Abstract: A sleep variable calculation portion predicts a change in a sleep depth of a sleeping subject. When the sleep variable calculation portion predicts that the subject may be in a transition state in which the sleep depth of the subject further increases at a wake-up time of the subject, a stimulus presentation device provides a stimulus to the subject at a point in time preceding the wake-up time.

Abstract: The invention describes a system for the magnetic attraction of objects, which comprises a device with a magnetic element and at least one object having magnetic particles.

Abstract: A method and device for improving sleep performance of a subject exposed to an artificially lighted environment at night are provided, which involve selectively substantially blocking retinal exposure of the subject to light of specified wavelengths during the night.

Abstract: A device for carrying out Gluteopexia, which is the elevation of the buttocks. The device has longitudinal shape and is composed by a first anchoring element and a second anchoring element, both linked by a longitudinal element, combining for a single body. The first anchoring element is sheltered in a longitudinal crevice of the first cover of the device. The second anchoring element is lodged in a longitudinal channeled piercing of the second cover of the device.

Abstract: A device to transmit an audio signal to a user comprises a transducer and a support. The support is configured for placement on the eardrum to drive the eardrum. The transducer is coupled to the support at a first location to decrease occlusion and a second location to drive the eardrum. The transducer may comprise one or more of an electromagnetic balanced armature transducer, a piezoelectric transducer, a magnetostrictive transducer, a photostrictive transducer, or a coil and magnet. The device may find use with open canal hearing aids.

Abstract: The system of the present invention includes at least one brain signal capturing device, at least one memory device for storing software instructions, and at least one processor. The processor is in communication with the brain signal capturing device and executes the instructions stored on the memory. The instructions include the steps of analyzing a user's brain signal patterns and searching based on the user's brain signals.

Abstract: A method and system for treating patients with Alzheimer disease includes steps and equipment operative for subjecting a patient suffering from Alzheimer disease to a non-invasive action directed toward a patient's brain and causing a cavitation process in the patient's brain liquid in the vicinity of lesions and thereby destroying the latter.

Abstract: A magnetic coil system featuring a multi-layer structure (312a, 312b), a spherical shape, or both allows for efficient generation of a gradient magnetic field that induces an electric field in air in a region proximate to the coil. By subjecting at least a portion of a person's brain to the induced electric field various psychiatric disorders can be treated.

Abstract: A heat therapy appliance for treatment of neonates has a lying surface on a platform bordered by side walls, a hood movable between a closed incubator position, bearing on the side walls and covering the lying surface, and an open nursing care position, a radiant heater secured on the appliance structure and directed at the lying surface, lifting devices acting on the platform, and a control device actuating the lifting devices to adjustably set an angle of inclination of the platform with respect to the horizontal. The platform is mounted so as to be adjustable in height. The control device also actuates the lifting devices in the same direction, to adjust the vertical position of the platform with respect to the side walls between a first position and a second position higher than the first position.

Abstract: An electrical system including one or more bodies having an underlying structure resembling a double helix may be used to produce useful electromagnetic effects for various applications, including therapy.

Abstract: Delivery systems and methods for delivering riboflavin (R/F) and UVA irradiation to the sclera are disclosed. The R/F is delivered and then activated with UVA irradiation through the use of LEDs or optical fibers, thereby causing cross-linking of the collagen tissue. Delivery systems include implantable structures which provide surfaces that conform to the sclera. The delivery systems include various types of structures for delivery of R/F onto the sclera surface. Additionally, the delivery systems include UVA sources which provide irradiation of R/F in sclera collagen tissue.

Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for drug delivery. The device may include a housing configured for intraluminal deployment into a human or animal subject and first and second reservoirs within the housing, each reservoir having an actuation end, an opposed release end, and a plug moveable from the actuation end toward the release end. First and second drug formulations may be contained in the first and second reservoirs, respectively. The device may also include one or more actuation systems configured to drive the first and second plugs so as to drive the first and second drug formulations from the first and second reservoirs. The housing may include a porous membrane sidewall in fluid communication with the release ends of the first and second reservoirs, the porous membrane sidewall being configured to distribute the first and second drug formulations driven from the first and second reservoirs.

