Patents Issued in November 25, 2021
  • Publication number: 20210361143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an instrument for inspecting a cavity or a tract of a human body in a visual or photographing mode, in particular to an insertion part of an electronic endoscope and the electronic endoscope. A plurality of connection portion rack guide rollers in the insertion part are arrayed in the fore-aft direction of a connection portion shell, and connection portion racks are slidably supported on the plurality of connection portion rack guide rollers and used for being detachably connected with operation part racks. The electronic endoscope comprises an operation part and the insertion part which are detachably connected, a plurality of operation part rack guide rollers in the operation part are arrayed in the fore-aft direction of an operation part shell, operation part racks are slidably supported on the plurality of operation part rack guide rollers, and the operation part racks and the connection portion racks are connected in detachable and transferable fore-aft moving modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Chong WANG, Shibo FU, Yong FU
  • Publication number: 20210361144
    Abstract: An endoscope includes a frame component provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion, an exterior member with conductivity in which the frame component fits, an imaging unit fixed to the frame component and configured to pick up an image, a conductive part provided in the imaging unit, an electrical connection part, a first end portion of which is connected to the conductive part, a neighboring part of a second end portion on an opposite side of the first end portion of which is sandwiched and fixed between an outer surface of the frame component and an inner surface of the exterior member and configured to electrically connect the conductive part and the exterior member, and an opening provided in the exterior member and configured to expose part of the frame component and cut an extra portion of the electrical connection part during assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke HATANO, Takuya ARIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20210361145
    Abstract: Provided is an endoscope capable of improving operability of the endoscope. An endoscope (10) includes: an observation optical system (76) that is disposed on a wall portion (68) of a distal end portion main body (32) adjacent to an elevator housing portion (66) and that observes a visual field region in a first direction in which the elevator housing portion (66) is open; an outflow port (45) that is provided in the distal end portion main body (32) and through which liquid flows out; and a cap (34) that is attachably and detachably attached to the distal end portion main body (32) and that has a liquid guiding surface that guides the liquid flowing out from the outflow port (45) in a direction toward the visual field region in a state where the cap (34) is attached to the distal end portion main body (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi HARADA
  • Publication number: 20210361146
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: an image pickup unit having an incidence face; a distal end body including a front face in which an insertion hole is formed, the incidence face of the image pickup unit inserted into the insertion hole protruding from the front face; a distal end cover that covers a periphery of the insertion hole of the distal end body and has a distal end face including an opening from which the incidence face is protruded; a first adhesive that bonds the distal end cover to the image pickup unit and contains first calcium carbonate particles; and a second adhesive that covers a step at a boundary between the distal end face of the distal end cover and the incidence face of the image pickup unit and contains first silicon oxide particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eita IYOSHI, Yoshimi KONNO, Naoto KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210361147
    Abstract: A medical device that includes a shaft having a distal end and a cap at the distal end that defines a reservoir for storing a material. The medical device includes a deployment mechanism configured to eject the material from the reservoir, and the deployment mechanism is configured to apply a force to the reservoir. The cap includes a seal or a perforation that is configured to contain the material in the reservoir in the absence of the force applied by the deployment mechanism to the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Amanda Lynn SMITH, Joseph W. KING
  • Publication number: 20210361148
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a package for a capsule endoscope. The package includes an inner package. The inner package includes a base and a cover arranged above the base. A first end of the cover is connected to a first side of the base and a second end of the cover is connected to a second side of the base in an assembled mode. When the second end of the cover is assembled and connected to the second side of the base, the bottom surface of the cover and the base form an holding slot for holding the capsule endoscope. Through such arrangement, the present invention improves the existing package and avoids a reduction of performance of the capsule endoscope during transportation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicants: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, ANX IP HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: YUN CHEN, YUNWEN CHEN, Hao LIU
  • Publication number: 20210361149
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an endoscope system and a handle for a medical device that allows for rotation of the device when a locking member is disengaged by an operator, but does not allow for rotation when the locking member is engaged. Such a handle allows for an operator to maintain the position of an endoscope even when the operator removes his or her hand from the controls of the scope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: John C. Sigmon, JR., Michael J. Brecht, Christopher A. Carruthers, Marc Spencer
