Patents Issued in November 11, 2021
  • Publication number: 20210345885
    Abstract: An apparatus for biological information management including a storage and at least one processor. The processor is configured to: acquire a face image of a subject and a sensed biological information value of the subject, which are acquired at the same time, in association with each other, and perform face image authentication for the face image to identify the subject of the face image. The storage stores the biological information value associated with the face image in association with the subject. The processor is also configured to: determine a normal range of biological information values by cluster analysis from accumulated biological information values stored in the storage for each subject, determine whether or not a latest biological information value stored in the storage falls within the normal range, and output that the latest biological information value is abnormal when the latest biological information value falls outside the normal range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhide UMEDA
  • Publication number: 20210345886
    Abstract: In an aspect, there is provided a temperature scanner for measuring a temperature of a selected area on a human subject having a first eye and a second eye. The temperature scanner includes an infra-red sensor, a first reflective surface region, a second reflective surface region, and a controller. The infra-red sensor has a selected field of view so as to detect a temperature of the selected area of the human subject when the selected area is positioned to completely fill the field of view. The first reflective surface region is concave, has a first principal axis, and has a first focal point along the first principal axis. The first reflective surface region and the second reflective surface region are positioned relative to the infra-red sensor such that positioning the first eye of the human subject at a selected first eye position and positioning the second eye of the human subject at a selected second eye position positions the selected area of the human subject to completely fill the field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Geoffrey William RYELAND, Gary John SPICER, Zhengjie JIA
  • Publication number: 20210345887
    Abstract: A portable, miniature, wearable health monitor device that is capable of accurate measurement of health indicators such as body temperature and heart rate which is useful in determining illness or the onset of illness in a timely way and automatically notifying the appropriate people and organizational staff to take medical action to prevent the spread of disease and protect both the individual with early intervention and also protect the organization the person is associated with through the prevention of disease proliferation within the organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: David Bean, Zilong Huang, Jon Moser
  • Publication number: 20210345888
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of systems and methods that utilize images of a user's face to detect alcohol intoxication. One embodiment of a system to detect alcohol intoxication includes first and second inward-facing head-mounted cameras that are located less than 5 cm from a user's face, are sensitive to wavelengths below 1050 nanometer, and are configured to capture images of respective first and second regions on the user's face. The system also includes a computer that calculates, based on baseline images captured with the cameras while the user was not intoxicated, a baseline pattern of hemoglobin concentrations at regions on the face. The computer also calculates, based on a current set of images captured with the cameras, a current pattern of hemoglobin concentrations at the regions, and detects whether the user is intoxicated based on a deviation of the current pattern from the baseline pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Facense Ltd.
    Inventors: Ari M Frank, Arie Tzvieli, Ori Tzvieli, Gil Thieberger
  • Publication number: 20210345889
    Abstract: A blood vessel cross-section function, a blood vessel pressure difference, and blood vessel stress may be established. A method for establishing a blood vessel cross-section function may include: obtaining image data in at least one cardiac cycle; selecting multiple feature times during the one cardiac cycle; generating spatial models of a target region blood vessel corresponding to each of the feature times according to the image data; establishing a first cross-section model of the target region blood vessel at each position along an axial direction of the target region blood vessel according to each of the spatial models; and establishing a corresponding first cross-section function according to each first cross-section model. Actual conditions of blood vessels may be reflected more accurately, and may provide an intermediate variable with less error for subsequent analysis operations, so that the later calculated value is closer to the actual value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: PULSE MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Shengxian TU, Jiayue HUANG, Jingfeng HAN
  • Publication number: 20210345890
