Abstract: Provided is an implantable biosensor including an intermediate layer; a first electrode layer provided on one surface of the intermediate layer and including a first electrode configured to react with a bio material and an auxiliary electrode electrically connected to the first electrode; and a second electrode layer provided on another surface of the intermediate layer to face the first electrode layer and including a second electrode operating as a reference electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of determining the body temperature or a temperature correlated therewith of a patient connected to an extracorporeal blood circuit, wherein the extracorporeal blood circuit has a heat exchanger which is flowed through by blood at one side and by a heat carrier medium at the other side, wherein the temperature (Tdi) of the heat carrier medium at the inlet side is measured at the inlet of the heat exchanger and the temperature (Tdo) of the heat carrier medium at the outlet side is measured at the outlet of the heat exchanger and the volume flow of the heat carrier medium (Qd) is measured; and in that the temperature (Tbi) of the blood at the inlet side is determined at the inlet of the heat exchanger in accordance with the relationship Tbi=Tdi (Qd/D) (Tdo?Tdi), where the value D is a value characteristic of the heat transfer by the heat exchanger.

Abstract: Systems, computing platforms, and methods for sampling and analyzing common mode noise on electrocardiogram signals to help to minimize the interference to the electrocardiogram signals are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain electrocardiogram signals from one or more sensors configured to be attached to a patient and communicatively connected to a patient monitor; receive the electrocardiogram signals from one or more sensors by the patient monitor; display the electrocardiogram signals on one or more displays of the patient monitor; sample and analyze a direct current range and an alternating current spectrum to identify common mode interference levels within the obtained electrocardiogram signals; display the direct current range and the alternating current spectrum via the one or more displays of the patient monitor; and update the display of the direct current range and the alternating current spectrum in real time to identify sources of common mode interference.

Abstract: Information representing a physique of a subject is extracted from an image obtained by imaging the subject. A group in which the subject is classified is specified, using the extracted information representing the physique of the subject. Image data representing a medical image obtained by imaging the subject is input to a learned model corresponding to a specified group among learned models obtained for each group by machine learning using learning data for each group. Information representing an area extracted from the medical image is acquired, which is output from the learned model with the input.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for the prevention of bodily injuries through active monitoring of bodily postures, supporting a body while in or restricting a body from entering predetermined postures which heighten the body's susceptibility to injury, and alerting one or more entities (e.g., an apparatus user) of a body's susceptibility to injury is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method may include one or more operations including monitoring one or more bodily postures and/or bodily movements, storing data associated with bodily postures and/or bodily movements, determining a risk of injury associated with bodily postures and/or bodily movements, and alerting one or more entities when a risk of injury associated with bodily postures and/or bodily movements reaches a predetermined level.

Abstract: A risk estimation apparatus includes a data acquisition unit that acquires measured data of foot pressures of the left foot and the right foot obtained by sensors that are provided in shoes and measure the foot pressures, a stance phase identification unit that identifies a starting timing and an ending timing of a stance phase of each of the left foot and the right foot from the measured data of the foot pressures, and a risk estimation unit that estimates a risk of abnormality of a lower limb on the basis of asymmetry between the foot pressures of the left foot and the right foot during the stance phase.

Abstract: A device for generating alerts for Hypo and Hyperglycemia Prevention from Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) determines a dynamic risk based on both information of glucose level and a trend obtainable from a CGM signals. The device includes a display whose color depends on the DR (for example, red for high DR, green for low risk). When DR exceeds a certain threshold, alerts are generated to suggest the patient to pay attention to the current glucose reading and to its trend, both of which are shown on the display in numbers and symbols (e.g. an arrow with different slope or color).

