Patents Issued in September 23, 2021
  • Publication number: 20210290031
    Abstract: A sprinkler device (T) according to the present invention which is suitable for use in a dishwasher (B) comprising a cleaning chamber (B1), for spraying a cleaning fluid onto the dishes by positioning it to rotate about a first axis (E1) comprises a carrier body (T1) which is rotatable about the first axis (E1); a fixed arm (T2) which is located on the carrier body (T1), which is fixed relative to the carrier body (T1) and rotatable with the carrier body (T1), which has a one hole (P) thereon, and through which the cleaning fluid is sprayed on the dishes through the hole (P) to thus rotate the carrier body (T1); a movable arm (T3) which is connected with an edge of the carrier body (T1), a part of which passes through an opening on the edge of the carrier body (T1) and projects from the carrier body (T1), which has a hole (P) thereon, which allows the carrier body (T1) to rotate about the first axis (E1) by spraying, through the hole (P), the cleaning fluid passing therethrough by means of a passage opening o
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Gurkan OZNAZLI, Halil SAYIR
  • Publication number: 20210290032
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dishwasher for washing the dishes and the cooking utensils by spraying washing water and steam. The dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a tub which accommodates a washing object, a sump which is disposed in a bottom of the tub and stores washing water, a spray arm which sprays the washing water into the tub, a washing pump which sends the washing water stored in the sump to the spray arm, and a check valve which is disposed between the sump and the washing pump and opened in a direction of the washing pump from the sump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Sangwoo WOO, Minseong KIM, Hyungman PARK
  • Publication number: 20210290033
    Abstract: A dedusting and cleaning device for shoe sole includes a scrubbing device (2), and the scrubbing device (2) comprises an inner core (6), a scrubbing disc (14) and a scrubbing core (22). The inner core (6) is placed in the scrubbing slot (15) of the scrubbing disc (14) and the upper surface of the inner core (6) is of grid shape, and the inner core (6) is provided with a friction area on its upper surface, and the scrubbing core (22) is clamped on the inner core (6) and the scrubbing head (4) of the scrubbing core (22) is exposed out of a mounting slot of scrubbing head (10) in the friction area on the upper surface of the inner core (6), and the mounting slot of scrubbing head (10) has a clamping structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Zijun ZHUO
  • Publication number: 20210290034
    Abstract: Provided are a flexible tube for an endoscope, the flexible tube having a flexible tube base made of metal, a resin cover layer that covers an outer periphery of the flexible tube base, and a primer layer that includes a silane coupling agent with a specific structure having an amino group and that is disposed between the flexible tube base and the resin cover layer, in which the resin cover layer includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters, and polyolefins on a side of the resin cover layer in contact with the primer layer, an endoscopic medical device including the flexible tube for an endoscope, a method for producing the flexible tube for an endoscope, and a method for producing the endoscopic medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro NAKAI, Toshihide YOSHITANI, Shinya ABE, Kazuma HORITA, Takeshi SENGA
  • Publication number: 20210290035
    Abstract: A medical control device includes: a light source controller configured to control a light source configured to emit excitation light in a first wavelength band and light in a second wavelength band; a captured image acquiring unit configured to acquire a captured image obtained by capturing an image of an observation target irradiated with light emitted from the light source; an evaluation value calculator configured to calculate, based on the captured image, an evaluation value used for at least one of a first control for controlling a focal position of an imaging device configured to generate the captured image or a second control for controlling a brightness of the captured image; an operation controller configured to perform, based on the evaluation value, at least one of the first control or the second control; and an adjustment processing execution unit configured to perform adjustment processing on the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Taihei MICHIHATA
  • Publication number: 20210290036
    Abstract: A control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first and second image signals generated by an imaging device having an autofocus function by capturing an observation target irradiated with first light and second light having different wavelength bands, respectively; a signal processor configured to detect detection information of the first and second image signals; and a controller configured to calculate a first focal length based on the detection information of the first image signal, calculate a second focal length based on the detection information of the second image signal, and set a focal length of the imaging device to capture the observation target irradiated with the second light to either the first or second focal length at least based on the detection information of the second image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunori SEGAWA, Masataka KADO, Hiroshi USHIRODA
  • Publication number: 20210290037
