Abstract: A cleaner includes: a suction motor that generates suction force; a dust separation unit that separates dust from air sucked by the suction force; a motor housing that covers the suction motor; a flow guide that surrounds an outer side of the motor housing and guides air discharged from the dust separation unit to the suction motor; and a body that forms an external appearance by surrounding the flow guide and guides air discharged from the suction motor together with the flow guide.

Abstract: A central vacuum system includes a primary valve box or inlet and a secondary inlet. The central vacuum system includes a hose with a hose plug at the end thereof. The hose is stored in the primary valve box and may be extracted and attached to the secondary inlet. The secondary inlet includes features that enable the hose plug to connect with the secondary inlet. The secondary inlet includes at least one flex member that is configured to connect, in a releasable manner, with a channel formed in the hose plug. The flex member on the secondary inlet includes a section or portion thereof that moves radially relative to a longitudinal axis of the secondary inlet. The portion that moves radially may include a curved profile. This enables the flex member to wrap around a circumferential portion of the hose plug.

Abstract: An artificial intelligence monitoring device includes a camera configured to capture an image, a communication unit configured to receive cleaning information from an artificial intelligence cleaner, and a processor configured to determine whether a floor situation is a situation in which cleaning is required, based on the image or the cleaning information, determine a cleaning area and a cleaning type upon determining that cleaning is required, and transmit a cleaning command including the determined cleaning area and cleaning type to the artificial intelligence cleaner through the communication unit.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a wand that is configured to clean a surface, such as carpeting and rugs, are disclosed herein. While the described wand can comprise any suitable component that allows it to be used to clean a surface, in some cases, the wand includes a wand head having a shroud, with a jet orifice and a vacuum port being disposed within the shroud. In some such cases, the vacuum port includes a breaker bar that is recessed within the shroud such that a portion of the shroud extends past the breaker bar. Additionally, in some cases, the shroud further includes one or more rollers that are optionally adjustable in height such that the wand head can is useable by operators of varying heights. In some cases, the wand head is coupled to a vacuum tube that attaches to a vacuum. Additional implementations are also described herein.

Abstract: A wet-cleaning appliance, in particular a wet mop, has a cleaning roller, which is mounted in a rotatable manner about a roller axis, and having a roller cover, which encloses the cleaning roller in the circumferential direction, at least in part, and has at least one movable covering element for optionally closing and/or releasing an opening region of the roller cover. In order to prevent residual liquid contained in the roller cover from dripping from the wet-cleaning appliance when the roller cover is opened, the movable covering element has a collecting unit, in particular a collecting container, which has a storage volume for collecting liquid that remains in the roller cover.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus, such as a fluid delivery or steam mop, comprises a handle assembly comprising a steam distributor and a foot assembly pivotally attached to the handle assembly and comprising a base housing. The foot assembly can be used in two positions, whereby opposing sides of a cleaning pad on the base housing can selectively engage a surface to be cleaned. The foot assembly is further swivelable relative to the steam distributor, such that fluid can be delivered to the surface to be cleaned in both of the two use positions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spin type mop cleaning bucket that is suitable for cleaning a foldable flat mop, comprising a bucket body and a spinning device mounted on a bottom portion of the bucket body, the spinning device having a spinning element and a pair of receiving recesses, and the spinning element being spun around a longitudinal axis of the spinning element to spin on the bucket body, wherein the pair of receiving recesses is provide to receive the folded foldable flat mop such that the spinning element of the spinning device spins on the bucket body as driven by a spinning force of the foldable flat mop which is spinning.

Abstract: A dishwasher and a control method thereof are disclosed. The dishwasher includes a tub accommodating an object to be washed, a spray arm rotatably provided inside the tub to spray wash water toward the object to be washed, a sump for storing wash water and collecting wash water sprayed into the tub therein, a filter separably mounted to the sump to remove foreign substances from wash water, a wash pump for supplying wash water stored in the sump to the spray arm, and a circulation passage for diverting at least a portion of the wash water supplied to the spray arm by the wash pump to the sump. After the dishes are washed, all of the wash water introduced into the wash pump is diverted into the filter. Foreign substances present in the wash water are collected in the filter and are discharged outside along with the wash water.

