40th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130261371 | IMAGEABLE ACTIVATABLE AGENT FOR RADIATION THERAPY AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RADIATION THERAPY - Imageable disruptable capsules containing a sensitizing agent or a protecting agent are used to enhance radiation therapy. Said capsules may be imaged by a non-invasive imaging modality, allowing for the determination of the precise timing to disrupt the capsule and release the sensitizing agent or protecting agent using an external energy source. This controlled and timed release of the sensitizing agent or protecting agent provides for enhanced radiation therapy by optimizing the delivery of the sensitizing agent or protecting agent to the target tissues. Systems comprising non-invasive imaging modalities, external energy sources and radiation energy sources are also taught for use with these imageable disruptable capsules. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261372 | Device, System, and Method for Delivery of Sugar Glass Stabilized Compositions - Devices, methods, and compositions are described that includes an implantable device including one or more compartments. One or more pharmaceutically effective compounds stabilized in a sugar glass composition, at least one of the one or more stabilized pharmaceutically effective compounds in the sugar glass composition enclosed within the one or more compartments; and one or more reservoirs configured to provide access for one or more release agents to an interior of the sugar glass composition, wherein the one or more reservoirs are configured to controllably dispense the one or more release agents to disrupt the sugar glass composition from the interior of the sugar glass composition. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261373 | MAGNETIC INSTRUMENT FOR THE HOMING OF THERAPEUTIC CELLS AND THE ELIMINATION OF EXCESS THERAPEUTIC CELLS - The invention describes a system for the magnetic attraction of objects, which comprises a device with a magnetic element and at least one object having magnetic particles. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261374 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MAGNETIC FIELDS - This invention relates to an improved magnetic field induction therapy device and an improved method of treatment using magnetic field induction therapy. The method and device utilise pulsed alternating magnetic fields of specific characteristics which have been found to be, at least, therapeutic, In particular, the present invention relates to a device and method for creating varied and programmable magnetic fields, especially in a hand held unit for medical or therapeutic applications. The therapeutic value of magnetic fields has been known for more than two thousand years. Permanent magnets placed on or adjacent an animal or human body have been used for pain relief and blood circulation improvement. It is also known to use pulsating magnetic fields for medical and therapeutic purposes. For over 40 years the use of electro-magnetic fields has been known to be more beneficial than static or permanent magnetic fields. Pulsed and variable electro-magnetic Field Therapy (PEMFT) provide an alternative to conventional methods for treatment of certain medical conditions. PEMFT is particularly, but not exclusively, used to treat pain and wound healing. Typically, all or part of a patient's body is exposed to a pulsating electro-magnetic field, the field being characterised by its variable pulse frequency and its magnetic flux density (usually measured in Tesla), or equivalent field strength measure. It is believed that the characteristics of the magnetic field have an effect on the effectiveness of the treatment. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for creating pulsed and variable electromagnetic fields which is convenient to use and relatively effective in its treatment. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261375 | Modular Implantable Medical Pump - An implantable medical pump system can include a blood pump comprising a pump housing defining a passage therethrough and a rotor within the passage. The blood pump further includes one or more elements at least partially contained within the housing adapted to actuate the rotor to drive fluid though the passage. The pump housing includes at least one coupling feature. The system further includes an inflow cannula defining a lumen therethrough. The inflow cannula is adapted to be mechanically coupled to the at least one coupling feature. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261376 | THERMOTHERAPY DEVICE - A thermotherapy device, especially incubator, for the treatment, includes a bordered bed surface freely accessible from above for receiving a newborn. A hood ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130261377 | SUBCUTANEOUS PIEZOELECTRIC BONE CONDUCTION HEARING AID ACTUATOR AND SYSTEM - An implantable bone-conduction hearing actuator based on a piezoelectric element, such as a unimorph or bimorph cantilever bender, is described. Unlike other implantable bone conduction hearing actuators, the device is subcutaneous and once implanted is entirely invisible. The device excites bending in bone through a local bending moment rather than the application of a point force as with conventional bone-anchored hearing aids. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261378 | DEVICE FOR MULTISENSORY STIMULATION - A device for multisensory stimulation, comprising a support which is adapted to support a user in a correct position; a base structure which is adapted to support the support; a movement mechanism which is adapted to create a relative motion of the support with respect to the base structure; a stimulation apparatus which is connected to the base structure and is adapted to stimulate at least part of the senses of the user; and an electronic card which is adapted to control the movement mechanism and the stimulation apparatus. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261379 | Devices and Methods for the Treatment of Obesity - A device includes an expandable body having a helical configuration. The body further includes expandable regions that contact a comparatively high surface area of the stomach as compared to their expanded volume. Methods for implanting the device and for treating a patient are provided. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261380 | Devices and Methods for the Treatment of Obesity - A device includes a body having at least first and second edges and a plurality of laces configured and dimensioned to be threaded across the stomach. Multiple devices can be positioned about a stomach. Methods for implanting the device and for treating a patient are provided. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261381 | Devices and Methods for the Treatment of Obesity - A device includes an expandable body having a planar configuration and a tongue for fastening the device. The body further includes at least one expandable region that contact a comparatively high surface area of the stomach as compared to its expanded volume. Methods for implanting the device and for treating a patient are provided. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261382 | Devices and Methods for the Treatment of Obesity - A device includes a reinforcing member with a cross-section that defines a channel. The channel is configured to reinforce a wound. The device further includes a constraining body attachable to the reinforcing member and the constraining body is configured to constrain a patient's stomach. Methods for implanting the device and treating a patient are provided. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261383 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING OR RETRACTING TISSUE AND ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE - Integrated systems and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders or other purposes. In one aspect, the system includes a delivery device configured to deploy and implant anchoring devices for such purposes. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261384 | REMOTELY ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING SYSTEM - A fluid reservoir for use in a remotely adjustable gastric banding system comprises a housing and a flexible reservoir pouch positioned within the housing. The flexible reservoir pouch is coupled to an inflatable portion of a gastric band via flexible tubing. A pump coupled to the flexible reservoir pouch facilitates filling and draining the inflatable portion of the gastric band. The pump may be located within or outside of the housing. A receiving coil may be coupled to the housing, and the receiving coil forms a loop around the housing. The receiving coil receives radio frequency signals to drive the pump. A circuit board may be disposed in the housing for driving the pump to move the fluid between the flexible reservoir pouch and the inflatable portion of the gastric band. A portion of the circuit board may be a flexible circuit board to allow the housing to flex. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261388 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING DISORDERS OF THE EAR NOSE AND THROAT - A device for dilating an ostium of a paranasal sinus of a human or animal subject may include: a handle; an elongate shaft having a proximal end coupled with the handle and extending to a distal end; a guidewire disposed through at least a portion of the shaft lumen; a dilator having a non-expanded configuration and an expanded configuration; and a slide member coupled with at least one of the guidewire or the dilator through the longitudinal opening of the shaft for advancing the guidewire and/or the dilator relative to the shaft. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261389 | ELECTROPORATION ABLATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A surgical instrument, such as an endoscopic or laparoscopic instrument, includes an ablation device. The ablation device includes an elongate relatively flexible member having a proximal end and a distal end, the flexible member includes at least a first working channel. A first and second electrode extends from a working channel at the distal end of the flexible member. The first and second electrodes are adapted to be endoscopically located in a tissue treatment region. The first and second electrodes are adapted to couple to an electrical waveform generator to receive an irreversible electroporation electrical waveform sufficient to ablate tissue located between the first and second electrodes. The waveform parameters of the irreversible electroporation electrical waveform are determined based on image information received from the tissue treatment region. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261390 | ENDOSCOPIC ACCESSORY FOR ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE - An endoscopic system including an accessory that fits over an endoscopic device, the accessory including at least one collapsible tube which has a collapsed state and an expanded state, wherein in the collapsed state, the accessory increases an outer perimeter of the endoscopic device by not more than 10%, and in the expanded state, the at least one collapsible tube has fluid that flows therethrough and the accessory increases the outer perimeter of the endoscopic device by at least 10%. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261391 | PROPULSION ASSEMBLY FOR ENDOSCOPE - A propulsion assembly for mounting on a tip device of an endoscope includes a barrel sleeve having inner and outer surfaces. A flexible endless track device is disposed to extend along the inner and outer surfaces of the barrel sleeve, for endlessly moving in an axial direction, for propulsion by contacting a wall of a body cavity. A drive gear is engaged with the endless track device, for moving the same. A driving mechanism rotates the drive gear. Engaging teeth are formed on the endless track device at a predetermined pitch, arranged serially, moved by the drive gear in mesh therewith. A peripheral surface of the engaging teeth is curved without a sharp form. Furthermore, a support sleeve is disposed between the driving mechanism and the endless track device, for supporting the drive gear in a rotatable manner. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261392 | TUBULAR INSERTION SYSTEM - A tubular insertion system includes an insertion unit including a bendable portion, a bending operation mechanism that operates the bendable portion. The tubular insertion system further includes a bending operation amount detection/calculation device that calculates bending operation amount information, a bent shape detection/calculation device that calculates bent shape information, and a first operation support information acquisition unit that acquires first operation support information based on at least one of the bending operation amount information and the bent shape information. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261393 | TRACHEOTOMY DEVICE - A tracheotomy device comprises a disposable flexible sheath ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130261394 | GASTROINTESTINAL LAVAGE SYSTEM - An apparatus having a tube section and an expanded end. The tube section is flexible while the end section is rigid. The apparatus has a central bore, large enough to loosely receive an endoscope tube, and the end section has two peripheral bores which communicate with the central bore. There is a collar around the central bore which allows formation an air- and water-tight seal with the head of an endoscope. The tube may be fenestrated at its proximal end and may include medial pleats. This apparatus is mainly used by: sliding an endoscope into the central bore until the endoscope head forms an air- and water-tight seal with the central bore; connecting a lavage tube to one peripheral bore and a vacuum tube to the other peripheral bore; inserting the endoscope and the apparatus into a GI tract; and manually controlling the apparatus to apply lavage and vacuum. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261395 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - The endoscope apparatus includes a heat exchanger, a first tube, and a second tube. The front-end portion is cooled down by repeating alternately, the other operation which is opposite an one operation, which is an operation of generating a flow of the cooling liquid from the other end of the first tube to the one end of the first tube, and a flow of the cooling liquid from the one end of the second tube to the other end of the second tube, and the one operation which is an operation of generating a flow of the cooling liquid from the other end of the second tube to the one end of the second tube, and a flow of the cooling liquid from the one end of the first tube to the other end of the first tube. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261396 | ARTICULATION JOINT FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE - A video endoscope system includes a reusable control cabinet and an endoscope that is connectable thereto. The endoscope may be used with a single patient and then disposed. The endoscope includes an illumination mechanism, an image sensor, and an elongate shaft having one or more lumens located therein. An articulation joint at the distal end of the endoscope allows the distal end to be oriented by the actuators in the control cabinet or actuators in a control handle of the endoscope. Fluidics, electrical, navigation, image, display and data entry controls are integrated into the system along with other accessories. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261397 | ARTICULATING TORQUEABLE HOLLOW DEVICE - An articulating mechanism for use in a medical device, such as an endoscope or a catheter, includes a series of stacked links disposed adjacent to one another and movable with respect to each other. Each link includes a front face tapered to a pair of pivot points and a rear face defining a wedge shaped recess for receiving the pivot points of the adjacent link. Pull-wires provide tension and hold the staked links together while also allowing for controlled bending of the distal portion by movement of one or more of the pull-wires. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261398 | BENDABLE STRUCTURE AND A METHOD FOR BENDING A STRUCTURE - The invention relates to a bendable structure | 2013-10-03 |
