Abstract: A method for displaying guidance information during an image-guided surgical procedure comprises receiving, by one or more hardware processors, data from a tracking system associated with an elongate device comprising a flexible body and calculating, by the one or more hardware processors, at least one condition along a length of the flexible body based on the data. The method further comprises determining, by the one or more hardware processors, supplemental guidance information based on the at least one condition and augmenting, by the one or more hardware processors, one or more images with the supplemental guidance information to produce one or more augmented images. The method further comprises displaying the one or more augmented images on a display device at a surgeon console.

Abstract: A medical tool comprises an elongated tubular section comprising a body wall. The body wall includes a plurality of slits. The tool further comprises a rigid needle tip coupled to a distal end of the elongated tubular section. The tool further comprises a flexible jacket covering at least a portion of the elongated tubular section. The tool further comprises an elongated flexible member coupled to a proximal end of the elongated tubular section. A distal portion of the elongated flexible member covers a proximal portion of the flexible jacket, and a proximal portion of the elongated flexible member extends into at least a portion of the plurality of slits.

Abstract: A dunnage conversion machine includes a forming assembly configured to form a sheet stock material into a strip of dunnage, and a feeding assembly downstream of the forming assembly that is configured to pull the sheet stock material through the forming assembly. The machine also includes a tear assist assembly downstream of the feeding assembly that includes a pinch arm on one side of the path and a stop opposing the pinch arm on an opposite side of the path. The pinch arm is movable between a resting position in which the pinch arm is located on the one side of the path, and a pinching position in which the pinch arm is located in the path to capture the strip of dunnage between the pinch arm and the stop. Reversing the feed assembly while the pinch arm is in the pinching position causes the strip of dunnage to tear.

Abstract: A method for displaying guidance information during an image-guided medical procedure includes receiving, by one or more hardware processors, data from a tracking system associated with an elongate device comprising a flexible body, calculating a bend radius along a length of the flexible body, determining supplemental guidance information that includes an indication of whether the bend radius is less than a minimum allowable bend radius, augmenting images with the supplemental guidance information to produce augmented images by applying a scheme in which a portion of a graphical representation of the flexible body having a radius less than the minimum is augmented with a visual property, displaying the augmented images on a display device at a console, determining a direction to steer the flexible body to increase the bend radius, and displaying actuation information on the display device. The actuation information includes a directional indicator to display the direction.

Abstract: A bundle of packing material includes at least two strips of packing material folded into a compact configuration. The strips of packing material include a top strip having a length dimension between first and second end portions and a central portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, and a bottom strip having a length dimension between first and second end portions and a central portion between the first end portion and the second end portion. The central portion of the top strip overlays the central portion of the bottom strip and the length dimension of the top strip is oriented orthogonal to the length dimension of the bottom strip. The first and second end portions of top strip are folded over the central portions, and the first and second end portions of the bottom strip are folded over the central portions.

Abstract: A system and method of monitoring a procedure includes a medical device. The medical device includes an elongate device including a flexible body, a tracking system disposed along at least a portion of the flexible body, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the tracking system. The one or more processors are configured to receive a route to a target location in an anatomy, determine one or more features of the route based on a first anatomical representation, generate a reduced anatomical representation based on the one or more features of the route, receive real-time position information from the tracking system, associate the real-time position information to the reduced anatomical representation, and dynamically display the reduced anatomical representation with the associated real-time position information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, systems, methods, and computer program products for planning and performing medical procedures. In some embodiments, a system for planning a medical procedure includes a processor and a memory operably coupled to the processor. The memory can store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations including: receiving image data of an anatomic region including a plurality of lymph nodes and a target lesion; generating a three-dimensional model of the anatomic region by segmenting the image data; selecting a subset of the lymph nodes to be biopsied during the medical procedure based at least in part on a location of the target lesion in the three-dimensional model; and determining a sequence for navigating a biopsy device to locations of the subset of the lymph nodes during the medical procedure.

Abstract: A system comprises a user control system including an input control device for controlling motion of a virtual medical instrument through a virtual passageway. The system further comprises a display for displaying a graphical user interface and a plurality of training modules. The graphical user interface includes a representation of the virtual medical instrument and a representation of the virtual passageway. The system further comprises a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium that stores a plurality of instructions executable by one or more computer processors. The instructions for performing operations comprise navigating the virtual medical instrument through the virtual passageway based on commands received from the user control system and evaluating one or more performance metrics for tracking the navigation of the virtual medical instrument through the virtual passageway.

Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for elastomeric and flexible cables. In one embodiment, the cables are configured with elastomeric cabling and circuitry. For example, a flexible circuit line (or lines) may be wrapped about an extruded elastomeric substrate (e.g., a polymer). Integrated circuits (e.g., sensors, accelerometers, light emitting diodes, controllers, microprocessors, etc.) may be disposed at various points along the circuit line(s). The cable may then be wrapped with a Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) tape than can be heated to shrink about the cable for protection of the underlying circuitry. Then, the cable may be surrounded with a layer of polymer and extruded to form an elastomeric and flexible cable.

Abstract: Techniques for enabling secure access to data using data blocks is described. Computing device(s) can provide instruction(s) to a component associated with an entity, wherein the instruction(s) are associated with an identifier corresponding to a data block of a plurality of data blocks. The computing device(s) can receive, from the component, data associated with the component, wherein the data is associated with the identifier and is indicative of a state of the component. The computing device(s) can store the data in the data block and monitor, using rule(s), changes to the state of the component based at least partly on the data in the data block. As a result, techniques described herein enable near real-time—and in some examples, automatic—reporting and/or remediation for correcting changes to the state of the component using data that is securely accessed by use of data blocks.