Abstract: An example of a system for monitoring and treating respiratory distress in a patient may include one or more non-invasive monitoring devices to acquire patient condition signals and a respiratory distress monitoring circuit to monitor a state of the respiratory distress using the patient condition signals. The respiratory distress monitoring circuit may include a signal processing circuit to generate patient condition parameters using the patient condition signals and a respiratory distress analyzer, which may include a parameter analysis circuit and a notification circuit. The parameter analysis circuit may be configured to produce a patient condition metric being a function of the patient condition parameters and to perform prediction and/or detection of an exacerbation of the respiratory distress based on the patient condition metric. The notification circuit may be configured to produce an alert notifying a result of the performance of the prediction and/or detection.

Abstract: The apparatus has a control unit, a connection unit and a vibration unit. The connection unit has a control-element-side region, an edge region and a flexible region, wherein the control-element-side region is flexibly mounted relative to the edge region by the flexible region. The control unit has a contact region, wherein the contact region is fixed relative to the control-element-side region. The control unit is configured to generate a contact signal based on contact with the contact region. The vibration unit is configured to induce a vibration of the contact region relative to the edge region during contact with the contact region.

Abstract: A system for assessing and monitoring the hemodynamic condition of a patient includes a signal processor and optionally a premise processing system. Additionally, the system can include a biosignal detection device, memory, a display, and any other suitable component. A method for assessing and monitoring the hemodynamic condition of a patient includes: receiving input data; determining a set of windows based on the input data; preprocessing each of the set of windows; processing each of the set of windows; determining a set of features for each of the set of windows; determining a hemodynamic condition for each window based on the set of features; and presenting the hemodynamic condition to a user.

Abstract: Embodiments herein describe tools and instruments for holding, transferring, delivering, deploying an implantable device and methods and means of aseptically storing and shipping the implantable device including but not limited to a device case for protecting, housing and filling the device, a surgical sizer for preparing the implantable site, a deployer for transferring the implantable device from the device case and delivering or deploying the implantable device at the prepared implantable site.

Abstract: A method of method of manufacturing a surgical waste collection manifold with a volume collected datum and a rover type to ensure compatibility with a surgical waste collection rover is provided. The surgical waste collection rover including a vacuum pump and a receiver defining an opening. The method includes obtaining a second manifold. The second manifold having a second housing defining a surface, the housing defining a second manifold volume and a second outlet opening in fluid communication with the second manifold volume. The method may further include coupling a second circuit to the surface of the second manifold, the second circuit comprising a second memory device including a third memory bank and a fourth memory bank, the third memory bank including a fifth memory field and the fourth memory bank including a sixth memory field.

Abstract: To provide a packaged medical device in which a medical device in a container is stably fixed and which can be easily opened. Specifically, provided is a packaged medical device comprising a container having an opening portion and a flange portion formed to extend outward in a peripheral portion of the opening portion, a medical device housed inside the container, and a lid member having a gas impermeable film and peelably heat-sealed to the flange portion, in which the inside of the container is set to a negative pressure to the atmospheric pressure so that the medical device is pressed by the lid member and the peel strength to the flange portion of the lid member is 2 to 50 N/in.

Abstract: A sterile holder for sterile surgical implants. The implant holder is an ergonomically shaped body of deformable material having an implant-receiving cavity similar in size and shape to the implant. To remove the implant from the holder, the surgeon mates a sterile tool to the implant and gently pries the implant out of the holder by deforming the body. Preferably the tool used to pry the implant out of the body is an insertion tool mated to the implant which is also used to insert the implant in a patient. In this way the surgeon retrieves the implant from its container without touching the container and directly inserts the implant in the patient without risking contamination: sterility is maintained for both the surgeon and the implant. In a preferred embodiment, the implant holder is configured to hold two pedicle screws and their set-screws.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored an image processing program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes extracting a plurality of consecutive pixels corresponding to a first part or a second part of a body, from a pixel column in a predetermined direction of an image of the body, obtaining a statistical value of pixel values of the plurality of consecutive pixels, and identifying a part corresponding to the plurality of consecutive pixels, among the first part or the second part, based on the statistical value.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, devices and methods for providing visual guidance for navigating inside a patient's chest. An exemplary method includes presenting a three-dimensional (3D) model of a luminal network, generating, by an electromagnetic (EM) field generator, an EM field about the patient's chest, detecting a location of an EM sensor within the EM field, determining a position of a tool within the patient's chest based on the detected location of the EM sensor, displaying an indication of the position of the tool on the 3D model, receiving cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) image data of the patient's chest, detecting the location of the tool within the patient's chest based on the CBCT image data, and updating the indication of the position of the tool on the 3D model based on the detected location.

