Abstract: Methods and systems for obtaining and analyzing electromyography responses of electrodes of an implanted neurostimulation lead for use neurostimulation programming are provided herein. System setups for neural localization and/or programming include a clinician programmer coupleable with a temporary or permanent lead implantable in a patient and at least one pair of EMG sensing electrodes minimally invasively positioned on a skin surface or within the patient. The clinician programmer is configured to determine a plurality of recommended electrode configurations based on thresholds and EMG responses of the plurality of electrodes and rank the electrode configuration according to pre-determined criteria.

Abstract: A medical device performs a method for computing an estimate of a physiological variable. The method includes sensing a physiological signal and measuring an event of the physiological signal. The device initializes a value of a long-term metric of the event measurement, wherein the long-term metric corresponds to a time interval correlated to a response time of the physiological variable to changes in the event. The estimate of the long-term metric is updated in a memory of the medical device using a previous long-term metric and a current measurement of the event. The device detects a need for computing the physiological variable and computes an estimate of the physiological variable using the updated long-term metric.

Abstract: In some examples, this disclosure describes techniques for assessing hemodynamic intolerance of ventricular pacing. A method comprises sensing a parameter indicative of autonomic tone during a first period in which a medical device delivers ventricular pacing to a patient, sensing the parameter indicative of autonomic tone during a second period in which the medical device does not deliver ventricular pacing to the patient, and assessing a level of change in autonomic tone in the patient induced by ventricular pacing based on values of the sensed parameter during the first and second periods.

Abstract: A system and method for using an implantable cardiac stimulation device to monitor a patient for the progress of an existing condition and/or early detection of an emerging condition based, at least in part, on measuring and evaluating the timing characteristics of the patient's atrial activity. The atrial timing characteristics are used as indicators or predictors of conditions of interest, such as heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF). In certain implementations, the system can determine discriminating indicators of a predominant underlying cause of a condition, such as between vagal and non-vagal AF, as an indicator of a suggested therapy. The system can store data corresponding to the observed atrial timing for trending analysis as well as transmit data for offline analysis, such as via an external device.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to systems and methods for cardiac rhythm management. In some cases, a system may include a pulse generator for generating pacing pulses for stimulating a heart of a patient; a memory; and a sensor configured to sense a response to a unwanted stimulation and to produce a corresponding sensor signal. A processing circuit may receive the sensor signal for a time after one or more pacing pulses, and may derive a time-frequency representation of the sensor signal based on the received sensor signal. The processing circuit may use the time-frequency representation of the sensor signal to help identify unwanted stimulation. Once unwanted stimulation is detected, the processing circuit may change the pacing pulses to help reduce or eliminate the unwanted stimulation.

Abstract: Electrical stimulation may be delivered to a patient's heart using a plurality of cardiac electrodes. Each electrode combination may be evaluated based on one or more first parameters and one or more second parameters. In many cases, the one or more first parameters are supportive of cardiac function consistent with a prescribed therapy and the one or more second parameters are not supportive of cardiac function consistent with the prescribed therapy. The electrode combination selected to deliver a cardiac pacing therapy may be more associated with the one or more first parameters supportive of cardiac function consistent with the prescribed therapy and less associated with the one or more second parameters inconsistent with cardiac function.

Abstract: Medical monitoring and treatment apparatus, which is controlled by a plurality of control sources, includes a “personal medical device” (PMD) or an “implantable medical device” (IMD), respectively carried by, or implanted in, a patient. The PMD/IMD is alternatively self-controlled or controlled by one or more local external control stations, at or near the location of the patient, and/or one or more remote external control stations, remote from the patient. Either or both of the local and remote stations may be operated by a person, such as the patient, a patient facilitator and/or a medical professional, or the stations may operate automatically. Since the device is controlled by multiple sources, hierarchies are used to select the source of control.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed in which an external device such as a consumer mobile device (e.g., smart phone) is used as an external controller to bi-directionally communicate with an Implantable Medical Device (IMD) using a dedicated patient remote control (RC) as an intermediary device to translate communications between the two. The dedicated RC contains a graphical user interface allowing for control and monitoring of the IMD even if the mobile device is not present in the system, which is useful as a back-up should the mobile device experience problems. Use of the dedicated RC as an intermediary device broadens the utility of other computing devices to operate as an external controller for an IMD even if the computing device and IMD do not have compliant communication means.