  • Publication number: 20210361150
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes a main body, a first tubular member configured to transmit power by rotating or periodically deforming, and a second tubular member configured to be attached to or detached from the first tubular member, in which the second tubular member includes an external gear member disposed on an outside of the first tubular member in a radial direction, and configured to have a plurality of external teeth arranged in a circumferential direction on an outer circumferential surface and to swing or deform according to power of the first tubular member, and an internal gear member disposed on an outside of the external gear member in the radial direction and configured to have a plurality of internal teeth arranged in the circumferential direction on an inner circumferential surface, and the number of internal teeth is greater than the number of external teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210361151
    Abstract: An endoscopic camera system having a camera with a shaft coupled to a handpiece; and a sheath with hollow tube coupled to a body. The tube has: a proximal portion coupled to the body; a bend at a distal end of the proximal portion; and a distal portion distal to the bend. The sheath is configured to deflect the shaft and the sheath is rotatable around the shaft to change a direction of the deflection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Kellar, Brittany Foslien, Richard Taft, Sanjeev Kakar
  • Publication number: 20210361152
    Abstract: The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for producing an image in light deficient environments and associated structures, methods and features is disclosed and described. The features of the system may include controlling a light source through duration, intensity or both; pulsing a component controlled light source during the blanking period; maximizing the blanking period to allow optimum light; and maintaining color balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurent Blanquart, John Richardson, Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern, Jeremiah D. Henley
  • Publication number: 20210361153
    Abstract: An endoscope may include a shaft having a longitudinal axis, a first image sensor facing a distal direction, and a second image sensor facing a lateral direction. The endoscope may further include a tubular member having a lumen, the lumen having a distal-end opening and defining a longitudinal axis through a center of the lumen. The tubular member may be movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration of the tubular member, the longitudinal axis of the lumen may be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. In the second configuration of the tubular member, the longitudinal axis of the lumen may extend through a lateral opening in a wall of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew CALABRESE, Louis J. BARBATO, Brian GAFFNEY, Mark D. WOOD
  • Publication number: 20210361154
    Abstract: An intraoral scanner includes a projecting module, an image-capturing module, a linkage structure, and a manipulation part. The projecting module includes a first lens device and a light source. Light emitted by the light source is projected out of the intraoral scanner by the first lens device. The image-capturing module includes a second lens device and an image sensor. The image sensor receives the light from the outside of the intraoral scanner through the second lens device. The manipulation part is exposed from the intraoral scanner and is mechanically linked with the first or second lens device through the linkage structure. Therein, the manipulation part is operable to correspondingly move at least one first lens of the first lens device or at least one second lens of the second lens device through the linkage structure, so as to adjust a scanning zone of the intraoral scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Sheng-Wen Hu, Ming-Kuen Lin
  • Publication number: 20210361155
    Abstract: A disposable video laryngoscope includes a novel internal liquid jet spray. This laryngoscope is designed so that the user may utilize either the video mode in which the image is displayed on an external screen, or the device may be used in the same manner as a direct laryngoscope. If the device is used in video mode, a Light Emitting Diode (LED) is placed within a camera housing so as to prevent or reduce fogging of the lens. The device includes an internal spray mechanism that may receive liquid through a luer-connection interface such as is used with syringes or IV tubing systems and that directs a spray onto a fogged or occluded lens to restore vision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Andrew B. Napier
  • Publication number: 20210361156
    Abstract: Endoscopic systems for hysterectomy typically comprise a base station having an image display, a disposable endoscope component with an image sensor, a re-usable handle component that is connected to an image processor in base station, and a fluid management system integrated with the base station and handle component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Abbey TAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20210361157
    Abstract: A surgical retractor includes a plurality of cameras integrated therein. One such retractor includes a tubular retractor and an insert supporting said plurality of cameras can be disposed within a tubular retractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: John Tesar, Steven T. Charles
  • Publication number: 20210361158
