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20090083205 | ASSISTING A USER EXPERIENCING COGNITIVE DECLINE BY RETRACING FOOTSTEPS - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a user experiencing cognitive decline or a similar affliction may be assisted with the performance of daily tasks or routines. An information handling system installed in a central room of the user's living quarters, such as a kitchen, to observe the user and determine if the user is having difficulty completing the task or routine. If it is determined that the user is experiencing difficulty, the information handling system may provide one or more cues to the user to assist the user in remembering what the user has just completed in order to indicate to the user what part of the task remains to be completed. For example, the steps recently taken by the user may be retraced by projecting an image of those footsteps onto the floor to show the user where she has recently been. | 03-26-2009 |
20100152546 | Monitoring Sleep Stages to Determine Optimal Arousal Times and to Alert an Individual to Negative States of Wakefulness - A system and method for monitoring sleep stages to determine optimal arousal times and to alert an individual to negative states of wakefulness. In an embodiment, a device receives pressure data from at least one pressure sensor, where the pressure sensor is associated with furniture used for an individual to sleep. The device uses the pressure data to determine a sleep stage for the individual. The sleep stage is used to determine whether it is an optimal arousal time for the individual. The device sends an indication to not wake the individual if it is not the optimal arousal time for the individual. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-17-2010 |
20150057560 | MONITORING SLEEP STAGES TO DETERMINE OPTIMAL AROUSAL TIMES AND TO ALERT AN INDIVIDUAL TO NEGATIVE STATES OF WAKEFULNESS - A system and method for monitoring sleep stages to determine optimal arousal times and to alert an individual to negative states of wakefulness. In an embodiment, a device receives pressure data from at least one pressure sensor, where the pressure sensor is associated with furniture used for an individual to sleep. The device uses the pressure data to determine a sleep stage for the individual. The sleep stage is used to determine whether it is an optimal arousal time for the individual. The device sends an indication to not wake the individual if it is not the optimal arousal time for the individual. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-26-2015 |
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20100036504 | VALVE - An esophageal valve has a restriction to allow antegrade passage of swallowed food and controlled retrograde passage of fluid. The restriction comprises an iris having a number of folds. | 02-11-2010 |
20100120934 | BIOMATERIAL - The present invention provides a triblock copolymer and a viscoelastic biostable foam comprising the same. | 05-13-2010 |
20100280613 | MEDICAL DEVICE SUITABLE FOR TREATING REFLUX FROM A STOMACH TO AN OESOPHAGUS - A medical treatment device ( | 11-04-2010 |
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20110152395 | Biomaterial - The present invention provides a triblock copolymer and a viscoelastic biostable foam comprising the same. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153027 | Drug Delivery System - A drug delivery medical device such as a gastrointestinal stent comprises a support | 06-23-2011 |
20110160706 | UROLOGICAL DEVICE - A urological device comprises a urological valve having a plurality of valve leaflets with a region of co-aption between the valve leaflets. The valve has a normally closed configuration in which the valve leaflets are engaged at the region of co-aption and an open configuration in which the leaflets are separated at the co-aption region for fluid flow through the valve. The valve is automatically movable from the closed configuration to the open configuration in response to applied urological pressure. | 06-30-2011 |
20110160836 | VALVE DEVICE - A valve such as an esophageal valve ( | 06-30-2011 |
20110190905 | GASTROINTESTINAL IMPLANT - A gastrointestinal implant device comprises a sleeve for extending into the duodenum and an artificial valve for placement at the pylorus to control flow from the stomach into the duodenal sleeve. The implant device also comprises a support structure for the valve. | 08-04-2011 |
20110224321 | Biomaterial - The present invention provides a triblock copolymer and a viscoelastic biostable foam comprising the same. | 09-15-2011 |
20120108889 | UROLOGICAL DEVICE - A urological device comprises a urological valve for location in the bladder of a patient and a valve support stem for location in the urethra of a patient. The valve has a normally closed configuration to prevent flow from the bladder and an open configuration for fluid flow through the valve. The valve is automatically movable from the closed configuration to the open configuration in response to a pre-set hydrodynamic pressure applied for a pre-set time. In one case the valve has a plurality of valve leaflets with a region of co-aption between the valve leaflets. In the normally closed configuration the valve leaflets are engaged at the region of co-aption and in the open configuration the leaflets are separated at the co-aption region for fluid flow through the valve. | 05-03-2012 |
