Abstract: A container used to hold and transport items that get wet during use such as bar soap, razors, toothbrushes and clothing. Ducts in the container allow drier air from outside the container to mix with moist air inside the container to aid in the drying process. The ducts protrude into the container such that the openings in the ducts are presented above the level of any liquid dripping from the wet items regardless of the container's orientation. Thus, retaining the relatively small amount of liquid droplets and providing ventilation for drying. An embodiment can also arrange the position of the ducts to aid in the retention of the contained items to limit the movement of contents during transport.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for pumping first and second selected sterilizing or cleaning fluids (F1, F) by a user comprising: a first fluid container (12), a second fluid container (12k), a first pump assembly (18), a second pump assembly (18k), the first and second pump assemblies (18, 18k) being interconnected in an arrangement adapted to simultaneously pump the first fluid (F1) through upstream end fluid delivery apertures (22a) and the second fluid (F) through a laterally extending spout (24k) on manual driving of the external device in the downstream direction (D), the first fluid (F1) being delivered to the complementary surface (17s) of an external device (15) separately from the second fluid (F).

Abstract: Operating a hand cleaner dispenser for dispensing a cleaning liquid from a reservoir onto a person's hands in a cycle of operation wherein, during a first time interval during the cycle dispensing the liquid onto the hand as a spray, and during a second time interval during the cycle dispensing the liquid onto the hand as a liquid stream.

Abstract: Certain dual roll dispensers and methods of dispensing sheet product are provided. In one example, the method includes receiving, by the controller, a first trigger from at least one motion sensor, where the controller is in an awake state before the first trigger is received. The method includes causing, in response to the first trigger, a measurement device to enter an awake state, where the measurement device is configured to measure an amount of product dispensed by the dispenser. The method also includes receiving dispense event information associated with the amount of product dispensed during a dispense event, and storing or transmitting the dispense event information.

Abstract: Hand dryer having volume for receiving the hands delimited by two facing walls and provided with blow holes, an opening delimiting the volume by its sides superior and lateral, the walls being provided in their part opposed to the volume for receiving the hands with a fence delimiting a volume wherein air is injected blown before its ejection by the holes, each one of the fences including an upper wall, two lateral walls and a lower wall, the hand dryer being provided with means for detecting the introduction of hands in the volume, wherein the detecting means include a capacitive detector made of at least a continuous conductive element which runs in the vicinity of the upper and lateral walls of one of the fences.

Abstract: A toilet system includes a waterless waste disposal system. A waste liner advancement mechanism is configured to: cover a toilet seat with a liner, capture waste expelled from a user, and mechanically advance the liner into a waste storage area so as to place a fresh liner over the toilet seat after capturing the waste.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a brushroll that rotates about an axis. The brushroll defines a cylindrical portion and the axis extends centrally through the cylindrical portion. The brushroll also includes a rib that extends in a direction away from the axis. The rib includes a face extending along a line that is collinear with a secant through the cylindrical portion. A brush member extends from the face.

Abstract: A cleaning bin mountable to an autonomous cleaning robot operable to receive debris from a floor surface includes an inlet positioned between lateral sides of the cleaning bin and an outlet configured to connect to a vacuum assembly, the vacuum assembly operable to direct an airflow from the inlet of the cleaning bin to the outlet of the cleaning bin. The cleaning bin also includes a debris chamber to receive debris from the airflow, an airflow chamber separated from the debris chamber by a prefilter, the prefilter forming at least a portion of a top surface of the debris chamber and at least a portion of a bottom surface of the airflow chamber, and a filter socket configured to receive a filter and provide the airflow to through the filter to the outlet of the cleaning bin, wherein the filter is positioned substantially perpendicular to the prefilter when the filter is positioned in the filter socket.

Abstract: A robot cleaner and a traveling algorithm of the robot cleaner having wheels capable of moving in all directions to have enhanced traveling ability in various directions includes a body unit, a sensor provided to be rotatable with respect to the body unit to sense obstacles, a multi-directional moving wheel provided at a lower portion of the body unit to move the body unit in various directions, and a controller configured to determine a traveling route of the robot cleaner to avoid the detected obstacles and control the multi-directional moving wheel when the traveling route is determined so that the robot cleaner moves to the determined traveling route in a state where the body unit is not rotated.

Abstract: A vacuum may include a cleaner body including a suction motor for generating suction force, a suction part communicating with the cleaner body and suctioning air and dust, and a battery assembly for supplying a power to the suction motor. The battery assembly may include a battery unit, a battery terminal, a switch for connecting or disconnecting the battery unit and the battery terminal, and a battery case for accommodating the battery unit. The cleaner body may include a body supporting the battery assembly and a switching operation part for operating the switch when the battery assembly is mounted on the cleaner body.

Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arraigned to apply a cleaning fluid onto the surface and to thereafter collect the cleaning fluid up from the surface after it has been used to clean the surface. The robot chassis carries a supply of cleaning fluid and a waste container for storing waste materials collected up from the cleaning surface.

Abstract: A wet cleaning apparatus has a cleaning element for mechanically wet cleaning an area to be cleaned and a device section that supports the wet cleaning apparatus relative to the area. The wet cleaning apparatus comprises a displacement device that is designed for automatically causing a displacement of the cleaning element relative to the device section or vise versa in dependence on a state of motion and/or an error status of the wet cleaning apparatus such that the cleaning element can be displaced from an operating position, in which it is lowered onto the area, into a distant position, in which it is lifted off the area. A detection device is assigned to the displacement device and is designed for distinguishing between a standstill of the wet cleaning apparatus and a motion of the wet cleaning apparatus.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a recovery tank, a suction nozzle in fluid communication with the recovery tank, and a suction source in fluid communication with the suction nozzle and the recovery tank to generate a working air path to transport debris-containing fluid including air and liquid from the suction nozzle into the recovery tank. An air/liquid separator can be provided within the recovery tank for separating liquid from air in the debris-containing fluid.

Abstract: A towel with an integrated cleaning agent includes a towel body having a pocket that is interposed between a front surface, a rear surface, a pair of opposing side edges, a bottom edge and a top edge. A cleaning agent having a porous fabric body is positioned within the pocket of the towel body. The cleaning agent includes a cleaning solution that is incrementally released through the porous body and the towel body when activated by water. The towel body is constructed from any combination of smooth and textured materials, and includes an opening that is in communication with the pocket for receiving and positioning the cleaning agent therein.

Abstract: An electronic endoscope processor for processing an image signal of a subject imaged using an imaging element in an electronic endoscope system includes: an illuminating light switching means for alternatingly switching the illuminating light to be emitted to the subject, between a first illuminating light and a second illuminating light; and an imaging element control means for controlling an exposure time of the imaging element and a charge readout timing. The imaging element control means controls the exposure time T1 of the imaging element when the first illuminating light is being emitted to the subject and the exposure time T2 of the imaging element when the second illuminating light is being emitted to the subject, based on a time-integrated amount of luminous flux per unit time of the first illuminating light and a time-integrated amount of luminous flux per unit time of the second illuminating light.

Abstract: An articulation joint manufacturing process comprises cutting an elongated tube to form a multiplicity of links wherein adjacent links are connected by a bridge. The method comprises forming a fracturable portion on each bridge and connecting a multiplicity of springs to adjacentts links to form a workpiece. The method further comprises applying a torsional force to the workpiece about its longitudinal axis to fracture each bridge to form an articulation joint comprising a series of links wherein adjacent links are connected by at least one spring. Certain steps are formed by a laser. In one method, the springs are positioned on a mandrel and the springs are welded to the workpiece. The fracturable portion on the bridges may be produced by forming an indentation which may be a score, a perforation, an elongated indentation or an oval shaped indentation.

Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed to a cover removal jig for an endoscope that removes a tip cover applied to a distal end of an insertion section of an endoscope. The cover removal jig includes an enclosing portion and a cylinder connected to the enclosing portion. The enclosing portion is to be applied to the tip cover to surround its circumference, and has a portion engageable with the tip cover. The cylinder is made from elastic material and capable to come into close contact with a part of an outer surface of the insertion section.

Abstract: A data reception device includes a wireless communication interface configured to receive imaging data transmitted from a capsule endoscope and which transmits the imaging data after the imaging by performing the imaging, and to transmit a frame rate-setting value to the capsule endoscope, a memory configured to store reference image information to be used to specify a part of a living body included in the imaging data, a range-of-interest detection unit configured to detect a range of interest which is a range of the part in the imaging data based on the reference image information, an amount-of-change detection unit configured to detect an amount of change in the range of interest between the imaging data of two different frames, and a frame rate determination unit configured to determine the frame rate-setting value to be transmitted to the capsule endoscope.

Abstract: A connecting device through which a gas can flow, for connecting a port of a surgical instrument to a reprocessing device for cleaning the surgical instrument, the connecting device including: a self-actuating valve with a swellable material body.

Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion section configured to be inserted into a subject, an operation section configured to be consecutively provided on a proximal end side of the insertion section, a rigid partition wall provided inside the insertion section or inside the operation section and configured to maintain watertightness between a first space including an inside of the insertion section and a second space formed on a distal end side of the first space, and a first check valve provided in the partition wall and configured to block circulation of gas from the second space to the first space and circulate gas from the first space to the second space.

Abstract: A visualization catheter includes an elongate shaft, a cap portion, and an offset balloon coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The elongate shaft includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a central axis defined therebetween. The cap portion is coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The cap portion also includes a visualization element and defines an aperture. The offset balloon is coupled to the distal end of the shaft and encapsulates the cap portion. The offset balloon defines a center point offset relative to the central axis of the shaft.

Abstract: An endoscope according to the present invention comprises: a tubular insertion portion 2 to be inserted into a living body; and a treatment tool channel formed inside the insertion portion 2, the treatment tool channel being configured to guide a treatment tool 51 by passing the treatment tool 51 through the treatment tool channel, wherein the endoscope comprises: a treatment tool driver 7 for allowing a forward movement and/or a backward movement of the treatment tool 51 in the treatment tool channel; and a drive controller 8 for controlling the forward movement and/or the backward movement of the treatment tool 51 by the treatment driver 7.

Abstract: This invention may be directed to an endoscopic device. The endoscopic device comprising an elongate member having a distal end, and a cap positioned at the distal end. The cap may have a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end may define at least one recess that does not extend through the cap to the distal end of the cap. The endoscopic device may further include at least one illumination device disposed in the at least one recess.

Abstract: An endoscope objective optical system consists of in order from an object side, a front group having a negative refractive power, an aperture stop, and a rear group having a positive refractive power, wherein either the front group or the rear group includes one or more than one cemented lens, and the cemented lens includes a lens having a positive refractive power and a lens having a negative refractive power, and the rear group includes a positive lens which is a single lens, on the object side, and the following conditional expressions (1), (2), (3), and (4) are satisfied. 1.1<Ih/ft<1.8??(1) ?ff/ft<0.9??(2) 45<?d1??(3) LOs/Ih<1.

Abstract: The invention relates to an endoscopic device, in particular for medical applications, comprising an endoscope with a shaft that is introducible into a subject under examination, and a data processing unit, three or more optical imaging units having respective imaging elements arranged distally on the shaft and image sensors associated therewith for providing image data sets for the data processing unit, wherein the data processing unit is configured and programmed such that it uses the image data sets to determine corresponding image points therein and generates a 3D surface data set of an object imaged by the imaging units in the subject under examination. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for endoscopic examination.

Abstract: A method of assessing Fallopian tubal patency includes introducing a distension medium into a patient's uterus, introducing a contrasting medium into the uterus, and observing the contrasting medium, for example, via a hysteroscope, to determine whether the contrasting medium flows into one or both Fallopian tubes. A device for assessing Fallopian tubal patency includes a chamber for receiving contrast media, a flow path through the chamber for delivering distension media to a patient's uterus, and a flow controller for regulating the flow of distension media to the patient's uterus. The flow path is configured to permit flow of contrast media from the chamber into the flow path.

Abstract: An endoscopic system includes an over-tube being defined by an elongated tubular member. The elongated tubular member includes an endoscope channel and at least one treatment tool channel each of which is formed longitudinally along a length of the elongated tubular member and is spaced apart from one another within circumference of the elongated tubular member. An endoscope is configured to be inserted into the endoscope channel. Two treatment tools each of which is configured to be inserted into the respective treatment tool channels. A channel position identifier is configured to be disposed in an inner surface of at least a portion of the endoscope channel in a longitudinal direction thereof for indicating the position of the treatment tool channel with respect to the endoscope channel in a circumferential direction. The channel position identifier further includes a transparent window part and an opaque identifying member.

Abstract: An image processing device comprising a processor including hardware, the processor performing: an image acquisition process of acquiring an image in time series; and a motion vector detection process including obtaining luminance identification information based on a pixel value of the image, and detecting a motion vector based on the image and the luminance identification information, the processor setting contribution in the motion vector detection process to be higher with a smaller luminance identified by the luminance identification information, the contribution being contribution of a low-frequency component of the image relative to a high-frequency component of the image.