Abstract: An implantable medical device (IMD) is configured to be implanted within a patient. The IMD may include a controller configured to adjust a communication frequency, a housing formed of an electrically common material, and an insulating cover coupled to the housing. The insulating cover may include one or both of at least one opening or at least one thinned area over portions of the housing. Multiple sub-electrodes are formed in the housing through the opening(s) or the thinned area(s).

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of operating an implantable pulse generator comprises: providing power to a voltage converter at a first voltage level; outputting a second voltage level by the voltage converter, the second voltage level being a variable voltage level that is controlled by a control signal provided to the voltage converter, the second voltage level being provided to pulse generating circuitry of the implantable pulse generator, the second voltage level being selectable from a plurality of voltages including non-integer multiples of the first voltage level; generating pulses by the pulse generating circuitry, the pulse generating circuitry including current control circuitry for controlling the pulses to cause the pulses to provide substantially constant current to tissue of the patient; and applying at least two different control signals to the voltage converter during individual pulses to provide successively increasing voltages to the pulse generating circuitry during a respective pulse.

Abstract: An implantable medical device is configured to detect saturation events from a cardiac electrical signal, detect a tachyarrhythmia based at least in part on the cardiac electrical signal, responsive to detecting the tachyarrhythmia, and compare the detected saturation events to lead issue criteria. If the detected saturation events satisfy lead issue criteria, a therapy for treating the tachyarrhythmia is withheld by the implantable medical device.

Abstract: A system and method for correlating health related data for display. The system includes a medical device recording data and a display producing device which correlates the data and simultaneously displays different types of data or displays two sets of the same type of data along with the circumstances at which the two sets of data were recorded. Such displays aid a physician in prescribing and ascertaining the efficacy of cardiac therapies.

Abstract: A system and method for manipulating devices, such as a medical implant arranged within a subject, is provided. For non-invasive manipulation of a medical implant, a subject having a non-ferromagnetic medical implant arranged therein is arranged within a system having a static magnetic field and a plurality of adjustable magnetic fields. The non-ferromagnetic medical implant includes at least one cavity and at least one ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material arranged within the at least one cavity. The plurality of adjustable magnetic fields of the system are controlled to induce forces on the at least one ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material arranged within the at least one cavity to thereby apply the induced forces to the non-ferromagnetic medical implant to effectuate a non-invasive, in vivo manipulation of the non-ferromagnetic medical implant. Other implementations include the manipulation devices such as robotic medical systems, using magnetic fields to drive the robotic medical system.

Abstract: A coil for transcranial magnetic stimulation which is location-specific for unilateral brain regions is designed with multiple spaced apart stimulating elements having current flow in a first direction, and multiple return elements having current flow in a second direction which is opposite the first direction. The multiple stimulating elements and return elements are distributed on one side of a central axis of the coil.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for irradiating biological tissue by EM radiation having radiation frequency(ies) of at most 10 Gigahertz are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the tissue is irradiated by passing converging EM waves (e.g. generated using an ellipsoidal mirror 110) through a surrogate medium having a specially shaped ENTRY_SURFACE via which the converging EM waves enter the surrogate medium. In some embodiments, a refractive index at a sub-10 Gigahertz of the surrogate medium is at least 2 or at least 3 or at least 5 and/or substantially matches a refractive index of an irradiated biological tissue. In some embodiments, converging EM waves are formed within the surrogate medium. Some embodiments relate to methods and apparatus for irradiating neuron(s), for example, to non-invasively stimulating or otherwise modify a behavior of neuron(s) using focused or non-focused EM radiation.

