Abstract: A system for adjusting extrinsic positive end expiratory pressure during an expiratory phase of a ventilator is provided. The system includes a computer system that comprises one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions which, when executed cause the computer system to: determine a respiratory reactance from airway flow information of the patient and airway pressure information of the patient, the airway flow information and airway pressure information of the patient being obtained from one or more sensors, and adjust the extrinsic positive end expiratory pressure during the expiratory phase of the ventilator such that the determined respiratory reactance falls within a defined respiratory reactance range.

Abstract: The invention describes a pulse oximeter driver circuit (1) realized to drive a load (12) comprising at least a red LED light source (SR) and an infrared LED light source (SIR), which driver circuit (1) comprises a current regulator (11) realized to provide LED current (Iload) to the LED light sources (SR, SIR); a power converter (10) realized to provide a DC output voltage (Utotal) comprising a current regulator voltage (U11) and a load voltage (Uload); and a feedback means (13A, 13B, 13C) realized to obtain a measure (UFB) of the instantaneous voltage drop (U11) across the current regulator (11) and to report the voltage drop measure (UFB) to the power converter (10). The invention further describes a pulse oximeter device (100), and a method of driving a pulse oximeter load (12).

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the invention, at least partial strain relief in a light emitting layer of a III-nitride light emitting device is provided by configuring the surface on which at least one layer of the device grows such that the layer expands laterally and thus at least partially relaxes. This layer is referred to as the strain-relieved layer. In some embodiments, the light emitting layer itself is the strain-relieved layer, meaning that the light emitting layer is grown on a surface that allows the light emitting layer to expand laterally to relieve strain. In some embodiments, a layer grown before the light emitting layer is the strain-relieved layer. In a first group of embodiments, the strain-relieved layer is grown on a textured surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair cutting appliance (10), a blade set (20) for a hair cutting appliance (10), and to a stationary blade (22) for said blade set (20), said blade comprising a first wall portion (44) and a second wall portion (46), each which defining a first surface (80, 82, 84), and a second surface (86, 88, 90) facing away from the first surface (80, 82, 84), and an intermediate wall portion (48) arranged between the first and the second wall portion (46), wherein the first wall portion (44) the second wall portion (46) and the intermediate wall portion (48) jointly define at least one toothed leading edge (32, 34), wherein the first surfaces (80, 82) of the first wall portion (44) and the second wall portion (46) face each other, at least at their leading edges (32, 34), the first wall portion (44), the second wall portion (46) and the intermediate wall portion (48) are interconnected at their tips (38) to define a plurality of teeth (40), wherein the first surfaces (80, 82) of the fir

Abstract: Methods for an outdoor lighting network (100) are disclosed. The methods can adaptively control lighting requirements based upon traffic in the outdoor lighting network (100). The adaptive control provides illumination over a certain response range based upon detection of an object (20) and in addition possibly a velocity of the object (20) by a lighting unit (LUs 1-8) equipped with a sensor (12) For the outdoor lighting network (100), the disclosed methods include deciding when a control message should be transmitted to other lighting units (LUs 1-8), selecting one or more control messaging protocols with modes adapted to achieve a response range depending on the velocity of the object (20) and controlling behavior of a light level output of the lighting unit (LU 1-8).

Abstract: A high-pressure gas discharge lamp unit 10 is described including a burner 14 with a discharge vessel 18. The burner 14 comprises electrical contact leads 22,24 and protrudes from and is fixed to a lamp cap housing 12, so that at least a first of the contact leads 22, 24 extends into the housing 12. A lamp operating circuit 50 is arranged within the housing 12, electrically connected to the electrical contact leads 22, 24. In order to allow a particularly compact lamp unit, the housing comprises a bottom plate 44 made out of a metal material to dissipate heat, which comprises an opening 68 into which a cap element 60 made out of an electrically insulating material is inserted to enclose a first electrical contact lead 22.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a system and method for controlling insufflation pressure during inexsufflation of a subject. The system inexsufflates the subject such that tidal flow and/or tidal volume are monitored during insufflation, and insufflation pressure is adjusted to maintain the flow rate of the pressurized flow of breathable gas until a target tidal volume is reached for the insufflation. When the target tidal volume has substantially been reached, the system is causes gas to be evacuated from the airway of the subject. This may provide for more precise, customized therapy for the subject than is provided by conventional inexsufflation systems in which inspiratory flow may not be monitored and/or controlled. In one embodiment, the system comprises one or more of a pressure generator, a subject interface, one or more sensors, a processor, a user interface, electronic storage, and/or other components.

Abstract: The invention relates to a detection system for determining data embedded into the light output of a light source in a form of a repeating sequence of N symbols. The detection system includes a camera and a processing unit. The camera is configured to acquire a series of images of the scene via specific open/closure patterns of the shutter. The processing unit is configured to process the acquired series of images to determine the repeating sequence of N symbols. By carefully triggering when a shutter of the camera is open to capture the different symbols of the encoded light within each frame time of a camera, a conventional camera with a relatively long frame time may be employed. Therefore, the techniques presented herein are suitable for detecting the invisible “high frequency” coded light while using less expensive cameras as those used in the prior art.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a control interface module (200) adapted to receive a lighting module (100) and to be fitted to a holder (300) by means of at least one fixating element provided through the control interface module (200) and into the holder (300), wherein the holder (300) comprises electrical connecting elements (308) for providing electrical power to the lighting module (100) and mechanical connecting elements (104, 104?, 104?) for fixating the lighting module (100), wherein the control interface module (200) comprising an inner surface(202) having at least one recess (204) matching a recess (304) arranged in the holder (300), wherein the at least one recess (204) is configured to receive a corresponding protruding portion (104) of the lighting module (100), a control signal input interface (214) adapted to receive at least one wire adapted to convey a control signal from a control unit, and a control signal output interface (216) adapted to receive a control signal connector (108) of the li

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions executable by a processor. The set of instructions is operable to receive a current patient medical image of a current patient, compare the current patient medical image to a plurality of previous patient medical images, each of the previous patient medical images corresponding to a previous patient, select one of the previous patients based on a geometric similarity between the previous patient medical image of the selected one of the previous patients and the current patient medical image, and determine an initial radiation treatment plan based on a radiation treatment plan of the selected one of the previous patients.

Abstract: Methods and systems for selecting a cohort group or a patient at risk from a population of patients with mild cognitive impairment. The methods include using a computer configured to perform the steps: receiving normalized learning data from a portion of the population of patients; tuning a set of decision trees on the normalized learning data; receiving patient data from one or more patients of the population, wherein the patient data is independent from the learning data; classifying the patient data with the tuned set of decision trees to obtain patient threshold values; and displaying the patient threshold values.

Abstract: The invention relates to the automatic rendering of a lighting scene with a lighting system, particularly the control of the rendering. A basic idea of the invention is to perform rendering of a lighting scene by decomposing a lighting atmosphere to be rendered in elementary light effects, to classify the elementary light effects, and to coordinate the realisation of the classified light effects with the lighting system. An embodiment of the invention provides a light control system (10) for automatically rendering a lighting atmosphere with a lighting system, wherein the light control system (10) is adapted for decomposing the lighting atmosphere to be rendered in elementary light effects (14; S10), classifying the elementary light effects into sets of light effects (16; S12), and coordinating the realisation of the sets of light effects with the lighting system (18; S14-S26).