Abstract: An endoscope device is provided to comprise an insertion unit configured to be inserted into a body cavity and guide light from an object, an illumination device attached to the insertion unit and illuminating the object, and an imaging device having an imaging element provided with 8K-level or higher-level pixels. The imaging element receives light reflected from the object and guided by the insertion unit and outputs imaging signals of the object. The insertion unit and the illumination device may be attached to the imaging device. The imaging device may be grasped and carried by a human hand. The imaging device has a mounting part incorporating the imaging element and a grasping part. The cross-sectional area of the mounting part perpendicular to an optical axis is equal to or larger than the cross-sectional area of the grasping part perpendicular to the optical axis.

Abstract: An endoscope has an imaging unit at a distal end portion of an insert section, and a relay board including an imaging signal converter that converts imaging signals output from the imaging unit is provided inside the insert section. Here, a data transmission method of an imaging signal transmitted at least in a section from the imaging unit to the relay board is a low-amplitude differential transmission method.

Abstract: A portable endoscopic inspection system comprises an endoscope having a proximal end with a flanged eyepiece for observation and a distal end with a lens assembly for insertion into a region of interest. A light port transports incident light to the region of interest along an lighting pathway, and reflected light is transported along an imaging pathway from the lens assembly to the eyepiece. A wireless imaging unit comprises a light source which detachably couples to the light port for generating the incident light, and an imaging sensor for recording images of the reflected light from the eyepiece. The wireless imaging unit comprises a variable coupling system which mechanically couples the imaging sensor to the flanged eyepiece independent of the shape and/or size of the flange of the eyepiece.

Abstract: A method for scanning partly obstructed interior surfaces includes providing a probe shaped scanner having an axis. The scanner includes at least one light source configured to create and project structured light, and at least one camera configured to record 2D images. The method includes entering the probe shaped scanner into a cavity of an object, where the cavity is bounded by an interior surface of the object; creating and projecting structured light from the light source of the probe producing a pattern on the interior surface of the object; recording a series of 2D images of the reflection of the pattern from the interior surface using said camera; combining the series of 2D images to obtain 3D real world coordinates of the interior surface; and providing data and processing the data such that surface information for areas of the surface, where image scanning is not complete, is created.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and designs of speculum tips for pneumatic otoscopy. A speculum tip is disclosed and generally comprises: a cylindrical configuration including a narrow distal tip region longitudinally extending from a larger proximal region.

Abstract: Device for detecting images of the mouth of a patient, comprising a support frame provided with two temples and with a nosepiece that are shaped for abutting against three reference points corresponding to two supra-auricular areas and to the nasion of the head of the patient, identifying a reference plane (P1). The device also comprises a video camera connected, by means of a support rod, to the support frame, and positioned on a measuring plane (P3) having a fixed angle with respect to the reference plane (P1), and in a measuring position (PM) associable with the patient at a defined distance with respect to the reference plane (P1), and able to be centered on the mouth of the patient, for reproducing images (A) of the mouth fixed with respect to the reference plane (P1) and to the measuring plane (P3).

Abstract: An oral monitoring system is provided. The oral monitoring system includes one or more cameras configured for installation in a mouth for capturing images. A memory is configured for storing images. One or more processors are configured to process images captured by the one or more cameras, and a wireless transmitter is configured to transmit data corresponding to the captured images. A chemical sensor is further provided and the wireless transmitter is further configured to transmit data corresponding to substances detected by the chemical sensor.

Abstract: A dental caries diagnosis device comprising a light source which is configured to emit examination light (R) and a light receiving unit (4f) which is configured to receive the examination light (R) with which a tooth has been irradiated includes: a head-side casing (4a1) which is inserted into a mouth in a contactless manner with respect to a tooth or a gum and which projects the examination light (R) toward a tooth; and a filter (4e) which is disposed in front of the light receiving unit (4f) and which is configured to remove a noise component from the received light, wherein the light receiving unit (4f) is configured to receive the examination light (R) which has been transmitted through the tooth.

Abstract: A multifunctional visualization instrument is provided that, in certain embodiments, includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end. The multifunctional visualization instrument includes a display screen on the body and a camera stick at the distal end of the body and comprising an arm and a camera. The arm of the camera stick is sized to fit within a channel of a removable laryngoscope blade. The multifunctional visualization instrument includes a port on a surface of the laryngoscope, configured to mate with an introducer and a steering input for steering the introducer, displayed on the display screen simultaneously with an image of the patient captured by the camera.

Abstract: A video laryngoscope has an arm comprising a video camera, at least one electrical conductor extending to the video camera, an elongate electrical conductor retaining member retaining the electrical conductor and an overmoulding extending around the elongate cable retaining member and having a smooth outer surface. Providing a laryngoscope arm overmoulded to provide a smooth outer surface has the benefit of allowing the laryngoscope arm to be readily cleaned or sterilised, and minimises the number of features, such as seams or joints, where dirt or infectious bodies may be retained.