Abstract: A method performed by a computing system comprises receiving a fluoroscopic image of a patient anatomy while a portion of a medical instrument is positioned within the patient anatomy. The fluoroscopic image has a fluoroscopic frame of reference. The portion has a sensed position in an anatomic model frame of reference. The method further comprises identifying the portion in the fluoroscopic image and identifying an extracted position of the portion in the fluoroscopic frame of reference using the identified portion in the fluoroscopic image. The method further comprises registering the fluoroscopic frame of reference to the anatomic model frame of reference based on the sensed position of the portion and the extracted position of the portion.

Abstract: Thermal transformative variable gloss control produces selectively variable levels of gloss finish on thermoformed materials. In embodiments, the power level of LED curing lamps associated with an ink jet printer that is using thermoforming inks for printing is selectively varied depending upon a desired level of gloss in a finished substrate. Heat treating of the substrate during thermoforming or in an oven develops the glossy finish on the substrate in relation to the level of power applied to the printer LED curing lamps during printing.

Abstract: In some examples, a diagnostic device includes a reusable part to receive a container of a fluid, the reusable part reusable for a plurality of diagnostic tests. The diagnostic device further includes a disposable part detachably attached to the reusable part and comprising a sample collector to collect a target sample of a living being. The diagnostic device further includes a tester comprising a fluid channel to transport the fluid to combine the fluid and the target sample to form a fluid combination, and to use the fluid combination to diagnose a condition of the target sample.

Abstract: Systems involving distributed control functions are described herein. Each member or device within the system has responsibility for controlling part of the system's behavior, and includes logic to determine what action, if any, will follow as a response to determining information or receiving information from other members or devices within the system. A change of status of one member of a system may provide a basis for action by another member of the system. Status may be the result of sensing a condition of the environment, sensing the condition of a component, receiving the output of a conventional sensor, and/or sensing the condition of a link between components. In some embodiments, action taken by a member of the system may include collecting data during law enforcement activities.

Abstract: A system and method of planning a procedure includes a planning workstation including: a display system; and a user input device. The planning workstation is configured to: display image data via the display system; receive a first user input via the user input device; display via the display system a target of a medical procedure within the displayed image data identified based at least on the first user input; display an interactive image via the display system, the interactive image including the image data, a plurality of connected anatomical passageways, and the identified target; receive a second user input via the user input device; display via the display system a trajectory between the target and an exit point along a nearest passageway of the plurality of connected anatomical passageways identified based at least on the second user input; receive a third user input via the user input device; and adjust the interactive image based at least on the defined trajectory and the third user input.

Abstract: A bag forming apparatus for forming a flat bottom of a bag includes a base, opposing sidewalls that extend upright relative to the base, and a top that is operably coupled to an upper portion of each of the sidewalls. The top has an intermediate pivot axis between the sidewalls that enables the top to pivot about the pivot axis between a collapsed state and an expanded state. In the collapsed state, the upper portions of the respective sidewalls are closer together and the top extends upright relative to the base to form a tip for insertion into an opening of the bag. In the expanded state, the upper portions of the respective sidewalls are spaced further apart and the top extends horizontally relative to the base to form a platform for forming the flat bottom of the bag.

Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for dynamic waterflood forecast modeling utilizing deep thinking computational techniques to reduce the processing time for generating the forecast model and improving the accuracy of resulting forecasts. In one particular implementation, a dataset of a field may be restructured into the spatio-temporal framework and data driven deep neural networks may be utilized to learn the nuances of data interactions to make more accurate forecasts for each well in the field. Further, the generated model may forecast a single time segment and build the complete forecast through recursive prediction instances. The temporal component of the restructured data may include all or a portion of the production history of the field divided into spaced time intervals. The spatial component of the restructure data may include, within each epoch, a computed or estimated spatial relationships of all existing wells.

Abstract: Systems and methods include a geological structure modeling tool for generating a geological facies model for a target well with decision tree-based models. The decision tree-based models use geographic facie class as a target variable and receives an input data set including well log data, core data, and geological facie class labels (e.g., generated by a subject matter expert (SME)). A predictive analytics model using the decision tree-based models generates, based on an input of target well data, the geological facies model to represent underlying geological structures at a candidate location (e.g., for drilling a well) or a section of a subsurface reservoir (e.g., for resource characterization). Vertical context data can be provided to the decision tree-based models and the input data set can be artificially boosted based on geological facies class label occurrences. A well development action is selected for the candidate location based on the geological facies model.

Abstract: Systems and method for predicting production decline for a target well include generating a static model and a decline model to generate a well production profile. The static model is generated with supervised machine learning using an input data set including historical production data, and calculates an initial resource production rate for the target well. The decline model is generated with a neural network using the input data and dynamic data (e.g., an input time interval and pressure data of the target well), and calculates a plurality of resource production rates for a plurality of time intervals. The system can perform multiple recursive calculations to calculate the plurality of resource production rates, generating the well production profile. For instance, the predicted resource production rate of a first time interval is used as one of inputs for predicting the resource production rate for a second, subsequent time interval.

Abstract: An anti-siphon/regulator valve is provided. The valve includes a body having a cylindrical portion and a frustoconical portion extending from the cylindrical portion. The valve includes an inlet opening formed in a first end of the body on the cylindrical portion and an outlet opening formed in a second end of the body on the frustoconical portion. The valve also includes an inner multi-tapered aperture extending from the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The valve operates to regulate fluid flow from the inlet opening through the outlet opening based on the geometry of the multi-tapered aperture, and to inhibit flow from the outlet opening through the inlet opening because of that same geometry.