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| 20100030574 | Clinical Laboratory-Based Disease Management Program, With Automated Patient-Specific Treatment Advice - A method is provided, the method including receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form. A system is provided, the system including a processor, a software adapted to be executed on said processor, said software comprising instructions for receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form. A method for providing a Disease-Specific Patient Report is provided, the method including receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, performing a quality control step on the test result data, processing the test result data in order to identify whether the data fits into an acceptable range, or if the data is above or below the acceptable range, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form, and providing said test result data and said standard-of-care data. | 02-04-2010 |
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| 20100030574 | Clinical Laboratory-Based Disease Management Program, With Automated Patient-Specific Treatment Advice - A method is provided, the method including receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form. A system is provided, the system including a processor, a software adapted to be executed on said processor, said software comprising instructions for receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form. A method for providing a Disease-Specific Patient Report is provided, the method including receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, performing a quality control step on the test result data, processing the test result data in order to identify whether the data fits into an acceptable range, or if the data is above or below the acceptable range, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form, and providing said test result data and said standard-of-care data. | 02-04-2010 |
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| 20090299409 | ENDOSCOPIC SUTURING TENSION CONTROLLING AND INDICATION DEVICES - Various exemplary methods and devices are provided for tensioning sutures. The methods and devices are particularly useful in surgical suturing applications in which it is desirable to maintain tension on a suture being delivered. In various embodiments, the device is incorporated into the handle of a suture device configured to deliver a suture to a surgical site. Other embodiments comprise a device that is separate from, but may be used in connection with, a suture device configured to deliver a suture to a surgical site. A suture locking device is also provided which enables the surgeon to ascertain when a desired amount of tension has been applied to a suture prior to affixing knotting tying elements thereto. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100106166 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR APPLYING MULITPLE SUTURE ANCHORS - Methods and devices are provided for deploying and applying multiple suture anchors. In one embodiment, a surgical device is provided having a shaft configured to be introduced into a body, e.g., through a scoping device, and to deliver a plurality of suture anchors, each having a suture attached thereto, into tissue, preferably without the need to remove the shaft from the body. The shaft can be configured to penetrate tissue and to deploy one or more of the suture anchors through the tissue such that the sutures extending from the deployed suture anchors extend through the tissue to allow the anchors to engage the tissue. The surgical device can also include a knotting mechanism configured to secure the sutures attached to the deployed anchors, thereby securing the anchors to the tissue. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100268223 | Methods for Image Analysis and Visualization of Medical Image Data Suitable for Use in Assessing Tissue Ablation and Systems and Methods for Controlling Tissue Ablation Using Same - A method of image analysis includes the initial step of receiving a data set including image data. The image data represents a sequence of 2-D slice images. The method includes the steps of segmenting an object of interest from surrounding image data of each slice image based on a p-value of a t-statistic relating each pixel successively examined to statistical properties derived from pixel values within the region of interest, and rendering a volume of the object of interest using (x,y) coordinates corresponding to boundaries of the segmented object of interest. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268225 | Methods for Image Analysis and Visualization of Medical Image Data Suitable for Use in Assessing Tissue Ablation and Systems and Methods for Controlling Tissue Ablation Using Same - A method of image analysis includes the initial step of receiving a data set including image data. The image data represents a sequence of 2-D slice images. The method includes the steps of segmenting an object of interest from surrounding image data of each slice image based on a topographic growth rule and a pixel intensity value threshold with respect to a starting pixel, and rendering a volume of the object of interest using (x,y) coordinates corresponding to boundaries of the segmented object of interest. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110299719 | Specific Absorption Rate Measurement and Energy-Delivery Device Characterization Using Thermal Phantom and Image Analysis - A method of predicting a radiation pattern emitted by an energy applicator includes the steps of providing thermal profile data for an energy applicator, determining a specific absorption rate around the energy applicator as a function of the thermal profile data, and generating a simulated radiation pattern for the energy applicator as a function of the determined specific absorption rate. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299727 | Specific Absorption Rate Measurement and Energy-Delivery Device Characterization Using Thermal Phantom and Image Analysis - A system for use in characterizing an energy applicator includes a test fixture assembly. The test fixture assembly includes an interior area defined therein. The system also includes a thermally-sensitive medium disposed in the interior area of the test fixture assembly. The thermally-sensitive medium includes a cut-out portion defining a void in the thermally-sensitive medium. The cut-out portion is configured to receive at least a portion of the energy applicator therein. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301589 | Specific Absorption Rate Measurement and Energy-Delivery Device Characterization Using Thermal Phantom and Image Analysis - A method of directing energy to tissue includes the initial step of positioning an energy applicator for delivery of energy to tissue. The energy applicator is operably associated with an electrosurgical power generating source. The method includes the steps of determining one or more operating parameters associated with the electrosurgical power generating source based on specific absorption rate data associated with the energy applicator, and transmitting energy from the electrosurgical power generating source through the energy applicator to tissue. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301590 | Specific Absorption Rate Measurement and Energy-Delivery Device Characterization Using Image Analysis - A method of controlling output of an electrosurgical power generating source includes the steps of receiving image data including tissue temperature information of a target tissue volume, calculating a specific absorption rate as a function of the tissue temperature information from the image data, and determining one or more operating parameters associated with the electrosurgical power generating source based on the calculated specific absorption rate. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301591 | Specific Absorption Rate Measurement and Energy-Delivery Device Characterization Using Image Analysis - An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical power generating source, an energy-delivery device operably associated with the electrosurgical power generating source, and a processor unit. The electrosurgical system also includes an imaging system capable of generating image data including tissue temperature information. The processor unit is disposed in operative communication with the imaging system and adapted to analyze the image data to determine a specific absorption rate around the energy-delivery device as a function of the tissue temperature information obtained from the image data. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110306969 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECTING ENERGY TO TISSUE AND METHOD OF ASSESSING ABLATION SIZE AS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH AN ENERGY APPLICATOR - A method of assessing ablation size as a function of temperature information associated with an energy applicator includes the initial step of positioning an energy applicator in tissue. The energy applicator includes a radiating section and a temperature sensor. The radiating section is operably coupled to an energy source. The method includes the step of delivering energy from the energy source through the radiating section to tissue. The method also includes the steps of causing cessation of energy delivery through the radiating section to tissue for a predetermined time interval, monitoring the temperature sensor for at least a portion of the predetermined time interval to obtain temperature information associated with the energy applicator during the at least a portion of the predetermined time interval, and evaluating the temperature information to assess ablation size. | 12-15-2011 |
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| 20090120816 | Sustainability in personal care product packaging - Packaging is provided in which to supply disposable personal care products to a consumer, wherein at least a portion of the packaging is adapted to be reused by the consumer. The packaging includes a storage bin having a storage bin bottom and a reclosable cover and defining an interior space and a vertical perimeter, a removable bin enclosure disposed to encircle a portion of the vertical perimeter, wherein the bin enclosure includes product-identifying graphics, and an inner package disposed in the interior space, the inner package including a plurality of disposable personal care products. The removable bin enclosure can be a removable sleeve adapted to secure the reclosable cover to the storage bin bottom. The removable bin enclosure can also be a film overwrap, and the inner package and overwrap can be biodegradable. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090120825 | Sustainability in personal care product sales - Packaging is provided in which to supply personal care products to a consumer, wherein at least a portion of the packaging is adapted to be reused by the consumer. The packaging includes a storage bin having a storage bin bottom and a reclosable cover, and a removable bin enclosure adapted to overlie a portion of the storage bin and to be removable from the storage bin by the consumer, wherein the bin enclosure includes product-identifying graphics, and wherein the storage bin includes non-product-identifying graphics and is substantially free of product-identifying graphics. Product-identifying graphics can include product type, product size, and product count. Non-product-identifying graphics can include seasonal graphics, graphics adapted to make the storage bin appear to be a household object, or can be related to a cause. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20100243187 | Method for Applying Chemical Additives to Pulp During the Pulp Processing and Products Made by Said Method - Pulp fibers can be treated with chemical additives with a minimal amount of unretained chemical additives present later in the process water. The present invention is a method for preparing chemically treated pulp fiber. A fiber slurry is created comprising process water and pulp fibers. The fiber slurry is transported to a web-forming apparatus of a pulp sheet machine thereby forming a wet fibrous web. The wet fibrous web is dried to a predetermined consistency thereby forming a dried fibrous web. The dried fibrous web is treated with a chemical additive thereby forming a chemically treated dried fibrous web. The dried fibrous web contains chemically treated pulp fibers. The chemically treated pulp fibers retain from between about 10 to about 100 percent of the applied amount of the chemical additive when the chemically treated pulp fibers are redispersed in water. | 09-30-2010 |
