Patents Issued in August 16, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180228322
    Abstract: Provided is a reversible paper roll holder having a support member having a body and a pair of arms extending from respective ends of the body and each having at least one slot, and a support bar having body and at least one protrusion extending radially inward for an inner surface of the body for engaging in the one or more slot of one of the pair of arms to removably secure the support bar to the support member. The holder can be mounted in a left hand and a right hand configuration with the same components, thereby eliminating configuration specific components required to mount in the left hand or right hand configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Sheldon Goodman, Courtney Wilson, Matthew Gregory Hanson
  • Publication number: 20180228323
    Abstract: A toilet seat device includes: a toilet seat; an opening/closing device configured to open and close the toilet seat; a detection sensor configured to detect seating of a user on the toilet seat; and a controller configured to control the opening/closing device such that, when the toilet seat is in a closed state, the opening/closing device opens the toilet seat based on determination that the detection sensor is brought into a non-detection state before a predetermined seating determination time for determining the seating of the user on the toilet seat elapses after the detection sensor is brought into a detection state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinji Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20180228324
    Abstract: A toilet seat hinge may be secured to a toilet bowl rim by sandwiching a piece of double-sided adhesive tape between the hinge and the rim prior to installing bolts and nuts. The double-sided adhesive tape may act to prevent or mitigate the toilet seat hinge bolts and nuts from loosening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: John I. Andersen
  • Publication number: 20180228325
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for a toilet seat includes a mounting base, a hinge leaf assembly, a threaded bolt, a threaded nut, a washer, and an expanding dowel. The hinge leaf assembly includes hinge leaves configured to attach to a toilet seat and a toilet lid. The threaded bolt configured is to attach the mounting base to a flange portion of a toilet bowl, the bolt having a bolt head at one end. The threaded nut has a sloped surface and is configured to screw onto the bolt. The washer has a sloped surface and is configured to surround the bolt between the bolt head and the nut. The expanding dowel is configured to expand outward and is further configured to surround the bolt between the washer and the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Merle Edwards
  • Publication number: 20180228326
    Abstract: A hand-held debris blower including a blower tube and an associated ejector. The blower includes an airflow generator adapted to generate a primary airflow that is directed into a blower tube. A flow ejector is operable to selectively increase a working airflow provided by the blower by selectively entraining a secondary airflow within the primary airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Crichton, LaVern L. Ackerman, Paul F. Koltz
  • Publication number: 20180228327
    Abstract: A portable lightweight cordless vacuum cleaner that easily maneuverable includes a dirt bin that may be easily emptied and a pivoting handle apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: TVP Developments Limited Company (Ltd.)
    Inventor: Kishore Kunal Samtani
  • Publication number: 20180228328
    Abstract: A robot cleaner includes a main body having a suction motor; a moving unit to automatically move the main body; and a suction module to be in communication with the suction motor and to clean a floor, wherein an accommodating portion in which a part of the suction module is accommodated is provided at a lower portion of a front side of the main body, and while the suction module is located in the accommodating portion, a part of the suction module is disposed to be vertically overlapped with the main body, and another part of the suction module protrudes toward both sides from a front portion of the main body, and still another part of the suction module protrudes to a front of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyosung KIM, Bohyun NAM, Sojin PARK, Jin-Ju KIM, Sehwan BAE
  • Publication number: 20180228329
    Abstract: Disclosed is a robot cleaner. The A robot cleaner comprising: a cleaner main body defining an external appearance of the robot cleaner, a suction unit provided in the cleaner main body for suctioning air containing dust, a dust separation unit for separating the dust from the air suctioned through the suction unit, a fan unit connected to the dust separation unit for providing suction force to the suction unit, and a housing having an air flow path for guiding the air discharged from the fan unit, wherein the housing accommodates a battery for supplying electricity to the fan unit, and wherein the air passing through the air flow path exchanges heat with the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Jongsu KIM, Seaunglok HAM
  • Publication number: 20180228330