Abstract: Described are methods, devices, and systems for a novel, inexpensive, easy to use therapy for treatment of coma, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson's disease, cognitive performance, and/or amblyopia. Described are methods and devices to treat coma, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson's disease, cognitive performance, and/or amblyopia that involves no medication. Methods and devices described herein use alternating magnetic fields to gently “tune” the brain and affect symptoms of coma, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson's disease, cognitive performance, and/or amblyopia.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently obtaining mammalian embryos having high conception rates. A first aspect of the present invention is a method for selecting a mammalian embryo prepared by in vitro culture from a fertilized egg, comprising a step of selecting an embryo using two or more of the following indicators: the time from fertilization to the completion of first cleavage; the morphology at a stage after first cleavage and before second cleavage; the morphology at a stage after third cleavage and before fourth cleavage; and the amount of oxygen consumed at the early blastocyst stage, the blastocyst stage, or the expanded blastocyst stage.

Abstract: An electromagnetic therapy apparatus includes: upper magnetic heads mounted on a frame; lower magnetic heads mounted in a treatment bed, wherein each of the lower magnetic heads is connected to a rotary power supplier and is driven to rotate individually thereby, the lower magnetic heads drive the upper magnetic heads to rotate by magnetic force coupling; therapy clothes provided on a treatment bed and connected to a physiotherapy liquid collection tank through a circulation pump; self-heating tourmaline slices or metal clamps mounted in the therapy clothes; and a high-frequency heating induction coil mounted in the treatment bed and connected to a high-frequency power supplier. Auxiliary physiotherapy liquid includes: basic liquid; and a traditional Chinese medicine additive. By applying a magnetic principle of Western medicine on human bodies, anti-cancer and blood-thinning effects can be achieved. With high-speed metabolism, utilizing the traditional Chinese medicine can accelerate a recovery process.

Abstract: A method for preparing a radiation treatment plan for irradiating a target volume region moving in regions in an object with a moving particle beam includes determining, using a mapping function dependent on a movement state (k) of the moving target volume region, a dose input in at least one target point volume (Vj). The dose input is brought about by applying the particle beam to an irradiation point (Bi).

Abstract: An implant and needle delivery system including a needle selectively releasable from a handle assembly is provided. The needle is selectively connectable with an elongate sling and the needle is selectively releasable from the handle assembly an implantation procedure to treat a pelvic disorder or condition, such as incontinence.

Abstract: Systems and methods for increasing skin rejuvenation of a region of a patient's skin. The system includes: a pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) frequency generator that emits electromagnetic pulses to the region of the patient's skin; and a deep tissue diathermy device that applies heat to the region of the patient's skin up to temperature T. The system simultaneously applies the heat and the PEMF to the region of a patient's skin.

Abstract: Systems for planning delivery of radiation dose to a target region within a subject comprise a processor configured to: iteratively optimize a simulated dose distribution relative to a set of one or more optimization goals comprising a desired dose distribution in the subject over a first plurality of control points located on a trajectory, the trajectory comprising relative movement between a treatment radiation source and the subject; reach one or more initial termination conditions, and after reaching the one or more initial termination conditions: specify a second plurality of control points along the trajectory, the second plurality of control points comprising a larger number control points than the first plurality of control points; and iteratively optimize a simulated dose distribution relative to the set of one or more optimization goals over the second plurality of control points to thereby determine a radiation delivery plan.

Abstract: Systems for delivering radiation dose to a target area within a subject comprise: a radiation source for outputting a radiation beam; a support for supporting the subject; a movement mechanism for moving the radiation source relative to the subject along a trajectory; and a controller configured to cause, according to a radiation delivery plan: the radiation source to deliver the radiation beam to the subject while causing the movement mechanism to effect relative movement between the radiation source and the subject along the trajectory; and the radiation source to vary an intensity of the radiation beam by varying a radiation output rate of the radiation source according to the radiation delivery plan over at least a portion of the trajectory while causing the movement mechanism to effect relative movement between the radiation source and the subject, to thereby deliver dose to the subject according to the radiation delivery plan.