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: a captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire a first captured image obtained by capturing light from an observation target to which light of a first wavelength band is emitted and a second captured image obtained by capturing fluorescence from the observation target excited by excitation light of a second wavelength band; an evaluation value calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the first captured image, an evaluation value used for at least one of a first control of controlling a focus position of an imaging device configured to generate each of the first captured image and the second captured image and a second control of controlling a brightness of the first captured image and the second captured image; and an operation controller configured to execute at least one of the first control and the second control based on the evaluation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Taihei MICHIHATA
  • Publication number: 20210290038
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide various examples of displaying an endoscope video of an endoscope resolution on a display having a screen resolution lower than the endoscope resolution. In one aspect, a process of displaying the endoscope video on the display can begin by displaying a portion of the endoscope video having the same resolution as the screen resolution on the display. While displaying the portion of the endoscope video, the process detects a surgical tool present in an off-screen portion of the endoscope video not visible on the display, and therefore not visible to the user. The process further analyzes the off-screen portion of the endoscope video including the detected surgical tool. The process subsequently generates an alert when a risk of the detected surgical tool is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Jagadish Venkataraman, Dave Scott, Eric Johnson
  • Publication number: 20210290039
    Abstract: An endoscope comprising: a tubular elongated member; a tensioning wire in a tensioning lumen along one side of the elongated member, between the proximal end and the distal end of the elongated member; a head arranged at the distal end of the elongated member and comprising: a tubular tensioning ring attached to the distal end of the tensioning wire and having a same external diameter as the elongated member; an imaging sensor having a rectangular cross section, arranged at a distal end of the head; and a tubular distal shell arranged longitudinally around the imaging sensor and having an inner diameter identical to or slightly larger than a diagonal of the rectangular cross section of the imaging sensor; wherein a tubular jacket sheathes the elongated member and the tensioning ring of the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Research Development International Corporation
    Inventor: Marek SEKOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20210290040
    Abstract: A disposable handle assembly may include a housing including an end wall at a distal end of the housing and first extension walls extending from the end wall, an end cap attached to a second extension wall on a proximal end of the housing, and a power source positioned within the housing between the distal end and the end cap. The disposable handle assembly may include a pin positioned within the housing, a circuit wire positioned within the housing, and a plate attachment positioned on the end wall between the first extension walls. The circuit wire may be in electrical contact with the contact plate and an end of the power source received by the end cap. The pin and the contact plate may be electrically connected outside of the housing and close an electrical circuit of the disposable handle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Aviram ELBAZ, Tamer ABU-AITA, Aaron ZICKEFOOSE
  • Publication number: 20210290041
    Abstract: A distal end portion of an endoscope includes, a distal end cover disposed at a distal end of an insertion portion; a distal end member configured to be inserted into and fitted to the distal end cover, the distal end member including a first side surface and a second side surface, the first side surface being configured to come into surface contact with an inner surface of the distal end cover, the second side surface being formed in a radially inward direction with respect to the first side surface, the second side surface forming a space by being separated from the inner surface of the distal end cover by a predetermined distance; an electronic component mounted on a distal end surface of the distal end member; and a wiring electrically connected to the electronic component and disposed in a space formed between the inner surface of the distal end cover and the second side surface of the distal end member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuhiko MORITA
  • Publication number: 20210290042
    Abstract: An example endoscope cap, attachable to and detachable from an endoscope including a lever pivotally provided at a distal end of an insertion part of an endoscope and a pivot part causing the lever to pivot, includes: a bottomed cylindrical cover that has an opening end and is capable of attaching and detaching the opening end to and from the distal end of the insertion part of the endoscope; a first engagement part located at an inner surface of a cylindrical part of the cover; an elevator that has a lever connection part connected to the lever and that is pivotally fixed to an inside of the cover; and a flexible part provided at the cylindrical part of the cover and more flexible by an external force compared to another part along a circumferential direction of the cylindrical part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshitsugu HOSOGOE
