Anatomy, Physiology, Therapeutic Treatment, Or Surgery Relating To Human Being Patents (Class 434/262)
  • Publication number: 20120172722
    Abstract: A system includes an ultrasound transducer and a processing device coupled to the transducer and configured to generate to a display device a graphical user interface. The processing device is further configured to generate to a first region of the user interface an ultrasound image of a patient region of interest, generate to the first region at least one overlay image configured to indicate a specific feature associated with the region of interest, generate to a second region of the user interface a first set of selectable soft keys, the second region being exclusive of the first region, and in response to user selection of a first-set soft key, generate to a third region of the user interface a corresponding functional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Timothy Mark Chinowsky, Joshua Mikhael Kornfeld, Jeffrey William Ladwig, Austin Rand Porter
  • Publication number: 20120171651
    Abstract: A therapeutic sensory device and method of using the device for the aid in the rehabilitation of an individual's sense of touch including a first planar sheet having a plurality of spaced sensory pads, disposed thereon; a plurality of elements, each having a sensory pad corresponding to one of the spaced sensory pads, each of said plurality of elements being adapted to be placed on the corresponding sensory pad disposed on the first planar sheet; and a structure to removably secure the plurality of elements atop the corresponding sensory pad disposed on the first planar sheet. The plurality of elements are selectively placed atop the corresponding sensory pad disposed on the first planar sheet. Then, one or more of the plurality of elements are removably secured atop the corresponding sensory pad disposed on the first planar sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: Todd Renzelman
  • Publication number: 20120171652
    Abstract: A pressure ulcer simulator for training medical practitioners includes a simulator model comprising one or more layers of simulated tissue. A plurality of pressure sensors are in communication with the one or more layers of simulated tissue and are configured to generate a pressure value sensed from one or more locations of the one or more layers of simulated tissue. A sensor system is in communication with the plurality of pressure sensors and is configured to receive the pressure values from one or more locations of the one or more layers of simulated tissue and to generate a risk value of developing a pressure ulcer for the one or more locations of the one or more layers of simulated tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Jessica L. Sparks, Phillip Albert Sanger, Teresa Conner-Kerr
  • Patent number: 8209052
    Abstract: The mechanical differential actuator according to the present invention comprises a mechanical differential having three mechanicals ports. A first transducer with a low impedance is coupled to a first port, a second transducer with a high impedance is coupled to a second port, and the mechanical load is coupled to the third port. The mechanical differential actuator enables controlling a force and a speed at a load coupled thereto through a known relation between the force and the speed. Moreover, the mechanical differential actuator presents a compact structure enabling the transfer of a large force relative to its volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Societe de Commercialisation de Produits de la Recherche Appliquee-Socpra-Sciences et Genie, S.E.C.
    Inventors: Michel Lauria, Marc-Antoine Legault, Patrick Giguére, Frédéric Gagnon, François Michaud, Marc-André Lavoie
  • Patent number: 8206157
    Abstract: A secondary instrument (11) insertable into a channel (12) in a main instrument (1) in a medical simulator. The secondary instrument comprises an outer sleeve (15) and a handle (17) movable within the outer sleeve. The instrument has a first configuration representing a first real instrument in which the handle is movable with respect to the outer sleeve for a first length of travel and a second configuration representing a second instrument in which the handle is movable with respect to the outer sleeve for a second length of travel which is less than the first length of travel. The instrument is therefore able to physically represent more than one real instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Keymed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) Limited
    Inventor: Daniel Wallaker
  • Publication number: 20120156665
    Abstract: A medical procedure training system and method for using is provided. The system includes a sensing system structured to detect the position and motion of a medical device inserted into a simulated body, a processor structured to generate images of the medical device and relevant anatomical structures based on the detected position and motion of the medical device, and a display system structured to display the images in a correct registration on the outer surface of the simulated body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventor: Joseph T. Samosky
  • Publication number: 20120156664
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for evaluating a level of knowledge of a healthcare individual by providing a computer; software executing on the computer for prompting a healthcare individual to answer a first question from a first plurality of questions related to diagnosis or treatment of a health related ailment; software executing on the computer for automatically determining a degree of correctness of an answer to the first question by comparing the answer to a reference; software for automatically selecting a second question from a second plurality of questions based upon the degree of correctness; software for automatically generating a score based upon the degree of correctness; and, based upon a cumulation of scores, software for automatically determining whether or not the healthcare individual is permitted to progress to a next level for diagnosis or treatment based upon the score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Peter HURWITZ, John Lapolla
