41st week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140303463 | Methods and Apparatuses for Noninvasive Determinations of Analytes - The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for accurate noninvasive determination of tissue properties. Some embodiments of the present invention comprise an optical sampler having an illumination subsystem, adapted to communicate light having a first polarization to a tissue surface; a collection subsystem, adapted to collect light having a second polarization communicated from the tissue after interaction with the tissue; wherein the first polarization is different from the second polarization. The difference in the polarizations can discourage collection of light specularly reflected from the tissue surface, and can encourage preferential collection of light that has interacted with a desired depth of penetration or path length distribution in the tissue. The different polarizations can, as examples, be linear polarizations with an angle between, or elliptical polarizations of different handedness. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303464 | FUNCTIONAL NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY AS A MONITOR FOR DEPTH OF ANESTHESIA - Disclosed are methods and devices for measuring a state of anesthesia in a noninvasive manner. Optical techniques may be used to measure changes in a functional near-infrared (fNIR) signal, where the fNIR signal is received in response to directing wavelengths of light in a near-infrared range on a patient. The optical density change may be used to obtain a change in deoxyhemoglobin (deoxy-Hb) concentration and/or a change in an oxyhemoglobin concentration (oxy-Hb). The changes in the deoxy-Hb and/or the oxy-Hb may then be compared to determine a state of anesthesia. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303465 | ANALYTE SENSING BIOINTERFACE - Disclosed herein is an analyte sensing biointerface that comprises a sensing electrode incorporated within a non-conductive matrix comprising a plurality of passageways extending through the matrix to the sensing electrode. Also disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing a sensing biointerface and methods of detecting an analyte within tissue of a host using an analyte sensing biointerface. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303466 | Computer-Based Monitoring of Blood Glucose Levels - Automating the processes of receiving, storing and analyzing blood glucose readings obtained from a diabetic using one or more computer-based systems may provide a number of advantages in the management of levels of glucose in the diabetic's blood. Information regarding a blood glucose reading obtained from a user may be transmitted in one or more messages to the user, to an interested party (e.g. family member), or to a third party over a network, and may serve as the basis for a computer-based motivation strategy to encourage the diabetic to comply with a blood glucose management regime. Additionally, such information may be manually or automatically posted to a social network, thereby enabling the diabetic to receive words of encouragement and support from his or her social network connections, and thereby increase his or her motivation to comply with the blood glucose management regime accordingly. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303467 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT CARTRIDGE AND MEASUREMENT DEVICE USING SAME - A rectangular parallelepiped-shaped cartridge main body having a protective cap removably attached to a first end side thereof has a puncture needle retainer that retains a puncture needle provided at the back of a puncture opening provided on the first end side of the cartridge main body such that the puncture needle is slidable toward the puncture opening. Furthermore, a sensor unit having a depositing opening is provided on the first end side of the cartridge main body. The sensor unit has an introduction promoting hole that communicates with an introduction channel communicating with the depositing opening and that opens to the surface of the cartridge main body. The protective cap is provided with a puncture needle protector that covers the puncture needle, a sensor protector that covers the depositing opening of the sensor unit, and a sensor protector that covers the introduction promoting hole. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303468 | CONTROL HANDLE WITH ROTATIONAL CAM MECHANISM FOR CONTRACTION/DEFLECTION OF MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device has a distal member with a configuration that can be changed by means of a control handle with a control assembly employing a rotational cam, a shaft, and a pulley, where the rotational cam is rotationally mounted on a portion of the control handle for rotation by a user. The rotational cam operates on the shaft to move it proximally or distally depending on the direction of rotation which in turn rotates the pulley to draw or release a puller wire to change the configuration of the distal member of the medical device. The shaft is oriented along a diameter of the control handle. The shaft has two ends which extends through two axial guide slots in the portion of the control handle to sit two opposing helical tracks formed on inner surface of the rotational cam. The guide slots are parallel with the longitudinal axis of the control handle and therefore maintain the shaft's diametrical orientation as the rotational cam is rotated to move the shaft proximally or distally. Actuation of the puller wire by means of the control assembly can result in a change of the distal member's configuration, including deflection, contraction and/or expansion. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303469 | METHODS FOR DETECTION OF CARDIAC RHYTHM DISORDERS USING BASKET STYLE CARDIAC MAPPING CATHETER - A method for sensing multiple local electric voltages from endocardial surface of a heart, includes: providing a system for sensing multiple local electric voltages from endocardial surface of a heart, including: a first elongate tubular member having a lumen, a proximal end and a distal end; a basket assembly including: a plurality of flexible splines for guiding a plurality of exposed electrodes, the splines having proximal portions, distal portions and medial portions therein between, wherein the electrodes are substantially flat electrodes and are substantially unidirectionally oriented towards a direction outside of the basket. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303470 | CONDUCTIVE POLYMER FIBERS, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE POLYMER FIBERS, BIOLOGICAL ELECTRODE, DEVICE FOR MEASURING BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS, IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE, AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS - Conductive polymer fibers | 2014-10-09 |
20140303471 | Non-Invasive Segmentable Three-Dimensional Microelectrode Array Patch For Neurophysiological Diagnostics And Therapeutic Stimulation - Implementations disclosed herein provide for a microneedle electrode system comprising a microneedle electrode patch connected to external electronics. The microneedle electrode patch comprises a first flexible substrate having a plurality of conductive pads disposed thereon, a plurality of three-dimensional, individually addressable microneedle electrode arrays where each array has a plurality of microneedles extending from an upper surface thereof and a lower surface adapted to contact a corresponding one of the plurality of conductive pads disposed on the first substrate, and a second flexible substrate having a plurality of openings defined therein dimensioned to accommodate at least a portion of the upper surface of the microneedle electrode array from which the microneedles extend. Each of the conductive pads is disposed in electrical communication with a corresponding one of the plurality of microneedle electrode arrays and the first and second substrate are bonded together such that each one of the plurality of microneedle electrode arrays extends through a corresponding one of the plurality of openings defined in the second substrate. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303472 | Radiolucent ECG Electrode System - Disclosed is an ECG electrode lead system suitable for use during imaging procedures such as, without limitation, CT scans or MRI and methods of use. In embodiments, the system includes an ECG electrode connector formed from radiolucent materials to enhance performance during imaging procedures by reducing or eliminating shadows on imaging media. In some embodiments, the disclosed connector includes a housing having an opening configured to operably receive an electrode post of an ECG electrode pad, an electrode member having a generally semicircular contact face disposed along at least a part of the perimeter of the opening, and an engagement member having an actuation surface and an engaging face pivotable about a pivot to enable engaging face to move from a first position whereby the engaging face is closer to the contact face and a second position whereby the engaging face is further from the contact face. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303473 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An object information acquiring apparatus, comprises an irradiation unit configured to irradiate light from a light source onto a breast, which is an object; a detection unit configured to detect a signal propagating from the breast by the light irradiated from the irradiation unit; a calculation unit configured to calculate an optical characteristic inside the breast based on the signal detected by the detection unit, wherein the irradiation unit configured to irradiate the light onto the breast in a direction away from a chest wall located at the base of the breast. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303474 | Device to Aid in Diagnosing Infiltration or Extravasation in Animalia Tissue - An aid to diagnosing at least one of infiltration and extravasation in Animalia tissue includes an optics bench and a controller. The optics bench includes a light emitting diode and a photodiode. The light emitting diode is configured to emit a first light signal, and the photodiode is configured to detect a second light signal. The second light signal includes a portion of the first light signal that is at least one of reflected, scattered and redirected from the Animalia tissue. The controller includes a processor, volatile memory and non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory stores a sequence of values that correspond to the second light signal detected by the photodiode. The processor and volatile memory analyze the sequence of values according to an algorithm. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303475 | Device to Aid in Diagnosing Infiltration or Extravasation in Animalia Tissue - An aid to diagnosing at least one of infiltration and extravasation in Animalia tissue includes an optics bench and a controller. The optics bench includes a light emitting diode and a photodiode. The light emitting diode is configured to emit a first light signal, and the photodiode is configured to detect a second light signal. The second light signal includes a portion of the first light signal that is at least one of reflected, scattered and redirected from the Animalia tissue. The controller includes a processor, volatile memory and non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory stores a sequence of values that correspond to the second light signal detected by the photodiode. The processor and volatile memory analyze the sequence of values according to an algorithm. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303476 | Photoacoustic Imaging Using A Versatile Acoustic Lens - To image various soft tissues in the body using pulsed laser optical excitation delivered through a multi-mode optical fiber to create photoacoustic impulses, and then image the generated photoacoustic impulses with an acoustic detector array, a probe includes either a mirror and an acoustic lens or a special acoustic lens of variable focal length and magnification that can operate in a liquid environment that is aberration-corrected to a sufficient degree that high resolution images can be obtained with lateral as well as depth resolution. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303477 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, BED FOR MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, AND PEDAL UNIT - Realized is a pedal mechanism that does not lock and does not provide an operation feeling unless operated in a determined order. The pedal mechanism has first and second pedals | 2014-10-09 |
20140303478 | ATLAS-FREE BRAIN TISSUE SEGMENTATION METHOD USING A SINGLE T1-WEIGHTED MRI ACQUISITION - An atlas-free magnetic resonance imaging method images at least one part of a brain. An MRI sequence configured for acquiring two image volumes of the part at different inversion times within a single acquisition is combined to a fat-water separation method for acquiring a fat-water separated image. For each echo time two image volumes are acquired, respectively a first image volume and a second image volume at the first echo time, and a first image volume and a second image volume at the second echo time, and combined to a uniform image. The acquired images are combined to form a final uniform image, a final fat-water separated image, and a final second image volume that are fed into a multichannel image segmentation algorithm using a Markov random field model for segmenting the part into multiple classes of cranial tissues, in order to obtain a segmented image of said part. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303479 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FOR DETECTING CARDIAC DISEASES - The invention provides magnetic resonance imaging methods for detecting cardiac diseases including myocardial fibrosis. Specifically, the invention provides a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pulse sequence that could be used to perform magnetization transfer (MT) or chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) in the heart. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303480 | MRI WITH STATIC TISSUE REMOVAL - A method of processing signals from an accelerated MRI scan of a dynamic event occurring in the body of a human patient. The patient is subjected to an MRI examination which includes the relevant portion of his body. Those voxels for which there is no substantially no change over the time of the scan are identified and subtracted from the overall scan signal. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303481 | Tissue Disorder Imaging Analysis - Methods and systems are described for quantitatively determining a score for a patient having a disorder, e.g. a stroke, in a tissue, such as the brain, by analyzing both the extent and location of damage to the tissue caused by the disorder. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303482 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD FOR IMAGING COMPONENTS WITH SHORT TRANSVERSE RELAXATION TIMES (T2) IN A HUMAN OR AN ANIMAL HEART - A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method for imaging components with short transverse relaxation times (T | 2014-10-09 |
20140303483 | BREAST BIOPSY SYSTEM USING MR AND GAMMA IMAGING - Described herein is the use of gamma cameras in the fringe field of the MRI system. Specifically, an MR image of the breast with lesion identification is first produced. Then, a gamma camera is attached to the existing breast immobilization system for generating one or more gamma images of the breast. The gamma camera is then removed from the breast immobilization system, and a breast biopsy is performed. The gamma camera can then be used to image the biopsy cores that have been removed from the patient in order to verify that the biopsy cores are radioactive, that the biopsy cores extend from one end of the lesion to the other and have a radioactive profile in which the tip is not as radioactive as the middle, and in which the ratio of amount of radioactivity in the middle of the core to the amount of radioactivity that is present in the tip of the core can be expressed as a ratio. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303484 | MODULAR PROCESSING OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE DATA - The invention provides for medical instrument ( | 2014-10-09 |
20140303485 | RF-SAFE INTERVENTIONAL OR NON-INTERVENTIONAL INSTRUMENT FOR USE IN AN MRI APPARATUS - An RF-safe interventional or a non-interventional instrument is disclosed for use during an MR imaging or MR examination of an examination object (A), which instrument is made of or comprises at least one longitudinal or elongated electrically conductive element ( | 2014-10-09 |
20140303486 | Surgical Navigation Planning System and Associated Methods - The present disclosure provides a surgical planning and navigation system imports multiple medical imaging sources of the same body part for integrated display in the same coordinate. Images are converted into 3D volumes, spatially co-registering each image volume to a base anatomical image. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303487 | Magnetic Resonance Based Method for Assessing Alzheimer's Disease and Related Pathologies - The disclosed invention is a method for detecting indications of the presence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementia-inducing, motor-control-related pathologies, and other diseases in the human brain using a magnetic-resonance based technique for measuring fine tissue and bone textures. Specifically, the invention focuses on refinements/adaptations to a prior art magnetic resonance fine texture measurement technique that facilitates/enables pushing the detection limits closer to the cellular level, so as to be able to measure the fine scale structures and tissue changes that are known to be characteristic of the neurodegenerative processes involved in the development of these diseases. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303488 | System and Method for Determining Size and Size Distribution of Magnetic Nanoparticles Using VSM Magnetization Data - A method and apparatus for performing accurate measurements of the magnetic properties of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) in both liquid media and biological matrices for providing information on their size, size distribution and concentration in these media and matrices and, resulting in parameters that influence their functionality and effectiveness. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303489 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSPONDER IN ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES - Electromagnetic transponders as markers are used to localize and guide orthopedic procedures including: knee replacement, hip replacement, shoulder replacement, damaged bone reconstruction, and spine surgery, and more particularly, to guide orthopedic surgical navigation and alignment techniques and instruments. For example, the marker could further be used in any number of guides or templates that attach to the bony anatomy; such as a surgical guide, cutting guide, cutting jig, resection block and/or resurfacing guide. Further, the marker could be incorporated into an existing intramedullary guide rod for a femur and an extramedullary guide rod for a tibia in a knee replacement surgery; or into an external surgical guide system, or the marker could eliminate the need for an external template altogether. According to yet another anticipated use of the tracking system, the marker could be used in conjunction with or replace an optical alignment system. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303490 | OPTICALLY AND MECHANICALLY ACTIVE NANOSCALE MEDIA - The present invention relates to a method for incorporating dye and/or nanoparticles into polymer films and into electrospun polymeric nanofibers, and, more specifically, to a method for electrospinning a molecularly homogenous solution of dye (and/or nanoparticles) and polymer dissolved in a mutual solvent leading to uniform distribution of dye across the cross-section of each constituent fiber and to resulting nanofibers with the dye/nanoparticles incorporated therein. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303491 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING COMPOSITE IMAGES FOR ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY OF MOVING AND DEFORMABLE ANATOMY - A device for generating composite images of dynamically changing surgical anatomy includes circuitry configured to receive, from an endoscopic imaging device, endoscopic image data. The circuitry is configured to receive, from a tomographic imaging device, intra-operative tomographic image data. The circuitry is configured to receive, from a tracking device, spatial tracking data corresponding to the endoscopic imaging device and the tomographic imaging device. The circuitry is configured to generate real-time dynamically changing composite image data by overlaying, based on the spatial tracking data, the intra-operative tomographic image data on the endoscopic image data. The circuitry is configured to output the composite image data to a display. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303492 | System for Placement of a Catheter Including a Signal-Generating Stylet - An integrated catheter placement system for accurately placing a catheter within a patient's vasculature is disclosed. In one embodiment, the integrated system comprises a system console, a tip location sensor unit for temporary placement on the patient's chest, and an ultrasound probe. The tip location sensor senses a field produced by a stylet disposed in a lumen of the catheter when the catheter is disposed in the vasculature. The ultrasound probe ultrasonically images a portion of the vasculature prior to introduction of the catheter. ECG signal-based catheter tip guidance is included to enable guidance of the catheter tip to a desired position with respect to a node of the patient's heart. The stylet includes an electromagnetic coil that can be operably connected to the sensor unit and/or console through a sterile barrier without compromising the barrier. The stylet can also be wirelessly connected to the sensor unit and/or console. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303493 | SURGERY ASSISTING APPARATUS - A surgery assisting apparatus of an embodiment is characterized by including a bone object extracting section configured to produce a 3D object image in which first and second bone objects are separated and extracted from a 3D image in which a diseased part including a joint and first and second bone parts movably connected with each other via the joint, an object position aligning section configured, while extracting the first and second bone parts in an X-ray image in which the diseased part is intra-operatively photographed and producing an intra-operative X-ray bone part extracted image, to align the 3D object image in position in such a way that the first bone object and the second bone object agree with the first bone part and the second bone part in the X-ray bone part extracted image, respectively, so as to produce a reference image, and a display section on which the X-ray image and the reference image are displayed. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303494 | NEEDLE GUIDANCE SYSTEM - A system and device to determine the location of a needle as it penetrates through a tissue and into a desired site, such as the epidural space, are described. The system ( | 2014-10-09 |
20140303495 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NUMERICALLY EVALUATING VASCULATURE - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a cardiovascular score for a patient. A method includes receiving, using at least one computer system, patient-specific data regarding a geometry of multiple coronary arteries of the patient; and creating, using at least one computer system, a three-dimensional model representing at least portions of the multiple coronary arteries based on the patient-specific data. The method also includes evaluating, using at least one computer system, multiple characteristics of at least some of the coronary arteries represented by the model; and generating, using at least one computer system, the cardiovascular score based on the evaluation of the multiple characteristics. Another method includes generating the cardiovascular score based on evaluated multiple characteristics for portions of the coronary arteries having fractional flow reserve values of at least a predetermined threshold value. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303496 | FLUORESCENT LIGHT PHANTOM DEVICE AND FLUORESCENT LIGHT IMAGING METHOD - The fluorescent light phantom device | 2014-10-09 |
20140303497 | VISUALISATION CATHETER - The present invention relates to a visualisation device for visualising a spatial orientation of a feature, such as a constriction, inside a body lumen. In particular, the present invention relates to a visualisation device for visualising the spatial orientation of the aortic valve in the aorta for use during procedures such as, but not limited to, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI). The visualisation device comprises a distal portion that assumes a loop shape or form, extending in an axis that is transverse from the axis of the length of the device at least temporarily (e.g. when a guide wire is removed, the distal portion may assume the loop shape). In that distal portion is located a number of openings coupled to a first lumen for receiving a radiopaque material. The openings face away from the proximal end of the catheter (i.e. towards the feature to be imaged) in an axis that is generally parallel to the axis of the catheter. This configuration of openings enables a radiopaque material to be delivered to the desired site efficiently. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303498 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS, OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In a known apparatus, when a user defines a specified region in which characteristic information is to be acquired, it may be difficult for the user to easily recognize a corresponding scanning region that is to be actually scanned with a receiver. An embodiment of the invention provides an object information acquisition apparatus including a receiver configured to receive an acoustic wave and convert it into an electric signal, a scan control unit configured to scan the receiver at least in one direction, and a display control unit. Upon receiving information associated with a region specified to be scanned to acquire characteristic information, the display control unit outputs information for displaying an adjusted region obtained by adjusting the specified region such that a length of the specified region in a first direction corresponds to an integral multiple of a scanning width of the receiver in the first direction. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303499 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus measures blood flow velocity by emitting ultrasound towards a measurement target and receiving a reflected wave, via an ultrasound probe. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound image acquisition unit, a vascular region detection unit, a measurement position determination unit, and a Doppler gate setting unit. The ultrasound image acquisition unit acquires an ultrasound image which has been captured of the measurement target. The vascular region detection unit detects, from the ultrasound image, a vascular region corresponding to a blood vessel. The measurement position determination unit detects a specific part of the vascular region based on vascular region shape and determines, in accordance with the specific part, one or more measurement positions in the vascular region in terms of longitudinal direction thereof. The Doppler gate setting unit sets, with respect to each measurement position, a Doppler gate in a lumen region of the vascular region. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303500 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is provided. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a display controller configured to cause an image to be displayed, wherein the image is generated using a map that includes two or more parameters as axes, the two or more parameters selected from inflow parameters each indicative of a state of inflow of a contrast agent administered to a subject and outflow parameters each indicative of a state of outflow of the contrast agent. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303501 | PORTABLE ULTRASOUND APPARATUS, PORTABLE ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND DIAGNOSING METHOD USING ULTRASOUND - Provided are a portable ultrasound apparatus, a portable ultrasound system, and an ultrasound diagnosis method performed by using the portable ultrasound apparatus. The portable ultrasound apparatus includes at least two probes having different specifications; a first display unit for displaying an ultrasound image; and a second display unit for displaying a control screen. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303502 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING HEARTBEATS WITHOUT CONTACT AND WIRELESSLY - Provided is a method of measuring heartbeats without contact and wirelessly. The method includes searching for a sport point on which heartbeats are measured; imaging a found spot point through a thermal graphic camera and obtaining temperature related data wirelessly; and analyzing the obtained temperature related data and calculating heartbeats. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303503 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING RESPIRATION SIGNALS FROM A SUBJECT - An apparatus and a method for determining respiration signals from a subject are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a receiving unit for receiving image data determined from the subject in a field of view, a processing unit for evaluating the image data, wherein the processing unit is adapted to determine a plurality of different alternating signals corresponding to vital sign information of the subject from a plurality of different areas of the field of view on the basis of movement pattern, and an evaluation unit for evaluating the different alternating signals and for determining a plurality of different respiration signals from the subject on the basis of the different alternating signals determined from the different areas of the field of view. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303504 | TISSUE AND CELLULAR IMAGING - Systems and methods for imaging ear tissue include: directing illumination radiation to pass through an intact biological structure and be incident on ear tissue that does not include an exogenous fluorophore, at a plurality of locations, the illumination radiation including a plurality of light pulses each having a temporal duration of 500 femtoseconds or less; for each one of the plurality of locations, using a detector to detect radiation emitted from the location that passes through the intact biological structure; and forming an image of the tissue based on the detected radiation at each of the plurality of locations, where the emitted radiation corresponds to endogenous two-photon fluorescence of the tissue. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303505 | MEASURING APPARATUS, MEASURING METHOD, AND PARAMETER SETTING METHOD - There is provided a measuring apparatus, including a light receiving element, provided at a position facing a measurement object region on which is placed a measurement object, which forms an image with light from the measurement object region, light emitting elements, arranged surrounding the light receiving element, which emit light for measuring the measurement object, and reflective optical elements, provided above the light emitting elements, which guide, to the measurement object region, emission light radiated from the light emitting elements. A light receiving surface of the light receiving element and light emission surfaces of the light emitting elements are positioned mutually on a same plane. The emission light radiated from the light emitting elements is reflected by the reflective optical elements, and center lines of the emission light radiated from each of the light emitting elements pass through an approximate center of the measurement object region. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303506 | Three Dimensional Imaging of Veins - An apparatus and method for creating a three dimensional imaging system is disclosed. There is a first source of laser light and a second source of laser light having a wavelength different from the wavelength of the laser light of the first source. The laser light from the first and second sources are combined, and the combined laser light is transmitted to a scanner. The scanner further transmits the combined light to a surface to be imaged. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303507 | EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR WITH POWER AND BATTERY SHARING CAPABILITIES WITH A POD - A modular external defibrillator system in embodiments of the teachings may include one or more of the following features: (a) a base containing a defibrillator module to deliver a defibrillation shock to a patient, (b) a patient parameter monitoring pod connectable to a patient via patient lead cables to collect patient data, the patient data including at least one patient vital sign, (c) a power supply sharing link between the base and the pod, the pod receiving power from the base via the power sharing link, the pod being operable to collect patient data without receiving power from the base, and (d) an external battery charger, the battery charger interrogating the batteries to determine battery information used for battery charging, the battery information including at least one of charging voltage, charging current, and charge time. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303508 | FREEZING OF GAIT (FOG), DETECTION, PREDICTION AND/OR TREATMENT - A method and system for provoking gait disorders, such as freezing of gait; usable, for example, for diagnosing and/or treatment thereof. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, displays of situations calculated to cause freezing of gait are presented to a subject, optionally using virtual reality displays. Optionally or alternatively, incipit freezing of gait is identified using changes in gait parameters, and optionally used to guide attempts at causing freezing of gait. Optionally or alternatively, a portable device is provided which detects incipit freezing of gait and generates a corrective signal to the subject. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303509 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-INVASIVE DETERMINATION OF CARDIAC OUTPUT - A non-invasive method and apparatus determines continuously cardiac output by first analysing the trace obtained from an optical sensor which has been scaled and calibrated using an electronic sphygmomanometer. From this the mean arterial pressure and time constant are determined. Compliance is determined from the pulse delay between two other optical sensors at well separated sites. Cardiac output is the product of mean arterial pressure and compliance divided by the time constant. A microcomputer provides the necessary calculations. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303510 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NUMERICALLY EVALUATING VASCULATURE - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a cardiovascular score for a patient. A method includes receiving, using at least one computer system, patient-specific data regarding a geometry of multiple coronary arteries of the patient; and creating, using at least one computer system, a three-dimensional model representing at least portions of the multiple coronary arteries based on the patient-specific data. The method also includes evaluating, using at least one computer system, multiple characteristics of at least some of the coronary arteries represented by the model; and generating, using at least one computer system, the cardiovascular score based on the evaluation of the multiple characteristics. Another method includes generating the cardiovascular score based on evaluated multiple characteristics for portions of the coronary arteries having fractional flow reserve values of at least a predetermined threshold value. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303511 | SINGLE TRIAL DETECTION IN ENCEPHALOGRAPHY - An EEG cap ( | 2014-10-09 |
