Patents Issued in July 5, 2018
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Publication number: 20180184868Abstract: A robot cleaner is provided. The robot cleaner includes a battery, and a processor configured to, in response to the battery being consumed in accordance with a cleaning operation for the cleaning area and a remaining capacity of the battery reaching a predetermined value, control the robot cleaner to charge some of the battery and clean a remaining area using the charged battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Seong-joo HAN
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Publication number: 20180184869Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaner including a cleaner main body having a controller, a wheel cover mounted on the cleaner main body, a driving module coupled to the wheel cover to be movable up and down, a driving wheel coupled to the driving module and configured to be rotatable by receiving driving force from the driving module, a suspension configured to guide the upward and downward movement of the driving module and absorb impacts while the driving module is moved up and down, a link member rotatably installed on the wheel cover, and rotated by being in contact with a protrusion of the driving module when the driving module is moved downward by a preset distance, and a switch pressed in response to the rotation of the link member to transfer a signal to the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Hyungkyu YOUK, Sangjo KIM
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Publication number: 20180184870Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaner including a cleaner main body having a controller, a support member detachably coupled to a module mounting portion of the cleaner main body, and a mop module rotatably supported on the support member, wherein the mop module includes a rotating rod configured to be rotatable in at least one direction by being interlocked with a rotation driving portion provided in the module mounting portion when the supporting member is mounted on the module mounting portion, and a mop member formed to surround an outer circumference of the rotating rod so as to mop the floor in response to the rotation of the rotating rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Sihwan MOON, Jihoon SUNG
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Publication number: 20180184871Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaner having a structure that a supporting member and a cleaning module are coupled to or separated from a cleaner body. The cleaner includes a cleaner body having a module mounting portion; a supporting member inserted and mounted to the module mounting portion, and separated and withdrawn from the module mounting portion, through a bottom part of the cleaner body; and a cleaning module coupled to the supporting member so as to be inserted or withdrawn together with the supporting member when the supporting member is inserted or withdrawn.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Changhwa SUN, Sangjo Kim
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Publication number: 20180184872Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a top cover, a bottom cover formed below the top cover and configured to move by external force, a fixed body provided in the bottom cover, a first opening formed in an upper portion of the bottom cover and a first sensor connected to the fixed body and externally exposed between the top cover and the bottom cover through the first opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hanshin KIM, Kyuchun CHOI, Jungmin SHIM
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Publication number: 20180184873Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a fixed body having a battery included therein, a cover surrounding the fixed body, and a movement frame provided between the cover and the fixed body to movably support the cover relative to the fixed body. The movement frame is fastened to at least one point of the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hanshin KIM, Kyungman YU, Dongseong KIM
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Publication number: 20180184874Abstract: A cleaning robot, which performs cleaning operation while moving, includes a cover, to which external force is applied, a movement frame fastened to the cover, a fixed body provided in the cover, a traveling unit connected to the fixed body, and an elasticity setting part configured to movably support the movement frame to the fixed body, wherein the elasticity setting part includes a sensor configured to sense movement of the movement frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyunsup SONG, Jongil PARK, Jongjin WOO
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Publication number: 20180184875Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaner including a cleaner main body having a controller, a wheel cover mounted on the cleaner main body, a driving module coupled to the wheel cover to be movable up and down, a driving wheel coupled to the driving module and configured to be rotatable by receiving driving force from the driving module, a guide bar coupled to the wheel cover and provided in an up and down direction, the guide bar being inserted through the driving module to guide the upward and downward movement of the driving module, and an elastic member surrounding the guide bar and connected to the wheel cover and the driving module, respectively, to absorb impacts while the driving module is moved up and down.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Hyungkyu YOUK, Sangjo KIM
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Publication number: 20180184876Abstract: Disposable cleaning wipes having a use indicator are provided that are suitable for use in home and industrial cleaning applications. The cleaning wipes comprise cellulosic fibers, an antimicrobial agent and an indicator complex, the indicator complex including (i) a colored compound selected from the group consisting of a phthalocyanine compound, an ultramarine compound, and an iron oxide compound, and (ii) a cationic agent. The indicator complex is releasably attached, by ionic bonding, to a discrete region of the fibrous sheet. The anti-microbial compound is also attached, by ionic bonding, to the fibrous sheet. Thus, in use, the indicator complex is released by the fibrous sheet commensurate with the release of antimicrobial agent. The release and loss of the indicator complex provides the user with an indication of when the antimicrobial agent within the fibrous sheet is substantially depleted and the cleaning wipe should be replaced.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: John Gavin MacDonald, Kaiyuan Yang, Thiago B. Char, Jorge A. Duran, Carl G. Rippl, Juliana Restrepo
