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Registration of X-ray and Ultrasound Images
20 May 20
An image registration system (111) for registering a live stream of ultrasound images (112) of a beamforming ultrasound probe (113) with an X-ray image (114) is described.
Niels NIJHOF, Jr., Godefridus Antonius HARKS
Filed: 19 Jul 18
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Portable Oxygen Concentration
20 May 20
The present disclosure describes a system and method for maintaining oxygen purity in portable oxygen concentrators, even with asymmetric generation of oxygen enriched gas volumes from different sieve beds of the concentration system.
ACHIM GERHARD ROLF KOERBER, RAINER HILBIG, BRIAN EDWARD DICKERSON, ROBERT WILLIAM MURDOCH, DOUGLAS ADAM WHITCHER
Filed: 14 Nov 19
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Transperineal Stepper Including a Gearless Linear Movement
20 May 20
A device includes a medical instrument mounting structure; a base; and a gearless longitudinal translation device connected to and enabling longitudinal movement of the medical instrument mounting structure with respect to the base.
MIKA TAPANI IHATSU, OLLI TAPIO FRIMAN
Filed: 29 May 18
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Pressure Support System Valve
20 May 20
The present disclosure describes a pressure support therapy device valve that enables a subject to safely supplement therapy pressure support with low flow oxygen while using a heated (or non-heated) tube.
KARL APPARETI, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN GORMAN, BIN ZHANG
Filed: 14 Nov 19
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Method and Apparatus for Providing Feedback Regarding Motion of a Rotary Shaver Performed by a User
20 May 20
There is provided a method of providing feedback regarding motion of a rotary shaver performed by a user, the method comprising the steps of receiving, during at least one time interval, at least one motion type determined for the motion of the rotary shaver performed by the user, wherein the motion type is selected from a set of predefined motion types that comprises small rotational motion and one or more other predefined motion types; determining a degree of occurrence in the time interval of each of the motion types in the set of time interval; determining from the determined degree of occurrence of each of the motion types in the set of predefined motion types which motion type has a highest degree of occurrence in the time interval; and providing feedback to the user to increase a degree of occurrence of small rotational motion of the rotary shaver if the determined motion type having the highest degree of occurrence is one of the other predefined motion types.
Siebrand Leen DE VRIES, Yue WU
Filed: 9 May 18
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Assessing Performance Data
20 May 20
The invention discloses a system configured for assessing performance data, the system comprising a memory comprising instruction data representing a set of instructions; and a processor configured to communicate with the memory and to execute the set of instructions.
TAK MING CHAN, CHOO CHIAP CHIAU, CHUN QI SHI
Filed: 19 Nov 18
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Self-authenticating Intravascular Device and Associated Devices, Systems, and Methods
20 May 20
A method of authorizing a limited use intravascular device can include determining if the intravascular device is in communication with a clinical system; determining if the intravascular device is authorized for clinical operation without providing the clinical system access to intravascular device data stored on the intravascular device; and providing an authorization signal to the clinical system.
Timothy J. KENNEDY, David SPRAGUE, Jason Y. SPROUL, Andreas JOHANSSON, Francis HARRINGTON, Derek Bruce ELDRIDGE, Todd BITNER
Filed: 21 Jan 20
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Multi-modal Dialogue Agent
20 May 20
Methods and systems for interacting with a user.
SHEIKH SADID AL HASAN, OLADIMEJI FEYISETAN FARRI, AADITYA PRAKASH, VIVEK VARMA DATLA, KATHY MI YOUNG LEE, ASHEQUL QADIR, JUNYI LIU
Filed: 8 Jul 18
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Clinical Case Search and Generation System and Method Based on a Probabilistic Encoder-generator Framework
20 May 20
A method for training a probabilistic encoder-decoder having a latent space, the method including: extracting different types of medical data for a group of individuals; creating a data matrix X including the extracted medical data, wherein each row of the data matrix X includes data for one of the group of individuals; creating condition matrix C including features to define a clinical condition, wherein each row of the condition matrix C includes the condition data for one of the group of individuals; and training the encoder and the decoder to learn the latent space by minimizing the reconstruction loss and using a regularization effect to force clinically similar inputs to be close together in the latent space.
Gajendra Jung Katuwal, Bryan Conroy, Jack He, Jonathan Rubin
Filed: 10 Nov 19
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User-customisable Machine Learning Models
20 May 20
According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for providing a user-customisable machine learning model, MLM, the apparatus comprising one or more processing units configured to receive measurements from one or more sensors that monitor one or more aspects of a user, an object and/or an environment of the user; receive, via a user interface, one or more user-defined labels for one or more parts of the received measurements; form a training measurement set from the one or more parts and the one or more user-defined labels; and train an MLM with the training measurement set to generate a trained MLM, wherein the trained MLM is such that the trained MLM is able to determine one or more user-defined labels for further measurements received from the one or more sensors.