Abstract: An imaging system is disclosed. The imaging system is operable to acquire and/or generate image data at positions relative to a subject. The imaging system includes a drive system configured to move the imaging system.

Abstract: Various systems are provided for an X-ray system. In one example, an X-ray system comprises an X-ray source positioned opposite to and facing a first side of a table and an X-ray detector positioned directly opposite to and facing a second side of the table, wherein the second side is opposite the first side, wherein the X-ray source is a dual-energy X-ray source configured to scan in a raster pattern. In one example, an object is positioned on the first side of the table.

Abstract: Apparatus for x-ray CT scanning of an object includes an x-ray generator 1 mounted on a first support 3 on an outer ring 4 and an x-ray detector 2 mounted on a second support 10 on an inner ring 11, and a drive mechanism arranged to rotate the outer and inner rings 4, 11. The outer and inner rings have a first common axis of rotation and the diameter of the outer ring 4 is greater than the diameter of the inner ring 11 The drive mechanism includes a gearing arrangement connecting the outer and inner rings 4,11. The gearing arrangement comprises first and second toothed rotary gears 14,16.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for capturing a single image with multiple exposures is provided. An imaging device may be provided comprising a source configured to emit a wave for a time period and a detector configured to receive a signal indicative of the wave. A wave may be emitted for a time period and a signal may be received indicative of the emitted wave. A first image dataset may be saved with a first timestamp referencing a first time within the time period. A second image dataset may be saved with a second timestamp referencing a second time within the time period. The second time may occur after the first time.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to reconstructing an image.

Abstract: An image interpretation support apparatus includes an acquisition unit, an acceptance unit, and a specifying unit. The acquisition unit acquires a two-dimensional standard image having information on a breast, and a plurality of tomographic images in a plurality of tomographic planes of the breast which are obtained by tomosynthesis imaging of the breast. The acceptance unit accepts a selection instruction of a location on the two-dimensional standard image. In a case where the selection instruction is accepted in the acceptance unit, the specifying unit specifies a corresponding tomographic plane corresponding to a selected location which is the location of which the selection instruction is accepted in the acceptance unit, from among the plurality of tomographic planes on the basis of the plurality of tomographic images.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a synchronization device and method for identifying a specific moment in a patient's respiratory cycle to aid medical interventions. The device includes a locating apparatus, a patient reference with radio-opaque markers, a detectable locating element, an X-ray detector, and a control unit for data recording and processing. The invention aims to improve the accuracy and efficiency of medical procedures by synchronizing them with the patient's respiratory cycle.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is for calculating an examination parameter for a computed tomography examination of an area of interest of a patient. The method includes receiving a topogram of the area of interest of the patient; determining fat distribution information by applying a trained machine learning algorithm onto the topogram; and calculating the examination parameter for the computed tomography examination of the area of interest of the patient based on the fat distribution information.

Abstract: Tracked mobile x-ray imaging equipment is used to produce single or stereo long calibrated views of the anatomy of a patient on the operating table. The system estimates the position and orientation of the anatomical planes, virtually places measurement grids over these reference planes, and transforms any radiographic views taking by the x-ray imaging system onto these calibrated planes. The system may apply information about the depth of the anatomy to remove parallax artifacts. This system enables displaying and evaluation of the entire radiographic length of the anatomical planes using a mobile x-ray equipment. It also provides a platform for overlaying the real time x-ray images taken during operation with radiographic images of the patient or schematic of the surgical plan developed before the surgery for quick evaluation of a surgical plan.

