Patents Issued in April 22, 2021
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Publication number: 20210113045Abstract: A cleaner includes: a suction motor that generates a suction force; and an operation unit that is configured to input control instruction for the suction motor. The operation unit includes: a support frame; a first push part that is rotatably seated on the support frame and allows an instruction to turn on or off the suction motor to be input when being rotated in a first direction; and a second push part that allows the intensity of the suction force of the suction motor to be adjusted when being rotated in a second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Philjae HWANG, Mantae HWANG, Jungbae HWANG, Eunji SUNG, Taekgi LEE
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Publication number: 20210113046Abstract: An orbital single-brush machine that comprises a chassis which is configured to rest on the floor and is provided with at least one movement handle. The chassis is connected to a motor which is adapted to actuate with combined rotary and orbital motion a work tool that acts on the floor; the chassis comprises a first footing, which is at least partially substantially plate-shaped and is spaced apart from the floor, and a second footing, which is at least partially substantially plate-shaped, supports the motor and is arranged below the first footing, and is supported so that it can rotate freely by the first footing about an oscillation axis which is substantially parallel to the floor and substantially perpendicular to the direction of advancement of the machine. Shock absorbing means are provided which act between at least one portion of the first footing and at least one portion of the second footing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: T.M.B. S.R.L.Inventor: Giampaolo RUFFO
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Publication number: 20210113047Abstract: A sweeping and mopping integrated machine comprises a sweeping and mopping assembly, a collection assembly, a water spraying assembly, and a handle, wherein the water spraying assembly is provided on the handle or the sweeping and mopping assembly, and comprises a water storage assembly and a nozzle assembly; the water spraying assembly is configured to spray, through the nozzle assembly, water or a cleaning liquid in the water storage assembly onto a working surface to be swept and mopped; the sweeping and mopping assembly comprises a motor and a drum-type working portion which is rotatable when driven by the motor; and the sweeping and mopping assembly is configured to sweep and mop the working surface and bring garbage and liquid on the working surface into the collection assembly through the rotation of the drum-type working portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Qingwen ZHAO, Yexiang DONG
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Publication number: 20210113048Abstract: Provided are a cleaning robot and a control method thereof. The control method of the cleaning robot including a first rotation member and a second rotation member each performing a rotational motion around a first rotation axis and a second rotation axis according to the present disclosure includes: obtaining acceleration of the cleaning robot and at least one of rotational loads and rotational speeds of the respective first and second rotation members, during driving of the cleaning robot; determining whether the obtained acceleration is abnormal and whether at least one of the obtained rotational loads or at least one of the obtained rotational speeds is abnormal; and determining that an obstacle is detected when the acceleration is determined to be abnormal and at least one of the rotational loads or at least one of the rotational speeds is determined to be abnormal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Woo Chul JUNG, Bong Yun KIM
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Publication number: 20210113049Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for performing autonomous self-service are described. A robotic device may identify a status of a chamber associated with the robotic device based on sensor data received from a sensor of the robotic device and pause an autonomous debris collection process of the robotic device based on the identified status. The robotic device may automatically remove a first container from the chamber based on the identified status and discard the first container away from the robotic device. In some examples, the robotic device may discard the first container at a fixed position within a geo-boundary corresponding to the debris collection process. The robotic device may resume the autonomous debris collection process based on an introduction of a second container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Jonathan Paul Davis, Katie Cooper Davis, Michael Taveira
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Publication number: 20210113050Abstract: A method of operating an autonomous cleaning robot is described. The method includes initiating a training run of the autonomous cleaning robot and receiving, at a mobile device, location data from the autonomous cleaning robot as the autonomous cleaning robot navigates an area. The method also includes presenting, on a display of the mobile device, a training map depicting portions of the area traversed by the autonomous cleaning robot during the training run and presenting, on the display of the mobile device, an interface configured to allow the training map to be stored or deleted. The method also includes initiating additional training runs to produce additional training maps and presenting a master map generated based on a plurality of stored training maps.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Stephen O'Dea, Benjamin H. Schriesheim, Qunxi Huang, Kenrick E. Drew, Adam Goss
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Publication number: 20210113051Abstract: A method of operating a dishwasher appliance, as provided herein, may include detecting a door of the dishwasher appliance in an open position and determining the door is maintained in the open position for a preset minimum continuous period. The method may further include detecting the door in a closed position following the preset minimum continuous period. The method may still further include measuring an additive volume of a wash additive in an additive compartment on the door while the door is in the closed position following the preset minimum continuous period.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventor: Leo Edward Hodapp, Jr.
