Patents Issued in September 5, 2024
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Publication number: 20240292974Abstract: The present invention is related to a coffee machine comprising a first brewing chamber (9) and a second brewing chamber (10) located in a housing (8), a control panel (15) for selecting the brewing mode (16), one or more brewing buttons (26) (28) (30) (32) (34) located thereon, and a controller (18) having a processor (36), a memory module (40) and a speaker (42) associated with a signal transmission from the first brewing chamber (9) and the second brewing chamber (10); being the controller (18) configured to receive a notification signal by tripping the thermostat switch (24) set to transmit a signal from the first brewing chamber (9), and to wait for 5 minutes and then to play a brewing completed notification sound file (44) stored in a memory module (40) of the controller (18) through a speaker (42); and being the controller (18) also configured to play a brewing completed notification sound file (44) stored in the memory module (40) of the controller through the speaker (42) with a notification signal fType: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventor: Muzaffer KARACA
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Publication number: 20240292975Abstract: The invention relates to a beverage preparation machine (1), comprising a delivery unit (2) for delivering a liquid through the beverage preparation machine (1), a dispensing unit (3) for dispensing the liquid delivered by the delivery unit (2), and a collection unit (8) being fluidly connectable to the dispensing unit (3) to selectively form a liquid path (P) to collect the liquid dispensed by the dispensing unit (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: ALEXANDRE PUGLIESE, ALEXANDRE PERENTES, ANTONIN BENOIT-LIZON, NICOLAS GANSHOF VAN DER MEERSCH
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Publication number: 20240292976Abstract: A cooking vessel includes a base having a flat bottom and a sidewall connected to and surrounding the base, thereby defining an interior space configured for containing food. The base comprises a layered composite material that includes a first layer of the composite material has a positive Poisson's ratio (PPR) and a second layer of the composite material is disposed in contact with the first layer. The cooking vessel includes a material having a negative Poisson's ratio (NPR).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventor: Joon Bu Park
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Publication number: 20240292977Abstract: A method for foodstuff identification can include: detecting a trigger event; sampling a measurement set; optionally determining candidate measurements for subsequent analysis based on the measurement set; optionally determining a set of food parameter values from the measurements; optionally selecting a food parameter value for use; determining a cooking instruction based on the food parameter value; automatically operating the appliance based on the cooking instructions; optionally determining a foodstuff trajectory relative to the cook cavity; optionally training one or more modules; and/or any other suitable elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Robert Cottrell, Jithendra Paruchuri, Nikhil Bhogal, Nishit Kumar, Wiley Wang
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Publication number: 20240292978Abstract: A handheld appliance and a beater attachment therefor. The handheld appliance may include a housing having a cavity with an opening and an electronic component in the cavity. A power cord may be coupled to the electronic component. The handheld appliance may include a cord storage compartment coupled to the housing to close the opening. The cord storage compartment may include a central support portion. The power cord may be configured to be at least partially wrapped around the central support portion. The cord storage compartment may be movable relative to the housing between: (1) a closed position wherein the central support portion is located within the cavity of the housing; and (2) an open position wherein the central support portion protrudes from the housing to allow adjustments to an amount of the power cord that is wrapped around the central support portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Qiaoqiao Xu, Cheng Zhao, Yiyang Zhang, Shelby Scott, Evan Marc Dash, Ethan P. Kudler
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Publication number: 20240292979Abstract: An extrusion assembly for a micro-puree machine uses a plunger coupled to the main driven shaft to push the processed ingredients out of a nozzle coupled to the processing bowl. The plunger includes a seal around its perimeter to ensure maximum contact with the walls of the bowl and thus allow for maximum extrusion yield. The extrude function is integrated into a program on the main user interface with a predetermined translation speed/flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Noah William Weinstock, Pierce James Barnard, Ming Li Shi, Kaiping Hu, Xu Sheng Deng
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Publication number: 20240292980Abstract: A bowl assembly for a micro-puree machine includes a processing bowl that is open on both ends. One end of the bowl is capped with a processing lid and the other end of the bowl is capped with an extrusion lid. The processing lid includes a blade that is engageable with to a driven shaft of the machine for processing the ingredients. The processing lid is also couplable to a nozzle for dispensing the finished product during the extrusion process. The extrusion lid includes a plunger that is also engageable with the driven shaft for extruding the processed ingredients through the nozzle as it moves through the bowl.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Noah William Weinstock, Pierce James Barnard