    Abstract: An intelligent and real-time cardio-pulmonary screening device (100) is disclosed. The device comprises a housing that encloses a body, said body comprising: a display unit (101); a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) indicators (102, 103); a first toggle switch (104); a second toggle switch (105); a plurality of volume controls (106, 107); a third toggle switch; an output port (109); a switch (110); a charging port (111); a temperature sensor; a transducer unit (112); and an artificial intelligence module. The artificial intelligence module analyses the sounds received in real-time and presents the results in the display unit (101), as well as in the plurality of the LED indicators (102, 103); it comprises an artificial intelligence processor that is configured to run machine learning algorithms on the device (100), with said artificial intelligence module syncing from and to the cloud when connected to internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Nibedit Dey
  • Publication number: 20210345891
    Abstract: A medical device and method are provided and include a sensing circuitry configured to obtain cardiac activity (CA) signals indicative of cardiac activity over one or more beats. The medical device includes a filter configured to separate, from the CA signals, a respiratory component that varies based on at least one of respiration rate or respiration depth. The medical device includes memory that is configured to store program instructions. The medical device includes a processor that, when executing the program instructions, is configured to analyze the respiratory component to identify a respiration characteristic of interest (COI). The respiration COI is based on at least one of variations in an amplitude of the respiratory component or an interval within the respiratory component and identifies a respiration anomaly based on the respiration COI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Gill, Dean P. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20210345892
    Abstract: There is included an apparatus and system including video capture code configured to control a camera of a mobile phone to capture a video of at least a portion of skin, extraction code configured to extract at least one photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal from the video, determination code configured to determine a peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) value based on the PPG signal with respect to a blood flow at the portion of skin, and display code configured to control a display of the mobile phone to display the SpO2 value
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Lianyi HAN, Chao HUANG, Xiaozhong CHEN, Zhimin HUO, Shih-Yao LIN, Hui TANG, Tao YANG, Kun WANG, Wei FAN
  • Publication number: 20210345893
    Abstract: An indicator system for a surgical robotic system for indicating a state of at least a portion of patient anatomy, the surgical robotic system comprising a robot having abase and an arm extending from the base, the arm holding an endoscope at an end of the arm distal from the base, the endoscope being configured for insertion into a body cavity of the patient for observing a surgical site internal to a body of the patient, the indicator system comprising: a receiver configured to receive video data of at least a portion of patient anatomy at the surgical site from the endoscope; and a processor configured to:detect a spatio-temporal change in a pixel region of the received video data; identify, in response to the detected spatio-temporal change, a parameter of the patient anatomy; generate a health indicator indicative of the identified parameter or indicative of a profile of the identified parameter; and output the generated health indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicants: CMR SURGICAL LIMITED, CMR SURGICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Steven Bishop, Ricardo Michael Henderson Da Silva
  • Publication number: 20210345894
    Abstract: A system and method for using algorithms and acoustic input to control, monitor, annotate, and configure a wearable patch that monitors physiological signals. The method comprises the receiving a transmission at a wearable device wherein the transmission can identify a mode of operation, an annotation to the data in the device, a request for data from the device, a modification of the configuration of parameters, and signals in the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Stuart P. MacEachern, Martin W. Jenkel
  • Publication number: 20210345895
    Abstract: A patch-type wearable device includes a circuit layer including a light emitting element and a light receiving element, a wireless communication module mounted on the circuit layer and configured to communicate with another device, and a passive radiation layer constituting an upper layer of the circuit layer and exhibiting passive radiation characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Youngmin Song, Minhyung Kang, Gilju Lee
  • Publication number: 20210345896
    Abstract: A method for Heart Rate Variability monitoring and scoring, comprising, collecting, by one or more sensors, sensor data measuring a user's heart beat activity over time, analyzing the sensor data to measure the inter-beat intervals of the heart beat activity to store Heart Rate Variability (HRV) data, creating an HRV scaled score from said HRV data representing, at least in part, said user's particular balance of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system activity, presenting said HRV scaled score to said user on a device in combination with one or more recommended actions related to said HRV scaled score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jason David Moore, Alyssa Rae Moore