Abstract: A dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity configured to receive an item to be washed. A water feed extends completely or partially in the dishwasher cavity for providing a water distribution in the dishwasher cavity. Associated with the water feed is a lighting device having a lighting line extending along a guiding direction of the water feed.

Abstract: Assembly (1) for dispensing washing agents in the washing chamber (C) of a washing machine, including an integrated dispensing device for washing agents (2), comprising a body (2a) which is intended to be mounted through an opening of a sheet-like wall (F) which delimits the washing chamber (C). The assembly (1) further comprises a reservoir (3) for liquid detergent which may be removably coupled to the body (2a) of the device for dispensing washing agents (2), and which may be positioned on the side of the device for dispensing washing agents (2) intended to face the washing chamber (C). The reservoir has a holding chamber (3d) for liquid detergent able to communicate with the outside of the reservoir (3) through at least one outlet opening (12b) for dispensing liquid detergent and an actuator assembly (21, 22, 23, 24) to control the dispensing of liquid detergent from the reservoir (3).

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

Abstract: A dishwasher includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber. At least one dish rack defines an interior and is located in the treating chamber. At least one set of tines is located within the interior of the dish rack. A tine angle adjustment assembly includes an adjuster plate movably coupled to the at least one dish rack. The adjuster plate includes at least one adjuster pin. An adjusting arm operably couples the set of tines to the at least one adjuster pin.

Abstract: [Object] To make the vertical and horizontal directions of an endoscope image and the vertical and horizontal directions of the screen of a monitor coincide with each other without spoiling the effective region of the endoscope image. [Solution] A control device of an endoscope system according to the present disclosure includes: a scope rotation angle acquiring section that acquires a scope rotation angle, around an axis in an insertion direction, of a scope including an objective lens to be inserted in a body; and a rotation angle control section that controls a rotation angle, around an optical axis center, of an image sensor that captures an image provided by the scope, on the basis of the scope rotation angle.

Abstract: A medical image processing device includes a motion amount calculating unit configured to compare a first image obtained by capturing a subject image taken by an endoscope with a second image obtained by capturing the subject image at a chronologically different timing from the first image and calculate a motion amount for the second image every two or more areas in the first image; and an area specifying unit configured to specify a mask area other than the subject image included in the first image from an inside of a mask candidate area in which the motion amount is equal to or less than a specific first threshold value in the first image.

Abstract: An imaging device positioning system for monitoring an anatomical region (10). The imaging device positioning system employs an imaging device (20) for generating an image (21) of an anatomical region (10). The imaging device positioning system further employs a imaging device controller (30) for controlling a positioning of the imaging device (20) relative to the anatomical region (10). During a generation by the imaging device (20) of the image (21) of the anatomical region (10), the imaging device controller (30) adapts the control of the positioning of the imaging device (20) relative to the anatomical region (10) to a physiological condition of the anatomical region (10) extracted from the image (21) of the anatomical region (10).

Abstract: An electronic endoscope system includes: an electronic endoscope including an image sensor that images a living tissue; a processor that performs image processing on an image obtained by imaging the living tissue; and a display that displays the image on which image processing has been performed. The processor includes: a feature amount calculation unit that calculates, as a feature amount, a ratio between differences of values of two color signals out of a plurality of color signals of each of pixels of the image from a reference value; and an image enhancement processing unit that enhances the image by determining a degree of increase or decrease of at least one of the values of the two color signals on the basis of the calculated ratio so as to perform enhancement processing on the image.

Abstract: Provided is an endoscope system capable of easily re-searching for a detected region of interest, and an operation method for the endoscope system. An endoscope system 10 includes an endoscopic image acquisition unit 54, a region-of-interest detecting unit 80, a position information acquisition unit 81, and a display unit 18. The endoscopic image acquisition unit 54 acquires an endoscopic image acquired by capturing an image of a lumen with an endoscope 12. The region-of-interest detecting unit 80 detects a region of interest in the lumen by using the endoscopic image. The position information acquisition unit 81 acquires position information of the region of interest detected by the region-of-interest detecting unit 80. The display unit 18 displays the position information of the region of interest.

