Abstract: A control panel for an appliance defines a display direction and includes a printed circuit board defining a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface along the display direction, and a through hole passing through the printed circuit board from the first surface to the second surface. A console cover is mounted to the first surface of the printed circuit board, a standoff feature is positioned between the console cover and the printed circuit board to create a localized gap between the console cover and the printed circuit board, a retention feature engages the second surface to retain the printed circuit board against the console cover, and an electronic component mounted to the printed circuit board and having an electrical contact that extends through the through hole where it forms a connection joint that is positioned within the localized gap.

Abstract: A dishwasher appliance is provided. The dishwasher appliance may include a cabinet, a door pivotably mounted to the cabinet, and a control panel located on a panel of the door. The control panel may include a printed circuit board, a light source, and a control cover. The printed circuit board may define a top surface and a bottom surface. The light source may be mounted to the bottom surface of the printed circuit board for selectively generating light. The control cover may be mounted to the top surface and may extend parallel to the top surface. The control cover may define a light channel. The control cover may include a reflective surface extending towards the light source from the control surface. The reflective surface may be angled to direct light selectively generated from the light source towards the light channel.

Abstract: A door for an appliance includes a control panel mounted on the door and defining an illumination direction. The control panel includes a printed circuit board defining a top surface, a light source mounted to the top surface of the printed circuit board, a control cover mounted to the top surface of the printed circuit board over the light source and defining a light directing channel extending from a bottom surface of the control cover to a top surface of the control cover, and wherein the control cover further defines a reflective surface for redirecting the light generated by the light source toward the top surface of the control cover, and an overlay panel mounted on the top surface of the control cover, the overlay panel comprising one or more diffused indicator zones.

Abstract: A clinical therapy system (10) includes a drug delivery device (14) configured to delivery medication to a patient. One or more therapy devices (12, 16, 11, 13, 15, 17) are configured to provide therapy or to monitor the patient.

Abstract: A method for processing sequencing data, including: (i) generating, by a sequencing platform, a plurality of sequencing signals from a sequencing operation, each of the plurality of sequencing signals representing a genetic sequence; (ii) sampling, by a controller, each of the plurality of sequencing signals at a Nyquist rate of the sequencing platform to generate an upsampled signal; (iii) receiving, for each of the plurality of sequencing signals, the respective upsampled signal and information associated with the respective sequencing signal, comprising a base pair read number and a time stamp for the respective sequencing signal; (iv) packaging, by the controller for each sequencing signal, the received upsampled signal, base pair read number, and time stamp into a data packet; (v) organizing the packaged data packets into a multiplexed single data stream; and (vi) transmitting the multiplexed single data stream to a remote system.

Abstract: A patient monitor (8) includes a display (10). Patient values (38) are obtained for one or more known variables of a risk prediction function (30). One or more unknown variables of the risk prediction function are determined, and at least one hyperplane (40) is defined as values assumable by the one or more unknown variables. Values of the risk prediction function are computed over the at least one hyperplane using the obtained patient values. A visualization template is selected from a database of visualization templates (50) using template selection indices including the risk prediction function and the one or more unknown variables. Using the visualization template, a visualization (52) of the computed values of the risk prediction function over the at least one hyperplane is displayed.

Abstract: In a medical workspaces management method, a user identified in a users database (52) is authenticated. At a server computer (10), a virtual session is created including running instances (16) of a plurality of medical applications on the server computer with the instances associated with the authenticated user. Using at least one locating service (20), a current medical content presentation device (30, 32) is identified which is proximate to the authenticated user. At the server computer, a set of rules is applied to determine content of the instances to be presented. This content is pushed from the server computer to the current medical content presentation device. At the current medical content presentation device, the pushed content is presented on a display (40, 42) of the current medical content presentation device.

Abstract: In healthcare associated infection (HAI) outbreak tracking, different transmission tree inference algorithm processes (40) are performed on genetic variants data (26) for a set of HAI infected persons to generate a plurality of transmission trees (42) representing parent-child infectious transmission links. For each transmission tree, the value (44) of a correlation metric is computed, which measures correlation of the transmission tree with a clinical correlate (46). For each random trial of a plurality of random trials (52), the value (54) of the correlation metric is also computed. A statistical likelihood (60) of each transmission tree given the clinical correlate is estimated from the computed values of the correlation metric for the random trials and for the transmission tree. This may, for example, be a p-value. An optimal transmission tree is selected from amongst the plurality of transmission trees based on the estimated statistical likelihoods.

Abstract: A clinical therapy system (10) includes a drug delivery device (14) configured to delivery medication to a patient. One or more therapy devices (12, 16, 11, 13, 15, 17) are configured to provide therapy or to monitor the patient.

Abstract: A patient monitor (8) includes a display (10). Patient values (38) are obtained for one or more known variables of a risk prediction function (30). One or more unknown variables of the risk prediction function are determined, and at least one hyperplane (40) is defined as values assumable by the one or more unknown variables. Values of the risk prediction function are computed over the at least one hyperplane using the obtained patient values. A visualization template is selected from a database of visualization templates (50) using template selection indices including the risk prediction function and the one or more unknown variables. Using the visualization template, a visualization (52) of the computed values of the risk prediction function over the at least one hyperplane is displayed.

