Patents Issued in December 9, 2021
  • Publication number: 20210378507
    Abstract: A mobile communication device-based corneal topography system includes an illumination system, an imaging system, a topography processor, an image sensor, and a mobile communication device. The illumination system is configured to generate an illumination pattern reflected off a cornea of a subject. The imaging system is coupled to an image sensor to capture an image of the reflected illumination pattern. A topography processor is coupled to the image sensor to process the image of the reflected illumination pattern. The mobile communications device includes a display, the mobile communications device is operatively coupled to the image sensor. The mobile communications device includes a mobile communications device (MCD) processor. A housing at least partially encloses one or more of the illumination system, the imaging system, or the topography processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: David A. Wallace, Philip Buscemi, Stephen D. Klyce, Mark A. Kahan, Paul E. Glenn, John Rogers, Cesare Tanassi, David Kramer, Vrunjal Mehta
  • Publication number: 20210378508
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods and systems forming optical structures in an ophthalmic lens for improving a patient's vision by accessing a prescription for the patient; generating a variable wavefront based on the prescription; phase wrapping the first variable wavefront, wherein phase wrapping the first variable wavefront includes collapsing the first variable wavefront to a phase-wrapped wavefront having a predetermined phase height; and generating, based on the phase-wrapped wavefront, energy output parameters for forming an optical structure in the ophthalmic lens using an energy source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Clerio Vision, Inc.
    Inventor: Leonard Zheleznyak
  • Publication number: 20210378509
    Abstract: Various implementations determine a pupil characteristic (e.g., perimeter location, pupil shape, pupil diameter, pupil center, etc.) using on-axis illumination. On-axis illumination involves producing light from a light source that is approximately on-axis with an image sensor configured to capture reflections of the light from the light source off the eye. The light from the light source may passes through the pupil into the eye and reflect off the retina to produce a bright pupil-type light pattern in data obtained by the image sensor. The light may be pulsed at a frequency so that frequency segmentation may be used to distinguish reflections through the pupil off the retina from reflections of light from other light sources. In some implementations, the image sensor is an event camera that detects events. The pupil characteristics may be assessed by assessing events that recur in a given area at the given frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Walter NISTICO
  • Publication number: 20210378510
    Abstract: Provided are apparatuses, a non-transitory computer-readable medium or media, and methods for supporting predicting of vascular disease using a fundus image of a subject. In certain aspects, disclosed a method including the steps of: extracting a feature information from a first fundus image of the subject based on a machine learning model; generating a second fundus image having a feature which is corresponding to the feature information by mapping a saliency factor to the first fundus image; and displaying the first fundus image and the second fundus image on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: XAIMED Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Min PARK, Joo Young CHANG, Choong Hee LEE, Il Hyung SHIN
  • Publication number: 20210378511
    Abstract: Methods and systems for an integrated sensor network are described. In one embodiment, sensor data may be accessed from a plurality of motion sensors and a bed sensor deployed in a living unit for a first time period. An activity pattern for the first time period may be identified based on at least a portion of sensor data associated with the first time period. The activity pattern may represent a physical and cognitive health condition of a person residing in the living unit. Additional sensor data may be accessed from the motion sensors and the bed sensor deployed for a second time period. A determination of whether a deviation of the activity pattern of the first time period has occurred for the second time period may be performed. An alert may be generated based on a determination that the derivation has occurred. In some embodiments, user feedback is captured on the significance of the alerts, and the alert method is customized based on this feedback. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Marjorie Skubic, Marilyn J. Rantz, Mihail Popescu, Shuang Wang, Isaac J. Sledge, Rainer Dane A. Guevara, Elena Florea, James M. Keller
  • Publication number: 20210378512
    Abstract: Disclosed are various examples and embodiments of systems, devices, components and methods configured to detect a location of a source of at least one cardiac rhythm disorder in a patient's heart. In some embodiments, electrogram signals am acquired from inside a patient's heart, and subsequently normalized, adjusted and/or filtered, followed by generating a two-dimensional (2D) spatial map, grid or representation of the electrode positions, processing the amplitude-adjusted and filtered electrogram signals to generate a plurality of three-dimensional electrogram surfaces corresponding at least partially to the 2 D grid, one surface being generated for each or selected discrete times, and processing the plurality of three-dimensional electrogram surfaces through time to generate a velocity vector map corresponding at least partially to the 2 D grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Peter Ruppersberg