Abstract: Shear wave elasticity imaging methods and ultrasound imaging devices are provided. The method may include: generating a shear wave in a target area of an object being examined; transmitting a first ultrasonic wave to the target area and receiving first echo data; determining an elasticity parameter of the target area according to the first echo data; obtaining a motion parameter of the target area; and displaying the elasticity parameter and the motion parameter.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a head-mounted display that is mounted on a head of a user and has a camera unit configured to acquire a view image obtained by imaging a field of view in front of the user, and a puncture needle length calculation unit (46) that, in a case where at least a part of the puncture needle is imaged by the camera unit, recognizes the puncture needle by performing image analysis on the view image, and calculates a length of the puncture needle in the view image.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe designed to produce an ultrasound image including one or more blood vessels below a skin surface of a patient, and a console with a display. The console is operably coupled to the ultrasound probe. The console includes a memory including instructions capable of causing a processor to determine a depth of the user selected blood vessel and a selection of medical devices based on a user selection including one or both of a minimum dwell length and an angle of insertion. The processor can be configured to determine these parameters prior to insertion of a user selected medical device into a user selected blood vessel from the one or more blood vessels below the skin surface of the patient. The display depicts the ultrasound image, the user selected blood vessel, and the user selected medical device.

Abstract: An ultrasonic image diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasonic image acquisitor that acquires an ultrasonic image generated on the basis of a reception signal obtained by an ultrasonic probe that transmits and receives ultrasonic waves to and from a subject; an identification result acquisitor that acquires, by inputting the ultrasonic image acquired to any of a plurality of identifiers that identifies an identification target object captured in an input ultrasonic image, an identification result output from the identifier; and a hardware processor that changes the identifier to which the ultrasonic image acquired is input.

Abstract: Provided are an acoustic matching sheet containing the following component (B) in the following component (A), a composition for an acoustic matching layer, an acoustic wave probe, an acoustic wave measurement apparatus, and a method for manufacturing an acoustic wave probe. (A) is at least one of a resin or a rubber; and (B) is at least one of a resin particle or a rubber particle having an acoustic velocity lower than an acoustic velocity of the component (A) and having a number average particle diameter of 1.0 ?m or less.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for conducting heat from an ultrasound transducer and reducing drop impact forces are disclosed. A thermal management system including a thermally conductive compliant component in an ultrasound probe is disclosed. The thermal management system may include thermally conductive compliant component coupled to a transducer assembly. A printed circuit assembly (PCA) may be coupled to the compliant component. The thermally compliant component may conduct heat from the transducer assembly to the PCA. The PCA may be further coupled to a cable that may conduct heat from the PCA and away from the ultrasound probe.

Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes a transducer; a pulser; an amplifier; a wireless transmitter; temperature detectors at two or more locations from among a location of the pulser, a location of the amplifier, and a location of the wireless transmitter; and a processor comparing temperatures detected by the temperature detectors with first temperature thresholds set for the temperature detectors, and, when one or more temperature detectors detect temperatures that exceed corresponding first temperature thresholds, selecting any one of low power consumption operating modes based on which temperature detectors are the one or more temperature detectors detecting the temperatures that exceed corresponding first temperature thresholds, and switching an operating mode of each of one or more from among the pulser, the amplifier, and the wireless transmitter from a normal operating mode to the selected low power consumption operating mode.

Abstract: A distributed patient monitoring system comprises at least one standalone portable ultrasound imaging unit configured to be fixed to a stable position against the skin on a patient's body and capable of prolonged ultrasound data acquisition, including an ultrasound imaging array, transmit-receive circuitry, a beamformer, backend signal and image processing subsystem, power and communication subsystems, and a monitoring workstation connected to each standalone portable ultrasound imaging unit configured to request and receive ultrasound imaging information from each standalone portable ultrasound imaging unit, and configured to analyze and display acquired ultrasound information.

Abstract: Systems and assemblies for use during image-guided medical procedures use surgical support systems with a plurality of elongate legs that have independently adjustable lengths and end portions that adjacently attach to a bracket to provide different lockable orientations accommodating both supine and occipital access for neurological procedures.