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Publication number: 20180184877Abstract: A mop cleaning cloth is made up of a plurality of micro-fiber material segments, each of the segments having lateral side portions which overlap side portions of adjacent material segments, the segments being secured to form a square, unitary material sheet. A piece of nylon mesh material is secured to one half of the material sheet to provide an additional cleaning element. An opening extends through the center of the material sheet to allow the handle of the mop or similar cleaning tool to extend therethrough, thus permitting the cleaning cloth to overlay a mop head for cleaning.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Luis A. Idrovo
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Publication number: 20180184878Abstract: A dishwasher with a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, a liquid spraying system, a liquid recirculation system defining a recirculation flow path, and a liquid filtering system. The liquid filtering system includes a rotatable filter disposed in the recirculation flow path to filter the liquid and a diverter overlying and spaced from at least a portion of the upstream surface to form a gap there between.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Kristopher L. Delgado, Jordan R. Fountain, Jacquelyn R. Geda, Antony M. Rappette, Rodney M. Welch
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Publication number: 20180184879Abstract: A door panel includes a front surface panel, a side surface panel bent from a side of the front surface panel, an upper surface panel bent from a top of the front surface panel and provided above the side surface panel, a gap formed between the upper end of the side surface panel and the side end of the upper surface panel, and a decoration piece configured to fill the gap. The decoration piece includes an exposed portion configured to compensate for a difference in height between the upper end of the side surface panel and the upper surface panel, a side surface configured to contact the inner surface of the side surface panel, and a front surface configured to contact the inner surface of the front surface panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Hyoseong GWAG
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Publication number: 20180184880Abstract: The present invention relates to a dishwasher and a control method therefor, the dishwasher comprising: a tub for providing a washing space; a sump for collecting the washing water sprayed into the tub; a spraying arm having first and second channels, in each of which the washing water separately flows, and a plurality of spraying holes for discharging the washing water, which flows into each channel, in a preset direction; a supply pump including an impeller and a motor for rotating the impeller, and supplying the washing water, which is stored in the sump, to the spraying arm; a channel switching unit for selectively supplying the washing water to the first channel or the second channel according to the driving of the supply pump; and a control unit for controlling the driving of the motor, wherein a control unit controls the driving of the motor such that the washing water is selectively supplied to the first channel or the second channel, on the basis of a value of an electric current flowing into the motType: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Sangsoo LEE, Kyuhyung CHOI
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Publication number: 20180184881Abstract: An endoscope system includes a memory configured to be able to store a parameter set which is a combination of parameters associated with various processes during an endoscope inspection and set for each user, the memory being able to store a number of parameter sets corresponding to a plurality of user accounts, a touch panel configured to selectively display a display screen made up of a plurality of layers and a control section configured to cause the touch panel to display a user setting selection list for calling the parameter set for each user stored in the memory for part of a display region of a main screen that classifies and displays functions with high use frequency during the endoscope inspection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi URASAKI, Aki MATSUMOTO, Nobuyasu ITO, Shinichiro SAEKI, Kenichiro MATSUSHITA, Hideyuki WADA
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Publication number: 20180184882Abstract: This endoscope system comprises: an image acquiring means for acquiring a color image having at least three color components; a placement means for placing points corresponding to respective pixels forming the color image in accordance with the color components of the points, within a plane including a first axis that is an axis of a first component among the at least three color components and a second axis that is an axis of a second component among the at least three color components and that intersects with the first axis; a distance data calculating means for calculating data regarding the distances between the points corresponding to respective pixels and a third axis defined as an axis that passes through a point at which the first axis and the second axis intersect with each other in the plane and that is not parallel to the first axis and the second axis; and an evaluation value calculating means for calculating a certain evaluation value for the color image on the basis of the calculated distance daType: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Takao Makino