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for performing an ophthalmic diagnostic test are disclosed. In one aspect, a head-wearable device for administering an ophthalmic test to a subject can comprise a head-wearable frame for mounting the device onto the subject's head, and a light seal configured for coupling to the frame so as to isolate at least one eye of the subject from ambient light when the device is worn by the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory R. Jackson, David E. Beecher, David E. Orr, Nathan Smith
  • Publication number: 20210361159
    Abstract: An analytic tool for supporting alignment of an optical component in preparation for an interferometric test and performance of such a test. Apparatus and methods involve employment of the datum features on the optical component and/or metrology frame supporting such component. The metrology frame may include a secondary set of holograms (provided for use with a conventional system already employing a primary hologram that forms the testing optical wavefront). The conventional primary hologram is preferably substituted with a set of primary holograms (contained in the same, unitary or spatially-complementary housing sets) that perform different but complementary functions and that facilitate the alignment of the metrology frame with or without the tested optical component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: James Burge, Chunyu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210361160
    Abstract: Provided is a system for measuring and assessing intra-ocular pressure (IOP). The system comprises a processor, a memory, a camera, and instructions written on the memory. The instructions when executed by the processor may cause the system to: capture an image of a user's eye; convert the image to a three-dimensional image; analyze the three-dimensional image; and calculate an IOP measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Click Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Martorell
  • Publication number: 20210361161
    Abstract: An implant for determining intraocular pressure includes at least one electrical pressure sensor for measuring the intraocular pressure, at least one microchip that is connected to the pressure sensor, and at least one antenna that is connected to the microchip, the microchip generating digitally encoded data from the electrical signals of the pressure sensor, which data can be transmitted by an antenna, using electromagnetic waves, to a receiver located outside the eye, and components being accommodated in a small housing, the outer dimensions of which are limited such that the implant can be positioned between the sclera and the choroid of the eye, is improved in that the pressure sensor is accommodated on an outer housing side of the implant, which outer housing side is brought into contact with the choroid in the eye is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: IMPLANDATA OPHTHALMIC PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Max OSTERMEIER, Stefan Meyer, Peter Szurman
  • Publication number: 20210361162
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to continuous monitoring of analyte values received from an analyte sensor system. In some example embodiments, there is provided a method that includes receiving sensor information, calculating and storing estimated analyte measurement values based upon the received sensor information. The method also includes determining one or more communication conditions, and instructing a transceiver to advertise to a first display device in accordance with one or more communication variables based upon the one or more communication conditions. The method then transmits the estimated analyte measurement values to the at least first display device. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Douglas William Burnette, Eric Cohen, Jason Halac, Hari Hampapuram, Lauren Hruby Jepson, Shawn Larvenz, Aditya Mandapaka, Michael Robert Mensinger, Jorge Valdes, Jeffrey R. Wedekind
  • Publication number: 20210361163
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for remote monitoring. In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a remote monitor, a notification message representative of an event detected, by a server, from analyte sensor data obtained from a receiver monitoring an analyte state of a host; presenting, at the remote monitor, the notification message to activate the remote monitor, wherein the remote monitor is configured by the server to receive the notification message to augment the receiver monitoring of the analyte state of the host; accessing, by the remote monitor, the server, in response to the presenting of the notification message; and receiving, in response to the accessing, information including at least the analyte sensor data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Robert Mensinger, Eric Cohen, Phil Mayou, Eli Reihman, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Rian Draeger, Angela Marie Traven
  • Publication number: 20210361164
    Abstract: A communication system including a biosensor device that includes a frame configured to contain leads for electrode patches, which may comprise attachment points for electrode patches configured to allow signals detected by electrode patches attached to the attachment points to transmit to a processing unit, and configured to space the patches apart for use in medical monitoring. The frame may also be configured to contain one or more batteries and to electrically connect such batteries to the processing unit. The system may also include a smart phone or other mobile device configured to wirelessly receive data from the biosensor device and configured to transmit the received data to at least one of a cloud-based processing system, a database, and a healthcare provider's office.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Joseph Bogdan
  • Publication number: 20210361165