Abstract: Needles are deployed in tissue under direct ultrasonic or other imaging. To aid in deploying the needle, a visual needle guide is projected on to the image prior to needle deployment. Once the needle guide is properly aligned, the needle can be deployed. After needle deployment, a safety boundary and treatment region are projected on to the screen. After confirming that the safety boundary and treatment regions are sufficient, the patient can be treated using the needle.

Abstract: Systems and methods for camera control within surgical robotic systems are provided. One system includes a computing device, multiple robot assemblies, and a surgeon console. Each robot assembly among the multiple robot assemblies includes a robotic arm. A robotic arm of a first robot assembly is coupled to an image capture device. Robotic arms of at least a subset of robot assemblies, different from the first robot assembly, are coupled to surgical instruments. The surgeon console includes multiple handles, each communicatively coupled to a robot assembly coupled to a surgical instrument. The surgeon console is configured to transmit to the computing device one or more packets that include data related to a movement of at least one handle. The computing device configured to calculate a new position of the image capture device and transmit instructions to the first robot assembly to move the image capture device to the new position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for cleaning, decontaminating, and/or sterilizing an instrument during the intraoperative phase of a surgical procedure. In exemplary embodiments, the apparatus comprises: a container having an aperture, a bottom portion, and at least one sidewall defining an instrument bath configured to hold a cleaning agent; a vibration means and radiation means coupled to the container; and a power supply. It is contemplated that at least one of the sidewalls of the container comprises a longitudinal channel disposed within the sidewall for housing the radiation means. It is further contemplated that the cleaning agent can comprise an aqueous solution of chlorohexidine, that the radiation means is configured to emit ultraviolet radiation in a range of at least 100 nanometers to 400 nanometers, and that the vibration means is configured to emit ultrasonic radiation in a range of at least 20 kilohertz to 120 kilohertz.

Abstract: A thrombectomy device cleaning apparatus for cleaning a thrombectomy device while maintaining the integrity of removed blood clots includes a box with a box left side and a box right side each having a receiving channel adjacent an open box top side. A mesh screen is coupled to a plurality of hinges. The mesh screen has a screen channel extending from a screen left edge to a screen right edge with a profile conforming to a receiving channel of each of the box left side and the box right side. The channel receives a thrombectomy device. A lid moves between a closed position covering the mesh screen in the use position and an open position exposing the mesh screen. A pair of brush rollers is coupled to the lid and positioned to rest within the screen channel of the mesh screen. The pair of brush receives the thrombectomy device therebetween.

Abstract: A root canal treatment instrument 100 continues drive of a cutting tool 5 in forward rotation drive until reaching 180 degrees, and when a load applied to the cutting tool 5 is equal to or greater than a reference load, drive of the cutting tool 5 is switched to reverse rotation drive until reaching 90 degrees. In the root canal treatment instrument 100, when a cumulative amount of rotation is equal to or greater than a reference amount of rotation, change to a drive pattern is made, forward rotation drive is continued until reaching 90 degrees, and when a load applied to the cutting tool 5 is equal to or greater than the reference load, drive of the cutting tool 5 is switched to reverse rotation drive until reaching 180 degrees.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system of devices and a method for preparing a tooth to receive a restoration. The system includes a dental instrument for removal of portions of a tooth in the mouth of a patent and an overlay for guiding the dental instrument during the step of tooth removal. The overlay is designed for temporary installation into the mouth of the patient to guide the dental instrument to remove tooth material. The overlay has one or more sets of guide walls, with a predetermined configuration capable of contacting one or more guide projections of the dental instrument, and a receptacle capable of receiving and attaching to the dental instrument.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses can include generating computer 3D models of an object, by registering two or more scans of physical models of an object. The scans may be 3D scans registered by a curve-based registration process. A method can include generating a 3D model of a portion of a patient's oral anatomy that can be used in dental restoration design. Scanning workflows can include scanning physical models of an object to obtain a 3D model. A scanner can scan physical models of a patient's dentition to obtain scans used to generate a 3D model of a patient's dentition.