  • Publication number: 20210345897
    Abstract: A system and method for Heart Rate Variability (HRV) data collection and analysis is presented to provide more specific guidance that is based on user HRV data, such as customized scores, customized modifications to specific plans or programs, e.g., guided breathing programs, athletic training plans, validations of treatments or events expected to have an impact on HRV readings. The collected HRV data may be used in live biofeedback type applications, such as including HRV scores or composite scores using HRV data as display graphics in streaming services, using HRV scores or composite scores to modify the behavior of systems such as gaming systems, vehicles, content recommendation systems, ad selection systems, etc. The system and method also presents a user display for teams or groups, with HRV related statistics and recommendations available at various levels of granularity (e.g., group or team, sub-group, individual).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jason David Moore, Alyssa Rae Moore
  • Publication number: 20210345898
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic field measurement device which includes a magnetic sensor array that is composed of a plurality of magnetic sensor cells, each of which has a magnetic sensor and an output unit for outputting an output signal, arranged at lattice points between two curved surfaces, each of which is bent in one direction, so as to be three-dimensionally arranged, and is capable of detecting an input magnetic field in three-axial directions, a measurement data acquisition unit configured to acquire measurement data measured by the magnetic sensor array, and a magnetic field reconstruction unit configured to reconstruct a magnetic field of a component orthogonal to a virtual sensor array plane with respect to one or more positions on the virtual sensor array plane, which is a plane specified in a three-dimensional space, using the measurement data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Shigeki OKATAKE, Makoto KATAOKA, Takenobu NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210345899
    Abstract: A multi-sensor patch for simultaneous abdominal monitoring of maternal and fetal physiological data includes a multi-layer flexible substrate. The multi-layer flexible substrate includes a center region and a plurality of electrode regions. An electrode of the plurality of electrodes is located in each of the electrode regions. At least one auxiliary sensor which may be an optical sensor. A module unit is connected to the conductive layer at the center region. The module unit is configured to receive biopotential physiological data from the plurality of electrodes and photosignal data from the optical sensor. The module unit calculates at least fetal heart rate (fHR), maternal heart rate (mHR), and uterine activity (UA) from the biopotential physiological data and fHR, mHR, and SpO2 from the photosignal data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Pieri, Steven M. Falk, Mohammad Khair
  • Publication number: 20210345900
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and system to detect P-waves in cardiac activity is provided. The system includes memory to store specific executable instructions. One or more processors are configured to execute the specific executable instructions for obtaining far field cardiac activity (CA) signals for a series of beats, applying a P-wave template to at least one sub-segment of the CA signals to obtain an alignment indicator and calculating an amplitude dependence (AD) indicator based at least in part on the P-wave template and the at least one sub-segment. The system analyzes the alignment indicator based on a first criteria, compares the AD indicator with a second criteria, designates a candidate P-wave to be an actual P-wave based on the analyzing and comparing and records results of the designating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Gene A. Bornzin, Chunlan Jiang, Jong Gill, Xiaoyi Min, Kyungmoo Ryu, Gabriel A. Mouchawar
  • Publication number: 20210345901
    Abstract: A skin impedance measuring device and method includes: an electrode system having at least two electrodes placed on the skin; an adjustable voltage output unit to generate forward and reverse voltages on the electrodes; a skin impedance measurement unit to measure electrical signals from the electrodes; a central processing unit and a computing memory for calculating forward and reverse skin impedances, determining whether the measurement results are abnormal, and correcting abnormal results by delivering additional DC or AC voltages of adjustable magnitudes and frequencies based on impedances; and a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Weihui Li, Tao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210345902
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for medical procedures are disclosed herein for receiving an input of a plurality of measured coordinates of a respective plurality of position transducers of a probe inside a body of a subject, receiving a measured voltage measurement output by the probe, determining a cost function based on a model of known mechanical properties of the probe compared to the measured coordinates with respect to shapes that can be assumed by the probe in the body and further based on an expected voltage value compared to the measured voltage measurement, selecting a shape based on the cost function, generating corrected coordinates of the points along the probe based on the shape and displaying a representation of the probe using the corrected coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Osadchy, Meir Bar-Tal
