Patents Issued in August 4, 2022
  • Publication number: 20220240727
    Abstract: A flexible liner that is inserted onto bathtubs or children swimming pools to help cushion an impact and mitigate injury when a bather or swimmer falls on the hard ledges covered by the flexible liner. The device covers the ledges of the bathtub or pool with a soft, cushioning material and is attached to the bathtub or pool to maintain its position along dangerous, hard surfaces. The flexible liner has connectors where toys or other useful devices can be attached for the bather or swimmer to play with or utilize. The flexible liner is designed to add cushioning to decrease impact injury and entertain the bather or swimmer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Sarah Maddali, Katherine Greathouse
  • Publication number: 20220240728
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shower curtain rod having an integrated entertainment system comprising a controller and a wireless module that can be used to operate sets of RGB LED lights and speakers set into the length of the rod body, as well as other types of accessories. The technological components are set within the hollow tubular body of the rod and thus protected from water damage. The rod can be provided as a single piece or multiple connected pieces, and can also be provided as a part of a kit including a remote control with which a user can control the entertainment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Abdulaziz Alanazi, Alys Mead
  • Publication number: 20220240729
    Abstract: A method of determining the volume of fluid contained in a collapsible bottle, the collapsible bottle containing a fluid to be dispensed from a fluid dispenser. The fluid dispenser has a distance measuring sensor, and the collapsible bottle is coupled to the fluid dispenser so that a preselected surface of the collapsible bottle is positioned in a measurement path of the sensor. The fluid dispenser is activated to dispense an allotment of the fluid from the collapsible bottle, the collapsible bottle collapsing in a predictable manner as the fluid is dispensed from the collapsible bottle. The sensor is used to measure a distance between the sensor and the preselected surface of the collapsible bottle, the distance changing predictably as the collapsible bottle collapses. The volume of the fluid contained in the collapsible bottle is determined based on the distance between the sensor and the preselected surface of the collapsible bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Cuneyt Tezcan, Dusan Stan
  • Publication number: 20220240730
    Abstract: A piston pump for dispensing fluid from a reservoir, an improved vacuum relief arrangement in which a passageway for flow of air from the atmosphere into the reservoir is provided at least in part through a piston-forming element of the piston pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Jones, Heiner Ophardt, Zhenchun Shi
  • Publication number: 20220240731
    Abstract: A rolled sheet dispenser assembly for dispensing a cutting a selected length of a rolled sheet includes a housing that has a plurality of mounting holes integrated for mounting to a horizontal support surface. The housing has a dispensing slot extending into an interior of the housing to facilitate a rolled sheet positioned in the housing to be drawn outwardly through the dispensing slot. A pair of holders is each of the holders is coupled to the housing to engage a respective end of the rolled sheet. A base is removably attachable to the housing and a cutter is slidably coupled to the base. The cutter is slidable laterally along the base to cut the length of rolled sheet that has been drawn outwardly from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Charles Brazell
  • Publication number: 20220240732
    Abstract: An example sheet product dispenser includes a housing, a first roll holder, and a second roll holder. A first roll of sheet product is positioned on the first roll holder and assigned as a primary roll and a second roll of sheet product is positioned on the second roll holder and assigned as a secondary roll. A dispensing mechanism is configured to dispense sheet product from at least one of the first roll and the second roll. A sensor is configured to sense measurement data associated with the primary roll, including sensing when the primary roll rotates to dispense and measuring the diameter of the primary roll. A data communication device is in communication with the sensor and configured to transmit the measurement data. A controller is configured to determine situational information regarding the sheet product dispenser and provide corresponding alerts to users regarding the situational information and measured data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Russel Kobs, Ryan Anthony Goltz
  • Publication number: 20220240733
    Abstract: Various dispensing systems with drop-down features are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the dispensing system includes a roll support with a sensor and a piston. The sensor can move as the roll decreases in size (e.g., the outside diameter decreases) and can apply a force to the roll. The piston can move to become less engaged with the roll, such as becoming less received in a roll plug or the hollow core of the roll. When the roll has decreased to a threshold size, the piston substantially or fully disengages from the roll and/or the sensor applies a force to dislodge the roll from the roll support. This results in the roll automatically dropping off the roll support. The roll support is thus available to receive a fresh roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Joel P. Keily, Victor Landa
  • Publication number: 20220240734