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Publication number: 20210113052Abstract: A dishwasher filter device based on micro-nano aeration includes a cylinder for accommodating washing liquid and a filter unit. The filter unit is in communication with an inner cavity of the cylinder by a water inlet pipe. The filter unit is connected to a micro-nano bubble generator by a third pipe. The micro-nano bubble generator is connected to a water outlet unit. The water outlet unit includes a fourth pipe connected to the micro-nano bubble generator and a dissolved air release assembly connected to the other end of the fourth pipe. The dissolved air release assembly is disposed at a bottom of the cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventor: Haohang CHEN
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Publication number: 20210113053Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drainage device and a dishwasher having the same. The drainage device includes a drain pump including a drain port for discharging water, a drain pipe guiding discharge of water discharged from the drain pump, an air chamber in which the drain pump is connected to an upper portion thereof and the drain pipe is connected to a lower portion thereof, and an air pump configured to inject air into the air chamber, thereby more surely blocking the backflow of water to the drain pump by air injected into the air chamber through the air pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Soo Hyung YOO, Sung Wook KANG
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Publication number: 20210113054Abstract: Disclosed are a dishwasher that sprays wash water to wash dishes or cookware and a method of controlling the same. The method of controlling the dishwasher includes supplying wash water from an external water source to a sump and intermittently driving a washing pump to change the level of water around a filter, thereby removing filth from the filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Changwoo SON, Jaegwang BAE, Joonhyung KANG, Yongtae KWON, Minchul KIM
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Publication number: 20210113055Abstract: A dish-receiving unit for a household dishwasher includes a lattice-like base, an intensive washing zone, and a manually operable on/off valve configured to switch the intensive washing zone optionally from a deactivated state to an activated state and vice versa, said on/off valve being operable through the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Lukas Kuhn, Michael Lugert, Werner Oblinger
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Publication number: 20210113056Abstract: The subject matter disclosed in the present invention discloses a medical imaging device comprising at least two cameras. The medical imaging device comprises an elongated and narrow distal tip connected to a rigid elongated shaft member, wherein the distal tip can comprise a front camera and a first side camera. The cameras of the disclosed medical imaging device can be configured to provide variable cameras' magnifications, which in some cases may vary from one camera to another. The distal tip can comprise some optical gear required for the medical procedures. The optical gear located in the distal tip can comprise cameras, lenses and light sources required for the camera functioning. The cameras of the medical imaging device may be provided with dissimilarity in the cameras' magnification factors. Such dissimilarities are used to show the same object in the same size in a panoramic image captured simultaneously by multiple cameras, as the multiple cameras have multiple distances to the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Avraham LEVY, Moshe LEVI, Victor LEVIN, Golan SALMAN, Amram AIZENFELD, Leonid KRIVOPISK
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Publication number: 20210113057Abstract: A medical system includes: an endoscope including an insertion portion inserted into a subject, an image pickup device configured to output an image signal of the subject being arranged in the insertion portion; a video processor configured to process the image signal to generate image data; an insertion length acquisition apparatus configured to acquire information on an insertion length when the insertion portion of the endoscope is inserted into the subject; and an image recording apparatus including a storage device configured to record the image data as a moving image. The image recording apparatus includes an image generation apparatus configured to edit the moving image and generate a moving image for saving, based on the information on the insertion length supplied from the insertion length acquisition apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Masatsugu OYAMA
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Publication number: 20210113058Abstract: An endoscope system includes a light source apparatus, an illumination-light setting section capable of setting, as illumination light for illuminating an object including a biological tissue, first illumination light obtained by combining light in one or more wavelength bands selected from the light in plural wavelength bands and second illumination light obtained by combining light in one or more wavelength bands different from the first illumination light, selected out of the light in the plural wavelength bands, a light-source control section, and an image analyzing section configured to acquire an analysis result related to presence or absence of an abnormal finding. The illumination-light setting section sets, based on the analysis result of the image analyzing section for the first image acquired by the first illumination light, a combination of light in wavelength bands included in the second illumination light to be irradiated next.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20210113059Abstract: An endoscope apparatus, includes: a memory configured to hold setting information about operations respectively of a first endoscope and a second endoscope; and a processor. The processor is configured to: when detecting switching of the endoscope to be used between the first endoscope and the second endoscope, read the setting information for the endoscope after the switching, and use the setting information for setting for operation of the endoscope after the switching; and when the setting for operation of the endoscope in use is changed, update the setting information for the endoscope in use, and based on the updated setting information for the endoscope in use, update the setting information for the endoscope not in use, and record, in the memory, the updated setting information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Makoto KASUMI