20140303512 | MONITOR OF HEART FAILURE USING BIOIMPEDANCE - In a method of monitoring pulmonary edema in a human being, an electrical current is injected between a first electrode located in or around a heart and a housing of a medical device implanted in a chest region. A voltage potential is measured between a second electrode in a superior vena cava and a third electrode in the superior vena cava, where the voltage potential is created by the electrical current. Pulmonary edema is assessed based on an impedance value calculated from the electrical current and the voltage potential and a stored edema threshold impedance value. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303513 | Edema Monitor - An edema monitor uses patient-specific measurements of tissue conductivity and tissue perfusion and an empirically developed perfusion coefficient of thermal conductivity to obtain tissue intravascular water and tissue extravascular water components of tissue total water. Edema is an excess of tissue extravascular water. A value for edema is obtained by deducting from the obtained value for tissue extravascular water a normal value for tissue extravascular water. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303514 | AUTOMATED, SELECTABLE, SOFT TISSUE EXCISION BIOPSY DEVICES AND METHODS - An excisional biopsy and delivery device may comprise one or more rotating, penetrating and cutting rod elements. The rod elements may be configured to advance from a stored and confined first position and rotate about an axis, while being simultaneously revolved about a central axis. The rod elements may then assume a second released and expanded configuration that is operative to cut around and surround target tissue. In this manner, the rod elements are operative to move through the surrounding tissue to create a volume of revolution and to sever and capture the target tissue contained within the volume of revolution from the surrounding tissue. The severed and captured volume of revolution containing the target issue may then be removed. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303515 | GUIDE BLOCK FOR BIOPSY OR SURGICAL DEVICES - A guide block configured to be inserted into an opening of a grid-like breast receiving pressure plate to guide a tissue-removing device to a desired location within a patient's breast. The guide block includes a body having a body length between a proximal face and a distal face. The body length has a plurality of sides configured in a polygonal arrangement that corresponds to a shape of the opening in the grid-like breast receiving pressure plate. Each of a first guide passageway and a second guide passageway extends within the polygonal arrangement. The second guide passageway is coextensive with and configured to overlap the first guide passageway in a direction of extent of the plurality of sides to form a longitudinal opening between the first guide passageway and the second guide passageway that extends from the proximal face to the distal face. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303516 | URINE COLLECTION DEVICE - A disposable urine collection device is provided for collection of a urine sample from a patient that is uncooperative or unable to provide a voluntary midstream urine specimen. The urine collection device is configured so as to absorb a releasable volume of urine appropriate for urinalysis, without interfering with various parameters of urinalysis, including analyte detection. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303517 | CORD BLOOD PERFUSION AND COLLECTION SYSTEM - An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a device and method for collecting cord blood from the umbilical cord and placenta. The device includes a vascular access device, a portable tray container, and a perfusion pump device. The vascular access device includes two vascular access components (VACs) that clamp onto the umbilical cord at the time of delivery to accurately guide cannulation of the vein. After clamping on the VACs, the placenta and VACs are placed into the portable tray container. The portable tray container is a closable and disposable container which features a dock for accepting the VACs and impaling the umbilical vein for vascular access. The dock is also connected to perfusate and collection bags, located on the outside surfaces of the tray. The tray and perfusate and collection bags interfaced with the perfusion pump device to flush out and collect the stem cells from the umbilical cord and placenta. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303518 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICE - Biological samples, such as saliva, are commonly collected on a swab and subsequently transferred to an absorbent storage medium. Embodiments of the present invention provide a biological sample collection device | 2014-10-09 |
20140303519 | MICRONEEDLE BIO-SAMPLING APPARATUS - There is provided a microneedle bio-sampling apparatus including: an bio-sampling body enabling a microneedle to be inserted into human skin; and a blocking unit installed in the bio-sampling body and preventing the microneedle from moving to the skin again to prevent repeated bio-sampling by the microneedle. Since the microneedle bio-sampling apparatus is configured to prevent repeated bio-sampling of a single-use microneedle, secondary infection to other part of a human body or a different person due to blood, human anatomy, or the like, that may remain in a microneedle after the microneedle is used once otherwise in case of repeated bio-sampling of a microneedle, can be prevented. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303520 | ACOUSTIC RESPIRATORY MONITORING SENSOR HAVING MULTIPLE SENSING ELEMENTS - According to certain described aspects, multiple acoustic sensing elements are employed in a variety of beneficial ways to provide improved physiological monitoring, among other advantages. In various embodiments, sensing elements can be advantageously employed in a single sensor package, in multiple sensor packages, and at a variety of other strategic locations in the monitoring environment. According to other aspects, to compensate for skin elasticity and attachment variability, an acoustic sensor support is provided that includes one or more pressure equalization pathways. The pathways can provide an air-flow channel from the cavity defined by the sensing elements and frame to the ambient air pressure. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303521 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - To easily perform replacement of a fixing member for fixing an object on a skin of a human body. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303522 | SCOLIOSIS EVALUATION SYSTEM AND EVALUATION APPARATUS APPLIED TO THE SAME SYSTEM - The scoliosis evaluation system comprises a 3D sensor ( | 2014-10-09 |
20140303523 | MULTIMODE SENSOR DEVICES - The disclosure provides BMDs that have multiple device modes depending on operational conditions of the devices, e.g., motion intensity, device placement, and/or activity type, the device modes are associated with various data processing algorithms. In some embodiments, the BMD is implemented as a wrist-worn or arm-worn device. In some embodiments, methods for tracking physiological metrics using the BMDs are provided. In some embodiments, the process and the BMD applies a time domain analysis on data provided by a sensor of the BMD when the data has a high signal (e.g., high signal-to-noise ratio), and applies a frequency domain analysis on the data when the data has a low signal, which contributes to improved accuracy and speed of biometric data. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303524 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING A MOTION TRACKING SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus are provided for calibrating a motion tracking system ( | 2014-10-09 |
20140303525 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NON-INVASIVE ACOUSTIC STIMULATION OF STEM CELLS AND PROGENITOR CELLS IN A PATIENT - The present invention provides a method for non-invasive acoustic stimulation of stem cells and/or progenitor cells in a patient. The invention also provides a device for non-invasive stimulation of stem cells and/or progenitor cells in the patient by generating and delivering acoustic waves of a suitable frequency and intensity to the stem cells and/or progenitor cells. The method and device of the present invention is useful in enhancing regeneration of bones and other tissues, such as cartilages, muscles, and nerve tissues, in a patient, for treatment of conditions such as bone loss or fracture. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303526 | SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF CELLS HAVING ACCUMULATED AGENTS - A method of treating a condition associate with accumulation of an agent in cells in a patient includes exposing the cells to ultrasound, to selectively kill or induce apoptosis in the cells. The cells include the accumulated agent. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303527 | RANGE OF MOTION SYSTEM - The application is directed to devices and methods useful for expanding the range of motion of joints based on principles of stress relaxation and creep. Expanded range of motion is achieved by placing body parts near the joint in positions that stretch tissue around the joint. Even when the device is in any one position, it can impart forces on the body members to urge them to stretch surrounding tissue even further. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303528 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL TISSUE STIMULATOR AND METHOD OF USE - An electro-optical tissue stimulator for administering therapy to a body is disclosed comprising a housing and an active tip. The electro-optical tissue stimulator includes a microcurrent electrostimulation therapy unit which delivers current through a first and a second electrode in the active tip. The electro-optical tissue stimulator also includes an optical radiation therapy unit which delivers optical radiation through a light output port in the active tip. The active tip is shaped for administering myofascial tissue release therapy. The device can administer microcurrent electrostimulation therapy, optical radiation therapy, and myofascial tissue release therapy to tissues of a body. A method of treating pain is disclosed which includes the steps of identifying a treatment area on a body to receive therapy, and contacting the treatment area with the active tip, wherein the treatment area receives microcurrent electrostimulation therapy, optical radiation therapy, and myofascial tissue release therapy. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303529 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SMART WEAR - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for controlling smart wear. The apparatus for controlling smart wear includes a motion capture unit, an error information unit, a motion estimation unit, and an actuation unit. The motion capture unit captures a motion of a user using sensors included in the smart wear. Then error information unit generates user error information using reference motion information and the results of the motion capture. The motion estimation unit estimates a subsequent motion of the user using the user error information. The actuation unit controls the smart wear of the user in real time using the estimated subsequent motion and the user error information. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303530 | CPR APPARATUS AND METHOD - A CPR apparatus comprises a chest compression unit and a means for mounting the chest compression unit on a patient. The chest compression unit comprises a plunger disposed in a housing. At its one end extending from the housing the plunger has a compression member. The plunger is driven in a reciprocating manner by a reversible electromotor via a mechanical means for translating rotational motion to linear motion or by a linear induction electromotor. The chest compression unit comprises an electromotor control unit including a microprocessor, a first monitoring means for monitoring the position of the plunger in respect of the housing and a second monitoring means for monitoring the position of the plunger in respect of the mechanical means for translating rotational motion to linear motion or the rotor of the linear induction electromotor. The monitored positions are communicated to the electromotor control unit. Also disclosed is a corresponding CPR method. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303531 | SAFETY MECHANISMS FOR BELT CARTRIDGE USED WITH CHEST COMPRESSION DEVICES - Safety mechanisms for compression belt cartridges used in chest compression devices. The safety mechanisms include a breakable link, liner socks, belt guards and a rapid-release connector. The breakable link ensures that unsafe belt tension will not occur. The liner socks protect the patient from friction and contain the breakable link. The belt guards protect foreign objects from entering the belt drive platform. The rapid-release connector allows the belt to be removed safely even during compressions. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303532 | Computer user pain relieving vest or jacket - A computer user back brace is a garment which provides support to the upper and lower extremities in the back and also provides support to the chest, shoulder area and neck (optional) to prevent or alleviate pain while using a computer for an extended period of time. It can be made in the form of a vest or jacket to treat those areas covered by the garment. This invention may be used by just about anyone who suffers from pain in those areas listed above. For example, hospital patients, military/government personnel, corporate/large and small company employees, etc. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303533 | PORTABLE INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION SYSTEM - An intermittent pneumatic compression system provides exhaust between a wrap and patient's leg, avoids tubes and is operable on a conventional battery. The system allows true portability while improving patient discomfort, reducing fall risks, and providing desired therapeutic and prophylactic compression. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303534 | FUNCTIONAL KNIT ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE - An orthopedic device includes a textile panel having interior and exterior surfaces, and a first stabilizer assembly including a first tubular welt sewn or knitted within and extending from an exterior surface of the textile panel. A first cable is slidably extending through the tubular welt and a strap is connected to a first end of the cable extending from a first opening of the welt, and the strap is adjustably securable over the textile panel. The orthopedic device may include various portions of stretchability and features for receiving components for the orthopedic device. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303535 | Posture Correction Girdle and the Method of Correcting Spinal Deformity - A posture correction girdle comprises a body wrapping shell, a plurality of pockets and a plurality of paddings is disclosed. The paddings are configured to be inserted into pockets at predetermined positions. Thereby, when the posture correction girdle is worn by the user, pressure is exerted onto a corresponding predetermined section of the user's spine for posture correction purpose. The posture correction girdle further comprises a pair of elastic shoulder straps, an elastic waist strap and a plurality of elongated bones to provide additional support to the user's spine. A micro-system comprising a processor, an output device and a plurality of sensors can also be embedded into the posture correction girdle to provide information regarding the efficiency of the posture correction girdle and the progression of the treatment. Such information is provided to the users using the output device. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303536 | Segmented Orthosis with a Pulley Mechanism for Fitting Adjustment - A segmented lumbosacral orthosis with two side members conjoined by a cord threaded through an array of seamless tubes that are independently mounted and swivel from an axis point proximal to the end points of each tube. Each tube array is housed in a mounting bracket made from a continuous piece of material folded over to form a gap in between two sides. Each mounting bracket is attached to a side member by sliding a pin along the folded edge of the bracket through knuckles (or loops) attached to the side member similar to a hinge. A removable posterior member is connected to each posterior end of the side members using an elastic material that expands and contracts in parity with the mechanical advantage closure system. The removable posterior panel is designed to hold a rigid or semi-rigid insert stored in three separate sections: one in a center compartment juxtaposed by one on each side that sway along a vertical axis. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303537 | KIT FOR CREATING A LUMBAR SUPPORT BELT - The kit for creating a lumbar support belt includes a dorsal element intended to be placed against the lumbar region of an individual, and comprising reinforcing members; a set of strips of elastic textile that can be positioned around the lower part of the trunk of the individual and comprises assembly means able to collaborate removably with complementary assembly means formed on the dorsal element. Each of the strips has a certain number of structural characteristics, with at least one structural characteristic differing from one strip to another within the set of strips. The kit makes it possible to create a lumbar support girdle comprising the dorsal element and a single strip chosen from the set of strips according to the structural characteristic desired. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303538 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Controlling Movement of an Orthopedic Joint Prosthesis in a Mammalian Subject - Apparatus, system, and method are disclosed herein for controlling movement of an orthopedic joint prosthesis in a mammalian subject. The apparatus, system, or method includes an orthopedic brace configured to control movement of an orthopedic joint prosthesis. The apparatus, system, or method includes one or more sensors and one or more controllers in communication with the one or more sensors. The one or more sensors are configured to be remote from the orthopedic joint prosthesis, wherein the one or more sensors in communication with the one or more controllers are configured to detect and control one or more alignment orientations of the orthopedic joint prosthesis. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303539 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Controlling Movement of an Orthopedic Joint Prosthesis in a Mammalian Subject - Apparatus, system, and method are disclosed herein for controlling movement of an artificial orthopedic joint prosthesis in a mammalian subject. The apparatus, system, or method includes an orthopedic brace configured to control movement of an orthopedic joint prosthesis. The apparatus, system, or method includes one or more sensors and one or more controllers in communication with the one or more sensors. The one or more sensors are configured to contact the orthopedic joint prosthesis, wherein the one or more sensors in communication with the one or more controllers are configured to detect and control one or more alignment orientations of the artificial orthopedic joint prosthesis. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303540 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Controlling Movement of an Orthopedic Joint Prosthesis in a Mammalian Subject - Apparatus, system, and method are disclosed herein for controlling movement of an artificial orthopedic joint prosthesis in a mammalian subject. The apparatus, system, or method includes an orthopedic brace configured to control movement of an orthopedic joint prosthesis. The apparatus, system, or method includes one or more sensors and one or more controllers in communication with the one or more sensors. The one or more sensors are configured to detect a change in an orientation of a subject's position in an environment and configured to detect one or more alignment orientations of the orthopedic joint prosthesis. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303541 | Medical Devices, Wound Dressings, and Methods for Dressing Wounds - Medical devices, wound dressings, and methods of dressing wounds are described. Devices and methods using silicone and pharmaceutically active agents are described. Devices including covers and bases are described. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303542 | Method and device for treating cancer - A method and device treats cancer where blood from a cancer patient passes through an array of passageways within an interior of a chamber. The passageways include wells having porous membrane wall portions that enable a molecular-sized activating agent in a carrier fluid that enhances an immune response to pass through these porous wall portions. Pore size is such to allow the molecular-sized activating agent in the interior of the chamber to enter the wells yet prevents immune cells and cancer cells in the wells to pass through the porous wall portions into the interior of the chamber. Blood is retained in the wells so that it remains in contact with the immune cells and cancer cells for a predetermined period sufficient to enhance an immune response. Then the cells with an enhanced immune response are return to the patient. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303543 | INTESTINAL SLEEVE - A gastrointestinal implant device is anchored in the duodenum and extends beyond the ligament of Treitz. All food exiting the stomach is funneled through the device. The gastrointestinal device includes an anchor for attaching the device to the duodenum and an unsupported flexible sleeve. The anchor can include a stent and/or a wave anchor and is collapsible for catheter-based delivery and removal. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303544 | IMPLANTS WITH CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY FEATURES AND METHODS OF USING SAME - Disclosed herein are drug delivery devices and methods for the treatment of ocular disorders requiring targeted and controlled administration of a drug to an interior portion of the eye for reduction or prevention of symptoms of the disorder. The devices are capable of controlled release of one or more drugs and may also include structures which allow for treatment of increased intraocular pressure by permitting aqueous humor to flow out of the anterior chamber of the eye through the device. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303545 | TAMPON-APPLICATOR ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a tampon-applicator assembly for sanitary application of a tampon. The assembly comprises a tampon having a front end and a rear end, a flexible tubular sheath, and a sleeve. The flexible tubular sheath has a closed rear end, and encloses the tampon such that the rear end of the tampon is directed towards the closed rear end of the sheath, and the sleeve has a front end and a rear end and a longitudinal extension along the tampon and wherein the sleeve is arranged on the outside of the flexible tubular sheath along at least a part of the longitudinal extension of the tampon, whereby at least a portion of the sheath, when a pressing force is applied to the rear end of the sheath towards the front end of the tampon, is arranged to be turned in side out while the tampon is pushed at least partially out of the sleeve. The resent invention further relates to a method of production of the assembly, and the use of the assembly. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303546 | LASER ASSISTED DELIVERY OF FUNCTIONAL CELLS, PEPTIDES AND NUCLEOTIDES - The present invention relates to methods, uses, systems and kits for laser-assisted delivery of at least one bioactive agent to a subject. Specifically, laser light is used to create channel(s) in tissue of the subject, and the bioactive agent (s) is applied to the opening of the channel(s). The bioactive agent may be a cell, such as a functional cell, including stem cells, protein, peptide, peptide fragment, nucleic acid, nucleotide fragment, gene, pharmaceutical compound, therapeutic compound, medicament, small molecule, aptamer, or any combination of the above. Delivery may be accomplished locally or systemically, and can be used to treat local or systemic conditions or disorders. Functional reconstitution and gene therapy is also possible with the present invention. Other uses include directing bioactive agent migration, stimulating endogenous stem cell circulation, treating biofilms, and regrowth of hair. Tissue explants are also incorporated in some embodiments. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303547 | PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC DEVICE, METHOD AND USE - Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for providing light therapy to a subject's tissues. The devices, systems, and methods include a phototherapeutic lamp comprising light generating sources that emit light capable of causing a medical and/or cosmetic treatment of tissues. Also included are uses of the devices. The devices and methods may also include a photoactivatable composition. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303548 | Atraumatic Modiolar Hugging Electrode - A cochlear implant includes an active base section with a front surface configured to lie against an inner modiolar wall of the scala tympani. Electrode contacts are on the front surface configured to face the inner modiolar wall to deliver electrode stimulation signals to nearby modiolar neural tissue. A passive apex section has a front surface without electrode contacts configured to lie against an outer lateral wall of the scala tympani. A U-shape transition bend section is at an apical end of the active base section bending in a reverse direction and transitioning into a basal end of the passive apex section such that the back surface of an apical tip of the passive apex section lies adjacent to a back surface of a basal end of the active base section at an electrode opening in the cochlea when the electrode is implanted in the patient. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303549 | Plasma Directed Electron Beam Wound Care System Apparatus and Method - A plasma generating device that utilizes a cold plasma to contain and direct a stream of electrons with a hand held nozzle to enhance healing of wounds and skin surface abnormalities, and to kill pathogens on skin surfaces in humans and animals wounds, abnormalities and pathogens. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303550 | Trocar Assemblies - A trocar assembly wherein a trocar with an elongated polygonal tube can receive either an obturator or a medical instrument of a dissimilar cross-sectional shape with the medical instrument of the different cross sectional shape maintable in a central condition therein to inhibit pressure losses to lateral flow to thereby permit use of a cannula having a smaller cross sectional area than a cylindrical cannula as well as inhibit trauma to an entry site around the cannula. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303551 | MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A fluid management system for use in a tissue resection procedure includes a controller. An inflow pump is operated by the controller and configured to provide fluid inflow through a flow path to a site in patient's body. An outflow pump is operated by the controller and configured to provide fluid outflow through a flow path from the site in patient's body. A motor driven resecting device may be provided for resecting tissue at the site. The controller is configured to actuate an inflow pump and an outflow pump in response to various signals and various algorithms are provided to provide malfunction warnings and assure safe operation. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303552 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSULIN INFUSION WITH STATE VARIABLE FEEDBACK - An infusion system, which may be a closed loop infusion system or “semi-closed-loop” system, uses state variable feedback to control the rate that fluid is infused into the body of a user. The closed loop infusion system includes a sensor system, a controller, and a delivery system. The “semi-closed-loop” system further includes prompts that are displayed or sounded or otherwise provide indications to the user prior to fluid delivery. The sensor system includes a sensor for monitoring a condition of the user. The sensor produces a sensor signal, which is representative of the condition of the user. The delivery system infuses a fluid into the user at a rate dictated by the commands from the controller. The system may use three state variables, subcutaneous insulin concentration, plasma insulin concentration, and insulin effect, and corresponding gains, to calculate an additional amount of fluid to be infused as a bolus and to be removed from the basal delivery of the fluid. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303553 | POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR MANIPULATING A CHANNEL WITHIN A MEDICAL DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention include a medical device for accessing a patient's body portion and used for diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions. Embodiments of the invention may include a particular endoscopic positioning mechanism for placing an endoscope and an additional treatment device within desired body portions in order to assist in diagnosis and treatment of anatomical diseases and disorders. In particular, a medical device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a positioning mechanism configured for movement through at least two degrees of freedom. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303554 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OBSTRUCTIONS WITHIN BODY LUMENS - An apparatus is provided that operable in different modes to perform various functions for treating a body lumen. The apparatus includes a shaft including a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen extending therebetween, and a balloon on the distal end having an interior communicating with the lumen. The apparatus includes a valve on the distal end that selectively opens or closes an outlet communicating with the lumen. With the valve open, fluid introduced into the lumen exits the outlet into a body lumen. With the valve closed, fluid introduced into the lumen expands the balloon. The -apparatus also includes an actuator for axially compressing the balloon, and a helical member extends between ends of the balloon interior that expands the balloon from a contracted condition to an expanded helical shape when the actuator is activated. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303555 | DISPENSE INTERFACE WITH LOCKOUT ELEMENT - The invention is related to an apparatus comprising a dispense interface comprising a lockout element for use with a drug delivery device, the lockout element comprising at least one spring component removeably maintained in a respective first position such that when the dispense interface is first attached and then removed from said drug delivery device, each spring component moves into a respective second position, which respective second position is configured to prevent said dispense interface from being reattached to a drug delivery device. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303556 | NEEDLE ASSISTED JET INJECTION DEVICE HAVING REDUCED TRIGGER FORCE - An injector includes a trigger mechanism including: a trigger member disposed about an axis having an aperture and a protrusion, and a ram assembly having a ram configured to pressurize a medicament container for expelling a medicament therefrom, the ram assembly further having a trigger engagement member configured to engage the aperture of the trigger member when the trigger member is in a pre-firing condition; an energy source associated with the ram for powering the ram to expel the medicament; and a user-operable firing-initiation member having an aperture engaged with the protrusion of the trigger member and operable for causing an axial translation of the trigger member in a proximal direction from the pre-firing condition to a firing condition in which the trigger engagement member is released from the retaining portion to allow the energy source to fire the ram. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303557 | ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE FOR AN INTRAVENOUS FLUID HEATING SYSTEM - An apparatus heats fluids. A number of lithium-ion cells are positioned within a housing. A first connector is positioned on a first end of the housing and opperably connected to the number of lithium-ion cells. The first connector is configured to receive electrical power from a power source. A second connector is positioned on a second end of the housing and opperably connected to the number of lithium-ion cells. A heating element has a tube for transferring fluid. The heating element is configured to connect to the second connector. A controller is positioned within the housing and opperably connected to the number of lithium-ion cells and the second connector. The controller is configured to monitor a rate at which the electrical power is received by the heating element and limit an amount of the electrical power received by the heating element when the rate reaches a predetermined level. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303558 | INTRADERMAL INJECTOR - An injection device that comprises a chamber configured for containing a substance to be injected and a needle operatively associated with the chamber and having a length sufficient to deliver the substance to an intradermal injection site. A collar surrounds the needle, defining a collar cavity. The collar also has a peripheral forward skin-contacting surface that surrounds and is radially spaced from the needle and injection site by an area that is sufficiently large to allow a patient's skin to move into the collar cavity to properly position the needle for intradermal delivery of the substance to the injection site to allow spread of the injected substance under the skin while inhibiting or preventing backpressure within the skin from forcing the substance out through the injection site. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303559 | AUTOMATIC SYRINGE PUMPS FOR DRUG AND FLUID DELIVERY - An automatic syringe pump is disclosed that includes at least four subsystems: mechanical power, electronic timing, mechanical power transfer, and user interface subsystems. In some embodiments, an occlusion detection subsystem is also present. The mechanical power subsystem's main includes a constant force spring capable of storing the energy needed to reliable depressed several different sizes of a syringe. The electronic timing subsystem may include components including a ratchet, pawls, flippers, stepper motor, and microcontroller. These components are used together to regulated the release of the energy stored in the constant force spring. The mechanical power transfer subsystem may include components including a rack and pinion which translates the rotational motion of the drive shaft from the constant force spring into linear motion to depress the syringe. Finally, the user interface subsystem may include components including the microcontroller, Arduino backpack, and syringe tray. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303560 | Piston Driving Motor Arrangement - The invention is related to an apparatus comprising a first drive shaft, a second drive shaft, a motor component configured to receive a control signal, which control signal comprises a direction control signal, the motor component further configured to selectively drive the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft based on the received control signal, and further configured to drive the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft in a respective direction based on the direction control signal, such that a direction control signal for driving the first drive shaft in a first direction is a direction control signal for driving the second drive shaft in a direction opposite to the first direction. The invention is further related to a drug delivery device comprising an apparatus of the aforementioned kind. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303561 | SAFE DETAINED NEEDLE - A safe detained needle is disclosed. The safe detained needle of the present invention comprises a detained trocar, a trocar seat, a puncture needle, a protective seat, and a needle seat. The protective seat comprises a through hole, a rebound unit, and a sticking plate. When the puncture needle is withdrawn from the detained trocar and the trocar seat, the tip of the puncture needle is restricted in the protective scat by the rebound unit and the sticking plate for preventing the tip of the puncture form being exposed outside. | 2014-10-09 |
20140303562 | OPERATION AID FOR A MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE AND MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE COMPRISING AN OPERATION AID - The present disclosure relates to an operation aid for a medication delivery device, which is configured to alleviate the operation of an actuator of the medication delivery device. Furthermore, a system comprising a medication delivery device and an operation aid is disclosed. | 2014-10-09 |