    Abstract: Disclosed are a solid-liquid separation anti-soiling toilet, a mounting method and a use. The solid-liquid separation anti-soiling toilet is composed of a processor, a solid container, a liquid reservoir and an exhaust device, where the processor is connected to the solid container, the processor includes a housing, and a clamping device and a drying device which are arranged inside the housing, excreta generated after use of the toilet enters the clamping device of the processor, a liquid in the excreta enters the liquid reservoir after passing through the clamping device, a solid in the excreta is pressed and dried into a sheet inside the clamping device, and enters the solid container, and hot air flow generated by the drying device is used for drying the solid inside the clamping device, and is exhausted outwards through the exhaust device connected to the housing of the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Wei QU, Bangcheng AI, Minghui XIE
  • Publication number: 20220240735
    Abstract: A system and method for a body positioning system for use with a toilet, whereby the body positioning system has an adjustable stool designed to align the user's colon in the squatting position and an improved toilet seat. The body positioning system results in the user being placed in a squatting position that may create an angle in the rectal canal that leads to less strain and less effort to empty the bowels, as compared to sitting. The body positioning system helps individuals reduce straining and decreasing pressure in the veins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Joseph Richard Hardwick, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220240736
    Abstract: A cleaning head (100, 200) comprising: a suction interface; a suction network connected to the suction interface, the suction network comprising a waste collection port and a waste container (150, 250) interconnecting the suction interface and the waste collection port; a suction compartment in fluid communication with the waste collection port, the suction compartment comprising an elongate entry aperture; a roller cleaner (120, 220) mounted inside the suction compartment, the roller cleaner (120, 220) having an elongate outer surface portion protruding through the elongate entry aperture; a machine compartment (260) inside which a drive mechanism (266) and electronic circuitry (262) are mounted; a storage portion comprising a cleaning liquid container (140, 240) and the waste container (150, 250) mounted on a storage receptacle (118); a cleaning liquid applicator configured to draw cleaning liquid from the cleaning liquid container (140, 240) and to apply the cleaning liquid to the roller cleaner (120, 220)
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: TALENTONE DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Inventors: Sai Yiu Fan, Hoi Kit Ng
  • Publication number: 20220240737
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprising a surface cleaning head, the surface cleaning head comprising a liquid separation stage having a separated liquid storage region; and, an air treatment stage that is downstream from the liquid separation stage, the air treatment stage having a separated solid storage region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20220240738
    Abstract: A stability bracket, which may be configured to be attached to a vacuum that has a hose. The stability bracket includes a mating arm defining a flexible region and configured to conform to the vacuum, irrespective of size and/or shape. The stability bracket may be attached via a strap to any size/shape vacuum. The stability bracket includes a bracket arm operatively attached to one side of the mating arm, such that the bracket arm defining a hose gap opposite the attachment side, which is configured to receive the hose into the bracket arm. In some configurations, the bracket arm may be formed integrally with a wheel caster housing operatively attached to a lower housing of the vacuum. This may be referred to as a caster bracket arm, which extends from the wheel caster housing, such that the hose is configured to sit within the caster bracket arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: ShopRover, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel W. King, Michael W. Maurer
  • Publication number: 20220240739
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner nozzle, having a connector socket, pivotally connected to the nozzle by a joint. The connector socket has an inner tubular opening configured to receive a vacuum cleaner tube. A connector socket release mechanism, has a locking member, moveable between a first position, where it is inserted in the tubular opening of the connector socket in order to retain the vacuum cleaner tube therein, and a second position, where it is forced out of the tubular opening by a movement in the joint, in order to release the vacuum cleaner tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget Electrolux
    Inventors: Jens Leffler, Erik Dahlbeck, Josef Isaksson, Fredrik Franzén
  • Publication number: 20220240740
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis. A motor-fan assembly is mounted in the housing and arranged to generate an airflow along an airflow path from a dirty air inlet to an air exhaust. A retractable nozzle defines the dirty air inlet and is moveably mounted on the housing. At least a portion of the retractable nozzle is arranged to move between a retracted configuration within the housing and a deployed configuration outside the housing. The portion of the retractable nozzle in the retracted configuration is aligned in a direction along the longitudinal axis and the portion of the retractable nozzle in the deployed configuration is aligned in a direction across the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Oleksiy Sergyeyenko, Ashok Samuel Baskar, Sean Liu
  • Publication number: 20220240741
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum cleaner comprising: a main body housing 10 which houses a motor and a fan and which has an intake by which an airflow created by the fan enters inside; and a dust collection unit which is attachable to and detachable from the main body housing 10 so as to cover the intake. The main body housing 10 has an attachment-receiving part 30 with a common shape such that a cyclonic dust collection unit 50 which separates fine particles using a cyclonic air flow and a dust collection unit which carries out dust collection by filtration without using centrifugal force can be interchangeably attached to and detached from the main body housing as the dust collection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto ICHIHASHI, Hiroyuki TAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20220240742