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Publication number: 20210113060Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to high resolution imagery for a medical environment. Various embodiments provide for a surgical camera, such as an endoscopic camera, comprising an array of image sensors. The array of image sensors may be configured to capture static images or video, may be configured to capture imagery of biological tissue (e.g., surfaces), and may be specifically configured to capture imagery within a surgical environment. For some embodiments, the array of image sensors multiplies the number of available pixels by the number of image sensors, thereby facilitating high resolution image data (e.g., one or more static images or video). The collected image data may be processed at or near real-time to provide very high-quality imagery (e.g., images or video) that can be enhanced or magnified for medical purposes, which can provide a medical care giver (e.g., surgeon) better visibility during medical procedures.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventor: JACK WADE
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Publication number: 20210113061Abstract: An optical device may include an optical fiber having a fixed end and a free end; a first actuator positioned at a actuator position between the fixed end and the free end and configured to apply a first force on the actuator position of the optical fiber such that a movement of the free end of the optical fiber in a first direction is caused, wherein the first direction is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber; and a deformable rod disposed adjacent to the optical fiber, and having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to a first rod position of the optical fiber and the second end is connected to a second rod position of the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Kyungmin HWANG, Jeong Ho LEE, Koun Hee LEE, Ki Hun JEONG
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Publication number: 20210113062Abstract: An exemplary medical system includes a first electrical circuit (204-1) on a PCB (206), a second electrical circuit (204-2) on the PCB and electrically isolated from the first electrical circuit, and a free space optics interface assembly (302) on the PCB. The free space optics assembly includes a housing (402) defining a free space chamber (404) in the housing, an optical transmitter (416) having an input (426) that is electrically coupled to the first electrical circuit, and an optical receiver (418) in optical communication with the optical transmitter via the free space chamber and having an output (432) that is electrically coupled to the second electrical circuit. The optical transmitter and the optical receiver are hermetically sealed within the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Jonathan D. Halderman, John A Barton, Marc Levesque
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Publication number: 20210113063Abstract: A variable magnification optical system capable of realizing a high-resolution observation image display system that can arbitrarily change an observation field of view without changing a working distance of an observation optical system while keeping the observation optical system small in size and an imaging apparatus including the variable magnification optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventor: Yasuhiko Obikane
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Publication number: 20210113064Abstract: A bending operation mechanism of an endoscope including: a first pulley configured to pull a first wire by being rotated in a first rotation direction; a second pulley, which is coaxial with the first pulley, configured to pull a second wire by being rotated in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction; and a rotation shaft member including a first protrusion that engages only with the first engagement portion of the first pulley when the rotation shaft member is rotated in the first rotation direction from a neutral position when a bending portion is not bent and a second protrusion that engages only with the second engagement portion of the second pulley when the rotation shaft member is rotated in the second rotation direction from the neutral position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takuto YOSHINAGA, Tsukasa OTA, Xiongwei WANG
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Publication number: 20210113065Abstract: An endoscope cap with an elevator, which is easily attached to and detached from the distal end of the endoscope, may be provided. An endoscope cap attachable to and detachable from the endoscope, including a lever pivotally provided at a distal end of an insertion part of the endoscope and a pivot part making the lever pivot, comprises a bottomed cylindrical cover having an opening end, the opening end being attachable to and detachable from a distal end of the insertion part of the endoscope; a pedestal fixed to an inside of the cover and having an elevator attachment hole; and an elevator located inside the cover and having an elevator shaft inserted into the elevator attachment hole, the elevator being pivotable around the elevator shaft with respect to the pedestal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: HOYA CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshitsugu HOSOGOE
