Abstract: The invention provides a portable cup holder for carrying a cup with, for example, take-out coffee. The portable cup holder is made with a minimum amount of material that may be folded rapidly and easily, and comprises a bottom portion 1 forming a bottom surface through which a cup opening 3 is formed, a fixing portion 4 connected to top and bottom ends of the bottom portion 1 and folded vertically, a rising portion 7 folded and disposed vertically at right and left ends of the bottom portion 1, a top portion 2 connected to the rising portion 7 forming a top surface and including the cup opening 3a, and a handle portion 10 folded vertically upwards at the top portion 2 that forms a handle.

Abstract: A cooking machine includes a body having a room in which a container holder is movably located. The container holder can be moved into or removed out from the room. A heating unit has a first heater which is located in the room and movable to be inserted into a container on the container holder along vertical direction so as to cook food in the container.

Abstract: An oven may include a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, an EM heating system configured to provide EM energy into the cooking chamber using solid state electronic components, and control electronics configured to control the EM heating system. The control electronics are configured to enable user selection of a cooking program associated with cooking the food product. The control electronics select a first algorithm to direct application of the EM energy to the food product. The control electronics perform a learning process to receive feedback on execution of the cooking program during execution of the cooking program according to the first algorithm. Responsive to detecting a trigger event during the learning process, the control electronics are configured to select a second algorithm that is different from the first algorithm to direct application of the EM energy to the food product during execution of the cooking program.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking appliance comprising: a cabinet defining a cooking chamber; a heating means installed on the cabinet and formed so as to heat the inside of the cooking chamber; an air pump installed on an outer side extends into the cooking chamber; a cooking pack arranged selectively inside the cooking chamber and formed so as to accommodate an object to be cooked; and a control unit for controlling the heating means and the air pump, wherein one side of the cooking pack is detachable from a free end of the tube. According to the present invention, sous vide cooking is enabled by, within a single plate, vacuum treating the space where the object to be cooked is accommodated and controlling the temperature inside the cooking chamber during cooking.

Abstract: The invention relates to the technical field of robotics, in particular to a fully-automatic intelligent multi-wok cooking method. The cooking method is characterized in that it includes at least the following steps: a driving mechanism drives the cooking woks to the food ingredient storage and supply system for ingredient fetching; after ingredient fetching action is completed, the cooking woks are heated while being rotated for wok tossing; wok moving, ingredient fetching, wok heating and tossing repeats until cooking completes, the cooking wok(s) is(are) then driven to the product delivery system for dishing. The said cooking method has the advantages that: fully-automatic cooking process is realized, including various functions such as stir frying, stewing, washing, dishing and etc.

Abstract: A pot is adapted to contain a liquid and separate solids from the liquid. The pot includes a pot body, a cover unit, and a ring-shaped filter plate. The pot body defines a receiving space adapted for receiving the liquid therein, and has a top opening and a pouring opening in spatial communication with the receiving space. The cover unit includes a cover member removably covering the top opening, and an insert member extending downwardly from the cover member into the receiving space. The filter plate is disposed in the receiving space at a position below the pouring opening, is sleeved on one of a bottom portion of the cover member and a top portion of the insert member, and is adapted for filtering out the solids during passage of the liquid therethrough.

Abstract: An infused beverage brewing assembly that includes a solvent flow management system (SFMS) operable to receive a solvent and then at least one of modulate and maintain a flow of the solvent independent of a back pressure within a brewing chamber for housing a solute disposed to receive the solvent to produce an infused beverage, wherein the SFMS is in fluid communication with the brewing chamber through at least one solvent conduit, the assembly including an outlet for discharging the infused beverage and having an electronic control system communicatively coupled to and operable to selectively modulate the SFMS to at least one of modulate and maintain the flow of the solvent upstream of the brewing chamber and downstream of the SFMS independent of the back pressure without the use of a feedback mechanism for monitoring the flow of the solvent.