  • Publication number: 20210378513
    Abstract: A system and method for remote ECG data streaming in real-time is provided. A continuous connection is established between a cloud-based server and a physiological monitor. The physiological monitor includes at least two electrodes and is affixed to a chest of a patient or implanted within the patient. ECG data is collected via one or more of the electrodes and encrypted via a wireless interface on the physiological monitor using a secret key stored on the physiological monitor. The encrypted ECG data is transmitted from the cloud-based server and received on a computing device in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Ezra M. Dreisbach, Gust H. Bardy
  • Publication number: 20210378514
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting relapse or recovery events of a user (e.g., an individual, a patient undergoing mental health and addiction treatment) are disclosed. A mobile device detects a communication from a user. The mobile device determines present attributes associated therewith. The mobile device determines, as a function of the communication and the present attributes, a likelihood that a relapse or a recovery event associated with the user is to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Caden R. Moenning, Stephen P. Moenning, John E. Acker
  • Publication number: 20210378515
    Abstract: A secure medical device system includes a computer processing device that includes a processor, memory in communication with the processor, an interface enabling communication between the processor and a diagnostic test unit, a first wireless access point, computer-readable instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor providing a locally-served web site that is browser accessible over the first wireless access point, and a second wireless access point operable concurrently with and independent from the first wireless access point. The locally-served web site is adapted to receive control instructions over the first wireless access point and to generate command signals transmittable over the interface to the diagnostic test unit, and the second wireless access point enables communication between the processor and an external network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: John A. Romans, Paul B. Burke
  • Publication number: 20210378516
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for invasive medical procedures uses a tool that includes an operative portion and a stem having a distal end attached to a proximal end of the operative portion and a proximal end configured to be held outside a subject during the invasive medical action. The tool can include a recess along the stem and a viewport. The recess is configured to removably engage an electromagnetic tracking system component comprising an electromagnetic sensor and an insulated electrical wire connected to the electromagnetic sensor. The viewport is configured to reveal a portion of the recess where the electromagnetic sensor is to be disposed. Alternatively, a frame is rigidly and removably attached to a proximal portion of the tool. The frame is also rigidly attached to electromagnetic tracking sensor suite that provides position and orientation of the frame with six degrees of freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Brian C. LOBO, Marino LEON, Reordan O. DEJESUS
  • Publication number: 20210378517
    Abstract: A modulated physiological sensor is a noninvasive device responsive to a physiological reaction of a living being to an internal or external perturbation that propagates to a skin surface area. The modulated physiological sensor has a detector configured to generate a signal responsive to the physiological reaction. A modulator varies the coupling of the detector to the skin so as to at least intermittently maximize the detector signal. A monitor controls the modulator and receives an effectively amplified detector signal, which is processed to calculate a physiological parameter indicative of the physiological reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Marcelo Lamego, Cristiano Dalvi, Hung The Vo
  • Publication number: 20210378518
    Abstract: A method for fluorescence-based imaging of a target to detect contamination and/or pollutants is disclosed. The method includes labelling a pre-selected biomarker at the target, illuminating the target with excitation light emitted by an excitation light source and having at least one wavelength or wavelength band causing at least the pre-selected biomarker to fluoresce, detecting fluorescence emissions of at least the pre-selected biomarker with an image detector of a handheld imaging device, and determining the presence, location, and/or quantity of contamination and/or pollutants on and/or in the illuminated target based on the detected fluorescence emissions of at least the pre-selected biomarker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