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Publication number: 20180184883Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus is provided which generates a three-dimensional superposed image showing an inserted medical device in a preoperative image. More specifically, the medical image processing apparatus comprises; an input unit; an image signal generating unit; an image information generating unit which generates image information for acquiring a superposed image having a three-dimensional image of the medical device over a three-dimensional image a preoperative structure; and an output unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Hirotake Ando
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Publication number: 20180184884Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a flexible tube insertion apparatus including a flexible insertion section to be inserted into a subject. The flexible tube insertion apparatus includes an insertion section state detecting device that detects a state of the insertion section necessary for insertion prediction as detection information when the insertion section is inserted into a subject, and at least one circuit that predicts, using the detection information detected by the insertion section state detecting device, a propulsion state of a distal end of the insertion section and a state of the subject when the insertion section is further inserted from the state of the insertion section, and produces an output based on the prediction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Shuji NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20180184885Abstract: A sheath includes a sheath body, an inflow port at a proximal end of the sheath body, an outflow port at the proximal end of the sheath body, and a plurality of radially expandable flexible members which extend along a length of the sheath body. The plurality of radially expandable flexible members are attached to the sheath body at a plurality of anchor points along the length of the sheath body. The plurality of radially expandable flexible members expand during active fluid inflow. The radially expandable flexible members are spaced apart along the sheath body to define one or more isolated spaces that extend between adjacent radially expandable flexible members when the radially expandable flexible members are inflated within a body passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Lawrence J. St. George
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Publication number: 20180184886Abstract: Provided is an endoscope sheath including an elongated body having flexibility, the body having a first lumen through which an endoscope passes in a longitudinal direction of the body and a second lumen through which a guide wire passes in the longitudinal direction. A direction in which the second lumen opens at the distal end of the body gradually diverges from a direction in which the first lumen opens at the distal end, in a forward direction from the distal end.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Naoya SUGIMOTO, Yoshiro OKAZAKI, Hiroki HIBINO, Kazutoshi KUMAGAI, Masayuki KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20180184887Abstract: An improved endoscopic device for obtaining 3-dimensional human vision simulated imaging with real dynamic convergence in therapeutic, diagnostic, and other applications. Imaging probes are mounted on a tubular shaft and a simple/sleek slider moves back-and-forth on the shaft, with slider movement optionally modified and redirected to affect imaging probe convergence/divergence. Imaging probe convergence/divergence can be optionally manual for visual target selection, and the probe arms upon which the imaging probes are mounted may also be moved through a combined 180 degree movement range using a manual control. The first and second movement transmitting means respectively adapted to cause slider-initiated convergence, or manual convergence, of the imaging probes each share at least one integrated movement element with the control means adapted for engaging and disengaging the first and second movement transmitting means.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2015Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Tarek Ahmed Nabil Abou El Kheir
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Publication number: 20180184888Abstract: A torque-transmitting, variably-flexible device, comprising a hollow body having a proximal end, a distal end and a given length, a torque-transmitting element that extends substantially entirely over the given length of the hollow body, a steering element that steers the distal end of the hollow body, the steering element being comprised of steering tendons disposed within the hollow body, and stiffening tendons disposed within the hollow body to selectively maintain the hollow body in a relatively stiff condition, wherein the stiffening tendons are unassociated with the steering element of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Kevin W. Smith, Derek Dee Deville, Korey Kline, Matthew A. Palmer
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Publication number: 20180184889Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus and an electronic endoscope system that can acquire an observation image that is natural overall and has excellent visibility, while highlighting characteristic parts such as affected parts and parts that are to be examined. A normal observation image captured using normal light and a narrow-band observation image captured using narrow-band light that has a bandwidth narrower than that of normal light are input to the observation image input unit. A characteristic part extraction unit extracts a characteristic part that is included in a narrow-band observation image. A highlight display unit displays a single image in which a part of the normal observation image, the part corresponding to a characteristic part that is included in the narrow-band observation image, is highlighted using the characteristic part.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: HOYA CORPORATIONInventor: Takao MAKINO