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dust collector using fan heat, comprising a bottom shell (10) and an upper cover (50), wherein a rear end (12) of the bottom shell (10) is provided with an air outlet (122) and a fan assembly (30), the upper cover (50) covers and is connected to the bottom shell (10), air flow from the fan assembly (30) is discharged via the air outlet (122), and the fan assembly (30) is provided with a fan (33) and a stator (331); and the rear end (12) is provided with a lower frame edge (121), the fan assembly (30) and the air outlet (122) are enclosed to form a closed air flow channel (35), and a heat collector (40) is provided on the stator (331) in the air flow channel (35), and can rapidly collect heat and warm the air flow to form hot air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Pei-Cheng Hsu
  • Publication number: 20180228331
    Abstract: A surface cleaning machine is provided, including a device body having a housing, a suction unit device having a fan, said suction unit device being arranged in the housing, a cleaning head which is arranged at the device body outside of the housing and comprises at least one cleaning roller and is operatively connected to the suction unit device for fluid communication therewith, an air-cooled drive motor for rotatingly driving the at least one cleaning roller, and a process air routing device for process air of the suction unit device, wherein the drive motor is arranged outside of the housing of the device body and wherein a cooling air routing device for cooling air of the drive motor comprises at least one fluid path which is arranged at or in the housing and/or wherein the cooling air routing device is coupled to the process air routing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Fabian Moser, Christoph Rufenach, Rainer Kurmann, Andreas Mueller, Manuel Schulze
  • Publication number: 20180228332
    Abstract: A floor maintenance machine includes a clean water tank and a brush deck. A first and second fluid supply system place the clean water tank in fluid communication with outlet(s) at the brush deck. The first fluid supply system includes a first fluid supply line adapted to receive a soap or detergent therein supplied from a soap or detergent well. The second fluid supply system includes an ozone generator and a second fluid supply line adapted to receive injected ozone therein with the ozone being generated from the ozone generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Sean K. Goff
  • Publication number: 20180228333
    Abstract: An example robot includes a body that is movable relative to a surface, a bumper mounted on the body to enable movement of the bumper relative to the body, a sensor to produce a signal in response to the movement of the bumper relative to the body caused by contact between the bumper and the surface, and a controller to control movement of the body to cause the body to track the surface based on a value. The bumper is movable between an uncompressed position relative to the body and a compressed position relative to the body. The signal varies linearly with the movement of the bumper relative to the body. The value is based on the signal and indicates that the bumper in a partially compressed position has a compression range between the uncompressed position and the compressed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Wolfe, Ping-Hong Lu
  • Publication number: 20180228334
    Abstract: A handheld floor sweeper having a debris receiving compartment in the sweeper body having a bottom tray that is pivotally connected to the sweeper body. A latching mechanism that is operated by the user pushing a release lever allows the bottom tray to pivot to an open position to discharge debris collected in the compartment without the user having to contact the debris. The tray is pushed back to the closed position by the user after the debris is discharged where the tray is once again latched in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Kaleta
  • Publication number: 20180228335
    Abstract: A docking system for a robotic vacuum is provided that includes a debris disposal chamber on a docking station. An actuation feature is used to couple the debris disposal chamber to a debris collection chamber on the robotic vacuum. A gas pressure differential source or a mechanical wand removes collected debris from the robotic vacuum debris collection chamber into the docking station debris disposal chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Kenneth C. Miller
  • Publication number: 20180228336
    Abstract: An exercise mat cleaning device includes a liquid dispensing container for holding a sanitizing solution, and a pump sprayer fitted to a top of the container. A longitudinal edge of the exterior wall structure of the container is fitted with a squeegee blade formed of a rubber or silicon material. A cap removably attaches to the top of the container for covering the pump sprayer. A loop is provided on the bottom of the container for attachment of a lanyard thereto to facilitate ease of carrying the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Peter J. Tornaben
  • Publication number: 20180228337
