Abstract: A vacuum cleaner assembly and vacuum cleaner with a vacuum cleaner assembly, including a suction device with a basic body with a first end with at least one suction inlet for connection with a suction tube and/or suction hose of the vacuum cleaner. Furthermore, the basic body divides at a second end into two substantially tubular suction ducts, each having a suction intake, wherein one suction arm each is associated with the suction intakes, and wherein the suction arms are provided pivotable about the associated suction duct.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a main body housing a suction motor; an air treatment member having a front end and a rear end with a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends; and a handle. A portion of the suction motor extends downwardly into an interior volume of the handle and/or upwardly into a volume defined by the post-motor filter.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet provided at a front end of the hand vacuum cleaner to a clean air outlet, a main body housing a suction motor, and an air treatment member that is moveably mounted to the main body between an operating position and an emptying position. The hand vacuum cleaner also includes a post-motor filter housing, wherein a post-motor-filter is removably receivable in the post-motor filter housing, and wherein moving the air treatment member to the emptying position enables access to the post-motor-filter.

Abstract: A system for collecting waste from an area includes a robotic device including a housing, a control system within the housing, which includes a processor system and a memory system in operative connection with the processor system, a power system in operative connection with the control system, a sensor system in operative connection with the control system, one or more drive wheels (each of the drive wheels being in operative connection with a motor which is in operative connection with the power system and with the control system), a waste retrieval system in operative connection with the power system and with the control system, and a receptacle compartment within the housing. The control system includes one or more location/identification algorithms stored in the memory system and executable by the processor system to locate an object of animal waste in the area based upon data received from the sensor system.

Abstract: A combination surface type sensor may include a housing including a first receptacle, a second receptacle, a third receptacle, and a fourth receptacle, a first surface type detector disposed within the first receptacle, a second surface type detector disposed within the fourth receptacle, an emitter disposed within the second receptacle, and a drop-off detector disposed within the third receptacle.

Abstract: A method of surface type detection may include traversing a cleaning area, generating a plurality of cluster points while traversing the cleaning area, each cluster point being associated with a corresponding surface type and a location, and determining at least one surface type region within the cleaning area based, at least in part, on a comparison of the plurality of cluster points.

Abstract: Provided is a sweeping robot. The sweeping robot includes a chassis and a jet dust raising structure, and the jet dust raising structure is installed on the chassis, the jet dust raising structure has an air inlet, an air outlet and a jet channel connected to the air inlet and the air outlet, the air inlet is configured for air flow into the jet channel, the air outlet is located on a front side of the brush suction port of the sweeping robot.

Abstract: A sweeping robot is described. The sweeping robot includes a base plate and a contact-type detection electrode, the contact-type detection electrode is mounted at a front portion of the base plate. When the contact-type detection electrode makes contact with dirt that may be dispersed, the resistance, capacitance or impedance of the contact-type detection electrode changes.

Abstract: A lifting device for a mopping roller of a cleaner robot is provided. The cleaner robot includes a robot body, and the robot body is disposed with a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes the mopping roller, and the mopping roller is disposed with a rag. The lifting device is disposed inside the robot body and includes a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism is connected with the cleaning device. The robot body is provided with a roller-support frame, and the cleaning device is disposed on the roller-support frame. Therefore, a lifting device for a mopping roller of a cleaner robot that is simple in structure, flexible in use, accurate in control of lifting and high in automation, is realized.

Abstract: A mop bucket includes a mop body with first and second compartments. The first compartment includes a sump region that is sized for receiving a portion of a floor care tool to best utilize the floor care tool and the contents of the mop bucket. A wringer assembly is attached to the mop bucket for cleaning the floor care tool and separating used cleaning supplies from unused. The mop bucket can include an insert for receiving the used cleaning supply to more easily dispose of the same. Tool hooks and floor sign attachments can also be included with the mop bucket such that the bucket provides all tools for use thereof.

Abstract: In a method for producing an insulation arrangement for a functional compartment of a household appliance, a plastic material is foamed to form a foam block. The foam block is divided into blanks and each blank is shaped with a forming press to form an insulation arrangement.

Abstract: A household appliance includes a functional compartment, and an insulation arrangement arranged externally on the functional compartment for thermal and/or acoustic insulation of the functional compartment. The insulation arrangement includes a first insulation element made as a single piece from a plastic material which is selected such that a surface of the first insulation element in facing relation to the functional compartment adheres to the functional compartment and is separable therefrom in a non-destructive manner. An active drying system is operably connected to the functional compartment for active drying of an item received in the functional compartment.