  • Publication number: 20210345903
    Abstract: A catheter for positioning a guidewire across an occluded portion of a vessel includes an elongate catheter body, an integrated rotatable distal tip, a proximal handle region, and a catheter lumen extending through the elongate catheter body. The elongate body has a distal region configured to be bent to a set angle. The integrated rotatable distal tip includes one or more channeled flutes extending around the distal tip that are configured to be rotated in a first direction to dissect tissue and a second direction for bluntly contacting tissue. A proximal handle region includes a control for rotating the distal tip in either the first or second directions. The catheter lumen is configured to pass a guidewire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Himanshu N. PATEL, John B. SIMPSON
  • Publication number: 20210345904
    Abstract: An ingestible capsule device collects fluid aspirates from locations within the body, locations such as the small intestine, and retains the fluid aspirates free from contamination as the capsule device is expelled from the body. The device allows for microbial and metabolomics analysis for a variety of gastrointestinal, allergic, endocrinologic, and oncologic diseases. In some examples, the capsule device is a multi-stroke device that includes a capsule shell and two reservoirs located within the shell. Check valves work in conjunction with a vacuum pressure pumping mechanism to control fluid movement from one reservoir to another, where one of the reservoirs may be expandable and permeable to some fluids. In other examples, the capsule device employs a peristaltic pump fluid control with the capsule device, and a single semi-permeable bladder stores collected fluid aspirate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Baharak Moshiree, Alex Espinosa
  • Publication number: 20210345905
    Abstract: A physiological sensing system is provided. The physiological sensing system includes a wearable device and an electronic device. The wearable device senses a body temperature signal of a user, an audio signal of a respiratory tract of the user, a capacitance sensing signal of the respiratory tract and an activity status of the user to generate a sampled body temperature signal, a sampled audio signal, a sampled sensing capacitance value and a sampled activity status. The electronic device determines a physiological status of the user in response to variations in the sampled body temperature signal, the sampled audio signal, the sampled sensing capacitance value and the sampled activity status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Active Insight Corporation
    Inventors: Mao Chen Liu, Jung-Ching Hsu
  • Publication number: 20210345906
    Abstract: A method for computing lung compliance imaging, the method comprising obtaining one or more images of lungs, determining a spatial transformation of each voxel within the lungs between the lungs at an inhale position and the lungs at an exhale position to provide displacement vector estimates for each voxel within the lungs, performing volume change inference operations to determine a volume change between the lungs at the inhale position and the lungs at the exhale position based on an inhale region of interest, an exhale region of interest, and the displacement vector estimates for each voxel within the lungs, computing a lung compliance based on the volume change inference operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Girish B. Nair, Edward Castillo
  • Publication number: 20210345907
    Abstract: Active auscultation may be used to determine organ (e.g., lung or heart) characteristics of users. An acoustic or piezo-electric signal (e.g., a pulse, a tone, and/or a broadband pulse) may be projected into an animal (typically human) body or thorax. The signal interacts with the body, or lungs, and in some cases may induce resonance within the body/lungs. A resultant signal may be emitted from the body which may be analyzed to determine, for example, a lung's resonant frequency or frequencies and/or how the sound is otherwise absorbed, reflected, or modified by the body. This information may be indicative of lung characteristics such as lung capacity, a volume of air trapped in the lungs, and/or the presence of COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Maria ARTUNDUAGA
  • Publication number: 20210345908
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to determine body composition of a subject is disclosed. Physical characteristics of a subject and water in a pool is determined. A body of the subject is completely submerged in the pool of water such that a head of the subject is just below a surface of the water in the pool. The subject completely exhales air into an air measuring device as the body of the subject is submerged just below the surface of the water. A semi-rigid strip or tab portion may be coupled to the air measuring device to indicate when air pressure within the air measuring device is between a predetermined range. The body composition is then determined based on the determined subject characteristics, water characteristics and the amount of air exhaled into the air measuring device when the air pressure is between the predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: PHYSICS IP, INC.
