Patents Issued in April 7, 2022
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Publication number: 20220104672Abstract: A dock assembly is provided. The dock assembly is configured for docking with a robot. An alignment platform of said dock assembly is configured to receive a sweeper module from the robot when the robot is docked and said sweeper module disengages from the robot. The alignment platform has a plurality of cones positioned on a top side of the alignment platform. The plurality of cones are configured to engage a plurality of holes positioned on an underside of the sweeper module when the sweeper module becomes disengaged from the robot. The plurality of cones enable self-alignment of the alignment platform to the sweeper module as the plurality of cones engage the plurality of holes. The alignment platform has a plurality of support pads positioned on a bottom side of the alignment platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Fei Xie, Dawei Ding, Gregg Ratanaphanyarat
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Publication number: 20220104673Abstract: The invention refers to an electrically operated mobile vacuum cleaner (2) for separating dust and particles from a suction flow (35), comprising an electric motor (38) and a turbine (40) for generating the suction flow (35), a vacuum cleaner housing (4, 6; 32) with a collection chamber (8) for collecting dust and particles separated from the suction flow (35), a battery cell (116) for providing the electric motor (38) with electric energy for its operation, wheels (20) assigned to the vacuum cleaner (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventor: Guido VALENTINI
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Publication number: 20220104674Abstract: An autonomous sweeper is provided, including a sweeper module, and a robot chassis having a length along a pair of sides, a front side, a back side and a top side that define an interior space. The sweeper module is configured to fit within the interior space when the robot chassis moves over the sweeper module. A pair of wheels is disposed proximate to the back side of the robot chassis and a single wheel is disposed proximate to the front side. A pair of scissor lifts is disposed along said pair of sides. A lift frame including alignment pegs that fit into corresponding alignment holes is disposed on the top side of the sweeper module. The lift frame is raised and lowered by said pair of scissor lifts, and said scissor lifts assist in lifting the sweeper module while aligning said sweeper module to the robot chassis using said alignment pegs and alignment holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Fei Xie, Dawei Ding, Gregg Ratanaphanyarat
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Publication number: 20220104675Abstract: A mobile computing device includes a user input device and a controller. The user input device includes a display, and the controller is operably connected to the user input device and configured to execute instructions to perform operations. The operations include presenting on the display, information about one or more areas that were not cleaned by an autonomous cleaning robot during a first mission. The operations further include transmitting data corresponding to a user-selected subset of the one or more areas to cause the robot to clean the user-selected subset during a second mission.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Ryan Schneider, Shipra Arora, Hyun Woo Paik, Benjamin H. Schriesheim, Lauren D. Stern
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Publication number: 20220104676Abstract: A conveyor station, robot module, sweeper module, and methods for autonomously emptying debris using the conveyor station are described. In one example, a conveyor station includes a housing having an input end and an output end. The conveyor station includes a conveyor belt having a receiving region proximate to the input end and an angled transport region leading toward a dispense region. The conveyor belt has a plurality of fins that extend out from a surface of the conveyor belt. The plurality of fins enable movement of debris collected at the receiving region toward the dispense region. The dispense region is configured to push debris into a drop funnel of the housing, and the drop funnel directs debris into a receptacle. The conveyor station includes a conveyor controller of the conveyor station is configured with a sensor for detecting presence of a sweeper module. The sweeper module includes a container that holds debris collected when the sweeper module is connected to a robot module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Fei Xie, Dawei Ding, Gregg Ratanaphanyarat
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Publication number: 20220104677Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a pad assembly, and a pad drive system. The pad assembly can be connected to the body and can be movable relative thereto. The pad drive system can be connected to the body and can be operable to move the pad assembly relative to the body between a stored position and a cleaning position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Michael G. Sack, Erik Edward Steltz, Russell Walter Morin, Victor Puksta, Timothy R. Ohm, Brian Cleve Benson, JR., Peter J. Lydon, Timothy James Haughton, Fangzheng Guo