    Abstract: A floor cleaning machine for cleaning a surface. The cleaning machine includes a body, an actuator supported by the body, a distribution nozzle supported by the body, and a supply tank assembly coupled to the body in fluid communication with the distribution nozzle. The supply tank includes a first tank that stores a first cleaning solution, a second tank that stores a second cleaning solution that is different from the first cleaning solution, and a third tank that stores water. The floor cleaning machine is operable in a first mode to wash the surface, in a second mode to sanitize the surface, and a third mode to rinse the surface. The distribution nozzle delivers the first cleaning solution onto the surface when the floor cleaning machine is in the first mode and delivers the second cleaning solution onto the surface when the floor cleaning machine is in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin Vail, Patrick J. Quinn, Robert A. Salo, John R. Bantum, Lucas W. Phalen, Gino S. Lovano, Phonesacksith G. Kettavong, Brent Noward, Kyle J. Wheaton
  • Publication number: 20180228338
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention a scouring pad and/or scrubbing pad which can be constructed out of a variety of different materials and configurations contains an internal pouch or pocket that can be utilized by inserting a rigid object or scraper (which may or may not have a handle) into the pouch or pocket of the scouring or scrubbing pad. The rigid object can be removed from one scouring pad and reinserted into another scouring pad to meet the needs of multiple types of surfaces being cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Andrea Bell
  • Publication number: 20180228339
    Abstract: A grate cleaning device. The grate cleaning device is configured to wash grill grates. A pair of panels containing brush members are inserted into a housing. The panels are inserted so that the brush members on each panel face each other when they are inserted into the housing. The housing is liquid proof and configured to receive a liquid for cleaning therein. A grate device such as a grill grate can be inserted into the space between the pair of panels and slid in and out. The brush members act as an abrasive, cleaning debris from a grate such as a grill grate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Kirk Stecik
  • Publication number: 20180228340
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning tool with which a cleaning sheet can be efficiently used during cleaning. A cleaning sheet is provided with holding spaces through which a cleaning-body holder is inserted. The cleaning-body holder is provided with: cleaning-body holding parts which are inserted into the holding spaces to hold the cleaning sheet; and a handle part which is connected to the cleaning-body holding parts, and which is to be held by a user. The cleaning-body holding parts are provided with: base parts connected to the handle part; tip parts at an opposite side to the base parts; and intermediate parts which extend from the base parts towards the tip parts. In a state in which the cleaning-body holding parts have been inserted into the holding spaces to hold the cleaning sheet, sections of the cleaning sheet corresponding to the intermediate parts are configured so as to be thicker, in the thickness direction of the cleaning sheet, than sections of the cleaning sheet corresponding to the base parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Tomokazu SUDA
  • Publication number: 20180228341
    Abstract: A reprocessing apparatus for washing and cleaning a load comprising a reprocessing chamber, a buffer tank, a buffer tank valve and recirculation valve, fluid distribution devices and plurality of pumps, at least one ultrasonic transducer and a drainage system characterised by said buffer tank is supplied with fresh water and process chemical where buffer tank holds fresh process fluid that is pumped to at least one fluid distribution device and directly into the load, the drainage system for discharging process fluids and recirculation loop for pumping said fluid back the reprocessing chamber, and a method of reprocessing a load in a reprocessing apparatus characterised by that fresh water is mixed with process chemicals externally to said chamber in the buffer tank and delivered to said chamber through fluid distribution devices and internal connecting lines while simultaneously washing the load internally and externally and discharging the fluid from the reprocessing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: ASEPTIUM LIMITED
    Inventor: Pawel de Sternberg STOJALOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20180228342
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dishwasher comprising a dishwasher comprising a cabinet comprising a lateral panel and a top panel for defining an exterior appearance, a tub provided in the cabinet and providing a washing space, a door coupled to a front of the tub and opening and closing the washing space, and a weight balance coupled to a top surface of the tub and preventing the cabinet from tumbling down when the door is open, wherein the weight balance comprises a body coupled to the top surface of the tub, and an extended portion extended from each of lateral surfaces of the body and spaced a preset distance apart from the lateral panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Seongwon MUN
  • Publication number: 20180228343
    Abstract: A device to set and retrieve a reference point during a surgical procedure. The device (12) has an endoscope (312) which captures several images successively as an image sequence and generates image data corresponding to the image sequence, which data are then processed and output on at least one display unit (44).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Marcel SEEBER