20130261399 | EXPANDABLE TRANSLUMINAL SHEATH - Disclosed is an expandable transluminal sheath, for introduction into the body while in a first, low cross-sectional area configuration, and subsequent expansion of at least a part of the distal end of the sheath to a second, enlarged cross-sectional configuration. The distal end of the sheath is maintained in the first, low cross-sectional configuration and expanded using a radial dilatation device. In an exemplary application, the sheath is utilized to provide access for a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure such as ureteroscopy or stone removal. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261400 | Instrument Port For Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery - The instrument ports for introducing instruments into a surgical site that are disclosed herein include a port body having a channel running therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end, an instrument sleeve in slidable contact with the channel, creating a gap therebetween, and a fluid flow element for removing emboli efficiently from the instrument port, wherein the fluid flow element includes the gap. Disclosed fluid flow systems are for use in the disclosed instrument ports. Methods are also disclosed for removably securing an instrument sleeve to a port body by anchoring the instrument port to heart tissue, making at least one flood line in a channel, flushing out emboli, and performing surgery with the instrument port. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261401 | Methods and Devices for Tissue Retraction - Methods and devices are provided for retracting tissue. In one exemplary embodiment, a retractor is provided that includes a base and a plurality of blades configured to removably and replaceably mate to the base. One or more of the plurality of blades can be configured to mate to the base in one of a plurality of available positions. In use, one or more adjustment mechanisms can be actuated to move one or more of the blades, thereby forming a pathway through tissue. The retractor can be formed from one or more radiolucent materials. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261402 | Methods and Devices for Tissue Retraction - Methods and devices are provided for retracting tissue. In one exemplary embodiment, a retractor is provided that includes a base, a plurality of blades extending from the base, and an actuator coupled to the base and operatively connected to the blades. The actuator can be configured to be actuated to move the blades relative to the base, thereby allowing the blades to retract tissue. The actuator can be self-locking so as to allow the blades to be freely movable within their entire range of motion relative to the base through actuation of the actuator without using another mechanism to lock the blades in a fixed position and to unlock the blades from the fixed position. The retractor can be formed from one or more radiolucent materials. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261403 | System and Method of Managing Technician Review of Medical Test Data - A system and method of managing a technician review of medical test data collected from a patient includes receiving medical test data. At least one analysis algorithm is applied to the medical test data to produce a pre-evaluation summary. The medical test data is assigned to the technician based upon an application of a triage rule to the pre-evaluation summary and the assigned medical test data is presented in a queue of work for the technician. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261404 | SLEEP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SLEEP MONITOR - A sleep measurement system including a sleep monitor for measuring biometric data relating to user's sleep, an external terminal for displaying a state of said user's sleep, a first server for storing first data received from said sleep monitor and providing the first data to said external terminal, and a second server for analyzing said user's sleep on the basis of second data received from said sleep monitor and providing an analysis result to said external terminal. The sleep monitor processes the biometric information in each unit interval, sends a processing result of said biometric information in each unit interval to said first server as the first data, and sends said biometric data accumulated during said user's sleep and said processing result of said biometric information in each said unit interval to said second server as said second data. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261405 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL - An apparatus and method for easily and accurately measuring a biological signal by using a wristwatch-type measurement module. After a band of the wristwatch-type measurement module is tightened to wear on a user's wrist, the band is further tightened to make the wristwatch-type measurement module closely contact the user's wrist. An operation mode of the wristwatch-type measurement module closely contacting the user's wrist is switched from a normal mode to a measurement mode, and a user's biological signal is measured from the user's wrist through the wristwatch-type measurement module in the measurement mode. The user's biological signal is then displayed through the wristwatch-type measurement module. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261406 | METHOD FOR BUILDING AN ALGORITHM FOR CONVERTING SPECTRAL INFORMATION - A system for determining the concentration of an analyte in at least one body fluid in body tissue comprises an infrared light source, a body tissue interface, a detector, and a central processing unit. The body tissue interface is adapted to contact body tissue and to deliver light from the infrared light source to the contacted body tissue. The detector is adapted to receive spectral information corresponding to infrared light transmitted through the portion of body tissue being analyzed and to convert the received spectral information into an electrical signal indicative of the received spectral information. The central processing unit is adapted to compare the electrical signal to an algorithm built upon correlation with the analyte in body fluid, the algorithm adapted to convert the received spectral information into the concentration of the analyte in at least one body fluid. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261407 | MOISTURE METER - A moisture meter that can easily measure a moisture content of a subject and can be effectively used to assist the subject in appropriately regulating the moisture content. A moisture meter for measuring a moisture content of a subject includes; a probe-type moisture measuring unit held in an armpit of the subject so as to measure a moisture content in the armpit in order to measure the moisture content of the subject; and a temperature measuring unit held in the armpit of the subject so as to measure the temperature of the subject. The moisture meter further includes; a main body; a measuring unit holder that is sandwiched in the armpit while holding the probe-type moisture measuring unit and the temperature measuring unit; and a display unit holder that holds a display unit that displays the measured moisture content of the subject and the measured temperature of the subject. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261408 | MEDICATION RECORDING DEVICE - A device and method for recording medication to be introduced into a body. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261409 | Sensing Patch Applications - Various methods, devices and systems for patch based physical, physiological, chemical, and biochemical sensors that diagnose and monitor disease states are described. The patch based sensors provide a panel of specific analyte parameters that determine one or more physiological conditions and/or the level of healing progression of a wound. The use of such analyte panels in local or remote monitoring of parameters related to various disease states is also described. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261410 | System and Method for Body and In-Vivo Device, Motion and Orientation Sensing and Analysis - A measurement and analysis system for characterizing body core motional acceleration and orientation with respect to gravity, and characterizing the motional acceleration and orientation of an ingestible device relative to the body core with associated activity level, and under some conditions, characterizing the motional acceleration of digestive track lumens relative to the body core with associated activity level. The system comprises an in-vivo ingestible sensing device that travels through the digestive track and an external sensing device attached externally to the body core and each device measures orthogonal acceleration vectors data that are transmitted to a computation device that executes algorithms to determine all characterizations. The benefits of the measurement and analysis system are: 1.) increased understanding of digestive track behaviors, 2.) when combined with ingestible diagnostic systems provides increased accuracy through real time environmental knowledge. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261411 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Hydration Levels From Skin Turgor - A method and apparatus for determining patient hydration levels is disclosed. The method includes measuring a skin turgor. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261412 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FLUID LEVELS IN PATIENTS BASED UPON CREATININE CLEARANCE - A creatinine clearance monitoring and fluid level management system for use in the treatment of patients. The system establishes and adjusts the dosing of intravenous fluids based upon periodic creatinine clearance calculations based upon a system specified frequency. Warning or alert messages or signals are produced if creatinine clearance levels indicate the need for the administration of additional fluids based upon a creatinine clearance result below an established normal threshold. Furthermore, the system generates a warning to trigger a more serious intervention in the event a patient's creatinine clearance rate falls below a lower established threshold or the system determines that an inordinate amount of fluids have been administered without the anticipated response. The creatinine clearance monitoring and fluid level management system is particularly useful for patients in a hospital or in-patient environment, and particularly those post-operative patients or those in intensive care. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261413 | EQUIPMENT FOR IN VIVO DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS - To obtain a blood sugar level accurately, the location of a blood-vessel part is specified by using a first wavelength at which absorption by hemoglobin, which is a component unique to blood, is high, and data of light absorbance measured by using a second wavelength at which absorption by glucose is high is separated into a blood-vessel part and other parts. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261414 | HAND-HELD DEVICE HAVING HEALTH MONITORING CAPABILITIES - A method, a computer readable media and a hand-held device, the hand-held device may include a first sensor that is positioned such as to be contacted by a first hand of a user when the user holds the hand-held device; a second sensor that is positioned such as to be contacted by a second hand of the user when the user holds the hand-held device; wherein at least one sensor of the first sensor and the second sensor is a hybrid sensor that comprises an electrode, an illumination element and a light detector; and a health monitoring module arranged to process detections signals from the electrode and from the light detector such as to provide processed signals that are indicative of a state of the user. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261415 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING - Embodiments of devices, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for monitoring a subject are presented. The monitoring device includes at least one sensor configured to monitor one or more physiological parameters of a subject and a processing unit operatively coupled to the sensor. The sensor comprises a plurality of radiation sources and detectors disposed on a flexible substrate in a designated physical arrangement. The processing unit is configured to dynamically configure an operational geometry of the sensor by controlling the intensity of one or more of the radiation sources and the gain of one or more of the detectors so as to satisfy at least one quality metric associated with one or more physiological parameters of the subject. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261416 | Analyte Monitoring System and Methods - Methods and systems for providing data communication in medical systems are disclosed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261417 | PARTICLE-CONTAINING MEMBRANE AND PARTICULATE ELECTRODE FOR ANALYTE SENSORS - Systems and methods of use involving sensors having a particle-containing domain are provided for continuous analyte measurement in a host. In some embodiments, a continuous analyte measurement system is configured to be wholly, transcutaneously, intravascularly or extracorporeally implanted. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261418 | Measuring Apparatus and Measuring System - A measuring apparatus ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130261419 | Urine Shield - A urine shield comprises an elongate base and side walls connected to the base. At least one of the sides and base is absorbent. The shield further comprises at least one attachment tab for releasably attaching the shield to a user's skin The shield has an hourglass shaped cross-section. A method and device for the collection of a urine sample from an individual is also provided. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261420 | System and method for non-invasive diagnostic of mammals - An apparatus of the present invention is used for a non-invasive diagnostics and correction of humans and animals. The apparatus includes a computer, a reference database of the computer. A reversible sensing electrode device adaptable for receiving information about biological active cells of the human as the information is received through spectral signals. The audio processor receives the spectral signals from the reversible sensing electrode device and transforming the spectral signals to the digital codes. The audio processor is cooperable with the reversible sensing electrode device for receiving the spectral signals therefrom and transforming the spectral signals to digital codes. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261421 | EEG ELECTRODE AND MULTI-CHANNEL EEG ELECTRODE SYSTEM - A device comprises an indicating unit configured to indicate information and a connecting unit configured to connect the indicating unit to an electrode operable to sense an EEG signal, such that the information is indicated at a position at which the electrode is placed. The electrode includes a circuit board and an indicating unit, such as an LED, encased in a water-proof housing. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261422 | DISPOSABLE LOW-PROFILE CONFORMABLE BIOMEDICAL SENSOR - A disposable, low profile biomedical sensor for detecting electrical signals from muscles and which consists of a framework of malleable and flexible component layers supporting an arrangement of conductor leads embedded within electrically conductive, adhesive, cross-linked hydrophilic polymer gel components configured to form signal detection and reference electrode contacts. The combination of component layers provides a sensor and lead cable that is flexible and can be contoured to conform to the underlying musculature. The mechanical and electrical configurations act in synergy to shield the sensor and lead cable from external electrical fields and suppress movement artifact. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261423 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR MEASURING MUSCLE SIGNALS - A method, system and apparatus for determining the state of a muscle between a normal non-tired state, a tired state and a passive involuntary tension state. A signal from the muscle is recorded at rest by using an electrode arrangement, where an earth body may prevent the electrodes from picking up signals beyond the extent of the earth body. The frequency content of the signal is determined by spectral analysis, e.g. by computing a moment of the spectrum. A normal frequency content indicates a non-tired muscle state, whereas a low and a high frequency content indicate a tired and a passive involuntary tension muscle state. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261424 | System for Inducing Respiration Using Biofeedback Principle - Disclosed herein is a system for processing a biofeedback-treated, respiration-induced signal image using the biofeedback principle, wherein a process for processing the respiration-induced signal image comprises the steps of: (a) acquiring a respiration-induced signal image from a treatment site of a patient in need of radiotherapy treatment using a photographing device; (b) binarizing the acquired image of step (a) using a threshold value; (c) determining whether the binarized image of step (b) is distorted; (d) synthesizing the image; (e) determining whether the synthesized image is required to be separated into regions; and (f) performing pattern matching for the respiration-induced signal image. According to the system, a patient can see and control the patient's own motion at a place where the patient's steady respiration or motion is required, and thus the stability of the patient in a radiotherapy treatment process can be ensured. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261425 | PROBE AND OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An optical reflection member in a probe has a gas barrier layer for compensating for a high gas transparency of a support layer, thereby avoiding effects of deterioration of adhesion between an optical reflection layer and a support layer due to gas inflow, and reducing exfoliation. The probe includes an element having at least one cell in which is supported a vibration film containing one out two electrodes that define a space therebetween, in a manner allowing the acoustic wave to vibrate the film. An optical reflection layer is provided closer to the object than the element is, a support layer | 2013-10-03 |