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Publication number: 20210113066Abstract: An endoscope cap with an elevator, which is easily attached to and detached from the distal end of the endoscope, may be provided. An endoscope cap attachable to and detachable from the endoscope, including a lever pivotally provided at a distal end of an insertion part of the endoscope and a pivot part making the lever pivot, comprises a bottomed cylindrical cover having an opening end, the opening end being attachable to and detachable from a distal end of the insertion part of the endoscope; a pedestal fixed to an inside of the cover and having an elevator attachment hole; and an elevator located inside the cover and having an elevator shaft inserted into the elevator attachment hole, the elevator being pivotable around the elevator shaft with respect to the pedestal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: HOYA CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshitsugu HOSOGOE
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Publication number: 20210113067Abstract: An endoscope cap with an elevator, which is easily attached to and detached from the distal end of the endoscope, may be provided. An endoscope cap attachable to and detachable from the endoscope, including a lever pivotally provided at a distal end of an insertion part of the endoscope and a pivot part making the lever pivot, comprises a bottomed cylindrical cover having an opening end, the opening end being attachable to and detachable from a distal end of the insertion part of the endoscope; a pedestal fixed to an inside of the cover and having an elevator attachment hole; and an elevator located inside the cover and having an elevator shaft inserted into the elevator attachment hole, the elevator being pivotable around the elevator shaft with respect to the pedestal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: HOYA CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshitsugu HOSOGOE
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Publication number: 20210113068Abstract: Provided is an endoscope including a separable probe. The endoscope includes a handle unit and a probe unit detachably mounted on the handle unit. The handle unit includes a first connector reciprocally movable by an adjustment knob. The probe unit includes a probe deformable in response to movement of a wire and a second connector coupled to an end of the wires and detachably coupled to the first connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: KYONG MIN SHIN, Sung Hwan PARK, Hyun Soo JI
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Publication number: 20210113069Abstract: A sheath for covering an endoscope includes a latch assembly, an elongate body extending distally from the latch assembly, and a sheath tip extending distally from the elongate body. The latch assembly includes a main housing and a guide housing, the guide housing movable relative to the main housing to increase a longitudinal length of the latch assembly. The sheath tip has a front face including first and second windows disposed within respective first and second openings defined in the front face. The first and second windows are configured to correspond with respective lighting and imaging windows of an endoscope.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Hongwen Yao, Zhentao Lu, Zhenhai Zhang, Yong Guo
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Publication number: 20210113070Abstract: A spiral tube is provided rotatably around an insertion axis of the insertion portion by a driving force of a driving unit, and includes a first cylindrical member formed into a cylindrical shape, a second cylindrical member provided at another end, and formed into a cylindrical shape, an outer layer tube that has one end fixed to the first cylindrical member, and has an longitudinal axis, an inner layer tube that has one end fixed to the second cylindrical member, and is covered with the outer layer tube so that the outer layer tube is slidable in a direction along the longitudinal axis, and a holding member provided on the outer layer tube, and configured to restrict movement of the outer layer tube with respect to the inner layer tube to a predetermined range, and to hold the inner layer tube in the outer layer tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Yuki MITAMURA
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Publication number: 20210113071Abstract: A method for performing auto-focus in a camera is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, from a tracking system for tracking a position of a medical instrument, a signal; determining, based on the received signal, that the medical instrument is removed from a field of view of the camera; in response to determining that a continuous auto-focus mode for the camera is enabled: retrieving, from a database, a first focus distance value representing a focus distance that was most recently set with intent for the camera; and automatically updating a focus distance of the camera to the first focus distance value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Luke William GANE, David Bruce GALLOP
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Publication number: 20210113072Abstract: The Bala 2/3 Dimensional Endoscope generates either two or three dimensional images from a rigid or flexible endoscope that is approximately 4 millimeters in diameter. The endoscope provides a means selecting from a switch on the device to select either a two or three dimensional view from within the body cavity without removing the endoscope from the body and requires no external light source for illumination.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventor: John L. Bala
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Publication number: 20210113073Abstract: An instrument for use in the gastrointestinal tract of a patient comprises an endoscope, a vacuum tube independently reciprocal relative to the endoscope and having a cross section of at least 18 french, and a sleeve that surrounds most of both the endoscope and vacuum tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Sharon A. Hibbs, Michael McGee
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Publication number: 20210113074Abstract: An endoscope includes: an imaging controller configured to drive in a first operation mode for operating an imager in accordance with an input first clock signal or in a second operation mode for operating the imager in accordance with an input second clock signal different from the first clock signal; a switch configured to output, to the imaging controller, a switching signal for switching the previously set second operation mode to be driven by the imaging controller to the first operation mode; and a first generator configured to generate a first enable signal causing the switch to output the switching signal based on the first clock signal when the first clock signal is input from an external processing device, and output the generated first enable signal to the switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Yasunori Matsui