20120158026 | GASTROINTESTINAL IMPLANT DEVICE - A gastrointestinal implant device | 06-21-2012 |
20120283842 | ESOPHAGEAL VALVE DEVICE FOR PLACING IN THE CARDIA - A luminal valve for placing in a body lumen comprises at least four valve leaflets. The valve has a normally closed configuration in which the leaflets are engaged and an open configuration in which the leaflets are open. The valve may be mounted to an esophageal support. | 11-08-2012 |
20120310138 | GASTROINTESTINAL IMPLANT DEVICE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM THEREFOR - A delivery system comprises a delivery catheter with a distal capsule which contains a scaffold, a valve and a sleeve in the retracted configuration. The delivery system includes a proximal expandable element provided by an inflatable proximal balloon and a distal expandable element provided by a distal balloon. The proximal balloon provides a temporary seal at the proximal side of the valve. The distal balloon provides a temporary distal seal between a distal olive and a distal end of the sleeve. An inflation fluid is introduced into the sleeve between the proximal and distal balloons the fluid causes the sleeve to expand axially to the expanded deployed configuration. When the sleeve is in the extended deployed configuration the distal balloon is deflated, allowing the olive to detach and travel distally. The rest of the delivery system can then be withdrawn proximally, leaving the implant device in situ. | 12-06-2012 |
20130006382 | GASTROINTESTINAL IMPLANT DEVICE - A gastrointestinal implant device comprises a sleeve for extending into the duodenum and an artificial valve for placement at the pylorus to control flow from the stomach into the duodenal sleeve. The implant device also comprises a support structure for the valve. | 01-03-2013 |
20130345786 | VALVE DEVICE - A valve such as an esophageal valve ( | 12-26-2013 |
20140180435 | BIOMATERIAL - The present invention provides a triblock copolymer and a viscoelastic biostable foam comprising the same. | 06-26-2014 |
20140200677 | ESOPHAGEAL VALVE DEVICE FOR PLACING IN THE CARDIA - A luminal valve for placing in a body lumen comprises at least four valve leaflets. The valve has a normally closed configuration in which the leaflets are engaged and an open configuration in which the leaflets are open. The valve may be mounted to an esophageal support. | 07-17-2014 |
20140350694 | LUMINAL PROSTHESIS AND A GASTROINTESTINAL IMPLANT DEVICE - An inexpensive small-sized screen printing machine having low redundancy and high production efficiency and applicable to a dual conveying-type component mounting machine. A pair of substrate supporting tables juxtaposed in a specific direction is provided. Screen printing is alternately performed by a single print executing section in a common area which can be shared by the two substrate supporting tables. In doing so, when one substrate supporting table located at a print position among the pair of substrate supporting tables starts exiting the print position, the other substrate supporting table starts entry to the print position. | 11-27-2014 |
20150031943 | UROLOGICAL DEVICE - A urological device comprises a urological valve having a plurality of valve leaflets with a region of co-aption between the valve leaflets. The valve has a normally closed configuration in which the valve leaflets are engaged at the region of co-aption and an open configuration in which the leaflets are separated at the co-aption region for fluid flow through the valve. The valve is automatically movable from the closed configuration to the open configuration in response to applied urological pressure. | 01-29-2015 |
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20100121462 | VALVE - A luminal valve for placing in a body lumen comprises at least four valve leaflets. The valve has a normally closed configuration in which the leaflets are engaged and an open configuration in which the leaflets are open. The valve may be mounted to an esophageal support. | 05-13-2010 |
20100137998 | ESOPHAGEAL VALVE - An esophageal valve comprising a polymeric valve body having an outer support region, at least three valve leaflets, and a main body region extending between the support region and the valve leaflets. The valve has a normally closed configuration in which the valve is closed, an antegrade open configuration in which the valve leaflets are opened in response to an antegrade force to allow flow through the valve and a retrograde open configuration in response to a retrograde force which is substantially larger than the antegrade force. | 06-03-2010 |
20120059486 | ESOPHAGEAL VALVE - An esophageal valve comprising a polymeric valve body having an outer support region, at least three valve leaflets, and a main body region extending between the support region and the valve leaflets. The valve has a normally closed configuration in which the valve is closed, an antegrade open configuration in which the valve leaflets are opened in response to an antegrade force to allow flow through the valve and a retrograde open configuration in response to a retrograde force which is substantially larger than the antegrade force. | 03-08-2012 |