Abstract: Sealing members for use with implantable devices and associated methods are disclosed. The sealing members include monofilament strands braided with multifilament strands into a cylindrical braided material. The monofilament strands and the multifilament strands can each comprise polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The monofilament strands can provide structural integrity and resiliency to the cylindrical braided material. The monofilament strands can provide bulk, coverage, and softness to the cylindrical braided material. A method for creating the cylindrical braided material can include a first heat setting step on a straight mandrel at a lower temperature and a second heat setting step at a higher temperature on a shaped mandrel. The sealing members made from the cylindrical braided materials can function to anchor or engage an implantable device to surrounding tissue and limit or prevent paravalvular leakage or other fluid flow around the implantable device when implanted.

Abstract: A motion tracking system for validating an athlete's movement technique to determine an accurate competitive scoring with a nine-axis inertial measurement unit comprises: a three axis accelerometer, a three axis-gyroscope, a three axis-magnetometer and at least one sensor.

Abstract: Fixation device for engaging tissue including a pair of fixation elements moveable between a closed position and an open position. The fixation device further includes a pair of gripping elements each moveable with a respective fixation element and disposed in opposition to at least a portion of the respective fixation element to capture tissue therebetween. The fixation device further includes a central portion operatively connected to each gripping element at a respective central portion-gripping element interface. The central portion has at least one distal end and a width “W1” proximate the distal end. Each of the gripping elements has a free end opposite its respective central portion-gripping element interface and a length “L1” defined between the respective central portion-gripping element interface and the free end. The length L1 fixation elements is at least about three times the width W1.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for controlling posture by using eye gaze technology and other interfaces to facilitate position changes in seating, such as in a wheelchair or bed, are provided. Example embodiments provide an Eye Gaze Posture Control System (“EGPCS”) which enables people with advanced motor neuron diseases or disabilities like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or muscular dystrophy to use eye gaze technologies to control their seating and bed positioning. In one embodiment, the example EGPCS comprises a posture and pressure advisor, logging and telemetry logic, a posture control application, device interface(s) to one or more other devices that control aspects of the powered wheelchair or bed, and eye gaze actuation control. These components cooperate to adjust position of a seat or a bed using eye gaze technology as opposed to by a virtual cursor or by manual control.

Abstract: A joint fixation has a stepless angle adjustment device having a first body, a second body, a pivot shaft, and a knob assembly. The first body has a first fixing portion. The second body has a second fixing portion. The pivot shaft has a first end fixed to the first body and a second end opposite to the first end and extending into the second body. The first body is rotatable relative to the second body around the pivot shaft. The knob assembly is disposed at the second end of the pivot shaft. When the knob assembly is pulled, the knob assembly is capable of driving the first body to rotate relative to the second body around the pivot shaft. Angle adjustment between the first body and the second body is easy and may be done by one hand.

Abstract: Implant delivery devices, methods of device assembly and methods of using those devices are presented where the delivery device uses an automatic implant delivery mechanism that eliminates variability in pusher wire speeds by providing a needle assembly having one or more implants positioned within a proximal end of a needle cannula, a dampener assembly and a shuttle assembly located within a housing along with the activation member which holds the shuttle assembly in cocked or pre-tensioned state. A lock can be engaged with the activation member to prevent premature firing or triggering of the device.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, an ophthalmic system that presents information describing an eye includes a memory, display device, and computer. The memory stores data describing the eye. The data includes measurements of the eye, and the measurements include one or more eye model measurements used to generate an eye model of the eye. The display device presents an image. The computer applies a light propagation technique to the eye model measurements to generate the eye model of the eye. The computer receives a selection of one or more parameters to use in a simulation performed using the eye model and applies the selected parameters to the eye model to yield one or more simulated focal areas. The computer instructs the display device to present the image that includes the simulated focal areas relative to the retinal plane of the eye.

Abstract: An arrangement for OCT-based laser treatment of vitreous floaters. The arrangement for OCT-based laser vitreolysis includes an OCT system, a laser system having a deflection unit, optical elements that couple the OCT system and the laser system, a display unit and a central control and operating unit. The OCT system is configured to localize the floaters, the laser system is configured to destroy the floaters by application of laser pulses and the central control and operating unit is configured to determine apart from the coordinates of the localized floaters also their distance to structures of the eye, to derive exclusion criteria for the treatment, to align the deflection unit of the laser system to these coordinates and to focus and activate the laser system. The present invention relates to an arrangement for the gentle, low risk and painless laser treatment of vitreous floaters, which enables partially or fully automated therapy.

Abstract: A wearable noise-reducing device is provided. The device may have ear plugs which may be engaged to the user's ears for sound blocking and reducing purposes, and the device may be configured to be worn on the body of a user when not engaged to the user's ears. The device may include a first connector that may be coupled to a first ear plug, and the first ear plug may surround at least a portion of the first connector. A second connector may be coupled to a second ear plug, and the second ear plug may surround at least a portion of the second connector. The first connector and second connector may be configured to be removably coupled together. A flexible coupling, having an elongated length, may be coupled to both the first ear plug and to the second ear plug.