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Publication number: 20210113075Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes: an imaging device; a light source device; a first processing circuit; and a second processing circuit. The light source device can emit first light and fourth light having peak wavelengths in a transmission wavelength band of the blue color filter, second light, and third light and fifth light having peak wavelengths in a transmission wavelength band of the red color filter. The light source device emits the third light in a first imaging frame and the fifth light in a second imaging frame. The first processing circuit generates a display image based on any one of a first image group including images corresponding to the third light and the fifth light and a second image group including an image corresponding to the fourth light, and outputs a remaining one of the first image group and the second image group to the second processing circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi ITO, Satoru ADACHI
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Publication number: 20210113076Abstract: An endoscope light emitting device (1) is a light emitting device for use in a fluorescence imaging method. The endoscope light emitting device includes: a solid-state light emitting element (2); and a wavelength converter (3) including a first phosphor (4) that emits first wavelength-converted light (7), wherein the first wavelength-converted light has a light component across at least a whole of a wavelength range of 700 nm or more and 800 nm or less. An endoscope (11) includes the endoscope light emitting device. A fluorescence imaging method is a method using the endoscope light emitting device or the endoscope, and includes the steps of: administering a fluorescent drug to a subject; and applying the first wavelength-converted light (7) to the subject with whom the fluorescent drug has made contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Takeshi ABE, Shozo OSHIO
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Publication number: 20210113077Abstract: A new type of laryngoscope tube core is disclosed. The laryngoscope tube core includes a smart connector shell (1), a tube core (4) and an endoscope (6) arranged at the end of the tube core (4). The smart connector shell (1) includes an upper cover (10) and a lower cover (11) and the smart connector shell (1) is provided with a circuit board (3). The circuit board (3) is provided with a single-chip microcomputer (302). One end of the smart connector shell (1) is provided with a MINI USB plug (301), and the MINI USB plug (301) passes through the smart connector shell (1) and is connected to the circuit board (3). The tube core (4) is inserted into and fixed to the smart connector shell (1), and the end of the tube core (4) inserted into the smart connector shell (1) is connected to the circuit board (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: JIANGXI SAI XIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventor: Yaozan WANG
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Publication number: 20210113078Abstract: The invention provides methods of diagnosing neuropathic corneal pain by the detection of neuromas, such as micro-neuromas, on the cornea. The invention also features systems for detecting the presence of anatomical features located on an ocular tissue surface that may be a marker for neuropathic corneal pain. The systems feature an in vivo confocal microscope and a computer N programmed with a neural network to automate the analysis of the microscope images. The invention provides methods of using the system to identify a micro-neuroma in images collected of an ocular surface and methods of diagnosing neuropathic corneal pain and monitoring treatment of neuropathic corneal pain using a system of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Pedram HAMRAH, Neslihan Dilruba KOSEOGLU, Andrew BEAM
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Publication number: 20210113079Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile device and method which include acquiring, by an image acquisition unit installed in a mobile device, an image of eyes of a patient while light provided by a light source reflects from an optical surface of the eyes of the patient; and obtaining, by a processor installed in the mobile device, ocular misalignment measurements, including a magnitude and a direction of ocular misalignment in the eyes of the patient, using the acquired image or set of images.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Matteo Tomasi, Shrinivas Pundlik, Kevin Edward Houston, Gang Luo
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Publication number: 20210113080Abstract: A method and a device for examining the neurovascular coupling at the eye (A) of a patient, wherein an imaging method is used to record an image sequence of images of the fundus of the eye (A), preferably over a baseline phase (BP), a stimulation phase (SP) in which the fundus is stimulated with a flickering light, and a posterior phase (NP). Signals, in particular an averaged quotient signal (Q(t)) representing a vessel response of the vessels of the capillary vessel region to the stimulation, are derived from the image sequence for at least one capillary vessel region of the fundus. The absolute or percentage maximum change (Qmax) of the averaged quotient signal (Q(t)) is then used as an evaluation criterion for the neurovascular coupling.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Walthard VILSER, Martin SKORSETZ, Thomas RIEMER
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Publication number: 20210113081Abstract: [Problem] The object of the present invention is to provide a microscope including a function expansion optical system in addition to an observation optical system for observing an observation target.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Topcon CorporationInventors: Yasufumi FUKUMA, Kazuhiro OOMORI, Hisashi TSUKADA