Abstract: A detergent dispenser may be positioned to dispense detergent into a wash tub of a household appliance. The detergent dispenser may include a detergent cartridge. The detergent cartridge may include a detergent strip having a plurality of detergents. One or more ejection mechanisms may be used to expel the detergent from the detergent strip through an outlet of the detergent cartridge.

Abstract: A medical system can include a light source configured to generate excitation light; and a processor including a memory, the processor: controlling energy supplied to an energy device, the light source generating the excitation light to generate fluorescence from the living body tissue heat treated by the energy device; generating a fluorescence image based on an image pickup signal obtained by imaging the living body tissue; and generating a control signal that restricts energy supply to the energy device and output the control signal to the energy control apparatus when a pixel value of at least one pixel in the fluorescence image exceeds a first threshold value.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a clip for an intubation stylet or bougie onto a laryngoscope blade. A bougie attached to the clip may be easily guided into a trachea of a patient. The bougie can then be easily disconnected and subsequently used as a stylet for a breathing tube. The disclosed bougie introducer clip may be made to fit a variety of different laryngoscope blades. In preferred embodiments, the disclosed bougie clip works well with Glidescope™ laryngoscope blades. The disclosed bougie introducer clip allows for manipulation of the bougie for advancing the bougie into the airway.

Abstract: An endoscope includes: an envelope provided so as to cover an outer surface of an insertion portion; a filamentous member that is wound around an outer surface of the envelope and causes an end portion of the envelope to be fixed to the insertion portion; a resin applied to a spool member in which the filamentous member is wound around the envelope; a protruding portion provided on the outer surface of the insertion portion and formed in one part of the insertion portion in a circumferential direction; a cover member mounted so as to cover an outer circumference of the resin; and a concave portion provided in an inner circumferential surface of the cover member, including a cross-sectional shape homothetic to a cross-sectional shape of the protruding portion, and disposed in a position shifted from the protruding portion in a circumferential direction of the insertion portion.

Abstract: In one example, a medical device may include a handle including a proximal portion and a distal portion, and the proximal portion may pivot relative to the distal portion. The medical device may also include an insertion portion coupled to the distal portion of the handle and configured to be positioned within a body lumen; and an articulation wire extending from the handle through the insertion portion. Pivoting of the proximal portion of the handle relative to the distal portion of the handle may move the articulation wire relative to the insertion portion to bend a distal portion of the insertion portion.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a body, a shaft assembly, and a shaft actuation assembly. The shaft assembly extends distally from the body and defines a longitudinal axis. A portion of the shaft assembly is configured to be inserted into an anatomical passageway associated with an ear, nose, or throat of a patient. The shaft assembly further defines a working passageway that is dimensioned to receive an instrument. An actuator of the body is operable to drive the instrument longitudinally relative to the shaft assembly. The shaft actuation assembly is operatively coupled with a proximal portion of the shaft assembly. Further, the shaft actuation assembly is translatable in a distal direction to extend the shaft assembly distally along the longitudinal axis and is translatable in a proximal direction to retract the shaft assembly proximally along the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A vent assembly configured to maintain predetermined positive and negative pressure differentials between gas within a compartment and the environment, such as a compartment defining an interior of an endoscope is provided. The vent assembly includes a first housing having an upper vent and a lower vent coupled to the compartment. A piston is movable from a closed position to a first position, and from the closed position to a second position. In the closed position the piston blocks the upper and lower vents. A positive pressure differential moves the piston so as to open the vent to allow gas to escape from the compartment. A negative pressure differential draws the piston from the closed position to a second position to allow gas to enter the compartment.

Abstract: A medical device that includes a clamp having a body defining a channel and a fixation member that is configured to move relative to the body from an unlocked position to a locked position. The medical device includes an actuator coupled to the fixation member and configured to move the fixation member from the unlocked position to the locked position. The fixation member extends at least partially into or radially outward from the channel in response to moving from the unlocked position to the locked position.

Abstract: A method of characterizing an optical system, wherein the optical system comprises an optical fibre having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the optical fibre comprises a non-single-mode optical fibre, and comprising a reflector assembly comprising a stack of reflectors disposed at the distal end of the optical fibre, wherein the stack of reflectors is arranged to provide different reflector matrices in dependence on illumination wavelength. The method comprises projecting calibration patterns at a plurality of characterization wavelengths onto the proximal end, then obtaining, at the proximal end, data relating to reflected calibration patterns. An instantaneous transmission matrix of the optical fibre is then determined using the data relating to the reflected calibration patterns and the reflector matrices.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method of use for endoscope fluorescence inspection are generally described herein. In an example embodiment, a fluorescence inspection device provides capabilities for internal inspection of an endoscope lumen through a handheld unit coupled to a light pipe that identifies fluorescence from residual biological material exposed to a fluorescing agent. In another example embodiment, a fluorescence inspection device provides capabilities for external inspection of an endoscope surface through a handheld unit which emits excitation light and identifies fluorescence of residual biological material exposed to the fluorescing agent. The embodiments may also include an output device to output an indication in response to a detection (or lack of detection) of the fluorescent light with the fluorescence inspection device. Additional use examples and device structures are also described.