    Abstract: A de-dusting unit positionable in a vacuum chamber of a vacuuming device, where the vacuum chamber is delimited by a turbine, a first filter, and a second filter. The de-dusting unit includes a displacement module where the de-dusting unit is positionable within the vacuum chamber by the displacement module such that one of the first and second filters at a time is isolated from a suction flow and such that an oscillating movement of the de-dusting unit is transmitted to the isolated filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Xaver HANSLMEIER
  • Publication number: 20220240743
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a docking device including a charging terminal, a power supply unit of supplying power to the charging terminal, a communication module of exchanging data with a mobile robot, a voice recognition module of collecting a voice and extracting a voice command from the collected voice, and a charging-station controller of controlling the communication module to transmit the voice command extracted from the voice recognition module to the mobile robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: WONCHUL JO, ILSOO CHO
  • Publication number: 20220240744
    Abstract: A method of operating an autonomous cleaning robot includes receiving, at a handheld computing device, a first input representing a first set of cleaning schedule parameters for a first cleaning schedule for the autonomous cleaning robot, the first cleaning schedule corresponding to a first area. The method includes presenting, on a display of the handheld computing device, the first cleaning schedule. The method includes receiving, at the handheld computing device, a second input representing a second set of cleaning schedule parameters for a second cleaning schedule for the autonomous cleaning robot, the second cleaning schedule corresponding to a second area different from the first area. The method includes presenting, on the display, the first and second cleaning schedules, and initiating a transmission to the autonomous cleaning robot, based on the first or second cleaning schedules, the transmission including data for causing the robot to initiate a cleaning mission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Qunxi Huang, Chris Lee, Domingos Neves, Ryan Lesko, Manuel Medina
  • Publication number: 20220240745
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning robot capable of simultaneously driving a driving wheel and an impeller by a single motor, including a motor output shaft, a driving wheel provided with a second rotating shaft and an impeller provided with a first rotating shaft; a connector is connected between the motor output shaft and the first rotating shaft; and a speed reducer is connected between the connector and the second rotating shaft. The cleaning robot moves forward and backward and makes a turn by the driving wheel, allows wastes to enter an internal filter element under the action of negative pressure generated by the internal impeller, and discharges the purified water or air out of the equipment. The present invention can simultaneously drive the impeller and the driving wheel by using only one motor and can enable the driving wheel and the impeller to generate different rotating speeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Xin CAO, Weijin LI
  • Publication number: 20220240746
    Abstract: A dish washing machine communication system including a dish washing machine including a housing having a wash space therein, with the dish washing machine including a dish washing machine SMS messaging system, and a remote communicator with a remote communicator SMS messaging system, with the remote communicator being physically separate from the dish washing machine. The remote communicator SMS messaging system of the remote communicator sends instructions and/or requests for information to the dish washing machine SMS messaging system of the dish washing machine in text format. The dish washing machine SMS messaging system of the dish washing machine sends information in response to the requests for information or automatic alerts to the remote communicator SMS messaging system of the remote communicator in text format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kwok Din WONG, Kam Por CHAN
  • Publication number: 20220240747
    Abstract: Provided are a bubble generation apparatus and a washing device, the bubble generation apparatus includes a gas dissolution chamber, a bypass member, and a bubbler. The gas dissolution chamber has a vent opening, a liquid inlet, and a liquid outlet, the bypass member has a gradually contracting section, a throat part, and a gradually expanding section which are connected in sequence from a bypass inlet to a bypass outlet; the bubbler is connected to the liquid outlet, the bypass inlet or bypass outlet of the bypass member is connected to the liquid inlet to supply liquid into the gas dissolution chamber, and the throat part is connected to the vent opening or a gas storage space in the gas dissolution chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jie GENG, Pingping XU, Xiang LI, Manhua PENG, Shi HUANG
  • Publication number: 20220240748
    Abstract: A water softener for a dishwasher includes a tank body having a regeneration tank that accommodates brine, an exchange tank that accommodates an ion exchange resin, and a flow path configured to supply water to the regeneration tank and the exchange tank. The water softener further includes a regeneration inlet in communication with the regeneration tank, an exchange inlet in communication with the exchange tank, and a switching valve mounted at the tank body and configured to open and close the regeneration inlet and the exchange inlet to switch the flow path. The switching valve includes a head configured to open and close the regeneration inlet and the exchange inlet. A sealing protrusion protrudes toward the head from a circumference of the regeneration inlet and is configured to contact the head to seal the regeneration inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jinhong KIM, Minkyu KO