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Publication number: 20220104678Abstract: A tile scraper structure contains: a handle and a blade module. The handle includes a grip portion, a connection segment, an accommodation cavity, a slidable switch having a pull lever, and a positioning element which has a fixing loop and a protrusion. The connection segment has a polygonal orifice and a slot. The blade module includes a blade and a locating seat accommodated in the polygonal orifice. The locating seat has a notch configured to engage with the protrusion. The handle further includes a spring received in the accommodation cavity and abutting against the slidable switch, such that the slidable switch actuates the positioning element so that the spring urges the protrusion to engage with the notch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventor: YU-CHEN TSAI
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Publication number: 20220104679Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning implement that includes a melamine-formaldehyde foam. The melamine-formaldehyde foam includes from about 0.1 to about 5 weight % of at least one linear polymer with a number average molecular weight Mn in the range from 500 to 10,000 g/mol. Additionally the present invention encompasses processes for making and methods for cleaning hard surfaces with a cleaning implement according to the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: David John PUNG, Megan Showell ROBERTS, Johann Martin SZEIFERT
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Publication number: 20220104680Abstract: Systems and/or methods for the monitoring and/or control of thermal sanitization in automated cleaning machines are described. A cleaning machine controller may predict a number of heat unit equivalents that will be delivered during a cleaning process based on a sump temperature difference (i.e., a change in the temperature of the cleaning solution in the sump) experienced at or near the beginning of the cleaning process. One or more cleaning process parameters may be adjusted and/or controlled based on the sump temperature difference in order to ensure that a target number of heat unit equivalents are delivered in order to achieve thermal sanitization of the wares subjected to the cleaning process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Elizabeth Minhee Han, Conor Sylvester Smith, Paul R. Kraus, Paul Dominic Christian, Rachel Marie McGinness
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Publication number: 20220104681Abstract: A dishwasher (1) includes a treatment zone (3) and a conveyor apparatus (4) for transporting washware items (2) from a placement area (5) through the treatment zone (3) to a removal area (6). A washing and/or rinsing system has at least one washing and/or rinsing pump (9) and washing and/or rinsing nozzles. The dishwasher (1) is spatially partitioned into an over table area (7), which, when the dishwasher (1) is used as intended, is positioned above a counter level (13), and an under table area (8), which, when the dishwasher (1) is used as intended, is positioned below the counter level (13), wherein the placement area (5), the removal area (6) and the treatment zone (3) are respectively part of the over table area (7), and wherein at least the washing and/or rinsing pump (9) of the washing and/or rinsing system is part of the under table area (8).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Axel BECK, Martin SCHREMPP, Adrian BOLDT, Harald DISCH
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Publication number: 20220104682Abstract: A door assembly for an appliance includes a door frame having a top edge and a user interface board positioned at the top edge of the door frame. A console cover is positioned over the user interface board and has a top surface defining a plurality of touch buttons and a front surface defining a front indicator extending at least partially along the vertical direction adjacent the top edge of the door frame. A side-fire light source is mounted on the user interface board for selectively emitting light energy toward the front indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Kyle James Brewer, Jason Allen Rowe, Timothy David Kaiser, Michelle Diana Gross
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Publication number: 20220104683Abstract: The invention relates to a dosing device (100) for dosing a detergent tablet (202) provided by a storage cartridge (200) to which the dosing device (100) is attachable, the dosing device (100) comprising a scoop (120) and a plug (130), wherein the scoop (120) is configured to pick up a detergent tablet (202) from the storage cartridge (200), lift the detergent tablet (202) to an opening (124) in the scoop (120) and transport the detergent tablet (202) to a receiving chamber (132) formed in the plug (130) when the scoop (120) is turned in a first turning direction about a rotational axis (X) that crosses a gravitational vector (G), and the plug (130) is configured to release the detergent tablet (202) from the receiving chamber (132). Also a water-bearing household appliance (1) comprising the dosing device (100) along with methods for dosing a detergent tablet (202) are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicants: RECKITT BENCKISER (BRANDS) LIMITED, BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Alberto BUOGO, Jakob SCHULTZ, Alexander SCHIELE, Hallam COLLINGS, Henry Matthew Lawrence FLETCHER, Iain Christopher SMITH, Jon WHADCOAT
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Publication number: 20220104684Abstract: A dishwashing appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a spray assembly, a circulation pump, a pressure sensor, and a controller. The circulation pump may be in fluid communication with a wash chamber defined by the tub. The pressure sensor may be upstream of the circulation pump. The controller may be configured to initiate a washing operation including activating the circulation pump, detecting movement of the door from a closed position, detecting return of the door to the closed position, calculating a modified time period for flood detection, determining pressure at the pressure sensor exceeds a pressure threshold following detecting return of the door to the closed position, initiating the modified time period in response to determining pressure at the pressure sensor exceeds the pressure threshold, and directing the circulation pump based on measuring the elevated pressure and expiration of the modified time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Christopher Brandon Ross, Kyle Edward Durham