Abstract: Example embodiments relate to endoscopic systems. Endoscopic system includes main body and control section. Control section includes extendible section that extends and contracts to change length between extendible section ends. Control section includes first expandable member. When first expandable member is in an expanded configuration, first expandable member includes proximal side wall and distal side wall. Distal side wall of first expandable member includes first protrusions. Control section includes second expandable member. When second expandable member is in an expanded configuration, second expandable member includes distal side wall and proximal side wall. Proximal side wall of second expandable member includes second protrusions. First and second protrusions configurable to cooperate to form a sieve portion between first and second expandable members.

Abstract: An apparatus may include an instrument including an elongated shaft and a shape sensor including an elongated optical fiber extending within the elongated shaft at a first radial distance from a neutral axis. The apparatus may also comprise a reference sensor disposed within the elongated shaft. The shape sensor may be fixed in a known first position relative to the reference sensor. The apparatus may also comprise a twist resistant feature disposed within the elongated shaft. The twist resistant feature may be coupled to the shape sensor to reduce twisting of the elongated optical fiber relative to the elongated shaft while permitting axial translation of the elongated optical fiber within the elongated shaft. The shape sensor may be coupled to the twist resistant feature at a known second position relative to the reference sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a medical device assembly. The medical device assembly described herein may include a medical device and a control unit. The medical device may include an imaging apparatus, an electrical wire coupled to the imaging apparatus, an illumination device, an illumination connector coupled to the illumination device, and a connector coupled to the electrical wire and the illumination connector. The control unit may include an electrical interface, a light source, and a port, wherein the port is configured to receive the connector to operatively couple the electrical wire to the electrical interface, and to operatively couple the illumination connector to the light source, the connector being removably attachable to the port.

Abstract: An endoscopy cap is described, said cap having the particular feature of allowing distension of the mucosal surfaces undergoing endoscopic examination without disturbing the lateral vision at all, resulting in a significant reduction in the time needed to carry out the procedure and without negatively affecting the possibility of diagnosis of the various mucosal lesions which may be present. The device may be applied to any endoscope and is made of materials which are biocompatible with the environment in which they will be used.

Abstract: A distal end cover for an endoscope molded by injecting resin into a mold for molding, attached to a distal end member of an insertion portion in the endoscope, a raising base being provided in the distal end member , covering at least a part of the distal end member, and having an opening portion configured to expose a space in which the raising base is housed to an outside, includes a thin portion having one end connected to a periphery portion of the opening portion and extending linearly and two resin injection gate marks disposed in such a manner that the thin portion is located between the two resin injection gate marks, in which the two resin injection gate marks are disposed at positions where the resin injected into a cavity through a gate of the mold forms a weld line along the thin portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to an endoscope including an endoscope head, a wide-angle lens on the distal end of the endoscope head, and a working channel extending in the endoscope head. Proximally from the wide-angle lens, the working channel is bent laterally toward the outer circumference of the endoscope head, wherein a distal working channel opening is formed on a lateral side of the endoscope head.

Abstract: A stereoscopic-vision endoscope optical system includes a pair of objective optical systems, a pair of relay optical systems, and a pair of image forming optical systems. The image forming optical system includes a first lens unit, a first optical-path bending element, and a second optical-path bending element. The objective optical system and the relay optical system are disposed in a first optical path. A second optical path is formed between the first optical-path bending element and the second optical-path bending element. A third optical path is formed between the second optical-path bending element and a final image. The second optical path is positioned farther from the central axis, than the first optical path. The third optical path is positioned closer to the central axis, than the second optical path.

Abstract: An auxiliary measurement light-emitting unit emits auxiliary measurement light that is planar light including at least two first feature lines. A taken image obtained through the imaging of a subject includes an intersection curve and at least two first spots that are formed at positions corresponding to first feature lines on the intersection curve. Measurement information representing the actual size of the subject is displayed in the taken image by using the positions of the first spots.