    Abstract: A sensor network for measuring physiological parameters of a mammal subject includes a plurality of spatially separated sensor systems that is time-synchronized to each other. Each of the plurality of spatially separated sensor systems is attached to a respective position of the mammal subject and includes a sensor member for measuring at least one physiological parameter, a system on a chip (SoC) having a microprocessor coupled to the sensor member for receiving data from the sensor member and processing the received data, and a transceiver coupled to the SoC for wireless data transmission and wireless power harvesting. The sensor network also includes a microcontroller unit (MCU) adapted in wireless communication with the plurality of spatially separated sensor systems for wirelessly transmitting data to and from the plurality of spatially separated sensor systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Shuai XU, Ha Uk CHUNG, Kun Hyuck LEE, Aurelie HOURLIER-FARGETTE, Alina RWEI, Jong Yoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20210361166
    Abstract: The present technology relates to vascular access devices, systems, and methods configured to monitor a patient's health. In some embodiments, the vascular access device may include a sensing element, and the system of the present technology may be configured to obtain physiological measurements of the patient via the sensing element, determine at least one physiological parameter based on the physiological measurement, compare the at least one physiological parameter to a predetermined threshold, and, based on the comparison, provide an indication of the patient's health.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: James D. Mitchell, Theodore C. Johnson, Andrew Thoreson
  • Publication number: 20210361167
    Abstract: The exemplified system and method facilitate an objective, non-invasive measurement of myelin quality and integrity in living brains based on isolation of myelin-specific magnetic relaxation constants in k-space. The system uses magnetic resonance (MR) signals to select signatures specific to, or associated with, myelin and its structure and to then encode the selected signatures into an image or model to which the quantitative myelin health information can be co-registered with 2D, 3D visualization, and tractography of the myelin-signal isolated MR information. The system also sets a model for digital hierarchical learning of biomedical signals in MR, and beyond, based on experimental data in which it executes the herein described signal isolation operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tatiana WOLFE, Caio C. QUINI, Philip J. HORNER, Matthew K. HOGAN
  • Publication number: 20210361168
    Abstract: Laser light is emitted from a laser into a scattering layer. An ultrasound signal is emitted into a sample. A signal is generated with a light detector in response to a measurement beam of laser light exiting the light scattering layer into the light detector. At least a portion of the measurement beam formed between the laser and the light detector is wavelength-shifted by the ultrasound signal subsequent to the ultrasound signal propagating through the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Soren Konecky
  • Publication number: 20210361169
    Abstract: An acousto-optic imaging method in which light waves and unfocused acoustic waves having various directions of propagation m are emitted in a medium, by spatially modulating the amplitude of the ultrasonic transducers of an array of transducers according to several periodic spatial amplitude modulations j, and the resulting optical signal Smj(t) is captured. For each direction of propagation m, the signals Smj(t) are spatially demodulated in order to determine a signal Sm(t) used to reconstruct the image of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicants: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, UNIV PARIS XIII PARIS-NORD VILLETANEUSE
    Inventors: François Ramaz, Jean-Luc Gennisson, Jean-Baptiste Laudereau, Clément Dupuy, Jean-Michel Tualle
  • Publication number: 20210361170
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for diagnosis and/or treatment of microvascular dysfunction, such as microvascular obstruction (MVO), in which the effects of collateral flow around a treatment site are addressed by injecting volumetric flows into a vessel using an infusion system to prevent or render negligible the collateral flow. Arterial pressures and fluidic flow rates sufficient to negate the collateral flow may be used to indicate the presence and/or severity of MVO for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Robert S. SCHWARTZ, Jon Helge HOEM, Sabrina FREY, Oliver BLUDAU
  • Publication number: 20210361171
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for selecting sensors for acquiring physiological data of a patient. In one embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of sensors, a dynamic selection switch communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors, a plurality of acquisition channels communicatively coupled to the dynamic selection switch, and a processor communicatively coupled to the dynamic selection switch and configured with executable instructions in non-transitory memory that when executed cause the processor to: select a subset of sensors; control the dynamic selection switch to connect the subset of sensors to the plurality of acquisition channels; and acquire, from the subset of sensors via the plurality of acquisition channels, physiological data of a patient. In this way, a subset of sensors in a plurality of sensors may be dynamically selected in real-time for acquiring physiological data of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Valent, Mohammad Khair
  • Publication number: 20210361172
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for detecting, monitoring, and responding to abnormalities in a subject's breathing or heartbeat. One or more sensing devices may collect breathing or heartbeat related data, which may be filtered and converted to a frequency signal. The frequency signal may be monitored for irregularity or stoppage, and a processing module may determine whether the irregularity or stoppage is caused by an actual stoppage or irregularity in breathing or heartbeat. If breathing or heartbeat is determined to have stopped, a corrective action may be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: HB Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Fornell
