Abstract: A positioning system having an emitter unit, a plurality of detector units, a computer and a software package is described. The emitter unit is configured to emit an emitter signal. Each detector unit is configured to output a detector signal in response to detecting the emitter signal. The computer is coupled to the emitter unit and to the detector units. The software package is installed in the computer that directs the computer to perform a number of functions such as controlling the emitter unit, controlling the detector units, inputting positional information into the computer, and estimating a relative position of the emitter unit relative to a target site within a given workspace. An associated method is also described in which the method includes the steps of calculating, directing, displaying, estimating, identifying, inputting, inserting, mounting, and obtaining.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a shoulder press for holding the shoulders of a subject out of the way of an X-ray view by exerting a downward pressure upon the shoulders by means of the device so that all the vertebrae are visible in the X-ray, the shoulder press comprising a horizontal member and two vertical members, the vertical members having attachments for placing on the shoulders of the subject.

Abstract: A ventilating mouthguard device, kit and method of using same is presented for use in providing a user an auxiliary boost of air while wearing the mouthguard. The ventilating mouthguard device includes a base plate, an on/off switch, a power supply and a fan. The base plate has an air passageway traversing all the way thought the base plate so that outside air can easily channeled into the mouth of the user. The on/off switch is electrically coupled to the power supply and to the fan. The fan is positioned so that it is in fluid communications within the air passageway in order to push air into the mouth of the user. The kit includes the unconnected components of the ventilating mouthguard device. The method includes the steps of applying, coupling, covering, curing, mixing, mounting, obtaining, preparing, removing, selecting, and turning.

Abstract: A CPAP-oximeter hybrid device and an associated method of using are presented for use in automatically adjusting or automatically controlling an air ventilation flow rate as a function of an estimated oxygen level in a patient using the device. The CPAP-oximeter hybrid device includes the interconnected components of a mouthpiece; a first and second EMF emitter; a detector; a housing unit, a blower and a control circuit. The method of using the CPAP-oximeter hybrid device includes the steps of adjusting, allowing, inserting, obtaining, reviewing, removing, setting, switching, and transferring.

Abstract: An endotracheal-oximeter device is presented which includes a flexible conduit having a pair of light emitters, a detector, a control circuit, a display unit and a power source attached to the conduit. The flexible conduit has an airway passing between an upper and lower end. The detector is mounted directly onto the conduit so that the detector is already optically aligned to receive the first and second EMF emissions from the pair of light emitters so as to produce a detector signal in response to the received first and second EMF emissions. The endotracheal-oximeter system includes an endotracheal tube and a monitoring station. The endotracheal tube of the system is composed of the flexible conduit having the pair of light emitters, the detector, the control circuit, the power source and a transmitter. The monitoring station of the system includes an antenna, a receiver circuit, and the display unit.

Abstract: A surgical tool device, a kit and a method are described which provide a novel dual frequency LED/electrode scheme for use in manipulating nerve and innervated structures. The surgical tool device includes a probe assembly coupled to a handle assembly. The probe assembly has a low frequency light emitting diode (LED), a high frequency LED, and a stimulator electrode. The low frequency LED is used to promote healing and the high frequency LED is to aid in promoting a microbe free surgical area. The handle assembly has a system on a chip (SOC) electrically coupled to the low frequency LED, to the high frequency LED, and to the stimulator electrode. The kit includes the unattached components of the device and may also include an detector electrode probe along with an optional monitoring system. The method includes the steps of adjoining, affixing, attaching, and obtaining.

Abstract: A medical garment device is presented which is capable of providing at least two different energy light beams onto a therapeutic unhealthy zone of a patient. The device includes a first light source that can deliver a relatively low energy light beam, such as infrared radiation, for use in soothing and promoting healing of the therapeutic unhealthy zone. The device also includes a second light source that can deliver a relatively higher energy light beam, such as ultraviolet radiation, for use in discouraging growth of microorganisms. The device includes a base; a system on a chip (SOC) controlling a first and second bank of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), and a power unit powering the SOC and the first and second banks of LEDs. The kit includes the unassembled components of the device. The method includes the steps of affixing, assembling, attaching, obtaining, opening, and removing.

Abstract: A remote monitoring system, a kit and an associated method are presented for use in providing a convenient way to alert health care workers that a diaper is in need of being changed. The remote monitoring system includes a remotely placed monitor station in communications with a diaper device. The diaper device has many of the standard diaper components such as having an absorbent pad and absorbent composition interposed between the inner and outer panels. The diaper device also has electronic components that are configured to detect an increase in conductivity across opposing detector electrodes which can then be used to indicate, via an EMF signal, that the diaper device is wet. The electronic components of the remotely placed monitor station are then configured to receive the EMF signal and to configured to alert the health care workers that the diaper device is in need of being changed.