  • Publication number: 20210290043
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adaptor that is suitable for attachment to an endoscopic device for delivery of a secondary gas. The adaptor generally comprises an adaptor body with first and second fluid transport components and can include a gas inlet on one of the fluid transport components suitable for attachment to a secondary gas source. A scaling member can be included to prevent leakage of any fluid (e.g., liquid or gas) that is transported through channels extending through the fluid transport components. The adaptor may be used in endoscopy methods and is particularly useful for adding a secondary gas source in an endoscopy procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Cushner, Kenneth W. Locke, Christopher R. Stebbins, Kenneth E. Wolcott
  • Publication number: 20210290044
    Abstract: A plug connection between distal video and proximal cable units, including: a plug; and a connector inserted into the plug, the plug is a glass cast part arranged at a proximal end of the distal video unit; the connector is arranged at a distal end of the proximal cable unit; the plug is connected to a housing of the distal video unit,_has electrical feedthroughs and is connected on a distal side to a first flexboard in the distal video unit and has a connector receptacle; the connector is enclosed in a housing formed to fit the connector receptacle; the connector has a plurality of electrical feedthroughs arranged in accordance with an arrangement of the electrical feedthroughs of the plug; and the electrical feedthroughs are connected proximally to a second flexboard having a planar solder pad structure having solder pads, to which signal and connecting cables are soldered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Alrun THUEMEN, Sebastian JUNGBAUER
  • Publication number: 20210290045
    Abstract: A channel unit for an endoscope includes a conduit, a mounting member and a connection member having one end connected to the mounting member and another end connected to a distal end of the conduit, the connection member having flexibility and a variable length in a longitudinal direction, and a proximal end side fixing portion of the connection member is movable back and forth in the longitudinal direction with respect to a distal end side fixing portion of the connection member as the conduit moves back and forth in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi TAKEUCHI, Koji YAMAYA
  • Publication number: 20210290046
    Abstract: Portable surgical systems, methods, and kits are described. The surgical systems may include a camera configured to capture images, viewing equipment configured to receive and display the captured images, a processor, and a stand. The camera, the viewing equipment, the processor, and the stand are configured to be housed in a case. Surgery may be performed using the surgical system by retrieving surgical components from the case, assembling the retrieved surgical components into a surgical system, positioning a patient within the surgical system for surgery, configuring the surgical system, performing the surgery with the surgical system, reconfiguring the surgical system during the surgery, disassembling the surgical system after the surgery, and placing the components in the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: X-Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Godfrey Nazareth, Matthew R. Maltese, Gil Binenbaum
  • Publication number: 20210290047
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to extract pieces of positional information associated with image data captured by a capsule endoscope introduced into a digestive tract to calculate a movement amount of an image capturing position of the capsule endoscope in a luminal direction, acquire, from the pieces of positional information, a change amount of the image capturing position of the capsule endoscope in a direction different from the luminal direction, select first position information from among the pieces of positional information, the first position information being position information for which the change amount of the positional information is smaller than a first threshold and the movement amount is smaller than a second threshold, and generate a shape model of the digestive tract by using the first position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke SUZUKI, Atsushi CHIBA, Takahiro IIDA
  • Publication number: 20210290048
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for cleaning a surface of as elongated instrument held within a cavity. In particular embodiments of the device, a longitudinal wire member extends along an elongated instrument (e.g. a laparoscope) and a rotatable transverse member removes matter from a surface of the instrument (e.g. a lens).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher RYLANDER, Christopher IDELSON, John UECKER
  • Publication number: 20210290049
    Abstract: A laryngoscope (10) having a body (20, 42) including a handle, a laryngoscope blade (22) extending from a distal end of the body (20, 42), and a display screen housing (18) extending from a proximal end of the body (20, 42). The laryngoscope (10) has at least one unitary housing component (12) that defines at least a portion of each of the body (20, 42), the laryngoscope blade (22) and the display screen housing (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Phillip William DIXON, Mark Richard BROWNE, Andrew Neil MILLER