Abstract: A reprocessing system for balloon endoscopes including an endoscope reprocessing system including cleaning functionality and disinfection functionality, and a leak testing device including inflation and deflation functionality, the inflation and deflation functionality being operative to selectably inflate and deflate a balloon of a balloon endoscope.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a trocar assembly with an integrated scope-cleaning structure. The trocar assembly may include a housing defining boundaries of a chamber with (a) a proximal opening configured to receive a distal end of a scope, and (b) a distal opening in fluid and mechanical communication with a trocar cannula. The trocar assembly may further include a cleaning element located at least partially between the proximal opening and the distal opening, where the cleaning element is movable with respect to the housing from at least a first setting where a first portion of the cleaning element may be in a first location and may form a first cleaning surface within the chamber, the first cleaning surface configured to remove debris from a distal end of the scope when the distal end of the scope contacts the first portion of the cleaning element.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for lubricating a medical device, such as a colonoscope, being introduced into a patient's body. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a housing including a proximal surface, a distal surface, a channel extending between the proximal and distal surfaces; and a lubricant within an interior of the housing surrounding the channel such that a scope or other device inserted through the channel receives lubricant on its outer surface before introduction into a patient's body.

Abstract: The expansion instrument includes an outer and inner circumference walls. The outer circumference wall is configured to be deformable in directions where a diameter of the outer circumference wall expands and shrinks. The inner circumference wall is located in a position surrounded by the outer circumference wall, and configured to be deformable in the directions where a diameter of the inner circumference wall expands and shrinks. Between the outer circumference wall and the inner circumference wall, an internal space where fluid can be introduced is provided. When the fluid is not introduced into the internal space, the outer and inner circumference walls are deformed in the direction where each diameter shrinks. When the amount of the fluid exceeding the initial volume that the internal space inherently has is introduced into the internal space, the outer and inner circumference walls are deformed in the direction where each diameter expands.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a visual field of a subject can include an enclosure, wherein the enclosure surrounds at least one eye of the subject; a display comprising a distance from the eye of the subject to a surface of the display, wherein the distance is substantially constant along a portion of the surface of the display; and a plurality of light sources disposed on the display, wherein the light sources comprise a plurality of stimuli for measuring the visual field of the subject, wherein the apparatus may be worn by the subject.

Abstract: A method for carrying out an eye examination on an examinee is provided. The method includes providing a display configured for displaying a visual stimulus; forming a visual path between the display and at least one eye of the examinee; displaying on the display at least one visual stimulus having visual characteristics; detecting reflexive eye response of the at least one eye in response to the displaying of the visual stimulus; assessing vision of the at least one eye in accordance with the reflexive eye response and the characteristics of the visual stimulus.

Abstract: A biomedical information processing system using an application program (APP) collaborated with an ocular temperature measurement technique includes an electronic device and a remote device. At least one user respectively holds an ocular temperature sensing device connected with the electronic device installed with an application program (APP). The electronic device exchanges information with the remote device. The ocular temperature sensing device acquires an instant ocular temperature measurement of a user, which is transmitted to the remote device through the APP. The remote device performs a characteristics comparison procedure according to a piece of comparison item information selected by the user on the APP to generate a comparison result. When the electronic device receives the comparison result from the remote device, the user can view the comparison result and create a tracking record through the electronic device for users to be aware of their eye health conditions at any time.

Abstract: An eye measuring apparatus includes a stimulator including multiple stimulator light points for projecting a plurality of light rays onto a surface of the cornea of an eye; a camera system for capturing reflected images of the stimulator light points; and a computational unit arranged to analyse the posterior surface of the cornea and/or to obtain a characteristic of the eye on the basis of the reflected images. The control unit is arranged to activate subsequently different subsets of the multiple stimulator light points; and to carry out the following steps: selecting, for each of the different subsets of the multiple stimulator light points, at least one reflected image that corresponds with activation of the respective subset of the multiple stimulator light points, and combining the selected reflected images with each other to analyse the posterior surface of the cornea and/or to obtain the characteristic of the eye.