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Publication number: 20240292981Abstract: A wireless dispenser beacon module for a product dispenser comprises a bottle presence trigger configured to detect one of presence or absence of a product bottle in the product dispenser; an actuation sensor configured to detect actuation of the product dispenser; and a module controller configured to wirelessly transmit dispenser data indicative of the detected one of presence or absence of the product bottle in the product dispenser associated with each detected actuation of the product dispenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Jeffrey Rospierski, David L. Snodgrass, Andrew M. Schultz, Viktor Slobodyan, Cheryl A. Littau, Kenneth T. Dobizl
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Publication number: 20240292982Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing sheet material from one or more rolls of sheet material is provided. The dispenser includes a housing having an interior volume and a module disposed within the housing including a dispensing mechanism. The dispenser includes a transfer assembly having a rear transfer roller and a front transfer roller disposed on a transfer arm. The transfer arm is disposed in one or more walls of the module via a slot. The transfer arm is configured to be placed in an operating position or a loading position. When in the loading position, the transfer arm extends into a second portion of the slot to provide greater clearance between the front transfer roller and the drive roller to facilitate loading of the sheet material. A transfer assembly is also disclosed having a rear transfer roller disposed in a slot disposed in a second portion of the transfer arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Richard P. Lewis, Klemen Erzen
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Publication number: 20240292983Abstract: Various embodiments set forth an apparatus comprising a base assembly configured to be positioned around a base of a toilet, a movable portion mechanically coupled to the base assembly, and a set of lifting components that lift the movable portion away from a portion of the base assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Scott Howard CALZARETTA, Gary David MALLET, Michael Szary HARMELL
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Publication number: 20240292984Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaner and a base station. A driving unit is utilized to drive a feeder to move to a pick-up position, and then to a working position from the pick-up position, so that tangles on a roller brush are pulled down. When the tangles are pulled down, a cutter cuts the tangles such that the roller brush is effectively cleared. Therefore, a cutting mode of the cleaner is to pull the tangles first and then cut the tangles, which can ensure the tangles that adhere to the roller brush in clusters to leave the roller brush in time after the tangles are cut off such that the tangles can be effectively cleared away.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Shengqiang MEN, Mengmeng LIU, Hongfeng Zhong, Shisong Zhang
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Publication number: 20240292985Abstract: A cleaning apparatus is provided, including at least one noise source, and an air guidance device having at least one flow deflection element, wherein the at least one flow deflection element has a first duct arm with a first opening and a second duct arm with a second opening, and wherein the second duct arm is oriented transversely to the first duct arm, wherein a ratio of a first width of the first opening to a second width of the second opening is greater than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Dominik SCHOLL, Florian EBERT
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Publication number: 20240292986Abstract: Disclosed are a dust box, an automatic cleaning apparatus and a dust collection pile. The dust box includes: a dust box body including a bottom wall and sidewalls disposed around edges of the bottom wall, the sidewalls extend from the bottom wall away from the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the sidewalls define an accommodation space, the sidewall is defined with a first through hole, and the first through hole is a pathway for garbage to enter or move out of the accommodation space, a check valve assembly is disposed on the sidewall of the dust box, and the check valve assembly is biased in a closed state, and in response to an external acting force applied to the check valve assembly being greater than a threshold, the check valve assembly is switched from the closed state to an open state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: BEIJING ROBOROCK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongliang XU, Guang YU, Chuanlin DUAN, Dahong GONG, Yongfei ZHOU