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Publication number: 20180184890Abstract: A dental light comprises at least one light emitting diode light source configured to produce a light beam and at least one collimating lens system situated to receive the light beam. The collimating lens system is configured to collect and collimate the light beam. The collimating lens system can additionally modify the beam through controlled diffusion or shape the beam using an aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: A-dec, Inc.Inventors: Christopher C. Stone, Takaaki Nakagawa, Eric Bube, Randall Joel Lonsdale, Patrick W. Berry, Ryan M. Williams, Joseph Van Domelen, Jason Alvarez, Jonathan E. Myers
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Publication number: 20180184891Abstract: Disclosed embodiments integrate a camera into an intraoral mirror. Integrating a camera into an intraoral mirror provides an efficient way to record and display what is visible to the healthcare provider in the mirror.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: Dental SmartMirror, Inc.Inventors: Gidon Oded Elazar, Dan Zidkiahu Harkabi, Joshua Israel Wachspress, Yael Miriam Harkabi
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Publication number: 20180184892Abstract: Endoscope systems include an endoscope shaft assembly which comprises a shaft having a working channel, an inflow channel configured to be coupled to a fluid source, and an outflow channel configured to be coupled to a negative pressure source. A hub is coupled to a proximal portion of the shaft, and an image sensor is disposed on a distal portion of the shaft. A control unit is configured to adjust both a fluid inflow from the fluid source through the inflow channel to the working space and a fluid outflow to the negative pressure source through the outflow channel from the working space. A handle assembly is detachably connected to the hub of the endoscope shaft assembly, and the handle assembly comprises a control pad having at least one actuator which may be wired or wirelessly linked to the controller for adjusting fluid inflows and outflows through the inflow channel and outflow channel in the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: Meditrina, Inc.Inventors: Csaba Truckai, Daniel Truckai, Britta Nelson, Nicholas Landgraf
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Publication number: 20180184893Abstract: A method for monitoring a visual capacity modification parameter of a user of at least one display device, the visual capacity modification parameter being indicative of the modification of a parameter linked to the visual capacity of the user related to the use of the at least one display device, the method includes a display use data determining step during which display use data indicative of a use of the at least one display device by the user are determined, a visual capacity modification parameter determining step during which a modification parameter of the visual capacity of the user is determined based on said display use data, and an information generating step during which an information based on said modification parameter of the visual capacity of the user is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: Essilor InternationalInventors: Jean SAHLER, Marie LORE, Paul GIL, Guillaume BROUTIN, Nisha SINGH, Konogan BARANTON
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Publication number: 20180184894Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure describe an ultra-wide field of view (FOV) optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging system. The ultra-wide FOV OCT imaging system can include an imaging probe, a console and a cable. The imaging probe can include an optical widow, a first imaging module and a second imaging module. The first imaging module is configured to form a first image of the eye. The second imaging module is configured to form a second image of the eye. The second imaging module can include a scanning mirror configured to receive a sample arm portion of a second light beam from a second light source and scan the sample arm portion. The console can include the second light source, an interferometer, and a processor. The cable is coupled between the console and the imaging probe and includes a first fiber, a second fiber and a third fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Wei Su
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Publication number: 20180184895Abstract: Described herein is a light directing assembly for use in an object analysis system. The light directing assembly includes a plurality of optical relay assemblies. Each optical relay assembly includes at least one optical element configured to relay an interrogation beam from a light transmission system to an object and relay a return beam from the object to the light transmission system, the return beam being generated by reflection or back scattering of the interrogation beam by the object. Each optical relay assembly defines an interrogation angle at which the interrogation beam relayed by the optical relay assembly reaches the object, and an optical path length being the distance from the light transmission system to the object travelled by an interrogation beam via the optical relay assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Klaus Ehrmann, Darrin Mark Falk, Cathleen Fedtke
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Publication number: 20180184896Abstract: Detecting position information related to a face, and more particularly to an eyeball in a face, using a detection and ranging system, such as a Radio Detection And Ranging (“RADAR”) system, or a Light Detection And Ranging (“LIDAR”) system. The position information may include a location of the eyeball, translational motion information related to the eyeball (e.g., displacement, velocity, acceleration, jerk, etc.), rotational motion information related to the eyeball (e.g., rotational displacement, rotational velocity, rotational acceleration, etc.) as the eyeball rotates within its socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Richard Lee Sebastian, Kendall L. BELSLEY