    Inventors: Ralph S. Dacosta, Brian C. Wilson, Kai Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210378519
    Abstract: The present invention is a temperature monitoring system for providing monitoring of the temperature of an individual (500) in a contactless manner, Accordingly, the subject matter temperature monitoring system is characterized in that a thermal sensor (110) is provided which is configured to generate temperature measurements in matrix form related to the area where it is directed, a distance sensor (140) is provided which is configured to face towards the area where said thermal sensor (110) is directed and to generate distance measurement in accordance with the distance of an individual (500), which exists in this area, with respect to said distance sensor (140), a processor unit (150) is provided which is connected to said thermal sensor (110) and to said distance sensor (140) in a manner receiving the temperature measurements and the distance measurements in matrix form as input, a communication unit (160) is provided which is connected to said processor unit (150) and which provides communication of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: YILDIZ TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI
    Inventors: Fatma Aydin AKGUN, Giray SOYTURK, Muhtalip DEDE
  • Publication number: 20210378520
    Abstract: A method for free flow fever screening is presented. The method includes capturing a plurality of frames from thermal data streams and visual data streams related to a same scene to define thermal data frames and visual data frames, detecting and tracking a plurality of individuals moving in a free-flow setting within the visual data frames, and generating a tracking identification for each individual of the plurality of individuals present in a field-of-view of the one or more cameras across several frames of the plurality of frames. The method further includes fusing the thermal data frames and the visual data frames, measuring, by a fever-screener, a temperature of each individual of the plurality of individuals within and across the plurality of frames derived from the thermal data streams and the visual data streams, and generating a notification when a temperature of an individual exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kunal Rao, Giuseppe Coviello, Min Feng, Biplob Debnath, Wang-pin Hsiung, Murugan Sankaradas, Srimat Chakradhar, Yi Yang, Oliver Po, Utsav Drolia
  • Publication number: 20210378521
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for obtaining at least one bodily function measurement are presented. A mobile device includes an outer body sized to be portable for user, a processor contained within the outer body, and a plurality of sensors physically coupled to the outer body. The sensors are configured to obtain a first measurement indicative of blood volume and a second measurement indicative of heart electrical activity in response to a user action. A blood pressure measurement is determined based on the first measurement and the second measurement. The sensors also include electrodes where a portion of a user's body positioned between the electrodes completes a circuit and a measurement to provide at least one measure of impedance associated with the user's body. A hydration level measurement is determined based on the measure of impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Russel Allyn MARTIN, Leonid SHEYNBLAT, Douglas Wayne HOFFMAN
  • Publication number: 20210378522
    Abstract: A patient monitoring system includes an inflatable cuff, a gas reservoir containing a compressed gas, and a sensor. When the inflatable cuff is coupled to a wearer, the gas reservoir supplies gas to the inflatable cuff to inflate the inflatable cuff via gas pathways. As the inflatable cuff inflates, a patient monitor can receive blood pressure data from the sensor and use the blood pressure data to determine the blood pressure of the wearer. The patient monitor can also receive blood pressure data during deflation of the inflatable cuff to determine the blood pressure of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Marcelo M. Lamego, Massi Joe E. Kiani, Jeroen Poeze, Cristiano Dalvi, Hung Vo
  • Publication number: 20210378523
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor unit (100) for an implant system for medical support of a patient, wherein the sensor unit (100) comprises a carrier material (110) in which a recess (120) is formed and, furthermore, the sensor unit (100) comprises a semiconductor component (130) for forming a sensor, wherein the semiconductor component (130) is arranged in the recess (120) and, lastly, the sensor unit (100) comprises a substrate layer (140), which covers at least partially the recess (120) and/or comprises an opening (150) on at least one side of the sensor unit (110), as well as a diffusion barrier, by means of which at least the semiconductor component (130) is at least partially covered or coated in order to ensure a medium access (150) to the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Martina Budde, Thomas Alexander Schlebusch, Julian Kassel
  • Publication number: 20210378524
