Abstract: A method for calibrating and executing a rehabilitation exercise for a stroke-affected limb of a stroke patient is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of providing a haptic device for an able limb of the stroke patient to manipulate to perform a calibration action to result in a first position of the haptic device, and providing the haptic device for the stroke-affected limb to manipulate to perform the calibration action to result in a second position of the haptic device. The method further comprises the steps of moving the haptic device coupled with the stroke-affected limb from the second position towards the first position until a predetermined counterforce is detected, indicating an extreme position for the stroke-affected limb using the haptic device, and calibrating the haptic device with the extreme position such that during the rehabilitation exercise, the haptic device is prevented from moving beyond the extreme position.

Abstract: An exoskeleton suit allows a user to control the legs using the arms. Preferably, there is two-way feedback/control between the legs and arms causing movement of leg joints to be proportional to movement of arm joints. Haptic forces and control forces on the joints may also be proportional. The relative magnitudes of the movements and forces may be adjustable. Rotary or angular actuators may be used. A twisting actuator is also provided using a pair of bending actuators mounted side by side to provide torsional displacement of frame members. The ability to support a portion of the user's weight on the hand grips is possible while simultaneously controlling the lower body movement by applying pitch, roll and yaw movements to that hand grip.

Abstract: An assist device is connected to a moving body that performs a reciprocating swing motion. The assist device includes a first output portion configured to swing around a swing center as a center of a swing motion; a variable rigidity device including an elastic body configured to accumulate energy and release the energy in accordance with a first swinging angle as a swinging angle of the first output portion, and a rigidity varying unit configured to change an apparent rigidity of the elastic body seen from the first output portion; a first angle detecting portion configured to detect the first swinging angle; and a control device configured to adjust the apparent rigidity of the elastic body seen from the first output portion by controlling the rigidity varying unit in accordance with the first swinging angle detected by the first angle detecting portion.

Abstract: A crutch having a first side direction, a second side direction opposite the first side direction, a third side direction perpendicular to the first side direction and a fourth side direction opposite the third side direction, the crutch including an elongate leg having a top end, a top portion, a middle portion, a bottom portion, and a bottom end, wherein the elongate leg extends from a saddle to a foot and has a handle disposed on the middle portion, wherein the saddle extends in an elongate shape between the first side direction and the second side direction, wherein the handle extends in an elongate shape between the first side direction and the second side direction, wherein the elongate leg middle portion is to the third side direction of an axis extending between the leg and the foot, wherein the elongate leg middle portion is to the first side direction of an axis extending between the top end of the elongate leg and the bottom end of the elongate leg; and wherein the handle is cantilevered and has a

Abstract: The present invention relates to a walking assist device which has been devised to provide a completely different type of walking assist device in effort to resolve the shortcomings or inconveniences in use of the conventional devices. The walking assist device of the present invention is provided with a main walker unit having a body member with a hollow portion in which a main walker's foot can be penetrated and fixed; and a sub-walker unit that is interconnected with said main walker unit and fixes a sub-walker's foot.

Abstract: A massage machine includes a backrest portion that supports a body of a person to be treated, a pillow portion that supports a head of the person to be treated, and a pillow support portion that supports the pillow portion. The pillow portion is configured to be movable in a body height direction with respect to the backrest portion, and the pillow support portion supports the pillow portion from the back side while positioning the pillow portion above an upper end of the backrest portion.

Abstract: An apparatus 40 for enhancing venous blood flow through a limb of a subject includes a detachable compression sleeve 41 extendable around the subject's limb and having a plurality of compressors 43-48 situated next to one another along the sleeve 41. In use, the compressors 43-48 substantially encircle the limb and compress the limb in a continuous cyclical compression sequence to move blood within the limb from the distal end of the sleeve 41 to the proximal end to replicate venous blood flow and to prevent backflow. In particular, as a said first compressor begins to compress the limb, a said second compressor preceding the first compressor in sequence already compresses the limb and continues to compress the limb at least until the first compressor compresses the limb to substantially the same extent as the second compressor, and a said third compressor which precedes the second compressor in sequence ceases to compress the limb.

Abstract: There is provided an adhesion release mechanism including a first roller having a maximum diameter d1, a second roller adjacent the first roller having a maximum diameter d2 less than d1 and d4, a third roller adjacent the second roller, the third roller having a maximum diameter d3 less than d1 and d4 and a fourth roller adjacent the third roller, the fourth roller having a maximum diameter d4. The adhesion release mechanism further includes a core structure including a longitudinal axis, the core structure configured to engage each of the rollers.