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Publication number: 20180184897Abstract: An ophthalmological microscope system, having an illumination system that projects illumination light onto a subject's eye. A light receiving system guides returning light of the illumination light to an image sensor or an eyepiece system. An interference optical system splits light into measurement light and reference light and detects interference light generated from returning light of the measurement light and the reference light. A designation unit is used for designating an operation mode. When an observation priority mode (or an OCT priority mode) has been designated, a controller executes first light amount control that restricts light amount of the measurement light (or second light amount control that restricts light amount of the illumination light) to make total light amount of the illumination light and the measurement light equal to or less than a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Ikuo ISHINABE, Michiko NAKANISHI
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Publication number: 20180184898Abstract: The present application includes methods, systems and computer readable storage devices for determining a color score for at least a portion of a biological tissue. The subject matter of the application is embodied in a method that includes obtaining a digital image of the biological tissue, and receiving a selection of a portion of the image as an evaluation area. The method also includes determining for each of a plurality of pixels within the evaluation area, a plurality of color components that are based on a Cartesian color space, and determining, from the color components, a hue value in a polar coordinate based color space. The method further includes determining a color value based on the hue value for each of the plurality of pixels, and assigning a color score to the evaluation area based on an average of the color values of the plurality of pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Reza Dana, Francisco L. Amparo Pulido, Haobing Wang
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Publication number: 20180184899Abstract: A system and method are provided for detecting and monitoring Pupillary Light Reflex responses and physical conditions using a portable video capture device (PVCD) for the purpose of diagnosing or monitoring impairment due to consumption of intoxicating substance or neurological disorder due to trauma or illness. In one embodiment, the PVCD is placed in an opaque enclosure, and positioned over one or both eyes. Video of the eyes is captured over a predetermined time using a video camera of the PVCD, and the video processed to measure changes in a feature of at least one eye. Data from the measured changes is analyzed together with additional physical data collected on a condition of the user, to estimate a degree of impairment. The degree of impairment and additional physical data is output to the user through a user interface in the PVCD and stored in local and remote memory for monitoring.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Antonio Visconti
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Publication number: 20180184900Abstract: The invention relates to the field of pulse diagnosis technology, more particularly, to a Bluetooth pulse diagnosis bracelet and a method for transmitting pulse data; the Bluetooth pulse diagnosis bracelet comprises: an acquisition unit and a Bluetooth transmission unit; the Bluetooth transmission unit further comprises: an information acquisition module and a transmission module; the method comprises: STEP S1, the Bluetooth pulse diagnosis bracelet monitoring the pulse data in real time; STEP S2, the Bluetooth pulse diagnosis bracelet acquiring the Bluetooth control information sent from the remote-connected intelligent terminal; STEP S3, the Bluetooth pulse diagnosis bracelet determining the meanings of the Bluetooth control information, and when the Bluetooth control information represents the communication is permitted, going to Step 4; STEP S4, the Bluetooth pulse diagnosis bracelet transmits the pulse data to the intelligent terminal according to the method of Bluetooth transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Jiatuo XU, Ji CUI, Liping TU, Zhifeng ZHANG, Yimin BAO, Longtao CUI, Jingbin HUANG
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Publication number: 20180184901Abstract: According to various embodiments, a stress detection and alleviation (SoDA) system for a user is disclosed. The system includes a SoDA device configured with one or more processors that receive wearable medical sensor (WMS) data from a plurality of WMSs. The processors are programmed to remove one or more artifacts from the WMS data, extract a set of features from the WMS data, remove correlated features from the extracted features to obtain a reduced set of features, classify the reduced set of features in order to determine whether the user is stressed, and generate a response based on whether the user is stressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: The Trustees of Princeton UniversityInventors: Ayten Ozge Akmandor, Niraj K. Jha
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Publication number: 20180184902Abstract: A patch includes a substrate, and a plurality of temperature sensors. Such sensors include a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, a third temperature sensor connected to the substrate between the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor, and a fourth temperature sensor substantially overlaying the third temperature sensor. The patch also includes a layer of insulative material spacing the fourth temperature sensor from the third temperature sensor. In such examples, the patch also includes an antenna configured to transmit information associated with temperatures determined by the first, second, third, and fourth temperature sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Craig M. Meyerson, David E. Quinn, Kenzi L. Mudge, Zhon Ye Chu, Michael T. McMahon
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Publication number: 20180184903Abstract: An example system includes a patch defining a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface is removably attachable to skin of a subject. The patch includes a conductor associated with the first surface, a first sensor configured to determine a temperature of the conductor, and a second sensor configured to determine an additional temperature. The first sensor is separated from the second sensor by material having a known thermal resistance. The patch also includes a transmitter operably connected to the first and second sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Robert J. Wood, Raymond A. Lia, Jon R. Salvati, Steven D. Baker