Abstract: The present invention is in the fields of mechanical engineering and medicine, focused on the area of dressings and devices for negative pressure therapies. More specifically, the invention discloses an improved dressing, a device that provides the generation and indication of negative pressure that can be detachably connected to a dressing, a kit, a manufacturing process and a negative pressure therapy. The dressing of the invention comprises a valved connector detachably connectable to a device for manual generation of negative pressure and optionally comprises a means for colorimetric indication of negative pressure. The device of the invention provides manual generation of negative pressure and also visually indicates the negative pressure, for the user to verify that the negative pressure is within a range suitable for treatment, which preferably includes alternating the intensity of the negative pressure.

Abstract: A post-surgical garment includes a fabric body defining compression zone for a patient. The compression zone includes a surgical area. The fabric body includes one or more pockets that overlap at least in part with a surgical area of the patient. The one or more pockets are accessible from an outside of the garment and are configured to hold absorption pads snugly against the surgical area for absorbing fluid from the surgical area.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing strip segments, including a film feeding unit and a thread feeding unit, selectively operated to feed either a continuous elastic film or a plurality of elastic threads between a first and a second non-woven fabric web, thereby forming, selectively, an array of elastic film segments or an array of elastic thread segments.

Abstract: An absorbent structure, including a sensor system, can sense and measure the level of wetness contained within the absorbent structure as well as sense and measure environmental conditions. The sensor system may include passive RFID sensors or tags, RFID readers, antenna, a tuning module, a processing module, a memory module and a wireless communication module. The absorbent structure may further include two or more sensors, with a first sensor placed in a first area most likely to first be exposed to liquid and a second sensor spaced apart from the first sensor in an area likely to be exposed to liquid only after the absorbent structure has become more saturated.

Abstract: A portable medical device for adjusting a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment includes a processor. The processor is configured to determine a particular CPR treatment protocol from one or more CPR treatment protocols. The particular CPR treatment protocol may include a ratio of a number of chest compressions to ventilations for administering during a CPR cycle. The processor is configured to receive a CPR time period for the CPR treatment for the CPR treatment, to determine a number of CPR cycles for the CPR treatment based on the particular CPR treatment protocol, and to calculate a time duration of the CPR treatment based on the number of CPR cycles of the particular CPR treatment protocol. The processor is configured to compare the time duration to the CPR time period and to modify the particular CPR treatment protocol or CPR time period based on the comparison.

Abstract: A flexible container for storing a biological material includes a first layer coupled to a second layer via a set of seals to define a storage volume. The first layer and the second layer defining an opening therebetween. The opening extending into the storage volume. A flexible container also including an internal port that extends from the opening into the storage volume.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dental ceramic coloring liquid with which a decrease in the mechanical strength of a dental ceramic after sintering can be reduced, and that can impart masking properties while having good preservation stability. The present invention relates to a dental ceramic coloring liquid comprising an organosilicon compound. The organosilicon compound is preferably hydrophilic. The organosilicon compound is preferably a silicone compound. The organosilicon compound is preferably an alkylsilane compound.

Abstract: A method of whitening teeth with a multi-phase oral composition. The multi-phase oral care composition includes an aqueous phase and a hydrophobic phase. The aqueous phase includes a bleaching agent. The multi-phase oral care composition is applied to the surface of one or more teeth and exposed to electromagnetic radiation (EMR), directed from an EMR source. The EMR has a wavelength of between 200 nm and 1700 nm.

Abstract: Particular embodiments may provide a control system for a vehicle, which may include and memory coupled to the processors. The memory may include instructions executable by the processor. The processors may be operable when executing the instructions to receive signals from a mobile device which may be associated with a user and may also be wirelessly connected to the vehicle. The signals may be received by sensors of the vehicle. The processors may be further operable when executing instructions to identify a lighting mode for illuminating an area associated with a device location. The processors may be further operable when executing instructions to determine illumination fields and lighting properties based on the lighting mode and the device location. The processors may be further operable when executing instructions to control operation of lights of the vehicle in accordance with the illumination fields and the lighting properties.

Abstract: A rear-end collision alarm apparatus featuring remote alarming is provided, including an alert detector device and an alert receiver device. The alert detector device is mounted on a preset warning object (such as a warning triangle and a cone). The alert receiver device is worn on or carried by a user. The alert detector device includes a first light source module, an infrared detection module, and a first Bluetooth module. The alert detector device is placeable, together with the warning object, at a predetermined remote distance from a traffic accident or construction site, where the first light source module may serve as a warning through light flashing. When the infrared detection module detects an object entering a detection range, the alert detector device transmits an alert signal through the first Bluetooth module to the alert receiver device to have the alert receiver device instantaneously emit alarming light and alarming sounds.

Abstract: A method for a CMS includes obtaining, at a CMS ECU, images of an environment surrounding a commercial vehicle from a first CMS camera and a second CMS camera disposed on opposing sides of the commercial vehicle. The method also includes displaying a first image feed from the first CMS camera on a first CMS display; displaying a second image feed from the second CMS camera on a second CMS display that is separate from the first CMS display; and based on detection of a fault condition in which the CMS ECU stops receiving the first image feed from the first CMS camera, performing a remedial action.