Abstract: A method (100) for prioritizing sequencing of nucleic acid molecules from two or more sources, comprising: (i) ligating (120) one or more ends of each of a plurality of nucleic acid molecules to an adapter, wherein the adaptor is unique to each source and comprises a unique identifier nucleic acid sequence; (ii) pooling (130) the nucleic acid molecules from each of the two or more sources; (iii) sequencing (140) a plurality of nucleotides of an identifier nucleic acid sequence of an adapter; (iv) determining (150) in real-time from which of the two or more sources the nucleic acid molecule being sequenced came; (v) determining (160), from a prioritization rule set and based on the determined source, a sequencing priority for the nucleic acid molecule; and (vi) allowing (170) the sequencing process to proceed, or modifying (180) the sequencing process, based on the determined sequencing priority.

Abstract: The medical system and method detect arrhythmic events. The medical system includes at least one processor programmed to perform the method. A photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal generated using a PPG probe positioned on or within a patient and a pulse signal generated using an accelerometer positioned on or within the patient received. Features from the PPG signal are extracted to PPG feature vectors, and features are extracted from the pulse signal to pulse feature vectors. The PPG feature vectors are correlated with the pulse feature vectors, and correlated PPG feature vectors and correlated pulse feature vectors are evaluated to detect arrhythmic events.

Abstract: In a medical workspaces management method, a user identified in a users database (52) is authenticated. At a server computer (10), a virtual session is created including running instances (16) of a plurality of medical applications on the server computer with the instances associated with the authenticated user. Using at least one locating service (20), a current medical content presentation device (30, 32) is identified which is proximate to the authenticated user. At the server computer, a set of rules is applied to determine content of the instances to be presented. This content is pushed from the server computer to the current medical content presentation device. At the current medical content presentation device, the pushed content is presented on a display (40, 42) of the current medical content presentation device.

Abstract: A medical device and caretaking management system (10) includes a plurality of medical devices (14) that transmit equipment data and patient data. A central or distributed monitoring system (12) receives the equipment data and patient data from the plurality of medical devices, derives an acuity for each of the patients, and assigns caregivers and equipment based on the derived acuity for display on a display device (26).

Abstract: Each sensor of a plurality of sensors operates independently to perform at least a monitoring function acquiring sensor data indicative of a common physiological parameter and a grading function performed occasionally to assign a current signal quality grade for the sensor that is indicative of operational status of the monitoring function of the sensor. A data structure stores information pertaining to the plurality of sensors including at least priorities of the plurality of sensors respective to the common physiological parameter and the current signal quality grades for the sensors. Each sensor further operates to perform at least one output function generating an output signal conditional upon content of the data structure including at least the priorities and the current signal quality grades of the sensors indicating the output function should be performed.

Abstract: A movement and/or a position of an object (1) to be monitored is detected. At least one marker (2) radiating light is arranged in an area of the object (1) such that a camera (4) can capture images of the marker (2), when the object (1) is in a first position. An image processing unit (6) is enabled to detect the marker (2) in the images and to detect a movement and/or a second position of the object (1) in response to determining that at least a part of the marker (2) cannot be detected in one or more of the images. The object (1) may be a person laying in a bed and the marker (2) may be arranged adjacent to the bed's lying area (3) so that the system can detect when the person leaves the bed and notify nursery staff or an emergency central.

Abstract: A method for controlling access to data being processed by a remote computing resource includes issuing a public encryption key for a data creator from a public certificate authority, detecting an encounter with a data owner, creating private encryption keys for the data creator and the data owner in response to detecting the encounter, encrypting data being sent to the remote computing resource with the public encryption key, the data creator's private encryption key, and the data owner's private encryption key, decrypting the data based on public verification of the public encryption key and local verification of the data creator's private encryption key and the data owner's private encryption key at the remote computing resource, and controlling the data creator's access to the data by altering the permission of at least one of the public encryption key and data creator's private encryption key.

Abstract: A method (100) of ensuring optimal use of next generation sequencing (NGS) in complex therapy decision making is disclosed herein.

Abstract: Provided herein are computer implemented methods, systems and processes for determining a transmission metric or transmission path for related pathogens. Also provided herein is a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, which program is configured to instruct a microprocessor to generate a transmission path for related pathogens.

Abstract: A method for processing sequencing data, including: (i) generating, by a sequencing platform, a plurality of sequencing signals from a sequencing operation, each of the plurality of sequencing signals representing a genetic sequence; (ii) sampling, by a controller, each of the plurality of sequencing signals at a Nyquist rate of the sequencing platform to generate an upsampled signal; (iii) receiving, for each of the plurality of sequencing signals, the respective upsampled signal and information associated with the respective sequencing signal, comprising a base pair read number and a time stamp for the respective sequencing signal; (iv) packaging, by the controller for each sequencing signal, the received upsampled signal, base pair read number, and time stamp into a data packet; (v) organizing the packaged data packets into a multiplexed single data stream; and (vi) transmitting the multiplexed single data stream to a remote system.