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Publication number: 20210113082Abstract: A pneumatic pressure probe comprises an orifice tube extending through a plastic bushing that seals a pressure chamber. The orifice tube has a passage shaped substantially like a converging/diverging de Laval nozzle to reduce turbulence in fluid flow through the probe. More laminar fluid flow reduces noise and inaccuracy in the output of the probe. Laminar flow also reduces user dependent results. The plastic bushing and a specially shaped probe tip reduce extraneous fluid leakages from the probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventor: Robert Ogden Crane duBois
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Publication number: 20210113083Abstract: A microfluidic strain sensing device for monitoring intraocular pressure. The device has a contact lens and a closed microfluidic network embedded with the contact lens. The network has a volume that is sensitive to an applied strain. The network distinguishes: (i) a gas reservoir containing a gas, (ii) a liquid reservoir containing a liquid that changes volume when the strain is applied, and (iii) a sensing channel able to hold the liquid within the sensing channel. The sensing channel connects the gas reservoir on one end and connects the liquid reservoir on another end. The sensing channel establishes a liquid-gas equilibrium pressure interface and equilibrium within the sensing channel, which would fluidically change as a response to radius of curvature variations on a cornea, or as a response to mechanical stretching and release of the cornea. The liquid-gas equilibrium pressure interface and equilibrium are used for measuring the intraocular pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: SmartLens, Inc.Inventors: Ismail Emre Araci, Sevda Agaoglu, Murat Baday, Priscilla Diep
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Publication number: 20210113084Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for remote monitoring. In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a remote monitor, a notification message representative of an event detected, by a server, from analyte sensor data obtained from a receiver monitoring an analyte state of a host; presenting, at the remote monitor, the notification message to activate the remote monitor, wherein the remote monitor is configured by the server to receive the notification message to augment the receiver monitoring of the analyte state of the host; accessing, by the remote monitor, the server, in response to the presenting of the notification message; and receiving, in response to the accessing, information including at least the analyte sensor data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Michael Robert Mensinger, Eric Cohen, Phil Mayou, Eli Reihman, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Rian Draeger, Angela Marie Traven
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Publication number: 20210113085Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for remote monitoring. In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a remote monitor, a notification message representative of an event detected, by a server, from analyte sensor data obtained from a receiver monitoring an analyte state of a host; presenting, at the remote monitor, the notification message to activate the remote monitor, wherein the remote monitor is configured by the server to receive the notification message to augment the receiver monitoring of the analyte state of the host; accessing, by the remote monitor, the server, in response to the presenting of the notification message; and receiving, in response to the accessing, information including at least the analyte sensor data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Michael Robert Mensinger, Eric Cohen, Phil Mayou, Eli Reihman, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Rian Draeger, Angela Marie Traven
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Publication number: 20210113086Abstract: An example method is performed by a computing device executing instructions stored in data storage, and includes receiving physiologic monitoring data from a plurality of sensors coupled to a patient, receiving information indicating a measurement of patient motion during the patient care event, determining whether the measurement of patient motion is above a threshold, based on determining whether the measurement of patient motion is above the threshold, generating, for the physiologic monitoring data, a respective quality indicator, analyzing, by the computing device, (i) a combination of the physiologic monitoring data from the plurality of sensors and (ii) the respective quality indicator for the physiologic monitoring data to generate a response dependent upon the combination of the physiologic monitoring data as weighted by the respective quality indicator, and based on analyzing, outputting caregiver feedback by the computing device according to the response.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Clinton T. Siedenburg, Tyson G. Taylor, Robert G. Walker, Fred W. Chapman
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Publication number: 20210113087Abstract: An antioxidant sensor includes a pressure sensor configured to obtain a contact pressure between an object and an optical sensor; the optical sensor configured to, based on the obtained contact pressure exceeding a set threshold pressure, emit a first light of a first wavelength to the object, and receive the first light reflected or scattered from the object; and a processor configured to determine a contact portion of the object in contact with the optical sensor, set a threshold pressure, among different threshold pressures, according to the determined contact portion, and determine an antioxidant value based on the received first light.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyeong Seok JANG, Kun Sun EOM, Jin Young PARK, Sung Mo AHN