Abstract: A method of selecting a tonic lens by taking into consideration the magnitude and orientation of the posterior cornea and/or the location of the incision axis is described. The magnitude and orientation of the posterior cornea can be calculated as a function of the measured pre-operative orientation of the steep meridian of the anterior cornea.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A binocular scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) is used to track the fixational eye movement of each of the eyes of a subject. The binocular SLO may include right eye optics for imaging a portion of the retina of the right eye and left eye optics for imaging a portion of the retina of the left eye. Shifts in the imaged portion of the retina with respect to a reference image of the retina may be used to measure and track eye movement. The right eye optics and left eye optics may be separate imaging paths, each with its own bi-directional MEMS scanning mirror and Keplerian telescope. The use of the MEMS scanning mirrors minimizes the size and weight of the binocular SLO.

Abstract: An adapter configured to engage with a hand held computer device to allow a camera on the hand held computer device to take a high quality image of an eye. The adapter allows for high quality imaging of the anterior portion of the eye and the posterior portion of the eye. The adapter can include additional modular components such as an optical pathway enclosure and a beamsplitter module.

Abstract: A system comprises a storage device, a piece of medical equipment, a portable computing device, and a hub portal. The piece of medical equipment has at least one electrically powered feature and comprises either a medical examination table or a storage cabinet. The storage device is operable to store data and is remotely located relative to the first piece of medical equipment and relative to the portable computing device. The hub portal is operable to provide communication of one or both of data or commands between the storage device, the piece of medical equipment, and the portable computing device. A method includes enablement or activation of an electrically powered feature of medical equipment upon entry of a portable computing device into a medical examination room. The method also includes disablement or further activation of the electrically powered feature upon exit of the portable computing device from the medical examination room.

Abstract: There is provided a method for measuring heart activity of a person in a single-use electrode patch, the method comprising: measuring the heart activity of the person; displaying the heart activity of the person on the basis of the measuring the heart activity; and broadcasting at least one message enabling transfer of heart activity data indicating the heart activity of the person from the electrode patch to the one or more external devices, wherein the broadcasting is performed while the heart activity of the person is being measured and displayed by the electrode patch.

Abstract: The present invention provides medical imaging apparatus comprising a primary module for imaging a patient and a supplemental module. A controlling circuitry activates the supplemental module shortly before, during, or shortly after an imaging process using the primary module. Information, data or images of the patient acquired with the supplemental module is registered to the primary image. The invention can aid a radiologist to avoid confusion, mismatching, and other errors when he is reading the primary image; and can help a doctor to establish a correlation between conditions revealed by the primary image, and cutaneous conditions and anatomical change revealed by the supplemental module.

Abstract: A system may include emitters configured to emit radiation at a first wavelength of electromagnetic (EM) radiation and a second wavelength of EM radiation towards a biological tissue, and receivers configured to receive responses to the first and second wavelengths of EM radiation after the wavelengths of EM radiation interact with the biological tissue. The system may also include a signal mixer unit configured to perform operations that include replicate and mix first signals representative of the responses to the first wavelength of EM radiation received by the receivers and second signals representative of the responses to the second wavelength of EM radiation received by the receivers to generate a set of spectro-spatial responses, replicate and mix the spectro-spatial responses to generate markers, and replicate and mix the markers and user-selected markers to output a sequence associated with characterization of the biological tissue.

Abstract: A system for performing a minimally invasive procedure comprises a flexible catheter with a lumen extending therethrough. The system also comprises an elongate instrument sized for passage through the lumen and an optical coherence tomographic sensor coupled to the elongate instrument. The system also comprises a control system that includes one or more processors. The control system is configured to receive sensor data from the optical coherence tomographic sensor, profile a tissue based on the received sensor data, generate an output signal based on the profiled tissue, and based on receipt of the output signal, generate a command to indicate or affect movement of the elongate instrument.

Abstract: A method for imaging the brain of a living patient includes creating and displaying an unconstrained 3D virtual reality image of the brain of the living patient based on a plurality of 3D images captured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). An administration of a drug is simulated into brain tissue. The simulation includes displaying a simulated diffusion of the drug in 3D VR image of the brain; displaying simulated brain tissue uptake of the drug in the 3D VR image of the brain; displaying a simulated stimulation of individual neurons in the 3D VR image of the brain; and analyzing a simulated activity of the individual neurons based on at least one predetermined property of the drug. The method further includes determining a brain treatment protocol based at least in part on the simulated administration of the drug into the brain.