    Abstract: An implantable extravascular pressure sensing system includes a cuff including a first brace portion affixed to a second brace portion and defining a longitudinal axis therebetween. The first brace portion defines a fluid chamber, the fluid chamber defining a recessed aperture. A first lateral restraint and a second lateral restraint are disposed between the first brace and the second brace, the first lateral restraint and the second lateral restraint being configured to be displaceable in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. A diaphragm is coupled to the fluid chamber and sealing the recessed aperture. A fluid is disposed within the fluid chamber for exhibiting a hydraulic pressure in communication with the diaphragm. A pressure sensor is coupled to the first brace portion, the pressure sensor being configured to measure a change in the hydraulic pressure when a force is imparted on the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Josiah Verkaik, Jeffrey I. Joseph
  • Publication number: 20210378525
    Abstract: A single smart health device able to monitor all physiological aspects of a human body includes a body fluid detection module, a temperature detection module, an electrocardiogram detection module, and a control module. The body fluid detection module tests and detects amounts of biological substances in body fluids. The temperature detection module detects a temperature of the human body. The electrocardiogram detection module detects a heart rate of the human body. The control module is electrically connected to the body fluid detection module, the temperature detection module, and the electrocardiogram detection module, and obtains the detected amounts of biological substances, the detected temperature, and the detected heart rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: YU-CHAO LI, LIEN-YU LIN, YING-WEI SHENG, CHIEH KUO, PING-HAO LIU
  • Publication number: 20210378526
    Abstract: A system for monitoring neural activity of a living subject is provided. The system may comprise a correspondence module configured to be in communication with (1) a neural module and (2) one or more additional modules comprising a sensing module, another neural module, and/or a data storage module. The neural module(s) are configured to collect neural data indicative of perceptions experienced by the living subject. The sensing module may be configured to collect (1) sensor data indicative of real-world information about an environment around the living subject, and/or (2) sensor data indicative of a physical state or physiological state of the living subject. The data storage module may be configured to store prior neural data and/or prior sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Angle, Edmund Huber, Richard C. Gerkin, Konrad Kording
  • Publication number: 20210378527
    Abstract: A system for detecting an anomalous event in a person includes a body in contact with a skin surface of a person; a heat source for heating the skin surface to a target temperature; a skin temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the skin surface in contact with the heat source; a blood volume sensor for measuring a blood volume of the skin surface; and a hardware processor communicatively coupled to the heat source, the blood volume sensor, the skin temperature sensor, and an environmental temperature sensor. The hardware processor is configured to receive a baseline blood volume signal, output a heating signal to the heat source to initiate a heating cycle, receive a second blood volume signal from the blood volume sensor, compare the second blood volume signal to the baseline blood volume signal, and determine whether an anomalous biologic event has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Strasser, Syed Hossainy, Sangshik Park, Kirsten Carroll
  • Publication number: 20210378528
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for measurement of pulse wave velocity of a vessel. An intravascular device comprises a first and a second marker provided at different locations along the length of the intravascular device of which positions are localizable by a tracking apparatus. The intravascular device provides plurality of measurements along the length of the vessel, while the intravascular device is moved from a first position to a second position, corresponding to a first and a second time. At the second time the position of the first marker in the vessel corresponds to the position of the second marker at the first time. The pulse wave velocity value of the vessel is ascertained based on measurements associated for the first time and the second time from the plurality of measurements and based on the distance between the locations of the two markers along the length of the intravascular device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Manfred MUELLER, Arjen VAN DER HORST
  • Publication number: 20210378529
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter includes a wearable device for blood pressure monitoring. The embodiments employ a set of sensors to calculate a relative external pressure. A transmural pressure error can be calculated based on the relative external pressure. A measured transmural pressure can be corrected based on the transmural pressure error. Some embodiments track altitude to calculate relative external pressure error. Some embodiments track arm orientation to calculate relative external pressure error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: David COLBURN, Samuel K. SIA
  • Publication number: 20210378530