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Publication number: 20240292987Abstract: An adapter is connected to a hose cuff on a vacuum hose for connection with two different inlet valves of a central vacuum system. The hose cuff may connect with a primary inlet valve and when the adapter is connected to the hose cuff, the adapter enables the vacuum hose to be coupled with a secondary inlet valve that is different from the primary inlet valve. There is a conductive material on the adapter that completes an electrical circuit by contacting two metal conductors or pins in the secondary inlet valve to activate the central vacuum system when the adapter completes the circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: H-P Products, Inc.Inventors: Darrell V. Nieschwitz, Greg A. Calderone, Shawn C. Metz
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Publication number: 20240292988Abstract: A cleaning apparatus is provided, including at least one noise source and an air guidance device having at least one flow deflection element, wherein the at least one flow deflection element has a first duct arm and a second duct arm, wherein the second duct arm is oriented transversely to the first duct arm, and wherein the first duct arm and the second duct arm have a common edge at an external corner region, characterized in that arranged in an interior of the at least one flow deflection element is a built-in wall which covers the edge in the interior, in that the built-in wall faces a through-flow region in the interior, and in that the built-in wall takes a form such that it guides flow and is sound-permeable.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Dominik SCHOLL, Florian EBERT
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Publication number: 20240292989Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a dirt sensor determining a value of an amount of dirt currently being sucked up, a floor sensor indicating a degree of hardness of the surface currently being vacuumed, a display module, and a control module having at least one automatic mode outputting the dirt value on the display module for a degree of hardness below a soft floor limit value, and otherwise determining a reduction value as the dirt value weighted using a weighting value less than one and outputting it on the display module. In a method for operating the vacuum cleaner, the dirt sensor determines the dirt value, the floor sensor determines the degree of hardness, and the control module in the automatic mode outputs the dirt value for a degree of hardness below the soft floor limit value and otherwise outputs the determined reduction value on the display module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Maximilian Fremerey, Simon Richter, Andreas Seufert
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Publication number: 20240292990Abstract: A tidying robot system is disclosed that includes a robot capable of moving aside or picking up and redepositing objects that obstruct areas the robot intends to vacuum. The robot includes a chassis, a robot vacuum system with a vacuum generating assembly and a dirt collector, a scoop, pusher pad arms with pusher pads, a robot charge connector, mobility system, a battery, a processor, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, allow operation and control of the robot. The tidying robot system also includes a base station with a base station charge connector configured to couple with the robot charge connector. The tidying robot system also includes a robotic control system in at least one of the robot and a cloud server. The tidying robot system also includes logic to implement the operations and methods disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: Clutterbot, Inc.Inventor: Justin David Hamilton
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Publication number: 20240292991Abstract: A method for detecting floor stains is disclosed. The method includes capturing images of a floor surface using one or more image capturing devices mounted on exterior top sides of the floor cleaning device body aimed in a forward drive direction. The images correspond to wide-angle view images. The method includes generating undistorted virtual top view image of the floor surface. The undistorted virtual top view image corresponds to a surround view image of the floor surface. The method includes detecting floor stain from undistorted virtual top view image using a first pre-trained machine learning model. The method includes processing floor stain to extract floor stain attribute. The floor stain attribute comprises at least one of: dimensions, type of floor stain, a distance of floor stain from image capturing devices, and a location of floor stain. The method includes cleaning floor stain based on the processing of the floor stain.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: MANJU S HATHWAR, J FRENSIC PREM KUMAR, ARNAB GHOSH, UJWALA SANKH, SAHANA N, KIRAN METI
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Publication number: 20240292992Abstract: A docking station for a vacuum cleaner may include a receptacle configured to engage at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner such that, in response to engaging the receptacle, a vacuum cleaner flow path extending within the vacuum cleaner is transitioned from a cleaning flow path to an evacuation flow path, a suction motor of the vacuum cleaner being configured to urge air along the vacuum cleaner flow path and a docking station dust cup configured to receive debris from a vacuum cleaner dust cup of the vacuum cleaner.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Daniel J. INNES, Andre D. BROWN, Jason B. THORNE, Kai XU, Sam LIU
