Abstract: A combined sensor assembly used in conjunction with a patient includes at least one electrical sensor that is capable of detecting electrical signals that are indicative of a physiological parameter. The at least one electrical sensor is coupled to the patient by means of an electrically conductive gel material. The sensor assembly further includes at least one acoustic sensor that is coupled to the patient using an acoustically conductive gel material. The conductive gel material used in conjunction with the at least one acoustic sensor and the at least one electrical sensor can be the same or a different material, wherein a transducer of the acoustic sensor and the acoustically conductive gel define an interface region that is essentially devoid of air.

Abstract: An apparatus that can measure images of at least a portion of an eye and record data sets indicative of a neurological condition. A method interrelates an image and a data set to provide an interpretive result. The apparatus and method thereby provide guidance as to the presence of a medical condition in a patient. The apparatus and method can be used in an iterative measurement process, in which the apparatus attempts to discern normal health from a state of health that is not normal health. If the interpretive result is consistent with normal health, the process terminates, information is recorded, and an optional report is given. If the interpretive result is not consistent with normal health, the apparatus and method attempts to distinguish which condition is consistent with the data and images used, and can iterate with additional measurements and information to attempt to provide a useful interpretive result.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a test signal generator capable of producing an impedance test signal comprising of a sine wave having a known frequency. The test signal generator may include a crystal oscillator, a counter, and a lookup table. The lookup table output is applied to a digital to analog converter and is then low pass filtered using a conventional analog filter to produce a sine wave of a known frequency and voltage amplitude. The test signal flows through the electrode and combines with an electrophysiological signal to form a combined signal. A signal processor is used to isolate the combined signal into the test signal component and the electrophysiological component. The signal processor digitally low pass filters the combined signal and the output of the low pass filter is the electrophysiological signal. The signal processor then digitally bandpass filters the combined signal using a filter with a center frequency which is the same as the test frequency.

Abstract: An apparatus that measures images of at least a portion of an eye and records data sets indicative of a neurological condition. A method of the invention employs a plurality of images, or a plurality of data sets, or at least one image and at least one data set to provide an interpretive result based on the interrelation of the images and data sets, such as by superposition. The apparatus and method thereby provide guidance as to the presence of a medical condition in a patient. The apparatus includes modules that observe images and/or data sets, that analyze the information, and that superpose the information. Modules are provided to store information, to provide data output, to provide reports, and to display information, including superposed images and data. Modules can be provided in hardware, in software, in firmware, or in combinations thereof.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for controlling idle speed of an internal combustion engine. The system includes an engine speed sensor producing an engine speed signal indicative of a rotational engine speed of an internal combustion engine, and a control circuit. The control circuit controls the rotational speed of the engine between an idle speed reference and a maximum speed reference. The control circuit also modifies the idle speed reference as a function of the engine speed. Additionally, the control circuit may determine an engine acceleration rate as a function of the engine speed, and modify the idle speed reference as a function of the engine speed and the engine acceleration rate.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for controlling idle speed of an internal combustion engine. The system includes an engine speed sensor producing an engine speed signal indicative of a rotational engine speed of an internal combustion engine, and a control circuit. The control circuit controls the rotational speed of the engine between an idle speed reference and a maximum speed reference. The control circuit also modifies the idle speed reference as a function of the engine speed. Additionally, the control circuit may determine an engine acceleration rate as a function of the engine speed, and modify the idle speed reference as a function of the engine speed and the engine acceleration rate.

Abstract: A dirt scraping implement is provided including an external box-type body frame, a scraping blade, a hinged floor, and an activator for the hinged floor wherein packed dirt may be scraped and transported by relatively small farm machinery.

Abstract: A mechanism for actuating brake lights in response to the depression of either one or both of a pair of side-by-side brake pedals. The actuator mechanism includes a cylindrical control rod which is mounted to the pivotal brake pedal arms and extends along a transverse, horizontal axis in the space between them. The ends of the control rod pass through enlarged openings in the brake pedal arms, and the ends are retained thereto by retainer washers. The longitudinal axis of the control rod is normally perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the brake pedal arms, but the enlarged openings in the arms permit the control rod to tilt for control purposes. A single electrical switch is supported adjacent to, but spaced from, the midpoint of the transverse control rod, and it includes an L-shaped actuator arm which engages and rides on the control rod at its midpoint.

Abstract: A wire connecting block includes a pair of mating connectors for effecting electrical cross-connections between a first set of conductors and a second set of conductors. The first connector indexes the first conductors and holds them in alignment for engagement with a plurality of insulation-penetrating slotted beam contacts carried by the second connector. An integral skirt, along the bottom edge of the second connector, covers exposed ends of the first conductors to maintain electrical isolation therebetween. Opposite ends of the slotted beam contacts, exposed along a top edge of the second connector engage the second set of conductors for cross-connection to the first set of conductors.

Abstract: Hair dyeing compositions are disclosed which contain an N-substituted o-phenylenediamine, the N-substituent being an alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkylaminoalkyl, dialkylaminoalkyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl. These give reddish shades by purely oxidative means, and the shades are fast to wet treatments and are long-wearing. Also disclosed are methods of dyeing hair with these compositions, as well as certain novel compounds suitable for the purpose, e.g., N-(alkoxyalkyl)-o-phenylenediamines.