Abstract: An illumination source may be coupled to an image capture device through a connector. A light sensor is placed downstream of the connector to measure the light received by the image capture device from the illumination source. The light sensor provides the measurement of the received light to the illumination source for closed-loop control of illumination source. The light sensor may be positioned in a camera housing to take into account light attenuation from the illumination source to the camera. The light sensor may be positioned at other locations on the image capture device. Multiple light sensors may be positioned at different locations on the image capture device to detect sources or locations of attenuation. Redundant light sensors of more than one type of sensor may be used at a single light sensor location to provide for validation of measurements and increase the variety of information measured.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and assembly each adapted for enabling an imaging element cleaning apparatus to be placed through an abdominal wall of the patient without the use of a trocar or cannula. By eliminating the need for and use of a cannular or trocar, such embodiments advantageously overcome dimensional compatibility issues exhibited between the inside diameter of the central passage of commercially-available trocars and cannulas and the outside diameter of the sheath of an imaging element cleaning apparatus comprising such a sheath. Such dimensional compatibility issues are overcome by enabling an imaging element cleaning apparatus of the present disclosures to be placed through the abdominal wall of a patient without the use of a trocar or cannula. As a result, the sheath of the aforementioned imaging element cleaning apparatus can be in direct contact with the abdominal wall tissue.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and assembly each adapted for enabling an imaging element cleaning apparatus to be placed through an abdominal wall of the patient without the use of a trocar or cannula. By eliminating the need for and use of a cannular or trocar, such embodiments advantageously overcome dimensional compatibility issues exhibited between the inside diameter of the central passage of commercially-available trocars and cannulas and the outside diameter of the sheath of an imaging element cleaning apparatus comprising such a sheath. Such dimensional compatibility issues are overcome by enabling an imaging element cleaning apparatus of the present disclosures to be placed through the abdominal wall of a patient without the use of a trocar or cannula. As a result, the sheath of the aforementioned imaging element cleaning apparatus can be in direct contact with the abdominal wall tissue.

Abstract: An endoscope, which is provided with an observation optical system provided at the tip of an insertion portion and a connecting pipe portion for sending a fluid onto the observation optical system side, includes a small diameter portion which has one end opening to which a fluid from the connecting pipe portion flows and has a diameter smaller than the connecting pipe portion, a lid portion which covers the other end opening of the small diameter portion, and a guide wall which is provided inside the lid portion to be separated from an edge of the other end opening in a radial direction of the other end opening and guides the fluid from the small diameter portion to an outlet.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display unit that displays a predetermined target object to be gazed at by a subject, a gaze point detection unit that detects a position of a gaze point of the subject who observes the display unit, a region setting unit that sets a specific region corresponding to the predetermined target object, a determination unit that determines whether the gaze point is present in the specific region, an arithmetic unit that calculates gaze point data on the basis of a determination result of the determination unit, and a display control unit that displays an index at a position corresponding to the gaze point on the display unit if the gaze point data meets a predetermined index display condition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a test system for assessing color vision variability of test persons (7). The test system comprises at least two test carriers (1), wherein each of the at least two test carriers (1) is provided with a two-dimensional pattern (4) including a background (2) and a plurality of samples (3). The plurality of samples (3) and the background (2) of each one of the at least two test carriers (1) are made of at least two different dyestuff combinations representing metameric colors. The samples (3) and/or the background (2) show color scaling in at least two directions such that each one of the at least two test carriers (1) is configured to provide that a test person (7) can select a spot (PISC) from the two-dimensional pattern (4) where the metameric colors of the samples (3) and the background (2) match best.

Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an optical coherence tomography-based ophthalmic testing center system includes an optical coherence tomography instrument comprising an eyepiece for receiving at least one eye of a user or subject; a light source that outputs light that is directed through the eyepiece into the user's or subject's eye, an interferometer configured to produce optical interference using light reflected from the user's/subject's eye, an optical detector disposed so as to detect said optical interference; and a processing unit coupled to the detector.

