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20090005834 | Deep vein thrombosis prevention - A device adapted for mitigating the formation of a blood clot, the device comprising: a sensor adapted to identify muscle movement associated with blood circulation in a vein and to produce a signal indicating the movement; and a controller adapted to monitor the sensor signal and to activate an actuator upon said controller determining that less than a defined number of movements have been sensed over a defined period of time, wherein the actuator is adapted to produce a stimulating action of a given set of parameters urging the user to move his/her feet if, for example, the predefined number of dorsiflexions is not met. | 01-01-2009 |
20090018522 | TISSUE MODIFICATION BY TARGETED DELIVERY OF HEAT - A method for manipulating a tissue by targeted delivery of heat by heating a liquid contained in an injecting means to a predetermined temperature level and injecting a predetermined volume of said heated liquid into a predetermined depth of the tissue through a needle attached to the injecting means, to thereby manipulate the tissue in the injected area. An apparatus adapted for manipulating a tissue by targeted delivery of heat having a heating means adapted to heat a liquid contained in an injecting means to a predetermined temperature level; an injecting means adapted to contain liquid to be injected said tissue and to inject a predetermined volume of said liquid into a predetermined depth of the tissue through a needle; a temperature sensor adapted to identify the temperature level of the liquid contained in the injecting means and to produce a signal indicating said temperature level; a controller adapted to monitor the sensor signal and to activate or deactivate said heating means and an electromechanical element according to the temperature sensed, and an electromechanical element either integrated or non-integrated to the apparatus that is adapted to allow the injection of the heated liquid. | 01-15-2009 |
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20140159916 | FLUID TESTING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE - The invention is directed to a mobile hand held miniature laboratory system in general, and to fluid testing apparatus for performing a parameter measurement in a fluid sample and methods of use in particular. The apparatus comprising: a strip adapted to absorb a fluid sample and to produce a signal indicative of said parameter level in said sample; and adaptor adapted to connect said strip to a smart phone to allow delivery of the produced signal or a correlated signal to said smart phone for obtaining a measurement of said fluid parameter displayed on said smart phone, wherein said testing apparatus relies on said smart phone at least tor power supply and display means. The fluid may be a physiological fluid such as blood, urine, saliva or amniotic fluid, or a non-physiological fluid such as fluid obtained from industrial pools for fish or algae growth, or entertainment swimming pools. | 06-12-2014 |
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20120063744 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING RELATED PROGRAMS COMPRISING MEDIA CONTENT RELATED DATA - A system a method and a module for recording programs comprising media content data, transmitted by a media content provider via communication channels, where each program is associated with metadata containing details relating to the program. The method comprises: identifying related programs; online recording of programs of at least one predefined communication channel, that were identified as related programs, according to predefined recording rules, using a recording device and enabling at least one viewer to select and view recorded programs, using a video-audio display unit. The identification of related programs is carried out by analyzing the metadata associated with each transmitted program identifying at least one relation of at least one relation type between at least some of the programs. The identified related programs are associated with programs groups, each group representing the relation relating all programs in the group and the relation type associated therewith. | 03-15-2012 |