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Ultrasound Imaging System and Method
20 May 21
An ultrasound imaging system for acquiring ultrasound images of an anatomical feature of interest in a subject, comprising a controller operable by a user and configured to: process input ultrasound images to extract anatomical data; determine a set of constraints to be applied to the ultrasound images, the constraints being spatial, temporal and/or of image quality, derived from the extracted anatomical data and/or on user input; monitor the ultrasound images, as they are received, for determining their compliance with the determined constraints; and output an indication based on the determined compliance.
Tobias Wissel, Frank Michael Weber, Jochen Peters, Arne Ewald, Alexander Schmidt-Richberg
Filed: 28 Mar 19
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Ultrasound Processing Unit and Method, and Imaging System
20 May 21
The invention provides an ultrasound processing unit.
Frank Michael Weber, Tilman Wekel, Balasundar Iyyavu Raju, Jonathan Thomas Sutton, Peter Bingley
Filed: 9 Apr 19
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Speech-based Breathing Prediction
20 May 21
In an embodiment, a method is described.
Aki Sakari Härmä, Francesco Vicario, Venkata Srikanth Nallanthighal
Filed: 15 Oct 20
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Patient Interface Device with a Frame Assembly Having a Double-y Supporting Structure
20 May 21
A patient interface device is includes a cushion and a frame assembly coupled to the cushion, the frame assembly including a main frame member and a stiffening structure coupled to the main frame member, the stiffening structure having a main arm, a first Y-portion coupled to a first end of the main arm having first and second front branches extending at upward and downward angles, respectively, from the first end of the main arm, and a second Y-portion coupled to a second end of the main arm having first and second rear branches extending at upward and downward angles, respectively, from the second end of the main arm.
GREGORY JOHN JABLONSKI
Filed: 28 Jan 21
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System and Method for Waking a User Up with a Stimulus of Varying Intensity
20 May 21
A system is provided for waking a user up by a stimulus, wherein the stimulus is adapted to vary according to an intensity curve.
Petrus Johannes BREMER, Giulia COSTA
Filed: 19 Nov 20
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Motion Tracking In Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Radar and a Motion Detection System
20 May 21
The invention provides for a medical instrument (100, 300, 400, 500) comprising a magnetic resonance imaging system (102).
DANIEL WIRTZ, TIM NIELSEN, CHRISTOPH LEUSSLER
Filed: 29 Mar 19
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Hair Guide for Hair Cutting Apparatus
20 May 21
A hair guide (200) configured to be detachably couplable to a hair cutting apparatus (100), said hair guide comprising a support member (202) configured to be detachably couplable to the hair cutting apparatus, and at least two annular hair guiding members (206, 208, 210) each having a central axis (y) and a plurality of hair guiding elements (212) having a main direction of extension in a radial direction relative to the central axis and arranged in an annular hair guiding zone extending about the central axis, wherein at least one of the hair guiding elements has an inwardly directed rounded end portion (220) which is arranged at a distance from the central axis such that, when the support member is coupled to the hair cutting apparatus, the rounded end portion is positioned, in a radial direction relative to the central axis, at least partially inwardly of an inner side wall of an annular cutting zone of an associated cutting unit of the hair cutting apparatus and, in an axial direction relative to the central axis, at a distance from an annular recessed area of a central wall portion of the associated cutting unit which is surrounded by the inner side wall.
Hendrik Klaas PAAUW, Luca IACCARINO, Michael Reece JENKINS
Filed: 2 Jul 18
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Tissue Classification Using Image Intensities and Anatomical Positions
20 May 21
The invention relates to a medical image data processing system (101) for image segmentation.
CHRISTIAN BUERGER, STEFFEN RENISCH
Filed: 9 Jan 19
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Motion Compensated Cardiac Valve Reconstruction
20 May 21
Motion compensated reconstruction is currently not well-suited for reconstructing the valve, the valve leaflets and the neighboring vascular anatomy of the heart.
Tanja ELSS, Michael GRASS, Rolf Dieter BIPPUS, Axel THRAN
Filed: 23 Jul 18
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Processing of 3D Image Information Based on Texture Maps and Meshes
20 May 21
An apparatus comprises a receiver (201) for receiving an image signal comprising a number of three dimensional images representing a scene from different viewpoints, each three dimensional image comprising a mesh and a texture map, the signal further comprising a plurality of residual data texture maps for a first viewpoint being different from the different viewpoints of the number of three dimensional images, a first residual data texture map of the plurality of residual texture maps providing residual data for a texture map for the first viewpoint relative to a texture map resulting from a viewpoint shift of a first reference texture map being a texture map of a first three dimensional image of the number of three dimensional images and a second residual data texture map of the plurality of residual texture maps providing residual data for a texture map for the first viewpoint relative to a texture map resulting from a viewpoint shift of a second reference texture map being a texture map of a second three dimensional image of the number of three dimensional images.
