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System and Method for Fast and Automated Ultrasound Probe Calibration
18 Mar 20
An apparatus (10) for calibrating electromagnetic (EM) tracking of an associated ultrasound probe (12) includes a calibration needle (16), an EM tracking device including a field generator (14) and a reference EM sensor (24), an EM sensor (18, 26) on the ultrasound probe and on the calibration needle; at least one processor (50); and a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions to perform a EM tracking calibration method including: determining a location of the calibration needle in an ultrasound imaging space at a measurement time using the ultrasound probe; determining an EM-tracked location of the calibration needle at the measurement time; and generating a registration relating the location of the calibration needle in the ultrasound imaging space and the EM-tracked location of the calibration needle at the measurement time.
SHYAM BHARAT, ANTONIO BONILLAS VACA
Filed: 17 Dec 17
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Position Detection Based on Tissue Discrimination
18 Mar 20
A system is suggested comprising an optical sensing means and a processing unit.
RONALD FREDERIK JOHANNES HOLTHUIZEN, BERNARDUS HENDRIKUS WILHELMUS HENDRIKS, DRAZENKO BABIC, ROBERT JOHANNES FREDERIK HOMAN, JOHAN JULIANA DRIES
Filed: 6 Feb 18
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Teeth Illumination Device with a Light Mixing Chamber
18 Mar 20
The invention relates to an oral care device for teeth whitening or other purpose.
OLAF THOMAS JOHAN ANTONIE VERMEULEN, NIGEL DAVID YOUNG, PASCAL JEAN HENRI BLOEMEN
Filed: 27 Dec 17
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Expression Kit for a Breast Pump Device
18 Mar 20
An expression kit (2) for use in a breast pump device (1) for extracting breast milk from a human breast comprises a breast pump body (20) having a first pressure chamber (21), a second pressure chamber (22), and a membrane portion (5) separating the first and the second pressure chamber (21, 22) from each other.
PAULUS CORNELIS DUINEVELD, JOHANNES PETRUS ANTONIUS MARIA VAN ASSELDONK
Filed: 20 Dec 17
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Direct Acceleration Measurement of a Subject Support
11 Mar 20
A subject support (12) includes a fixed portion (22) and a moveable portion (11) coupled to the fixed portion and configured to move along at least one axis relative to the fixed portion (22), and the coupling includes one or more points of friction (32) that move during movement of the moveable portion (11) and which wear due to at least movement by the moveable portion (11).
Daniel David JUDKINS, Marc Anthony CHAPPO
Filed: 31 Jul 16
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Propeller MR Imaging
11 Mar 20
The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of a body (10) of a patient.
Gabriele Marianne BECK, Miha FUDERER, Johan Samuel VAN DEN BRINK, Patrick GROSS
Filed: 19 Nov 17
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Mask with Primary and Secondary Air Delivery
11 Mar 20
A respiratory interface device is provided.
Richard Thomas HAIBACH, Jonathan Sayer GRASHOW, Lauren Patricia CHODKOWSKI, Robert William BAIKO
Filed: 7 Dec 17
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Methods and Systems for Filtering Ultrasound Image Clutter
11 Mar 20
The invention provides a method for generating a filtered ultrasound image.
Jun Soeb SHIN, Seungsoo KIM, Francois Guy Gerard Marie VIGNON, Sheng-Wen HUANG, Jean-Luc Francois-Marie ROBERT
Filed: 12 Mar 18
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Location Tracking Enabling Privacy Protection
11 Mar 20
Some embodiments are directed to location-tracking system (100) comprising a location database (120) configured to receive a plurality of location updates from a plurality of tracking devices (112, 113), the plurality of location updates indicating the location of one or more objects, the location updates being stored encrypted with a cryptographic database encryption-key (130), multiple location-analysis devices execute a multi-party computation protocol on the encrypted location updates using a stored key-share, thus jointly computing a location-analysis result secret-shared among the multiple location analysis devices.
Peter Petrus Van Liesdonk, Meilof Geert Veeningen, Supriyo Chatterjea
Filed: 28 Aug 19
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Mesh Network Personal Emergency Response Appliance
11 Mar 20
A monitoring system a user activity sensor to determine patterns of activity based upon the user activity occurring over time.
Bao TRAN
Filed: 30 Oct 19
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System and Method for Determining Reference Slow Wave Activity In a Subject
11 Mar 20
The present disclosure pertains to a reference slow wave activity metric determination system.