Abstract: A system, method, scope device, and camera control module device for a stroboscopic laryngoscope, to enable scopes able to operate with a rolling shutter-type image sensor. With selected pulsing of a strobe light, subset image data from adjacent rolling-shutter frames is selected, gain compensated for missing light and combined into a new single video frame.

Abstract: A video laryngoscope system includes an imager, an audio processing circuitry, a light source, an exposure controller, and a line gain module. The imager generates a first frame and a second frame of a plurality of video frames using a rolling shutter. The audio processing circuitry determines a base frequency of a vocalization based on an audio signal. The light source generates pulses of light based on the base frequency. The exposure controller adjusts a duration and position in time of the pulses based on the base frequency during the first and second frames. The line gain module selectively applies a line gain to at least a portion of the first frame and a portion of the second frame based on a gap time between the first frame and the second frame and the duration and position in time of the pulses.

Abstract: A mini-invasive device for endourologic treatment includes a tubular conduit, longitudinally flexible, configured to be inserted through and along the operating channel of an endoscope. The tubular conduit internally defines an essentially non-deformable lumen, has a proximal portion having a connector to a suction device, has a distal portion intended to project from the distal tip of the endoscope, and internally delimits a suction conduit, within which at least one tool can be removably inserted to be used in endourologic treatment.

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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a distance measuring system. The distance measuring system comprises a distance measuring sensor, a memory unit and a processing unit. The distance measuring sensor is adapted and arranged to measure viewing distances between a subject's eyes and one or more objects. The memory unit is adapted to store the measured viewing distances in a set of measured viewing distances. The processing unit is adapted to determine a statistical distribution of the measured viewing distances from the set of measured distances.

Abstract: An optical measurement system method for measuring a characteristic of a subject's eye use a probe beam having an infrared wavelength in the infrared spectrum to measure a refraction of the subject's eye at the infrared wavelength; capture at least two different Purkinje images at two different corresponding wavelengths from at least one surface of the lens of the subject's eye; determine from the at least two different Purkinje images a value for at least one parameter of the subject's eye; use the value of the at least one parameter to determine a customized chromatic adjustment factor for the subject's eye; and correct the measured refraction of the subject's eye at the infrared wavelength with the customized chromatic adjustment factor to determine a refraction of the subject's eye at a visible wavelength in the visible spectrum.

Abstract: A system and a method for testing a visual field of a subject are described. The method includes determining inter-eye distance of the subject. Visual stimuli are displayed on a left display region and a right display region of a two-dimensional display to the subject based on the determined inter-eye distance. The left display region is configured to display content specific to the left eye and the right display region is configured to display content specific to the right eye of the subject. Subject responses to the visual stimuli are tracked. Based on the subject responses, a condition of the visual field of each eye the subject is evaluated and then results of the evaluation describing the subject's visual field condition is reported or stored.

Abstract: Disclosed are various examples of embodiments of systems, devices, components and methods configured to detect a location of a source of at least one cardiac rhythm disorder in a patient's heart. In some embodiments, electrogram signals are acquired from inside a patient's heart, and subsequently normalized, adjusted and/or filtered, followed by generating a two-dimensional (2D) spatial map, grid or representation of the electrode positions, processing the amplitude-adjusted and filtered electrogram signals to generate a plurality of three-dimensional electrogram surfaces corresponding at least partially to the 2 D grid, one surface being generated for each or selected discrete times, and processing the plurality of three-dimensional electrogram surfaces through time to generate a velocity vector map corresponding at least partially to the 2 D grid.

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing data communication in medical systems are disclosed.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus and methodologies image a subject using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, wherein neuronal activity is assessed by measuring displacement of one or more red blood cells resulting from nearby electrical fields produced by the neuronal activity in the at least part of the subject's brain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of medical monitoring, and in particular non-contact monitoring and communication with other medical monitoring devices. Systems and methods are described for receiving a video signal of a medical monitoring device that is outputting a light signal, identifying the light signal emitted by the medical monitoring device from the video signal, decoding information from the light signal, and determining a communication from the decoded information related to a patient being monitored or the medical monitoring device itself.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for detecting and quantifying the plaque levels and/or lesions in companion animals, and the use of such information during trials of oral health products. The methods disclosed enable the trialling of companion animals for a shorter period of time, without the need for long and expensive trials on oral health products to be conducted. The methods described are conducted on conscious pet animals.