Abstract: An elastic sleeve method and apparatus for use with a bar of soap to limit the surface area of the soap that is exposed, and reduce the rate of shrinkage of the bar of soap. The sleeve comprises a container of elastic material having a top, bottom, and an elastic opening for insertion of a soap cake. The elastic material has form-fitting dimensions adaptable to the shape of an underlying soap cake. The elastic material also has a plurality of apertures to provide atmospheric communication through the elastic sleeve to an inserted soap cake's surface.

Abstract: The powered scrubbing device with telescoping handle includes a handheld, battery-powered scrubbing device having a telescoping handle. The battery powers a motor that drives a reciprocator, which provides linear reciprocating motion to an attached sponge or brush. The reciprocating speed may be controlled by a user through a button on a body of the device. A scrubbing pad may be removably attachable so it can be replaced when worn out or when a user requires a scrubbing pad having different scrubbing characteristics. The telescoping handle may be extended for accessing hard to reach places with the scrubbing device.

Abstract: The present invention is to have a light weight, bendable, apparatus for containing facial tissues, which can be placed on the arm (over the sleeves) or any other surface for convenient access. This apparatus enables users (children/adults) to wipe their face or nose (in the event of the cold, runny nose) directly on the facial tissue. The apparatus comes with a removable adhesive tape, whose one side is covered with a sticker on the bottom. The sticker can be peeled off for the apparatus to then stick to any surface like on fabric of the arm sleeve of a child, making it a wearable facial tissue container.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a dispensing device and methods of using a dispensing device having an improved out indicator. The dispensing device includes a housing having a cavity. A tissue stack is disposed within the cavity, the tissue stack including a plurality of tissue sheets folded along a crease. An aperture is formed in a top surface of the housing such that a tissue sheet is removable from the cavity through the aperture. A portion of the tissue sheets includes an out indicator formed along a centerline of each tissue sheet and across the crease.

Abstract: A sheet dispensing apparatus to dispense sheets from a sheet material card having a plurality of sheets. The sheet dispensing apparatus includes a door, a door plate, a back plate, and a motor including a motor shaft, wherein the motor is operatively connected to the door plate, and a motor wheel is operatively connected to the motor shaft. The motor wheel is driven by the motor shaft to detach a sheet from the sheet material card. The apparatus further includes a first light pipe having a first end and a second end, wherein a signal transmitted at the first end of the first light pipe is received at the second end if the correct sheet material card is being used. A second light pipe receives a signal at the first end and receives the signal at the second end, if the sheet material card is not present or out of sheets.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a waste collection system designed for handling liquid and solid waste without reliance on running water. The system is also designed with modular components adapted for in-home installation, where the system can be quickly assembled and disassembled as needed, such as for moving the components to a new location based on environmental conditions. Moreover, the system is designed to facilitate easy conversions between a waste-separating toilet design and a more streamlined non-waste-separating toilet design when desired to maximize flexibility of the overall system.

Abstract: A fastening system for a toilet seat and/or cover includes a bolt, a nut, a hinge, and a retainer. The nut is coupled to the bolt and includes a locking member defining a plurality of teeth. The hinge is disposed between a head of the bolt and the nut. The retainer is configured to engage with the locking member and the hinge. The fastening system is configured to detachably couple a toilet seat to a toilet body. The fastening system is configured to be installed onto the toilet body from a single side of the toilet body.