Abstract: A facial massage device configured to be positioned on a human face may include a plurality of layers. An intermediate frame including an elongate bridge element and a plurality of arms extending laterally from the elongate bridge may be positioned between an outer cover and an inner liner. A massaging node may be positioned at an end of each arm of the plurality of arms. The facial massage device may further include a control module in electrical communication with the plurality of massaging nodes.

Abstract: A facial massage device configured to be positioned on a human face may include a plurality of layers. An intermediate portion may be disposed between an outer cover and an inner liner. The intermediate portion may include a plurality of individually actuatable massage elements. In some cases, the individually actuatable massage elements may be pneumatically actuated. In other cases, the individually actuatable massage elements may be mechanically actuated. The facial massage device may further include a control module configured to actuate the plurality of individually actuatable massage elements.

Abstract: An example system includes a first wearable computing device, and at least one additional wearable computing device. The first wearable computing device is configured to retrieve information regarding a series of tasks to be performed in treating a patient in cardiopulmonary arrest. The information includes, for each task, an indication of a user to perform the task, an indication of a time point to perform the task. The first wearable computing device is further configured identify one or more subsets of the information, and transmit each subset to a different corresponding one of the additional wearable computing devices. Each additional wearable computing device is configured to receive, from the first wearable computing device, at least one of the one or more subsets of the information, and output, for each task within a received subset, a corresponding prompt to perform the task at the respective time point associated with the task.

Abstract: The present invention is a magnetic moxibustion vest which includes: a vest noumenon and multiple magnetic stripes fixed and distributed on the noumenon. The described T-shirt vest noumenon includes posterior film, left anterior film, right anterior film and collar. The described multiple magnetic stripes are set on the described vest noumenon posterior film, left anterior film, right anterior film and collar based on the preset primary spacing, and the described magnetic stripes include substrate and multiple magnets set on the substrate based on the preset secondary spacing. The described multiple magnets are fixed on the substrate based on unipolar direction or bipolar direction. The magnetic moxibustion T-shirt vest has achieved magnetotherapy on the whole upper body, and has the function of mitigating and treating shoulder and cervical spondylosis.

Abstract: The present invention is a magnetic moxibustion T-shirt vest which includes: a T-shirt vest noumenon and multiple magnetic stripes fixed and distributed on the noumenon. The described T-shirt vest noumenon includes posterior film, left anterior film, right anterior film and sleeves. The described multiple magnetic stripes are set on the described T-shirt vest noumenon posterior film, left anterior film, right anterior film and sleeves based on the preset primary spacing, and the described magnetic stripes include substrate and multiple magnets set on the substrate based on the preset secondary spacing. The described multiple magnets are fixed on the substrate based on unipolar direction or bipolar direction. The magnetic moxibustion T-shirt vest has achieved magnetotherapy on the whole upper body, and has the function of mitigating and treating shoulder and cervical spondylosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to dispenser packs (10) and in particular rotating blister dispenser packaging structures. A dispenser pack (10) comprises at least one circular blister pack (12) including blister cavities (14), wherein the blister cavities (14) are arranged along the circumference of the blister pack (12), and a casing (18) in the form of a closed box, wherein two of the opposite surfaces (A, B) of the casing (18) are square and a corner (C) of the casing (18) is removable for providing an opening (20) in the casing (10). The diameter D of the blister pack (12) is equal to the side lengths L of the two opposite surfaces (A, B) of the casing (18). The blister pack is rotatably mounted inside the casing (18) such that the axis of rotation passes through the center of the blister pack (12). The opening (20) provides access to at least one of the blister cavities (14).