Abstract: Illumination of the skin by substantial, monochromatic light emitted by LEDs, produces positive therapeutic effects for the treatment of a wide variety of skin conditions. Arrays of LEDs comprising multiple emission colors are preferred light sources for these applications, however, achieving uniform and efficient illumination of a skin target area in close proximity is difficult due to the point-like emission and narrow divergence of lensed LEDs. An illumination apparatus and method, provides a LED system that produces uniform and efficient illumination by combining a well-distributed computed arrangement of each of the LED colors on the array, to enhance the spatial overlap of individual LED outputs across the target area with a diffuse secondary reflector between the LEDs having high reflectivity to further enhance illumination uniformity by allowing light to bounce between LED array panels and the skin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preventing and/or treating skin disorders related to Propionibacterium acnes, comprising a step consisting in applying, to acneic skin, a dermatological composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one anionic surfactant in an amount ranging from 0.001% to 0.05% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition, and a step consisting in applying, to the treated skin, light radiation having a wavelength of between 360 and 450 nm, for at least 3 minutes.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an image processor includes a perspective image generator, a perspective image acquirer, a corresponding point acquirer, a first calculator and a display image generator. The first calculator updates the position of the one or more first corresponding point on the first perspective image, based on a difference in position between the first and second perspective images. The display image generator generates a first display image including the first and second perspective images, the one or more first corresponding points updated on the first perspective image, and the one or more second corresponding points on the second perspective image. The perspective image generator changes the first direction into a third direction based on the difference in position between the first and second perspective images, and generates an updated one, viewed in the third direction, of the first perspective image.

Abstract: A radio therapy apparatus (100) includes a tissue of interest tracker (124) that receives a first image of tissue of interest and a second later acquired spectral image of the tissue of interest and tracks a change in a geometry and/or location of the tissue of interest based at least on the first and second images and generates a signal indicative of the change. The second image is generated based on a first spectral signal corresponding to an output of an energy-resolving radiation sensitive detector array for a first predetermined energy range and a second spectral signal corresponding to an output of the energy-resolving radiation sensitive detector array for a second predetermined energy range and visually enhances scanned structure corresponding to the first or second signals while visually suppressing scanned structure corresponding to the other of the first or second signals. An adaptive planner (126) updates a radiotherapy treatment plan based on the signal.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a method for an extended field of view treatment. The method can include the steps of imaging a region; targeting a region with directed ultrasound energy; monitoring the region; moving the imaging, treatment, and monitoring region while spatially correlating to one or more prior regions via imaging and/or position sensing; continuing the extended field of view treatment; and, achieving an ultrasound induced biological effect in the extended field of view treatment region.

Abstract: Methods for non-invasive fat reduction can include targeting a region of interest below a surface of skin, which contains fat and delivering ultrasound energy to the region of interest. The ultrasound energy generates a thermal lesion with said ultrasound energy on a fat cell. The lesion can create an opening in the surface of the fat cell, which allows the draining of a fluid out of the fat cell and through the opening. In addition, by applying ultrasound energy to fat cells to increase the temperature to between 43 degrees and 49 degrees, cell apoptosis can be realized, thereby resulting in reduction of fat.

Abstract: A device for treating tissue comprises an enlongate probe and a light delivery unit illuminating a target area with light within a first wavelength band selected to enhance identification of target tissue in combination with an ultrasound crystal mounted at a distal end of the probe, the crystal being stimulated to treat target tissue identified using the light delivery unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for neutralizing relaxed hair. Still further, the present invention relates to neutralizer compositions for use on relaxed hair. Still further, the present invention relates to a system for neutralizing relaxed hair. Yet further, the invention relates to relaxed hair neutralized by the compositions and methods disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a demolition utility tool which includes a bar-shaped handle provided with a first tool portion and a second tool portion at two ends thereof, respectively. The first tool portion is formed with a gas shut-off feature for rotating and thereby turning off a gas valve switch, and has one side provided with an axe blade for chopping or breaking apart an object and another side provided with a pike for cutting into an object by a striking action. The second tool portion is U-shaped and configured to rotate a toothed locking element with ease while holding the handle. Therefore, instead of carrying a good number of demolition tools around, a firefighter only needs to bring the demolition utility tool for performing all kinds of demolition operations while in firefighting.