  • Publication number: 20180228344
    Abstract: Medical borescopes and related methods. In some embodiments, a medical borescope may comprise a handle and a tube extending from the handle. The tube may be partially, or wholly, defined by an at least substantially non-conductive material, such as a suitable plastic, ceramic, or other non-metallic material. A tip assembly may be positioned at a distal end of the tube. The tip assembly may comprise a light source, a lens assembly, a printed circuit board, and an image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: John Langell, Lane Brooks
  • Publication number: 20180228345
    Abstract: A steerable micro-endoscope comprising a cylindrical elongated member having at least a first lumen, a tensioning wire running in the first lumen and attached at the distal end of the elongated member; the elongated member having a proximal portion and a distal portion, having respectively a first durometer and a second durometer lower than the first durometer; the first lumen being arranged such that the distal portion of the elongated body bends when the tensioning wire is pulled; wherein the elongated member comprises a second lumen; an electrode wire being arranged in the second lumen such that the distal end of the electrode wire does not protrude from the distal portion of the elongated member when the elongated member is not bent, and such that the distal end of the electrode wire protrudes from the distal portion of the elongated member when the elongated member is bent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Marek SEKOWSKI, Mark SIMON, Russ MEEK
  • Publication number: 20180228346
    Abstract: A steerable micro-device comprising a cylindrical elongated member having a distal end and a proximal end, the elongated member comprising at least a first lumen, a tensioning wire running in the first lumen, a distal end of the tensioning wire being attached at the distal end of the elongated member and a proximal end of the tensioning wire exiting the first lumen at the proximal end of the elongated member; the elongated member having a proximal portion extending from the proximal end toward the distal end of the elongated member and a distal portion extending from the distal end to the proximal portion of the elongated member, the proximal portion having a first durometer and the distal portion having a second durometer, lower than the first durometer the first lumen being arranged such that the distal portion of the elongated body bends when the proximal end of the tensioning wire is pulled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marek SEKOWSKI, Russ MEEK
  • Publication number: 20180228347
    Abstract: An endoscope system has an oxygen saturation calculation unit that calculates the oxygen saturation of an observation target using an LUT. The endoscope system includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a correction image obtained by imaging the observation target before calculating the oxygen saturation; an oxygen saturation correction amount calculation unit that calculates an oxygen saturation correction amount with respect to the oxygen saturation using the correction image; an oxygen saturation correction unit that corrects the oxygen saturation calculated by the oxygen saturation calculation unit according to the oxygen saturation correction amount; and a storage unit that stores the correction image and an oxygen saturation image, which shows the oxygen saturation after correction, so as to be associated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180228348
    Abstract: An endoscope cover attached in a lock state to a protruding lock portion of a distal framing portion of an insertion section of an endoscope, includes: a cover main body including an annular portion and which is attached to the distal framing portion along a longitudinal axis; a depressed lock portion provided on the cover main body and locked to the protruding lock portion of the distal framing portion; and a groove provided on a part including the proximal end of the annular portion and in which the protruding lock portion is configured to be located when the cover main body is turned with respect to the distal framing portion in the peripheral direction of the longitudinal axis and the protruding lock portion is unlocked from the depressed lock portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji YAMAYA
  • Publication number: 20180228349
    Abstract: A suction control unit placed on an endoscope to control application of suction through at least one of two working channels of the endoscope. The suction unit has first and second valves with first and second valve openings, at a proximal end, that lead through to a distal end, which is adapted to be placed on the first and second ports of the two working channels. The suction unit has a channel extending between the first and second valves, an opening extending from a front wall to a rear wall of the housing and through the channel, and a switcher having a handle and a shaft with a through hole. When the shaft is placed within the opening and in a first position, suction is applied to both the working channels. When the shaft is placed within the opening and in a second position, suction is applied to only one of the two working channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: EndoChoice, Inc.