    Inventor: Sterling L Cannon
  • Publication number: 20210345909
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus (100) is provided for fitting to an animal body for measuring changes in concentration of a chromophore in the animal body. The measuring apparatus (100) has a plurality of devices (120). Each device (120) has a light source (122) for emitting light towards an animal body and a light detector (124) for detecting light returning from the said animal body. A device controller (126) receives signals from and sends signals to a main controller (160). The device controllers (126) of the plural devices (120) are respectively connected to a connection arrangement (150).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Nicholas Everdell
  • Publication number: 20210345910
    Abstract: A load cell apparatus for use with a bed includes a housing having a top portion and a bottom portion, and a load cell device held by the bottom portion of the housing. The load cell device is structured to generate a signal having a magnitude that is proportional to a first force being applied to the load cell device. The load cell apparatus also includes a button member held by the housing in a manner wherein the button member is structured to engage the load cell device and apply the first force to the load cell device in response to a second force being applied to the top portion of the housing. Also, various systems for monitoring parameters such as weight, sleep quality, fall risk, and/or pressure sore risk that may incorporate such a load cell apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
    Inventors: JONATHAN L. PEARLMAN, RORY A. COOPER, JONATHAN A. DUVALL, ANAND A. MHATRE
  • Publication number: 20210345911
    Abstract: The disclosure provides sensors and methods for measuring movement of breast tissue during activity. The sensor system includes a first sensor for placement on a sternum of a user, the first sensor comprising a first accelerometer operable to generate acceleration data indicative of acceleration of a torso of the user along a reference x-axis, y-axis and/or z-axis; a second sensor operatively connected to the first sensor for placement on breast tissue of the user, the second sensor comprising a second accelerometer operable to generate acceleration data indicative of acceleration of breast tissue; and a microprocessor operatively connected to the first and second sensors and configured to use the acceleration data from the first sensor and the second sensor to determine a magnitude of breast tissue acceleration relative to the torso of the user along the reference x-axis, y-axis and/or z-axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: JOSEPH JOHN SANTRY, CHANTELLE DAWN MURNAGHAN, ERICA MARGARET BUCKERIDGE, MARK ARTHUR OLESON, CONNOR ALEXANDER HAMMOND, WILLIAM LY
  • Publication number: 20210345912
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wearable activity parameter collecting device, a mounting unit for detachably mounting the wearable activity parameter collecting device to a wearable device and to a system comprising the wearable activity parameter collecting device and the mounting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Pavel Zakharov, Michael Mrochen
  • Publication number: 20210345913
    Abstract: A method for detecting handwriting problem, comprising: acquiring, by a handwriting instrument comprising one motion sensor, motion data while a user is using the handwriting instrument, analyzing the motion data by an artificial intelligence trained to detect a handwriting problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Eric HUMBERT, Amélie CAUDRON, Arthur BELHOMME, Fabrice DEVIGE
  • Publication number: 20210345914
    Abstract: Glucose monitoring devices and related systems and methods, the glucose monitoring devices including a sensor electronics unit having a housing and a printed circuit board disposed within the housing, a transcutaneous glucose sensor assembly, and a conductive sensor connector. The printed circuit board includes a first electrical contact, the transcutaneous glucose sensor assembly includes a distal portion having a working electrode and proximal portion having a working-electrode contact in electrical communication with the working electrode, and the conductive sensor connector electrically connects the working-electrode contact with the first electrical contact. Further, the conductive sensor connector extends through a hole in the proximal portion of the transcutaneous glucose sensor assembly and through a hole in the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad E. Moein, Louis G. Pace, Udo Hoss, Phu X. Le, Samuel Mason Curry
  • Publication number: 20210345915
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, circuits, devices, systems and functionally associated machine executable code for glucose monitoring, analysis and remedy. A subject glucose level baseline is calculated based on monitored subject glucose level readings collected by a non-invasive sensor assembly and subject mobile device sensors data. Newly received, monitored subject glucose level readings sets are compared to subject glucose level baseline values to detect anomalies Indications of a glucose level anomaly, are analyzed by reference of one or more subject behavioral or physiological conditions concurrent with the anomaly. Monitored subject behavioral and physiological conditions are analyzed to determine a representation of the subject over a multi-condition diabetic risk graph/map, subject feedback is generated based on the representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: CaloSense Ltd.