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| 20080251531 | LARGE CAPACITY PILL BOTTLE WITH IMPROVED CHILD RESISTANCE - A pill bottle that includes a first annular wall disposed within an interior portion of the bottle has an outer surface with a plurality of circumferentially spaced, vertically oriented ribs that project outwardly from that surface. A second annular wall is disposed within the interior portion of the bottle in enclosing relation to the first annular wall. The outer and inner surface of the second annular wall undulate so as to define series of troughs and ridges. An adjacent pair of the ribs is located in spaced confronting relation to each of the troughs so as to define a plurality of pill wells. Each pill is arranged and oriented so as to be “on-end” within the bottle. A method is provided for dispensing pills from a bottle. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090084801 | CHILD-RESISTANT COMPLIANCE PILL BOTTLE - A pill bottle for housing a blister card that includes a top section, a bottom section, and a center section connected by a pair of hinges. The top section and bottom section each include one half of a child-resistant neck. One half of the neck including a member that can be rotated while being connected to a knob having a hook on a bottom surface. The other half of the neck has two stacked platforms with one of the platforms having a slot and an opening. The hook lines up with and enters the opening to lock the pill bottle closed unless the knob is pressed so the hook drops too low for the opening and then rotated so the hook can slide out of the slot. This allows the top and bottom sections to open and reveal a blister card attached to the center section of the pill bottle. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090184022 | Child resistant container for housing a blister card - A blister card container includes a plurality of walls defining an opening and a chamber, an arm projecting into the chamber, and a yoke. The opening and chamber are sized and configured to receive at least a portion of a blister card therein. The yoke is sized and configured to be slidably received in the chamber. The yoke includes a body, a hook extending from the body, and a locking cantilever extending from the body. The hook is sized and configured to engage the blister card. The locking cantilever has a stop sized and configured to be releasably engaged with the arm. The yoke is in a locked position when the locking cantilever is engaged with the arm. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20100305749 | Interactive medicine organizer - Interactive medicine organizers comprising integrated software and hardware elements and multifunctional interactive wireless devices to provide assistance to individuals who need to organize or monitor the administration of one or more medications are provided. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20120006847 | INTERACTIVE MEDICINE ORGANIZER - Interactive medicine organizers and methods comprising integrated software and hardware elements and multifunctional interactive wireless devices to provide assistance to individuals who need to organize or monitor the administration of one or more medications are provided. | 01-12-2012 |
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| 20090252300 | Medical Imaging System and Method with Integrated Weight Sensing - An integrated weight sensing system and method is disclosed for a medical imaging system. In one embodiment, the integrated weight sensing system may include a table assembly, a load cell, and a processor that are implemented in a medical imaging system. The table assembly includes a lifting mechanism used to position a patient within the medical imaging system. The load cell is mechanically coupled to the table assembly and in communication with the processor. The load cell is configured to measure and indicate the weight of the patient and the processor may be configured to adjust imaging parameters based on the weight of the patient. The table assembly may include a device in communication with the load cell and/or processor to display the weight of the patient. Additionally, the table assembly and/or the processor may include an interface for zeroing or recalibrating the load cell. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100332256 | Medical Data Indexing System and Method - A data processing technique is provided. In one embodiment, a method includes crawling a network via a computing device to access patient data from a plurality of medical resources coupled to the network. The medical resources may include various imaging systems, computers, databases, patient monitors, and other medical devices and systems. The method may also include populating a searchable index of patient data accessed from at least a first medical resource of the plurality of medical resources, and storing the searchable index in a memory device to facilitate user-searching of the patient data via the searchable index. In one embodiment, the patient data includes either or both of DICOM data and HL7 data. Additional methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed. | 12-30-2010 |
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| 20100230866 | PROCESS FOR MAKING AN EMBOSSED WEB - A process for making an embossed web. A precursor web is provided between a forming structure and a static pressure plenum. The forming structure has a plurality of discrete apertures or depressions. Pressure is provided by the static pressure plenum against the precursor web and the forming structure to force the precursor web into the apertures or depressions of forming structure to form the embossed web. The resulting embossed web has a plurality of discrete extended elements. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100230867 | PROCESS FOR MAKING AN EMBOSSED WEB - A process for making an embossed web. A precursor web is provided between a forming structure and a static pressure plenum. The forming structure has a plurality of discrete protruded elements. Pressure is provided by the static pressure plenum against the precursor web and the forming structure to conform the precursor web to the discrete protruded elements of the forming structure to form the embossed web. The resulting embossed web has a plurality of discrete extended elements having open proximal ends. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110221094 | PROCESS FOR MAKING AN EMBOSSED WEB - A process for making an embossed web includes providing a precursor web a first forming structure having a plurality of discrete first forming elements and a first pressure source and applying pressure between the first pressure source and the first forming structure to force the precursor web to conform to the first forming elements of to form a first embossed web having a plurality of first discrete extended elements. The first embossed web is then provided between a second forming structure having a plurality of discrete second forming elements and a second pressure source and pressure is applied between the second pressure source and the second forming structure to force the first embossed web to conform to the second forming elements to form a second embossed web having a plurality of second discrete extended elements. The resulting embossed web has a plurality of first and second discrete extended elements. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110223278 | APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING A WEB - An apparatus for embossing a web having a static gas pressure plenum and a forming structure disposed in contact to the static gas pressure plenum. The static gas pressure plenum provides a static gas pressure of from about 0.1 MPa to about 25 MPa. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120185224 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATERIAL LIFE PREDICTION - Included are embodiments for predicting an expected life of a pliable material. Some embodiments of a method include modeling, by a computing device, the pliable material and simulating strain on the pliable material, wherein simulating strain on the pliable material includes creating a strain results file. Similarly, some embodiments of the method include identifying, from the strain results file, a point of strain energy density on the pliable material, accessing a life prediction curve associated with the pliable material to determine a material file, and creating a strain-material file by combining the strain results file and the material file. Still some embodiments of the method include executing software to predict the expected life of the pliable material and predicting the expected life of the pliable material. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120273997 | Process for Making a Micro-Textured Web - Processes for making micro-textured webs. The process comprises providing a precursor web; providing a pair of mated forming structures, including a first forming structure and a second forming structure, wherein at least the first forming structure comprises voids, and wherein at least the second forming structure comprises protrusions; and moving the web through a deformation zone of the mated forming structures, wherein the voids of the first forming structure engage with the protrusions of the second forming structure at an engagement position. Discrete three-dimensional elements are formed in the web as the protrusions on the second forming structure engage with the voids on the first mating structure. At least one protrusion has center-to-center spacings of less than about 800 microns with at least three of its adjacent protrusions. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120276239 | Apparatus for Making a Micro-Textured Web - Apparatus for making micro-textured webs. The apparatus comprises a pair of mated forming structures having a first forming structure, a second forming structure, and a deformation zone; wherein at least the first forming structure comprises voids, and wherein at least the second forming structure comprises protrusions wherein at least one protrusion has center-to-center spacings of less than about 800 microns with at least three of its adjacent protrusions. The voids of the first forming structure are engagable with the protrusions of the second forming structure at an engagement position to form a micro-textured web. In another embodiment, the apparatus comprises a pair of counter-rotating rollers wherein the first roller comprises grooves having a length, wherein the length of the grooves are oriented at an angle different from the machine direction. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120276331 | CORRUGATED AND APERTURED WEB - Corrugated and apertured web materials are disclosed. More specifically, the webs comprise alternating ridges and grooves, wherein apertures are located in the grooves. In one embodiment, a web comprises alternating ridges and grooves as well as alternating regions of lower basis weight and higher basis weight. The higher basis weight regions are located in the ridges and grooves and the lower basis weight regions are located in the sidewalls between the ridges and grooves. The higher basis weight regions located in the grooves comprise apertures. The apertures have greater open area than previous apertures in similar webs. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120277701 | Formed Web Comprising Chads - A formed web comprising discrete three-dimensional elements formed therein, wherein at least some of the discrete three-dimensional elements comprise chads with corresponding apertures, wherein the aperture has a perimeter, wherein the chad has a length, wherein the chads are attached along a portion of the aperture perimeter which forms a connection segment, wherein the connection segment is less than about 50% of the entire aperture perimeter, and wherein the web comprises a film. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120282436 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR APERTURING AND STRETCHING A WEB - Apparatuses and processes for aperturing and stretching a web are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method involves feeding a web into a nip that is formed between at least one pair of intermeshing rolls. The first roll is a raised ridge rotary knife aperturing roll and the second roll is a ring roll; both rolls comprise ridges and grooves. The first roll comprises a plurality of spaced-apart teeth extending outwardly from the top surface of the ridges, said teeth having tips, wherein the top surface of said ridges are disposed between the tips of said teeth and the bottom surface of said grooves. These apparatuses and processes enable a web to be formed which comprises apertures having greater open area than previously achievable with traditional processes and apparatuses. | 11-08-2012 |
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| 20100122149 | CONTINUOUSLY INTERLEAVED ERROR CORRECTION - Continuously interleaved codewords are used in a communication system to provide error correction capability. In general, each codeword shares symbols with both preceding and subsequent codewords, when the codewords are arranged in an order, such that correction of symbols in any one codeword also corrects symbols in another codeword and correction of symbols in any codeword may allow considering possible corrections of intermediate codewords, for further correction of any codeword in the order of codewords. In one embodiment received information may be arranged in subframes, with each subframe including terminal symbols of a plurality of codewords, each of the plurality of codewords including symbols in multiple subframes. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20130013972 | CONTINUOUSLY INTERLEAVED ERROR CORRECTION - Continuously interleaved codewords are used in a communication system to provide error correction capability. In general, each codeword shares symbols with both preceding and subsequent codewords, when the codewords are arranged in an order, such that correction of symbols in any one codeword also corrects symbols in another codeword and correction of symbols in any codeword may allow, considering possible corrections of intermediate codewords, for further correction of any codeword in the order of codewords. In one embodiment received information may be arranged in subframes, with each subframe including terminal symbols of a plurality of codewords, each of the plurality of codewords including symbols in multiple subframes. | 01-10-2013 |