    Abstract: A blood pressure detection device manufactured by a semiconductor process includes a substrate, a microelectromechanical element, a gas-pressure-sensing element, a driving-chip element, an encapsulation layer and a valve layer. The substrate includes inlet apertures. The microelectromechanical element and the gas-pressure-sensing element are stacked and integrally formed on the substrate. The encapsulation layer is encapsulated and positioned on the substrate. A flowing-channel space is formed above the microelectromechanical element and the gas-pressure-sensing element. The encapsulation layer includes an outlet aperture in communication with an airbag. The driving-chip element controls the microelectromechanical element, the gas-pressure-sensing element and valve units to transport gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Microjet Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan MOU, Ying-Lun CHANG, Ching-Sung LIN, Chi-Feng HUANG, Yung-Lung HAN, Chang-Yen TSAI, Wei-Ming LEE, Chun-Yi KUO, Tsung-I LIN
  • Publication number: 20210378531
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treatment of neurological conditions using implantable neurostimulators in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for treating neurological conditions, including obtaining image data of a patient's brain, where the image data describes neuronal activations within the patient's brain, determining a location on the patient's brain to implant a neurostimulator, and surgically implanting a neurostimulator at the location, and applying a stimulation protocol to the brain at the location using the neurostimulator to treat the neurological condition. An additional embodiment includes an implantable neurostimulator configured to apply an aTBS protocol to a patient's brain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Nolan Williams, Keith Sudheimer
  • Publication number: 20210378532
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for non-invasive pregnancy testing. The systems, devices, and methods can be used to provide pregnancy status information of a subject by detecting cardiovascular activity of a fetus in the subject. Subjects can include ruminants, ungulates, and humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Dennis MATTHEWS, Xiaomeng GAO, Xiaonan JIANG, Xiaoguang LIU, Jeremy THOMPSON, Kylie DUNNING, Kenneth PAWLAK, Chris RYMAN
  • Publication number: 20210378533
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biosensor including a light-emitting element, a photo-detective element, a light transmitting layer under the light-emitting element and the photo-detective element, and an optical structure inside the light transmitting layer and configured to control a propagation direction of light, a biosensor array and a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang LEE, Hyun Bum KANG, Jong Won CHUNG, Youngjun YUN, Yeongjun LEE
  • Publication number: 20210378534
    Abstract: Monitoring apparatus for monitoring the pulse transit time and/or estimating one or more blood pressure parameters of a subject and the method of use of the monitoring apparatus. The apparatus comprises an upper arm unit for attaching to a subject's upper arm in use and comprising at least one motion sensor, a photoplethysmograph comprising at least one light source and at least one light detector and at least one display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Sam MORELAND, Stewart WHITING
  • Publication number: 20210378535
    Abstract: Disclosed examples include heart rate monitor systems and methods to estimate a patient heart rate or rate of another pulsed signal, in which rate hypotheses or states, are identified for a current time window according to digital sample values of the pulsed signal for a current sample time window, and a rate change value is computed for potential rate transitions between states of the current and previous time windows. Transition pair branch metric values are computed as a function of the rate change value and a frequency domain amplitude of the corresponding rate hypothesis for the current time window, and the pulsed signal rate estimate is determined according to a maximum path metric computed according to the branch metric value and a corresponding path metric value for the previous time window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Tarkesh Pande, David Patrick Magee, Rajan Narasimha
  • Publication number: 20210378536
    Abstract: Provided is a pulse detection apparatus. The apparatus includes: a pulse wave detector that detects a pulse wave, and outputs a pulse wave signal indicating the pulse wave that has been detected; a threshold value setting circuit that sets a threshold value that changes with time in accordance with an amplitude of the pulse wave signal; and a comparator that compares the pulse wave signal with the threshold value, and outputs, as information indicating a pulse, the pulse wave signal exceeding the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Takuma IKEDA, Yuki TANAKA, Hiroyuki TANI
  • Publication number: 20210378537