Abstract: A standalone smart disposable diaper, kit and method of using same are presented for use in indicating a need to change the device when soiled. The standalone smart disposable diaper includes an inner panel, an outer panel, an absorbent pad, an absorbent composition, at least one pair of detector electrodes interposed between the inner and outer panels; a circuit coupled to the detector electrodes; a signaling beacon coupled to the circuit; and a power supply coupled to the detector electrodes, to the circuit and to the beacon. The kit includes detector electrodes, the circuit, the beacon and the power supply operatively coupled to the detector electrodes, the circuit and the beacon. The method of using the kit to convert a standard disposable diaper into a standalone smart disposable diaper device includes the steps of acquiring, allowing, inserting, observing, obtaining, removing, taping, and wearing.

Abstract: A continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device is provided. The CPAP device includes the feature that the blower is mounted directly to the mouthpiece or the nose mask, thus eliminating the need for an air tube to convey the pressurized air from the blower to the user's mouth or nose. The CPAP device may operate in continuous mode, bi-phase mode, or automatic mode. The CPAP device may include a capability to regulate pressure, temperature, and/or relative humidity of the pressurized air. The CPAP device may collect and store user respiration data, possibly including recordation of snoring noises.

Abstract: A stand along continuous pressure airwave pressure (CPAP) device and associated method are described for use in treating and/or diagnosing sleep apnea disorders. The CPAP device includes the interconnected components of a mouthpiece, a housing, an airway, a blower, a cover, a control circuit and an on/off switch. The method includes the steps of allowing, attaching, biting, coupling, detaching, downloading, moisturizing, obtaining, pressing, sleeping, and withdrawing.

Abstract: An osteogenic stimulus device having at least a pair of electrode coupled to a working circuit is presented for use in applying a therapeutic electrical signal to, in, around, and across an osseous structure to aid in the healing and bone growth process in which the therapeutic electrical signal is a function of the electrical impedance of the fractured bone. The working circuit of the osteogenic stimulus device includes an impedance measurement sub-circuit, a therapeutic application sub-circuit, and a switch sub-circuit. The kit for the osteogenic stimulus device includes the uncoupled components of the device. The method of using the osteogenic stimulus device includes the acts of activating, applying, assessing, coupling, joining, mounting, obtaining, and removing.

Abstract: Dental implant kits and methods of installing the dental implant kit into a bone are provided. The kits and methods make us of a housing understructure having opposing electrodes for providing a therapeutic electrical signal across the electrodes in order to promote the health and accelerate the healing of the implanted housing understructure in bone. The dental implant kit also has a closure unit configured to be attached to the housing understructure that provides the electrical energy required to drive the therapeutic electrical signal. An optional abutment unit is also described that also provides the electrical energy to drive the therapeutic electrical signal. The method includes the steps of cementing, combining, cutting, extricating, installing, joining, linking, obtaining, opening, reaming, releasing, removing, sewing, and testing.

Abstract: This invention presents a standalone osteogenic stimulus device and a method of using the device. The standalone osteogenic stimulus device includes a housing in which a pair of electrodes and a power supply are attached to the housing. The pair of electrodes and the power supply are coupled together to provide a therapeutic electric signal across the electrode pair. The device may be mounted in any osseous structure such as a fractured bone, a cracked bone, a weakened bone, a decalcified bone, a diseased bone, and even in a void where a portion of bone in order to simulate the healing process of the osseous structure. The method includes the acts of charging, closing, mounting, obtaining, opening, and sterilizing.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for neurophysiological assessment, specifically nerve and nerve root conduction frequencies, latencies and amplitudes, with respect to surgical intervention and insult. Real-time trends in waveforms are captured, and warnings of pathological changes reported, displayed and audibilized.

Abstract: In a field access type bubble memory system using a major loop minor loop organization, additional redundant minor loops are included in each memory device so that defective minor loops may be disregarded and the memory retain its nominal capacity. Thus, the total number of minor loops is in excess of the nominal capacity. A stationary register is formed integrally with the major loop by coupling bubble idlers directly to the major loop bubble propagation path. The stationary register has as many register positions as the total number of minor loops coupled to the major loop. An appropriate binary code identifies in the appropriate register location the corresponding minor loop which is defective, including nominally defective minor loops, if necessary, so that a number of minor loops equal to the nominal capacity of the memory are identified as good.