Christiaan Varekamp, Bart Kroon, Patrick Luc Els Vandewalle
Filed: 19 Jun 18
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a Fall Detection Apparatus, a Method of Detecting a Fall by a Subject and a Computer Program Product for Implementing the Method
20 May 21
According to an aspect, there is provided a fall detection apparatus, the fall detection apparatus comprising one or more processing units configured to obtain a first input indicating which one or ones of a plurality of fall detection algorithms have detected a potential fall by the subject, wherein each fall detection algorithm of the plurality of fall detection algorithms is associated with a respective type of fall and detects a potential fall of the associated type by analysing a set of movement measurements for the subject, wherein each respective type of fall has an associated initial state of the subject; obtain a second input indicating the status of the subject prior to the potential fall, wherein the status of the subject is determined by analysing a set of measurements from one or more sensors in the environment of the subject; compare the determined status of the subject prior to the potential fall to the initial state for each type of fall associated with any potential fall indicated in the first input; and output an indication that the subject has fallen if the determined status of the subject matches the initial state of any of the respective types of fall associated with any potential fall indicated in the first input.
Warner Rudolph Theophile TEN KATE, Doortje VAN DE WOUW
Filed: 24 Jun 19
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X-ray Tube Insulator
20 May 21
The invention proposes an insulator within an X-ray tube having a vacuum side and an ambient side and a feedthrough substantially coinciding with an axis of symmetry at the vacuum side and an axis of symmetry at the ambient side.
ROLF KARL OTTO BEHLING, TOBIAS SCHLENK, THORBEN REPENNING
Filed: 15 Jun 18
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Motor for a Personal Care Device
20 May 21
According to an aspect there is provided a motor (1) for a personal care device (10).
Stijn Willem BOERE, Jan Willem BRUGGERS, Nathan FARRELL, Wolter F. BENNING, Paul LEONARD
Filed: 12 Apr 19
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Harvesting Energy During Compression of a Pill Pack
13 May 21
Various methods and apparatus disclosed herein relate to apparatus and techniques for harvesting energy from operation of a pill pack, and utilizing that energy for various purposes.
Adam JONES, Kiran Hamilton J. DELLIMORE, Martin GRÜTERICH, Arthur BOUWMAN
Filed: 13 Jun 18
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Stamped Brush Heads and Brush Head Stamping Manufacturing Methods
13 May 21
A brush head (10) and a method (200) for manufacturing a brush head.
Martin VARCH, Michael MEIDL, Florian KOPEINIG
Filed: 20 Jun 18
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Radio Frequency (RF) Antenna Element with a Detuning System
13 May 21
An RF antenna element with a detuning system in which the RF antenna element comprises a resonant electrically conductive loop.
Oliver LIPS, Martinus Bernardus VAN DER MARK
Filed: 26 Mar 19
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Brush Head Arrangements
13 May 21
A brush head (100) and a method of making a tuft spike (20) and a brush head with a plurality of tuft spikes.
Martin VARCH
Filed: 20 Jun 18
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Quantum Dot Radiation Detector Module with Self-sustaining Power
13 May 21
A radiation detector (100) includes a photovoltaic layer (102) with first and second opposing sides.
Marc Anthony CHAPPO, Stephanie Lee BROCK, Ina Taylor MARTIN
Filed: 27 Mar 19
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Vacuum Cleaner Utensil
13 May 21
A vacuum cleaner utensil comprises a plurality of elements (Lx) flexibly mounted to a central area (C) to provide a suction opening at a side of the central area (C) corresponding to a current movement direction (MD) of the vacuum cleaner utensil out of a plurality of possible movement directions, while reducing a possibility for air to enter the central area (C) from a plurality of other directions.
Nyckle Owe SIJTSMA, Bastiaan Johannes DE WIT
Filed: 4 Jul 18
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Device, System and Method for Determining a Tissue Characteristic of a Subject
13 May 21
The present invention relates to a device, system and method for less obtrusively determining a tissue characteristic of a subject, the device comprises a first control unit (11) configured to control an electromechanical transducer (31) by a first control signal (21) to transfer mechanical waves varying in a frequency range or with varying frequency content to an exposed tissue area of the subject; a second control unit (12) configured to control an electromagnetic radiation emitter (32) by a second control signal (22) to emit electromagnetic radiation towards the exposed tissue area of the subject; a radiation signal input (13) configured to obtain a radiation signal (23) indicative of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the exposed tissue area of the subject; and a processor (14) configured to determine a tissue characteristic signal (24) indicative of a tissue characteristic of the exposed tissue area of the subject derived from a frequency response or a frequency transfer function obtained from the obtained radiation signal in said frequency range or for said varying frequency content.
Gerard DE HAAN
Filed: 7 Mar 18