    Abstract: A cardiac health assessment system and method for use with a handheld electronic device. The cardiac health assessment system includes an electronic device case (EDC), a plurality of electrodes, and a circuit board. The EDC secures the handheld electronic device. The electrodes include a first ECG electrode, a second ECG electrode, and a third electrode. The first ECG electrode is placed on an outer surface of the EDC. The second ECG electrode and the third electrode are placed on each side of the EDC to facilitate a thumb and fingers of a user to be placed on the handheld electronic device. The electrodes capture data indicative of the cardiac health of the user. The circuit board includes a microphonic sensor, an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensor, and a microcontroller. The microphonic sensor and IMU sensor capture cardiac health data. The microcontroller transmits cardiac health data to the handheld electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Cortery AB
    Inventor: Filip Ludwig Peters
  • Publication number: 20210378538
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to an implantable device for detecting leakage of matter from a mammalian lumen, the device comprising a mesh structure that is attachable to a lumen of a mammalian. The mesh structure comprises a material or a material composition that is electrically conductive and which is measurably responsive in terms of its electrical conductivity when being subjected to leakage of matter from the lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Matan BEN DAVID, Amir KRAITZER
  • Publication number: 20210378539
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for recognition of biological alteration in human tissues using electromagnetic waves in the microwave range, the device comprising: a transmitter device (100) comprising at least one transmitting antenna (101), a transmitter (102), and a power supply (103); a receiving device (200) comprising at least one receiving antenna (201), a receiver (202), a pre-processing module (204), and a power supply (203); a microprocessor (301; 104) and a display (302; 105); wherein the transmitter device (100) and the receiving device (200) are configured to operate at a frequency comprised between 2.0 GHz and 3.0 GHz. In a preferred embodiment, the operating frequency is comprised between 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz, and the device is suitable for the detection of a cancer in the human body, for example for the screening of prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, thyroid cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Stefano Nicolò CANEPA
  • Publication number: 20210378540
    Abstract: A system for detecting presence of coronavirus in a subject, the system including a first pad for placing a first hand, the pad including a contact to measure conductance of the subject's body, a conductance meter connected to the contact, a second pad for placing a second hand, a source of electromagnetic radiation for irradiating the second pad. A system for detecting presence of coronavirus in a subject, the system including a chip with a plurality of wires disposed on or in the chip, a conductance meter arranged to measure conductance between the wires, and biological material associated with the coronavirus disposed on or in the chip. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Dorit ARAD
  • Publication number: 20210378541
    Abstract: In various specific embodiments, a localizer can include a plurality of coil groups, where each coil group includes three coils that are formed around a single center. Each of the three coils can be formed around separate jigs and the jigs can be interconnected to form the coil group. The jigs need not be annular, but may be formed in any appropriate configuration of shape or geometry for forming the final coil group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew WALD, Brad JACOBSEN, Danail G. DANAILOV, Steven L. HARTMANN
  • Publication number: 20210378542
    Abstract: A device for use in bariatric surgery includes a flexible hollow tube extending from a proximal end to a distal end and defines a channel therebetween. A series of openings is defined in a distal portion of the tube allowing for fixation of tissue using suction. A flexible member has an initial position disposed alongside the tube and is deployable to a subsequent position in which the flexible member engages a greater curvature of a stomach. The flexible member is configured to be deployable to automatically assume a shape of a greater curvature of a stomach. The flexible member includes a bulging region and a tapering region when deployed. The flexible member is releasably attached to the distal end of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Stanislaw Marczyk, Stanislaw Kostrzewski, Andrew Miesse, Sachin Shah
  • Publication number: 20210378543
    Abstract: An endoscopy system including a flexible insertion tube, a motion sensing device and a processor is provided. The flexible insertion tube has a central axis. The motion sensing device includes a housing, a plurality of patterns and a plurality of sensors. The patterns are disposed at a surface of the flexible insertion tube according to an axial orientation distribution and an angle distribution based on the central axis. During the relative motion of the flexible insertion tube between the motion sensing device via a guiding hole, the sensors sense a motion state of the patterns so as to obtain a motion-state sensing result. The processor determines an insertion depth information and an insertion tube rotating angle information based on the motion-state sensing result, the axial orientation distribution and the angle distribution. A method of reconstructing a three-dimensional structure is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: ALTEK BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsi-Hsin Loo, Te-Wei Yang