Abstract: A beverage preparation machine configured to dispense a beverage through an outlet nozzle assembly, the machine comprising: an outlet nozzle assembly having provided therethrough a first outlet and a second outlet; and one or more conduits arranged to deliver selectably fluid to the first outlet or the second outlet.

Abstract: Modular machine for preparing beverages from capsules, including a unit to supply electric and hydraulic services and a plurality of modules for the automatic preparation of beverages from capsules, each electrically and hydraulically autonomous with respect to every other module. The modules are respectively connected by means of an electric circuit and a hydraulic circuit to a single outlet electric connector and to an outlet hydraulic collector of the unit to supply electric and hydraulic services.

Abstract: Provided are a brewing system for a beverage machine, a beverage machine and a beverage brewing method. The brewing system for a beverage machine comprises a brewing device (1), a heating device for supplying hot water to the brewing device (1), a water pump (5) and a controller. A heating container of the heating device is in communication with the atmosphere. The heating container is connected to the brewing device (1) through a pipeline. The water pump (5) is provided on the pipeline. The controller is connected to the water pump (5). When the temperature of water in the heating container reaches a set value, the controller controls the water pump (5) to pump water into the brewing device (1).

Abstract: Provided are a beverage brewing apparatus and a beverage machine having the beverage brewing apparatus. The beverage brewing apparatus comprises a barrel body for containing a beverage capsule and a cover body fitted with the barrel body. An inner bottom end of the barrel body and the cover body are respectively provided with a piercing needle for piercing the beverage capsule. When the cover body is closed, the piercing needle at the inner bottom end of the barrel body and the piercing needle on the cover body are disposed along different lines and the beverage capsule is pierced. The central part of the piercing needle on the cover body is hollow and forms a water inlet. The piercing needle on the cover body is sealed to the beverage capsule by virtue of a sealing unit. A beverage outlet is provided at a bottom end of the barrel body.

Abstract: A coffee machine with a leak preventing device includes a main body, a chamber for containing liquid and coffee particles, a grinding assembly for grinding coffee particles, and a driving mechanism for driving the grinding assembly. The chamber is provided in the main body and the grinding assembly is provided in the chamber. The driving mechanism is provided with a driving shaft. A driving shaft hole is provided in a bottom of the chamber. The driving shaft is detachably connected to the grinding assembly through the driving shaft hole. The leak preventing device is provided at a position corresponding to the driving shaft hole and the leak preventing device is arranged to close the driving shaft hole when the driving shaft is detached from the driving shaft hole. In addition, a working method for the coffee machine with the leak preventing device is also provided.

Abstract: A cookware includes a body having a space defined therein and the space communicates with an opening in the top of the body. Two lugs extend from outside of the body and are located close to the top of the body. A cover is removably mounted to the body and seals the opening. The cover has a handle extending centrally from the top thereof. A first hole is defined centrally through the handle. Steam can escape from the first hole during cooking. The lugs provide proper friction for grip when the user moves the cookware.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to a grill with a continuous cooking surface having individually controllable heating zones separated by one or more isolation zones. One example provides a grill, comprising a continuous cooking surface comprising a plurality of individually controllable heating zones separated by one or more isolation zones, each heating zone comprising a heating zone plate with one or more heating elements disposed beneath the heating zone plate, and each isolation zone comprising an isolation bar joined to adjacent conductive plates of adjacent heating zones, each isolation bar comprising a cooling channel extending at least partially along a length of the isolation bar.

Abstract: A waffle sandwich maker includes first and second waffle plates which contact a food product during preparation of the food product. The first waffle plate includes a plurality of protrusions defining a plurality of channels, a female connector having a hole, a male connector having a protrusion and a first spacer extending inward relative to the plurality of protrusions. The pluralities of protrusions and channels create depressions and ridges in the food product. The protrusion of the male connector and the hole of the female connector of the first waffle plate mate with a hole of a female connector and a protrusion of a male connector of the second waffle plate. The first spacer contacts the second waffle plate during preparation of the food product, which includes an outer dough encapsulating a filling, to maintain the first waffle plate spaced at least approximately 0.5 inches from the second waffle plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ignition device using pellet fuel capable of quickly igniting and burning the pellet fuel, which is supplied into an inner container, and including a container part having the inner container in which the pellet fuel is accommodated while being dropped therein and an outer container of which an upper part is integrally provided with an outer side of the inner container, a heater bar provided at a lower part of the container part and configured to ignite the pellet fuel while being heated by electrical energy, and a cover provided at an inner bottom of the inner container and configured to cover the heater bar.

