192 patents
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Hubodometer with Orbiting Detection and Cancelation
6 Jul 23
Operation of a hubodometer includes orbiting detection and cancelation.
Kenneth L. DICKINSON
Filed: 4 Jan 23
Utility
Apparatus and method for sterilizing medical devices
30 May 23
A sterilizing cabinet performs a method of processing a medical device, such as a used medical device or an otherwise non-sterile medical device.
Brian J. Thompson, Jacob S. Childs, Chunhui Xie, Marco A. Mangiaterra, Darius D. Eghbal, Margaret D. Shaffer, Jeremy M. Yarwood, Benjamin M. Fryer
Filed: 7 May 20
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Method and Apparatus for Automated Defect Detection
18 May 23
In a method and apparatus for automated inspection, an image is acquired of an object under inspection and a difference image is generated showing the difference between the acquired image and a reference image of a defect-free object of the same type.
Kevin Ryan, John J. Pickerd, Sam J. Strickling, Jeffrey J. Trgovich
Filed: 14 Nov 22
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Apparatus and method for sterilizing endoscope
16 May 23
A method of sterilizing an article such as a flexible endoscope is performed in a sterilization chamber.
Keyvan Nowruzi, Navid Omidbakhsh
Filed: 19 Dec 18
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Apparatus and method for detecting moisture in a vacuum chamber
16 May 23
A method of using a vacuum chamber to assist in detecting and removing moisture from an instrument having a lumen, e.g., an endoscope is disclosed.
Doug Vo Truong, Todd Morrison
Filed: 29 Oct 19
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Apparatus, Method, and System for Indication of an Oxidative Treatment
27 Apr 23
An indicator and method of use thereof, and indicator system and method of use thereof are provided to determine the degree of an oxidative treatment.
Roger Vu
Filed: 22 Dec 22
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Direct Instrument-to-instrument Communication without Using a System Controller
13 Apr 23
A configurable instrument includes a mainframe having one or more processors, a chassis having slots to accept one or more instrument modules, a communication bus coupled to all of the instrument modules inserted in the slots, and a communication backplane, separate from the communication bus, and configured to allow point-to-point communication between any pair of modules inserted in the slots.
Gregory Roberts, II, William C. Weeman
Filed: 10 Oct 22
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Disinfection Solution with Two-part Formulation
13 Apr 23
A two-part formulation for creating a decontamination solution may comprise a first part comprising a peracid (e.g., peracetic acid (PAA), acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide) and a second part comprising a pH adjuster (e.g., a pH modifier, such as ethanolamine or disodium phosphate), in which the first part and the second part are maintained separately from each other.
Navid OMIDBAKHSH, Shokouh Sadat FARVID
Filed: 14 Apr 21
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Method and system for determining rotational speed by means of video camera
28 Mar 23
A method for determining a rotational speed of a rotatably mounted component of a machine is disclosed, wherein image data of a marked region of the machine component are obtained in the form of a plurality of frames via a video camera, and the image data are evaluated, in order to determine the periodicity of the rotation of the machine component from the change over time of the image data in the frames of the machine component.
Cornelius Sommerer, Bhamy Narasimha Shenoy, Frank Votteler
Filed: 7 Aug 20
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Differential probe, testing device and production method
14 Mar 23
Disclosed herein is a differential probe, a testing device having at least one such differential probe, and a method for producing the same.
Bernd Fuchsloch, Jürgen Peters
Filed: 4 Apr 18
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Monitoring Device and Monitoring Method for Detecting a Diagnostic State
16 Feb 23
A monitoring device for detecting a diagnostic state of an industrial machine on the basis of vibrations associated with the industrial machine, includes at least one measurement transducer for detecting at least one first signal characterizing the vibration of the industrial machine in a time period and for detecting at least one second signal characterizing the vibration of the industrial machine in the same time period, wherein the at least one measurement transducer has at least one signal processor for evaluating the at least first signal as a first characteristic value and for evaluating the at least second signal as a second characteristic value and wherein the at least one first characteristic value and the at least one second characteristic value form a characteristic value tuple, further having a storage unit, in which different diagnostic states describing the state of the industrial machine are saved, wherein the diagnostic states are determined as a function of the characteristic value tuple, and a predefined scalar range is saved with predetermined different fixed scalar values, which define respectively an existing limit potential, wherein a respective limit potential characterizes a change in the diagnostic state, and wherein between adjacent limit potentials a diagnostic partition is formed and wherein different scalar values from the scalar range are assigned to the different diagnostic partitions and wherein different respective diagnostic partitions represent different diagnostic states of the industrial machine, and wherein the monitoring device has at least one interpolation function for mapping the characteristic value tuple on a common, unique, time-dependent scalar value in the predefined scalar range, so that by way of the time-dependent scalar value a time monitoring of the diagnostic state of the industrial machine is achieved.