Abstract: It is provided a technique capable of noninvasively and quantitatively evaluating the state of cultured three-dimensional cell-based structure. A method of evaluating a three-dimensional cell-based structure according to the present invention comprises: performing tomography of the cultured three-dimensional cell-based structure (step S103); generating stereoscopic data indicating the three-dimensional shape of the three-dimensional cell-based structure based on image data acquired by the tomography (step S104); and counting the number of structures isolated from each other in the three-dimensional cell-based structure based on the stereoscopic data (step S105).

Abstract: Systems and methods for hyperspectral analysis of cardiac tissue are provided. In some embodiments, a method for visualizing ablation lesions includes illuminating at one or more illumination wavelengths a surface of tissue having an ablation lesion; collecting a spectral data set comprising spectral images of the illuminated tissue acquired at multiple spectral bands each at one or more acquisition wavelengths; distinguishing between the ablation lesion and an unablated tissue based on one or more spectral differences between the ablation lesion and unablated tissue; and creating a composite image of the tissue showing the ablation lesion and the unablated tissue.

Abstract: This invention provides a non-invasive diagnosis system that is not only capable of producing high-resolution, three-dimensional images of abnormalities of tissue growth inside the body but, it can also detect the type of abnormalities and their location using multispectral imaging techniques. It is possible to provide a portable, non-invasive device that is handheld and with which women may use to screen themselves for early detection of breast cancer without the need to visit a physician. As the present invention uses broadband sources and/or multiple coherent sources, secondary factors such as oxygen metabolism or blood volume associated with the cancer tissues could also be detected to provide further verification of the type. This invention would raise the accuracy of diagnosis and reduce the rate of false positives and false negatives.

Abstract: An insert having a photoacoustic wave generation portion, an acoustic wave detection unit that detects photoacoustic waves and reflected acoustic waves, a photoacoustic image generation unit that generates a photoacoustic image on the basis of the photoacoustic waves, an image output unit that outputs information on the basis of the photoacoustic waves detected by the acoustic wave detection unit, a tip position detection unit that detects that a tip portion of the insert is disposed at a predetermined detection position with respect to the acoustic wave detection unit, and a control unit that displays information on the basis of intensity of a detection signal of the photoacoustic waves generated from the photoacoustic wave generation portion on image display as an insert inspection mode in a case where it is detected that the tip portion of the insert is disposed at the predetermined detection position are included.

Abstract: A non-invasive method of calculating the central venous pressure (CVP) of a patient may include analysis of video of the neck region of the patient. Filters, which may include spatial filters and/or temporal filters, may be applied to the video to enhance the visibility of small movements, which may be due to circulatory pulsations of the patient. The video may be modified to highlight such movements, and motion indicative of venous pulsation may be distinctly identified and highlighted.

Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods to determine a blood pressure measurement of a subject, such as a systolic blood pressure of a subject, a diastolic blood pressure of the subject, or both, using received heart sound information and plethysmography information of the subject. The system can include a signal receiver circuit configured to receive the heart sound information and plethysmography information of the subject, and an assessment circuit configured to determine the systolic and diastolic blood pressure of the subject using the received heart sound information and the plethysmography information of the subject.

Abstract: A system for measuring of cardiac blood flow balance parameter between the right chamber of the heart and the left chamber of the heart includes a sensor device for measuring one of blood pressure and blood flow rate and blood constituent concentration of a patient so as to generate an arterial pulse signal. A processing unit is responsive to the arterial pulse signal for generating a full arterial pulse signal, an arterio-venous pulse signal, and a balance parameter, including a balance ratio and a balance trend, and a pulse variability parameter. A computational device is responsive to the balance parameter for further generating a set of physiological parameters. A display station device is responsive to the set of physiological parameters from the computational device for displaying meaningful information.