  • Publication number: 20220240749
    Abstract: A holder for holding washware in a dish rack of a household dishwasher includes a holding element fastenable on a side wall of the dish rack for pivoting about a vertical axis in a first pivoting direction and a second pivoting direction in opposition to the first pivoting direction. The holding element is designed to block the holding element from pivoting in the first pivoting direction and in the second pivoting direction when the holding element assumes a holding position in which the washware is held and the holding element is pivoted away from the side wall in the holding position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Held, Martin Siddiqui-Baeumert
  • Publication number: 20220240750
    Abstract: A container holder for a dish basket of a household dishwasher includes a holding device, which has a holding position for holding a container and a downwardly inclined position relative to the container. The holding device is designed to move out from the holding position into the inclined position when a vertical, downwardly directed force is exerted on the holding device and exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Held, Christian Jakob, Martin Siddiqui-Baeumert
  • Publication number: 20220240751
    Abstract: endoscope processor that is able to promptly adjust functions. The endoscope processor includes a processor executing program code to perform: displaying, by processor, on a touch panel a setting region where an on-off switch accepting switching between an on state and an off state of a function of an endoscope is combined with an adjustment switch accepting adjustment of a level of the function; accepting, by the processor, operations performed on the on-off switch and the adjustment switch that are displayed; and changing, by the processor, an operating state of the function based on an accepted operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji HAYAMIZU, Katsuya TANNAI
  • Publication number: 20220240752
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: an insertion portion formed using a first resin material and having a fusion surface, the first resin material having a melting point of a first temperature; a bending portion formed using a second resin material having a melting point of a second temperature higher than the first temperature, the bending portion being interposed in the insertion portion at a predetermined position and being bendable in a predetermined direction; and an elastic member formed into a tubular shape by using a third resin material different from the first resin material, the elastic member being configured to cover the bending portion, an end portion of the elastic member being fused to the fusion surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsumi OYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220240753
    Abstract: An insertion instrument includes: an insertion portion including a bending portion; an operation portion; one operation lever provided to the operation portion, the operation lever being configured to tilt, to cause the bending portion to bend in a predetermined direction; a movable member provided around the operation lever and configured to move according to tilting of the operation lever; and at least one indicator configured to change according to a movement of the movable member, the at least one indicator being visually recognizable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuki HORI, Hidetsugu TANAKA, Ryuhei FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220240754
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: a first bearing including a first recess along a first central axis; a second bearing disposed in the first recess and provided with a second central axis intersecting the first central axis in the state of being disposed in the first recess, the second bearing including a second recess along the second central axis and being retained turnably around the first central axis; and an operation lever disposed in the second recess, and including a shaft member retained turnably around the second central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuaki AKUI
  • Publication number: 20220240755
    Abstract: A push button mechanism for an endoscope includes: a first stem having a first longitudinal direction and having a first end portion connected inside a finger placement member; a second stem having a first end face in contact with a second end portion of the first stem and slidably provided along a second longitudinal direction having a predetermined angle relative to the first longitudinal direction; a switch configured to be switched by the second stem sliding in the second longitudinal direction in contact with the second end portion of the first stem moving in conjunction with the finger placement member; and an immobile member including a space in which the second end portion of the first stem is housed, and the space has a sectional shape similar to the second end portion formed in a deformed shape and prevents rotation of the first stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke KIMURA, Reiji KOYAMA, Tetsu NUMATA, Shigeto GORAI, Akihiro KUSAKA
  • Publication number: 20220240756