Abstract: An barbecue oven, comprising a frame body, an oven shell, a burner, fire plates and grilling nets; a protrusion is arranged at the middle part of the fire plate and each side of the protrusion is provided with a plurality of upheavals, and at the side of the upheavals close to the left and right edges of the fire plates heat emission holes are cut; the grilling net comprises a plurality of grilling strips which are inverted U-shaped metal sheet and a plurality of connecting strips. The grilling strips are connected by the connecting strips.

Abstract: A portable blender includes a handle having at least one first attachment structure, an activation button, and a power activation member positioned for mechanical engagement with the activation button and a power switch. The blender also includes a container body with at least one second attachment structure. The first attachment structure and second attachment structure are configured to engage each other to attach the handle to the container body and to disengage each other to detach the handle from the container body. The blender further includes a container base configured for detachable engagement with the container body. In one configuration, the blender set includes a motor subunit configured for detachable engagement with the container base, and a power subunit configured for detachable engagement with the motor subunit. In another configuration, the blender includes a motor subunit configured for detachable engagement with the container base, and a power subunit included in the handle.

Abstract: A pot lid storage holder, which may be used for storing a pot lid having a knob-shaped handle with a necked-down portion disposed between the pot lid and a relatively enlarged portion of the handle, and for storing a pot lid having a drawer-pull type handle. The pot lid storage holder includes first and second gripping elements projecting from a base, the first and second gripping elements configured to receive through an opening therebetween, in a downstream direction of insertion of the pot lid into the holder pointing toward the base, the necked-down portion of the handle, and to exert a compressive spring force on the necked-down portion that decreases with increasing depth of insertion.

Abstract: Another exemplary dispenser includes a refill unit and a refill unit frame member. The refill unit frame member has a bracket for receiving a lower portion of the refill unit. A back plate for mounting the dispenser is also included. An actuator is hingedly connected to the bracket. A curved push bar is connected to the actuator. An anvil is connected to the curved push bar. Movement of the actuator toward the back of the dispenser causes the anvil to move toward the front of the dispenser.

Abstract: A dispenser for storing and dispensing multiple rolls of sheet material is described. The rolls are held in place within the interior space of the housing by a pair of spindle holders. The housing front cover has an opening and a slidable door disposed therein to provide access to the rolls. A restricting member is movably coupled to the housing interior and biased to move in a direct towards an outmost winding of a roll. As the roll is dispensed, the restricting member moves out of the pathway of the door, eventually allowing a user to slide the door across the opening so that a second roll may be accessed.

Abstract: A toilet paper dispenser is disclosed in which the dispenser does not need to be mounted to the wall or placed on the floor. The dispenser is typically made of a one-piece construction that installs easily to any existing toilet by way of the mounting bolt for the toilet seat. The toilet paper dispenser adjustably rotates between an extended position alongside the toilet seat and a storage position behind the toilet seat and under the toilet tank. The inventive toilet paper dispenser can receive any size roil of toilet paper, and loads by sliding the roil over the open end of the dispenser.

Abstract: A toilet insert system for a portable waste disposal system, or portable waste matter retaining apparatus, which includes a semi-spherical upper portion and an optional base potion, which may be cylindrical, rectangular of the like. The insert system displaces or covers waste in an even distribution in the basin in order to minimize build up and potential contact between the waste and subsequent occupants and may be permanent or disposable. In the portable capacity, the insert allows a user to carry the disposable apparatus with them and place it in the basin of a portable waste matter retaining apparatus upon desired use. Alternatively, the insert is already attached to the basin of the portable waste matter retaining apparatus upon assembly for use by all occupants.