  • Publication number: 20210378544
    Abstract: There are provided a biological signal measurement device capable of obtaining a variety of biological information and applicable also to medical fields and the like, a biological state inference device, and a biological state inference system using these. The biological signal measurement device 1 of the present invention includes three biological signal detection units, namely, a left upper part biological signal detection unit 11, a right upper part biological signal detection unit 12, and a lower part biological signal detection unit 13. The biological state inference device 1 is capable of obtaining a highly precise inference-use processed waveform from which electrical noise has been removed, by using an appropriate combination of time-series data obtained from the three biological signal detection units 11 to 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: DELTA TOOLING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Etsunori FUJITA, Yumi OGURA, Kanako NAKASHIMA, Shinichiro MAEDA, Masahiro HORIKAWA, Shigehiko KANEKO, Masao YOSHIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20210378545
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a respiratory sensing device attached to a patient's body and configured to acquire information regarding the patient's respiratory condition by sensing a vibration generated due to the patient's respiration using the piezoelectric effect and a respiratory monitoring system configured to output the acquired information regarding the patient's respiratory state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicants: MPROS, INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION FOUNDATION CHONBUK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Jae Joong IM
  • Publication number: 20210378546
    Abstract: A stand-alone, fully integrated self-contained wearable metabolic analyzer for metabolic rate and respiratory quotient measurement. It includes a device body, disposable mask, and headgear. The device body comprises multiple different miniaturized modules, including a colorimetric sensing module, flow module, control circuit, power module, environmental sensors, wireless module, communication module, memory module, signal processing module, and display module. A disposable sensor chip, coated with chemical sensing probes, is utilized in the colorimetric sensing module for breath O2 and CO2 detection. A Venturi tube and pressure sensor-based flow module measures breath flow rate. The self-contained wearable metabolic analyzer derives physiological parameters including resting energy expenditure (REE), respiratory quotient (RQ), oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2), minute ventilation (VE), breath frequency (BF), and tidal volume (TV) from the measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaojun Xian, Devon Bridgeman, Francis Tsow, Erica Forzani, Nongjian Tao
  • Publication number: 20210378547
    Abstract: A biometric monitoring system comprises a substrate with a first surface having a length and a width. A first transmitting antenna is coupled to the first surface at a first end of the length of the first surface. A second transmitting antenna is coupled to the first surface at a second end of the length of the first surface. The first and second transmitting antennas extend across the width of the first surface. A plurality of receiving antennas are coupled to the first surface, each of which extends across the width of the substrate and is spaced apart from an adjacent receiving antenna along the length by a predetermined distance. A controller is configured to supply a first signal to the first transmitting antenna and sequentially measure a transmission coefficient or voltage of the first signal at the plurality of receiving antennas until an attenuation in the transmission coefficient or voltage exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Asimina Kiourti, Lisa Militello
  • Publication number: 20210378548
    Abstract: A method includes generating, via a camera, image data that is reproducible as an image of at least a portion of a subject. The method also includes receiving, via a sensor, first biomeasurement data associated with the subject, the first biomeasurement data including a first biomeasurement of the subject. The method also includes verifying the first biomeasurement of the subject based at least in part on a comparison between at least a portion of the image data and at least a portion of the first biomeasurement data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Evan Emalfarb
  • Publication number: 20210378549
    Abstract: A portable photogrammetry studio for digitisation of human body surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: BESPOKE MEDICAL INNOVATIONS PTY LTD
    Inventor: John HILTON
  • Publication number: 20210378550
    Abstract: Presented are concepts for monitoring walker usage by a subject. One such concept obtains movement data comprising values of detected movement of an arm of the subject for a first time period during which the subject is determined to have transferred between first and second locations the first time period. It is determined if the subject used a walker during the first time period based on a measure of variance in the values of detected movement of the subject's arm during the first time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Warner Rudolph Theophile TEN KATE, Doortje VAN DE WOUW