    Abstract: An endoscopic calibration system that calibrates an endoscope, includes: an imaging part that acquires an image by an optical system in which an optical adapter and a scope of the endoscope are combined; a parameter measurement part that measures a first parameter indicating optical characteristics of an optical system in which a first scope and a first optical adapter are combined, a second parameter indicating optical characteristics of an optical system in which the first scope and a second optical adapter are combined, and a third parameter indicating optical characteristics of an optical system in which the second scope and the first optical adapter are combined; and a parameter estimation part that estimates a fourth parameter indicating optical characteristics of an optical system in which the second scope and the second optical adapter are combined using the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidehiro MIYAYASHIKI
  • Publication number: 20220240757
    Abstract: A tube like member having a first flexible portion comprising a first and a second circumferential slits, the first circumferential slit is arranged opposite to the second circumferential slit and comprises a first end and a second end, the second circumferential slit comprises a third end and a fourth end, wherein the first end and the third end are arranged such that a first bridge is provided between said first and second circumferential slits characterized in that the first flexible portion comprises a first longitudinal slit arranged longitudinally along the tube like member and a second longitudinal slit arranged longitudinally along the tube like member, wherein the first circumferential slit is communicatively connected to the first longitudinal slit, wherein the second circumferential slit is communicatively connected to the second longitudinal slit, the first longitudinal slit and second longitudinal slit being arranged to define longitudinal sides of the first bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Fortimedix Assets II B.V.
    Inventor: Mattheus Hendrik Louis Thissen
  • Publication number: 20220240758
    Abstract: A treatment instrument which can be coupled to a distal end of an endoscope and has a hollow body and a gripping element. The gripping element can be operated via an actuation mechanism situated inside the hollow body. The gripping element is configured in the form of a cap with which a distal end of the hollow body can be closed. The invention also relates to an endoscope having a distal end which is coupled or can be coupled to a treatment instrument according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Ovesco Endoscopy AG
    Inventors: Nico Hofmann, Gabor Conrad, Alexander Meining, Chi-Nghia Ho
  • Publication number: 20220240759
    Abstract: The application relates to the problem of navigating a surgical instrument (at 301, 311) towards a region-of-interest (at 312) in endoscopic surgery when an image (300) provided by the endoscope is obscured at least partly by obscuring matter (at 303), wherein the obscuring matter is a leaking body fluid, debris or smoke caused by ablation. To address this problem, a computer-implemented method is proposed, wherein, upon detecting that the image from the endoscope is at least partly obscured, a second image is determined based on a sequence of historic images and based on the current position and orientation of the endoscope. Furthermore, a virtual image (310) is generated based on the determined second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus HENDRIKS, Caifeng SHAN, Marco LAI, Robert Johannes Frederik HOMAN, Drazenko BABIC
  • Publication number: 20220240760
    Abstract: A surgical port placement device with integrated vision and illumination is provided. The surgical port placement device comprises: a cannula, a hand piece connected with to cannula, an obturator inserted into the cannula, a camera and an illumination element residing at the distal end of the port placement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Jian Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220240761
    Abstract: An attachment for an imaging device may include a first sheath including a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end; a second sheath positioned around an exterior of the first sheath; and a connector coupled to the first sheath and configured to be coupled to the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy P. HARRAH, Christopher L. OSKIN, Derrick LENZ, Arpita BANERJEE, Pavan MISRA, Abhijit TAKALE, Sandesh GAVADE
  • Publication number: 20220240762
    Abstract: An overtube assembly for use with an elongate medical includes a flexible tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end, the flexible tubular body including a tube split extending longitudinally from the proximal end to the distal end. The flexible tubular body defines each of a primary lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end and accessible through the tube split and a secondary lumen separate from the primary lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Mark E. Rentschler, Allison B. Lyle, Jeffrey P. Castleberry
  • Publication number: 20220240763
    Abstract: An endoscope cap includes: a hood portion attached to a distal end portion of an endoscope; a cap portion connected to a distal end of the hood portion, having an abutting surface against which the endoscope is abutted in a state of the endoscope being inserted into the hood portion, and protruding from the distal end of the hood portion; a channel tube into which an elongated device is inserted; and a coupling member for coupling the device with the hood portion, the member being supported by the hood portion and extending along the hood portion. The hood portion has a pair of support holes into which the member is inserted. The member is pivotable with respect to the hood portion, with the individual support holes serving as fulcrums. The holes are formed at positions closer to a proximal end of the hood portion than the abutting surface is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya HIDAKA, Yuya MATSUOKA, Junji SHIONO
  • Publication number: 20220240764