Abstract: A fire damper for a ventilating fan includes a shutter and a frame provided with a flange. An opening is provided on the frame. The frame is further provided with a movable component for covering or uncovering the opening.

Abstract: Provided is an enclosure with an integrated hydrant. The enclosure includes a fluid flow conduit that transfers fluid from a fluid supply tube to a fluid outlet, which may be associated with the backflow preventer. The enclosure has a conduit that carries water from the fluid supply tube to the backflow preventer. Thus, a lower profile, lighter, and more aesthetically pleasing enclosure is provided.

Abstract: A fire extinguishing agent may include a foam and at least one inert gas combined with the foam. A method of extinguishing a fire including a burning metal and/or a burning metal compound and also including a burning plastic material and/or a burning paper material may include combining a foam and at least one inert gas to form a fire extinguishing agent, and applying the fire extinguishing agent to the fire.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for athletic performance and technique monitoring are disclosed. In one example, a sensor output is received associated with a movement of a user torso during a running motion. The sensor output is analyzed to identify an undesirable torso motion.

Abstract: A rolling exercise device with a low profile includes an elongated handle, a pair of separate support bodies, connections securing the support bodies at their facing inner sides to opposite ends of the handle so as to maintain the support bodies and the handle in a fixed relationship with respect to each other, mounting seats provided beneath each of the support bodies, and rollers rotatably mounted in the mounting seats so as to adapt the support bodies to be freely rolled by the rollers across a support surface as a user gripping the handle supports a portion of his or her weight on the handle. The device has a modular construction in the sense that the support bodies are interchangeable with one another with respect to their relationships to the opposite ends of the handle.

Abstract: A multi-axis adjustable exercise machine which is pivotable about both a pitch axis and a roll axis with respect to a base for allowing an exerciser to perform a wide range of exercises on a pitched or rolled exercise machine. The multi-axis adjustable exercise machine generally includes an exercise machine which is adjustable with respect to a base. The exercise machine may be pivoted about a roll axis to adjust the roll angle of the exercise machine or may be pivoted about a pitch axis to adjust the pitch angle of the exercise machine. One or more actuators may be connected between the base and the exercise machine to effectuate the pivoting of the exercise machine about either or both axes with respect to the base.

Abstract: An exercise machine cable adjustment system for providing efficient adjustment of the effective length of one or more cables. The exercise machine cable adjustment system generally includes a frame, a carriage movably positioned upon the frame and a pair of cables adjustably connected to the carriage to allow for adjustment of the effective length for each of the cables.

Abstract: An optimal bicycle frame size and configuration is determined based on operational characteristics provided by a rider when riding an adjustable stationary bicycle. An optimal motorcycle and motorcycle configuration is determined based on characteristics of the rider when riding an adjustable stationary motorcycle. A camera system can be used to collect anthropomorphic data about the rider to establish an initial positioning of the components of the adjustable vehicle. The camera system can also be used to collect real-time information about the rider's body positioning so as to cause adjustment of the positioning of the components of the adjustable vehicle.

Abstract: A core strengthening device includes a tray and a ball. The tray has first and second opposing sides. The first side of the tray has a recess formed therein. A ball is selectively positionable at least partially within the recess in the tray. The ball has a first hemisphere and a second hemisphere. The first hemisphere has a first radius and the second hemisphere has a second radius that is different than the first radius. The core strengthening device provides instability to exercises, which requires a user's core muscles to work harder to perform the exercises and maintain balance, which strengthens the user's core muscles.

