Abstract: An auxiliary gray water supply device captures used wash water from a commercial warewashing machine for supply to a pre-rinse station without substantial modification of the commercial warewashing machine. The captured wash water and treatment agent are delivered to a pre-rinse station for pre-rinsing of dishes that will be washed within the commercial warewashing machine.

Abstract: A tableware washing device and a method of washing tablewares are provided. The tableware washing device includes: a casing including a first accommodating space, which is used for accommodating at least one tableware for performing a washing process, a carrying module disposed in the casing, a control module, a first cleaning module disposed on an inner side of the casing and electrically connected to the control module, and a first image capture module electrically connected to the control module and disposed in the casing. The first cleaning module includes a plurality of first cleaning units that respectively provide a plurality of cleaning jets to clean the at least one tableware. The control module determines whether or not the at least one tableware is clean through a plurality of first cleaning procedure image informations captured by the first image capture module.

Abstract: A cleaning system for outsoles includes a lid, a base, a support structure, a roller contained in the base covered by the lid. A disinfectant pad is provided on the roller. Opening the lid exposes the roller. Outsoles wiped against the disinfectant pad on the roller are disinfected. Optionally, a reservoir in the support structure may contain disinfectant for delivery to the disinfectant pad on the roller as needed. A foot pedal is provided for opening the lid.

Abstract: A tape cleaner is proposed. In the tape cleaner, the structure of the cleaner is simple, weight and volume thereof are minimized, the generation of noise is reduced during use, and the process of replacing an adhesive tape roll is performed rapidly and easily. The tape cleaner includes: an adhesive tape roll on which an adhesive tape is wound; a roll fitting part over which the adhesive tape roll is fitted; a handle part provided at a side of the roll fitting part; a roll-rotation guide part provided on the roll fitting part to guide rotational movement of the adhesive tape roll; and a noise reduction part provided in the roll fitting part to discharge and reduce noise generated during the rotational movement of the adhesive tape roll.

Abstract: A medical observation device according to the present invention includes: an imaging unit that capture an image of a subject at a first angle of view; and an image generating unit that generates a display image signal by cutting, at a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view, the image captured by the imaging unit at the first angle of view, and performing image processing thereon. This medical observation device enables the hand-eye coordination and definition to be maintained even if the field of view is changed.

Abstract: A processor device includes an image signal acquiring unit, an image processing unit, and a display control unit. The image signal acquiring unit acquires a digital image signal corresponding to an observation mode from an endoscope. The image processing unit includes a region-of-interest-detection-mode image processing unit. The region-of-interest-detection-mode image processing unit detects a region of interest from an endoscopic image and outputs a detection result of the region of interest and a cumulative detection time period of the region of interest.

Abstract: An endoscopic image processing apparatus includes a processor having a lesion recognizing function capable of recognizing a lesioned part included in an image generated by applying predetermined processing. The processor has the lesion recognizing function implemented by performing machine learning using, as a plurality of learning images, a plurality of past observation images generated through the predetermined processing, and the processor performs conversion processing for converting, based on a setting value for learning image equivalent to a past setting value for observation image used in the predetermined processing performed at generation of each of the plurality of learning images, the image into an image for lesion recognition used for processing corresponding to the lesion recognizing function.

Abstract: A medical image obtained by imaging of an observation target is acquired. A region of interest including a target of interest is detected from the medical image. A detection result of the region of interest is displayed on a monitor using a display style that differs depending on at least a detection position of the region of interest.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed providing a flexible articulable device for accessing deep within tight and arbitrarily shaped channels of a body. The flexible or articulable device may employ two, independent locomotion strategies. These strategies can be combined or independently used. However, both strategies use a segmented approach that employs one or multiple embedded actuation units along the body of the device. The multiple embedded actuation units may be individually controlled, are generally connected serially, and generally uses one of the locomotion strategies. One strategy relates to propulsion while the other strategy relates to shape control.