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Publication number: 20220104685Abstract: A dish treating appliance includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber with an access opening. A door is movable relative to the tub between closed and opened positions to selectively close and open the access opening. The dish treating appliance further includes an air supply circuit. The air supply circuit includes an air inlet and an air outlet facing an upper portion of the access opening. An air channel fluidly couples the air outlet to the air inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Mateusz Michal Wolowicz, Philip J. Czarnecki, Subhash Nivrutti Varvate, Pawel Krzysztof Kolodziej, Justyna Zuzanna Kepinska
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Publication number: 20220104686Abstract: An entryway mat with a misting area and a drying area. When a user steps on the misting area, a disinfecting solution is dispensed onto the bottoms of the user's feet. The user then steps onto the drying area to wipe away the disinfecting solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Abhishek Tandon, Kanak Subramanian
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Publication number: 20220104687Abstract: Surgical assistance is provided in the form of an image of the surgical site that has overlays marking anatomical structures of interest to the surgeon. The system uses computer vision to detect the anatomical structures of interest that are visible to the camera, and predicts the location, shape and/or orientation of portions of the anatomical structures that are not visible to the camera. The overlays mark both the visible portions of the anatomical structures and the predicted location, shape and orientation of the invisible portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Kevin Andrew Hufford, Tal Nir, Lior Alpert
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Publication number: 20220104688Abstract: A platform, tips, and otoscope systems are described herein that can aid with evaluation of human ears (specifically children's ears), diagnose middle ear disease, and suggest appropriate treatments. The platform can serve as an end-to-end evaluation, treatment, and delivery of treatment to a user without requiring an office visit, and improves the accuracy of such systems and ease-of-use.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventor: Courtney Hill
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Publication number: 20220104689Abstract: A control unit that includes a braking system for fixing the position of an endoscope tip is provided. The control system includes an up-down control knob and a right-left control knob. The brakes are engaged by rotating the control knob itself counter-clockwise from a free wheeling position. After the brakes have been engaged, a sufficient amount of force applied to the control knobs will move the endoscope tip slightly in the corresponding direction, allowing for fine tuning of tip position after braking.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: EndoChoice, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Lang, Stephan Wieth
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Publication number: 20220104690Abstract: An apparatus for advancing a device through a gastrointestinal tract. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes first and second grabbing mechanisms adapted to grab and release tissue of the gastrointestinal tract, the first grabbing mechanism being releasably attachable to the device, the second grabbing mechanism being attached to an outer element configured to at least partially surround the device, the first and second grabbing mechanisms being axially movable with respect to each other along the gastrointestinal tract; and a radially expandable blocking element disposed proximal to the first grabbing mechanism and movable with the first grabbing mechanism with respect to the second grabbing mechanism, the blocking element being adapted to move tissue of the intestinal tract with respect to the second grabbing mechanism when the blocking element is moved toward the second grabbing mechanism. The invention also includes corresponding methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Alexander Q. TILSON, Eugene F. DUVAL, Garrett J. GOMES
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Publication number: 20220104691Abstract: An endoscope includes a scope and an image capturing unit accommodated inside the scope. The image capturing unit includes: first and second prisms; a reflection film provided between oblique faces of the first and second prisms; a first trimming filter on which visible light transmitted through the first prism is incident on the first trimming filter via the reflection film; a first image sensor facing the first trimming filter; a second trimming filter on which near-infrared light transmitted through the second prism being incident on the second trimming filter via the reflection film; and a second image sensor facing the second trimming filter. The first prism is fixed to the second prism, the first trimming filter is fixed to the first prism, and the second trimming filter is fixed to the second prism.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicants: NIREC CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOCHI UNIVERSITYInventors: Takayuki SATO, Haruyasu KATAHIRA, Tetsuo SUMIDA, Shigehiro KANAYAMA