Abstract: A suction nozzle for a vacuum cleaner has: a suction mouth which can be arranged adjacently to the surface to be cleaned and which comprises a suction edge that delimits a sub-surface exposed to the vacuum air stream; a vacuum air stream extraction opening; and a delimiter that can be controlled according to a detection result of a sensor. The sensor is an obstacle sensor for detecting a substantially stationary obstacle located in front of the suction nozzle, in particular a wall or piece of furniture, wherein the obstacle sensor is configured to detect obstacles that are disposed outside the portion of the surface over which the suction nozzle projects and, in relation to an arrangement of the suction nozzle during typical cleaning operation, that protrude beyond a suction edge plane that has the suction edge.

Abstract: A power-saving robot system includes at least one peripheral device and a mobile robot. The peripheral device includes a controller having an active mode and a hibernation mode, and a wireless communication component capable of activation in the hibernation mode. A controller of the robot has an activating routine that communicates with and temporarily activates the peripheral device, via wireless communication, from the hibernation mode. In another aspect a robot system includes a network data bridge and a mobile robot. The network data bridge includes a broadband network interface, a wireless command interface, and a data bridge component. The data bridge component extracts serial commands received via the broadband network interface from an internet protocol, applies a command protocol thereto, and broadcasts the serial commands via the wireless interface. The mobile robot includes a wireless command communication component that receives the serial commands transmitted from the network data bridge.

Abstract: A hydrolysable sheet obtained by impregnating a base paper sheet, to which a water-soluble binder is added, with a chemical solution, wherein the base paper sheet is obtained by applying a ply process to a plurality of sheets of base paper and has a basis weight of from 30 gsm to 150 gsm, wherein a compounding ratio of softwood pulp to hardwood pulp is less than 1/1, wherein the chemical solution contains a cross-linking agent, which causes the water-soluble binder to initiate a cross-linking reaction, and a trihydric or higher alcohol, and wherein, with respect to a weight of the base paper sheet, the base paper sheet is impregnated with the trihydric or higher alcohol at 1% to 20% by weight.

Abstract: A retrofit auxiliary device for distributing cleaning resources to a household cleaning appliance having a treating chamber is described wherein the device can connect to various household cleaning appliances of different makes and models and can learn the flow of water and detergent during various stages of operation and then perform the dispensing itself.

Abstract: A dish treating appliance can include a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber and having an access opening providing access to the treating chamber, a closure selectively closing the access opening, a condenser comprising an inlet, an outlet, and a condensing passage defining a serpentine path with multiple turns fluidly coupling the inlet and the outlet, with the inlet fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, the outlet fluidly coupled to ambient air, and multiple ambient air inlets provided in the serpentine path, and a blower fluidly coupled to the condenser flowing a volume of air through the serpentine path of the condenser, and at least one separator wall located within the condenser.

Abstract: A support assembly for supporting one or more objects in a dishwasher is provided. The support assembly may include a snap arrangement with snap fittings for snapping the snap arrangement onto a rack of the dishwasher. The support assembly may include a main frame having a first side and a second side, where the first side may be provided with a soft surface structure, and where the main frame may be foldably arranged to the snap arrangement to allow the main frame to be folded between at least a supporting position and a storing position. The soft surface structure of the first side may be arranged to support a portion of the one or more objects when the main frame is in the supporting position. The embodiments herein may also relate to a rack of a dishwasher and a dishwasher comprising a rack.

Abstract: Lint removal devices are disclosed. Lint removal devices include a base layer and a lint removal material layer that is connected to the base layer. Lint removal device base layers are particularly well suited for promotional images. Systems including lint removal devices also can include receiving sleeves configured to removably retain lint removal devices.