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Publication number: 20240292993Abstract: A cleaning path acquisition method includes: generating a cleaning path of a cleaning device on the basis of a path of the cleaning device, a state mode of the cleaning device, and the amount of water consumed by the cleaning device, wherein the state modes of the cleaning device comprise one or more of a sweeping state mode, a mopping state mode, a sweeping and mopping state mode, and a sweeping and mopping idle state mode; and the cleaning path comprises one or more of a sweeping path, a mopping path, a sweeping and mopping path, and a sweeping and mopping idle path corresponding to the state modes of the cleaning device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Yiming CONG, Fujian XIAO, Jianbin SUN
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Publication number: 20240292994Abstract: A system and method to replan coverage paths for a robot operating in an environment with initially unknown static obstacles. Existing coverage approaches reduce coverage time by covering along the minimum number of coverage lines (straight-line paths). However, recomputing such paths online can be computationally expensive resulting in robot stoppages that increase coverage time. An alternative is greedy detour replanning, i.e., replanning with minimum deviation from the initial path, which is efficient to compute but may result in unnecessary detours. In this work, an anytime coverage replanning approach named OARP-Replan is proposed that performs near-optimal replans to an interrupted coverage path within a given time budget. This is accomplished by solving linear relaxations of mixed-integer linear programs (MILPs) to identify sections of the interrupted path that can be optimally replanned within the time budget.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Megnath RAMESH, Francis Christopher IMESON, Stephen SMITH, Baris FIDAN
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Publication number: 20240292995Abstract: An extraction cleaner may include a base, an upright body pivotally coupled to the base, a supply tank removably coupled to the upright body and a recovery tank removably coupled to the upright body. The base may include a non-removable door and a removable suction nozzle. At least one fluid dispensing nozzle may be provided on the door. The door may be pivotally coupled to the base for providing access to an agitator. The cleaner may include and auto-spray configuration. The cleaner may include a support on the upright portion for the recovery tank. The cleaner may include an additive tank received in a receptacle of the supply tank. The recovery tank may include a float and/or an airflow management configuration. The cleaner may include a cleaning tool and a suction changeover valve and/or a fluid changeover valve. The cleaner may include a mixing valve for supplying fluid to a fluid changeover valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Adam UDY, Lee COTTRELL, Chi Ho HUI, Jian cheng WANG, Fariha AHMED, Jennifer ANDREWS, Devan SCHAPPLER, Dejian HE, Kevin O'MALLEY, Ognjen VRDOLJAK, Peter CAHALY, Scott NIEDZWECKI, Bartholomew DE BANZIE LAMPARD, Qiang LIU, Yinhui LI, Daniel INNES, Jordan RIDGLEY, Bin YAO, Linqiang FENG, Yongsheng LAI, Mingchun ZHU, Mingliang QIN, Xavier CULLERE, Zach SHONFELD, Ryan SHIMIZU, Jeremy MCDANIEL, Richard Marc DAHLGREN
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Publication number: 20240292996Abstract: A water exchange base station including a main body, a sewage exchange port, a clear water exchange port, a first sewage connecting port, a first clear water connecting port arranged on the main body, and an inlet valve; when the clear water port of the intelligent cleaning machine is docked with the clear water exchange port and in the state of supplying clear water, the clear water exchange port supplies the clear water to the intelligent cleaning machine; when the sewage port of the intelligent cleaning machine is docked with the sewage exchange port and in the state of sewage discharging, the sewage inside the intelligent cleaning machine is drawn out from the sewage exchange port and discharged from the first sewage connecting port to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Zhichen LI, Yang PAN, Wei HOU, Jiahui WANG, Zhuo CHEN, Jiangang LI, Lan HU
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Publication number: 20240292997Abstract: A nozzle for a cleaner includes a nozzle housing including a suction flow path through which air including dust flows and at least a portion of which extends in a front and rear direction. First and second rotation cleaning units are arranged on the lower side of the nozzle housing to be spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction. Each of the first and second rotation cleaning units includes a rotation plate adapted for attachment of a mop. A first driving device including a first driving motor drives the first rotation cleaning unit and a second driving device including a second driving motor drives the second rotation cleaning unit. A water tank mounted on the nozzle stores water to be supplied to the mop.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Ingyu YANG, Hyeri Kwon, Sungjun Kim, Youngsoo Kim, Jinho Kim, Kyoungho Ryou, Jungwan Ryu, Jinhyouk Shin
