Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for identifying a tissue characteristic in a subject. Identifying a tissue characteristic may comprise accessing a database comprising a first set of data from a first image obtained from a first tissue region of the subject and a second set of data from a second image obtained from a second tissue region of the subject; computer processing the first set of data and the second set of data to (i) identify a presence or absence of one or more features indicative of the tissue characteristic in the first image, and (ii) classify the subject as being positive or negative for the tissue characteristic based on the presence or absence of the one or more features in the first image; and generating an electronic report which is indicative of the subject being positive or negative for the tissue characteristic.

Abstract: Described are implants for placing in a body, tools for delivering the implants, and systems and methods for using implants and tools for placing in a body and more particularly to nasal implants, tools for delivering nasal implants, and systems and methods for using such implants and tools. A tool may include a hand-held implant delivery device that holds, moves, orients, inserts, or shapes an implant. An implant may be a biodegradable, longitudinal implant that may be oriented for implantation by an implant delivery device.

Abstract: Nasal implants are provided that have a planar type profile with open spaces through portions of the planar type profile. The nasal implant can be compressible along one or more dimensions of the nasal implant, such as the width and length of the planar type profile. Delivery tools for deploying the nasal implants within the nasal tissue are also provided. Methods for deploying the nasal implants within the nasal tissue of the patient are also provided.

Abstract: In another example, a bioresorbable implant for use in a nasal region includes one or more bioresorbable polymers, and a pharmaceutical composition coupled to the one or more bioresorbable polymers. A release rate of the pharmaceutical composition is related to a degradation rate of the one or more bioresorbable polymers.

Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.

Abstract: Described are implants for placing in a body, tools for delivering the implants, and systems and methods for using implants and tools for placing in a body and more particularly to nasal implants, tools for delivering nasal implants, and systems and methods for using such implants and tools.

Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.

Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.

Abstract: Described are implants for placing in a body, tools for delivering the implants, and systems and methods for using implants and tools for placing in a body and more particularly to nasal implants, tools for delivering nasal implants, and systems and methods for using such implants and tools. A tool may include a hand-held implant delivery device that holds, moves, orients, inserts, or shapes an implant. An implant may be a biodegradable, longitudinal implant that may be oriented for implantation by an implant delivery device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a visual indicator based on receiving a report of a transaction processing error, the error comprising an informality in a software instruction code executed during a first attempt to process a transaction. The systems may be configured to determine a preconfigured time period for correcting the software instruction code causing the transaction processing error and compare it to the actual time it took to correct the software instruction code to determine whether the processing error was corrected within the preconfigured time period. The system and method may then generate and communicate a visual indicator based on determining whether the error was corrected within preconfigured time period.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a visual indicator based on receiving a report of a transaction processing error, the error comprising an informality in a software instruction code executed during a first attempt to process a transaction. The systems may be configured to determine a preconfigured time period for correcting the software instruction code causing the transaction processing error and compare it to the actual time it took to correct the software instruction code to determine whether the processing error was corrected within the preconfigured time period. The system and method may then generate and communicate a visual indicator based on determining whether the error was corrected within preconfigured time period.

Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.

Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.