  • Publication number: 20210290050
    Abstract: An ocular fundus image processing apparatus acquires a fundus image of an subject eye which is captured by a fundus capturing apparatus, acquires a correction image including artifact caused by illumination light without including a fundus of the subject eye as a capturing target, executes conversion processing of the correction image a plurality of times while changing processing content to acquire a plurality of conversion images, and acquires a difference image, as high-quality images, in which an influence of the artifact is suppressed to be less than or equal to a criterion, among a plurality of difference images acquired by taking a difference between each of the plurality of conversion images and the fundus image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke SHIBA, Yoshiki Kumagai, Masayuki Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20210290051
    Abstract: A vision testing device includes a light-occluding casing for administering vision tests. A viewing station is coupled to the light-occluding casing so a test subject can see a first digital display housed within the light-occluding casing. A second digital display is external to the light-occluding casing and is configured to receive touch-based input. One or more predetermined vision tests are displayed via the first digital display. The second digital display receives input corresponding to the vision test displayed via the first digital display. The second digital display includes response indicators that can be activated via a swiping motion on the second digital display, and a response is recorded as a result of the swiping motion. Each answer corresponding to a swiping motion is stored and output as a result of the vision test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: David TANG, Bruno MONINARD, Daminen ROUSEAU, Andre MONLINARO
  • Publication number: 20210290052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of instruments for visualizing the inner structures of the human body, and in particular of the eye. More specifically, its object is an optical coherence tomography system and method of the “Fourier-domain” type with the removal of unwanted artifacts through digital image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: COSTRUZIONI STRUMENTI OFTALMICI C.S.O. S.R.L.
    Inventors: Stefano FAINI, Lorenzo ROSELLINI, Francesco VERSACI, Gabriele VESTRI
  • Publication number: 20210290053
    Abstract: Methods and systems for assessing and/or treating visual disorders, such as discorder in accommodative ability and/or vergence ability, of a person are provided. Assessment and training exercises can be performed utilizing a computerized system in communication with a head-mountable display (HMD), such as a virtual or augmented reality display, which can display visual targets at various vergence and accommodative demands. Lenses, such as inverted bifocal lenses, may be used in combination with the HMD to mimic natural accommodative demand during viewing or to enable assessment and treatment of accommodation disorders. Corrective factors can be calculated and utilized for generation of visual targets to account for lens characteristics and/or interpupillary distance mismatch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Tuan Tran, Brian Dornbos, Benjamin Backus, James J. Blaha, Manish Gupta
  • Publication number: 20210290054
    Abstract: In a slit lamp microscope, ease of maintenance of an illumination-power-supply cable is improved while preventing the cable from appearing untidy. An illumination support arm of a slit lamp microscope is provided with a groove-shaped cable holder in which the illumination-power-supply cable is disposed along the outer surface of the illumination support arm in an externally exposed state. This configuration facilitates replacement of the illumination-power-supply cable even when a problem, such as breaking of the illumination-power-supply cable, occurs, thus improving ease of maintenance. Furthermore, because the illumination-power-supply cable is disposed along the groove-shaped cable holder, the slit lamp microscope has a neat appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: RIGHT MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norikazu Hamanaka, Hajime Hakamada, Kotaro Kawanishi, Keisuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210290055
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for adjusting flash intensity based on retinal pigmentation. In an embodiment, a processor determines a retinal pigmentation of a retina of an eye positioned at an imaging device. The processor commands the imaging device to adjust an intensity of a flash component from a first intensity to a second intensity based on the retinal pigmentation. The processor commands the imaging device to capture an image that is lit by the flash component at the second intensity, and receives the image from the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Warren James Clarida, Ryan Earl Rohret Amelon, Abhay Shah, Jacob Patrick Suther, Meindert Niemeijer, Michael David Abramoff
  • Publication number: 20210290056
    Abstract: Computer readable code adapted and configured to enable collection, annotation and sharing of digital ophthalmic images collected using a camera module on a mobile device or a hand held computer. The hand held computer can be used with a lens adapter configured to engage with a hand held computer device to allow a camera on the hand held computer device to take a high quality image of an eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: VERANA HEALTH, INC.