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Publication number: 20240292998Abstract: An air curtain device for a dishwasher and a dishwasher including the same. The air curtain device includes an air curtain assembly and a fan. The air curtain assembly has an air inlet and an air outlet. An air path is formed in the air curtain assembly for guiding air flow or wind from the air inlet to the air outlet. The fan is configured to supply the wind into the air curtain assembly through the air inlet. The air curtain assembly includes a first shell and a second shell. A chamber is formed on the first shell and/or on the second shell. The air curtain assembly has an installation portion for installing the fan. The fan is detachably installed in the air curtain assembly via a bracket. The air curtain device is installed in the space between an upper wall of the inner container and an upper wall of a housing of the dishwasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicants: QINDAO HAIER DISHWASHER CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Tao LI, Lin YANG, Huacheng SONG, Hongkui JIA, Weitong LIU
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Publication number: 20240292999Abstract: A door opener for a domestic appliance (60) comprises: a motor (12), a pusher member (16) having a rack portion (22) and being displaceable between a retracted and an extended position, and a gear train (32, 34, 36, 38) connected between the output (26) of the motor (12) and the rack portion (22) of the pusher member (16), which causes displacement of the pusher member in response to operation of the motor. The gear train comprises an overload clutch (38) which comprises a first gear (42) and a second gear (50) mounted coaxially with, and rotatable with respect to, the first gear. The second gear (50) comprises a plurality of resiliently deformable fingers (56), one end (58) of each finger being releasably engageable with a complementarily-shaped portion (e.g. a recess 46) of the first gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventor: Nicola SARTORI
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Publication number: 20240293000Abstract: A processor device of an endoscope system functions as a pseudodistance data generation unit, an actual measurement distance data acquisition unit, and a distance data correction unit. The pseudodistance data generation unit generates pseudodistance data obtained by estimating a distance to a subject for a plurality of locations within an imaging range. The actual measurement distance data acquisition unit acquires actual measurement distance data obtained by measuring the distance to the subject for at least one location within the imaging range. The distance data correction unit corrects the pseudodistance data using the actual measurement distance data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Katsuyuki HIGA
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Publication number: 20240293001Abstract: A telemedicine system can include a telemedicine management system configured to be wirelessly coupled to a portable medical device. The portable medical device can include at least one camera operably coupled to a main body. The portable medical device can be configured to transmit video data from the at least one camera to the telemedicine management system. The telemedicine management system can be configured to share the video data through a videoconference.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: GLOBALMEDIA GROUP, LLCInventors: MICHAEL D. HARRIS, JOEL E. BARTHELEMY
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Publication number: 20240293002Abstract: A modular endoscope system comprises an exoskeleton, a camera unit couplable to the exoskeleton, a therapeutic unit couplable to the exoskeleton, a steering unit couplable to the exoskeleton, and a control unit couplable to the exoskeleton. A method for building a modular endoscope comprises determining camera and therapeutic capabilities of the endoscope, selecting an exoskeleton for the endoscope, attaching a camera unit and therapeutic unit, if such capabilities are determined, to the selected exoskeleton to satisfy the determined capabilities, and attaching a control unit to the exoskeleton to control any camera unit and therapeutic unit attached to the exoskeleton. A method of processing modular endoscope components for performing a surgical procedure comprises identifying a patient to receive a treatment, selecting components of the endoscope to perform the treatment, treating the patient with the endoscope, and deconstructing the components of the endoscope into reusable and disposable components.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Peter J. Crowley, Kurt G. Shelton, Thomas J. Holman
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Publication number: 20240293003Abstract: A device for distending a body lumen for enhanced visualization with a capsule endoscope includes a plurality of struts configured to extend from the capsule endoscope, a retention mechanism configured to attach the plurality of struts to the capsule endoscope, and a trigger configured to release the retention mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Alexander Q. TILSON, Garrett J. GOMES, Stephen J. MORRIS, Eugene F. DUVAL, Adam S. WIGGINTON
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Publication number: 20240293004Abstract: An endoscope that can improve the cleanliness of a peripheral portion of an elevator is provided. The endoscope includes an insertion part that is provided with a treatment tool insertion channel, a distal end portion main body, an elevator housing portion that is provided in the distal end portion main body and is open in a first direction, a treatment tool outlet that is open to an inside of the elevator housing portion and communicates with the treatment tool insertion channel, an elevator that is disposed inside the elevator housing portion, an ultrasonic transducer that has a plurality of ultrasonic vibrators, and a signal cable that is connected to the plurality of ultrasonic transducers. The elevator housing portion and a cable insertion hole through which the signal cable is inserted are disposed in different regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yasuhiko MORIMOTO, Tsuneo FUKUZAWA