Abstract: An automatic detection of surgical instruments with respect to a type and a location thereof is provided with a detection system, which includes at least two surgical instruments, which each include at least one cavity extending along a longitudinal axis of the instrument and a proximal entry region to the cavity. An angle of the proximal entry region in relation to the longitudinal extension of the cavity is different in the two instruments. A sensor unit includes two electromagnetic sensors and is insertable into the cavity. One of the sensors extends axially in the cavity, and the other sensor is arranged in the entry region. A field generator generates an electromagnetic field. An analysis unit analyzes signals transmitted by the sensors to the analysis unit in accordance with the location thereof in the field of the field generator.

Abstract: A medical system comprising a guidewire that is connectable to a catheter is described. The guidewire has a housing connected to the distal end of a core wire. A printed circuit board (PCB) electrically connected to a camera chip resides in the housing. An atraumatic lens is supported by the housing with the camera chip residing between the atraumatic lens and the housing so that light rays entering the atraumatic lens are refracted to a focal plane aligned along a distal face of the camera chip. A proximal connector powered by a controller is wired to a visual display. With the proximal end of the guidewire connected to the proximal connector, the controller provides electrical power to the camera chip via a power cable extending along the core wire to the PCB. The catheter has an axially-extending primary lumen and a plurality of optical fibers extending to respective light-emitting lenses. During a medical procedure, the guidewire is first inserted into the vasculature of a patient.

Abstract: A medical appliance for use in medical procedures to controllably advance a medical device through a sheath. The medical appliance features pneumatic action and connecting structures adapted to couple the appliance to a variety of types of catheters, tools, and instruments.

Abstract: A medical manipulator system is equipped with a treatment tool and an access device that guides the treatment tool. The treatment tool includes a flexible shaft equipped with a treatment unit at a distal end, a rigid shaft connected to a proximal end of the flexible shaft, and an operation unit connected to a proximal end of the rigid shaft and configured to operate the treatment unit. The access device includes a flexible tube into which the flexible shaft is to be inserted, and a rigid unit connected to a proximal end of the flexible tube. The rigid unit includes an insertion hole into which the rigid shaft is to be inserted. An inner surface of the insertion hole has a projection that projects radially inward. The projection faces an outer circumferential surface of the rigid shaft inserted into the insertion hole.

Abstract: The invention proceeds from an endoscope device (10) for an endoscope with at least one working channel (15), which has a tubular working channel sheath (18) that delimits a working channel volume (16) of the working channel (15), the working channel sheath (18) having at least one sheath layer (25) which comprises at least one plastic material, and having at least one further sheath layer (30) which comprises at least one further plastic material, which is different than the plastic material of the one sheath layer (25). It is proposed that the one sheath layer (25) should have a constant layer thickness along the principal extent of the working channel (15), and that the further sheath layer (30) should have a variable layer thickness in portions along the principal extent of the working channel (15).

Abstract: There is provided herein a flexible electronic circuit board for a tip section of a multi-camera endoscope, the circuit board comprising a front camera surface configured to carry a forward looking camera, a first side camera surface configured to carry a first side looking camera, a second side camera surface configured to carry a second side looking camera, one or more front illuminator surfaces a configured to carry one or more front illuminators to essentially illuminate the FOV of the forward looking camera, one or more side illuminator surfaces configured to carry one or more side illuminators to essentially illuminate the FOV of the first side looking camera and one or more side illuminator surfaces configured to carry one or more side illuminators to essentially illuminate the FOV of the second side looking camera.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes an identification unit that identifies the type of an image obtained by image capturing of a photographic subject, a recognition unit that performs a recognition process of recognizing the photographic subject by using the image, and a notification unit that gives a notification of whether the recognition process functions for the image of a specific type identified by the identification unit. The identification unit identifies the type of the image by determining an operation mode, the model of an endoscope used in image capturing of the photographic subject, or whether or not a drug is administered to the photographic subject.