Abstract: Provided is to a system with an interface for providing visualization data for visualizing at least one section of a patient's eye, comprising an OCT device for capturing OCT scanning data by scanning the section of the patient's eye by means of an OCT scanning beam and comprising a computer unit for processing the OCT scanning data into the visualization data within the scope of an image rectification algorithm, which is designed to output the visualization data at the interface.

Abstract: A system for determining refractive error of an eye includes at least two light-emitting diodes (LEDs), an image capture component, and a processor configured to execute instructions to perform operations associated with a vision screening exam. For example, the processor causes each of the two LEDs to emit light to form a combined light that is output to a pupil. The processor causes the image capture component to capture an image depicting the eye while the combined light is being output. The processor determines an eccentricity at a time that the image was captured, corresponding to a simulated source location of the combined light caused by combining the light from the two LEDs. The processor determines an amount of light reflected on the pupil in the image, and a refractive error of the eye based on the eccentricity and the amount of light reflected on the pupil in the image.

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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera comprising a sensor element, and an aperture, wherein the aperture comprises an opaque element having a plurality of through holes, a plurality of tunable lenses and an illumination device, wherein tunable lenses are assigned to the through holes respectively, and the illumination device is arranged on a side of the aperture, facing away from the sensor element.

Abstract: The blood flow analysis apparatus includes an acquisition unit and an extractor. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire blood flow information representing time-course changes in a blood flow velocity of a single retinal artery or retinal vein. The extractor is configured to extract one or more parameters corresponding to change in the blood flow velocity from the blood flow information.

Abstract: In an aspect, a system for a cloud-based user physiology detection software and patient monitoring system. A system includes a wearable device. A wearable device includes a sensor. A sensor is configured to receive physiological data from a user. A system includes a patient monitor configured to monitor a vital sign of a user. A system includes a therapeutic delivery device configured to administer a therapeutic remedy to a user. A system includes a computing device configured to modify a therapeutic remedy of a therapeutic delivery device as a function of physiological data. A method of providing a therapeutic remedy using a cloud-based detection software is also disclosed.

Abstract: Medical devices are provided, comprising a medical device and a sensor.

Abstract: A system comprises an ultrasound subsystem and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) subsystem. The ultrasound subsystem applies pulses of focused ultrasound having one or more parameters to an identified location in a subject that is to receive treatment. The parameters are determined in accordance with a magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment plan. The MRI subsystem acquires functional image data corresponding to the identified location concurrently with the applied pulses of focused ultrasound. The MRI subsystem obtains a reconstructed series of functional images of the subject using the functional image data. The functional images are indicative of a first region within the identified location in which neuronal activity has been modified by the applied pulses. The system is configured to adjust one or more parameters of the MRgFUS treatment plan using the reconstructed series of functional images.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to plasma generation systems which utilize plasma for semiconductor processing. The plasma generation system disclosed herein employs a hybrid matching network. The plasma generation system includes a RF generator and a matching network. The matching network includes a first-stage to perform low-Q impedance transformations during high-speed variations in impedance. The matching network includes a second-stage to perform impedance matching for high-Q impedance transformations. The matching network further includes a sensor coupled to the first-stage and the second-stage to calculate the signals that are used to engage the first and second-stages. The matching network includes a first-stage network that is agile enough to tune each state in a modulated RF waveform and a second-stage network to tune a single state in a RF modulated waveform. The plasma generation system also includes a plasma chamber coupled to the matching network.

Abstract: Methods of assessing features on a skin surface of a patient, and associated systems and devices, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of assessing a feature on a patients skin surface includes capturing (i) an image of the patient's skin surface with a camera of a portable capture device and (ii) range information with an auxiliary range measurement device that is attached to the portable capture device. Based on the range information, a single range value can be determined between the capture device and the patient's skin surface. In some embodiments, a scale can be associated with the image based on the single range value.

Abstract: Devices and methods described herein facilitate rapid wireless recharging, while reducing risk of injury, damage, or discomfort caused by heat generated during recharging. The embodiments described herein are useful in a variety of context, including for IoT devices, personal electronics, electric vehicles, and medical devices, among others.

Abstract: A method of monitoring a patient's foot forms a thermogram of the sole of at least one foot of the patient, and determines whether the thermogram presents at least one of a plurality of prescribed patterns. The method also compares the thermogram against a prior thermogram of the same foot, and produces output information indicating the emergence of an ulcer on a given portion on the at least one foot as a function of 1) whether the thermogram is determined to present the at least one pattern, and 2) the comparison with the prior thermogram, which shows non-ulcerated tissue at the given location.

