Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus may be provided for providing a medical product assistant to identify a medical product. A first message may be received from a user interface. The first message may indicate a request from a user to identify an object. A portion of the object may be determined using the device's camera. A confidence level associated with a medical product may be generated. The generated confidence level may indicate confidence that the object is the medical product. The generated confidence level may be based on the portion of the object and a product detection model. The product detection model may have been trained using synthetic product detection data that may comprise at least a computer-generated image of the medical product. The object may be identified as the medical product when the confidence level satisfies a threshold.

Abstract: A method for visualizing luminance variance for an object may include receiving image data associated with a digital image of the object. An algorithm is applied to the image data to generate an enhanced image. The enhanced image includes connected pixel value lines representative of pixel value ranges from the input image to enable visualization of luminance variance of the object by the human eye.

Abstract: A portable ultrasound imaging system includes a mobile computing device; a detachable front end component configured for attachment to and communication with the mobile computing device, and configured to transmit and receive ultrasound signals; and programming, when installed on the mobile computing device, being executable by the mobile computing device to cause the mobile computing device to send signals to the front end component causing the front end component to transmit the ultrasound signals, and to receive signals from the front end component resulting from the front end component receiving the receive ultrasound signals, and process the receive signal and display an ultrasound image resulting from the processing. The front end component is configured to be directly joined with the mobile computing device and directly connected, without the use of an external wire or cable.

Abstract: A visceral barrier has a barrier element that is changeable between an opened and a closed configuration. The barrier element may be positioned while in the opened configuration to temporarily reposition the viscera within the body cavity. A method of repositioning the viscera in a body cavity of a patient during a surgical procedure includes providing a visceral barrier, introducing the visceral barrier into the body cavity when the barrier element is in the closed configuration, opening the barrier element to the opened configuration, and positioning the barrier element within the body cavity to reposition the viscera and provide a space for performing a surgical procedure.

Abstract: Transmit based axial whitening is provided. Ultrasonic waveforms to be transmitted are designed to provide for wideband imaging characteristics prior to detection. Rather than transmitting a waveform having a spectral magnitude as white or flat as possible, waveforms with adjusted spectral content, such as spectrally bi-modal waveforms are generated in order to compensate for subsequent effects. Prior to detection, a more wideband or whiter signal response is provided in response to the transmitted waveform. Any of various alterations of the transmit waveform, such as asymmetric, spectrally bi-modal or other characteristics in anticipation of a system transfer function or physical phenomena through which the signal passes electronically or acoustically to result in a wideband or white spectral magnitude and generally linear spectral phase is used. The transmit waveform is altered to improve the imaging characteristics of the downstream processing.

Abstract: The invention is a pull-out bed attachment apparatus for supporting a bed spread or similar articles. e.g. luggage at night. The attachment comprises a flat, stationary base board abutting the end of the bed, usually a mattress and box spring. The base board is in connection with at least two support boards that lie perpendicular to the base board and support the base board from between the mattresses. Movable dowel rods slide through apertures in the base board and are connected to a third board-the extension board. The dowel rods slide under the mattress and the extension board is pushed flush against the base board when not in use-typically during the day. When in use, the extension board and dowel rods provide an extended platform for supporting the bed spread.