Abstract: A blood storage container includes a container main body made of a resin composition incorporating, per 100 parts by mass of polyvinyl chloride, 30 to 70 parts by mass of a composite plasticizer combining a first plasticizer and a second plasticizer, the first plasticizer being di-isononyl-cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylate, the second plasticizer being a citrate, the blending ratio between the first plasticizer and the second plasticizer in the composite plasticizer being 15/85 to 93/7.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental implant (118) or an element thereof comprising a trans-mucosal portion (122), wherein at least a part of said trans-mucosal portion (122) comprises a biocide (132) and/or a pH regulator. Moreover, the present invention relates to methods for preventing biofilm formation on a trans-mucosal portion (122) of a dental implant (118) and for preventing or treating dental implant associated inflammation, comprising providing and implanting a dental implant (118) or an element thereof according to the present invention. The present invention further relates to the use of a biocide for manufacturing a dental implant (118) or element thereof, and to a biocide (132) released from a dental implant (118) or an element thereof according to the present invention for use in preventing and/or treating dental implant associated inflammation. Further the present invention relates to the use of a biocide for manufacturing denture teeth and/or denture resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rapid-setting hydraulic binder composition and, more specifically, to a hydraulic binder composition, which contains tricalcium aluminate (C3A) and dodecacalcium heptaaluminate (C12A7), and thus is rapidly set, has an easily adjustable setting time, and is bio-friendly.

Abstract: Provided are dental polymerizable monomer compositions that can give cured products having high toughness and high rigidity, and dental compositions containing such dental polymerizable monomer compositions and cured products thereof having high mechanical properties.

Abstract: A dental composition that includes one or more monomers, a plurality of crosslinking agents, and an initiator.

Abstract: A cleansing device is described. The cleansing device includes a carrier. The carrier has at least one cavity defined therein. The at least one cavity is to receive at least one additive composition and to maintain the at least one additive composition. The additive composition is to be applied to a surface. The device also includes a housing that holds the carrier and at least one additive composition during application of the additive composition to the surface.

Abstract: The invention provides a use of a particle to absorb and retain odiferous compounds, wherein the particle comprises: —(a) a solid core comprising a first hydrophobic polymer, and (b) a shell comprising a second hydrophobic polymer wherein the Tg of the first hydrophobic polymer is lower than the Tg of the second hydrophobic polymer; wherein the particles have a mean particle size of less than 1 micron, preferably from 0.1 to 0.3 microns, and wherein the odiferous compound is a malodour compound.

Abstract: The skin serves as a barrier that protects the body from the external environment and prevents water loss. This barrier function also prevents most hydrophilic or hydrophobic and large molecular weight ingredients (>500 kDa) from penetrating intact skin. Until recently, methods to increase stratum corneum permeability were generally not effective enough to make the stratum corneum so permeable that the barrier posed by the viable epidermis mattered. However, that has now changed with the development of the present embodiment's physical methods and highly optimized chemical formulations, such that we revisited the permeability of the full epidermis with the example embodiment's constructs and not focus only on the stratum corneum. This example embodiment therefore tests the hypothesis that the viable epidermis offers a significant permeability barrier to both small molecules and macromolecules that becomes the rate limiting step.

Abstract: The skin serves as a barrier that protects the body from the external environment and prevents water loss. This barrier function also prevents most hydrophilic or hydrophobic and large molecular weight ingredients (>500 kDa) from penetrating intact skin. Until recently, methods to increase stratum corneum permeability were generally not effective enough to make the stratum corneum so permeable that the barrier posed by the viable epidermis mattered. However, that has now changed with the development of the present embodiment's physical methods and highly optimized chemical formulations, such that we revisited the permeability of the full epidermis with the example embodiment's constructs and not focus only on the stratum corneum. This example embodiment therefore tests the hypothesis that the viable epidermis offers a significant permeability barrier to both small molecules and macromolecules that becomes the rate limiting step.

Abstract: A mascara composition including water; an emulsifying system of at least one C16-C18 alkyl phosphate and at least one C16-C22 fatty alkyl ether of polyethylene glycol, the ether with 1 to 19 ethylene glycol units and having an HLB <8 at 25° C.; at least one pigment having a color; and at least one wax; wherein the emulsification system inhibits aggregation of the pigment in the mascara composition such that the color of the pigment is not inhibited, and wherein the mascara composition has a viscosity ranging from 1 to 60 Pa·s.

Abstract: Anti-sun composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion comprising at least one mixture of surfactants The present invention relates to a composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion comprising a) at least one continuous aqueous phase, b) at least one oily phase dispersed in said aqueous phase, c) at least one mixture of surfactants comprising i) one or more fatty acid esters of a polyalkylene glycol, ii) one or more fatty acid esters of glycerol, iii) one or more fatty acids in free form and iv) one or more alkali metal salts of anester of phosphoric acid and of a fatty alcohol, and d) one or more UV-screening agents. The present composition has a viscosity of less than or equal to 0.10 Pa·s at a temperature of 25° C., the viscosity being measured using a Rheomat 180 (from the company Lamy), equipped with an MS-R1, MS-R2, MS-R3, MS-R4 or MS-R5 spindle chosen according to the consistency of the composition, rotating at a rotation speed of 200 rpm.