Abstract: A wearable device includes an external light collector configured to collect external light; a sensor including an auxiliary light source and a light receiver, and configured to measure a bio-signal of an object; and a processor configured to determine whether the external light is sufficient to measure the bio-signal, and to control driving of the auxiliary light source based on the determination.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are in vivo non-invasive methods and devices for the measurement of the hemodynamic parameters, such as such as blood pressure, stroke volume, cardiac output, performance of the aortic and mistral heart valves, arterial blood velocity profile, blood viscosity and the blood flow induced arterial wall shear stress, hypertensive/hypotensive and vasodilation/vasocontraction state and aging status of a subject, and the mechanical anelastic in vivo properties of the arterial blood vessels.

Abstract: Provided are apparatuses and methods for non-invasively and continuously measuring physiological parameters of a mammal subject. The apparatus includes multiple sensor systems attached to the mammal subject, and a microcontroller unit (MCU). The sensor systems are time-synchronized and communicate with each other wirelessly and bidirectionally. Each of the sensor systems includes at least one sensor configured to detect a vital sign of the mammal subject and generate a corresponding one of the physiological parameters. The MCU is in wireless communication with the plurality of sensor systems. In operation, the MCU receives, from the sensor systems, and displays the physiological parameters of the mammal subject. The apparatus and method can be used in applications such as developing therapeutics or vaccines for a disease, or diagnosing a disease.

Abstract: A blood flow measurement device easily measures the blood flow of a user, and includes a first body portion, a second body portion, and a hinge. The first body portion includes a first casing having a first bottom face, a light source that emits near-infrared radiation from the first bottom face to the outside of the first casing, and a first light reception unit that receives the near-infrared radiation from the first bottom face side on the outside of the first casing. The second body portion includes a second casing having a second bottom face, and a second light reception unit that receives the near-infrared radiation from the second bottom face side on the outside of the second casing. The hinge joins the first body portion to the second body portion so as to make an angle formed by the first bottom face and the second bottom face variable.

Abstract: An optical sensor probe in which one end of optical fibers, of which the other end is connected to a light source or a Doppler measurement device, is linearly supported and arranged in a section of a buckling length L, a movement of the optical fibers in an optical axis direction is restricted at a fiber fixing point on an optical fiber-proximal side in the section of the buckling length L, the optical fibers are protrusively arranged through a restriction hole on an optical fiber-distal side in the section of the buckling length L, and the optical fibers are supported so as to be allowed to move only in the optical axis direction through the restriction hole. A measurement method is capable of measuring a blood flow rate, blood viscosity, or a vascular elastic modulus of the measurement target by measuring a Doppler shift of scattered light from the measurement target due to light emitted from the light source.

Abstract: A radial artery signal measuring device includes a flexible signal sensor, a signal processor, and a flexible cable. The flexible signal sensor is fixed on a skin surface over a radial artery by a patch during use. The flexible signal sensor includes a flexible substrate, at least one infrared light source, and a light detector. The at least one infrared light source is used to emit an infrared light to the radial artery, wherein the wavelength of the light source is infrared light greater than 1000 nm. The light detector is used to receive the infrared light reflected by the radial artery and generate a radial artery signal. The signal processor includes a housing for fitting the wrist of a user, a circuit board, a microprocessor, and a battery. The flexible cable is used to transmit the radial artery signal to the microprocessor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the continuous monitoring of subjects that ensure that the probe of a monitoring device that needs to be in contact with the subject remains in continuous contact with the subject. Embodiments of the present disclosure include contacting a probe to a subject, transmitting a first electromagnetic radiation signal from a source in the probe to the subject, detecting via at least one detector in the probe a second electromagnetic radiation signal from the subject, detecting via a processor coupled to the at least one detector a change in contact between the probe and the subject based on a change in the second electromagnetic radiation signal, and stopping via the processor the source from transmitting the first electromagnetic signal upon detecting the change in contact between the probe and the subject.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for estimating blood pressure. The apparatus for estimating blood pressure according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a pulse wave measurer configured to measure a pulse wave signal from a user; and a processor configured to detect peaks and valleys from the pulse wave signal, to obtain first differential values, corresponding to the detected peaks, and second differential values, corresponding to the detected valleys, from a second-order differential signal of the pulse wave signal, and to estimate blood pressure based on the obtained first differential values and second differential values.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device according to an embodiment includes a Photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor including a light source, a detector and a transparent electrode window and a processor configured to, based on determining that a user is in contact with the PPG sensor based on a value sensed by the transparent electrode window, activate the detector, and determine whether a contact between the PPG sensor and the user is poor based on an illuminance value sensed by the detector.