    Inventor: Nitzan Shenar
  • Publication number: 20210345916
    Abstract: Membrane systems incorporating silicone polymers are described for use in implantable analyte sensors. Some layers of the membrane system may comprise a blend of a silicone polymer with a hydrophilic polymer, for example, a triblock poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) polymer. Such polymeric blends provide for both high oxygen solubility and aqueous analyte solubility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Robert J. Boock, Monica Rixman Swinney
  • Publication number: 20210345917
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a resonator system for detecting perspiration. The system includes a resonator. The resonator includes an electronically conductive segment. The resonator further includes a polymeric component coating at least a portion of the electronically conductive segment. The resonator further includes a fluidic channel component positioned adjacent to the polymeric component and comprising a microfluidic channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Adam Russell Carr, Nigel Forest Reuel
  • Publication number: 20210345918
    Abstract: A first aspect provides a device for collecting a specimen in a fluid having a substantially directional flow relative to the device and substantially parallel to the device. The device includes an elongated body and a plurality of substantially continuous barriers, radially extending relative to the longitudinal axis from a surface of the body and provided along the length of the body. With the barriers provided concentrically along the length of the body, like substantially perpendicularly to the length of the device body, the velocity of the flow of the liquid in which the specimen are to be collected is significantly reduced. Such reduction of flow velocity improves the odds of a specimen being retained by the device for collection. The barriers may form a directional receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Immanuël Wiegman, Hans Peter Mulder
  • Publication number: 20210345919
    Abstract: A syringe assembly includes (i) a syringe with a cylindrical body, luer tip at a first end, finger grip at a second end and a cannula extending from the luer tip into the cylindrical body, and (ii) a plunger unit having an adapter portion, receiving cavity, finger grip and piston. A channel extends the length of the adapter portion to receive the cannula in one end and a variety of connectors, valves and/or syringes in a second end. The end of the channel accessible in the receiving cavity mates with or engages any number of commercially available valves, connectors and/or syringes while the luer tip similarly connects to any number of valves, catheters, connectors, etc., depending on the task being undertaken with the syringe assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Brewer, Robert Fortune, Bill Phillips
  • Publication number: 20210345920
    Abstract: A syringe assembly includes (i) a syringe with a cylindrical body, luer tip at a first end, finger grip at a second end and a cannula extending from the luer tip into the cylindrical body, and (ii) a plunger unit having an adapter portion, receiving cavity, finger grip and piston. A channel extends the length of the adapter portion to receive the cannula in one end and a variety of connectors, valves and/or syringes in a second end. The end of the channel accessible in the receiving cavity mates with or engages any number of commercially available valves, connectors and/or syringes while the luer tip similarly connects to any number of valves, catheters, connectors, etc., depending on the task being undertaken with the syringe assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Brewer, Robert Fortune, Bill Phillips
  • Publication number: 20210345921
    Abstract: A syringe assembly includes (i) a syringe with a cylindrical body, luer tip at a first end, finger grip at a second end and a cannula extending from the luer tip into the cylindrical body, and (ii) a plunger unit having an adapter portion, receiving cavity, finger grip and piston. A channel extends the length of the adapter portion to receive the cannula in one end and a variety of connectors, valves and/or syringes in a second end. The end of the channel accessible in the receiving cavity mates with or engages any number of commercially available valves, connectors and/or syringes while the luer tip similarly connects to any number of valves, catheters, connectors, etc., depending on the task being undertaken with the syringe assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Brewer, Robert Fortune, Bill Phillips
  • Publication number: 20210345922
    Abstract: A syringe assembly includes (i) a syringe with a cylindrical body, luer tip at a first end, finger grip at a second end and a cannula extending from the luer tip into the cylindrical body, and (ii) a plunger unit having an adapter portion, receiving cavity, finger grip and piston. A channel extends the length of the adapter portion to receive the cannula in one end and a variety of connectors, valves and/or syringes in a second end. The end of the channel accessible in the receiving cavity mates with or engages any number of commercially available valves, connectors and/or syringes while the luer tip similarly connects to any number of valves, catheters, connectors, etc., depending on the task being undertaken with the syringe assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Brewer, Robert Fortune, Bill Phillips