Abstract: An endoscope/triplescope (combined gastroscope, bronchoscope, laryngoscope) device and/or system includes an endoscope having an outer diameter of less than about 4.0 millimeters, in particular less than about 3.5 millimeters, that allows high resolution viewing having a distal element including an optical element that allows four way tip deflection. Further, the device may include a scope stiffening apparatus to minimize the endoscopes flexibility when needed, a foot and hand activation to allow air/water insufflation and image/video capture, a light source, an interior conduit having a diameter greater than about 2 mm, one or more sensor arrays, audio elements for transcription of report, sensors to measure body cavity findings.

Abstract: A device and system for measuring anatomical features includes a flexible member sized to pass slidably through a first lumen of an insertion instrument, a control element, and a measuring device slidably received in the flexible member. The measuring device includes first and second arms moveable between a closed configuration and an open configuration and a measuring element having a first end coupled to the first arm and a second end coupled to the second arm. When the first and second arms are in the closed configuration, the first and second arms are drawn together into a low profile insertion/retraction configuration and, in the open configuration, the measuring filament is pulled taut to a known length selected to measure an anatomical feature.

Abstract: The invention relates to a longitudinal member, LM, guide (300) for guiding a set of LMs (110) for a mechanical transmission system, MTS, (100) for a steerable tool (500), which LM guide (300) comprises a body (302) having a proximal side (342), a distal side (344) and an outside edge (316), wherein the body (302) of the LM guide (300) comprises a set of channels (310) arranged around a fictive tube (320), each channel (310) passing from the proximal side (342) to the distal side (344) of the body (302), configured to retain an LM (110) of the set in a fixed radial position around the fictive tube (32), being connected to the outside edge (316) of the body (302) via a slot (314), wherein the slot has a width (326) narrower than the channel (310) width (320).

Abstract: An endoscopic device includes: a hollow tube with a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end and the distal end form a fluid communication therebetween. The proximal end is removably coupled with a distal tip of an endoscope and where coupled, forms a substantially airtight connection with the distal tip of the endoscope. The distal end removably contacts an object to be retrieved so as to deliver a suction force provided by the endoscope to facilitate removal of the object.

Abstract: Medical systems are disclosed and may include an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, one or more channels extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and a handle operably coupled to the proximal end. The handle may include one or more ports in communication with the one or more channels. The medical systems may further include a docking station supporting the proximal end of the elongate member. The docking station may include a receiver adapted to receive and secure the handle and an adaptor guide unit having a distal end, a proximal end, and one or more passages formed therethrough, the one or more passages communicating with the one or more channels.

Abstract: [Object] To control the focal position of an optical system with a more favorable aspect, in accordance with the band targeted for observation. [Solution] A medical observation device includes: a computation section that applies, to an imaging signal corresponding to each of a plurality of different spectral components based on a light receiving result regarding observation target light from a subject in vivo from an image sensor, weights of the plurality of spectral components corresponding to a band targeted for observation from among bands in the observation target light, and computes an evaluation value indicating a degree of being in-focus on a basis of the imaging signal to which the weights are applied; and a control section that controls, on a basis of the evaluation value, a position of at least one optical member in an optical system that forms an image of the observation target light from the subject onto the image sensor, and thereby controls a focal position of the optical system.

Abstract: A marking method includes: a step of irradiating, with first light (narrow band light) from an endoscope, an observation target site not suitable for spray of a coloring agent in a subject; a step of picking up an image of, through the endoscope, second light (reflected light of the narrow band light) generated at the observation target site through irradiation of the observation target site with the narrow band light; a step of displaying an image in which a site suspected to be a tumor is highlighted by generating the image based on the second light received through the endoscope; and a step of providing a tissue denatured portion around the site suspected to be a tumor by using an energy radiation device while the displayed image is observed.