  • Publication number: 20210361173
    Abstract: A non-invasive, optical-based physiological monitoring system is disclosed. In an embodiment, the non-invasive, optical-based physiological monitoring system comprises an emitter configured to emit light into a tissue site of a living patient; a detector configured to detect the emitted light after attenuation by the tissue site and output a sensor signal responsive to the detected light; and a processor configured to determine, based on the sensor signal, a first physiological parameter indicative of a level of pain of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Massi Joe E. Kiani, Michael O'Reilly
  • Publication number: 20210361174
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for the compositing together of model-linked vascular data from a plurality of sources, including at least one 2-D angiography image, for display in a frame of reference of the at least one angiography image. In some embodiments, a linking model comprises a data structure configured to link locations of angiographic images to corresponding elements of non-image vascular parameter data. The linking data structure is traversed to obtain a mapping to the frame of reference of one or more of the angiographic images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ifat Lavi, Guy Lavi
  • Publication number: 20210361175
    Abstract: An apparatus and method involve leveraging unobtrusive sleep monitoring technologies, even consumer ones, to predict the phase of a viral infection and is usable for guiding patient treatment and tracking treatment effectiveness. An apparatus and method determine a phase of a viral infection based at least in part upon a data set that is input to an algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gary Nelson GARCIA MOLINA, Xia CHEN, Yash Parag MOKASHI
  • Publication number: 20210361176
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for calculating an instantaneous wave-free ratio based on a pressure sensor and angiogram images, comprising: acquiring pressures at the coronary artery ostium of heart by a blood pressure sensor in real-time, and storing the pressure values in a data linked table, and the data linked table being indexed by time and the time and real-time pressure being saved in the form of key-value pairs; finding out corresponding datas from the data queue based on time index using the angiography time as an index value, taking an average value of four wave-free pressure values as a wave-free pressure value Pa; obtaining a time Tn of an end phase of a diastolic period, namely of a wave-free period within one cycle according to the time index within the cycle; obtaining a length L of a segment of a blood vessel through angiogram images of two body positions, and obtaining a blood flow velocity V; calculating a pressure drop ?P and calculating a pressure Pd which at the distal end of the blood vessel as
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: SUZHOU RAINMED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunfei HUO, Guangzhi LIU, Xingyun WU
  • Publication number: 20210361177
    Abstract: Non-invasive blood pressure monitoring systems and methods provide continuous, “beat-to-beat” measures of blood pressure without the need for an inflatable cuff, and/or without the need for calibration of the system or method for a particular subject using a separate blood pressure measurement system. Embodiments include various wrist-worn blood pressure monitoring devices adapted to be worn on the wrist comfortably and obtain a blood pressure measurement of the radial artery that traverses the wrist. Other implementations are adapted to measure blood pressure in a variety of other blood vessels in the body, such as the carotid artery and the templar artery, to name just two of many examples. This document describes additional designs of micro-motion sensing systems for use in such non-invasive blood pressure monitoring systems and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: HUMA THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Nitagauri SHAH, Sandeep SHAH, Mohammed MUKHRAMUDDIN, Peter PARNELL, Pradeep JOOLURI
  • Publication number: 20210361178
    Abstract: A blood pressure level change detection apparatus includes a change point detection unit and a level change/return determination unit. The change point detection unit detects a first change point as a change point in time-series data of blood pressure. A level change/return determination unit acquires a first average blood pressure level and a second average blood pressure level for time-series data of blood pressure. When a difference between the first average blood pressure level and the second average blood pressure level is greater than or equal to a predetermined level threshold value, the level change/return determination unit determines that a blood pressure level change has occurred at the first change point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsunori ITO, Shingo YAMASHITA, Mitsuo KUWABARA, Yuki OTA, Ayako KOKUBO
  • Publication number: 20210361179
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a detection circuit and a processor operatively connected to the detection circuit. The processor is configured to obtain a first signal associated with an external object through the detection circuit, to obtain a first HR, using a first filter having an attribute of a first frequency band and to obtain a second HR, using a second filter having an attribute of a second frequency band, based at least on the first signal, to change at least some attributes associated with the second filter, based at least on the first HR and the second HR, and to obtain a second signal associated with the external object through the detection circuit, and generate heart rate variability (HRV) information, using the second filter, in which the at least some attributes are changed, based on the second signal. In addition, various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Wonkyu LEE, Hwan SHIM, Hyunsu KIM, Yongjin LEE, Dawoon JUNG, Seounghun KIM, Taeho KIM