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Publication number: 20220104692Abstract: An exemplary connection system includes a connector assembly and a receiver assembly. The connector assembly includes a hermetically-sealed housing, a first RF communication device within the housing and communicatively coupled to a surgical instrument and a first induction coil within the housing and electrically coupled to the surgical instrument. The receiver assembly includes a second RF communication device communicatively coupled to a controller of the surgical instrument, a second induction coil electrically coupled to a power source and a receptacle configured to receive the connector assembly such that the first RF communication device is aligned with the second RF communication device, the first induction coil is aligned with the second induction coil, the first RF communication device may wirelessly communicate with the second RF communication device, and the second induction coil may inductively couple to the first induction coil to wirelessly transmit power to the first induction coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Rumen Deyanov, Jonathan D. Halderman, Derek C. Liou, Kierstin Gray Parrish
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Publication number: 20220104693Abstract: An optical filter system and a video endoscope therefor are disclosed. The optical filter system is arranged in a distal end section of a shaft. At least one image sensor for receiving image light is positioned in the distal end section. The optical filter system contains an optical filter and an objective lens system with a three or more lenses to collect image light and to pass it to the image sensor. The filter has transmission characteristics that vary relative to the radial distance from its center and is located between the first lens and the second lens of the objective lens system. Used in conjunction with fluorescence imaging, emission radiation collected by the image sensor is substantially free of excitation radiation. Additionally, a display system clearly delineating the regions with reliable fluorescence and/or visible light is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: KARL STORZ SE & Co KGInventors: Christin Baumann, Harald Baumann
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Publication number: 20220104694Abstract: A surgical hub for controlling a display outside a sterile field may be provided. A first message may be sent that may instruct a first display that may be located within the sterile field to display a first contextual data. A user gesture from a device associated with the first display may be determined. The user gesture may indicate that a second contextual data may be displayed on a second display outside the sterile field. A second message may be sent that may instruct the second display to show the second contextual data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris
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Publication number: 20220104695Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for an endoscope or other surgical instruments to automatically sense when it's placed inside or outside of a trocar or a cannula. Operational setting of the endoscope may be adjusted as a function of the detected environmental condition to improve the function of the endoscope and the safety of a surgical procedure. The endoscope may include a sensor to sense a tag embedded in a trocar or cannula. The endoscope may transmit sensing information to a controller of a surgical robotic system to indicate that the endoscope has been inserted into the trocar or cannula. The controller may generate configuration information corresponding to the sensed state. The controller may transmit the configuration information to the endoscope to configure the endoscope to operate in the state. In another aspect, the endoscope may wirelessly communicate with another surgical instrument to receive operational information from the surgical instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventor: Geoffrey Robert Russell
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Publication number: 20220104696Abstract: One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for imaging and more particularly to minimally invasive medical devices, such as, but not limited to, spectrally encoded endoscopy (SEE), endoscopy, and/or other catheter-related apparatuses and systems, methods, and storage mediums for use with same, are provided herein. One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums may be for characterizing, examining and/or diagnosing, and/or measuring viscosity of, a sample or object in application(s) using an apparatus or system that includes, in one or more embodiments, an in-situ optics observation window or lens cleaning apparatus or system that provides a technique(s) for cleaning the medical device optic(s) without removing the medical device during a surgical procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Ray Yan, Seiji Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20220104697Abstract: A method comprises, based on a position of a medical instrument within a patient anatomy, determining, by a control system, whether an obstruction is on a surface of a lens of the medical instrument. The method further comprises, based on a determination that the obstruction is on the surface of the lens, instructing, by the control system, a valve control mechanism to open a valve to release a flow of pressurized fluid through a nozzle of the medical instrument and over the surface of the lens. The valve is configured to control provision of the pressurized fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Federico Barbagli, Tao Zhao