  • Publication number: 20120141964
    Abstract: A health care management method and device which display information on a health state of a patient related to first bio-information and second bio-information of the patient, display information that requests the patient to obtain a second measurement of the first bio-information or the second bio-information based on a schedule, and display a bio-information measurement view to assist the patient in obtaining the second measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Hwa LEE
  • Publication number: 20120141963
    Abstract: A device and method for providing medical information to patients admitted in health care facilities such as hospitals, comprising a container with medical information relating to a medical condition provided on a display panel thereof, wherein the container can be used to store and transport a patient's personal items, wherein the container and medical information thereon is provided to the patient upon admission to the health care facility, the patient is educated regarding the information during the course of the patient's stay, and the patient is encouraged to take the container upon discharge from the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventor: Harpreet Singh
  • Publication number: 20120141965
    Abstract: To provide a compact surgical training device for enabling skills of techniques to be improved efficiently and effectively before acquiring clinical experiences in surgeries with high degrees of difficulty, particularly, vascular anastomosis, the surgical training device 10 to perform simulations and practices of vascular anastomosis is provided with a first holder 110 that holds a first pseudo blood vessel BV1, a second holder 120 that holds a second pseudo blood vessel BV2 to be anastomosed to the first pseudo blood vessel BV1, and a support mount 100 that supports the first and second holders 110, 120 so as to cause the entire surgical training device 10 to stand, while enabling the first and second pseudo blood vessels BV1, BV2 to be placed in respective arbitrary positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicants: ACP JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8192203
    Abstract: Apparatus for processes of checking anesthesia and ventilation devices, in the form of a test lung, comprising a lung sac (5), elastically deformable lobes (6, 7), an inlet nozzle (1) and adjustment means (8, 9, 10) for adjusting the simulation parameters. The test lung is in the form of a compact unit and permits the simulation of different lung types by adjustment of the lung parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: imtmedical ag
    Inventor: Harri Friberg
  • Publication number: 20120136330
    Abstract: A pant design supports a method for applying a pre-fastened refastenable absorbent article to a subject without removing the subject's clothing. The method includes opening the transverse sides of the article, and threading the article between the legs such that the article is positioned between the feet and the knees. The method also includes forming a wear configuration by pulling the front and back side panels of the each transverse side around each leg such that a front side panel meets a back side panel, and fastening the front side panel to the back side panel of each transverse side. The method also includes drawing the article up into a wear position on the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Schlinz, Kathy Geralyn Richardson, Julie Ann Paveletzke, Heidi Kay Wudi
  • Patent number: 8190080
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and skills assessment tool for managing a testing session in a clinical skills testing center comprising a plurality of assessment stations. The method according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes configuring the plurality of assessment stations by associating each of the stations with a case type prior to the beginning of the testing session, receiving electronic identification of a student at one of a plurality of assessment stations prior to the student commencing an encounter at the one assessment station during the testing session, and, in response to receiving the student's identification, automatically assigning the student to the one assessment station for the encounter, where the encounter corresponds with the case type associated with the one assessment station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Atellis, Inc.
    Inventor: Lucas K. Huang
  • Publication number: 20120130199
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of reducing chronic inflammatory pain in a human subject with androgen deficiency symptoms comprising transdermally administering a pain-reducing amount of a composition comprising a bioactive androgen to the subject on a daily basis. The invention relates to a method of increasing the pain threshold of a human subject having symptoms of androgen deficiency comprising transdermally administering a composition comprising a pain threshold-increasing amount of a bioactive androgen to the subject with androgen deficiency symptoms on a daily basis. The invention may be used to treat males and females in order to alleviate chronic inflammatory pain or to raise the subject's pain threshold. The invention also relates to increasing the levels of endogenous opioid peptides in a human subject by administering an androgen composition to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: White Mountain Pharma, Inc.