Abstract: There is provided a medical imaging apparatus including a solid-state image sensor that includes a photoelectric converter having at least two photoelectric conversion layers stacked with respect to a light-receiving surface and separating received light into light of different wavelength bands and circuitry configured to control a light source device that illuminates a subject.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: an absorbance calculating unit configured to calculate absorbances at wavelengths based on pixel values of a plurality of pixels constituting an image; a component amount estimating unit configured to estimate amounts of two or more kinds of light absorbing components contained respectively in two or more kinds of tissue including specified tissue by using an absorbance in a first wavelength band among the absorbances at the wavelengths calculated by the absorbance calculating unit, the first wavelength band being a part of the wavelengths; an estimation error calculating unit configured to calculate estimation errors caused by the component amount estimating unit; and a depth estimating unit configured to estimate a depth at which the specified tissue is present in the object based on an estimation error in a second wavelength band with shorter wavelength than the first wavelength band among the estimation errors.

Abstract: TNE provides the opportunity to make the care of children with EoE and other gastrointestinal or aerodigestive conditions safer, more efficient, and less costly while simultaneously advancing our understanding of the pathophysiology and natural course of this condition. A pediatric endoscope was developed to facilitate TNE in children with EoE. The pediatric endoscope (combined gastroscope, bronchoscope, laryngoscope) includes a 3-4 mm flexible, fiber optic endoscope that allows HD TV viewing with the head of a pediatric bronchoscope that allows four way tip deflection, a scope stiffening apparatus to minimize the endoscopes flexibility when needed, a foot and hand activation to allow air/water insufflation and image/video capture, a light source, 2 mm biopsy channel.

Abstract: A proctoscope, comprising a dilator body (2), having a longitudinal axis of extension (X) and internally hollow so as to define an internal volume (V), and at least one handle (5) applied to said dilator body (2), wherein the dilator body (2) has a distal portion (2a), having a substantially tubular shape and defining a zone of dilation of an internal cavity of a patient, and a proximal portion (2b) extending from the distal portion (2a) in a diverging fashion and defining a rear opening (4) for accessing said internal volume (V), wherein said distal portion (2a) of the dilator body (2) has at least one front opening (3) to enable access to the patient's mucosa or tissue from said internal volume (V), and wherein said diverging proximal portion (2b), or, alternatively, said at least one handle (5), has an anchorage means (6) for an adaptor body (100) suitable for placing a detection device (200) in a position such as to detect the internal volume of the proctoscope (1).

Abstract: Methods and devices for detecting sites of low optical reflectivity from optical coherence tomography, OCT, of the retina are provided. The method includes segmenting retinal layers from OCT data, calculating optical reflectivity of each segmented retinal layers from the OCT data, and detecting sites of low optical reflectivity from the calculated optical reflectivity of the segmented retinal layers. The calculated optical reflectivity can be compared against a predetermined threshold obtained from a healthy population. Segmenting can be carried out according to the optical reflectivity of each identified retinal layer. OCT-Microangiography data can be displayed side-by-side or superimposed with the enface images of the calculated optical reflectivity. The device can be combined with OCT equipment, in particular for displaying the detected sites of low optical reflectivity.

Abstract: Method and systems are presented for analysing a wavefront using a spectral wavefront analyser to extract optical phase and spectral information at a two dimensional array of sampling points across the wavefront, wherein the relative phase information between the sampling points is maintained. Methods and systems are also presented for measuring an eye by reflecting a wavefront of an eye and measuring the wavefront at a plurality of angles to provide a map of the off-axis relative wavefront curvature and aberration of the eye. The phase accuracy between wavelengths and sample points over a beam aperture offered by these methods and systems have a number of ocular applications including corneal and anterior eye tomography, high resolution retinal imaging, and wavefront analysis as a function of probe beam incident angle for determining myopia progression and for designing and testing lenses for correcting myopia.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to minimally-invasive, in vivo methods of detecting one or more ligands on an intraluminal surface of a blood vessel using microparticles coated with one or more ligand binding partners. More particularly, in certain embodiments, the invention relates to minimally-invasive, in vivo methods of detecting endothelial and leukocyte antigens that are predictive of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and/or other conditions using protein-conjugated microparticles detectable by a non-invasive detection system, for example, a scanning laser ophthalmoscope. In other embodiments, the invention relates to targeted delivery of drugs or other substances to specific regions of an intraluminal surface of a blood vessel using drug-containing microparticles coated with one or more ligand binding partners.