Gary Nelson GARCIA MOLINA, Anandi MAHADEVAN, Surya Subrahmanya Sreeram VISSAPRAGADA VENKATA SATYA, Annette KAPITAN
Filed: 30 Nov 17
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Electrical Connection to Miniature Sensors
11 Mar 20
A conductor arrangement is provided for connection to a miniature sensor.
Johannes Wilhelmus WEEKAMP, Hendrik DRENTH
Filed: 21 Nov 17
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Grating Lobes Reduction for Ultrasound Images and Associated Devices, Systems, and Methods
11 Mar 20
Improved ultrasound imaging devices and methods of operating the devices that minimize grating lobe artifacts in an ultrasound image are provided.
Jun Seob SHIN, Seungsoo KIM, Francois Guy Gerard Marie VIGNON, David HOPE SIMPSON
Filed: 3 Sep 19
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Devices, Systems, and Methods for Multimodal Ultrasound Imaging
11 Mar 20
Improved ultrasound imaging devices and methods of using the devices are provided.
David HOPE SIMPSON, Andrew HANCOCK, Jun Seob SHIN, Seungsoo KIM, Jean-luc Francois-Marie ROBERT, Francois Guy Gerard Marie VIGNON
Filed: 9 Sep 19
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a Cutting Element for a Hair Cutting Device
11 Mar 20
There is provided a cutting element for use in a hair cutting device.
RIEKO VERHAGEN, BASTIAAN WILHELMUS MARIA MOESKOPS, KIRAN KUMAR THUMMA, MARK THOMAS JOHNSON, MARIUS IOSIF BOAMFA
Filed: 7 Dec 17
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Backloadable Optical Shape Sensing Guidewires
11 Mar 20
An optical guidewire system employs an optical guidewire (10), an optical guidewire controller (12), a guide interface (13) and an optical connector (15).
Luis Felipe GUTIERREZ, Robert MANZKE, Raymond CHAN
Filed: 13 Nov 19
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Phenotype Analysis System and Method
11 Mar 20
Phenotype analysis systems and methods.
Merlijn Sevenster
Filed: 3 Sep 19
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System and Methd of Social-behavioral Roi Calculation and Optimization
11 Mar 20
A patient selection tool for selecting patients for a social-behavioral determinants of health (SBDoH) program, including: a graphical user interface (GUI) module configured to present a GUI to a user, receive inputs from the user including a SBDoH factor, and to select patient cohort data based upon the inputs received from the user, a machine-learning model configured to predict a key performance indicator (KPI) for each patient based upon the patient cohort data and the SBDoH factor, a success rate module configured to predict the probability of success of the SBDoH program for each patient in the patient cohort; a return on investment (ROI) module configured to determine the cost savings associated with the SBDoH program for each patient in the patient cohort based upon the cost associated with the KPI, the probability of success of the SBDoH program, and a change in the KPI associated with the SBDoH factor, and a patient selection module configured to select patients for the SBDoH program based upon the determined cost saving associated with the SBDoH program for each patient in the patient cohort.
Eran SIMHON, Reza SHARIFI SEDEH
Filed: 9 Sep 19
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System and Method for Determining an Impact of an Active Sub-stance on an Infant
11 Mar 20
A system (1) and corresponding method for determining an impact of an active substance on an infant comprises: a parameter providing unit (10) for providing age and weight of the infant, an intake estimation unit (20) for estimating the amount of intake of the active substance by a breastfeeding caregiver of the infant, a substance level determination unit (30) for determining a level of the active substance in breast milk at the time of breastfeeding based on a history of the estimated intake of the active substance, and an impact determination unit (40) for determining an impact of the active substance on the infant based on i) the determined level of the active substance in the breast milk at the time of breastfeeding, and ii) the age and weight of the infant.
YANNYK PARULIAN JULIAN BOURQUIN, LILI-MARJAN BROCKHUIS, MARIA ESTRELLA MENA BENITO
Filed: 14 Dec 17
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Autostereoscopic Display Device and Display Method
11 Mar 20
An autostereoscopic display includes a steerable display backlight, having a light output arrangement for providing lines of light output and a first lenticular lens array, with each lens focused near a corresponding line of light output.
ACHIM GERHARD ROLF KOERBER, AGE JOCHEM VAN DALFSEN, BART KROON
Filed: 12 Nov 19