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Publication number: 20220104698Abstract: Provided is a laryngoscope that includes a display screen, a handle connected to the display screen, a lens connected to the handle, and a housing portion that is sleeved on the lens and the handle and fitted with the handle. The housing portion includes a housing and a transparent cover fastened with the housing. The lens is inserted into the housing and a shooting portion of the lens is exposed out of the housing. The transparent cover covers the shooting portion of the lens and is sealingly fastened with the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Jifan HU, Yuesong ZHANG
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Publication number: 20220104699Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses relating to a speculum. The speculum includes a handle, a first bill and a second bill, where a proximal end portion of the first bill and the second bill are coupled to an upper portion of the handle and configured to open along a first axis, a third bill and a fourth bill, where a proximal end portion of the third bill and the fourth bill are coupled to the upper portion of the handle and configured to open along a second axis substantially orthogonal to the first axis and an actuation mechanism that causes the first bill and the second bill to move between an open position and a closed position. In some embodiments, the speculum includes a locking mechanism with a rocker mechanism, a lock strip contained in a handle of the speculum, and a pawl coupled to the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Fahti Self, Maria Lalli, Darius Naigamwalla, Chase Thompson, Ethan Vella
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Publication number: 20220104700Abstract: A speculum includes an insulating sleeve having a body, the body having a first side edge, a second side edge, a front edge and a back edge, and a metallic sheet having a first end, a second end, a front end and a back end, the back end being tailored to match a back edge of the sleeve, the metallic sheet being covered by the body of the sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: James J. Lees, JR., Tamatha Britt Fenster, Yaotsung Mitchell Tung
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Publication number: 20220104701Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of tissue dissection. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to medical devices that lift and retract tissue during a dissection procedure to improve visualization of the target tissue and mitigate obstructions for dissection tools. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices that transition from a constrained to an unconstrained bowed configuration to immobilize and retract the dissected portion of target tissue during a dissection procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Ryan V. Wales, Paul Smith, Danny S. Lee, Scott E. Brechbiel, Jialiang Wang, Sean P. Fleury
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Publication number: 20220104702Abstract: A method of identifying individuals impaired by a psychoactive substance such as cannabis. The method includes presenting monocularly to a subject being tested; to each eye separately, a sinusoidal grating pattern of fixed spatial frequency with achromatic contrast or color contrast between grating stripes being temporally alternately modulated at a temporal frequency that ranges between 10 Hz and 60 Hz with a pattern of the contrast being such that the subject being tested can see a frequency doubling in the grating pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventor: Denise A. Valenti
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Publication number: 20220104703Abstract: The present disclosure provides for an ophthalmic testing system that may prescreen for ophthalmic diseases and systemic diseases. In some embodiments, an OTS may provide general screening results and relatives scores to patients that may be at risk for diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, or Alzheimer's. In some implementations, the OTS may offer self-screening features without collecting personal information that may identify the individual. In some embodiments, the OTS may use artificial intelligence and machine learning and machine learning to provide accurate and instant analysis and results to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventor: Fred H. Lambrou
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Publication number: 20220104704Abstract: In a general aspect, a wireless communication device operating as a client in a wireless communication network receives wireless signals transmitted from an access point of the network. The device generates channel information from the wireless signals and processes the channel information to identify a degree of motion and average breathing rate of a person. Upon determining that the degree of motion and average breathing rate are below respective thresholds, the device begins sleep monitoring. Sleep monitoring includes generating additional channel information that is processed to identify a category of sleep.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Cognitive Systems Corp.Inventors: Mikhail Alexand Zakharov, Oleksiy Kravets
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Publication number: 20220104705Abstract: The invention is a method to determine if a digital, mobile, or wearable system is worn on the body, or placed in clothes which are worn on the body, using a motion detection sensor such as an accelerometer or gyroscope. The approach, suitable for longitudinal health monitoring, remote care, or measurement of device engagement in various contexts, would consider the presence or intensity of motion throughout the day as well as the orientation of the device with respect to gravity, to rapidly determine usage. Moreover, this approach for tracking longitudinal device adherence is used to predict sleep quality and night motion by analyzing device usage during night time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Haik KalantarianInventors: Haik Kalantarian, Artak Kalantarian, Susan Makarian, Sergey Baghdasaryan