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Publication number: 20240293005Abstract: A distal end portion for use with an endoscope includes: an imager configured to capture an image of a predetermined three-dimensional area; and a raising base configured to be rotatable in a predetermined rotational range, the raising base configured to abut against a treatment tool to adjust a direction in which the treatment tool protrudes. The imager is arranged such that a portion of the raising base is in the predetermined three-dimensional area when the raising base is positioned anywhere within the predetermined rotation range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventor: Takahiro SUWA
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Publication number: 20240293006Abstract: A distal end portion for use with an endoscope includes: a distal end body having an insertion hole, the insertion hole configured to accept a treatment tool inserted therethrough; a shaft rotatably disposed relative to the distal end body; and a raising base configured to rotate with the shaft, and be movable between a raised state where the raising base has been raised relative to a longitudinal direction of the distal end body and a laid state where the raising base has been laid relative to the longitudinal direction, and the raising base comprising; a shaft hole having an interior configured to be engaged with an exterior of the shaft; and a treatment tool guiding surface configured to abut against the treatment tool to adjust a direction in which the treatment tool protrudes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventor: Takahiro SUWA
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Publication number: 20240293007Abstract: Disclosed are an endoscope knob brake device, an endoscope handle, and an endoscope. The endoscope knob brake device includes a fixed frame, brake members and a brake knob. The fixed frame includes an operating cavity configured for a knob mechanism to pass through. At least two sliding grooves are arranged at intervals around the operating cavity. The brake members are slidably installed in the sliding grooves in a one-to-one correspondence. The brake knob is sleeved over the fixed frame. At least two pushing portions are disposed at intervals on an inner wall of the brake knob. When the brake knob is rotated to a preset angle, the pushing portions push, in a one-to-one correspondence, the brake members to move toward the operating cavity to hold the knob mechanism tightly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Feng YI, Jing LI, Xiaofeng TAN
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Publication number: 20240293008Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are provided for coupling an accessory device, such as a disposable coupler, to an endoscopic instrument, such as an endoscope. A loading device includes a main body or base element with a proximal portion configured to receive the endoscope and a distal portion configured to receive the accessory device. The main body or base element allows an operator to stabilize the delivery area of the endoscope in a predictable, consistent manner. The loading device may further include one or more fixation elements to stabilize the distal end of the endoscope, preventing it from flexing and articulating during delivery of the accessory device onto the endoscope. A system may further include a delivery device or insertion tool for advancing the accessory device into the channel of the loading device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: GI SCIENTIFIC, LLCInventor: Scott Miller
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Publication number: 20240293009Abstract: A tether guide that includes a plate with a peripheral edge surface defining a slit that un-interruptingly extends from a peripheral portion of the plate to its central portion thereof, and a post affixed to a first side surface of the plate to protrude from its transversely . The post includes a channel extending throughout the post along an axis to fluidly connect the first and second ends of the post. The slit merges with and ends at a bottom of the channel such that an axis of the slit is substantially transverse to the axis of the post. The method of using the tether guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Romit Banerjee, Veysi Malkoc
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Publication number: 20240293010Abstract: An overtube includes an overtube body and a tubular gripping part that is connected to a proximal end side of the overtube body and that has an insertion port which communicates with an insertion pipe line. In cross-sectional view that is viewed from a direction orthogonal to a central axis direction of the gripping part of the overtube, at least a part of an outer peripheral surface of the gripping part has a shape formed by standardization.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kyohei MORI, Makoto AIHARA, Nori MIYAGISHIMA