Abstract: A surgical device comprises a shaft extending between proximal and distal portions, a surgical tool located at the distal portion, a handpiece located at the proximal portion, a lumen extending through the shaft from the proximal portion to the surgical tool, a light conductor extending into the proximal portion and at least partially through the shaft, and a light emitter connected to the light conductor to emit light from the light conductor toward the surgical tool. A method for illuminating dye while performing a laparoscopic surgical procedure comprises making an incision in a patient to form a laparoscopic port, marking target tissue for removal with a dye, inserting a laparoscopic device into the port, emitting light from a light source, passing the light through the laparoscopic device to illuminate the target tissue within the patient, and removing the target tissue with a surgical tool attached to the laparoscopic device.

Abstract: An otoscope for illuminating the outer ear and to methods of using the otoscope. In one embodiment, the otoscope includes a handle including a light source; and a speculum extending relative to the handle for directing light from the light source to illuminate the outer ear; wherein the speculum includes a lens for magnifying the outer ear, or a lens engager for releasably engaging a lens.

Abstract: A device for preventing air escape and maintaining colonic air distension can include a body, a distal gasket coupled to a distal end of the body, a proximal gasket coupled to a proximal end of the body, and a diaphragm coupled to the proximal gasket. The distal and proximal gaskets can form a fluid-tight seal with a colonoscope positioned within central bores of the distal gasket, the body, and the proximal gasket, and the diaphragm can conform to and form a fluid-tight seal with at least one of an anus and a stoma of a subject.

Abstract: A device for anorectal and/or gynaecological procedures is provided in order to improve surgical access and visual field. The device has a hollow elongate body, and an opening at the proximal end, defining an open working channel in the hollow body, and a window aperture for providing access to surrounding tissue. In addition, one or more wings are dependent from the body to aid manipulation of the device. The device further includes an illumination device and a suction passageway located within the body wherein the illumination device forms at least part of a perimeter wall of the suction passageway.

Abstract: In an ophthalmic system of some embodiments, ophthalmic imaging apparatuses include slit lamp microscopes, and information processing system is connected to each ophthalmic imaging apparatus via a communication path. Each ophthalmic imaging apparatus is configured to acquire a three dimensional image by photographing a subject's eye, and transmit the three dimensional image to the information processing system. The information processing system is configured to receive the three dimensional image, store three dimensional images received, perform machine learning and/or data mining based on the three dimensional images, store knowledge acquired by the machine learning and/or data mining, and generate diagnosis support information by performing inference based on a three dimensional image of a subject's eye transmitted from one of the slit lamp microscopes knowledge stored in the knowledge storage.

Abstract: A visual function evaluation is performed using a sequence of interactions with a mobile device. A patient user may perform a variety of visual tests using the mobile device. The mobile device transmits the test results to a remote server implementing analysis of the visual function results using network service. The network service receives the test results, processes the results, and provides the processed results to a healthcare provider. The processed results may include trends of the user's visual function test performance. The healthcare provider, such as a physician, may optimize and administer treatment based on the data. Early detection of changes in visual function can enable the healthcare provider to individualize treatment, helping to prevent vision loss while minimizing visits to the office, discomfort, and expense.

Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus of an embodiment example applies an OCT scan to an anterior segment and constructs an image from acquired data. Further, the ophthalmic apparatus analyzes the image to detect an artifact along an A-scan direction and moves an OCT optical system based on the artifact. Also, the ophthalmic apparatus analyzes the image to detect a corneal image and judges whether an intersection between the artifact and the corneal image is located within a predetermined area. In addition, the ophthalmic apparatus calculates an image quality evaluation value of the image, and controls the OCT optical system to perform an OCT scan of a predetermined pattern if the intersection is located within the area and the image quality evaluation value is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying CNV membranes and vasculature in images obtained using noninvasive imaging techniques are described. An example method includes generating, by a first model based on at least one image of a retina of a subject, a membrane mask indicating a location of a CNV membrane in the retina. The method further includes generating, by a second model based on the membrane mask and the at least one image, a vasculature mask of the retina of the subject, the vasculature mask indicating CNV vascularization in the retina.