    Inventors: Golan Salman, Amram Aizenfeld, Stephan Wieth, Alexander Lang, Tracy Knapp, Justin Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20180228350
    Abstract: A method of visually locating a vessel within a body lumen comprises displacing an opaque fluid with an inflatable member contained within an open area of a barrier or membrane. The method also comprises positioning the inflatable member against or adjacent to a tissue region at a first location and visually assessing the tissue region at the first location through the inflatable member. The method also comprises repositioning the inflatable member against or adjacent to the tissue region at a second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Vahid Saadat, Christopher A. Rothe, Ruey-Feng Peh, Edmund A. Tam
  • Publication number: 20180228351
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a minimally invasive surgical system includes a patient side manipulator, a hermetically sealed endoscopic camera instrument, a vision cart, and a monitor. The patient side manipulator has a robotic arm. The endoscopic camera instrument has a housing at a proximal end to couple to the robotic arm. The endoscopic camera instrument further has a hermetically sealed camera sensor at a distal end, a shaft coupled to the housing, and a wristed joint coupled between the shaft and the camera sensor. The vision cart has a camera control unit coupled in communication with the hermetically sealed camera sensor to capture the images of the surgical site. The monitor is coupled in communication with the camera control unit to display the captured images of the surgical site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: David D. Scott, David C. Shafer, Dominique Brichard, Peter M. Herzlinger
  • Publication number: 20180228352
    Abstract: A control device for an imaging system includes a video signal acquisition unit, a photometric unit, and a luminance control unit. The video signal acquisition unit is configured to acquire a video signal obtained by taking an image of fluorescence radiated from a subject under excitation by an excitation light that is emitted onto the subject. The photometric unit is configured to acquire brightness of the fluorescence based only on a color-specific video signal of one color corresponding to the fluorescence, the color-specific video signal being included in the video signal. The luminance control unit is configured to adjust luminance of a fluorescent image formed from the video signal, based on the brightness of the fluorescence acquired by the photometric unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20180228353
    Abstract: An endoscope illumination device includes a light source that outputs primary light, a light guide that includes a first end face from which the primary light is radiated, and guides the primary light, and a light converter that is disposed to face the first end face, includes a second end face which the primary light enters, converts part of the primary light into secondary light. The illumination device also includes a holder that holds the light guide and the light converter so that an incident angle of the secondary light that is radiated from a point of intersection of the second end face and an optical axis of the light guide on the first end face and enters the first end face is equal to or larger than an acceptance angle (NA) of the light guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi OHARA
  • Publication number: 20180228354
    Abstract: A light source device for endoscope includes a rotational body configured to rotate with a rotational axis as a center; a fluorescent body arranged in a predetermined area of the rotational body and configured to generate fluorescence by excitation light being radiated; an illuminating portion capable of selectively radiating excitation light of a first quantity and excitation light of a second quantity which is larger than the first quantity to a fluorescent body; and a control portion configured to switch between a first state of radiating the excitation light of the first quantity to the fluorescent body arranged in a first area and a second state of radiating the excitation light of the second quantity to the fluorescent body arranged in a second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke YABE, Satoshi TANAKA, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Masaaki WATANABE, Susumu HASHIMOTO, Yasuo KOMATSU, Manabu YAJIMA, Akihiko MOCHIDA, Koji OMORI
  • Publication number: 20180228355
    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes an illuminator including: an emphasis light source that emits emphasis narrow band light whose peak or central wavelength is included in an emphasis wavelength range that includes a maximum wavelength taking a maximum value of an optical absorption spectrum of a diagnosis target substance or a largest wavelength taking a largest value of the spectrum in any of three color ranges; and a non-emphasis light source that emits non-emphasis narrow band light whose peak or central wavelength is included in a non-emphasis wavelength range that is a wavelength range not including the emphasis wavelength range of the color ranges. The illuminator further includes a light quantity ratio changing section that changes a light quantity ratio between the emphasis and non-emphasis narrow band light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bakusui DAIDOJI, Takeshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20180228356
    Abstract: The endoscope includes an observing optical system having a magnified-observation function which enables a proximity observation by approximating an object, and at least three illuminating optical systems which are, a first illuminating optical system, a second illuminating optical system, and a third illuminating optical system. An amount of light of the first illuminating optical system which is at a distance nearest from the observing optical system, out of at least the three illuminating optical systems which are the first illuminating optical system, the second illuminating optical system, and the third illuminating optical system, is not more than half of an amount of light of the second illuminating optical system and the third illuminating optical system, and the endoscope satisfies the following conditional expressions (1?), (2?), (3), (4), (6), and (7). 0.5<rd1/rd3<0.75 ??(1?) 0.5<rd1/rd2<0.75 ??(2?) 0.3<(rd22×LI1)/(rd12×LI2)<1.2 ??(3) 0.3<(rd32×LI1)/(rd12×LI3)<1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuhiko SONE