Abstract: A method and an electrode for monitoring electrical activity in a nerve are provided along with a method of fabricating such an electrode. The electrode includes a cuff formed from a chronically-implantable material that, when implanted, extends at least partially around an external periphery of the nerve. A plurality of contacts are supported by the cuff to be arranged adjacent to different regions of the nerve distributed along a transverse direction of the nerve when the cuff is implanted. A multiplexer is coupled to the cuff to be implanted for receiving electrical signals introduced to the contacts by the nerve and multiplexing, in vivo, the electrical signals to be transmitted to an external receiver over a shared communication channel.

Abstract: Methods, devices and a system for disease management are provided that employ diagnostic testing devices (e.g., blood glucose meters) and medication delivery devices (e.g., insulin delivery devices) for providing data to a repository in real-time and automatically. Repository data can be analyzed to determine such information as actual test strip use, patient health parameters to outside prescribed ranges, testing and medication delivery compliance, patient profiles or stakeholders to receive promotional items or incentives, and so on. Connected meters and medication delivery devices and repository data analysis are also employed to associate a diagnostic test to a mealtime based on timing of a therapeutic intervention performed by an individual.

Abstract: A spectrometer includes an illuminating section; a receiving section configured to detect radiation reflected from an object including an optically inhomogeneous scattering medium; a hardware section configured to obtain a solution of an inverse problem to reconstruct an absorption spectrum of the optically inhomogeneous scattering medium, wherein the illuminating section includes at least one light-emitting diode source, a radiation spectral curve of which is divided, by at least two spectral filters having different spectral transmission curves, into at least two spectral regions, to form an equivalent radiation spectrum from at least two spectral sources, and wherein the hardware section applies the solution of the inverse problem based on information about a spectral content of the radiation of the illuminating section, a signal obtained in a form of a response from the optically inhomogeneous scattering medium, and a spectral sensitivity curve of the receiving section.

Abstract: This device and platform seeks to provide a point-of-care diagnostic tool to assess tissue quality. The handheld probe that interfaces with the tissue will have multiple components including fibers that deliver laser light, fibers that detect spectra, fibers that transmit acoustic signals and fibers that conduct force displacement data electronically. The light is generated from a laser light source within the detection console. This console also houses the spectroscopic detector arrays, IR, Raman & others. In addition, if force transduction and/or elasticity is being assessed, the detecting capability to quantify this is also housed in this box. Further components include the ability to provide computation and correlative diagnostic results. Some of these data may be stored in a web-based data storage capability with the ability to utilize large databases of histology images.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a quantitative ex vivo method for the complementary diagnosis of the degree of dental demineralization through the use of Raman spectroscopy, which comprises quantifying the intensities and areas of a plurality of Stoke bands of the spectrum, and defining and calculating indices that result from dividing the areas of certain bands of interest. The diagnosis is determined by the proximity of the values of these indices to the values previously obtained for the normal pattern of dental mineralization established by analyzing healthy dental parts. This method provides a complementary biomedical technique for quantitative ex vivo analysis of the degree of dental demineralization on dental tissue remains extracted by medical prescription, and the information obtained will facilitate the prescription of suitable treatment to reduce or prevent said demineralization.

Abstract: A disease diagnosis and skin age measurement apparatus includes: a first light collection unit; a second light collection unit; a spectrometer configured to measure a spectrum of the light which is collected by the second light collection unit; a spectrum data comparison unit for disease diagnosis configured to compare the spectrum measured by the spectrometer and reference spectrum data for disease diagnosis; a CCD; an image data comparison unit configured to compare the digital image converted by the CCD and a reference image; a disease diagnosis unit configured to determine whether there is a disease in the body tissue; and/or a spectrum data comparison unit for skin age measurement configured to measure skin age by comparing a spectrum measured by the spectrometer and reference spectrum data for skin age measurement, wherein the light projected onto the body tissue is collimate light.