20130261426 | PHOTOACOUSTIC INSPECTION PROBE AND PHOTOACOUSTIC INSPECTION APPARATUS - A probe employed in photoacoustic inspection is equipped with: a light emitting section that emits a light beam onto a subject; and an electroacoustic converting section that converts photoacoustic waves into electrical signals. The light emitting section is configured to emit light onto an emission range on the subject that includes the entirety of a corresponding region of the subject that corresponds to the electroacoustic converting section, the minimum distance between the outer peripheral edge of the corresponding region and the outer peripheral edge of the emission range being 5 mm or greater. The present invention enables detection of photoacoustic waves with a higher S/N ratio, in photoacoustic inspection that utilizes the photoacoustic effect. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261427 | SUBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE AND SUBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD - A subject information acquiring device has: an acoustic detector which receives an acoustic wave propagated in a subject and converts into an electrical signal; and a data processing device which generates a subject information distribution using the electrical signal, and the data processing device has a matching processing unit which acquires a similarity distribution by calculating a similarity between: template data indicating a relationship between a real image; and an artifact and the subject information distribution used as a matching information distribution, so that it is possible to provide a photoacoustic image forming diagnosing device which can distinguish between an image and a background even when the contrast is poor. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261428 | METHOD TO OPERATE AN IMAGE-GENERATING MEDICAL MODALITY TO AVOID PATIENT INJURY BY A MODALITY-GENERATED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD - In a method to operate an image-generating medical modality in order to avoid harm to a patient caused by an electromagnetic field, an adjustment process is implemented in which the electromagnetic field is radiated by the modality and preliminary image data are acquired using the electromagnetic field; and a clearance between the patient and a wall of the modality is determined from the image. The determined clearance forms the basis of a check process to determine an adaptation of the electromagnetic field for a diagnostic examination of the patient that follows. During the diagnostic examination, that also includes radiation of the electromagnetic field, movement monitoring of the patient takes place and the adjustment process is restarted as soon as a movement of the patient is registered. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261429 | Magnetic Resonance and Ultrasound Parametric Image Fusion - Magnetic resonance and ultrasound parametric image is fused or combined. MRI and ultrasound imaging are used to acquire the same type of parametric images. Fused data is created by combining ultrasound and MRI parametric data at times for which both types of data are available. Rather than sacrificing rate, fused data is created for times for which MRI data is not acquired. A curve representing the values of the parameter over time is fit to the available MRI and ultrasound data of each location, resulting in fused data at times for which MRI data is not available. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261430 | THERAPEUTIC APPARATUS COMPRISING A RADIOTHERAPY APPARATUS, A MECHANICAL POSITIONING SYSTEM, AND A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM - A therapeutic apparatus ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130261431 | PAE TREATMENT FOR BPH - A method of guiding a catheter during an embolization operation includes receiving volume data of a patient volume, the patient volume including a lesion and a feeding vessel for the lesion, detecting the feeding vessel in the volume data, define a vessel connection path for the feeding vessel, the vessel connection path connecting first and second points in the volume data, the second point being disposed along the feeding vessel, receiving fluoroscopic projection data of the patient volume, and rendering the fluoroscopic projection data with an overlay during the embolization operation, the overlay including the vessel connection path for the feeding vessel. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261432 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NEEDLE VISUALIZATION - A method for needle visualization for an ultrasound imaging device, the method comprising alternately acquiring a tissue frame followed by a needle frame at a temporal spacing to form a frame sequence, spatially compounding the frame sequence, and outputting an image frame resulting from spatial compounding. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261433 | HAPTIC SIMULATION AND SURGICAL LOCATION MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for monitoring a surgical site employs a fiducial reference with attached tracking marker. The marker may be tracked by a tracker. Image information about the surgical site is provided to a controller that updates a model of the surgical site derived from a prior scan of the surgical site. The system and method allow the user to select between monitoring the real surgery and performing virtual surgery using a digital manipulator device. The system may be operated with the user located remotely from the surgical site and operating a remotely operable surgical instrument controlled by the digital manipulator device. The system can select between employing a stationary model and a model that is updated in real time based on the real time image information from the surgical site. The manipulator device may be a haptic feedback device and the haptic feedback may be optionally employed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ON ULTRASOUND IMAGE - A method and apparatus for indicating medical equipment on an ultrasound image, the method including transmitting ultrasound signals toward a target object, receiving ultrasound echo signals at a plurality of angles from the target object and equipment inserted in the target object, obtaining location information of the equipment based on the ultrasound echo signals received at the plurality of angles, generating an image of the equipment based on the obtained location information, generating a basic image based on the ultrasound echo signals received at a predetermined angle, synthesizing the image of the equipment and the basic image, and displaying the synthesized image. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261435 | SENSOR GUIDE WIRE COMPRISING A POLYMER LAYER - A sensor guide wire for an intravascular measurement of at least one physiological or other variable in a living body may have a proximal region, a distal sensor region, and a tip region. The sensor guide wire may further comprise a sensor clement arranged in the sensor region, and comprising a sensor portion for measuring the variable and to generate a sensor signal in response to the variable. Furthermore, a core wire, having a longitudinal axis A, and comprising at least a tip core wire portion, extends essentially along the tip region of the sensor guide wire. The tip core wire portion may further comprise a distal tip. At least a major part of the tip core wire portion is provided with a polymer layer essentially enclosing the at least major part. The distal tip of the tip core wire portion may further comprise an enlargement. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261436 | Sonic Endovenous Catheter - A device and method to improve the ultrasound visibility of a catheter placed inside the body is described. The catheter is sonically vibrated by an external driver device that transmits the acoustic vibration down the catheter and inside the body. An ultrasound transducer is used to pick up the ultrasound vibrations directly or detects the sonic vibrations using a Doppler mode ultrasound machine. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261437 | Sonic Endovenous Catheter - A device and method to improve the ultrasound visibility of a catheter placed inside the body is described. The catheter is sonically vibrated by an external driver device that transmits the acoustic vibration down the catheter and inside the body. An ultrasound transducer is used to pick up the ultrasound vibrations directly or detects the sonic vibrations using a Doppler mode ultrasound machine. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261438 | BIOPSY DEVICES AND METHODS - A method of marking and optionally treating a tissue sample, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing an instrument including a needle having an opening and a clip delivery device within the needle, wherein the clip delivery device includes an opening coexisting with the opening of the needle; and (b) delivering a clip to a biopsy site, wherein the clip includes an encasement adapted to provide treatment to the tissue sample; wherein delivery of the clip is essentially free of a step of longitudinal re-positioning of greater than about 3 mm by the user of the needle or clip delivery device so that the clip is precisely deployed to a central portion of the biopsy site. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261439 | INTERVENTIONAL APPARATUS ACTIVATED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) | 2013-10-03 |
20130261440 | INTEGRATED WORK-FLOW FOR ACCURATE INPUT FUNCTION ESTIMATION - When estimating an arterial input function or a patient under study, cross-calibration factors are generated by comparing nuclear scan data of a radioactive material (e.g., F18) and measuring a sample of the radioactive material in a gamma counter. The derived cross-calibration factors are applied to venous samples collected from the patient during a nuclear scan after infusion with a radioactive tracer, to convert gamma values counted by the gamma counter into concentration values. The concentration values are used to optimize an initial estimated input function, thereby generating an arterialized input function. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261441 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTRAST AGENT ESTIMATION IN X-RAY IMAGING - The disclosed embodiments relate to determining an amount of a contrast agent in an image. For example, a computer-implemented method of image processing includes generating, from a first polychromatic contrast-enhanced X-ray image obtained at a first energy and a second polychromatic contrast-enhanced X-ray image obtained at a second energy, a simulated first monochromatic contrast-enhanced X-ray image and a simulated second monochromatic contrast-enhanced X-ray image. The simulated first monochromatic contrast-enhanced X-ray image includes first regions of enhanced contrast and the simulated second monochromatic contrast-enhanced includes second regions of enhanced contrast. The method also includes isolating the first and second regions of enhanced contrast from other regions of the image, and determining an amount of the contrast agent within the first and second regions of enhanced contrast based at least on a derived partial signal attributable to the contrast agent. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261442 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR ULTRASOUND-MEDIATED DRUG DELIVERY - The present invention provides an ultrasound-mediated drug delivery method for administering a compound to a targeted tissue, and the method at least comprises the following steps: First, an ultrasound apparatus is provided. The compound is then administered to the targeted tissue. A sonication is performed by the ultrasound apparatus to a blood vessel of the targeted tissue after the administration of the compound, and the sonication is capable of enhancing the permeability of the blood vessel to allow the administration of the compound to the targeted tissue. An ultrasound-mediated drug delivery system is also disclosed here. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261443 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A histogram of pixel values in a difference image between a post-injection X-ray image and composite image is generated. A histogram of pixel values in a difference image between a pre-injection X-ray image and the composite image is generated. From the difference between the histograms, information on pixel values in a region where a radiopaque dye is imaged in the difference image between the post-injection X-ray image and composite image is collected. Pixel values in the difference image between the post-injection X-ray image and composite image are converted by using the collected information, and the converted difference image is output. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261444 | PHOTOTHERMAL NANOSTRUCTURES IN TUMOR THERAPY - Methods, structures, devices and systems are disclosed for implementing a photothermal therapy using nanostructures. In one aspect, a device to produce a photothermal effect includes a particle having a molecular layer functionalized onto the external surface of the particle and structured to attach to one or more targeting molecules capable of binding to a receptor site of a cell, in which the particle is configured to absorb light energy at a particular wavelength to produce a plasmon resonance effect that causes the particle to emit heat energy. In some implementations, the device is deployed in an organism having a tumor that includes a plurality of the cell and binds to the receptor site of the tumor by the targeting molecules, in which the light energy is emitted at a region of the organism that contains the tumor and the heat energy causes cellular death of the tumor cell. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261445 | REPRESENTATION OF BLOOD VESSELS AND TISSUE IN THE HEART - A method for representation of blood vessels and/or tissue in a heart of a human or animal body is described, with an imaging method and an assignment method, which allows the assignment to a heart phase of time-resolved images acquired with the imaging method. A mask series with a series of temporally-resolved first images of the heart is acquired, wherein the first images are assigned to a heart phase by the assignment method. A filling series with a series of temporally-resolved second images of the heart is acquired, wherein the second images are assigned to a heart phase by the assignment method. The first and second images assigned to the same heart phase are computed for creating a series of phase-selective subtraction images. The phase-selective subtraction images and/or the second images are computed, taking into account the heart movement for creating temporally and/or spatially-resolved perfusion data of the heart. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261446 | Robotic Navigated Nuclear Probe Imaging - Robotic navigation is provided for nuclear probe imaging. Using a three-dimensional scanner ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130261447 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a monitor simultaneously displaying in blocks a series of examination items on an ultrasound diagnosis within a screen in chronological order and a controller causing the monitor to highlight a block of an examination item being currently executed among blocks indicating the series of examination items displayed on the monitor. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261448 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and a method of operating the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a probe for transmitting an ultrasound signal to an object and receiving a response signal from the object; a detector for detecting a sensor signal including at least one of location information representing a three-dimensional location of the probe and orientation information representing an orientation of the probe on the object; a storage unit for storing the sensor signal associated with the response signal; and an image processor for forming an ultrasound image based on the received response signal, forming an image indicator based on the sensor signal stored in the storage unit, and forming a display image including the ultrasound image and the image indicator corresponding to the ultrasound image. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261449 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a monitor displaying an ultrasound image, an operating unit receiving an operating instruction from an operator and a control unit controlling a diagnostic apparatus body. The control unit causes measurement calipers each having a measurement line extending linearly in a vertical direction and a gate portion including an upper gate line and a lower gate line which are disposed parallel to each other on the measurement line to be displayed in a superimposed manner on the ultrasound image displayed on the monitor based on the operating instruction from the operating unit, and measurement is sequentially performed at more than one measurement site using the gate portion of each of the measurement calipers which is capable of rotation and change of the distance between the upper gate line and the lower gate line. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261450 | Edge-Detect Receiver For Orthopedic Parameter Sensing - A sensor system uses positive closed-loop feedback to provide energy waves into a medium. The medium can be coupled to the muscular-skeletal system or be part of the muscular-skeletal system. A sensor comprises one or more transducers, an edge detect circuit or a reflecting surface. A parameter is applied to the medium and the parameter affects the medium. A transducer receives an energy wave that has traversed the medium and generates an energy wave signal. The edge-detect receiver receives the energy wave signal signal from the transducer and generates a pulse upon sensing a leading edge corresponding to a wave front of the energy wave. The edge-detect receiver comprises a preamplifier, a differentiator, a digital pulse circuit, and a deblank circuit. The transit time, phase, or frequency is measured of the propagating energy waves and correlated to the parameter being measured. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261451 | ULTRASONIC MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE FOR IMAGING CHANGES WITH TIME - A diagnostic imaging apparatus for imaging information changing with time and displaying it in real time, composed of an ultrasonic probe ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130261452 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING - A first ultrasound pulse is applied to biological tissue to create shear waves in the biological tissue, a focused ultrasound pulse is transmitted into the biological tissue, one or more ultrasound signals is received from the biological tissue, and shear waves are detected in the biological tissue based on the received one or more ultrasound signals. At least one propagation property associated with the detected shear waves is determined, and the determined at least one propagation property is displayed. A strain image is obtained by either acoustic radiation forces or mechanical compression, e.g., by an ultrasound probe. The strain image is then converted to a new shear wave velocity image by using a previously-obtained shear wave velocity image. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261453 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING - A first ultrasound pulse is applied to biological tissue to create shear waves in the biological tissue, a focused ultrasound pulse is transmitted into the biological tissue, one or more ultrasound signals is received from the biological tissue, and shear waves are detected in the biological tissue based on the received one or more ultrasound signals. At least one propagation property associated with the detected shear waves is determined, and the determined at least one propagation property is displayed. A strain image is obtained by either acoustic radiation forces or mechanical compression, e.g., by an ultrasound probe. The strain image is then converted to a new shear wave velocity image by using a previously-obtained shear wave velocity image. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261454 | Sonic Endovenous Catheter - A device and method to improve the ultrasound visibility of a catheter placed inside the body is described. The catheter is sonically vibrated by an external driver device that transmits the acoustic vibration down the catheter and inside the body. An ultrasound transducer is used to pick up the ultrasound vibrations directly or detects the sonic vibrations using a Doppler mode ultrasound machine. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261455 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ABLATING BODY TISSUE - A transducer subassembly with combined imaging and therapeutic capabilities is disclosed. The subassembly includes heat sinks that are configured to maintain the transducer at a low operating temperature so that the transducer operates at high efficiency and also can handle a wider range of frequencies. The subassembly is also configured to allow cooling fluid to flow past the transducer element. One heat sink in the subassembly also acts as an acoustic matching layer and another heat sink acts as a backing Alternatively, the second heat sink which acts as a backing is optional. The transducer is configured to transmit at one power level for imaging, and at a second power level for ablating. The transducer may comprise sub-elements transmitting at different power levels. The subassembly may be operated at one power level for imaging and a second power level for ablating. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261456 | VECTOR FLOW ULTRASOUND IMAGING - An ultrasound imaging console includes receive circuitry that receives a set of echoes produced in response to an ultrasound signal traversing blood flowing in a portion of a vessel in a field of view, a beamformer that beamforms the echoes, a velocity processor that determines flow direction and magnitude of the flowing blood based on the beamformed echoes, and a rendering engine that displays the determined flow direction and magnitude. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261457 | AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF THE LOCATION OF A REGURGITANT ORIFICE OF A MITRAL VALVE IN AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE - An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is described which quantifies regurgitant flow through a mitral valve, including the automatic indication of the location of a regurgitant orifice in an ultrasound image. A clinician images the regurgitant valve and indicates in the image the presumed location of the regurgitant orifice ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130261458 | ANALYSIS OF MITRAL REGURGITATION FROM SLIT ORIFICES BY ULTRASONIC IMAGING - An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is described which quantifies regurgitant flow through a plurality of pinhole leaks or a slit leak of a mitral valve. A plurality of orifice locations of a leaking valve are identified and Doppler values obtained from a flow velocity field proximal each orifice. The Doppler values of each flow velocity field vectorially relating to the orifice location are processed to produce a measure of flow through the orifice. The flow measurements for a plurality of such orifices are summed to produce a quantified measure of regurgitant flow through a plurality of pinhole leaks or along a slit leak. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261459 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBTAINING ULTRASOUND IMAGE - A method of obtaining an ultrasound image, the method including: obtaining a bio cycle of an examinee comprising at least one section; setting an ultrasound mode corresponding to each of the at least one section of the bio cycle or a beam forming method; transmitting an ultrasound signal to an object of the examinee according to the set ultrasound mode or beam forming method, receiving an echo signal from the object, and obtaining ultrasound data; and generating an ultrasound image of the object by using the obtained ultrasound data. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261460 | ULTRASONIC PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROBE SUPPORTING APPARATUS - An ultrasonic processing apparatus includes a probe, a supporting unit that is provided at an angle perpendicular to a beam direction of the probe, a rotation mechanism that is provided between the probe and the supporting unit, and a guide that supports the rotating operation of the probe by the rotation mechanism. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261461 | ULTRASONIC TREATMENT APPARATUS - Arrhythmia is treated with a simple treatment. Provided is an ultrasonic treatment apparatus including a long, thin probe to be inserted into a body, the probe having a contact surface that is brought into contact with tissue in the body and an ultrasonic generating device that radiates ultrasonic waves into the tissue through the contact surface; and a signal detecting portion that is provided at the contact surface of the probe and detects an electrical signal from the tissue. The ultrasonic generating device generates ultrasonic waves focused at a position on the other side of the contact surface from the ultrasonic generating device, the position being away from the contact surface in a direction intersecting the contact surface. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261462 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - An ultrasonic diagnosis device includes a diagnostic image generation unit ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130261463 | ULTRASOUND 3D IMAGING SYSTEM - The present invention related to an ultrasound imaging system win which the scan head includes a beamformer circuit that performs far field subarray beamforming or includes a sparse array selecting circuit that actuates selected elements. When using a hierarchical two-stage or three-stage beamforming system, three dimensional ultrasound images can be generated in real-time. The invention further relates to flexible printed circuit boards in the probe head. The invention furthermore related to the use. of coded or spread spectrum signaling in ultrasound imagining systems. Matched filters based on pulse compression using Golay code pairs improve the signal-to-noise ratio thus enabling third harmonic imaging with suppressed sidelobes. The system is suitable for 3D full volume cardiac imaging. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261464 | CONFORMAL FETAL HEART MONITOR AND SYSTEM FOR USE THEREWITH - A conformal fetal heart monitor includes a flexible substrate and a ultrasonic transducer array, coupled to the flexible substrate, that generates an ultrasonic transmission signal over a sequence of beam angles, that receives an ultrasonic return signal, and that generates an ultrasonic receive signal in response to the ultrasonic return signal. A transducer interface couples the ultrasonic receive signal to a processing system. A flexible housing that houses the flexible substrate, the ultrasonic transducer array and the transducer interface, wherein the flexible housing flexibly, when deployed, conforms to the surface of an abdomen of a patient. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261465 | ULTRASONIC PROBE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An ultrasonic probe includes an element chip, a flexible wiring member and a control circuit. The element chip includes a substrate forming a plurality of openings arranged in an array pattern and a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements disposed at the openings. The flexible wiring member is connected to the element chip, and forming at least a part of an annular body surrounding a space. The control circuit is connected to the flexible wiring member and electrically connected to the ultrasonic transducer elements via the flexible wiring member. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261466 | IMAGING TRANSDUCER PROBE - An ultrasound imaging probe includes a housing ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130261467 | METHOD FOR FORMING AN ULTRASOUND DEVICE, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method and apparatus directed to formation of a connection with an ultrasonic transducer apparatus (UTA) comprising a transducer device having first and second electrodes is provided. The UTA is engaged with an interposer device surface. The interposer device is greater in at least one lateral dimension than and extends laterally outward of the UTA, and comprises at least two laterally-extending conductors. A conductive engagement is formed between the first and second electrodes and respective first ends of the conductors. A connection support substrate is engaged with the interposer device about second ends of the conductors, and includes at least two connective elements for forming a conductive engagement with the respective second ends of the conductors. The UTA is then inserted into a catheter member lumen such that the device plane of the UTA and the at least two connective elements extend axially along the lumen. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261468 | Non-invasive portable dehydration diagnostic system, device and method - A non-invasive patient hydration monitoring system, device, and method are disclosed. The invented device utilizes a non-invasive photo-plethysmographic (PPG) finger- or toe-probe with an infrared transceiver to measure blood perfusion or circulation in an extremity. Such perfusion data is processed using correlation techniques into patient hydration data by a microprocessor and software application that preferably resides in a cell phone or similar portable hardware/firmware/software platform. Individual and successive patients can be quickly screened, baselined, diagnosed, and reported to identify individuals with dehydration conditions that are indicators of more important health issues such as disease and contagion. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261469 | INTEGRATED SELF-FIXATING VISUALIZATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Surgical visualization devices are provided which include a substrate having at least one imaging device and a plurality of fasteners coupled thereto for attaching the substrate to patient tissue. Systems and methods utilizing the surgical visualization devices are also provided. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261470 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING BODY COMPOSITION - In one embodiment, a system and method for estimating body composition relate to constructing a three-dimensional model of a subject based upon captured images of the subject, estimating the body volume of the subject using the three-dimensional model, and estimating the body composition of the subject based in part upon the estimated volume. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261471 | BASELINE DETERMINATION FOR PHRENIC NERVE STIMULATION DETECTION - Some method examples may include pacing a heart with cardiac paces, sensing a physiological signal for use in detecting pace-induced phrenic nerve stimulation, performing a baseline level determination process to identify a baseline level for the sensed physiological signal, and detecting pace-induced phrenic nerve stimulation using the sensed physiological signal and the calculated baseline level. Detecting pace-induced phrenic nerve stimulation may include sampling the sensed physiological signal during each of a plurality of cardiac cycles to provide sampled signals and calculating the baseline level for the physiological signal using the sampled signals. Sampling the sensed physiological signal may include sampling the signal during a time window defined using a pace time with each of the cardiac cycles to avoid cardiac components and phrenic nerve stimulation components in the sampled signal. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261472 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MAINTENANCE, GUIDANCE AND/OR CONTROL - Methods, systems, devices and computer program products for providing maintenance, guidance and/or control of certain systems are disclosed. Typically, in some aspects the systems are complex. Also disclosed are methods, systems, devices and computer program products for providing therapeutic guidance for controlling a subject's circulation. One such method comprises the steps of: (i) determining the subject's present and desired circulatory states as a function of at least mean systemic filling pressure (P | 2013-10-03 |
20130261473 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT IDENTIFICATION OF IMPROVED CRT PARAMETERS - Methods, systems and devices efficiently identify cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) pacing parameter set(s) that provide improved hemodynamic response relative to an initial CRT pacing parameter set, wherein each CRT pacing parameter set includes at least two CRT pacing parameters. User input(s) are accepted that specify a maximum amount of time and/or parameter sets that can be used to perform testing, and specify relative importance of parameters within the sets. Based on the accepted user input(s), there is a determination of how many different variations of each of the CRT pacing parameters can be tested, and based on this determination different CRT pacing parameter sets are selected and tested to obtain a hemodynamic response measure corresponding to each of the different sets tested. Additionally, one or more of the tested CRT pacing parameter sets, if any, that provide improved hemodynamic response relative to the initial CRT pacing parameter set is/are identified. | 2013-10-03 |