Abstract: A toilet flange and method for installing a toilet is disclosed. The toilet flange assembly comprises a toilet flange portion and a support portion. The toilet flange and support are adapted to be permanently connected to each other using a self-locking mechanism. The support comprises a rectangular or square support base and an inner cavity with two studs or bolts to attach the support to the toilet. The toilet flange may further comprise a cylindrical section, an upper rim section and a cap to prevent the falling of debris into the waste water pipe. The cap can be easily broken up and removed before installing the toilet. The toilet flange may be used in either new or existing toilet installations to allow better toilet stabilization and easy installation of floor tiles.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an assembly and disassembly base. The assembly and disassembly base comprises a fixed plate set, a locking plate, and a fixing screw, the fixed plate set and the locking block are disposed with a plurality of protruding blocks, the locking plate is slidably disposed in the fixed plate set, the protruding blocks are overlapped and staggered, thereby resulting the locking and the disassembly of the locking plate and the fixed plate set to be achieved. The locking plate is connected to the toilet seat by the fixing screw.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an assembly-and-disassembly structure for a toilet cover, which comprises a cover plate assembly, two support bases, and two rotation shafts. A torsion spring is disposed between the first locking rod and the second locking rod. A first end of the torsion spring is movably connected to the first locking rod, and a second end of the torsion spring is connected to the second locking rod. The second locking rod comprises a torsion spring fixing portion. An outer end of the first locking rod comprises a first locking plate, and an inner end of the first locking rod comprises a sliding groove structure configured to receive the first end of the torsion spring to move.

Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to a squeegee apparatus configured to connect a first portion of the squeegee apparatus and a second portion of the squeegee apparatus via magnetic attraction across a medium. In an aspect, the squeegee apparatus can comprise an inside structural component comprising a squeegee holder body portion connected to a squeegee handle portion and a top surface of interlocking handle portion.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner system includes an agitator and nozzle assembly having an agitator configured to rotate about a pivot axis and a suction tube. The agitator includes an agitator body having an agitator suction inlet and defining a suction tube chamber. The suction tube chamber extends along at least a portion of the pivot axis and includes a suction tube opening disposed at one end thereof. The suction tube is received through the suction tube opening and partially into the suction tube chamber, and includes a suction tube inlet. The agitator is configured to rotate about the pivot axis relative to suction tube such that the agitator suction inlet and the suction tube inlet partially overlap and an air flow path is established which extends through agitator suction inlet, into suction tube chamber, through suction tube inlet, and into the suction tube.

Abstract: A robotic cleaner may include a body, an agitator chamber within the body, an agitator disposed within the agitator chamber, a dust cup removably coupled to the body, the dust cup including a debris inlet, the debris inlet fluidly coupling the dust cup to the agitator chamber, and a shutter configured to transition between a cleaning position and an evacuation position in response to rotational movement of the agitator.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus has a housing defining at least part of a cyclone chamber and a pre-motor filter chamber. In one embodiment, the housing is pivotally mounted to the main body of a hand vacuum cleaner. The housing is moveable between an in use position and an emptying position, in which the cyclone chamber and the pre-motor filter are concurrently openable.

Abstract: A floor processing device has a floor processing element, a detection device for detecting a surface parameter of the floor surface, and a data processing device. The data processing device has a data memory, which stores a recommended use belonging to a surface parameter of the floor surface for using a specific floor processing element. The data processing device retrieves the recommended use from the data memory and transmits it to a user via an interface. The data processing device compares the size of a first surface area that has a first surface parameter with the size of the remaining surface areas of the environment, which have a surface parameter that deviates from the first surface parameter, and retrieves the recommended use from the data memory corresponding to the surface parameter that corresponds to the largest surface portion from the entirety of the surface areas.

Abstract: A floor polishing machine for concrete includes a frame with an integrated hydraulic fluid tank, a hydraulic drive system, and a hydraulic pump vacuum system. Further, the machine provides a swivel polishing head that provides abutting contact with a floor and includes a floating ring and rubber skirts that seals the polishing head. The machine provides interchangeable wet and dry vacuum systems for collection of the slurry during wet operation and dust during dry operation. A support member inserts into a receiving sleeve for a choice of wet or dry option. A squeegee system attached to the rear of the apparatus collects slurry and operates to send the slurry to a collection tank. The squeegee lifts out of the way during dry operation.

Abstract: In some examples, a liquid container is provided with a liquid outlet and an air inlet, the liquid outlet and the air inlet are disposed at a bottom of the liquid container, and the liquid container is shaped to facilitate air entered the liquid container through the air inlet to move to above a surface of liquid in the liquid container. In some examples, the liquid container is installable in a smartcleaning device and/or a smartcleaning system.