  • Publication number: 20210345923
    Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for eye position determination of a subject depicted in an image set. A method comprises obtaining first information indicating a first set of eye positions of the subject by applying a first eye tracking procedure on an image set depicting the subject. The first eye tracking procedure uses a first set of features extracted from the image set for obtaining the first set of eye positions. The method comprises obtaining second information indicating a second set of eye positions of the subject by applying a second eye tracking procedure on the image set depicting the subject. The second eye tracking procedure uses a second set of features extracted from the image set for obtaining the second set of eye positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Per Fogelström, Anna Redz, Anders Dahl, Niklas Ollesson
  • Publication number: 20210345924
    Abstract: An evaluation device includes a display unit; a gaze point detection unit detecting a position of a gaze point of a subject; a display control unit causing the display unit to display a video for task of causing the subject to gaze at a final arrival point of a moving object; a region setting unit setting a movement route region corresponding to a movement route of the moving object according to a movement rule and a final arrival point region corresponding to the final arrival point; a determination unit determining, based on the position of the gaze point, whether the gaze point exists in the movement route region and the final arrival point region in a display period; a calculation unit calculating gaze point data in the display period based on a determination result; and an evaluation unit obtaining evaluation data of the subject based on the gaze point data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takei, Makoto Kito
  • Publication number: 20210345925
    Abstract: A data processing system is configured to identify treatment responsive to a health risk determined from feature data provided by one or more networked data sources. A classification engine generates a feature vector based on a natural language processing (NLP) of input data representing words provided by a user. Features of the feature vector represent health risk factors. Machine learning logic classifies the features to generate a classification metric indicating whether the features are indicative of health risks or not indicative of health risks. A prediction value is generated indicating a likelihood of each health risk factor for the patient. The patient can be diagnosed with a health condition or disease based on the identified health risks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Davis, Tamar Priya Krishnamurti, Kristen Allen
  • Publication number: 20210345926
    Abstract: A psychological health monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present disclosures includes a smart cup and a terminal. In the psychological health monitoring system, a user's biometric information is collected through a plurality of biosensors, and the user's current state is analyzed and determined on the basis of the collected biometric information, so as to display the user's psychological health/intoxication state through light or sound, so the user can check a psychological health/intoxication state depending on a beverage the user drinks and then correct drinking habits according to the psychological health/intoxication state to maintain good health.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Seung-hee SON
  • Publication number: 20210345927
    Abstract: A biomedical electrode according to the present invention includes: a plate-shaped support portion; a plurality of elastic pillar portions that are provided on a first surface of the plate-shaped support portion; and a conductive resin layer that is formed to cover distal ends of the elastic pillar portions, in which the plurality of elastic pillar portions are arranged to surround a center portion of the first surface of the plate-shaped support portion, each of distal end portions of the plurality of elastic pillar portions has an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the first surface, and when a point of the inclined surface closest to the first surface is represented by P1, a point of the inclined surface farthest from the first surface is represented by P2, and a half line extending from P2 to P1 is represented by L, the point P1 is present at a position closer to the center portion than the point P2 in the plurality of elastic pillar portions, and the half line L is configured to pass throu
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Katsuma Kitazoe, Takashi Yagisawa, Masaomi Ueno, Takuya Harada
  • Publication number: 20210345928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal mesh transparent electrode with improved planarization and reflection characteristics. The metal mesh transparent electrode according to a first embodiment of the present invention comprises: a substrate (10); a metal mesh layer (20) formed in a mesh shape having a plurality of through holes and disposed on one surface of the substrate (10); and a buffer layer (30) covering the metal mesh layer (20) to be filled in the through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Leonard STOICA, Jeffrey HENDRICKS
  • Publication number: 20210345929