    Abstract: A colon linearizing device installed in an endoscope to linearize a colon by performing translation and expansion motions in the colon may include a ring-shaped proximal member installed to surround an outer circumferential surface of an insertion tube of an endoscope, a fixed end secured to the insertion tube, a ring-shaped distal member positioned between the proximal member and the fixed end and movably installed along a longitudinal direction of the insertion tube, and an elastic member connected between the fixed end and the distal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, EASYENDO SURGICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Dong Soo KWON, Han Soul KIM, Jae Min YOU, Joon Hwan KIM, Duk Sang KIM
  • Publication number: 20220240765
    Abstract: An endoscope forceps elevator. The bottom end of the endoscope forceps elevator communicates with an instrument channel and is provided with a hinge part that is hinged to a distal end base, and the top end thereof is provided with a positioning bayonet; and a guiding groove is formed between the instrument channel and the positioning bayonet. Before the endoscope forceps elevator being lifted, an instrument to be positioned may be guided into the positioning bayonet by the guiding groove and be laterally spaced and positioned. In the endoscope forceps elevator, the instrument to be positioned may be directly positioned by the positioning bayonet, the instrument to be positioned, such as a catheter or guide wire, may be precisely and effectively positioned during the process of lifting of the forceps elevator and during a surgery. Also disclosed are a corresponding endoscope distal end and duedenoscopy system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: SONOSCAPE MEDICAL CORP.
    Inventors: Feng JING, Keduan XU, Gongan WU, Pan LI, Zican XIANG
  • Publication number: 20220240766
    Abstract: The present invention provides an endoscope kit comprising a working instrument, an endoscope and a Y joint. The working instrument comprises an operation part, a rod portion and a handle, and the operation part and the handle respectively connected to the two ends of the rod portion. The endoscope comprises a cannula, a light source input end and an output. The Y joint comprises a first branch, a second branch and a third branch; the first branch has two interfaces for connecting the working instrument and the injection needle to the endoscope; and the second branch has an injection interface. The light source input end is used to input a light source and transmit the light source to the cannula. Therefore, the endoscope kit of the present application can be used to process biological tissues after the working instrument is installed in the endoscope, and the injection port is used to inject medicines for treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Chin-Piao Chang, Hong-So Kao
  • Publication number: 20220240767
    Abstract: A medical device inspection system includes a console and a flexible imaging scope. The console includes a housing, a video processor, a light source, a visual display on the housing, and an outlet with two ports. The flexible imaging scope is removably connected to the console via the outlet and includes a CMOS image sensor, an optical fiber bundle, and a connector assembly mounted to a proximal end of the imaging scope. The connector assembly includes an electrical image connector and a light source connector, which plug into the two ports of the outlet to connect the flexible imaging scope to the console.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Donald Chandler, Steven Edward Lombardi, Mark Francis Brown, Justin Andrew Hawley, Jerome Steven Stepanek
  • Publication number: 20220240768
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: an imaging unit that is incorporated in a distal tip of an insertion tube and images an observed site through an observation window; a plurality of first LEDs juxtaposed outside the imaging unit; and a plurality of second LEDs juxtaposed outside a region where the first LEDs are juxtaposed. The region where the first LEDs are juxtaposed and a region where the second LEDs are juxtaposed are covered with a light distribution lens, light emission of the first LED is output to an angular range smaller than a viewing angle of the imaging unit through the light distribution lens, and light emission of the second LED is output to an angular range smaller than the viewing angle of the imaging unit through the light distribution lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki WATANABE, Yoshiyuki NIIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220240769
    Abstract: Cannula and scope cleaning apparatus and associated methods of use are provided which allow for the clearing/cleaning of a cannula and cleaning of a viewing scope during a medical procedure, wherein the apparatus can be configured such that the viewing scope need not be removed from within the cannula in order for debris and/or fogging to be removed from a lens portion of the scope. In particular embodiments, the cannula and scope cleaning apparatus can be deformable, having an adjustable lumen therein such that when the apparatus can be disposed within a cannula, viewing scopes having various outside diameter sizes can be slidably introduced and stabilized within a cannula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Ronald Hurst, Dan Garr
  • Publication number: 20220240770
    Abstract: A device for inhibiting condensation distortion on an optical element of a medical instrument configured for insertion into a body cavity is provided. The device may include a housing; a cavity within the housing, the cavity being sized to removably retain at least a portion of the medical instrument therein, wherein the portion includes the optical element; a plasma activation zone within the cavity and arranged such that when the at least a portion of the medical instrument is retained within the cavity, the optical element is located within the plasma activation zone; a plasma generator configured to be activated to cause formation of a plasma cloud in the plasma activation zone in a vicinity of the optical element; and a controller configured to activate the plasma generator for a time period sufficient to cause the optical element to become hydrophilic prior to insertion into the body cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: PLASMATICA LTD.