Johanna Wilhemina Maria van Kollenburg, Sander Bogers
Filed: 10 Nov 19
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Method and System for Dynamic Multi-dimensional Images of an Object
20 May 20
The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus for deriving multi-dimensional images of an object and an according system and method.
ARNE EWALD, FRANK MICHAEL WEBER, ROLF JURGEN WEESE
Filed: 17 Jul 18
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a Display Unit and a Method of Operating the Same
20 May 20
According to an aspect, there is provided a display unit for generating a display output, comprising a first light source; a first back polarizer arranged to polarize light from the first light source in a first polarization direction; a second light source; a second back polarizer arranged to polarize light from the second light source in a second polarization direction that is orthogonal to the first polarization direction; a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate, second substrate and liquid crystal layer are arranged to receive light from the first light source that has been polarized by the first back polarizer and receive light from the second light source that has been polarized by the second back polarizer; and a front polarizer arranged to polarize light, the front polarizer being for polarizing light that has passed through the liquid crystal layer; wherein operating the first light source to generate light generates a positive display output, and operating the second light source to generate light generates a negative display output.
Michiel Hans ZEINSTRA
Filed: 22 Jul 18
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a Light Apparatus
20 May 20
According to an aspect, there is provided a light apparatus, the light apparatus comprising an outer housing comprising a translucent portion; a main light source positioned inside the outer housing for generating light, wherein light generated by the main light source is incident on the translucent portion; and a display light source positioned inside the outer housing for projecting information onto a part of the translucent portion on which light is incident from the main light source.
Harko Jan TAEKEMA, Michiel Hans ZEINSTRA, Jeroen BEUTICK, Michiel HEERSEMA
Filed: 18 Jul 18
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Multi-disciplinary Decision Support
20 May 20
The invention relates to clinical decision support tool for supporting a decision based on a plurality of medical findings.
Sander Langereis, Jon Ragnar Pluyter, SeYoung Kim, David Catharina Petrus Cobben
Filed: 23 May 18
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Incrementally Optimized Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Model
20 May 20
The invention relates to a method for predicting a value of a parameter of a system (20).
HENDRIK JAN VAN OOIJEN, BART JACOB BAKKER, RENE VAN DEN HAM
Filed: 27 Jun 18
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Non-invasive Ventilation with High Frequency Oscillations
20 May 20
The present system comprises a pressure generator, an oscillator, sensors, and computer processors.
ROBERT ROMANO, PETER DOUGLAS HILL
Filed: 21 Jan 20
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Stain Removal Device Using Bleach Chemical Solution and Heat Generation
20 May 20
Stain removal device (201, 301A, 401A, 301B, 401B) for treating a stained area (101) on a cloth (102).
Yile LIAO, Kannan Udayappan PRAVEEN, Yong JIANG, Lihong ZHAO
Filed: 29 Jul 18
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Ultrasound System and Method for Suppressing Noise Using Per-channel Weighting
20 May 20
An ultrasound system according to the present disclosure may include a beamformer configured to perform per-channel weighting on the RF signals received at each channel in order to reduce noise clutter in the image.
Sibo Li, Jean-Luc Francois-Marie Robert, Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon, Jun Seob Shin, Seungsoo Kim
Filed: 17 Nov 19
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Methods and Systems for Dynamically Adjusting an Oral Care Routine Based on Interproximal Space
13 May 20
A method (800) for adjusting a user's oral care routine by an oral care device (10) based on interproximal spacing, the method including the steps of: (i) obtaining (820), using the oral care device, information about an interproximal space (66) in the user's mouth; and (ii) automatically adjusting (850), based on the obtained information, a parameter of the oral care device, wherein the dynamic adjustment is configured to improve oral care of the interproximal space.
Amir Hussein RMAILE, Steven Charles DEANE, Nigel David YOUNG
Filed: 13 Jun 18
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System for Milk Ejection Reflex Determination
13 May 20
The present invention relates to a system, method and corresponding computer program for milk ejection reflex (MER) determination, the system comprising a breast shield arrangement (1) for a breast pump (2) configured to be attached on a first breast of a female, a physiological sensor unit (4) for receiving a physiological reception signal from the second breast, which is opposite to the first breast, wherein the physiological reception signal is indicative of fluid contents in the second breast, and wherein the system is configured to determine a milk ejection reflex based on a change in fluid contents in the second breast.
Yannyk Parulian Julian BOURQUIN, Lili-Marjan BROCKHUIS, Lucja Elzbieta SEGAAR, Jozef Hubertus GELISSEN
Filed: 9 May 18