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Publication number: 20240293011Abstract: An optical unit includes: a fixed portion; a movable portion arranged movably inside the fixed portion; a first slider arranged between the fixed portion and the movable portion, the first slider being configured to slide with a movement of the movable portion; a second slider arranged between the fixed portion and the movable portion, and at a position different from a position of the first slider, the second slider being configured to slide with the movement of the movable portion; a driver that includes a coil and a magnet; and a biasing part that is arranged outside the movable portion, the biasing part being configured to cause the magnet to generate a biasing force to push the movable portion toward the fixed portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventor: Junya HARADA
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Publication number: 20240293012Abstract: A medical scope device may have a first steerable device extending to a distal end of the medical scope device. The medical scope device may also include a second steerable device extending to the distal end of the medical scope device. The device may also include a first steering actuator. A selector switch may be mechanically coupled to the first steering actuator, where the first steering actuator controls a movement of a distal end of the first steerable device when the selector switch is in a first position, and where the first steering actuator controls a movement of a distal end of the second steerable device when the selector switch is in a second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventors: Christopher A. CARRUTHERS, John C. Sigmon, JR., Shaun D. Gittard, Jonathan K. Lupton, Michael Brecht, Liam Breen
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Publication number: 20240293013Abstract: An endoscopic bending section and an endoscope. The endoscopic bending section comprises a wire winding portion, the wire winding portion being provided with a mounting cavity, and a first traction wire hole, a second traction wire hole, a third traction wire hole and a fourth traction wire hole which are arranged around the mounting cavity at intervals, wherein the mounting cavity, the first traction wire hole, the second traction wire hole, the third traction wire hole and the fourth traction wire hole all extend in an axial direction of the wire winding portion; and the wire winding portion is provided with at least three wire-passage holes arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the wire winding portion, the wire-passage holes separately being in communication with the mounting cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Feng YI, Jing LI, Xiaofeng TAN
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Publication number: 20240293014Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope (4) inserted into a working sleeve (2). A first fluid channel (20) is open to the distal end and is formed in the inside of the endoscope. An outer cross section of the endoscope and the inner cross section of the working sleeve are matched to one another. With the endoscope inserted into the working sleeve, in a first section (14) of its outer periphery, it bears on the inner periphery of the working sleeve. A second section (16) of its outer periphery is distanced to the inner periphery of the working sleeve. A free space (18) extends over an axial length (X) of the working sleeve and forms a second fluid channel which is open to the distal end and is formed between the inner periphery of the working sleeve and the second section of the outer periphery of the endoscope.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Frederick POTHOF, Dirk GĂ–THEL, Sebastian FREY
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Publication number: 20240293015Abstract: A scope system includes a processor and a scope device. The scope device includes a handle configured to remain outside of the body and an elongated shaft extending from the handle to a distal tip and including a working channel extending therethrough. The working channel is open at the distal tip of the shaft. The shaft is inserted through a bodily lumen to a target surgical site. The shaft includes at least one sensor transmitting to the processor sensor data relating to the target surgical site.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Peter J. PEREIRA, Eric WONG, William STANHOPE, Timothy Paul HARRAH, Thomas Michael ZAPPIA, JR., Kimberly DEGRAAF, Adam Perry NODIFF
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Publication number: 20240293016Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus that processes a fluorescence image signal. The image processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire a fluorescence image obtained by therapeutic light that causes a drug to react; set a fluorescence intensity signal in which an occurrence frequency of a fluorescence intensity of the fluorescence image is equal to or higher than a threshold to a tone adjustment range of an image; and allocate tones according to the set tone adjustment range to generate a tone-expanded image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuaki WAKANA
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Publication number: 20240293017Abstract: An endoscope includes an imaging device that includes a lens barrel and an imaging unit, a distal end part body that has an insertion hole into which the lens barrel is inserted, and an extending part that is provided by being extended from a proximal end surface of the distal end part body, in which the imaging device includes, in a state in which the lens barrel is inserted into the insertion hole, an exposed part that is exposed from the proximal end surface of the distal end part body, and the extending part is disposed at a position facing at least the exposed part of the imaging device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Motoki NOKO, Takuro ASAOKA
