurement unit including measurement electronics, a wireless transceiver unit, and a processing. The measurement electronics are configured to measure an EMG signal and a motion signal from a limb of a person. The processing unit is configured to determine a principal component representation of the EMG signal and the motion signal in real time, wherein the principal component representation represents a projection of at least one feature of the EMG signal and at least one feature of the motion signal into at least one uncorrelated feature in a feature space formed by orthogonal basis vectors, and transmit the principal component representation to an external system with the wireless transceiver unit. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133212 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBSERVING EYE AND HEAD INFORMATION TO MEASURE OCULAR PARAMETERS AND DETERMINE HUMAN HEALTH STATUS - A system and/or method for determining human health uses a head-worn apparatus that comprises a head orientation sensor, an eye imaging device, and an electronic circuit. The head orientation sensor is configured for generating an electrical head orientation signal in response to head pitch or head yaw. The eye imaging device is configured for observing an eye feature from the sclera, cornea, iris, or pupil, and generates an eye electrical signal in response to eye position, horizontal eye movement, vertical eye movement, pupil size or eyeblinks at a plurality of times. The electronic circuit is configured for generating an ocular parameter measurement such as saccades, vestibulo-ocular reflex, vestibulo-ocular reflex cancellation, vergence, smooth pursuit, nystagmus, dynamic visual acuity, pupil size, and/or eyeblinks from the head and eye electrical signals. The ocular parameter measurement can be used to determine normal human health, a neurologic disorder, a biochemical health impairment, or a physiologic health impairment. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133213 | Multi-Sensor Patch - A multi-sensor patch for simultaneous abdominal monitoring of maternal and fetal physiological data includes a multi-layer flexible substrate with a center region and a plurality of electrode regions. A conductive layer of the flexile substrate provides an electrical connection between each of the plurality of electrode regions and the center region. A plurality of electrodes are formed into the flexible substrate. At least one mechanical motion sensor is connected to the multi-layer flexible substrate. A module unit is connected to the conductive layer at the center region. The module unit includes a controller configured to receive biopotential physiological data from the plurality of electrodes and mechanical sensor data from the at least one auxiliary sensor. The controller calculates at least fetal heart rate, maternal heart rate, and uterine activity from the biopotential physiological data and from the mechanical sensor data. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133214 | LESION AREA DIVIDING DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, LESION AREA DIVIDING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A rectangle creating unit creates a rectangle circumscribing a lesion area in a medical image. A division-number-ratio calculating unit calculates a division-number ratio based on an image aspect ratio of an input image to be input to a device that identifies a lesion and on a rectangle aspect ratio between the length in the vertical direction of and the length in the horizontal direction of the rectangle. A multiplying-factor calculating unit calculates, based on the division-number ratio, a resizing multiplying-factor for each of the vertical direction and the horizontal direction of a rectangular image encircled by the rectangle and including the lesion area. A resizing unit resizes the rectangular image with the resizing multiplying-factor. A dividing unit divides the resized rectangular image into one or more images in such a manner that the size of each divided image matches the size of the input image. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133215 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING SKIN LESIONS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - The present invention relates to a method for displaying at least one image of a skin lesion and associated information to assist in characterizing the skin lesion, the method comprising the steps of capturing a picture, in particular a close-up picture, of a skin lesion ( | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133216 | AUTOMATIC EARLY WARNING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESSURE SORE PRONE PART OF HUMAN BODY - An automatic early warning method and system is for a pressure ulcer prone part of a human body. The method includes: constructing a matrix diagram by using marks with variable states; receiving a pressure signal from a pressure sensor matrix laid in an area that a body of a patient is frequently in contact with; corresponding each miniature ultra-thin dynamic pressure sensor contained in the pressure sensor matrix to each mark in the matrix diagram respectively; after receiving a pressure signal indicating that the pressure at a part in contact with the patient, sensed by the pressure sensor matrix, is greater than or equal to a critical value, changing the state of the marks in the matrix diagram, corresponding to the miniature ultra-thin dynamic pressure sensors in the pressure sensor matrix sensing that the pressure is greater than or equal to the critical value, into an early warning state. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133217 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUALIZING A PROPERTY OF CARTILAGE - A method of visualizing a property of cartilage, comprising: generating, by a processing circuit, a plurality of slices, based on a magnetic resonance, MR, sequence of a portion comprising cartilage, wherein each slice represents a layer of the portion; for each slice, generating, by the processing circuit, a cartilage line representing cartilage of the slice; for the cartilage line of each slice, generating, by the processing circuit, an image column for visualizing a cartilage property of the cartilage of the slice; and generating, by the processing circuit, a two-dimensional, 2D, image for visualizing the cartilage property of the cartilage of the portion, based on the generated image columns. | 2022-05-05 |
| 20220133218 | SMART JOINT MONITOR FOR BLEEDING DISORDER PATIENTS - In an approach to smart joint monitoring for bleeding disorder patients, one or more sets of data are received from a smart joint monitor, where the smart joint monitor includes one or more sensors. One or more criticalities are detected, where the one or more criticalities are detected by an artificial intelligence engine based on the one or more sets of data and a global knowledge base. One or more suggestions are determined, where the one or more suggestions are determined by the artificial intelligence engine based on the one or more criticalities and the global knowledge base. | 2022-05-05 |