Abstract: The skin serves as a barrier that protects the body from the external environment and prevents water loss. This barrier function also prevents most hydrophilic or hydrophobic and large molecular weight ingredients (>500 kDa) from penetrating intact skin. Until recently, methods to increase stratum corneum permeability were generally not effective enough to make the stratum corneum so permeable that the barrier posed by the viable epidermis mattered. However, that has now changed with the development of the present embodiment's physical methods and highly optimized chemical formulations, such that we revisited the permeability of the full epidermis with the example embodiment's constructs and not focus only on the stratum corneum. This example embodiment therefore tests the hypothesis that the viable epidermis offers a significant permeability barrier to both small molecules and macromolecules that becomes the rate limiting step.

Abstract: Tunable sunscreen compositions include quantum confined nanoparticles selected from the group of zinc oxide nanoparticles, titanium oxide nanoparticles, and gallium nitride-based nanoparticles. The zinc oxide nanoparticles have particle sizes that provide either quantum confined absorption at wavelengths of 290 nm to about 400 nm or emission at about 275 nm to about 290 nm. Still further, the zinc oxide with the quantum confined absorption provides transmission of radiation at wavelengths of about 275 nm to about 290 nm.

Abstract: A storage-stable solid composition comprising a tooth whitening effective amount of a particulated inorganic salt of peroxymonosulfate, and a particulated drying agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for enhancing, extending and accelerating the cosmetic benefits certain non-surgical dermal interventions, examples of which include treatment with aesthetic injectables such as botulinum toxin and dermal fillers, as well as intense pulsed light (IPL) treatments, particularly cosmetic treatments characterized by the injection of botulinum toxin compositions, such as Botox® and Dysport®, and/or dermal fillers, such as Restylane® and Juviderm®. More particularly, the present invention relates to the unexpected discovery that the combination of micron-sized particulate bioactive glass and medical grade hyaluronic acid yields a cosmetic composition that is capable of improving and prolonging the anti-wrinkle effects of such cosmetic therapies as well as to afford enhanced and improved healing and anti-microbial benefits at the site(s) of injection.

Abstract: A liquid cleansing composition comprising water in an amount sufficient to form a liquid composition, a fatty acid soap, a structuring agent, and talc. The cleansing composition has a creamy texture and provides good skinfeel properties.

Abstract: A liquid fragrance composition consisting essentially of: cyclohexylidene phenyl acetonitrile; and one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of cyclohexyl salicylate, MEFROSOL™ (3-methyl-5-phenyl-pentan-1-ol), HEDIONE™ (methyl 2-(3-oxo-2-pentylcyclopentyl)acetate), diethyl phthalate, isopropyl myristate, amyl salicylate, iso-amyl salicylate, benzyl salicylate, iso-bornyl salicylate, cis-3 hexenyl salicylate, ethyl salicylate, iso-butyl salicylate, methyl salicylate and phenylethyl salicylate; and optionally one or more of 3-methyl-5-phenylpentan-1-ol (MEFROSOL™); an alcohol comprising more than 3 carbon atoms selected from the group consisting of benzyl alcohol, 1-hexanol, 1-heptanol, 1-octanol, cyclohexanol, cyclohexyl propanol, methyl phenyl carbinol, phenyl ethyl alcohol and dimethyl benzyl carbinol; or a glycol ether.

Abstract: An agent for oxidative hair coloring or bleaching, which is gentle on the hair, and a gentle method for oxidative hair coloring or bleaching, in which keratin fibers are protected against oxidative effects.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition containing (A) and (B), which shows a decreased peculiar odor of acylproline and a salt thereof, has a moist feeling and is superior in the stability: (A) acylproline represented by the formula (1) or a salt thereof (wherein an acyl group represented by R1—CO— is an acyl group induced from saturated or unsaturated fatty acid having 3-23 carbon atoms) (B) a zinc salt of pyrrolidone carboxylate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for and methods of retarding hair loss or facilitating hair growth comprising a hair growth active, a C8-C24 alcohol ester of a carboxylic acid and a viscosity modifying agent comprising: a nonionic hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and a high molecular weight carboxymethyl cellulose at a ratio of the nonionic hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose to the high molecular weight carboxymethyl cellulose of greater than about 1:1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for and methods of retarding hair loss or facilitating hair growth comprising a hair growth active, a mixture of C12-C15 alkyl lactates and a viscosity modifying agent comprising at least one cellulose and/or a cellulose derivative. Clear compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to clear compositions for and methods of retarding hair loss or facilitating hair growth comprising a hair growth active, a C8-C24 alcohol ester of a carboxylic acid and a pharmaceutically acceptable topical carrier comprising monohydric and, optionally, dihydric alcohols and water.