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Publication number: 20220104706Abstract: An imaging device includes a body having a first end portion configured to be held in a user's hand and a second end portion configured to direct light onto a surgical margin. The device includes at least one excitation light source configured to excite autofluorescence emissions of tissue cells and fluorescence emissions of induced porphyrins in tissue cells of the surgical margin. A white light source is configured to illuminate the surgical margin during white light imaging of the surgical margin. The device includes an imaging sensor, a first optical filter configured to permit passage of autofluorescence emissions of tissue cells and fluorescence emissions of the induced porphyrins in tissue cells to the imaging sensor, and a second optical filter configured to permit passage of white light emissions of tissues in the surgical margin to the imaging sensor. Systems and methods relate to imaging devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicants: SBI ALAPHARMA CANADA INC., University Health NetworkInventors: Ralph S. DACOSTA, Kathryn OTTOLINO-PERRY, Christopher GIBSON, Nayana Thalanki ANANTHA, Simon TREADWELL, Todd DAYNES, Todd MEANEY, Garret VERMEY, Carl ANNIS
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Publication number: 20220104707Abstract: Currently most cancers, including breast cancers, are removed without any intraoperative margin control. Post-operative methods inspect 1-2% of the surgical margin and are prone to sampling errors. The present invention relates to an optical imaging system that will enable evaluation of the surgical margin in vivo and in real-time. The invention provides for simultaneous fluorescence and fluorescence polarization imaging. The contrast of the acquired images will be enhanced using fluorescent agents approved for diagnostic use in patients. As the staining pattern of fluorescence images is similar to that of histology, and the values of fluorescence polarization are significantly higher in cancerous as compared to normal cells, the invention provides for further improvements in diagnostic methods. The systems and methods can be applied to the intra-operative delineation of cancerous tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSInventors: Anna N. Yaroslavsky, Rakesh Patel, Dennis Wirth
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Publication number: 20220104708Abstract: Disclosed is a magnifying glass for skin diagnosis capable of acquiring a distortion-compensated skin image, and more particularly a magnifying glass for skin diagnosis capable of acquiring a magnified skin image and at the same time compensating for distortion occurring at the time of acquisition of the magnified skin image to provide an observer with a distortion-compensated, magnified skin image, thereby improving visibility, and therefore the observer can more clearly and vividly observe the skin. The magnifying glass includes an optical/light radiation structure, a light emission controller, and a housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: F&D PARTNERS INC.Inventor: Hyunjae ZHANG
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Publication number: 20220104709Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate the reduction of both radio frequency (RF) noise and photoacoustic artefacts in differential photoacoustic radar imaging through a multi-step electrical and optical domain calibration method. An example two-step calibration method involves reducing RF image noise via an initial calibration step that involves the control of the relative amplitudes and phases of electrical driving modulation waveforms, while a second calibration step involves the differential suppression of photoacoustic artefact signals via tuning, in the optical domain, of the relative intensity the optical beams that are delivered to the sample. Another example embodiment involves the use of the standard deviation of the unwrapped phase that is obtained, after performing frequency-domain cross-correlation and an inverse transform to the time domain, to improve the amplitude signal that is employed to generate a differential photoacoustic radar image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: ANDREAS MANDELIS, SUNG SOO CHOI, BAHMAN LASHKARI, BRIAN COURTNEY, STUART FOSTER
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Publication number: 20220104710Abstract: An electronic blood pressure monitor is described. The monitor includes a blood pressure measurement unit. The unit includes a cuff fitted to a blood pressure measurement site, a pressure adjustment unit configured to adjust a pressure applied to the cuff, a pressure detecting unit configured to detect a pressure within the cuff, and a blood pressure calculation unit configured to calculate a blood pressure based on the detected pressure. The monitor also includes a memory comprising a calculation unit, a display unit configured to display the blood pressure data, a storage unit configured to store data associated with the blood pressure calculated by the calculation unit, and a read unit comprising a comparison unit. The comparison unit is configured to compare the blood pressure data from the memory with reference blood pressure data and display, via the display unit, a result of the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Smart Meter CorporationInventor: Benjamin Atkin