    Inventors: Nitin KARANDIKAR, Nikolai STEKLOV, Allen JONES, Douglas N. FOSTER, Danghui LIU, Edwin SARVER
  • Publication number: 20210290057
    Abstract: An intraocular pressure measurement arrangement is disclosed for measuring pressure of an eye of a patient. The arrangement can include at least one source for producing mechanical waves of several frequencies from a distance to the eye of the patient to generate at least one surface wave to the eye, a detector for detecting at least one surface wave from a distance from the eye to extract surface wave information, and a device for determining pressure information of the eye based on the surface wave information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Antti KONTIOLA, Edward HÄGGSTRÖM, Ari SALMI, Heikki NIEMINEN
  • Publication number: 20210290058
    Abstract: Methods, devices and a system for disease management are provided that employ diagnostic testing devices (e.g., blood glucose meters) and medication delivery devices (e.g., insulin delivery devices) for providing data to a repository in real-time and automatically. Repository data can be analyzed to determine such information as actual test strip use, patient health parameters outside prescribed ranges, testing and medication delivery compliance, patient profiles or stakeholders to receive promotional items or incentives, and so on. Connected meters and medication delivery devices and repository data analysis are also employed to associate a diagnostic test to a mealtime based on timing of a therapeutic intervention performed by an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Chris BERGSTROM, Jay BUTTERBRODT, Alan W. FIEDLER, Barry H. GINSBERG, Tim H. GORDON, Paul UPHAM
  • Publication number: 20210290059
    Abstract: A medical device system for concurrent power and data transfer comprises an elongated conductive member. At least a portion of the elongated conductive member is configured for insertion within an intraluminal space. One or more sensors that are in electrical connection with the elongated conductive member. The medical device system uniquely allocates each of the plurality of unique contiguous segments within a signal space to one of (i) one or more power channels or (ii) one or more signal channels. The medical device system then sends the electrical signals, via the elongated conductive member, to one or more sensors that are in electrical connection with the elongated conductive member. The medical device harvests energy from the electrical signals. The medical device system isolates transmitted data signals within at least one of the one or more signal channels the data signals generated by the one or more sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Richard J. LINDER, Edwin Meade Maynard, Scott Kenneth MARLAND, Cory Rex ESTES
  • Publication number: 20210290060
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for remote patient management and monitoring. The patient is monitored with a wireless sensor system connected to an application executing on a patient user computing device. The system continuously monitors physiological parameters, such as, but not limited to, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse rate, perfusion index, pleth variability index, and/or respiration rate from the photoplethysmograph. The system triggers alarms if the patient physiological data violates thresholds. Care providers review patient data and associated alarm(s) with graphical user interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Omar Ahmed, Nicholas Evan Barker, Keith Ward Indorf, Sungwhan Cha, Sebastian T. Frey, Hyejin Cho
  • Publication number: 20210290061
    Abstract: A method and system for obtaining and analyzing ECG waveforms from a patient is disclosed. Initially, a recommendation for obtaining an ECG waveform from a patient is issued, typically from a cardiologist. An ECG recording device is used to obtain ECG data from the patient. The recording device generates patient identification information, time and date information and an initial analysis that are included in a log delivered along with the ECG data to an analysis server. The analysis server generates a recommended action for the patient, which is delivered to the recording device while the patient is still present at the recording device. The recording device can then carry out the recommended action and provide the results for analysis by the cardiologist. The analysis server can utilize artificial intelligence/machine learning to generate the recommended action for the patient without having to involve the cardiologist, thereby reducing the number of visits for the treatment of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventor: Satyanarayana T.