Abstract: A slit lamp microscope of the present invention, which is capable of observing a meibomian gland, comprises: a visible light source for emitting slit light; an infrared light source for emitting infrared light, the infrared light source being disposed on a light path of the slit light emitted from the visible light source; a mirror unit including a reflecting mirror or a prism for reflecting the slit light from the visible light source or the infrared light from the infrared light source to irradiate an eye of a subject; and a switching unit for switching the position of the visible light source and the infrared light source, the switching unit being capable of directing one of the visible light source and the infrared light source toward the light path of the slit light.

Abstract: A slit lamp microscope of some embodiment examples includes an illumination system, photography system, and movement mechanism. The illumination system projects slit light onto an anterior segment of an eye. The photography system includes an optical system and image sensor. The optical system directs light coming from the anterior segment onto which the slit light is being projected. The image sensor includes a light detecting plane that receives the light directed by the optical system. The movement mechanism moves the illumination and photography systems. The subject plane along the optical axis of the illumination system, the optical system, and the light detecting plane satisfy the Scheimpflug condition. The photography system acquires a plurality of images of the anterior segment by performing repetitive photography in parallel with movement of the illumination and photography systems performed by the movement mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus to treat, inhibit, or prevent an eye condition in a patient can include a cover, sized and shaped to fit over an eye of a patient to define a cavity between the cover and an anterior surface of the eye when the cover is located over the patient eye. The apparatus can include a pressure source, in communication with the cavity, capable of applying non-ambient pressure in the cavity. The apparatus can include control circuitry, in communication with the pressure source, configured to vary non-ambient pressure applied to the cavity to affect a targeted pressure relationship between an indication of a first physiological pressure level and a second physiological pressure level associated with the eye of the patient.

Abstract: A system or a device for imaging includes an infrared light source, an optical structure, and a sensor. The sensor may include an image pixel array. The infrared light generates an infrared illumination signal for illuminating a diffuse medium such as tissue. An optical structure is configured to facilitate an interference of an infrared reference beam and an infrared exit signal. The infrared reference beam has a same infrared wavelength as the infrared illumination signal. The image pixel array is configured to capture holographic infrared images of the interference of the infrared reference beam and the infrared exit signal.

Abstract: An ultrasound emitter launches an ultrasonic signal into a diffuse medium such as tissue. The diffuse medium is illuminated with an infrared illumination signal. activating an ultrasound emitter to launch an ultrasonic signal into a diffuse medium. An infrared reference beam is interfered with an infrared exit signal having an infrared wavelength that is the same as the infrared illumination signal. An infrared image is captured of the interference of the infrared reference beam with the infrared exit signal.

Abstract: A contactless system for assessing and/or determining hemodynamic parameters and/or vital signs is featured. The system includes one or more contactless light sources configured to emit light incident on a moving living subject at one more wavelengths absorbed by one or more chromophores associated with spontaneous hemodynamic oscillations in a predetermined area of the living subject. The system includes a camera subsystem including one or more cameras configured to receive reflected light from the predetermined area of the moving living subject and configured to track motion of the predetermined area of the living subject within a field of view of the camera subsystem and configured to generate a time sequence of images of the predetermined area of the living subject.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of measuring a physiological parameter in a contactless manner. The method includes acquiring a plurality of image frames for a subject, acquiring a first color channel value, a second color channel value, and a third color channel value for at least one image frame included in the plurality of image frames. The method further includes calculating a first difference and a second difference on the basis of the first color channel value, the second color channel value, and the third color channel value for at least one image frame included in the plurality of image frames. The first difference represents a difference between the first color channel value and the second color channel value for the same image frame, and the second difference represents a difference between the first color channel value and the third color channel value for the same image frame.

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

Abstract: A mobile device for detecting an oral pathology includes a casing, a probing unit, and a processor. The probing unit includes a fiber bundle set and a contact part configured to contact a gum portion of a tooth of an examinate. The fiber bundle set includes a light source fiber bundle and a light-receiving fiber bundle. The light source fiber bundle has a light-exiting end within the contact part, and can project a probing light onto the gum portion. The light-receiving fiber bundle has a light-receiving end within the contact part. The light-receiving fiber bundle can receive diffuse reflection lights generated after the probing light is diffuse reflected by the gum portion. The processor is in signal connection with the light-receiving fiber bundle, and can receive the diffuse reflection lights, to build an optical spectrum, and to determine a state of the gum portion according to the optical spectrum.