    Inventor: Hillary D. White
  • Publication number: 20120129139
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for interactive guided personalized/personalizable patient disease management system. The system offers ongoing personalized education in response to user inputs which may include a patient's electronic health record, diagnostic codes, billing codes, and/or medical history, the ability to monitor a patient's progress throughout their treatment plan which is initially provided by the system and a patient support community for boosting patient treatment plan compliance through ongoing monitoring and personal coaching. The systems and methods provide personalized relevant diagnostic, prognostic, prevention and/or treatment information output which are curated to manage the patient's needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Sanitas, Inc.
    Inventor: Naser Partovi
  • Patent number: 8182271
    Abstract: A system and method for certifying a trainee to use a device is disclosed. The system and method include a testing computer configured to create an answer log containing at least one answer given by the trainee to at least one question of a certification test and a centralized grading server in communication with the testing computer, the centralized grading server configured to receive the answer log from the testing computer, evaluate the answer log to determine if the trainee has passed the certification test, and provide a license file providing a license file if the trainee passes the certification test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Katharina Socher
  • Patent number: 8179418
    Abstract: A robotic system that can be used to treat a patient. The robotic system includes a mobile robot that has a camera. The mobile robot is controlled by a remote station that has a monitor. A physician can use the remote station to move the mobile robot into view of a patient. An image of the patient is transmitted from the robot camera to the remote station monitor. A medical personnel at the robot site can enter patient information into the system through a user interface. The patient information can be stored in a server. The physician can access the information from the remote station. The remote station may provide graphical user interfaces that display the patient information and provide both a medical tool and a patient management plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Intouch Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy C. Wright, Fuji Lai, Marco Pinter, Yulun Wang
  • Publication number: 20120115118
    Abstract: A suture training device includes a lower surface to be positioned on a support and a periphery having a three dimensional surface geometry including a plurality of visible indicia thereon for visually identifying locations into which a suturing needle is to be inserted. Preferably the plurality of visible indicia includes a group of indicia surrounding a peripheral opening extending through said periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: M. Blair Marshall
  • Publication number: 20120115117
    Abstract: A suture training device includes a three-dimensional frame defining an interior area. The interior area is accessible through the frame and one or more artificial vessels are secured within the interior area. The artificial vessels have separated edges to be sutured together and the opposed ends of the artificial vessels are secured to the frame in different regions that are out of axial alignment. When more than one artificial vessel is employed in the training device, they are disposed at different angles relative to each other within the frame. In a preferred arrangement the training aid is retained within an interior compartment of a housing that has a passage through a wall thereof to permit access to the training device from a location outside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: M. Blair Marshall
  • Patent number: 8172576
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for performing a simulation of patient treatment using at least one executable clinical guideline. The method includes the steps of: providing for getting a selected start point associated with a step of a guideline, wherein the start point is selectable regardless of the actual treatment provided to the patient and condition of the patient; providing for accessing a guideline associated with the start point; and providing for performing a simulation. The simulation includes the steps of providing for processing the start point; providing for accessing the guideline having the step associated with the start point; and providing for executing at least the associated guideline including beginning execution at the start point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Yasser Alsafadi
  • Publication number: 20120107783
    Abstract: An automatic injection device for providing a subcutaneous injection is disclosed. The device includes a syringe movably disposed in a housing and including a barrel portion, a needle and a bung for sealing the barrel portion. The device includes a plunger for moving the syringe towards a first open end of the housing such that the needle projects from the first end, and for subsequently applying pressure to the bung. The plunger includes a rod connected at a first end to the bung, a compressible expanded central portion, and a flange between a second end of the rod and the central portion. The device also includes a biasing mechanism for biasing the plunger towards the first open end of the housing, the biasing mechanism disposed about the second end of the rod between the flange and a second end of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Joseph F. Julian, Steven Rolfe, Stephen Bicknell, Jeremy Marshall