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Publication number: 20180184904Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for analyzing substances within a liquid. The apparatus includes an absorber that comprises one or more layers of absorbent material for absorbing the liquid and one or more sensors embedded within the one or more layers of absorbent material. The sensors are configured to provide information associated with the substances included in the absorbed liquid. The apparatus further includes electrical conductive traces coupled to the one or more sensors, thereby facilitating transmission of outputs of the sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Michael Kuniavsky, Siqi Wang
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Publication number: 20180184905Abstract: The invention provides for a medical system comprising a control unit and a medical appliance. The medical appliance comprises: a first processor and a monitoring system for measuring an analyte concentration subcutaneously. The control unit comprises a second processor and a second memory with a persistent partition and an application partition containing a medical application and application data comprising a medical data entry. The medical application backs up the application data as archived data in the persistent partition. The first processor is programmed to: record the analyte concentration, generate the medical data entry using the analyte concentration, and transfer the medical data entry to the control unit. The second memory further contains an operating system operable for de-installing the medical application without deleting the archived data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Riebel, Kai-Oliver Schwenker, Ralf Schmitz, Carsten Mueglitz, Thomas Eissenloeffel
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Publication number: 20180184906Abstract: The invention relates to a device for determining physiological data through analysis of human excrement in a toilet (T) by means of at least one indicator and/or sensor, and to a method for determining physiological data by analysis of human excrement in a toilet (T) by measurement of urine and/or stool values. The problem addressed by the invention is that of achieving maximally universal use of the device and thus broad dissemination, including in the case of a wide variety of toilet designs, with reasonable design effort and manageable costs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Thomas Prokopp
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Publication number: 20180184907Abstract: A monitoring system includes one or more wireless nodes forming a wireless mesh network; a user activity sensor including a wireless mesh transceiver adapted to communicate with the one or more wireless nodes using the wireless mesh network; and a digital monitoring agent coupled to the wireless transceiver through the wireless mesh network to request assistance from a third party based on the user activity sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Bao TRAN
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Publication number: 20180184908Abstract: A wearable patch includes a first portion comprising a first material, a second portion comprising a second material different from the first material, a first temperature sensor disposed proximate a first surface of the patch, and a second temperature sensor disposed proximate an additional surface of the patch.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Craig M. Meyerson, David E. Quinn, Zhon Ye Chu
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Publication number: 20180184909Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a biological information acquiring device that has low power consumption and can acquire an accurate pulse waveform even when there is body movement. A biological information acquiring device comprises one or a plurality of multi-axis pressure sensors to detect the pressure in two or more axial directions that intersect at a prescribed angle, and a computing device to compute the output of the multi-axis pressure sensors. The multi-axis pressure sensor comprises a signal detecting means for detecting a signal for each axial pressure component of the pulse wave of the subject being measured. The computing device comprises a pulse waveform synthesizing means for synthesizing a pulse waveform from the signals for the axial pressure components detected by the multi-axis pressure sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Tetsuji DOHI, Hiroki SATO
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Publication number: 20180184910Abstract: The invention provides a body-worn monitor that measures a patient's vital signs (e.g. blood pressure, SpO2, heart rate, respiratory rate, and temperature) while simultaneously characterizing their activity state (e.g. resting, walking, convulsing, falling). The body-worn monitor processes this information to minimize corruption of the vital signs by motion-related artifacts. A software framework generates alarms/alerts based on threshold values that are either preset or determined in real time. The framework additionally includes a series of ‘heuristic’ rules that take the patient's activity state and motion into account, and process the vital signs accordingly. These rules, for example, indicate that a walking patient is likely breathing and has a regular heart rate, even if their motion-corrupted vital signs suggest otherwise.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: SOTERA WIRELESS, INC.Inventors: Devin McCombie, Matt Banet, Marshal Dhillon, Jim Moon
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Publication number: 20180184911Abstract: Systems and methods are described for the compositing together of model-linked vascular data from a plurality of sources, including at least one 2-D angiography image, for display in a frame of reference of the at least one angiography image. In some embodiments, a linking model comprises a data structure configured to link locations of angiographic images to corresponding elements of non-image vascular parameter data. The linking data structure is traversed to obtain a mapping to the frame of reference of one or more of the angiographic images.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Ifat Lavi, Guy Lavi