Dietrich Brunn, Jan Germer
Filed: 29 Jul 22
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Apparatus, method, and system for indication of an oxidative treatment
14 Feb 23
An indicator and method of use thereof, and indicator system and method of use thereof are provided to determine the degree of an oxidative treatment.
Roger Vu
Filed: 11 Jun 19
Utility
Systems and Methods for Ai-assisted Electrical Power Grid Fault Analysis
2 Feb 23
Systems, methods, and processor-readable storage media for AI-assisted electrical power grid fault analysis predict the cause of a fault and cause the fault to be remedied by receiving an indication that a first fault has occurred, identifying a plurality of additional fault records associated with the first fault, obtaining a first prediction of the cause of the fault based on the first fault record and the plurality of fault records by applying the fault records to a machine learning model, obtaining a second prediction of the cause of the fault by applying the fault records to a rules-based model, and obtaining a final prediction of the cause of the first fault based on the first prediction and the second prediction.
Aaron Acton, Peter Glover, Mark Diamond, Peter Brett, David Cole, Paul Donegan
Filed: 27 Jul 22
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Systems and Methods for Ai Continued Learning In Electrical Power Grid Fault Analysis
2 Feb 23
Systems, methods, and processor-readable storage media for AI continued learning in electrical power grid fault analysis use historical fault record data to generate a fault cause prediction model for predicting the cause of a fault, and modify the fault cause prediction model based on additional technician data received from power grid technicians.
Aaron Acton, Peter Glover, Mark Diamond, Peter Brett, David Cole, Paul Donegan
Filed: 27 Jul 22
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Biological indicator with variable resistance
31 Jan 23
A biological indicator with variable resistance may be controlled by moving a cap or housing of the biological indicator to cause the size of vents that allow flow of sterilant through the housing to decrease or increase in effective size.
Yan Fang, Griffith E. Altmann, Behnam Amin, Jeremy Yarwood, Lawrence Y. Mok
Filed: 12 Feb 20
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Measurement device and method of its operation
31 Jan 23
A measurement device providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user on a remote terminal comprising at least one first processor; and at least one first memory including one or more first sequences of instructions to perform the steps of transmitting a GUI displaying a at least one of a first, a second, a third, and a fourth image in response to at least one of a voltage characteristic, a current characteristic, and a load characteristic obtained from the user through the GUI on the remote terminal.
Eric Christopher Beishline, Been-Chyuan Lin, Thomas Huntington Lish, Jeffrey Alan Herb
Filed: 12 Nov 19
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Ampoule Breaker for a Biological Indicator
29 Dec 22
A device for breaking an ampoule of a biological indicator includes: a main body; a pivoting body attached to the main body at a main pivot point; a receiving area in the main body and configured to receive the biological indicator; a pressing surface inside the pivoting body; and a compressing element including a compressing surface, the compressing surface being operable between a first position and a second position located in the receiving area.
Nick N. NGUYEN, Samuel J. RHODES, Mark J. LUBONG, Derrick C. TAN
Filed: 4 Nov 21
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Apparatus and Method to Measure Concentration of Disinfectant In Medical Device Reprocessing System
22 Dec 22
A medical instrument processor includes an enclosure, a liquid distribution system, and a disinfectant concentration measuring subsystem.
Yan Fang, Nick N. Nguyen, Kaitao Lu
Filed: 29 Jun 22
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Adjusting Sterilization Cycles by Imaging Loads
8 Dec 22
A method of operating a sterilizer includes imaging a load of instruments to obtain an optical image and/or thermal image of the load, and selecting a sterilization cycle to be performed by the sterilizer based on one or more characteristics of the load determined from the image of the load.
Benjamin M. FRYER, Ali S. SIDDIQUI, Fong Shyr YANG, Todd MORRISON
Filed: 22 Oct 20
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Endoscope Decontamination Rack
8 Dec 22
A decontamination rack is particularly suitable for decontaminating medical devices, such as endoscopes, for being designed to minimize shadowed surface area.
Alan Jefferson KENDRICK
Filed: 24 Nov 20