  • Publication number: 20120107784
    Abstract: A method of obtaining assistance during a surgical procedure includes the steps of requesting assistance with a single action and establishing a line of communication between an individual in an operating room and an individual at a remote location in response to the step of requesting assistance. The method includes the steps of communicating a question to the individual at the remote location and receiving an answer to the question from the individual at the remote location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventor: Alexander Jorg Seifert
  • Publication number: 20120100515
    Abstract: An apparatus and machine for more realistically simulating fluoroscopy is disclosed. The apparatus includes a light source, cameras, an artificial lumen, and an access port. The artificial lumen can be comprised of an anterior side and a posterior side. The anterior side of the artificial lumen is opaque to the light source such that light reflects off the anterior side of the artificial lumen to a camera to provide a real-time extra-luminal view of an artificial lumen. The posterior side of the artificial lumen is transparent to the light source such that light passes through it, reflects off the opaque anterior side of the artificial lumen, back through the transparent posterior side of the artificial lumen to a camera to provide a real-time intra-luminal view of an artificial lumen. The cameras can be in electronic communication with video monitors to display the real-time extra-luminal and intra-luminal views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Eric S. Hungness, Taylor J. Reif, Richard A. Rink, Byron F. Santos, Nathaniel J. Soper
  • Patent number: 8162668
    Abstract: A medical training simulator includes contact-less sensors and corresponding detection objects, configured to enable sensor data collected during a training exercise to be used to evaluate the performance of the training exercise. The simulator includes a simulated anatomical structure, at least one contact-less sensor, and at least one detection object. During a training exercise, a spatial relationship between the contact-less sensor and the detection object produces data for evaluating performance of the training exercise. Either the contact-less sensor or the detection object is embedded in the simulated physiological structure, while the other is included in either a support for the simulated physiological structure, or as part of a tool used during the training exercise. Many types of contact-less sensors can be employed, including capacitance sensors, impedance sensors, inductive sensors, and magnetic sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Simulab Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher C. Toly
  • Patent number: 8157568
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic ball model having a set of ocular parts of a human anatomy comprises of molded components of a ductile resin such as soft silicone, polyurethane resin, fluorine resin, synthetic rubber, natural rubber or a combination of these resins; said parts are transparent or are colored and are patterned; said parts are in a solid form or a sheet form which can be attachable or removable; and such a structure is adopted as a model as to be transformed by pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Inventor: Tsutomu Hara
  • Patent number: 8157567
    Abstract: An endoscope simulation apparatus aims to offer improved simulation, a simpler structure and can be fabricated at lower costs. The endoscope simulation apparatus comprises a bracing rack, a spheroid and a controlling bar. The spheroid is held in the bracing rack and turnable freely. The controlling bar is slidable relative to the spheroid in a passage running through the center of the spheroid to control rotation of the spheroid. The bracing rack has an inner side spaced from the spheroid to hold at least two direction sensors. The controlling bar has a depth sensor. The controlling bar is a simulated endoscope and also is insertable and retractable. The invention can be turned at a greater angle and provide improved simulation through the turnable spheroid. Through the direction sensors and depth sensor that are linked to a computer, the turning angle and insertion depth of the simulated endoscope can be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Inventor: Weijian Chen
  • Publication number: 20120082969
    Abstract: Apparatus, including: a mockup probe, having a distal end and a proximal end adapted to be held by a human operator. The apparatus further includes a mockup patient, simulating an actual patient, the mockup patient having an aperture allowing penetration of the distal end of the mockup probe into the mockup patient. The apparatus includes a force generator, coupled to the mockup probe so as to apply a force to the proximal end that can be felt by the human operator, and a system controller. The controller is configured to: track a location of the distal end during the penetration thereof into the mockup patient, access an indication of a value of contractility of a region of an organ of the actual patient corresponding to the location, and activate the force generator so that the force applied to the proximal end corresponds to the indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Yitzhack Schwartz, Natan Katz
  • Publication number: 20120082970
