Abstract: An intravascular device may have a first configuration during deployment and a second configuration after deployment. The first configuration has a first radial strength; and the second configuration has a second radial strength. The first radial strength is less than the second radial strength. A system may include an intravascular device; a wire extending through the intravascular device to expand or contract the intravascular device; a proximal hub coupled to the wire; a distal hub coupled to the wire; and a plurality of tethers extending from an input device and through the intravascular device. At least a portion of the plurality of tethers has electrical conductivity. Application of energy to the at least a portion of the plurality of tethers may disengage the plurality of tethers from the intravascular device and fuse a luminal segment of the plurality of tethers, extending through the intravascular device, to the intravascular device.

Abstract: A method of reducing biofilm formation on an implant optionally includes soaking an orthopedic or dental implant comprising a biocompatible material in an infection control composition comprising a porphyrin. An implant for implantation in an animal body optionally includes an implant body comprising a biocompatible material and defining one or more reservoirs; and an infection control composition comprising a porphyrin composition configured to be retained in the one or more reservoirs, wherein the one or more reservoirs are configured to elute the porphyrin composition over time.

Abstract: A speech synthesis system is described and may include at least one microphone; a speaker; a sensing system, and memory storing processor-executable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: detect speech-related signals emanating from the subject; generate a variable excitation signal; shape the generated variable excitation signal according to previously stored speech recordings; and cause, from the speaker and based on the shaped variable excitation signal, produced speech content that approximates the matched one or more voice characteristics in the previously stored speech recordings.

Abstract: A dialysis system with integrated concurrent appointment and patient assessment capabilities, comprising: a dialysis machine; at least one camera and a video monitor communicatively coupled to the dialysis machine and configured to enable concurrent telemedicine communication between a patient undergoing a dialysis session and at least one healthcare provider remote from the dialysis machine; a handheld imaging device coupled to the dialysis machine, the handheld imaging device configured to capture high-resolution images of patient-specific conditions during the telemedicine session; a scheduling system communicatively coupled to the dialysis machine and configured to: automatically communicate dialysis machine availability to a healthcare scheduling system associated with the at least one healthcare provider, coordinate concurrent appointment confirmations amongst the patient, the dialysis machine availability, and the at least one healthcare provider, and automatically establish a telemedicine session duri

Abstract: An intravascular device may have a first configuration during deployment and a second configuration after deployment. The first configuration has a first radial strength; and the second configuration has a second radial strength. The first radial strength is less than the second radial strength. A system may include an intravascular device; a wire extending through the intravascular device to expand or contract the intravascular device; a proximal hub coupled to the wire; a distal hub coupled to the wire; and a plurality of tethers extending from an input device and through the intravascular device. At least a portion of the plurality of tethers has electrical conductivity. Application of energy to the at least a portion of the plurality of tethers may disengage the plurality of tethers from the intravascular device and fuse a luminal segment of the plurality of tethers, extending through the intravascular device, to the intravascular device.

Abstract: A system and method for receiving a first input indicating a frequency and a duration of dialysis prescribed for a patient in a predefined time window, receiving a second input indicating an availability of one or more dialysis machines at a location and within the predefined time window, and receiving a third input indicating an availability of one or more staff at the location and within the predefined time window. The system and method may further determine one or more dates and time periods within the one or more dates in which the patient could receive dialysis based on the frequency and the duration of dialysis, wherein the determined one or more dates and the time periods are aligned with the availability of the one or more dialysis machines and the availability of the one or more staff.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for devices that may include a nasal assembly comprising: a first support member having a first surface configured to substantially conform to a sinistral contour of a nose when the nasal assembly is being worn; a second support member having a second surface configured to follow a dextral contour of the nose when the nasal assembly is being worn; and a heat source electrically coupled to the first support member and the second support member, the heat source being configured to adjust a surface temperature of the first surface and the second surface to cause warming of the sinistral contour of the nose and the dextral contour of the nose to a predefined temperature range.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for devices that may include a nasal assembly comprising: a first support member having a first surface configured to substantially conform to a sinistral contour of a nose when the nasal assembly is being worn; a second support member having a second surface configured to follow a dextral contour of the nose when the nasal assembly is being worn; and a heat source electrically coupled to the first support member and the second support member, the heat source being configured to adjust a surface temperature of the first surface and the second surface to cause warming of the sinistral contour of the nose and the dextral contour of the nose to a predefined temperature range.