  • Publication number: 20180228357
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an endoscope having an insertion section adapted to be inserted into a subject; an optical member positioned at a distal end portion; a heating section configured to heat the optical member; a first temperature detector configured to detect first temperature information of the distal end portion; a second temperature detector connected in parallel with the heating section and configured to detect second temperature information of the distal end portion; a control unit configured to control the heating section based on the first temperature information; and an abnormality determination unit configured to determine presence or absence of abnormality in the first temperature detector and the second temperature detector based on the first temperature information and the second temperature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiyuki FUJII
  • Publication number: 20180228358
    Abstract: An otoscope apparatus is disclosed which, in general, includes a left-ear housing and a right-ear housing connected together by a tensioning band. The left-ear housing and right ear housing each include a light source and a camera. The left-ear and right-ear housings each include a speculum which corresponds to a user's left and right ear canals, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Ben Swenson, Dan Allen, Justin Robinson
  • Publication number: 20180228359
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, devices, and systems that utilize a cheek retractor and/or a mobile device holder for case assessment and/or dental treatments. One cheek retractor includes a first and a second lip holder, both including imaging markers of a predetermined size to determine a scale of teeth of a user, where each imaging marker is located a predefined distance from the remaining imaging markers, and where the lip holder is to hold a cheek away from a mouth of a user to expose teeth of the user. A mobile device holder can include elements to receive a mobile device to capture images of the patient's teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Eric P. Meyer, Roman A. Roschin, Tzishing Jesse Lim, Palak Mittal, Stephan Albert Alexandre Dumothier, Norman C. Su, Huameng Ivan Chu
  • Publication number: 20180228360
    Abstract: A ventilatory laryngoscope with disposable laryngoscope lens including: a laryngoscope handle and a laryngoscope lens that is connected with an extension arm of the handle; transparent lens protecting cover on the end of the lens cavity; oxygen injecting through-hole on the cover; oxygen supply pipe in seal plug connection with the through-hole, the other end connected with an oxygen source pipe; scrubbing nozzle on the cover, and a drug delivery pipe. The laryngoscope has advantages: during the trachea intubation, ventilation and oxygen supply may be achieved in the body to effectively prevent cerebral anoxia and prolong the safe time limit of the intubation, improve the success rate of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, and provide a safe and reliable guarantee; improve intubation safety and reduce professional risk; the secreta may be removed from the cover to achieve timely rescue of critically ill patients by collecting clear glottis image and smoothly completing the intubation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Ni SHU
  • Publication number: 20180228361
    Abstract: The present application provides an arthroscopic system, which comprises an arthroscope having a distal end and a proximal end, a light source attached to the distal end of the arthroscope for providing a light, a lens attached to the distal end of the arthroscope for gathering the light, an image sensor set up next to the lens for generating digital raw data from the light, a transmitter set up between the distal end and the proximal end for transmitting the digital raw data toward the proximal end, a processing system attached to the proximal end for capturing and converting the digital raw data into digital video data and a video display device for displaying said digital video data. The present application eliminates the possibility of infecting the patient with contaminated devices by its cost-effectively disposable arthroscope. The present application also provides a method for image transmitting in an arthroscopic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Chung-Sheng Chen, Ching-Chuan Jiang, Chien-Hsiang Chang, Wei-lin Chen
  • Publication number: 20180228362
    Abstract: Insufflation is currently considered to be a necessary part of an endoscopic procedure. However, it introduces risks and costs that would be beneficial to eliminate. The endoscopic assistance devices and methods disclosed herein facilitate the performance of endoscopic procedures without insufflation. The devices attach directly or indirectly to the distal end portion of the endoscope. One or more resilient, curved bars extend from the attachment point around an internal void space to form a resilient, curved cage that spreads tissue gently during the advance of the endoscope. The resilient, curved bars define the windows of the cage that enable the visualization of the internal anatomy via a lens on the distal face of the endoscope and the passage of treatment devices from the operative channel of the endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Boris Reydel, Sergey Kantsevoy
  • Publication number: 20180228363
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are presented for obtaining high-resolution 3-D images of a sample over a range of wavelengths, optionally with polarisation-sensitive detection. In preferred embodiments a spectral domain OCT apparatus is used to sample the complex field of light reflected or scattered from a sample, providing full range imaging. In certain embodiments structured illumination is utilised to provide enhanced lateral resolution. In certain embodiments the resolution or depth of field of images is enhanced by digital refocusing or digital correction of aberrations in the sample. Individual sample volumes are imaged using single shot techniques, and larger volumes can be imaged by stitching together images of adjacent volumes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Steven James Frisken, Trevor Bruce Anderson, Armin Georg Segref, Grant Andrew Frisken