    Abstract: A portable surgical training device is provided. The trainer includes a top cover spaced apart from a base to form a simulated body cavity for locating model organs that are substantially obscured from the field of view of the user. The top cover includes a video display, fixed insertion ports and interchangeable inserts containing simulated tissue layers. The training device has open sides for demonstrating and training lateral surgical techniques including a simulated or live tissue colon attached to a support leg for simulating transanal minimally invasive surgery. A training endoscope with an adjustable focal length for use with the trainer and, in particular, with optical trocars is disclosed. The surgical trainer can be angled and is well suited for training laparoscopic surgery techniques and demonstrating surgical instruments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: BOUN PRAVONG, KENNII PRAVONGVIENGKHAM, LEE COHEN, CHARLES C. HART, VIVEK SIKRI, ZORAN FALKENSTEIN, RICK CONKLIN, EDUARDO BOLANOS, ADAM HOKE, JACOB J. FILEK, MICHAEL PALERMO
  • Publication number: 20120077167
    Abstract: The present invention is a multi-unit medical education module that includes at least two units per module. Each unit includes at least two separate videos, with one video being topical to the unit and having a length of under twenty minutes, and with the other video being a live-action interview between a health care provider and a patient (or actors representing same). The student interacts with each unit via computer and progresses to each successive unit only upon successful completion of a post-test for each unit or by individualized intervention by the supervising educator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventor: Yvonne Weideman
  • Publication number: 20120077166
    Abstract: A portable brushing station for encouraging good brushing habits in children includes a cabinet assembly having a countertop and a concave sink with a portable water supply and removable drainage unit. Additionally, the portable brushing station can include a removable sink and drain combination which can be easily cleaned after each use. Additionally, the portable brushing station can include an instructional and entertainment unit for interactively teaching children proper brushing habits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventor: Dwayne Cyr
  • Publication number: 20120077168
    Abstract: A system is provided for communicating to health care workers the turning, positioning and schedule requirements of dependent patients with pressure ulcers, or at risk for the development of pressure ulcers. The system includes a display indicating a clock face divided into sections each with a respective window location for displaying graphics of a display element illustrating a required lying position for the patient. Each of the display elements comprises a disk mounted on the substrate for rotation about a center axis thereof at right angles to the substrate with the graphics arranged thereon at angularly spaced positions around the axis so as to rotate a selected one of the graphics to the window to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Robin Diduch, Matthew Peter Braun
  • Publication number: 20120070811
    Abstract: Certain examples provide systems and methods for radiologist performance review. A method includes receiving a series of images for review by a user at an exam reader, the series of images including both actual patient images for review and test images for evaluation of user performance. The method also includes capturing a user report including analysis of at least a portion of the series of images including at least one actual patient image and at least one test image. The method further includes evaluating performance of the user based on a comparison of the user's analysis of the at least one test image to a predetermined analysis of the at least one test image. Additionally, the method includes generating at least one metric regarding user performance based on the comparison to be output with respect to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen Anthony Fox, Jason Danielson, Luke Iver Sandberg
  • Publication number: 20120064496
    Abstract: The present invention is an emergency cardiac arrhythmia identifying device and system which can be implemented in a non-electronic visual media or in an electronic format capable of communicating ECG and EKG data observed by medical personnel over a local area network. A healthcare professional may visually identify an arrhythmia, record the occurrence of the arrhythmia in a specific patient file, communicate information to other healthcare professionals and view treatment protocols in a matter of seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventor: Gary Krause
  • Publication number: 20120058457
    Abstract: The present invention teaches a medical procedure training system based on a PC platform that provides multimodal education within a virtual environment. The system integrates digital video, three-dimensional modeling, and force-feedback devices for the purpose of training medical professionals medical procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventor: Eric A. Savitsky
  • Patent number: 8128411
    Abstract: Apparatus for checking anaesthesia and ventilation devices, in the form of a test lung, comprising a lung sac, elastically deformable lobes, an inlet nozzle and adjustment means for adjusting the simulation parameters, the test lung being in the form of a compact unit and permitting the simulation of different lung types by adjustment of the lung parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: imtmedical AG
    Inventor: Harri Friberg
  • Publication number: 20120052469