  • Publication number: 20210290062
    Abstract: A method for detecting biometric parameters includes the steps of performing a bone graft procedure on at least one vertebra of a spine, providing at least one biometric sensor at the at least one vertebra, the sensor measuring at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of pressure, tension, shear, relative position, and vascular flow in an adjacent surrounding, and measuring the at least one biometric parameter at the vertebra with the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Martin W. ROCHE
  • Publication number: 20210290063
    Abstract: A method for detecting biometric parameters includes the steps of performing a bone graft procedure on at least one vertebra of a spine, providing at least one biometric sensor at the at least one vertebra, the sensor measuring at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of pressure, tension, shear, relative position, and vascular flow in an adjacent surrounding, and measuring the at least one biometric parameter at the vertebra with the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Martin W. ROCHE
  • Publication number: 20210290064
    Abstract: An exemplary system includes a photodetector configured to generate a plurality of photodetector output pulses over time as a plurality of light pulses are applied to and scattered by a target, a TPSF generation circuit configured to generate, based on the photodetector output pulses, a TPSF representative of a light pulse response of the target, and a control circuit configured to direct the TPSF generation circuit to selectively operate in different resolution modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Bruno Do Valle, Ryan Field, Rong Jin, Jacob Dahle
  • Publication number: 20210290065
    Abstract: An exemplary system includes a processor, a wearable device comprising a plurality of slots, and a first module including a plurality of detectors and a module control circuit. The processor is configured to successively transmit, to each slot of the plurality of slots, a command to enable a respective module located in each slot. The processor is further configured to determine, based on an acknowledgment received from the module control circuit, that the first module is enabled and located in a first slot, and to successively transmit, based on the determining that the first module is enabled and located in the first slot, a plurality of detector address identifiers. The module control circuit is configured to successively place the plurality of detectors into an enumeration mode in which each detector of the plurality of detectors is assigned a different detector address identifier of the plurality of detector address identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Siepser, Sangyong Park, Sebastian Sorgenfrei, Jacob Dahle, Ryan Field, Alex Borisevich, Milin J. Patel
  • Publication number: 20210290066
    Abstract: An illustrative optical measurement system includes a light source configured to emit, during a measurement session time period, a sequence of light pulses towards a target; a plurality of photodetectors configured to remain in an armed state during an entire duration of the measurement session time period, and detect, while in the armed state, photons of the light pulses after the light pulses are scattered by the target; and a plurality of time-to-digital converters (TDCs) comprising a different TDC for each photodetector of the plurality of photodetectors, the TDCs configured to record timestamp symbols representative of when the photons are detected by the photodetectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Field, Bruno Do Valle, Jacob Dahle
  • Publication number: 20210290067
    Abstract: An exemplary system includes a light source and a control circuit configured to apply voltage having a first polarity to the light source for a first time period to provide a threshold charge for the light source to start an emission of a light pulse that is directed at a target within a body. The control circuit is further configured to apply voltage having a second polarity opposite the first polarity to the light source for a second time period subsequent to the first time period to discharge the light source to stop the emission of the light pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Alex Borisevich, Ryan Field
  • Publication number: 20210290068
    Abstract: An exemplary optical measurement system includes a light source configured to emit light directed at a target. The optical measurement system further includes a photodetector configured to detect a photon of the light after the light is scattered by the target. The optical measurement system further includes a control circuit configured to receive a first input voltage that is a temperature-dependent voltage. The control circuit is further configured to receive a second input voltage that is a temperature-invariant voltage. The control circuit is further configured to output, based on a combination of the first input voltage and the second input voltage, a bias voltage for the photodetector, wherein the combination of the first and second input voltages is configured to cause the bias voltage to vary based on temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Rong Jin, Sebastian Sorgenfrei, Ryan Field, Bruno Do Valle, Jacob Dahle