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Publication number: 20240293018Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for cleaning an endoscope during a procedure, are disclosed. One method comprises utilizing a trocar comprising a main body defining a cavity for receiving an endoscope, a wash orifice disposed in the main body and configured allow a flow of wash solution into the cavity, and a gas orifice disposed between the distal end of the main body and the wash orifice, the gas orifice configured allow a flow of gas into the cavity, the method comprising: washing the endoscope; drying the endoscope; and managing residual fluids on the endoscope or in the cavity, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: Bayou Surgical, Inc.Inventors: Rajitha ALURU, William COHN, Jorge SALAZAR, Scott SLOSS, Abdul UMARU
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Publication number: 20240293019Abstract: An oral examination camera system that allows a user to conduct an oral examination by depressing an individual's tongue while simultaneously recording the examination. A disposable tongue depressor inserted into a tongue depressor apparatus while the tongue depressor apparatus is coupled to a portable medical device. The portable medical device being configured to transmit video data from at least one camera to the telemedicine management system. The telemedicine management system can be configured to share the video data through a videoconference.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: GLOBALMEDIA GROUP, LLCInventors: Michael D. Harris, Jeremy Troutman
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Publication number: 20240293020Abstract: A modular access medical system configured to enable a surgeon to conduct a medical procedure in fluid contained within a defined space is disclosed. As such, the system increases visibility to an operating surgeon by eliminating smoke and other vapors formed during use of a medical instrument at the surgical site. The modular access medical system may be formed from a distal end of a cannula configured to be placed into contact with tissue such that fluid can be administered within the cannula and retained therein to facilitate a surgical procedure to be conducted via one or more instruments extending through fluid contained within the cannula.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: ARTHREX, INC.Inventors: Peter Dreyfuss, Zachary A. Kemp, Tim E. Adamson, Michael Gallizzi, Wade K. Jensen, G. Joshua Karnes, Shane J. Noble
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Publication number: 20240293021Abstract: The invention provides methods of diagnosing neuropathic corneal pain by the detection of neuromas, such as micro-neuromas, on the cornea. The invention also features systems for detecting the presence of anatomical features located on an ocular tissue surface that may be a marker for neuropathic corneal pain. The systems feature an in vivo confocal microscope and a computer programmed with a neural network to automate the analysis of the microscope images. The invention provides methods of using the system to identify a micro-neuroma in images collected of an ocular surface and methods of diagnosing neuropathic corneal pain and monitoring treatment of neuropathic corneal pain using a system of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Pedram HAMRAH, Neslihan Dilruba Koseoglu, Andrew L. Beam
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Publication number: 20240293022Abstract: A vision testing system that allows a user to execute a set of virtual reality (VR) vision testing applications with stereoscopic and shimmering effect is disclosed. The system includes a communication device, a VR gaming unit, a wireless input remote controller and a stereoscopic VR viewing device. The controller enables the user to provide VR input signals to a VR gaming application installed in the communication device. The VR viewing device splits a display screen of the communication device into a left image portion and a right image portion and directs the image data displayed at the left image portion and at the right image portion to the left eye and to the right eye of the user respectively. The stereoscopic VR viewing device to view a set of VR games with stereoscopic and shimmering effect in perception induced by a binocular rivalry feature of the eyes of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Maureen Kennedy Powers, Neil Kaapuni, Yoshitomo Moriwaki
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Publication number: 20240293023Abstract: An OCT signal processing method of a processor performing processing on a detection signal obtained by separating light emitted from a light source into measurement light and reference light, guiding the measurement light to an eye to be examined using an object optical system, guiding the reference light to a reference optical system, followed by photo-detecting interference light resulting from measurement light reflected from the eye to be examined interfering with the reference light. The OCT signal processing method includes a step of generating an OCT signal by performing Fourier transformation on the detection signal, a step of detecting a peak portion in the OCT signal, and a step of generating a first corrected OCT signal by removing the peak portion from the OCT signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventor: Yongbo LI