Abstract: The subject-matter of the present invention is an anhydrous cosmetic composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium: at least one nonionic surfactant, at least one anionic surfactant, at least 25% of at least one filler. The article is partially or completely soluble in water and it constitutes a foaming product used for cleansing the skin and hair and/or removing makeup from the skin and/or as scrubbing product.

Abstract: The embodiment described herein are related nanoemulsions comprising botulinum toxins. In one embodiment, the nanoemulsions are prepared by high pressure microfluidization and comprise a particle size distribution exclusively between 10 and 300 nm. The nanoemulsions contemplated by the present invention are useful for the cosmetic and medical treatment of muscular contracture states. For example, botulinum toxin may relax facial muscles such that skin wrinkles become smoother and less noticeable. Further, the present invention contemplates a cosmetic formulation that may be self-administered, for example, in the privacy of one's home and without medical supervision.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition, especially a cosmetic composition, comprising at least one alkylated silicone acrylate copolymer and at least one silicone emulsifier, as well as to methods of using such compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition, especially a cosmetic composition, comprising at least two alkylated silicone acrylate copolymers, as well as to methods of using such compositions.

Abstract: The invention provides a non-greasy skin conditioning composition and related wipes that may be used as a pre-shave and/or after-shave composition with enhanced lubricity and balanced humidity along with an optional odorant that obviates the use of any aftershave.

Abstract: Compositions adapted for use as a hair densifying agent are presented, as well as embodiments of a dispenser for dispensing the composition. A hair densifying system includes a dispenser adapted for dispensing a hair densifying agent with a hair densifying agent disposed therein, the system is substantially as described. The compositions can also be used to modify the color balance in a user's hair.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition, especially a cosmetic composition, comprising at least one alkylated silicone acrylate copolymer, as well as to methods of using such compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition, especially a cosmetic composition, comprising at least one alkylated silicone acrylate copolymer and at least one silicone plasticizer, as well as to methods of using such compositions.

Abstract: A skin care composition including a cosmetically acceptable oil, from about 0.25% to about 7.0%, based upon the weight of the composition, of a polyglyceryl fatty acid ester surfactant having an hydrophile-lipophile balance value of from about 9 to about 12, and a sunscreen active. The composition is stable.

Abstract: A nail coating removal composition includes one or more natural, plant-based oils formulated to condition, regenerate, and protect a nail plate, and one or more natural oils formulated to promote removal of a nail coating from the nail plate upon contact with the nail plate. The nail coating removal composition is substantially free of volatile solvents such as short-chain alcohols, ketones, and alkyl esters of organic acids.

Abstract: A nail coating removal composition includes a solvent having an alcohol component and an ester component, and a natural oil blend. The solvent has a ratio of alcohol component to ester component of about 5:4, and the natural oil blend is added as 10-30% weight of the composition. The removal composition disrupts the adhesive bond between a solid nail coating, such as a nail wrap, strip, or film, while also disrupting the integrity of the solid nail coating itself. The removal composition enables fast nail coating removal times without damaging the nail plate or surrounding tissues.

Abstract: An oral composition having a biofilm formation inhibitory action is provided. An oral composition, comprising a plant extract which is a hot water extract of Japanese mustard spinach, potherb mustard, mibuna, hot radish, cress, ostrich fern, Japanese angelica tree, or ice plant.

Abstract: Provided are methods of treating skin with at least two alternating treatment modalities to improve the health and/or diminish signs of aging. Some methods according to the present invention may comprise topically applying at least two separate compositions, in a sequential, rotating, or alternating fashion to overcome adaptation, tolerance, or sensitization phenomena.

Abstract: An osmotic delivery system flow modulator includes an outer shell constructed and arranged for positioning in an opening, an inner core inserted in the outer shell, and a fluid channel having a spiral shape defined between the outer shell and the inner core. The fluid channel is adapted for delivery of an active agent formulation from the reservoir of the osmotic delivery system.