Abstract: A riding floor cleaning machine having an intelligent system including a main frame sub-assembly, a steering and drive wheel sub-assembly, a solution tank sub-assembly, a recovery tank sub-assembly, a recovery tank cover sub-assembly, a control panel sub-assembly, a main controller sub-assembly, a seat and detergent system sub-assembly, a battery sub-assembly, a scrub head sub-assembly, a scrub head lift sub-assembly, a squeegee sub-assembly, a solution and detergent sub-assembly, and an intelligent system associated with at least one of the above-identified sub-assemblies, wherein the intelligent system selectively gathers, obtains, monitors, stores, records, and/or analyzes data associated with components of the riding floor cleaning machine, and controllably communicates and/or disseminates such data with another system and/or user.

Abstract: A control system for a robotic floor cleaning machine configured to perform a cleaning operation along a cleaning path can comprise a controller, and a plurality of sensors. The controller can be configured to control autonomous movement of the robotic floor cleaning machine along the cleaning path and autonomous performance of the cleaning operation. The plurality of sensors can be configured to sense a location of the robotic floor cleaning machine relative to surroundings of the robotic floor cleaning machine. At least two sensors from the plurality of sensors are configured to locate the robotic floor cleaning machine in overlapping areas of the surroundings.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a sodium and potassium soap sponge and method of making it.

Abstract: Provided herein are a method of controlling operation of a washing appliance and a washing appliance being controlled by the method. The method may include displaying, on a user interface of the washing appliance, an estimated duration of a selected washing program for the washing appliance; displaying, on the user interface, a degree of ecological impact caused by the selected washing program; allowing a user to operate the user interface to change the duration of the selected washing program, wherein the washing appliance adapts the selected cleaning program to comply with the changed duration; and displaying on the user interface the degree of ecological impact caused by the selected washing program when complying with the changed duration.

Abstract: A conveyor dishwasher (1) for washing washware has at least one final rinse zone (30, 40) and at least one washing zone (10, 20) which—as seen in the conveying direction (T) of the washware—is arranged upstream of the at least one final rinse zone (30, 40). A sensor device (5) is provided for detecting at least one parameter which characterizes the quality of the liquid which is to be sprayed in the at least one washing zone (10, 20), wherein the conveyor dishwasher (1) has a liquid transfer system which is designed, for the purpose of regenerating the washing liquid which is to be sprayed in the at least one washing zone (10, 20), to preferably as required supply an in particular definable quantity of fresh water to the at least one washing zone (10, 20).

Abstract: A dishwasher and method for operating the same utilize a rack-mounted rotatable conduit incorporating a keyed connector disposed at an end thereof and configured to mate with a rotatable docking port disposed on a wall of a wash tub at a predetermined angular relationship when the rack is in the washing position such that rotation of the rotatable docking port causes rotation of the rotatable conduit.

Abstract: A diverter valve assembly, a dishwasher, and a household appliance are disclosed. The diverter valve assembly has a housing and a diverter valve. A water diversion chamber is formed in the housing. The housing is provided with a water inlet, a water return port, a first water outlet, and a second water outlet. The diverter valve partitions the water diversion chamber into a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber is communicated with the water inlet. The diverter valve is rotatable in the water diversion chamber to selectively communicate the first chamber with the water inlet and the first water outlet and communicate the second chamber with the second water outlet and the water return port, or block the water inlet from the first water outlet and communicate the first chamber with the water inlet and the second water outlet.

Abstract: A dishwasher with at least one guide rail. The guide rail can slidably couple a dish rack to a tub, where the tub defines at least a portion of a treating chamber. The dish rack can carry at least one wheel assembly that includes at least one wheel. The wheel can be contained in a wheel channel of the wheel assembly. The wheel channel can in part be defined by walls of the guide rail. A track closure can rotatably couple to the guide rail for the selective removal of the dish rack from the guide rail.