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Publication number: 20220104711Abstract: Described herein is a computer implemented method of measuring the determining the Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) of a patient. The S Wave, P Wave, R Wave and T Wave are continually measured using an ECG apparatus. The LVEF is computed as a function of S Wave, P Wave, R Wave and T Wave. The system described herein includes an ECG apparatus and an analytical computing device for computing the LVEF.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventor: ABHIJIT RAY
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Publication number: 20220104712Abstract: An imaging examination analysis method includes receiving a patient data set for a patient including measurements for a set of variables relating to a chronic medical condition, such as aortic stenosis (AS), obtained by an imaging examination of the patient. For one or more future time intervals, a likelihood is generated of a predetermined grade of the chronic medical condition (e.g. likelihood of severe AS grade) for the patient at the future time interval. The likelihood is generated using a classifier trained on training data sets for past patients. A follow-up imaging examination date recommendation is determined based on the likelihoods. An inconsistent measurement for the patient may be identified as a measurement whose value compared with a prior measurement for the same variable is consistent with an improvement in the chronic medical condition of the patient between the time of the prior measurement and a present time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: PEDRO LUIS SANCHEZ FERNANDEZ, PEDRO IGNACIO DORADO DIAZ, JESUS MANUEL SAMPEDRO GOMEZ, VICTOR VICENTE PALACIOS, JAVIER SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, LUIS CUEVAS SEMPERE
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Publication number: 20220104713Abstract: A surgical visualization system may include tiered-access features. The surgical visualization system may be used to analyze at least a portion of a surgical field. Based on a control parameter, the system may assess the present state of moving particles that portion of the surgical field, assess an aggregated state of the moving particles, and/or assess moving particles at a selectable tissue depth. The control parameter may include system aspects such as processing capability or bandwidth for example and/or the identification of an appropriate service tier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventor: Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Publication number: 20220104714Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information, the apparatus including a pulse wave sensor and a processor. The pulse wave sensor includes a plurality of channels, each channel of the plurality of channels being configured to measure a first pulse wave signal of a first wavelength and a second pulse wave signal of a second wavelength that is different from the first wavelength. The processor is configured to: for each channel of the plurality of channels, generate a first oscillogram based on the first pulse wave signal, generate a second oscillogram based on the second pulse wave signal, and convert a phase delay between the first oscillogram and the second oscillogram into an area. The processor is further configured to determine a channel among the plurality of channels based on the area of each channel, and estimate bio-information based on the determined channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Yun Park, Chang Mok Choi, Jae Min Kang, Seung Woo Noh, Hye Rim Lim, Jin Woo Choi
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Publication number: 20220104715Abstract: A blood-pressure measuring device that measures a first blood pressure of a living body on the basis of a pulse wave of the living body, the blood-pressure measuring device includes: a pulse-wave acquiring unit configured to acquire at least one pulse wave; a pulse-wave-parameter calculator configured to calculate at least one pulse wave parameter based on the at least one pulse wave; an attribute-information acquiring unit configured to acquire attribute information that relates to a vascular condition of the living body; and an attribute classifier configured to classify an attribute of the living body, wherein the blood-pressure measuring device is communicably connected to a model storage storing in advance one or more blood-pressure-estimation models, and the blood-pressure measuring device further comprises a first-blood-pressure measuring unit configured to calculate the first blood pressure based on the at least one pulse wave parameter by using the one or more blood-pressure-estimation models.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: RIEKO OGAWA, YOSHIHISA ADACHI, YOSHIFUMI IWAI, YUKI EDO, RYOTA TOMIZAWA
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Publication number: 20220104716Abstract: A protective barrier for protecting an arm of a patient during a blood pressure measurement is disclosed. The protective barrier includes a waterproof layer defining an exterior waterproof surface of the protective barrier and an absorbent layer defining an interior absorbent surface of the protective barrier. An adhesive layer is disposed between the waterproof layer and the absorbent layer to bond the waterproof layer and absorbent layer together to form the protective barrier. The protective barrier also includes at least one adhesive tab extending outward from an edge of the protective barrier to removably attach the adhesive tab to a portion of the protective barrier to hold the protective barrier around the arm of the patient during the blood pressure measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventor: Kenneth D. Downey, SR.
