| 38th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
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| 20220296082 | SURGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SURGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND SURGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - A surgical information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a surgical image; a determination unit that determines whether additional information is attached to the surgical image acquired by the acquisition unit; and a processing unit that performs first image processing when the determination unit has determined that the additional information is not attached, and does not perform the first image processing when the determination unit has determined that the additional information is attached. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296083 | ARTHROSCOPY METHOD AND DEVICE - Methods and devices for obtaining an image of a target area of a joint in a subject are disclosed. Such methods and devices may involve positioning at least a part of a device in an aperture in a bone involved in the joint such that the image capture component is in operable relation to the target area. The methods and devices disclosed herein may also be used for and in combination with ligament repair. Methods of surgery utilising this method and devices suitable for use with this method are also disclosed. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296084 | ENDOSCOPE - Provided is an endoscope that allows improving assembly workability to assemble various types of conduits inside an insertion portion and facilitating maintenance. The endoscope includes an insertion portion, a hand operating unit coupled to the insertion portion, a plurality of conduits disposed inside the insertion portion and the hand operating unit, a base plate as a fixing member fixedly disposed to the hand operating unit, and a relay portion (a first relay portion and a second relay portion) that relays the plurality of conduits. The relay portion has a structure fixable to the base plate. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296085 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system is provided. The system comprises an endoscope having a hollow tube formed therein; and an instrument for insertion through the hollow tube, wherein the instrument has a first end for operational control and a second distal end for instrument operation at a distal end of the endoscope, wherein the distal end of the endoscope has an illumination device and a vision device for providing illuminated vision at the distal end of the endoscope for operational control of the instrument operation at the distal end of the instrument, and wherein the distal end of the instrument and the distal end of the endoscope are interoperably coupled for rotational control of the instrument with respect to the endoscope. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296086 | MULTI-JET CONTROLLER FOR AN ENDOSCOPE - The present specification describes a control mechanism to control fluid flow through one or more fluid channels that supply fluid to the distal tip of an endoscope. A pump is provided with an endoscope to control the flow of fluid from an external source to a combination of fluid channels within the endoscope, which supply fluid to front and side jets of a multi-jet endoscope assembly. The pump is preferably dual-direction pump that enables control of fluid to either the front jet or to the front and side jets of the endoscope. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296087 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - An endoscope system, a control device, and a control method are capable of performing more satisfactory observation. A cutout processing unit cuts out a part of an entire image obtained by imaging an entire field of view range of a rigid endoscope in accordance with a cutout region set around a position deviated from a center point of the entire image and generates an oblique image viewed in an oblique direction with respect to an optical axis of the rigid endoscope. An acquisition unit acquires an instruction command to move the oblique image in a predetermined rotation direction, and a region setting unit moves the cutout region around the center point of the entire image in a direction according to the instruction command along an inner periphery of a circle in which the cutout region is inscribed. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an endoscope system. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296088 | CHIMNEY AND FLANGE DESIGN FOR CAMERA MODULE - A camera module assembly can include a chimney and a lens assembly. The chimney can include a distal portion having a substantially spherical profile. The lens assembly can include a lens barrel, an optical device, and a flange extending radially from the lens barrel, where the flange can be securable to the distal portion of the chimney. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296089 | ENDOSCOPE, DISTAL END PORTION OF ENDOSCOPE, AND INSERTION PORTION OF ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes an image pickup module having an optical axis that defines a visual field direction and provided with an electric contact, a cable that is disposed on a proximal end side of the image pickup module and transfers an image pickup signal generated by the image pickup module, a channel provided beside the image pickup module, and a movable board electrically connecting the electric contact and the cable to transfer the image pickup signal and including a movable portion capable of forming a curved surface that is freely displaceable in an optical axis direction. The movable portion of the movable board is arranged at a position where a distance between the curved surface and the channel is longer than a distance between the curved surface and the optical axis. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296090 | ENDOSCOPY/STEREO COLPOSCOPY MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - A medical endoscopy/stereo colposcopy instrument is configured to selectively take stereo colposcopy images of a patient's uterus and endoscopy images of the patient's bladder or uterus. Any of the images can be white light images or images for a selected narrow wavelength band or fluorescence images. The images can be displayed individually or as spatially registered composite images to highlight selected features of the imaged anatomy. A cup-shaped device can be positioned at the patient's cervix and provided with a light source and a fluorescence camera module to monitor changes in fluorescence in response to a photoactivated substance. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296091 | SPECULUM SLEEVE - The present invention relates to expandable sleeves, expandable sleeve systems, and their methods of use. In certain aspects, the expandable sleeves are compatible with commonly used speculums to enhance visualization and access of an orifice. The expandable sleeves sheathe over the blades of a speculum and form a taut barrier when the blades are opened to hold back the walls of a tissue orifice and cavity. The expandable sleeves include inflatable pouches that further push back the walls of the orifice. In certain aspects, the expandable sleeves are useful in performing pelvic exams, such as in patients having lax vaginal walls or excess surrounding tissue. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296092 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL FIELD ASSESSMENT - A system and method for assessing visual field of a subject eye for any blind spots. The method includes the steps of presenting a screen that is rendered as a grid, wherein points of the grids are spaced in units of visual angle. A visual focus point is presented on the screen on the screen and a visual stimulus moves on the screen consecutively while the subject eye focuses on the visual focus point and tracks the movement of the visual stimulus. When the visual stimulus enters a blind spot area in the visual field, the movement of the visual stimulus is perceived to be halted but is moving. Upon exiting the blind spot area, the halted visual stimulus is perceived to start moving again. Inputs from the user are taken when the above two events occur. Based on the inputs, the area of the blind spot is mapped. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296093 | EYE EXAMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A system for ordering spectacles is provided. The system includes a virtual reality headset having a display and an adjustable lens assembly configured for selectively adjusting optical parameters thereof. The adjustable lens assembly is disposed with respect to the display such that optical path between is adjusted in accordance with the optical parameters. The system further includes a server having a database of images of eyeglasses frames, an input device configured for selecting a frame from the server, and a controller configured to adjust optical parameters of the adjustable lens assembly to correct vision impairment and to display on the display virtual reality images simulating view through the selected frame with lenses having the optical parameters. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296094 | MULTIMODE EYE ANALYZING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A multimode optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging system comprises a light source arranged to emit coherent light in a path to scan a sample. An optical parameter unit is arranged in the path and is operable in at least one selected mode from among a plurality of available operating modes, including at least a first mode, a second mode and a third mode. A detector is arranged to detect reflected light, the reflected light being light reflected in the path as a result of the coherence light scanning the sample. A controller is arranged to control at least one of the light source or the optical parameter unit. The first, second and third modes include a retina mode, anterior segment mode, and biometry mode, respectively. Also provided are a method for operating a multimode OCT imaging system, and a computer-readable storage medium storing a program for performing the method. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296095 | APPARATUS FOR OCT-BASED IMAGING, MICROSCOPY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MICROSCOPY SYSTEM - An apparatus for OCT-based imaging, a microscopy system and a method for operating a microscopy system, include at least one OCT radiation source and at least one connection device for connecting the apparatus to the microscopy system, an optical connection configured to be established between the OCT radiation source and the light-guide element of the apparatus in a connected state, wherein the microscopy system includes means for detecting a connection state change, and a change-conditional adjustment of the mode of operation of the microscopy system being performable upon the detection of a connection state change. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296096 | PROCESS FOR DETERMINING OPHTHALMIC PARAMETERS BY 3D MAPPING - A method for determining ophthalmic parameters for a given frame and a given wearer, including: a) the given wearer is fitted with said given frame; b) providing a device including a first projecting mean able to project a pattern of optical radiation onto the face of the wearer, a first camera able to record said pattern of optical radiation, a processing device able to processes the image of the pattern in order to generate a depth map of the face of the wearer, a screen able to display the images recorded by said first camera and a light source able to illuminate the pupils of the wearer, c) recording simultaneously a depth map of the face of the wearer and a picture of the face of the wearer while said light source is illuminating the pupils of the wearer. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PUPILLARY LIGHT RESPONSE - System, devices and methods for monitoring pupillary response(s) are presented; the system comprises a light-blocking enclosure for receiving a first eye and a second eye of an individual, a light source for emitting visible light inside the enclosure and illuminating said first eye and/or second eye according to a predetermined illumination schedule, an image capturing unit for receiving visible light reflected from the first eye and/or the second eye while each eye being illuminated by said light source, and for capturing a plurality of images at a specific rate of the first eye and/or the second eye, a control unit for controlling operation of the light source and the image capturing unit and for receiving first data indicative of the plurality of images, a processing unit for processing the first data to determine second data indicative of size of pupil(s) of the first and/or second eye(s) in each of said plurality of images and processing the second data to enable determining an ophthalmological condition of the individual and generating an output signal indicative thereof, and an output interface for receiving the output signal from the control unit and presenting the output to the individual. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296098 | SELFIE CARE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for the selfie image sourced diagnosis of prospective eye disease. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for diagnosing prospective eye disease includes acquiring a selfie image with a portable communications device, recognizing a portion of the selfie image as an eye and comparing the portion of the selfie image to a pre-stored image of the eye in order to detect a threshold change from the pre-stored image to the selfie image. Thereafter, in response to detecting the threshold change, an alert is displayed in a display of the portable communications device. In this regard, optionally, the threshold change can be classified, and the classification correlated to a prospective ophthalmological diagnosis through the use of a classification table. Then, the prospective ophthalmological diagnosis can be included in the alert. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296099 | PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MONITORING AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD, CHARACTERIZATION INFORMATION MONITORING AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MONITORING RADAR - A monitoring radar and a monitoring and identification method therefor are provided. The monitoring radar may be a physiological information monitoring radar. The monitoring and identification method may be a physiological information monitoring and identification method. The physiological information monitoring radar processes at least one reflected radar signal to obtain a response characteristic and range information corresponding to each of a plurality of to-be-monitored objects and distinguishes the response characteristic of each of the to-be-monitored objects as identification information or physiological information. The physiological information monitoring radar then labels each piece of physiological information according to the range information and the identification information. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296100 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING HEART FAILURE HOSPITALIZATION - A system for predicting heart failure hospitalization, comprises a processing device configured to process data derived from signals sensed by an implantable medical device, said signals being indicative of cardiac activity, to obtain a heart failure prediction index. The processing device is configured to process a multiplicity of variables relating to different cardiac characteristics to obtain a multiplicity of processed variables, and to combine said processed variables using a mathematical model to compute said heart failure prediction index. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296101 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND SOFTWARE PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING AN EXCITATION LIGHT SOURCE FOR ENDOSCOPIC FLUORESCENCE IMAGING - A method for controlling an excitation light source for endoscopic fluorescence imaging. The method including: one of receiving an excitation light request signal by a switch on an endoscope or generating the excitation light request signal; at least when the excitation light request signal is present, evaluating at least one image detected by the endoscope in real time to determine whether the at least one image originates from inside or from outside of a body; and controlling the excitation light source to only generate excitation light with full power when the excitation light request signal is present and the evaluation indicates that the at least one image originates from inside of the body. Wherein the evaluation of the at least one image is determined by an artificial neural network. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296102 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE COLLECTION PROBE AND METHODS FOR THE USE THEREOF - Method and devices are provided for assessing tissue samples from a plurality of tissue sites in a subject using molecular analysis. In certain aspects, devices of the embodiments allow for minimally invasive collection of liquid tissue samples and delivery of the samples for mass spectrometry analysis. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296103 | Intra-oral scanning device with integrated Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) - An intra-oral scanning device includes a light source and an optical system, and communicates with a display system. The device provides for more efficient transmission and capture of images. It integrates OCT scanning with RGB-based scanning. In operation, the device is used for recording topological characteristics of teeth, dental impressions, or stone models by digital methods and for use in CAD/CAM of dental restorative prosthetic devices. To that end, the RGB-based scan obtains surface data (e.g., a margin), while the OCT scan penetrates the surface. The two scanners operate from within the same physical housing and preferably at the same time such that only one scanning pass (to obtain all necessary data) is required. The 3D data obtained from the OCT scan is registered with the 3D data obtained from the RGB-based scan by virtue of being captured using a common return path. Preferably, the 3D surface data is used to align the volume data, such that the OCT scan operates over a much sparser scanning volume than would otherwise be required if the OCT scan were carried out separately. In this manner, there is less stitching of data required to build the output images, thereby enabling a “one-pass” operation. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296104 | PULSE METER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed are a pulse meter and a control method therefor, aiming at solving the problem that a plurality of sensors in the existing pulse meter cannot fit well with the wrist surface. The pulse meter comprises a main body, a compression mechanism disposed on the main body, a plurality of pressure sensors ( | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296105 | PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY DERIVED BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY - A photoplethysmography (PPG) signal is used together with a neural network processing model to obtain convenient, timely, and reliable blood pressure measurements. The method, system, and device manifestation of the invention generally involves development of a neural network model for deriving blood pressure from a PPG signal and deployment of the model as blood pressure measurement capability. Development ( | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296106 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes first specifier, second specifier, determiner and display controller. First specifier collates an ischemic region calculated from a blood vessel visualized into a three-dimensional image in a plurality of phases with a dominating region of the blood vessel, and specifies a culprit vessel in the ischemic region. Second specifier specifies a culprit stenosis in the culprit vessel based on a pressure index calculated from the blood vessel. Determiner determines a connection position to connect a bypass vessel that makes a detour around the culprit stenosis. Display controller displays the determined connection position on a display. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296107 | COMBINED PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A combined physiological sensor and methods for detecting one or more physiological characteristics of a subject are provided. The combined sensor (e.g., a forehead sensor) may be used to detect and/or calculate at least one of a pulse blood oxygen saturation level, a regional blood oxygen saturation level, a respiration rate, blood pressure, an electrical physiological signal (EPS), a pulse transit time (PTT), body temperature associated with the subject, a depth of consciousness (DOC) measurement, any other suitable physiological parameter, and any suitable combination thereof. The combined sensor may include a variety of individual sensors, such as electrodes, optical detectors, optical emitters, temperature sensors, and/or other suitable sensors. The sensors may be advantageously positioned in accordance with a number of different geometries. The combined sensor may also be coupled to a monitoring device, which may receive and/or process one or more output signals from the individual sensors to display information about the medical condition of the subject. In addition, several techniques may be employed to prevent or limit interference between the individual sensors and their associated input and/or output signals. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296108 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATION OF MICROCIRCULATION - The present disclosure relates to a method for quantitation of microcirculation in a subject, in which a functional capillary ratio is calculated from a plurality of motion images of target factors over time in a first blood stream passing through the capillaries of the subject, and to an apparatus for measuring microcirculation in a subject. The present disclosure also relates to a method for providing information on microcirculatory disorder in a subject, in which a dynamic element in target factors is analyzed from a plurality of motion images of the target factors over time in a second blood stream passing through the capillaries of the subject, and an apparatus for diagnosis of microcirculatory disorder in a subject. The present disclosure also relates to a composition for prevention or treatment of lung injury, which contains an inhibitor against the expression or activity of macrophage-1 antigen (Mac-1) in neutrophils within pulmonary capillaries and alleviates microcirculatory disorder in the lung, a screening method, and a method for providing information for diagnosis of lung injury and disorder. The composition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can inhibit the expression or activity of macrophage-1 antigen in neutrophils within pulmonary capillaries to allow erythrocyteserythrocytes to smoothly pass through the pulmonary capillary, whereby gas exchange is increased in a subject suffering from pulmonary microcirculatory disorder and, thus, the microcirculatory disorder in the lung can be alleviated. Thus, the composition exhibits excellent effect as a composition for prevention or treatment of lung injury. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296109 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE - A biological information acquisition device includes a light source configured to emit a laser beam; a light branching element configured to branch the laser beam into a first luminous flux and a second luminous flux; a first light receiving element configured to receive the first luminous flux; a second light receiving element configured to receive scattered light generated by scattering of the second luminous flux incident on an inspection site of a living body; a differential circuit to which the first light receiving element and the second light receiving element are coupled; a signal processing unit configured to obtain biological fluid information by processing a light detection signal output via the differential circuit; and a first light shielding part configured to reduce the scattered light incident on the first light receiving element. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296110 | CARDIAC PULSE WAVE RETRIEVAL FROM AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL - The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for determining a pulse wave signal (PWS) of a subject. The method (M | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296111 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A WEARABLE DEVICE THAT INCLUDES AN OPTICAL SENSOR SYSTEM AND AN RF SENSOR SYSTEM - Methods for operating a wearable device are disclosed. An embodiment of a method for operating a wearable device involves generating blood pressure data from an optical sensor system of a wearable device, wherein the blood pressure data corresponds to a person wearing the wearable device, generating a pulse wave signal from an RF sensor system of the wearable device, wherein the pulse wave signal corresponds to a person wearing the wearable device, and generating a blood pressure value based on the blood pressure data from the optical sensor system and the pulse wave signal from the RF sensor system. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296112 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING BIO-INFORMATION - An apparatus for estimating bio-information is provided. The apparatus for estimating bio-information includes: a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object; a force sensor configured to measure force exerted between the object and the pulse wave sensor; and a processor configured to obtain an oscillogram by using the pulse wave signal and the force, to determine a first mean arterial pressure (MAP) based on the obtained oscillogram, to extract additional information in an interval preceding a point of the first MAP of the oscillogram, to obtain a second MAP based on the first MAP and the additional information, and to estimate bio-information based on the obtained second MAP. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296113 | NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT - A method of measuring a patient's blood pressure non-invasively considers the shape of the waveform to accurately estimate the patient's invasive systolic and diastolic blood pressure, or alternatively accurately predict the patient's hypertension classification. The method can be implemented in a clinical setting or within a wearable device. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296114 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING BLOOD PRESSURE - An apparatus for estimating blood pressure is provided. According to one embodiment, the apparatus for estimating blood pressure may include: a first sensor configured to obtain a pulse wave signal of a green wavelength from an object when the object is in contact with the first sensor; a second sensor configured to measure an external force applied to the second sensor while the first sensor is obtaining the pulse wave signal; and a processor configured to obtain an oscillometric envelope based on a direct current (DC) component of the pulse wave signal of the green wavelength and the external force, and estimate the blood pressure using the oscillometric envelope. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296115 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING BIO-INFORMATION - An apparatus for estimating bio-information is provided. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus for estimating bio-information includes: a first sensor configured to measure a first pulse wave signal of a first wavelength and a second pulse wave signal of a second wavelength from an object; a second sensor configured to measure at least one of a force or a pressure applied to the object; and a processor configured to: generate an oscillometric waveform envelope based on the first pulse wave signal of the first wavelength and the at least one of the force or the pressure applied to the object; obtain a feature value from the oscillometric waveform envelope; predict a size of a measured blood vessel based on the second pulse wave signal of the second wavelength; correct the feature value based on the size of the measured blood vessel; and estimate the bio-information based on correcting the feature value. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296116 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING A REMOTE PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY MODEL - Systems and methods for training remote photoplethysmography (“PPG”) models that outputs a subject PPG signal based on a subject video clip of a subject are described herein. The system may have a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory may include a training module having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to train the remote PPG model in a self-supervised contrastive learning manner using an unlabeled video clip having a sequence of images of a face of a person. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296117 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PHTOPLETHYSMOGRAM - Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring photoplethysmogram. The apparatus includes a ring structure with at least one photon source and at least one photon detector positioned on an inner surface of the ring structure. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to measure a preliminary photoplethysmogram during a first time period by taking a first number of samples, determine a form factor from said preliminary photoplethysmogram, determine an inter beat interval from said preliminary photoplethysmogram, and use the form factor and the inter beat interval to determine a second number of samples to be taken during a second time period of measurement of the photoplethysmogram and the distribution of the samples to be taken in function of time. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296118 | Methods for Biomedical Targeting and Delivery and Devices and Systems for Practicing the Same - The present disclosure provides methods for targeting a biomedical system. Aspects of the subject methods include determining the trajectory of a targeting device using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a MRI-visible style of a trajectory guide that is compatible with the targeting device. Targeted biomedical systems may be utilized for a variety of purposes including targeted delivery of a therapeutic, holding a therapeutic device, positioning of a therapeutic device and other uses. Also provided are devices and systems that can be used in practicing the described methods including but not limited to trajectory guides and adjustable targeting systems, as well as non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause a computing device to perform steps of the described methods. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296119 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE MEASUREMENT OF A PATIENT, MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method for performing a magnetic resonance measurement of a patient using a magnetic resonance apparatus is provided. The magnetic resonance apparatus includes a radiofrequency antenna unit for producing an excitation pulse. A first B0 field map for a first motion state of the patient, and a second B0 field map for a second motion state of the patient are provided. A first excitation pulse for the first motion state, and a second excitation pulse for the second motion state are determined based on the first B0 field map and the second B0 field map. A magnetic resonance measurement is performed, during which the motion state of the patient is monitored. When the patient is in the first motion state, the radiofrequency antenna unit transmits the first excitation pulse. When the patient is in the second motion state, the radiofrequency antenna unit transmits the second excitation pulse. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296120 | USE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD FOR TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING OF HEAD - An electromagnetic tomographic scanner, for use in imaging a live human body part, includes an imaging chamber, a plurality of antennas, a controller, a lid, and a quantity of matching media. The imaging chamber is supported on the base, defines an imaging domain in that receives the head, and has an open end. The antennas are supported by the imaging chamber and encircle the imaging domain. The controller controls one or more antenna. The lid is attachable to the open end and includes a hollow boundary model that mimics a part of human anatomy that is outside the imaging domain. The matching media fills the interior of the model while an empty field measurement is carried out. Various tensors may be produced. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296121 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND ACCESORIES FOR DIELECTRIC-MAPPING - A method of computing a dielectric map is disclosed comprising exciting at least one pair of electrodes according to an excitation scheme, the at least one pair of electrodes comprising at least one pair of in-body electrodes (also referred herein below intra-body electrode) located inside of the examined living body, measuring and recording voltages developing on the in-body electrodes during the excitation according to the excitation scheme, solving an inverse problem to derive a 3D dielectric map from the recorded voltages and optionally providing a 3D image of the body tissues based on the 3D dielectric map. Methods are also disclosed that combine intrabody electrodes and surface electrodes secured to the body or use only surface electrodes. Embodiments encompass the use of constraints in deriving the 3D dielectric map and combining measurements made at different locations inside the body with moving intrabody electrodes. Disclosed methods are not limited to methods including exciting and measuring on the body but also extend to methods of processing data previously obtained to derive the 3D map. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296122 | SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING WHEN AN ELECTRODE LEAD REACHES A COCHLEAR BASAL TURN DURING A LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE - An exemplary insertion management system is configured to direct a cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation by way of a first electrode disposed on an electrode lead that is being inserted into a cochlea of a recipient, direct the cochlear implant to record, while the electrical stimulation is being applied by way of the first electrode, a differential voltage signal representative of a differential voltage between a second electrode and a third electrode both disposed on the electrode lead, the second and third electrodes different than the first electrode, determine, while the differential voltage signal is being recorded, that a signal characteristic of the differential voltage signal changes by at least a threshold amount, and determine, based on the signal characteristic changing by at least the threshold amount, that a distal end of the electrode lead is positioned within a threshold distance of a basal turn of the cochlea. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296123 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR AND ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM - An electronic endoscope processor includes a converting means for converting each piece of pixel data that is made up of n (n≥3) types of color components and constitutes a color image of a biological tissue in a body cavity into a piece of pixel data that is made up of m (m≥2) types of color components, m being smaller than n; an evaluation value calculating means for calculating, for each pixel of the color image, an evaluation value related to a target illness based on the converted pieces of pixel data that are made up of m types of color components; and a lesion index calculating means for calculating a lesion index for each of a plurality of types of lesions related to the target illness based on the evaluation values calculated for the pixels of the color image. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296124 | GAIT-RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS - The present disclosure relates to gait-related devices and methods. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296125 | GAIT COACHING IN FITNESS TRACKING SYSTEMS - A method of providing gait coaching is disclosed. Run data is received and stored regarding runs of a broad and diverse population of users, as well as a more narrow set of expert users. A gait metric model is developed for determining an ideal stride length or cadence based on pace and at least one physiological characteristic. Regression coefficients for at the model are determined based on a regression of the run data from the broad and diverse population of users. In contrast, a regression constant for the model is determined based on a regression of the run data from expert users. Using the model, an ideal stride length or cadence for a particular user on a particular run can be determined and utilized to provide useful monitoring, comparison, and feedback to the user regarding his or her stride length or cadence. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296126 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING TURNS - Determining whether an individual has turned during ambulation includes identifying a first foot parameter for the individual in at least two or more successive stances and identifying a change in the first foot parameter between the two or more successive stances. The determination also includes identifying a second foot parameter for the individual in at least two or more successive strides and identifying a change in the second foot parameter between the two or more successive strides. Based on the identified changes in the first and second foot parameters, a determination can be made whether the individual has turned during ambulation. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296127 | SMART INFANT MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A sleep system including an analysis unit configured to be in data communication with a plurality of sensors, the sensors being selected from one or more sound sensors, biological sensors, environmental sensors, motion sensors, or a combination thereof. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296128 | SERVICE SCHEDULING AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS FOR PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUSES - Patient support apparatuses include a frame, support surface, and a controller. The controller provides notification to a user of a service event relating to the patient support apparatus. The controller limits functionality of a component of the patient support apparatus based upon a severity of the service event. The controller may also, or alternatively, detect when a control is activated by a user and, in response to such activation, determine whether the patient support apparatus has been marked for use or marked for servicing. If marked for use, the controller responds in a first manner, and if marked for service, the controller responds in a different manner. In other embodiments, a method is provided for determining an order in which multiple patient support apparatuses should be service. In still other embodiments, the patient support apparatus automatically changes to an unusable configuration when in need of high priority service. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296129 | ACTIVITY MONITORING SYSTEM - The present application relates to a system for monitoring a physical activity performed by a subject, the system including: a pose sensor, a garment and one or more processing devices. The pose sensor is configured to sense one or more pose parameters. The garment includes a number of arrays of electrodes positioned on the garment that contact skin of the subject and generate electrical signals indicative of electrical potentials within respective muscles of the subject, each array of electrodes including a plurality of electrodes arranged in a grid. The processing devices are configured to: determine one or more muscle activation patterns, at least partially determine the subject pose and, determine an activity indicator indicative of the physical activity at least partially based on the determined one or more muscle activation patterns and at least partially based on the determined subject pose. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296130 | Sensor Assembly - The present disclosure relates to a sensor assembly including a sensor element configured to be arranged external to a drug delivery device such that a user of the drug delivery device can hold the drug delivery device through gripping the sensor element. The sensor element is configured to detect a contact area of a hand of the user of the drug delivery device when gripping the sensor element. The sensor assembly can be included in a drug delivery system. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296131 | MINIATURIZED ANALYTE SENSOR - The disclosed techniques include applying, using a voltage controller, multiple voltage pulses to a working electrode of a two-electrode sensor probe, and measuring, using a current sensor, the current response to the applied multiple voltage pulses. The techniques also include analyzing, using a processor, the measured current response, and calibrating, using a processor, the current sensor on the basis of the analyzed measured current response. The techniques further include determining, using a processor, a glucose concentration value on the basis of the calibrated current sensor, and transmitting, using a transmitter, the determined glucose concentration value to a receiver. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296132 | OPTIMIZING ANALYTE SENSOR CALIBRATION - Method and apparatus for optimizing analyte sensor calibration including receiving a current blood glucose measurement, retrieving a time information for an upcoming scheduled calibration event for calibrating an analyte sensor, determining temporal proximity between the current blood glucose measurement and the retrieved time information for the upcoming calibration event, initiating a calibration routine to calibrate the analyte sensor when the determined temporal proximity is within a predetermined time period, and overriding the upcoming scheduled calibration event using the current blood glucose measurement are provided. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296133 | Methods Circuits Devices Systems and Machine Executable Code for Glucose Event Detection - Disclosed are methods, circuits, devices, systems and functionally associated machine executable code for glucose event detection. A system for glucose event detection includes a recursive neural network (RNN) model for generating, for a monitored subject, blood glucose level (BGL) output streams for respective, system fed, heart beats per minute (BPM) input streams of a monitored subject. A supervised training mechanism, for training the artificial recurrent neural network (RNN) model, compares model generated blood glucose level (BGL) output streams to time-aligned blood glucose level (BGL) output streams from a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device concurrently monitoring the same subject. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296134 | ANALYTE SENSOR - The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transeutaneous measurement of glucose in a host. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296135 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - This measurement system comprises: an infrared emission unit that emits first infrared light; an infrared reception unit that receives second infrared light, which is light obtained as a result of the first infrared light being reflected on a portion of the body of a measurement subject or being transmitted through a portion of the body of a measurement subject; an infrared current generation unit that applies a pulse current to the infrared emission unit; a duty control part that, on the basis of the intensity of the second infrared light, changes the duty of the pulse current applied by the infrared current generation unit; and a glucose level determination device that, on the basis of the intensity of the second infrared light, determines the blood glucose level of the measurement subject. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296136 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING TRANS-ABDOMINAL FETAL OXIMETRY AND/OR TRANS-ABDOMINAL FETAL PULSE OXIMETRY USING A FETAL HEARTBEAT SIGNAL FOR A PREGNANT MAMMAL - Light reflected from a pregnant woman's abdomen and fetus contained therein that has been received by a detector and converted into a reflected electronic signal may be received by a processor. A portion of the reflected electronic signal that is reflected from the fetus may be isolated and the isolated portion of the reflected electronic signal may be analyzed to determine a fetal hemoglobin oxygen saturation level of the fetus. The isolation may be achieved by synchronizing the reflected electronic signal with a fetal heartbeat signal and multiplying the synchronized reflected electronic signal by the synchronized fetal heartbeat signal. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296137 | WORRY STONE DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A worry stone system is provided. The system includes a worry stone device having an internal sensing and processing system, a user computing device, and a server having a memory storing worry stone data. The server may be programmed to receive worry stone data from the worry stone device through the user computing device in near real-time that includes contact time between the user and the worry stone device, a rate of rubbing the worry stone device, and/or a pressure used for rubbing the worry stone device. The server may process the worry stone data and send the same for display on the user computing device. The server operates to continuously process received near real-time worry stone data and send the processed worry stone data for display on the user computing device during the entire time of engagement of the worry stone device by the user. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296138 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF MEDICAL TREATMENT(S) FOR ADHD - A system for evaluating a treatment for a mental or physiological condition. The system includes a sensor configured to measure eye movements of a user, a processor, and a memory. The memory includes instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: identify a task; prior to the treatment and while the user performs the task, measure the eye movements of the user with the sensor; while the user is under an effect of the treatment and while the user performs the task, measure eye movements of the user with the sensor; determine a difference between the eye movements of the user prior to and after the treatment based on a trained machine learning model; determine a measure of an efficacy of the treatment based on the determined difference in the measured eye movements of the user; and display a recommended a course of treatment based on the determined measure of efficacy. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296141 | FLUID COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS AND COLLECTING FLUIDS - A fluid collection system for collecting fluid, such as urine through a series of valves and bags that isolate urine from the input to reduce risk of infection includes an input tube connected removably to a fluid supply tube, first and second valves separate from one another and each having flow-on and flow-off states and each fluidically connected to the input tube, respectively, to receive the input fluid and to output the input fluid when in the flow-on state, and at least one hollow collection container defining a water-tight interior and comprising a removable connector configured to removably connect to one of the first and second valves and, responsive to connection thereto, configured to receive the input fluid. The bags also contain a hydrogel to absorb the fluid. Input fluid pressure can be controlled and calibrated to maintain backpressure on the bladder. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296142 | SENSOR READOUT CIRCUITRY, A BIOPOTENTIAL SIGNAL SENSOR, A NEURAL PROBE, AND A METHOD FOR READOUT OF AN ANALOG SENSOR INPUT SIGNAL - A sensor readout circuitry comprises: a delta-sigma modulator; an input stage for receiving an analog sensor input signal, wherein a transconductance amplifier and a current mirror incorporate a flipped voltage follower, wherein a feedback signal from a digital-to-analog converter of the delta-sigma modulator is received such that subtraction between the analog sensor input signal and the feedback signal is performed in the transconductance amplifier and mirrored by the current mirror to an output of the input stage; wherein the transconductance amplifier comprises a first, second and third chopper, whereby a chopping loop between the first, second and third choppers is formed including an input transistor and current sources and whereby the analog sensor input signal is in baseband at a node in which the feedback signal is received. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296143 | BIOMAGNETISM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, BIOMAGNETISM MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, BIOMAGNETISM MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A biomagnetism measurement apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to set a curved surface as a region-of-interest based on a morphological image including a portion to be evaluated of a subject, the morphological image being acquired by an image acquisition apparatus, and the curved surface being a surface on which an anterior-posterior position of the subject changes in a cranial-caudal direction and in a left-right direction along a position of a nerve to be evaluated. The processor is further configured to estimate current distribution in the region-of-interest based on magnetic data, the magnetic data being acquired by measuring a magnetic field with a magnetic measurement instrument, and the magnetic field being generated by an electrical activity of a nerve in the portion to be evaluated. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296144 | ADHESIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a cardiac monitoring device and systems/methods relating to same. Preferred embodiments may include adhesive layers having channels for transpiring moisture to promote long term adhesion of the device to a subject. The adhesive layer may be surrounded by a non-adhesive lining to inhibit substrate layers from folding under the adhesive. In some embodiments, the adhesive layer may be replaceable. In some embodiments, the adhesive layer may extend beneath a substrate coupled to a housing but not be adhered to the overlying substrate layers. The angles of the edges of the adhesive layer may be configured to minimize peeling forces. Substrate layers above the adhesive layer may be perforated to promote transpiration of moisture and/or provide conformability to the substrate. The perforations may promote anisotropic resistance to compression and/or extension of the substrate. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296145 | COATING ELECTRODES OF MEDICAL DEVICES - A method for coating an electrode of a medical device, the method consists essentially of coating the electrode of the medical device with chromium monosilicide. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296146 | Electrodes and Method of Producing the Electrodes - An electrode includes a backing. The backing includes a first backing side and a second backing side. The backing has a planar surface and a portion of the backing forms a raised section on the first backing side and an indented section on the second backing side opposite the raised section. The indented section forms a cavity therein. Further, the backing is not electrically conductive. The electrode also includes an electrically conductive gel disposed at least partially within the cavity. The electrode further includes an eyelet penetrating the backing and electrically coupled with the electrically conductive gel. The electrode includes a stud adapted to detachably couple the electrode to a lead wire and configured to attach to the eyelet. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296147 | ELECTRODE FOR ORGANISM - A bioelectrode includes an annular sheet that is annular in a plan view, an annular metal-made wiring formed on the annular sheet, a conductive sheet formed on the wiring, a connection wiring, and an adhesive layer formed so as to cover the conductive sheet. The bioelectrode can be attached, via the adhesive layer, onto the back surface of a garment. The annular sheet is configured by a material with insulation, waterproofness, and flexibility and has an opening at a central part thereof. The conductive sheet is formed on and in contact with the wiring, and is electrically connected to the wiring. Further, the conductive sheet is formed on the annular sheet so as to cover the wiring and close the opening. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296148 | ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL CATHETER SYSTEMS - Apparatus for electrophysiological studies comprises: at least one output channel ( | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296149 | PROBE ARRAYS - A plurality of microelectrode arrays may be coupled in a networked configuration for scheduling and controlling transmission of stored representations of the electrode signals over a data bus to a data sink. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296150 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONSET/OFFSET CAPTURE - A medical device is utilized to monitor physiological parameters of a patient and capture segments of the monitored physiological parameters. The medical device includes circuitry configured to monitor one or more physiological parameters associated with the patient and an analysis module that includes a buffer and a processor. The buffer stores monitored physiological parameters and the processor analyzes the monitored physiological parameters and triggers capture of segments from the buffer in response to a triggering criteria being satisfied. The analysis module selects a pre-trigger duration based at least in part on the triggering criteria. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296151 | HEART FAILURE PROGRESSION MONITORING BASED ON LV CONDUCTION PATTERN AND MORPHOLOGY TRENDS - Computer implemented methods, devices and systems for monitoring a trend in heart failure (HF) progression are provided. The method comprises sensing left ventricular (LV) activation events at multiple LV sensing sites along a multi-electrode LV lead. The activation events are generated in response to an intrinsic or paced ventricular event. The method implements program instructions on one or more processors for automatically determining a conduction pattern (CP) across the LV sensing sites based on the LV activation events, identifying morphologies (MP) for cardiac signals associated with the LV activation events and repeating the sensing, determining and identifying operations, at select intervals, to build a CP collection and an MP collection. The method calculates an HF trend based on the CP collection and MP collection and classifies a patient condition based on the HF trend to form an HF assessment. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296152 | WEARABLE MEDICAL TREATMENT DEVICE WITH MOTION/POSITION DETECTION - A wearable medical device for detecting and treating life-threatening arrhythmias includes a wearable vest portion, sensing electrodes, therapy pads, at least one motion sensor, and a cardiac monitor. The cardiac monitor is configured to detect whether the patient is experiencing a treatable arrhythmia using an ECG signal and in response, determine a confidence level for the detected treatable arrhythmia using outputs from the at least one motion sensor. Determining the confidence level includes detecting patient motion prior to the detection of the treatable arrhythmia. Determining the confidence level further includes increasing the confidence level in response to determining that the patient is motionless coinciding with the detection of the treatable arrhythmia, or decreasing the confidence level in response to determining the patient motion after the detection of the treatable arrhythmia. The cardiac monitor is configured to determine whether to deliver a treatment shock based on the confidence level. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296153 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - A display control device includes processing circuitry configured to: obtain an intracardiac electrocardiogram of a subject; generate visualization data representing an excitation state of a myocardium based on the intracardiac electrocardiogram; determine a type of excitation dynamics of the myocardium based on the visualization data; and display, on a stereoscopic image of a heart of the subject, a site from which the intracardiac electrocardiogram is obtained with a color in accordance with a ratio of the determined type of the excitation dynamics. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296154 | METHOD FOR RAPIDLY DIAGNOSING A HEART CONDITION OF A PATIENT FROM ASSOCIATED ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ("ECG") DATA - A method for rapidly diagnosing a heart condition of a patient from associated ECG data presents a series of logic domains wherein corresponding logic tests solve in the alternative between successive logic domains to provide a mutually exclusive preliminary diagnosis. The present method enables even a novice emergency responder to be able to accurately present a preliminary diagnosis of a patient en route to urgent care. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296155 | RESPONSIVENESS TESTING OF A PATIENT HAVING BRAIN STATE CHANGES - A method of determining a responsiveness of a patient having brain state changes, comprising receiving an indication of a triggering event; administering to the patient, in response to the indication, a test of responsiveness; determining, based upon a result of the test, at least one responsiveness parameter selected from the group consisting of (i) a time of occurrence of a change in the patient's responsiveness, (ii) a duration of a change in the patient's responsiveness; (iii) a magnitude of a change in the patient's responsiveness, (iv) a time interval from the indication of event occurrence to a change in the patient's responsiveness, (v) a type of change in the patient's responsiveness, (vi) an estimation of a seizure severity; (vii) a classification of a seizure into clinical or subclinical; (viii) a classification of a clinical seizure into simple partial, complex partial, or generalized; (ix) an assessment of efficacy of a therapy for the patient's medical condition; (x) an assessment of the state of the disease and formulation of a prognosis for the patient; (xi) an estimation of a risk of injury or death for the patient; and (xii) two or more thereof. A medical device system capable of implementing the method. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296156 | NEUROMONITORING DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a neuromonitoring device. The neuromonitoring device may include a probe, an operation part, and a display part. The probe may include a probe head, an elastic piece, and an elastic measuring piece. The probe head may be connected to the elastic piece. The elastic measuring piece may be connected to the elastic piece and may be used to measure an elasticity value of the elastic piece and convert the elasticity value into a first electrical signal. The display part may be configured to display prompt information. The prompt information may include prompt information regarding the elasticity value determined based on the first electrical signal. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296157 | MOTION SPEED ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND WEARABLE DEVICE - This disclosure provides a motion speed analysis method and apparatus, and wearable device, and relates to the technical field of intelligent wearable devices. A motion speed analysis method, including: acquiring surface myoelectric signals of a detected user; determining signals of action segment according to the surface myoelectric signals; determining a change rate of potentials of the signals of action segment and determining a motion speed level according to the change rate and a preset change rate threshold. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296158 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR TEMPERATURE ASYMMETRY MEASUREMENT OF BODY PARTS - Method for automatic detection of inflammation or functional disorder according to temperature asymmetry estimation in contralateral body parts is presented. Simultaneously recorded thermogram and the optical image of the inspected and contralateral body parts are sent to the processing unit, where they are stored, processed, and analyzed. Method automatically detects outlines of body parts in thermograms and optical images. Grid of points of interest is distributed inside the inspected and the contralateral body part's outline. Temperature maps are calculated according to both grids points and the temperature disparity map is estimated. The set of inflammation regions is obtained by analyzing the temperature disparity map and collecting adjacent points containing temperature differences surpassing the threshold. This is non-invasive and non-contact inspection method, suitable for real world environments with natural home or health care institutions background. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296159 | SLEEP EVALUATION METHOD, SLEEP EVALUATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Weight information is determined for each of an individual evaluation criterion that is determined on the basis of a sleep log that includes a log of specific sleep information relating to the sleep of a specific user and a general evaluation criterion that is determined on the basis of sleep information relating to the sleep of a plurality of users; and an evaluation process is performed, which is a process of evaluating the sleep of the specific user from the specific sleep information, using the individual evaluation criterion, the general evaluation criterion, and the weight information. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296160 | MEDICAL FLUID INJECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH DETACHABLE PATCH AND MONITORING - Provided herein are systems and methods for monitoring one or more health or physiological parameters in a subject. The systems and methods may comprise a patch coupled to an injector. Data may be transmitted to a mobile device or remote server, where the data may be processed. Processed data may be used to inform a subject on a health or physiological condition. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296162 | STRESS COPING STYLE DETERMINATION SYSTEM, STRESS COPING STYLE DETERMINATION METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND LEARNED MODEL - Provided is a system capable of determining a stress coping style of a test subject in a non-contact state. The system includes a biological information acquiring part which acquires biological information of a test subject in a non-contact state, and a determining part which determines a stress coping style of the test subject based on the biological information and a response pattern specified in advance. The response pattern is specified by a hemodynamic parameter. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296163 | PERSONALIZED TONGUE-MACHINE-INTERFACE - For exploiting novel use-cases, in particular sophisticated human-machine interaction, with an intraoral electronic tongue monitoring system designed to be worn by a user on the upper or lower jaw and featuring a support sheet bearing a number of intraoral sensors arranged in an array for recording tongue movement and/or tongue pressure, it is proposed that the system comprises at least one extraoral sensor located outside of the oral cavity delimited by the teeth when the system is in place, in particular such that extraoral and/or intraoral and/or interlabial movements of the tongue and/or lip pressure can be recorded with the system and/or such that the system may be used as an input device controlled through tongue movement using a human-machine-interface provided by the system. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296164 | Bra, Garment and Method | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296165 | WEARABLE HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for using a wearable device to monitor patients suffering from congestive heart failure as well as other related diseases. In particular, a wearable patch is disclosed. The wearable patch includes a patch body with a body patch side attached to and contacting a user's body as well as an opposing non-body patch side. The body patch side is configured to accommodate carotid arterial pressure sensors and bioimpedance and ECG/EKG electrodes for collecting physiological data from the user. The patch may also include jugular venous pressure sensors. A controller is disposed on the non-body patch side of the patch body. The controller includes a data collection module to receive data from the pressure sensors and the bioimpedance electrodes, a processing module to preprocess the data received, and a communication module for transmitting the preprocessed data to a backend analysis system for analysis. The backend system includes a deep learning model to analyse the behavior of carotid arterial and jugular venous pressure pulse waves, bioimpedance and ECG/EKG waveforms to predict if the patient is likely to suffer a heart failure event (HFE) or not. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296166 | HEARING AID WITH EAR EEG RECORDING - A hearing aid includes a plurality of electrode units, where each of the plurality of electrode units includes an electrode configured to provide an electrical stimulation to a user of the hearing aid and/or to measure a bio response signal of the user; a plurality of electrode channel circuits, where each of the plurality of electrode channel circuits includes: an operational amplifier comprising a first input terminal configured to receive the bio response signal and provide an amplified bio response signal, and the operational amplifier includes a first load input; a first DC offset unit configured to reduce the impact of DC offset in the electrode channel circuit of the plurality of electrode channel circuits by receiving a part of the amplified bio response signal and converting it to a feedback current signal which is transmitted to the first load input for providing balanced drain currents in the operational amplifier. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296167 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHOD - A universal implantable integrated circuit medical device platform having integral and monolithic circuit traces. The platform allows for implanting into a mammalian body single and multi-functional interface devices for sensing, monitoring stimulating and/or modulating physiological conditions within the body. Microelectronic circuitry may be integrated onto the platform or may be joined as modular components to the platform. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296168 | PASSIVE SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR PERIPHERAL INPUT DEVICES AND THE USE THEREOF - The biometric and performance monitoring system includes a computer having a mouse and a keyboard electronically coupled thereto. A first sensor is disposed in the mouse, and is electrically coupled to the computer. A second sensor is disposed in the keyboard and is electrically coupled to the computer. The first sensor and the second sensor measure biometric parameters of a user. A computer-readable storage medium is associated with the computer and is adapted for storing the biometric parameters and the performance parameters. The computer measures performance parameters associated with the mouse and with the keyboard. The computer at least one of provides an alert to the user, electronically communicates with a medical service provider, and electronically communicates with a supervising entity responsive to analysis of changes in the biometric parameters and the performance parameters. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296169 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING AND PROCESSING DATA ON ONE OR MORE PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF MONITORED SUBJECT - A method of collecting physiological parameter data of a monitored subject comprises measuring a biosignal from which the physiological parameter is deducible, including noise; converting the noisy measured biosignal to a vector having different frequency components with corresponding magnitude coefficients; discarding select frequency components with coefficients below a prescribed threshold; and communicating the reduced vector to a computing device for processing to deduce the physiological parameter. A method of processing physiological parameter data comprises receiving a measured biosignal with electromagnetic interference noise; obtaining from the noisy measured biosignal representative data using a machine learning algorithm; and determining the physiological parameter from the representative data. A system for monitoring a physiological parameter comprises a wearable sensor configured to measure a biosignal and to remove noise from the measured signal, and a portable computing device configured to receive a transmitted signal from the sensor and to determine the physiological parameter therefrom. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296170 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PATIENT MONITORING AND SIGNAL QUALITY ANALYSIS - A method of determining signal quality in a patient monitoring device includes acquiring one or more signals using the patient monitoring device. One or more signal quality metrics are determined based on the one or more acquired signals. A noise condition is detected based on the one or more signal quality metrics, and a determination is made whether the noise condition should be classified as intermittent or persistent. One or more actions are taken based on the classification of detected noise as intermittent or persistent. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296171 | CONTINUOUS LONG-TERM MONITORING OF A SUBJECT - A method includes obtaining monitoring data recorded by first and second devices, the first and second devices being attached to the subject at different first and second sties, respectively. The monitoring data comprises signals associated with at least one physiological parameter of the subject. The method also includes extracting one or more features of the signals recorded by the first and second devices during a transitionary period when the first and second devices simultaneously monitor the at least one physiological parameter of the subject. The method further includes generating at least one correlation parameter by analyzing the extracted features of the signals recorded by the first and second devices for at least a portion of the transitionary period, the at least one correlation parameter when applied to signals recorded by the second device at least partially compensating for relative changes in signals recorded by the first and second devices. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296172 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING ARTERIAL BLOOD BASED ON DEEP LEARNING - Provided is a system for estimating arterial blood pressure based on deep learning. The system includes a sensing device configured to sense photoplethysmography from a predetermined body part and an arterial blood pressure estimation device which trains the learning model by setting the photoplethysmography provided from the sensing device as an input variable of a predetermined learning model that is pre-constructed and setting an estimated target value of the arterial blood pressure in a current time section and a predicted target value of the arterial blood pressure after the current time section as an output variable and which outputs the estimated target value or the predicted target value of the arterial blood pressure by performing deep learning on the photoplethysmography based on the learning model. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296173 | MULTIPARAMETERIC ESTIMATION OF CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS IN SEISMOCARDIOGRAPHY - The proposed technology relates to the quantifying of cardiorespiratory fitness. It includes the obtaining ( | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296174 | DETECTION AND/OR PREDICTION OF A MEDICAL CONDITION USING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND GLUCOSE MEASUREMENTS - A system comprises electrocardiogram sensing, glucose sensing circuitry, and processing circuitry. The sensing circuitry is configured to sense an electrocardiogram of a patient. The glucose sensing circuitry is configured to sense glucose levels of the patient. The processing circuitry configured to detect atrial fibrillation of the patient during a time unit based on the electrocardiogram of the patient, determine a first metric, wherein the first metric is associated with atrial fibrillation the patient experiences during the time unit, determine a second metric, wherein the second metric is associated with glucose levels of the patient during the time unit, and generate a health metric, wherein the health metric is determined based on the first and second metrics. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296175 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF POTENTIAL HEALTH ISSUES - A device for detecting potential health issues includes a retinal scanner configured to capture retinal data of the user, a blood pressure sensor configured to capture blood pressure data of the user, an alert module configured to alert the user of a potential health risk, and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the retinal scanner, the blood pressure sensor, and the alert module. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296176 | PROCESSING BIOLOGICAL DATA - An apparatus for determining data pertaining to the heart rate, respiratory rate, and/or blood pressure of a human subject based on pulse waveform analysis is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a control unit and a sensor unit configured for providing pulse wave data representative of a heartbeat of a subject. The control unit is configured for receiving the pulse wave data, and selecting a portion of the pulse wave data indicative of a plurality of heart periods. Based on the portion of the pulse wave data indicative of a plurality of heart periods, the control unit is further configured for determining a blood pressure variability; determining a respiratory rate variability; and determining a heart rate variability. Based on at least two of the blood pressure variability, the respiratory rate variability, and the heart rate variability, a correlation value may be determined from which a medical condition of the subject is determined. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296177 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RETROSPECTIVE INTERNAL GATING - The present invention, in one form, is a method for deriving respiratory gated PET image reconstruction from raw PET data. In reconstructing the respiratory gated images in accordance with the present invention, respiratory motion information derived from individual voxel signal fluctuations, is used in combination to create usable respiratory phase information. Employing this method allows the respiratory gated PET images to be reconstructed from PET data without the use of external hardware, and in a fully automated manner. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296178 | CT IMAGING APPARATUS - The invention relates, in particular, to structures of dental and medical cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging apparatus. The basic construction of the apparatus includes a substantially vertically extending frame part ( | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296179 | CT IMAGING APPARATUS - The invention relates, in particular, to structures of a dental and medical cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) apparatus. The basic construction of the apparatus includes two elongated frame parts ( | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296180 | MODEL-BASED INJECTED DOST OPTIMIZATION FOR LONG AXIAL FOV PET IMAGING - A computer-implemented method for determining scan parameters includes receiving a set of input parameters. An average single per block for a nuclear imaging scanner having a predetermined field-of-view (FOV) is determined based on the input parameters and at least one scan parameter is determined based on the average single per block for the nuclear imaging scanner. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296181 | ROTATING COLLIMATOR FOR AN X-RAY DETECTION SYSTEM - Collimation device for an X-ray detection system, the collimation device comprising: a collimator comprising a substantially planar support made of a material with partial or zero radiotransparency, the support being rotatably movable about an axis of rotation (Δ) which passes through the support and which is perpendicular to a first face of the support which acts as an X-ray plane of incidence referred to as the main plane of the support (P), the support (D) being provided on the first face with a slit which is completely transparent to X-rays and which is configured to generate an X-ray flow when the collimator is exposed to an X-ray source, the slit extending longitudinally in the main plane of the support along an axis located at a non-zero distance (d) from the axis of rotation (Δ), the slit extending through the entire thickness of the support. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296182 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR SURVIEW SCAN - Methods, apparatuses and systems for surview scans are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: collecting an image for a subject on a scan bed of a computed tomography system when the scan bed is stationary; determining a scan beginning position for a surview scan in the image, where graduation patterns are marked on the scan bed, and a relative position between the graduation patterns and the scan bed remains unchanged; obtaining a first distance between the scan beginning position and a surview collection plane perpendicular to the scanning bed according to the graduation patterns in the image; controlling the scan bed to move toward the surview collection plane; and in response to determining that a scan bed moving distance reaches the first distance, starting the surview scan to obtain a surview image. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296183 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING ANGIOGRAPHY AND ANGIOPLASTY WITHIN LUMEN OF A BLOOD VESSEL - The invention provides a method and system for performing angiography and angioplasty within lumen of a blood vessel. To perform angiography, a soft angiography balloon is glided over an angiography guide wire up to a target site through the support of a guide catheter. Subsequently, the soft angiography balloon is inflated at very low pressure 1-2 atmospheres atraumatically, using one or more inflation mechanisms to record one or more angiographic pictures of an internal shape of the lumen. Next, an angioplasty with or without metallic stent or BVS is performed at the target site, and luminal gain is confirmed by repeating soft balloon angiography by re-inflating the soft angiography balloon in a way similar to IVUS or but superior to OCT for metallic stent. Further, a nephrotoxic contrast agent is fully withdrawn from the balloon and it does not pass through the kidneys, thus preventing renal side effects. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220296184 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDING DENTAL IMAGING - Methods and apparatuses for positioning of dental imaging devices, such as X-rays, CTs and ultrasound imaging devices. These methods and apparatuses may use an initial intraoral scan of a patient's dentition taken, e.g., using a visible light and/or infrared source, and generate an imaging plan and/or guide(s) for taking one or more penetrative images, such as X-ray images, of the patient's dentition using the intraoral scan data. | 2022-09-22 |