  • Publication number: 20180228364
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for estimating future axial elongation of an individual's eye as a way to predict and track refractive error progression of an individual. The method includes: receiving, via a computer interface, data relating to refractive change in a prior pre-determined time period for the individual from a reference timepoint; receiving data representing an age of the individual and data representing a current axial length value of the eye as measured at the reference timepoint; calculating, by said processor, a future axial elongation of the eye as a function of the age of the individual, the current axial length value of the eye as measured at the reference timepoint, and the refractive change in the prior pre-determined time period; generating, an output indication of said computed axial elongation of the eye, and using said output indication to select a myopia control treatment for said individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Xu Cheng
  • Publication number: 20180228365
    Abstract: Improvements to user interfaces for ophthalmic imaging systems, in particular Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) systems are described to improve how diagnostic data are displayed, analyzed and presented to the user. The improvements include user customization of display and reports, protocol driven work flow, bookmarking of particular B-scans, accessing information from a reference library, customized normative databases, and ordering of follow-up scans directly from a review screen. A further aspect is the ability to optimize the contrast and quality of displayed B-scans using a single control parameter. Virtual real time z-tracking is described that maintains displayed data in the same depth location regardless of motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Julia COELHO, Melissa R. HORNE, Harihar NARASIMHA-IYER, Christine N. RITTER, Siddharth SRIVASTAVA, Marc D. STERN, Zheen ZHAO, Suzanne M. THOMPSON, Raphaël GUILLEMINOT, Jayson Arthur MCCAULIFF
  • Publication number: 20180228366
    Abstract: Disclosed is an individual during a specific reading phase. The main feature of a method is that it includes the following steps, a step of subjecting the individual to a test involving the specific reading of a material including a text including a series of common words and into which errors have been inserted between the words at predefined locations, a step in which the individual reads the text out loud, a step of assigning an optical indicator linked to the reading errors identified and making it possible to characterize the quality of reading, a step of selecting the most appropriate visual aid unit depending on the determined optical indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Anne- Catherine SCHERLEN, Géraldine FAURE, Miryam GOLDSCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20180228367
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining the thickness of a retina. A single beam is used to illuminate the retina of a patient. Interference between reflections off different layers within the retina cause autocorrelation in the returned signal. A spectrometer produces a frequency spectrum of the beam reflected by the retina, and an FFT applied to the frequency spectrum produces a spatial domain signal (SDS). Autocorrelation within the reflected beam results in edges within the spatial domain signal, and the spatial coordinate of the SDS at which the power of the SDS drops precipitously indicates the distance between the nerve fiber layer (NFL) and the layers between the inner segment/outer segment (IS/OS) and the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), the dominant scatterers. By analyzing autocorrelation, a single beam can be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Hathaway, Rishard Weitz
  • Publication number: 20180228368
    Abstract: A retinal imager for imaging a retina of an eye includes an illumination source operable to generate illumination light and a beam splitter operable to receive the illumination light and direct the illumination light along an optical axis. The retinal imager also includes a field lens disposed along the optical axis and an objective lens disposed along the optical axis and operable to contact a cornea of the eye. An aerial image is formed adjacent to the field lens. The retinal imager further includes an image sensor and one or more lenses disposed along the optical axis between the beam splitter and the image sensor. The one or more lenses are operable to form a sensor image at the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Phoenix Technology Group
    Inventors: Norbert A. Massie, Stephan Hoffmann, Jack Schmidt, Ned Nestorovic
  • Publication number: 20180228369
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing a data stream generator that generates a data stream associated with a monitored analyte level, and a radio frequency logic portion operatively coupled to the data stream generator, the radio frequency logic portion configured to generate a radio frequency data stream based on the data stream generated from the data stream generator, the radio frequency logic portion further including one or more finite state machines and a plurality of discrete digital logic circuits, the one or more finite state machines configured to control the plurality of digital logic circuits to generate the radio frequency data stream for wireless communication are provided. Systems and kits incorporating the same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Mario Sicurello, Hung Dinh, Mark Kent Sloan
  • Publication number: 20180228370
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a smart terminal and a smart wrist watch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Lin WANG, Peijie ZHAO, Jianguo ZHANG, Chao YI
  • Publication number: 20180228371
    Abstract: An implantable device including a sensing element, transmitter and power element is disclosed. The device may allow for monitoring of one or more body conditions in a minimally invasive manner, while a receiver may receive such information. Methods of utilizing device are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Micell Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James B. McClain