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Publication number: 20180184912Abstract: A hemostasis or bleed-back control valve such as a Tuohy-Borst adapter is provided that is capable of sensing pressure in vivo. The valve may include a main valve body having a lumen. An upstream main seal may be disposed in the lumen of the main valve body. A catheter fitting may be disposed at a downstream end of the main valve body. A pressure transducer may be in fluid communication with the lumen of the main valve body. Such devices may be suitable for exploratory or interventional medicine involving catheterization.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Firas Al-Ali
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Publication number: 20180184913Abstract: The present invention discloses an auxiliary device for blood pressure measurement, including an audio collection part, an image collection part, and a terminal device. The present invention further provides blood pressure measuring equipment. In the auxiliary device for blood pressure measurement in the present invention, the image collection part records a screen output of an electronic sphygmomanometer or a pressure value corresponding to a mercury column on a mercury column sphygmomanometer by taking a video or a picture, so as to obtain a pressure image signal, and the audio collection part obtains a pulse sound of an upper arm, so that blood pressure can be determined by using an auscultatory method according to the recorded pressure value and the sound. Compared with the prior art, the present invention improves the precision and convenience of blood pressure measurement, so that a vast majority of patients can independently measure blood pressure and obtain an accurate measurement result.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Junfeng ZHAO
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Publication number: 20180184914Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking or viewing a user's physiological parameters before, during, and/or after physical activity. In some versions, a sensor device can be worn on a user's body and is configured to detect multiple physiological parameters and to wirelessly communicate with a mobile computing device. Optionally, the detected physiological parameters can be used to determine a selected set of work-out parameters, which can be concurrently displayed on the mobile computing device during the user's exercise/activity or after the exercise period. In some implementations, each of a plurality of users can wear a respective body-worn sensor device, and all of the sensors devices can wireless communicate with a designated mobile computing device for purposes of collectively (and concurrently) monitoring sets of physiological parameters for all of the users during the same workout, practice, or other activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Jared Goering, Spencert Steinert
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Publication number: 20180184915Abstract: Bio-sensing devices are embedded as part of smart eye-wear system, comprising of a pair of temples and a nose pad. A plurality of sensors disposed within the eye-glasses and are adapted to acquire, analyze, and classify biometric information to monitor and detect abnormal heart behavior and to predict congestive heart failure. Using Machine Learning methods to monitor and detect abnormal heart behavior and classify/predict congestive heart failure, depends on sensing device to capture and provide bio-signals, to provide meaningful and usable extracted features by the machine. Sensing Device, capable of capture meaningful and useful bio-signals generated by the human body is discussed, which are “pressure wave sensor”, capable of acquiring acoustic pressure wave signal generated by the body and extracting heart sound from the sensor. Additionally, ion exchange sensing device, which is capable of extracting sodium, potassium, glucose and lactate information from human sweat is also discussed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Anurag Darbari, Archana Darbari
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Publication number: 20180184916Abstract: An earpiece module includes a physiological sensor, an external energy sensor, a transceiver, a communication module, a data storage component, and a power source. The communication module includes a microphone, a speaker, and a signal processor. The signal processor processes audio information received from a remote source via the transceiver and communicates the processed audio information to a subject via the speaker. The signal processor processes information in real time from the physiological sensor and the external energy sensor, and the signal processor provides biofeedback to the subject based on signals produced by the physiological sensor. The data storage component includes a plurality of algorithms. At least one algorithm focuses processing resources on extracting physiological information from the physiological sensor, at least one algorithm is configured to be modified or uploaded wirelessly via the transceiver, and at least one algorithm is a compression/decompression (CODEC) algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Steven Francis LeBoeuf, Jesse Berkley Tucker, Michael Edward Aumer
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Publication number: 20180184917Abstract: A patient monitor capable of measuring microcirculation at a tissue site includes a light source, a beam splitter, a photodetector and a patient monitor. Light emitted from the light source is split into a reference arm and a sample arm. The light in the sample arm is directed at a tissue site, such as an eyelid. The reflected light from the tissue site is interfered with the light from the reference arm. The photodetector measures the interference of the light from both the sample arm and the reference arm. The patient monitor uses the measurements from the photodetector to calculate the oxygen saturation at the tissue site and monitor the microcirculation at the tissue site.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Massi Joe E. Kiani