    Inventors: Adam Sagiv, Amnon Lam
  • Publication number: 20220240771
    Abstract: Visualization during medical procedures is provided using a visualization system comprising: a control device defining an upper surface and a lower surface; a display visible through the upper surface of the control device; a handle coupled to the lower surface and extending away from the lower surface; a knob coupled to the control device, the knob configured to rotate about a rotational axis; an imaging assembly mechanically coupled to the knob and communicatively coupled to the control device, the imaging assembly configured to rotate around the rotational axis based on rotation of the knob; and the control device configured to display an image on the display, the image captured by the imaging assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: TUSKER MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Brian DOMECUS, Mahyar Z. KERMANI, Rohit GIROTRA, Eric GOLDFARB, Andrew LANTZ, Robert Edwin SCHNEIDER, Tyler Bennett BIGHAM
  • Publication number: 20220240772
    Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a digital vision correction system to at least partially address a user's reduced visual acuity. In some embodiments, the system comprises a user mobile device and a distinct electronic display device comprising a light field display and a network interface operable to interface with the user mobile device to access a vision correction parameter therefrom. In a same or other embodiment, a digital display device is provided to render an input image for viewing by a viewer having reduced visual acuity that varies as a function of a current viewing condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Raul Mihali, Jean-François Joly, Andre Michel Daniel MERIZZI, Joseph Ivar ETIGSON
  • Publication number: 20220240773
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating or detecting binocular vision disorders of a patient. The system, via a display, presents a dichoptic presentation with first and second portions of content that are separated on the display. The first and second portions of content are translated horizontally across the display to adjust the vergence demand of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Houston, Gang Luo
  • Publication number: 20220240774
    Abstract: A binocular visual function measurement method includes a visual target presentation step of presenting a right eye image to be viewed by the right eye of a measurement subject and a left eye image to be viewed by the left eye of the measurement subject to the subject in a space where real space information is blocked out; a presentation control step of changing positions where the right and left eye images are presented, relative to each other; a timing detection step of detecting a timing at which the measurement subject is unable to fuse the right and left eye images when the presentation positions are changed; and a parameter value calculation step of calculating a predetermined parameter value regarding a binocular visual function of the measurement subject based on a relationship between the relative positions of the right and left eye images when the timing is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventor: Hua QI
  • Publication number: 20220240775
    Abstract: The measurement system comprises a first display unit configured to represent a scene wherein at least one 2D/3D object has variable characteristics for instilling a visual response in the user, wherein said variable characteristics include at least the virtual position and virtual volume of the 2D/3D object within the scene; an interface configured to enable user interaction; processing means configured to analyze the user response based on the association of data from the interface with varying characteristics of the 2D/3D object represented in the display unit and estimating a plurality of clinical parameters of the user's visual function, and a second display unit also configured to represent a scene wherein the at least one 2D/3D object has variable characteristics for instilling a visual response in the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: E-Health Technical Solutions, S.L.
    Inventors: Eva García Ramos, Juan Carlos Ondategui Parra
  • Publication number: 20220240776
    Abstract: To specify an arrangement and a method for measuring a field of vision of an eye (6) which, while avoiding the disadvantages of the prior art, enable an objective, less complex and more reliable measurement of a field of vision of an eye (6), it is proposed that the arrangement comprises measuring means (1, 3) for measuring an eye movement and in the method, the eye movement is measured in an initial measurement (S1). Furthermore, the use of an implant (2) comprising a transponder coil (1) for introduction into an eye (6) for determining an intraocular pressure for the objective measurement of the boundaries of a field of vision is proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan Meyer, Max Ostermeier