Abstract: An optical fibre having a functionalised distal exploration end including a sheath, and a ferrule rigidly connected to the sheath at the distal exploration end, characterised in that the distal exploration end has a functionalised head which is removably attached on the ferrule. Also, a method of assembling the optical fibre.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to medical devices and systems with control knobs designed for improved usability and ergonomics. For example, the control knobs of the present disclosure may include surface features for improved gripping, surface features for improved perception of medical device orientation within a patient and/or knobs dimensioned for improved thumb reach and reduced torque.

Abstract: An insertion apparatus includes a first exterior member, a second exterior member, and a sealing member disposed at a connection part and being configured to deform elastically, and a convex portion disposed in a spaced-apart manner from the sealing member in a longitudinal axis direction or in a circumferential direction, and being configured to position the first exterior member with respect to the second exterior member in the longitudinal axis direction and in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes a removable optical adaptor and a main body optical system. The optical adaptor includes an aperture and includes a first group optical system having a negative combined focal length as a whole and a second group optical system having a positive combined focal length as a whole in order from an object side. The main body optical system includes an imaging lens configured to form an image of a light flux on an image pickup device, the light flux being transmitted through the adaptor from the object. The first group optical system includes a lens having an Abbe number of 35 or higher, and the second group optical system includes a lens having an Abbe number of 45 or lower.

Abstract: A reprogrammable modular imaging device includes a control module and at least one input module, each having processors and a camera connectable to the at least one input module. A program is received by the control module as inputted software to reprogram both the processors. A compatibility check compares a current software/hardware of the control module with the inputted software to determine if the inputted software will be compatible and allows the user to initiate a command despite the result.

Abstract: An endoscope includes a scope provided with a hard portion at a distal end of a long flexible portion having flexibility; an image capturing portion housed in the hard portion and having an image sensor; a transmission cable inserted into the scope and conductively connected to the image sensor at a distal end via a substrate, and a voltage conversion device mounted on the substrate and outputting a constant voltage to the image sensor with respect to a input voltage input to the transmission cable.

Abstract: An insertion apparatus includes: a bend preventing member having a first opening and a second opening; an exterior member connected to the bend preventing member in a state where the exterior member abuts against a second surface side, and a projection which is formed on the second surface circumferentially in a protruding manner toward the exterior member, the projection being elastically deformable such that the projection is inclined in an outside direction of the bend preventing member by making the projection abut against the exterior member.

Abstract: An imaging system for use in a patient is provided. The system includes an imaging probe, a rotation assembly, and a retraction assembly. The imaging probe collects image data from a patient site and includes an elongate shaft with a proximal end and a distal portion, with a lumen extending therebetween. A rotatable optical core is positioned within the elongate shaft lumen and an optical assembly is positioned in the elongate shaft distal portion. The optical assembly directs light to tissue at the patient site and collects reflected light from the tissue. The rotation assembly connects to the imaging probe and rotates the optical assembly. The retraction assembly connects to the imaging probe and retracts the optical assembly and the elongate shaft in unison.

Abstract: Provided is an endoscope port stopper including a first plug comprising a first central axis and a second plug comprising a second central axis, where the first plug is configured to releasably seal a first endoscope port and the second plug is configured to releasably seal a second endoscope port. In some embodiments, port stoppers may further include a third plug and/or a fourth plug.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling advancement of a sheath or a catheter at a distal end of an endoscope. An exemplary apparatus includes a flexible sheath that receives a medical device within an internal lumen and is received within a working channel of an endoscope. The apparatus also includes a component that is at least one of external or internal to the sheath. The component causes a change in longitudinal motion friction of the sheath above a predefined threshold amount as the sheath moves relative to an exit ramp of the endoscope.

Abstract: A videoscope with a tip part including a camera assembly having an image sensor and a first light source and a first tolerance compensator having a pre-compensation condition and a post-compensation condition, wherein movement from the pre-compensation condition to the post-compensation condition adjusts a distance along the optical axis of the first light source between the first light source and the image sensor, and wherein in the post-compensation condition the first tolerance compensator maintains the distance between the first light source and the image sensor at least along the optical axis of the first light source.