  • Publication number: 20210378551
    Abstract: An exit prediction system for a support apparatus receives data inputs from one or more force sensors without zeroing the one or more force sensors. Changes in the data inputs are detected to determine whether the detected changes indicate a movement trend. An exit prediction is determined based at least partially on the movement trend, and without combining the data inputs from the one or more force sensors to determine the occupant's weight. A notification is generated based on the exit prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Justin Bender, Kin Meng Choi, Anthony Cohn, Frederick Keith Schultz, Sridhar Karimpuzha Seshadri, Thomas L. Simpson
  • Publication number: 20210378552
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a system, apparatus, and method for monitoring pressure associated with a user sitting in a wheelchair for prolonged periods of time. By tracking the user's wheelchair pressure sitting history and analyzing the tracked data; relieving the user's sitting pressure and increasing blood circulation can be achieved through achieving higher levels of user adherence to performing pressure relief rehabilitation exercises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Maurizio Macagno, Davide Vigano, Maria Pia Carmagnani, Stefano Rossotti
  • Publication number: 20210378553
    Abstract: A system and method for reducing and preventing head injuries using a combination of hardware and software. Elevated neck stiffness can be learned through the system, device, and the method described in the present invention by delivering and pairing a certain appropriate sensory cue (SnC) with a certain appropriate significance cue (SgC). the system, device, and method are used to generally facilitate and validate an increase in neck stiffness to prevent or reduce the likelihood of concussion upon impact. The system employs a combination of hardware and software, such as using modified virtual reality (VR) headsets (in both hardware and software), to deliver visual, auditory, and other cues (somatosensory, vestibular, etc.) as SnC. The system also employs a combination of hardware and software, such as using modified virtual reality (VR) headsets (in both hardware and software), to deliver somatosensory, vestibular, visual, auditory, and other cues as SgC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Chiming Huang
  • Publication number: 20210378554
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a health-monitoring system are disclosed. In one aspect, this health-monitoring system includes a server and a set of health-monitoring sensors communicatively coupled to the server. In some embodiments, the server is configured to establish a new profile for a person to be monitored by: receiving a new profile request for establishing the new profile; generating a unique person-ID for the received new profile request; creating a new entry including the unique person-ID for the person in a profile database; and transmitting the unique person-ID along with the profile photos of the person to the set of health-monitoring sensors. Moreover, each health-monitoring sensor in the set of sensors is configured to establish the new profile by adding a new entry for the person in a person-ID dictionary of the health-monitoring sensor based on the received person-ID and the profile photos of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: AltumView Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Tsun-Hong Au, Dong Zhang, Chi Chung Chan, Jiannan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20210378555
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to noninvasive methods, devices, and systems for measuring various blood constituents or analytes, such as glucose. In an embodiment, a light source comprises LEDs and super-luminescent LEDs. The light source emits light at at least wavelengths of about 1610 nm, about 1640 nm, and about 1665 nm. In an embodiment, the detector comprises a plurality of photodetectors arranged in a special geometry comprising one of a substantially linear substantially equal spaced geometry, a substantially linear substantially non-equal spaced geometry, and a substantially grid geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jeroen Poeze, Marcelo Lamego, Sean Merritt, Cristiano Dalvi, Hung Vo, Johannes Bruinsma, Ferdyan Lesmana, Massi Joe E. Kiani, Greg Olsen
  • Publication number: 20210378556
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to noninvasive methods, devices, and systems for measuring various blood constituents or analytes, such as glucose. In an embodiment, a light source comprises LEDs and super-luminescent LEDs. The light source emits light at at least wavelengths of about 1610 nm, about 1640 nm, and about 1665 nm. In an embodiment, the detector comprises a plurality of photodetectors arranged in a special geometry comprising one of a substantially linear substantially equal spaced geometry, a substantially linear substantially non-equal spaced geometry, and a substantially grid geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jeroen Poeze, Marcelo Lamego, Sean Merritt, Cristiano Dalvi, Hung Vo, Johannes Bruinsma, Ferdyan Lesmana, Massi Joe E. Kiani, Greg Olsen