  • Publication number: 20210290069
    Abstract: An illustrative optical measurement system includes a light source configured to emit light directed at a target, an array of photodetectors configured to detect photons of the light after the light is scattered by the target, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to measure a noise level of a photodetector included in the array of photodetectors and determine that the noise level meets a predetermined threshold. The processing unit is further configured to prevent, based on the determining that the noise level meets the predetermined threshold, an output of the photodetector from being used in generating a histogram based on a temporal distribution of photons detected by the array of photodetectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Sebastian Sorgenfrei, Ryan Field, Bruno Do Valle, Isai Olvera, Jacob Dahle, Husam Katnani
  • Publication number: 20210290070
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments disclose an apparatus, a system and method, and a computer program product for removing dental plaque. The exemplary embodiments may include emitting light, detecting reflections of the light, analyzing the reflected light, and determining an amount or location of dental plaque based on the reflected light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Guy M. Cohen, Lior Horesh, Raya Horesh, AMOS CAHAN
  • Publication number: 20210290071
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus comprising an insertion member configured to be inserted to a user's mouth. The insertion member comprises one or more illumination sources, configured to illuminate a part of the user's mouth when inserted thereinto; one or more imaging devices configured to capture images of the user's mouth interior; and a processing module configured to receive images from the one or more imaging devices, process the images to data, and detect oral and/or dental anomalies from the processed images and send the processed images and data via wireless or wired connection to a physician or professional doctor for further analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yuval Shani, Tamir Ygal
  • Publication number: 20210290072
    Abstract: A wearable device for a noninvasive measurement of a user's body temperature can include a housing, a first substrate coupled to the housing and having an opening, a second substrate coupled to the first substrate and configured to secure to skin of a user, a mounting frame enclosed by the housing and the first substrate, a circuit board secured by the mounting frame, a temperature sensor coupled to the circuit board and configured to determine a body temperature of the user, and a thermally conductive probe. The thermally conductive probe is secured by the mounting frame and positioned proximate to the first temperature sensor. The thermally conductive probe extends at least partially through the opening in the first substrate and transmits a thermal energy from a portion of the user's skin to the first temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin Forrest, Ammar Al-Ali, Valery G. Telfort
  • Publication number: 20210290073
    Abstract: A method for non-invasive determination of a hemodynamic parameter of a mechanically ventilated subject based on a point in time (thb) of a heartbeat of the subject and an arrival point in time (tarr_pulm) at which a blood pressure pulse caused by the heartbeat reaches the lungs of the subject. The method includes the steps of measuring a respiratory pressure and/or a respiratory flow, and determining the arrival point in time (tarr_pulm) from a change in the measured respiratory pressure and/or the respiratory flow resulting from a change in lung volume caused by the arrival of the blood pressure pulse to the lungs of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Carl-Erik TROILI, Tomas WESTERLUND
  • Publication number: 20210290074
    Abstract: Various examples related to mobile bodily monitoring using ultra-wideband radar are provided. In one example, a method for determining a bodily characteristic includes collecting sets of reflected backscatter data for a sequence of ultra-wideband (UWB) pulses transmitted via an UWB sensor, and a corresponding calibration measurement from a calibration channel; determining reflection coefficients for each tissue interface based on the sets of reflected backscatter data; and determining a fluid level content of the lung tissue based upon the reflection coefficients. The reflection coefficients can be determined from reflection profiles based upon the reflected backscatter data for that sequence of UWB pulses and the corresponding calibration measurement. The UWB sensor can include an array of transmit (TX) and receive (RX) antenna pairs positioned on a body of a user. The reflection profile can be associated with a model of tissue layers in the body between the UWB sensor and lung tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Emre ERTIN, William T. ABRAHAM
  • Publication number: 20210290075