Abstract: Embodiments of a hybrid imaging sensor and methods for pixel sub-column data read from the within a pixel array.

Abstract: A light source device includes: a first light source configured to emit first light including a white wavelength band or one or more wavelength bands of at least red, green, and blue; a second light source configured to emit second light including a specific wavelength band included in the first light; a first detector configured to detect an amount of the light of the specific wavelength band in the first light; a first optical member configured to multiplex light of a wavelength band different from the specific wavelength band in the first light, and the second light; and a processor configured to control the first light source based on a detection result of the first detector.

Abstract: A portable, sterilizable light source unit for being coupled to an instrument is provided. The unit includes a sealed housing having an anodized coating and a port for receiving an end tip of a light guide of a separate instrument, a light source mounted within the sealed housing for directing light through the port, a battery mounted within the housing for powering the light source, a switch assembly mounted on the housing for controlling light output of the light source, and an O-ring in a compressed condition between the switch assembly and the housing providing a fluid-tight seal therebetween that prevents liquid intrusion into the housing during an immersion sterilization process.

Abstract: A Laparoscopic Visualization System comprising a sterile, self-contained, disposable apparatus used in medical procedures for heating and applying an anti-fog solution to the distal end of laparoscopes or surgical devices is presented. It additionally serves as an endoscopic lens protector and cleaner. An efficient heating and narrow range temperature control mechanism is used in combination with an anti-fog solution to provide clear visualization through a distal lens of the surgical device inserted into the system. The configuration prevents the anti-fog solution from spilling out of the system and is designed to also be used as a holder for the surgical scope, protecting the distal lens from impact with a shock absorbent outer shell, prior to, during, and after a medical procedure.

Abstract: The present invention describes an improved surgical mouth gag for the exposure of the palatal and oropharyngeal region of a patient comprising a frame (2) adapted to be arranged in use around the mouth of the patient and a tongue depressor system (21, 30) insertable in the oral cavity of the patient and movable with respect to the frame (2), the tongue depressor blade (21, 30) comprising two elements articulated to each other, able to mobilise fully in a graduated way the entire tongue base both in the caudal and posterior-anterior direction. The metal arch (2) supports and anchors the aforesaid tongue depressor system, by resting on the upper premolar and molar teeth (respecting the incisors) and acts as an anterior window adapted to guarantee both optimal exposure of the palatal structures and of the isthmus of the fauces and to facilitate palatal and oropharyngeal surgery in general and that of obstructive sleep disorders in particular.

Abstract: A tip assembly for an intraoral scanner includes a tip support body having a first end, a second, opposite end, and an outer surface located between the first end and the second end. The outer surface defines at least one protrusion or recess. The tip assembly further includes a disposable, flexible mirror strip having a first end, a second, opposite end, and a mirror fixed to the second end. The flexible mirror strip defines at least one protrusion or recess that engages the at least one protrusion or recess of the tip support body to releasably couple the flexible mirror strip to the tip support body. The tip assembly further includes a tip sleeve having a first end and a second, opposite end. The tip sleeve is sized and shaped to slide over at least a portion of both the tip support body and the flexible mirror strip.

Abstract: A disposable video laryngoscope includes a novel internal liquid jet spray. This laryngoscope is designed so that the user may utilize either the video mode in which the image is displayed on an external screen, or the device may be used in the same manner as a direct laryngoscope. If the device is used in video mode, a Light Emitting Diode (LED) is placed within a camera housing so as to prevent or reduce fogging of the lens. The device includes an internal spray mechanism that may receive liquid through a luer-connection interface such as is used with syringes or IV tubing systems and that directs a spray onto a fogged or occluded lens to restore vision.