Abstract: Advanced compression garments and their methods of use, including garments with compression applying straps, and associated sensors that are able to sense the compression applied to an underlying body tissue by the straps. Pressure and/or temperature information from the sensors may be conveyed to a wearer of the garment and/or to another party.

Abstract: Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model.

Abstract: A method implemented on a computing device having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for determining blood pressure may include: receiving a request to determine blood pressure of a first subject from a terminal, obtaining data related to heart activity of the first subject, determining a personalized model for predicting blood pressure with respect to the first subject, determining the blood pressure of the first subject using the personalized model based on the data related to heart activity of the first subject, and sending the blood pressure of the first subject to the terminal in response to the request.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to devices, systems, and techniques for monitoring a patient condition. In some examples, a medical device system includes processing circuitry configured to determine a plurality of pulse transit time (PTT) intervals, determine, based on an accelerometer signal, a posture of a patient from a plurality of postures corresponding to each PTT interval of the plurality of PTT intervals, classify each PTT interval of the plurality of PTT intervals based on the respective posture of the patient corresponding to the respective PTT interval, and monitor, based on the classified plurality of PTT intervals, a patient condition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of measuring a physiological parameter in a contactless manner. The method includes acquiring a plurality of image frames for a subject, acquiring a first color channel value, a second color channel value, and a third color channel value for at least one image frame included in the plurality of image frames. The method further includes calculating a first difference and a second difference on the basis of the first color channel value, the second color channel value, and the third color channel value for at least one image frame included in the plurality of image frames. The first difference represents a difference between the first color channel value and the second color channel value for the same image frame, and the second difference represents a difference between the first color channel value and the third color channel value for the same image frame.

Abstract: A multi-sensor interactive patient care pod is disclosed herein. In one embodiment the system may comprise a telemedicine pod having a plurality of physiological sensors and an integrated computing device allowing medical practitioners to remotely gather increased patient information and provide advanced levels of healthcare and service. The system may have sensors for measuring body weight, heart rate, body temperature, blood pressure, breathing rate, oxygen saturation, and any other appropriate parameters. The multi-sensor interactive patient care pod may comprise an enclosed pod in a first orientation, and may open by the combined sliding of its front cowling and lifting of its top cowling to allow patient ingress and egress. The system may further comprise a mobile device that can be placed in any appropriate location, and may further integrate smart technologies such as machine learning, voice and face recognition, self-cleaning, self-driving, and self-locking technologies.

Abstract: Disclosed is a biosensor arrangement structure, including: a plurality of biosensors that is disposed in a seat for supporting an occupant and that measures a health condition of the occupant. The seat includes: a seat body for holding the occupant; and an auxiliary supporter for supporting a body part of the occupant except for a torso and thighs. At least one of the plurality of biosensors is disposed at the auxiliary supporter.