    Abstract: Methods for estimating physiological parameters comprising placing at least one sensor in communication with skin of the user; sensing by the at least one sensor a stream of pulses; extracting features by decomposing sensed pulses; classifying fuzzy clusters of the features; and estimating the physiological parameters from the fuzzy clusters and the sensed pulses is provided as well as devices thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: EHUD BARON
  • Publication number: 20210290076
    Abstract: A method for determining a significance of a stenosis in a currently examined blood vessel, the method comprising: providing a pre-trained reasoning module (130) that has been trained to output a value of a stenosis significance parameter by means of a training data set comprising a plurality of records of prior clinically examined stenosis cases, each training record comprising data related to dimensional parameters, blood flow parameters and clinical measurement parameters of the prior clinically examined blood vessel containing the stenosis; inputting, to the pre-trained reasoning module (130), an examination record comprising data related to the dimensional parameters of the currently examined blood vessel containing the stenosis and instructing the reasoning module (130) to output the value of the stenosis significance parameter based on the examination record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kris Siemionow, Paul Lewicki, Wojciech Sadowski, Zbigniew Malota, Marek Kraft
  • Publication number: 20210290077
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for diagnosing a vascular disease and an apparatus therefor. A vascular disease diagnosing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an information acquiring step of acquiring patient information for a diagnosis subject; an FFR processing step of applying a geometric feature parameter information generated based on the patient information to a first learning model to calculate fractional flow reserve (FFR) information; a CFD processing step of applying the geometric feature parameter information to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to calculate flow feature information; and a diagnosing step of determining a vascular disease based on the fractional flow reserve information and the flow feature information and determine whether to perform a surgery on the vascular disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Joon Sang LEE, Young Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20210290078
    Abstract: A pressure sensor device for a medical in vivo application with at least one pressure transducer and an implantable probe, wherein the probe is proximally connected to the at least one pressure transducer, and the probe also comprises a catheter section and a measuring tip on the distal end of the probe, the probe having a longitudinal extension along the catheter section, wherein the catheter section comprises at least one lumen for producing a fluid connection from the measuring tip to the pressure transducer, and the lumen is filled with a transmission liquid, wherein the measuring tip comprises a tubular section with at least one laterally arranged opening, the at least one opening being covered with an elastic membrane, and wherein the filling quantity of the transmission liquid is determined such that, at a pre-determined temperature of the transmission liquid, the curvature of the membrane transverse to the longitudinal extension is substantially aligned with the contour of the measuring tip transverse
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Felix GLOCKER
  • Publication number: 20210290079
    Abstract: A first apparatus for monitoring biometric information blood of a user that comprises a clip having a base with two side members adapted to releasably receive a portion of a body of the user. A multi-sensor is mounted to one of said two side members. By precisely controlling a motor operably connected to a plunger, a sensor monitors at least one of blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, temperature, body motion from the response. Another apparatus includes a housing that includes an electropermanent magnet, a battery, a processor, and a radio transmitter. A cap is magnetically coupled to the housing when a current is passed through a coil of the electropermanent magnet thereby compressing a portion of tissue of the user between the housing and the cap. By varying the compressive force applied to the tissue, the apparatus monitors at least one of blood pressure and heart rate from the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Sheldon, Daniel Edward Roach
  • Publication number: 20210290080
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for remote patient management and monitoring. The patient is monitored with a wireless sensor system connected to an application executing on a patient user computing device. The system continuously monitors physiological parameters, such as, but not limited to, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse rate, perfusion index, pleth variability index, and/or respiration rate from the photoplethysmograph. The system triggers alarms if the patient physiological data violates thresholds. Care providers review patient data and associated alarm(s) with graphical user interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Omar Ahmed, Nicholas Evan Barker, Keith Ward Indorf, Sungwhan Cha, Sebastian T. Frey, Hyejin Cho