    Abstract: A method of receiving input from a user, comprising measuring a nasal air parameter and generating an instruction for one or both of a device and controller based on said measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Yeda Research And Development Co. Ltd. at the Weizmann Institute of Sience
    Inventors: Noam Sobel, Aharon Weissbrod, Lee Sela, Anton Plotkin
  • Publication number: 20120040321
    Abstract: Certain examples provide systems/apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for blood collection/processing instrument operator training and troubleshooting. Certain examples provide a system for platelet resuspension training. The system includes an interactive training application, provided via a mobile device, to train a user to resuspend platelets in a liquid medium prior to its storage and/or transfusion to a patient. The training application is to instruct the user regarding an appropriate motion and vigor for resuspension of platelets in a blood container associated with a blood processing instrument. The system includes a sensor to detect the user's motion of the mobile device. The system includes a processor to compare the user's motion of the mobile device to the appropriate motion and vigor for resuspension of platelets in a blood container and provide feedback to the user regarding the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: William H. Cork, Daryl Richard Calhoun
  • Publication number: 20120040320
    Abstract: An injection simulation device and methods thereof is provided. The device includes an elongated handle having a first end and a second end, wherein the elongated handle has a sidewall with an interior surface defining an interior space, wherein the interior space is completely empty. An end portion is integral with the sidewall and positioned at the first end of the elongated handle, the end portion enclosing the first end of the elongated handle. A first attachment structure is integral with the second end of the elongated handle. A hollow needle is connected to a hub having an end point, wherein the end point has a second attachment structure engagable with the first attachment structure to connect the hub to the second end of the elongated handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: Daniel A. Nadeau
  • Publication number: 20120040318
    Abstract: A medico-legal template process, created by the Medical—Nursing community, that audio-visually demonstrates actual injury and trauma of a patient physically, functionally, mentally, emotionally and psychologically, and it's impact on altering that patient's pre-morbid/baseline activities of daily living, and relationships, both short and long term. The audio-visual record is a patient focused, neutral, medical and nursing assessment and analysis application for the discovery, mediation and litigation components of personal injury and medical malpractice law, and other applicable fields of study. This material is unique and original in that it applies the Nursing Process to the Clinical Forensic Video, it is created by the Medical-Nursing community for the Legal community, and it creates a neutral position within Plaintiff and Defense litigation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: Michelle Lisa Shafer
  • Publication number: 20120040319
    Abstract: Systems and methods for medication compliance are provided. The method includes registering at least one medication, instructing a user to select the at least one medication, verifying a selected medication, and instructing a user with dosage information associated with the selected medication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Brackett, Michael Harkavy
  • Patent number: 8113844
    Abstract: A system and system are provided for providing synchronous multimedia recording and playback. Aspects the exemplary embodiment include in response to a training session is being conducted, synchronously recording in real-time simulator data from a simulator captured by a simulator capture tool, and video of the training session captured by a plurality of A/V sources; encoding each of the videos captured by the plurality of A/V sources as respective digital media files formatted as streaming media; and transmitting both the simulator data and the video media files from a server to a client over a network, such that when the client receives the simulator data and the stream, the respective videos are synchronously played back with the simulator data on the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Atellis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lucas K. Huang, Chafic A. Kazoun
  • Patent number: 8113846
    Abstract: A dummy instrument for use in a simulator, the instrument comprising a control body (101) with user manipulatable angulation control (105), an insertion tube (102) and an umbilical (103) extending from the control body. In a real instrument corresponding to the one being simulated, at least one angulation cable would extend from the user manipulatable controls to the tip of the insertion tube such that movement of the angulation control changes the angulation of the tip. In the dummy medical instrument the angulation cable extends from the user manipulatable angulation control, and down the umbilical. The umbilical is releasably attached to a main unit (105). A motor (20,21) within the instrument at the distal end of the umbilical to applies a variable force to the cable. A position detector (30,31) within the instrument detects the angular position of the angulation control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Keymed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Mark Wallaker, Jeremy Roger Mills
  • Patent number: 8116910