Abstract: A leg press machine is described. The leg press machine includes: a cable resistance element adapted to allow for a resistance path that is at least partly defined by a user; a user support adapted to move along a movement path as a leg press is performed; a load including a set of plates that may be selectively coupled to the cable resistance element; a rail; a carriage movably coupled to the rail, wherein the movement path is at least partly defined by movement of the carriage along the rail, and the user support is movably coupled to the carriage at a first pivot axis; a column; and a connecting element movably coupled to the column, wherein the movement path is at least partly defined by movement of the connecting element along the column, and the user support is movably coupled to the connecting element.

Abstract: Described herein is a push-up exercise apparatus. The push-up exercise apparatus includes a frame having at least a pair of legs and transverse cross braces connecting the legs; a plurality of horizontal platforms coupled to the frame and transverse to the at least pair of the legs; a plurality of horizontal bars coupled the frame and transverse to the at least pair of the legs; and the plurality of horizontal platforms and bars arranged in a stepped configuration such that an upper bar is recessed compared to a lower bar and/or one or more of the plurality of horizontal platforms or bars being slidably coupled to the frame. Methods for performing push-ups are also described.

Abstract: An exercise chair includes a frame and a seat rotatably coupled to the frame. First and second front support members are coupled to the frame in laterally spaced part relation and first and second rear support members are coupled to the frame in laterally spaced part relation, the first and second front support members and the first and second rear support members cooperating to support the frame above a surface.

Abstract: An exercise balance board may have at least a platform for a user supported by a resilient, air-filled partial sphere. It contains features which allow users of any size or fitness level to properly exercise muscle groups. The balance board allows a user to exercise upper and lower muscle extremity groups either individually or simultaneously.

Abstract: Ascender for ascending on a rope, comprising a U-shaped clamp equipped with two lateral wings delineating an internal space for passage of the rope, and with an arresting surface with spikes against which the rope is blocked in case of a fall. The two wings are provided with two openings arranged facing one another and each having an edge in the form of an inclined ramp performing guiding of a karabiner passing through the two openings. The clamp comprises a mobile control part biased by a spring to an active actuation position of the karabiner along the ramp for the rope to come into contact against the arresting surface with spikes, so as to obtain a first ready-to-block state when ascending on the rope, and a second blocking state of the clamp on the rope in the event of a fall.

Abstract: This invention provides a foot-propelled catamaran watercraft having a pair of parallel, spaced-apart pontoons rigidly coupled together, an overhead support structure, coupled to the pontoons, from which a rider, wearing a harness, is suspendable, a rider stabilization structure consisting of a pair of mirror-image-operable tillers graspable by the rider, and a rudder mounted at the rear of each of the pontoons coupled to the tillers for steering the watercraft. The watercraft is propelled by rearward thrusting movements of the rider's feet, which are preferably equipped with fins, or flippers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a golf ball in which a plurality of dimples is arranged. The golf ball includes first dimples having the largest diameter and second dimples having the second largest diameter arranged on the surface of the golf ball divided into a spherical rhombic dodecahedron, the first dimples are arranged in an LF region of a radius of ?/10 radian ±10% around a first apex of the spherical rhombic dodecahedron, shared jointly by 4 spherical rhombi, and the second dimples are arranged in an LS region of a radius of ?/20 radian ±10% around a second apex of the spherical rhombic dodecahedron, shared jointly by 3 spherical rhombi. Thereby, air flow and pressure drag are uniformized in all of spherical polygons and thus, a carry distance of the golf ball may be improved.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball showing a low spin rate on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and at least one cover layer covering the spherical core, wherein the spherical core is formed from a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinking initiator and (d) a carboxylic acid having a heterocyclic ring and/or a salt thereof, provided that the rubber composition further contains (e) a metal compound in case of containing only (b) the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms as the co-crosslinking agent.