Abstract: Method for evaluating a dental situation of a patient. The method having the following successive steps: 1) generating an initial model of at least one dental arch of the patient, preferably by means of a scanner; 2) splitting the initial model in order to define a tooth model for at least some of the teeth represented on the initial model and thereby to obtain a split model; 3) determining an initial support curve of the tooth models in the split model; 4) fixing each tooth model virtually on the initial support curve, preferably by computer; 5) modifying the split model by deformation of the initial support curve according to a deformed support curve, so as to obtain a first deformed model, in which the tooth models are aligned according to the deformed support curve; 6) presenting the first deformed model.

Abstract: A method of producing a dental object (100), including the steps of producing a pillared support structure (101) on the dental object (100); and producing a lattice structure (103) for reinforcing the support structure (101).

Abstract: A dental bridge system (10) is provided, comprising a superstructure (14) having a teeth-mimicking portion at a distal end thereof, and at least one receiving cavity formed on a proximal side thereof, at least one support arrangement (12) configured for being fixedly secured, at a proximal side thereof, to an alveolar ridge of an individual, and being formed so as to be received, at a distal side thereof, within one of the receiving cavities to facilitate carrying of the superstructure (14), and a buffering arrangement (16) disposed between the superstructure (14) and the support arrangement (12), the buffer arrangement (16) being configured to damp shock impulses between the support arrangement (12) and the superstructure (14).

Abstract: A custom tool for forming a dental restoration in a mouth of a patient includes a first mold body providing for a customized fit with at least one tooth of the patient. The first mold body includes a portion corresponding with at least a first surface of the tooth and an interproximal portion corresponding with an interproximal surface of the tooth, the interproximal portion being of unitary construction. The first mold body is configured to combine with the tooth of the patient to form a mold cavity encompassing a first portion of missing tooth structure of the tooth.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to improved multi-suction dental devices, assemblies, systems and methods and of using the same. The multi-suction dental devices can be configured to suction both liquids and aerosols during dental procedures. Each multi-suction dental device can comprise at least one low-volume evacuation (LVE) suction pathway and at least one high-volume evacuation (HVE) suction pathway.

Abstract: An apparatus for grasping an object includes a base having a cylindrical wall, a circular plate attached to the base, and a screw configured to move a second section with respect to a first section of a circular plate. The circular plate includes the first section having a first face and the second section moveable with respect to the first section and having a second face opposite the first face. The first face and the second face each have at least one recess aligned to create at least one opening for grasping the object when the first face and the second face are brought into proximity with each other. Also disclosed is a method for grasping an object using the disclosed apparatus.

Abstract: Methods of representing user edits or modifications of a treatment plan for a dental apparatus (e.g., one or a series of aligners) by managing an original clinical data set and a set of modifications of the clinical data set. Also described herein are methods of displaying, condensing, storing and reconstructing collision regions between two or more teeth.

Abstract: A custom tool for bonding orthodontic appliances in a mouth of a patient, the custom tool comprising: a facial body for a patient-specific, customized fit with the facial side of a plurality of teeth of the patient, a lingual body for a patient-specific, customized fit with the lingual side of the plurality of the teeth of the patient, wherein the lingual body. wherein the facial body and lingual body are configured to combine with the teeth of the patient to position orthodontic appliances on the plurality of teeth.

Abstract: A device for the replacement of missing bone and inadequate bone level, the device comprising: one or more implant blocks, shaped to fill in gaps in a jaw bone, the one or more implant blocks comprised of one or more layers characterized by a honeycomb-like structure, and one or more apertures separated by one or more raised crests; one or more screws; one or more tooth implants, the tooth implants shaped to fit in the one or more apertures of the one or more implant blocks, and having one or more internal holes in their base; one or more tooth abutments, the one or more tooth abutments including one or more members on a side complementary to the shape of the one or more internal holes of the one or more tooth implants, and a support structure; and one or more crowns, the one or more crowns shaped to fit over the support structure of the one or more tooth abutments.