  • Publication number: 20210361180
    Abstract: A near-field sensor method and device for obtaining biomedical information is disclosed. A transmission-line aperture arrangement configured to guide electromagnetic waves and emit near-field fringing energy, is placed near the skin. The transmission line is excited at a narrow-band Gigahertz frequency. The near-field fringing energy emitted by the sensor device penetrates at least partially into the skin and underlying blood vessels, and this energy is partially absorbed and partially phase shifted in a time varying manner according to the changes in tissue physiology. The status of the sensor device is monitored over a plurality of time intervals, and changes in both the phase and the amplitude of the signals passing though the transmission line are used to determine biomedical information such as heart rates, PTT, blood pressure, and glucose levels. Various transmission-line configurations, and various reference transmission-line methods to reduce low-frequency noise, are also discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jun-Chau Chien, Stanley Yuanshih Chen
  • Publication number: 20210361181
    Abstract: A system for non-invasively determining an indication and/or an assessment of intracranial pressure (ICP) is featured. The system includes at least one intracranial light source adapted to be placed on skin above a cranium of a living subject configured to emit light which penetrates the cranium and targets intracranial space of a living subject. The system includes a least one extracranial light source adapted to be placed on skin above a predetermined area of the living subject configured to emit light which penetrates and targets extracranial space of the living subject. A detector subsystem including at least a first detector is configured to detect reflected light from the intracranial space and the extracranial space and is configured to output intracranial output signals associated with light detected from the intracranial space and/or output extracranial output signals associated with light detected from the extracranial space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Michele Pierro
  • Publication number: 20210361182
    Abstract: A portable sensing system device and method for providing microwave or RF (radio-frequency) sensing functionality for a portable device, the device comprising: a portable device housing configured to be carried by a user; and a sensing unit within said housing con-figured to characterize an object located in proximity to the portable system, said sensing unit comprising: a wideband electromagnetic transducer array said array comprising a plurality of electromagnetic transducers; a transmitter unit for applying RF signals to said electromagnetic transducer array; and a receiver unit for receiving coupled RF signals from said electromagnetic transducers array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Raviv MELAMED
  • Publication number: 20210361183
    Abstract: Examples for monitoring impedance of a hydrogel in an electrode. The electrode is applied to a patient to measure impedance through the patient's body. Hydrogel is used to conduct electrical signals between the patient's body and sensing circuitry of the electrode. The impedance of the hydrogel can change over time as the electrode is being worn. When the electrode is applied to a subject, the device measures the impedance of the hydrogel to determine a baseline value. This baseline value can then be used to calculate any necessary impedance corrections over the life of the electrode. Measurements are taken via a separate conductive trace that measures only impedance through the hydrogel and not from the patient's body. This allows for more accurate impedance readings to be taken with the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Edward Bremer, Thaddeus J. Wawro
  • Publication number: 20210361184
    Abstract: An expandable electrode set, methods of using the expanding electrode set, electrode set systems, and methods of manufacturing an electrode set are described herein. Various examples of an electrode set include nodes that are physically connected to each other by connectors that have a shape that allows for the deformation of the electrode set. The shape and material of the connectors is designed to provide a consistent deformation so that, when placing alignment markers on a part of a body to be monitored, the nodes end up in correct locations on the part of the body for the measurement being performed. The electrode set can include sensors, emitters, or sensors and emitters in various configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Nadia ARFAOUI, Alexandre ARISTIDES, Marc FROUIN, Philippe GUERMONPREZ, Ekin KOCA, Maylis MERCHET, Fabian PARIZEL, Pierre PROT
  • Publication number: 20210361185
    Abstract: Electrical impedance myography (EIM) can be used for assessment and diagnosis of muscular disorders. EIM includes applying an electrical signal to a region of tissue and measuring a resulting signal. A characteristic of the region of tissue is determined based on the measurement. Performing EIM at different frequencies and modeling one or more impedance metrics as a function of frequency may provide impedance model parameters that can aid in the assessment and diagnosis. Devices are described that facilitate assessment and diagnosis using EIM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Seward B. Rutkove, Benjamin Sanchez Terrones
  • Publication number: 20210361186