Abstract: A golf ball includes an intermediate layer, a cover, and a paint film, wherein a base resin of the paint film is a polyurethane obtained by a reaction between a polyisocyanate composition and a polyol composition containing a urethane polyol including a polyether diol with a number average molecular weight ranging from 800 to 3000 as a constituent component, and the golf ball satisfies the following requirements; Mp?200×X?75 Mp?100 Mm?Mc>100 Tm>Tc>Tp (Tm×Mm)/(Tc×Mc)>7.5 (Tc×Mc)/(Tp×Mp)>2.4. [Mp, Mm and Mc represent 10% modulus (kgf/cm2) of the paint film, intermediate layer and cover, respectively; Tp, Tm and Tc represent thicknesses (mm) of the paint film, intermediate layer and cover, respectively; and X represents a molar ratio (NCO/OH).

Abstract: An illuminated ball may be used to play games in the water. An illuminated ball may include a hollow, spherical shell. A translucent light housing may be coupled to the shell. A light emitting device may be within the translucent housing. A battery housing coupled to the light emitting device. At least one battery may be within the battery housing. A circuit board may be coupled to the battery housing. Four conductors may be coupled to the circuit board, wherein two of the four conductors are coupled to the light emitting device and another two of the four conductors are coupled to at least two water contacts. The at least two water contacts are located on an outside of the illuminated ball, wherein on exposure to water, the at least two water contacts are electrically connected causing the light emitting device to emit light.

Abstract: In a racket frame 2, stoppers 28 are each located on a tip side of a narrow diameter portion 26 protruding from a side of an inner circumferential surface 4b of a head 4. A steel sheets 16 is fixed on the side of the inner circumferential surface 4b opposing the stoppers 28 via the narrow diameter portion 26. Weights 14 each include a magnet sheet 32. The narrow diameter portion 26 is inserted through notches 36 and 38 of the weights 14. The steel sheets 16 and the magnet sheet 32 are bound with magnetic force. The notches 36 and 38 of the weights 14 are locked to a string protecting member 12. The stoppers 28 prevent the weights 14 from being detached form the head 4. The weights 14 are detachably mounted on the head 4.

Abstract: A system of interchangeable club heads sharing one or more shafts and golf bag for carrying the club heads and one or more shafts. The club heads contain a shaft segment to set club length and a coupler to interconnect to the shaft and grip. The shaft contains an opposite gender coupler. The system is very lightweight and much more portable than a conventional set of golf clubs. It also creates the opportunity for players to match club heads with shafts with differing performance characteristics. Additionally, it solves a problem for golfers using long shafts on putters. These long shafts can now be disassembled for storage and transport. A ramp on the circumference of one end of a pullback sleeve works in conjunction with a post on a grip end fitting to more tightly couple the club head end to a shaft.

Abstract: An insert for a golf club head, wherein the insert includes a generally planar base surface and a maximum thickness, Tmax, measured perpendicular to the base surface. The insert further includes a first component comprising a non-metallic material, and a second component coupled to the first component and comprising a continuous, formed metal sheet having a thickness between 0.01 mm and 3.0 mm, the second component extending a maximum distance, D, in a direction perpendicular to the base surface, that is no less than 6 mm. The insert is configured such that a ratio D/Tmax is no less than 0.50.

Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion with a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a back portion, and a front portion having a face portion. The golf club head may include an interior cavity. The interior cavity is at least partially filled with an elastic polymer material. A bonding portion bonds the elastic polymer material to the face portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: A golf club head having a face with a face center and a center face measured performance variable, which may be a characteristic time, or CT, value, a coefficient of restitution, or COR, value, or a potential smash factor. The face includes a center face permanent indicia that is indicative of the center face measured performance variable. Relationships among the permanent indicia and the face are disclosed to reduce the likelihood of distraction caused by the permanent indicia as a golfer addresses a shot. Further, the surface roughness of the permanent indicia is controlled with respect to the surface roughness of the face to reduce the impact that the permanent indicia has on the performance of the golf club head.

Abstract: A golf grip composed of multiple rubber compound layers producing properties within the golf grip to promote vibration transmission.

Abstract: Embodiments of golf bag having a stabilization and reinforcement system with a flexible one-piece hinge and methods to manufacture such a golf bag are generally described herein.