    Abstract: A remote controlled robot system that includes a robot and a remote controlled station. The robot includes a camera and a printer coupled to a mobile platform. The remote control station may display one or more graphical user interfaces with data fields. The graphical user interfaces allow a user to enter information into the data fields. The information is then transmitted to the robot and printed by the robot printer. The information may include a medical prescription and the name of the patient. Providing a robot printer allows the user to directly provide a medical prescription while remotely observing and interacting with the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Intouch Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Walters, Marco Pinter, Jonathan Southard, Charles S. Jordan
  • Publication number: 20120031785
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for increasing lean muscle mass and/or reducing fat gain in growing animals by feeding the animals a composition having a total lysine to metabolizable energy ratio of from about 2.5 to about 6 g/Mcal and comprising (a) arginine in a total arginine to total lysine ratio of from about 1.1 to about 1.6; (b) isoleucine in a total isoleucine to total lysine ratio of from about 0.8 to about 1.3; (c) leucine in a total leucine to total lysine ratio of from about 1.8 to about 3.0; (d) valine in a total valine to total lysine ratio of from about 0.8 to about 1.4; and (e) methionine and cystine in a total methionine plus cystine to total lysine ratio of from about 0.8 to about 1.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Yamka, Kim Gene Friesen, Steven Curtis Zicker
  • Publication number: 20120021394
    Abstract: A computer assisted method for treating pain in a subject comprising measuring activity of one or more internal voxels of a brain of said subject associated with pain; communicating instructions to said subject which modulate activity of said voxel; and training said subject to control said internal voxel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventor: Richard Christopher deCharms
  • Publication number: 20120015336
    Abstract: Injection training devices comprising elements for repeatable and accurate simulation of parenteral injection for training individuals in the administration of one or more medications are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: One World Design and Manufacturing Group LTD.
    Inventor: Hung Mach
  • Publication number: 20120015335
    Abstract: A simulation device for simulating the operation of a medication delivery device comprises a housing (1) and a moveable element (4) partly disposed in the housing (1). The moveable element is moveable from a first position to a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Christopher James Smith, Alastair Robert Clarke, David Sanders
  • Patent number: 8096811
    Abstract: The present invention is generally related to a computer architecture and process for evaluating and reporting on a user's competence in managing a simulation of a complex system modeled in a computer based testing and training system. The simulation may be called a “virtual system.” The method generates evaluation criteria responsive to a user profile, user choices in managing the virtual system, and events that occur during a simulation, in addition to the original state of the system. The method produces summary evaluations responsive to a plurality of characteristics of the simulated system. The implementation may be advantageously employed to evaluate a medical clinician's management of computer-simulated human patients, hereinafter called “virtual patients”. The present invention is also suitable for evaluation of user management of a plurality of complex systems including but not limited to animals, plants, cells, machines, and populations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: American Board of Family Medicine, Inc.
    Inventors: Walton Sumner, II, Jinzhong Xu, Guy H. Roussel, Richard J. Rovinelli, Michael D. Hagen
  • Publication number: 20120009556
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing device comprising a game for testing the spatial reasoning of a player. The game includes a virtual multi-surfaced object having at least a first surface and a second surface, with first indicia associated with the first surface and second indicia associated with the second surface. A facing surface and a goal surface are displayed on a user interface, which also includes mechanisms for changing the orientation of the virtual object by rotating the object in steps. In response to input from the game player, the virtual object is rotated. Each time the virtual object is rotated, the facing surface displayed is changed so that it correlates to the changed orientation of the virtual object. The game continues until the game player causes the facing surface to match the goal surface by entering a series of rotational moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventor: Phillip J. Best
  • Publication number: 20120009555
    Abstract: A medication confirmation method and apparatus. The method of an embodiment of the invention includes the steps of capturing one or more video sequences of a user administering medication via a medication administration apparatus, storing the captured one or more video sequences, and analyzing at least one of the stored video sequences to confirm that the user has properly administered the medication, and has properly positioned the medication administration apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: AI Cure Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Hanina, Gordon Kessler, Lei Guan