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Publication number: 20210113088Abstract: An optical sensor and a method of operating the optical sensor are provided. The optical sensor includes a light source configured to emit a light, and a path adjuster configured to adjust a traveling path of the light to reflect the light at a first time, and allow the light to pass through the path adjuster at a second time. The optical sensor further includes a light receiver configured to receive a reference light among the reflected light, and receive, among the light passing through the path adjuster, a measurement light related to a target material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sangkyu KIM, Kunsun Eom, Myounghoon Jung
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Publication number: 20210113089Abstract: A method for distinguishing between types of intraoral areas of interest (AOIs) includes receiving or generating a first 3D model comprising teeth; receiving or generating a second 3D model comprising the teeth; comparing the first 3D model to the second 3D model; determining a difference between the first 3D model and the second 3D model at a dental site comprising a tooth; determining an intraoral AOI that is associated with the difference; determining whether the difference comprises a first type of change indicative of a first type of intraoral AOI or a second type of change indicative of a second type of intraoral AOI; and responsive to determining that the difference comprises the first type of change, determining that the intraoral AOI is the first type of intraoral AOI and generating an indicator of the first type of intraoral AOI for the tooth.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Michael Sabina, Adi Levin, Mikhail Minchenkov, Maria Anufrienko
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Publication number: 20210113090Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for performing ultrasound optical imaging with respect to a sample in which an acoustic field is generated in response to a stimulus. The apparatus comprises a sensor head having an acoustically sensitive surface arranged as a reflective surface of a Fabry Perot interferometric cavity, wherein, when the acoustically sensitive surface is placed against the sample, in use, the acoustic field generated in response to said stimulus is incident upon said acoustically sensitive surface to modulate the optical path length in the cavity with a signal indicative of the acoustic field. Interrogation of the sensor head is performed based on regions having common bias phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Edward ZHANG, Paul BEARD, Nam Trung HUYNH
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Publication number: 20210113091Abstract: A method of estimating a body temperature of an individual based on physiological data including a heart rate received from at least one sensor 510 and received environmental data. The physiological data and the environmental data are inputted into a model present on a processor 520. The model generates an estimated body temperature and an estimated physiological condition based on the inputs. The processor 520 compares the estimated physiological condition to a measured physiological condition in the physiological data. A controller 530 modifies at least one parameter in the model when the difference between the estimated physiological condition and the measured physiological condition is above a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: The Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Jaques Reifman, Srinivas Laxminarayan, Vineet Rakesh, Sridhar Ramakrishnan, Jianbo Liu
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Publication number: 20210113092Abstract: A method for introducing a shaped portion of an elongate medical instrument into a body of a subject includes at least partially straightening the shaped portion of the elongate medical instrument. A retention element may be introduced into an interior of the shaped portion of the elongate medical instrument to place and/or maintain the shaped portion in an at least partially straightened configuration. Such straightening may be accomplished without application of external force to an exterior of the shaped portion. With the retention element in place, the shaped portion may be introduced to a desired location within a hollow interior of an internal organ. The retention element may then be removed to enable the shaped portion to return to its desired shape. A straightening apparatus includes a retention element that can place and/or maintain a shaped portion of an elongate medical instrument in an at least partially straightened configuration without assistance of external force.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Shawn P. Fojtik, Leroy D. Jutte
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Publication number: 20210113093Abstract: To provide a blood pressure estimation system capable of instantaneously estimating a blood pressure of a subject in a non-contact manner. A blood pressure estimation system includes a face image acquisition unit that acquires a face image of a subject, and a blood pressure estimation unit that estimates a blood pressure of a subject based on a spatial feature amount of the face image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: TOSHO ESTATE CO., LTD.Inventors: Akio Nozawa, Kosuke Oiwa, Kenichi Nakano
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Publication number: 20210113094Abstract: A method for medical examination, in particular determination of the blood pressure of an animal that preferably has a paw and is in particular an animal of the subfamily of the Felinae. In the method, a curve comprising information about the arterial blood flow of the animal, in particular a photoplethysmogram, is recorded, and the curve is cut into several curve sections in such a way that each curve section corresponds to a heartbeat. According to another independent aspect, a sensor or a subset of sensors is selected from several sensors of the same kind to perform the examination.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbHInventors: Urs ANLIKER, Stefan BAUER, Marco BURGENER, Christian KAUTH, Jeannine FLETH-JAMES, Reinhard FORBERGER, Silke HAAG-DIERGARTEN, Dagmar POLOTZEK, Daniela Katharina RAHMEL, Tanja Margrit ZIMMERING