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Publication number: 20220104717Abstract: A pulse rate detection device includes: a moving image obtaining device configured to obtain a moving image captured by photographing a body surface of a subject, a pulse rate obtaining device configured to obtain a pulse rate of the subject on the basis of change of a pixel value of the body surface in the moving image, a reliability obtaining device configured to obtain reliability of the obtained pulse rate, and an output device configured to output the obtained pulse rate, if the obtained reliability is equal to or greater than predetermined reliable criteria and, if the obtained reliability is less than reliable criteria and change of the obtained pulse rate is within a predetermined appropriate range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: AISIN CORPORATIONInventor: Michael JONES
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Publication number: 20220104718Abstract: Disclosed is a reflective photoplethysmogram sensor comprising: a planar light emitting element and a planar light receiving element. The light emitting element and the light receiving element do not face each other in an up/down direction. The minimum distance h (mm) between at least a pair of the light emitting element and the light receiving element satisfies the following expression (1) (t×03.7)2?h?(t×1.3)2 ??Expression (1) where the minimum distance between the light emitting element and the light receiving element is h (mm), and a thickness of skin (epidermis+dermis) of a human body is t (mm), and the thickness is within the range 0.1 to 4 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Shusaku KON, Ryo NAKABAYASHI, Kosuke ANDO
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Publication number: 20220104719Abstract: A wearable personal healthcare device for measuring personal health is provided that is configured to detect a photoplethysmograph (PPG) wave generated by infra-red, green, or red lights emitted from the device, the personal healthcare device. The device includes an outward facing face, a lateral side, and a bottom side, wherein the bottom side faces a user's skin, a plurality of electrical contact sensors, wherein a first of the plurality of sensors is located on one of the top face, lateral side, and bottom side, and a second of the plurality of sensors is located on one of the top face and lateral side of the personal health care device. The first and second sensors are configured to complete a circuit therebetween when a user contacts the first sensor with a first surface of the user's skin and contacts the second sensor with the first or a second surface of the user's skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: HELO CORP.Inventor: Fabio Galdi
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Publication number: 20220104720Abstract: A coupling arrangement for a bio-signal measurement, comprises at least two spring connectors of a bio-signal processing device, and a holder comprising a combination of a wall and a substrate, which form a pocket inside the holder, the wall following an outer contour of the bio-signal processing device. The holder has an aperture for inserting the bio-signal processing device into the pocket and removing the bio-signal processing device from the pocket. The holder includes electric conductor lines, which are in a wired electric contact with electrodes of the substrate, the electrodes receiving at least one bio-signal. The electric conductor lines are attached on the substrate inside the pocket, the electric conductor lines and the at least two spring connectors connecting electrically with each other in response to insertion of the bio-signal processing device in the pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Juha MYLLYKANGAS, Arto NIKULA
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Publication number: 20220104721Abstract: A glove comprising a set of electrocardiogram leads, the set of electrocardiogram leads including: (a) a plurality of precordial electrocardiogram leads; (b) a pair of aVL and aVR electrocardiogram leads; and (c) an aVF electrocardiogram lead; wherein the glove records a 12-lead electrocardiogram by pressing the glove against skin of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventor: Samer Nasry