Abstract: A method is directed to continuously, non-invasively, and directly measuring blood pressure, and includes providing a calibrated measurement device having a blood-flow control balloon and a sensor array. The method further includes placing the sensor array in a non-invasive manner over the surface of a patch of skin connected to an artery by adjoining soft tissues and inflating the blood-flow control balloon with a controlled amount of pressure. In response to the inflating of the blood-flow control balloon, changes in the artery geometry and forces are detected, via the sensor array, during a heartbeat cycle. The changes correspond to spatio-temporal signals from the artery or in the adjoining soft tissues. The spatio-temporal signals are measured and processed, via a controller, to determine blood-pressure parameters.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining a pulse wave signal representative of vital signs of a subject is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a control unit, a first sensor coupled to the control unit and configured for emitting a first signal indicative of a pulse wave of a subject, and a second sensor coupled to the control unit and configured for detecting motion the apparatus is subjected to and for emitting a second signal based on the detected motion. The control unit is configured to receive the first signal from the first sensor, to determine a pulse wave signal based on the first signal to receive the second signal from the second sensor, and to determine a reliability signal based on the second signal. The reliability signal is indicative of a reliability of the first signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a sensor which measures first biometric information, a communication unit which receives second biometric information measured by at least one wearable device, and a processor operatively connected with the sensor and the communication unit, and the processor calculates a correlation between the first biometric information and the second biometric information, grant, to at least one wearable device, an authenticated authority based on the correlation, the authenticated authority being an authority to approve performance of a specified operation, and sets an authenticated authority level that is a step classified based on reliability of the authenticated authority. In addition to the above, various embodiments identified using the specification are possible.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for operating a physiological monitoring system that comprises a distributed algorithm. The physiological monitoring system may comprise a sensor and a physiological monitor that may be communicatively coupled with the sensor. The sensor may store algorithm configuration data; and the physiological monitor may store an executable code segment configured to execute a first algorithm. The physiological monitor may be configured to receive the algorithm configuration data and to configure or modify at least part of the first algorithm based upon the algorithm configuration data to determine at least one physiological parameter of a subject based on physiological signal provided by the sensor.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of determining health risk for a user are described. The method includes obtaining heart rate values and motion information indicative of motion of the user recorded over a monitoring period, wherein the heart rate values are obtained according to a variable sampling rate selected based on a comparison of at least one previous heart beat measurement to a heart rate range determined as a difference between a maximum heart rate of the user and a resting heart rate of the user; determining an expected heart rate level based on the motion information; determining, for the user over the monitoring period, an aggregate heartbeat value by weighting the heart rate values based on both the motion information and a comparison of the heart rate values with the expected heart rate level; and determining a health-predictive activity score based on the aggregate heartbeat value for the user.

Abstract: Non-invasive measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP), for example mean ICP. A probe adjacent the head emits energy, such as ultrasound, and receives reflected signals. A processing unit derives ICP waveform from the signals. A pressure mechanism applies external pressure intermittently to outer surface of the head and incrementally increases the external pressure. The processing unit is configured to detect a decrease in amplitude of the ICP waveform (occurring in some embodiments only after an intermediate period of ICRS compensation), the processing unit configured to determine the ICP of the person from a sum of applied external pressures from a time of the initial value A1 until a final value at which the amplitude remains stable with additional increase in applied external pressure. In some cases, the final value is earlier than that but the processing unit extrapolates the sum to when the amplitude remains stable with additional increases in pressure.

Abstract: A method for estimating arrhythmia comprises analyzing a target biosignal of a subject using a first artificial neural network based on binary classification and trained on data regarding biosignals corresponding to a first type of arrhythmic state, and a second artificial neural network based on binary classification and trained on data regarding biosignals corresponding to a second type of arrhythmic state, thereby calculating a first score for whether at least a part of the target biosignal corresponds to the first type of arrhythmic state, and a second score for whether at least a part of the target biosignal corresponds to the second type of arrhythmic state, respectively; and estimating types of arrhythmic state to which at least a part of the target biosignal corresponds, on the basis of the scores and a training index of each of a plurality of artificial neural networks including the first and second artificial neural networks.

Abstract: A suite of components for monitoring a subject includes one or more ECG electrodes, a securement component adapted to hold the one or more electrodes to the subject's body, and a host removably connected to or adapted to be removably connected to the one or more electrodes. The host includes a sensor, a processor, and an energy source.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for detecting ventricular depolarization (QRS) of an electrocardiogram (ECG). The apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive an ECG signal, a memory configured to store a program for detecting R and ventricular depolarization using the ECG signal, and a processor configured to execute the program, wherein the processor detects a QRS interval and an R-peak using a first-order derivative filter and a max-filter.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for generating images using short tau inversion recovery, ultrashort echo time (STIR-UTE) MRI sequences. The STIR-UTE MRI sequences can be used to generate images that can differentiate between regions that are at temperatures that are either lethal or non-lethal to cell life. Thus, these sequences can be beneficial for implementations such as in monitoring cryoablation procedures.