    Abstract: A surgical navigation system comprising a signal receiver communicatively coupled to a primary processor, the primary processor programmed to utilize a sequential Monte Carlo algorithm to calculate changes in three dimensional position of an inertial measurement unit mounted to a surgical tool, the processor communicatively coupled to a first memory storing tool data unique to each of a plurality of surgical tools, and a second memory storing a model data sufficient to construct a three dimensional model of an anatomical feature, the primary processor communicatively coupled to a display providing visual feedback regarding the three dimensional position of the surgical tool with respect to the anatomical feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Mohamed Rashwan Mahfouz
  • Publication number: 20210361187
    Abstract: A device for measuring a dimension includes: an electronic tape measure including: a portable casing including an opening having a Y axis; a winder in the casing having an X axis; a tape passing through the casing opening and including an end fixed on the winder and a free end outside the casing; a module for measuring a measurement relating to said outer section; a trigger for generating a signal by the trigger activation; and an interpretation module for controlling inputting of the measurement when the trigger signal is received, in which device the free end of the outer section includes a fastener, and the casing includes a fastening region allowing the fastener to be fixed, the length of the surface of the casing that extends between the fastening region and the opening of the casing being less than 4 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: LABORATOIRES INNOTHERA
    Inventors: Sophie BASSEZ, Amina OUCHENE, Jean-Christophe LOURME, David RENOUT
  • Publication number: 20210361188
    Abstract: A posture support device, including a main body to support a weight of a user thereon, a control unit disposed within at least a portion of the main body to connect the user to an external mobile device of a third party in response to an emergency, and to display the third party on the control unit, a speaker disposed on at least a portion of the main body to emit at least one sound received from the external mobile device during conversations with the third party, and a medication compartment disposed around at least a portion of the main body to store at least one medication therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Poras Patel
  • Publication number: 20210361189
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing information indicative of cardiac condition includes a processing system (301) for receiving a rotation signal indicative of rotational movement of a chest. The processing system is configured to form one or more indicator quantities each being derivable from an energy spectral density based on one or more samples of the rotation signal, where each sample has a temporal length. The processing system is configured to determine an indicator of cardiac condition on the basis of the one or more indicator quantities. The determination of the cardiac condition is based on that for example myocardial infarction causes changes in the energy spectral density. Thus, it is possible to distinguish between for example myocardial infarction and plain heartburn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Juhani AIRAKSINEN, Tero KOIVISTO, Mikko PÄNKÄÄLÄ, Tuomas VALTONEN, Mojtaba JAFARI TADI
  • Publication number: 20210361190
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing information indicative of cardiac condition includes a processing system for receiving a rotation signal indicative of rotational movement of a chest. The processing system is configured to form one or more indicator quantities each being derivable from an energy spectral density based on one or more samples of the rotation signal, where each sample has a temporal length. The processing system is configured to determine an indicator of cardiac condition on the basis of the one or more indicator quantities. The determination of the cardiac condition is based on that for example myocardial infarction causes changes in the energy spectral density. Thus, it is possible to distinguish between for example myocardial infarction and plain heartburn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Juhani AIRAKSINEN, Tero KOIVISTO, Mikko PÄNKÄÄLÄ, Tuomas VALTONEN, Mojtaba JAFARI TADI
  • Publication number: 20210361191
    Abstract: A data processing method for determining a range of motion of an artificial knee joint which connects a femur and a tibia via a medial ligament and a lateral ligament, wherein at least the femur comprises an implant which forms a medial condyle and a lateral condyle, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring the maximum lengths of the lateral ligament and the medial ligament: for a particular flexion angle of the knee joint; calculating a first virtual position between the femur and the tibia in which the lateral condyle of the femoral implant touches the tibia and the medial ligament is stretched to its maximum length; calculating a maximum valgus angle of the range of motion from the first virtual position; calculating a second virtual position between the femur and the tibia in which the medial condyle of the femoral implant touches the tibia and the lateral ligament is stretched to its maximum length; and calculating a maximum yarns angle of the range, of motion from the second virtual position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Oliver FLEIG, Christian BRACK, Zohar LEDER, Martin BAUER
  • Publication number: 20210361192
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hand rehabilitation exercise device, including: a finger movement sensing sensor sensing a movement of a finger; and a finger worn unit to which the finger movement sensing sensor is attached/detached, and worn on the finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: NEOFECT Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Geol PARK, Young Geun CHOI, Kyung Hwan YOO, Sung Jun ROH, Hyun Soo KIM, Joon Ha JEON