    Abstract: An electrode patch, in particular for performing electrocardiography. The electrode patch includes an elastic adhesive layer having an adhesive contact surface that is configured to adhere to the skin of a subject the electrode patch is applied to; an elastic conductive layer including a plurality of measurement points and conductive paths, the conductive paths being configured to conductively connect the plurality of measurement points to a connector; and a plurality of electrodes, wherein each of the plurality of electrodes is formed at least by one of the plurality of measurement points and a corresponding recess provided in the adhesive layer, which recess extends through the entire layer thickness of the adhesive layer and is provided or providable with a substance that is adhesive and conductive, such as hydrogel, so as to conductively connect the one of the plurality of measurement points to the skin of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Grzegorz WRÓBLEWSKI, Adrian MACIEJEWSKI, Lukasz KOLTOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20210345930
    Abstract: A graphene transistor system for measuring electrophysiological signals uses flexible epicortical and intracortical arrays of graphene solution-gated field-effect transistors (gSGFETs) to record infraslow signals alongside signals in the typical local field potential bandwidth. The graphene transistor system includes a processing unit, and at least one graphene transistor (gSGFET) a tunable voltage source connected to the drain and source terminals of the transistor (gSGFET), and at least one filter configured to acquire and split the signal from the transistor into at least a low frequency band signal and high frequency band signal, which are amplifiable with a gain value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicants: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, CONSORCIO CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMEDICA EN RED, M.P., INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS (ICREA), FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT CATALÀ DE NANOCIÈNCIA I NANOTECNOLOGIA (ICN2), INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS AUGUST PI SUNYER (IDIBAPS)
    Inventors: Antón GUIMERÁ BRUNET, Eduard MASVIDAL CODINA, Rosa VILLA SANZ, José Antonio GARRIDO ARIZA, Xavier ILLA VILA, Maria Victoria SANCHEZ VIVES
  • Publication number: 20210345931
    Abstract: A device includes an EMG processing application operable with a processing module to receive an output signal from EMG testing, wherein the output signal represents electrical activity of at least one muscle. The EMG processing application is operable to process the output signal to detect at least one type of waveform of a plurality of types of waveforms from the output signal and display the detected at least one type of waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Tomasz Andrzej Kosierkiewicz
  • Publication number: 20210345932
    Abstract: A system for measuring the ECG of a user by having at least two sensors, all of which are attached to only one peripheral of the user. The system may also comprise a controller for determining ECG signals from the data received from the sensors. The system may be in the form of a wearable band on which the sensors and the controller are disposed. The sensors may be capacitive sensors, electrically coupled capacitive sensors, or electrodes. The sensors may be attached to one arm of a user. The sensors may be disposed on the inside and outside of the arm away from each other at the same axial position on the arm. The sensors may be disposed at axially different positions on the arm, for example, one at the wrist and the other at the shoulder of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Frank NGUYEN, Andre David Thomas BERTRAM
  • Publication number: 20210345933
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media are disclosed for reconstructing bioelectronic lead placement. In some embodiments, the disclosed system can include a processor configured to determine relationships between EP signals of one or more pairs of a plurality of electrodes over one or more sampling time periods, wherein the plurality electrodes are separately placed on a patient's body for collecting the EP signals, and to reconstruct geometry of the plurality of electrodes based on the relationships between the EP signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: BioSig Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander David WISSNER-GROSS, Suraj KAPA, James Y. LEE, Desmond B. KEENAN, Natalia DRAPEAU, Kenneth L. LONDONER
  • Publication number: 20210345934
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for determining a state or condition of a subject. A method for determining a state or condition of a heart of a subject may include using a monitoring device comprising an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor and an audio sensor to measure ECG data and audio data from an organ of the subject, and transmitting the ECG data and the audio data wirelessly to a computing device. A trained algorithm may be used to process the ECG data and the audio data to determine the state or condition of the organ of the subject. More specifically, the trained algorithm can be customized for a specific indication or condition. An output indicative of the state or condition of the heart of the subject may be provided on the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Connor Landgraf, John Maidens, Subramaniam Venkatraman, Avi Shapiro, Steve L. Pham