Abstract: Described herein are methods for processing data in order to assess the likelihood that a patient belongs within a specified cohort. In general, the method may include the steps of receiving a plurality of data elements from multiple data sets, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of data elements are unstructured data elements; and assessing the likelihood that the patient belongs within the specified cohort using at least a portion of the plurality of data elements including at least one unstructured data element. In some embodiments, the method may further include the step of processing the unstructured data elements. In some embodiments, the method may further include the step of querying at least a portion of the plurality of data elements including at least one unstructured data element to assess the likelihood that the patient belongs within the specified cohort.

Abstract: Tissue closure devices include one or more closure components, each closure component having a first member and a second member, each of the first and second members having a first surface that adheres to a tissue surface proximate to the tissue opening, each of the first and second members having a second surface substantially orthogonal to the first surface, and each of the first and second members having a transitional region between the first surface and the second surface which is contoured to evert an edge of the tissue opening upon the drawing together of the first and second members.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to tissue closure devices for closing a tissue opening, including one or more closure components, each closure component having a first member and a second member, each of the first and second members having a first surface that adheres to a tissue surface proximate to the tissue opening, each of the first and second members having a second surface substantially orthogonal to the first surface, and each of the first and second members having a transitional region between the first surface and the second surface which is contoured to evert an edge of the tissue opening upon the drawing together of the first and second members. The present invention is also directed to systems and kits, dressing systems, and methods for tissue repair and closure.

Abstract: Tissue closure devices include one or more closure components, each closure component having a first member and a second member, each of the first and second members having a first surface that adheres to a tissue surface proximate to the tissue opening, each of the first and second members having a second surface substantially orthogonal to the first surface, and each of the first and second members having a transitional region between the first surface and the second surface which is contoured to evert an edge of the tissue opening upon the drawing together of the first and second members.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for processing data. In some embodiments, a system may include a natural language processing (NLP) engine configured to transform a data set into a plurality of concepts within a plurality of distinct contexts, an ontology configured to structure the plurality of concepts by annotating relationships between and creating aggregations of the concepts, and a data mining engine configured to process the relationships of the concepts and to identify associations and correlations in the data set. In some embodiments, the method may include the steps of receiving a data set, scanning the data set with a natural language processing (NLP) engine to identify a plurality of concepts within a plurality of distinct contexts, structuring the data set with an ontology by creating aggregations of the concepts and annotating relationships between the concepts, and identifying patterns in the relationships between the plurality of concepts.

Abstract: Described herein are methods for processing data in order to assess the likelihood that a patient belongs within a specified cohort. In general, the method may include the steps of receiving a plurality of data elements from multiple data sets, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of data elements are unstructured data elements; and assessing the likelihood that the patient belongs within the specified cohort using at least a portion of the plurality of data elements including at least one unstructured data element. In some embodiments, the method may further include the step of processing the unstructured data elements. In some embodiments, the method may further include the step of querying at least a portion of the plurality of data elements including at least one unstructured data element to assess the likelihood that the patient belongs within the specified cohort.

Abstract: Described herein are methods for processing data in order to assess the likelihood that a patient belongs within a specified cohort. In general, the method may include the steps of receiving a plurality of data elements from multiple data sets, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of data elements are unstructured data elements; and assessing the likelihood that the patient belongs within the specified cohort using at least a portion of the plurality of data elements including at least one unstructured data element. In some embodiments, the method may further include the step of processing the unstructured data elements. In some embodiments, the method may further include the step of querying at least a portion of the plurality of data elements including at least one unstructured data element to assess the likelihood that the patient belongs within the specified cohort.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for transforming a speech input into machine-interpretable structured data. In some embodiments, a system may include an automated speech recognition (ASR) engine configured to receive a live speech input and to continuously generate a text of the live speech input, a natural language processing (NLP) engine configured to transform the text into machine-interpretable structured data, and a user interface device configured to display the live speech input and a corresponding portion of the structured data in a predetermined order with respect to the structured data. In some embodiments, the method may include the steps of receiving a speech input with a speech capture component of a user interface device, generating a text from the speech input, identifying textual cues in the text, modifying the text based on the textual cues, and transforming the modified text into machine-interpretable structured data.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to tissue closure devices for closing a tissue opening, including one or more closure components, each closure component having a first member and a second member, each of the first and second members having a first surface that adheres to a tissue surface proximate to the tissue opening, each of the first and second members having a second surface substantially orthogonal to the first surface, and each of the first and second members having a transitional region between the first surface and the second surface which is contoured to evert an edge of the tissue opening upon the drawing together of the first and second members. The present invention is also directed to systems and kits, dressing systems, and methods for tissue repair and closure.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to tissue closure devices for closing a tissue opening, including one or more closure components, each closure component having a first member and a second member, each of the first and second members having a first surface that adheres to a tissue surface proximate to the tissue opening, each of the first and second members having a second surface substantially orthogonal to the first surface, and each of the first and second members having a transitional region between the first surface and the second surface which is contoured to evert an edge of the tissue opening upon the drawing together of the first and second members. The present invention is also directed to systems and kits, dressing systems, and methods for tissue repair and closure.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to tissue closure devices for closing a tissue opening, including one or more closure components, each closure component having a first member and a second member, each of the first and second members having a first surface that adheres to a tissue surface proximate to the tissue opening, each of the first and second members having a second surface substantially orthogonal to the first surface, and each of the first and second members having a transitional region between the first surface and the second surface which is contoured to evert an edge of the tissue opening upon the drawing together of the first and second members. The present invention is also directed to systems and kits, dressing systems, and methods for tissue repair and closure.