Abstract: Universal laryngoscope blades and associated methods are disclosed. A universal laryngoscope blade includes a blade body. The blade body includes a first end and a second end. The second end is configured for insertion into a larynx. The universal laryngoscope blade further includes a viewer connected to the blade body. The viewer is configured to function independently from each of a conventional handle and a fiber-illuminated handle. The universal laryngoscope blade further includes a blade fitting disposed at the first end of the blade body. The blade fitting is removably connectable to, one at a time, each of a hook-on fitting of the conventional handle and a hook-on fitting of the fiber-illuminated handle. The hook-on fitting of the conventional handle has at least one physical dimension that is different from at least one physical dimension of the hook-on fitting of the fiber-illuminated handle.

Abstract: A seeker device for facilitating access to a desired location within an ear, nose, throat or other location in a body may include a proximal shaft, an elastic distal portion, and an atraumatic distal tip. The elastic distal portion has a default shape with at least one curve to facilitate advancement of a distal end of the elastic distal portion through various anatomical passageways, toward the desired location. In some embodiments, the seeker device may be paired with a dilator device, to perform a dilation procedure on an anatomical structure in the ear, nose, throat or other part of the body. In other embodiments, the seeker device may be paired with a flexible endoscope, to facilitate visualization of an anatomical structure or area.

Abstract: The invention relates to an artificial intelligence eye disease screening service method and a system, in which the method includes acquiring the ophthalmic examination data of a user, in which the ophthalmic examination data is obtained by a technician in a primary hospital through an ophthalmic examination on the user; performing the artificial intelligence screening on the ophthalmic examination data to obtain a screening result; determining whether the screening result is normal or not; generating an ophthalmic examination report if the screening result is normal; and uploading the ophthalmic examination data to ophthalmologists of the superior hospitals for review and generating an ophthalmic examination report according to the review if the screening result is abnormal. The invention can partly balance the ophthalmic resources between collaborative primary hospitals and superior hospitals, and achieve a large-scale and highly efficient eye disease screening with wide coverage.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a program that can determine keratoconus with a simple configuration so as to allow the apparatus and the program to be distributed widely and contribute to early diagnosis of keratoconus. In a keratometer as a keratoconus determination apparatus, a prediction model for keratoconus is stored in a memory. The prediction model is a logistic regression model in which three parameters that are a steep meridian refractive power, a flat meridian refractive power, and a value indicating whether or not a subject eye has a with-the-rule astigmatism, are independent variables, and a probability of keratoconus is a dependent variable. A control unit substitutes the three parameter values into the prediction model, to obtain a probability of keratoconus. When the probability is greater than a cutoff value, the subject eye is determined to be suspected of having keratoconus.

Abstract: A system and method are presented for use in angiographic imaging. The system comprises: a light source unit, and at least one imaging unit comprising a detector array, wherein the detector array comprises at least first and second types of detector cells having corresponding first and second different spectral response functions defining respectively first and second spectral peaks; and the light source is unit configured for emitting light formed of at least first and second discrete wavelength ranges which are selected to be aligned with said first and second spectral peaks of said first and second types of detector cells.

Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an optical scanner, an interference optical system, an intraocular distance calculator, an image correcting unit, and a controller. The optical scanner is disposed at an optically substantially conjugate position with a first site of a subject's eye. The interference optical system is configured to split light from a light source into reference light and measurement light, to project the measurement light onto the subject's eye via the optical scanner, and to detect interference light between returning light of the light from the subject's eye and the reference light via the optical scanner. The image forming unit is configured to form a tomographic image of the subject's eye corresponding a first traveling direction of the measurement light deflected by the optical scanner, based on a detection result of the interference light.

Abstract: An eye chart presentation device includes a display to display an eye chart image on a screen, a reflection mirror to reflect light flux emitted from the display, and a convex lens system to form a virtual image of the eye chart image from the light flux reflected by the reflection mirror, the focal length of the convex lens system being greater than 800 mm. The screen is positioned within the focal length of the convex lens system, and the display emits the light flux from a lateral direction with respect to sightline of the eye. The reflection mirror includes a first mirror to directly reflect the light flux from the display and a second mirror to reflect the light flux reflected by the first mirror to the convex lens system.