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Cooling a Gradient Coil of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging System
4 Mar 20
The present invention is related to cooling a gradient coil (2) of a magnetic resonance imaging system (1).
GERARDUS BERNARDUS JOZEF MULDER, MARTIJN KRELIS TERMEER, THEO JENNESKENS, JAN KONIJN, GUUS VAN HEST
Filed: 2 May 18
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Displaying a Guidance Indicator to a User
4 Mar 20
According to an aspect, there is provided a method of displaying a guidance indicator to a user.
Robert GODLIEB, Matthijs PLATJE
Filed: 5 Dec 17
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Method and System for Localization of an Oral Cleaning Device
4 Mar 20
A method (600) for estimating a location of an oral care cleaning device (10), including the steps of: (i) providing (610) an oral cleaning device comprising a sensor (28), a guidance generator (46), a feedback component (48), and a controller (30); (ii) providing (620) a guided cleaning session to the user comprising a plurality of time intervals separated by a cue to switch from a first location within the mouth to a second location; (iii) generating (630) sensor data from the sensor; (iv) estimating (640), based on the generated sensor data, the location of the oral care device during the plurality of time intervals; (v) generating (650) a model to predict the user's cleaning behavior; and (vi) determining (660) the location of the oral care device based on the estimated location of the oral care device and the model of the user's cleaning behavior.
Felipe Maia MASCULO, Gerben KOOIJMAN, Toon HARDEMAN, Vincent JEANNE
Filed: 31 Oct 17
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Vacuum Cleaner
4 Mar 20
A vacuum cleaner comprises a nozzle (N) for cleaning a surface, a suction tube (T) for receiving input air from the nozzle (N), a cyclone device having a cyclone (C) and a dirt container (DC) both oriented substantially perpendicular to the suction tube (T), a cyclone device input coupled to the suction tube (T) from which the input air is transported, following a spiral around a center, in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the suction tube (T) to reach a stage (V) at which dirt is separated from the input air to obtain cyclone output air, from which stage the cyclone output air is conveyed through a conduit in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the suction tube (T) and opposite to the first direction to arrive at a cyclone device output, a filter (F) for filtering the cyclone output air, and an airflow generator (A) for generating an airflow through the suction tube (T), the cyclone (C) and the filter (F), wherein when the nozzle (N) is touching the surface, the suction tube (T) is put in a substantially horizontal position, the first and second directions are substantially perpendicular to the surface, with the notion substantially perpendicular allowing for a deviation of not more than 35 degrees.
Matthijs Hendrikus LUBBERS
Filed: 7 Nov 19
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System and method for estimating cardiovascular fitness of a person
4 Mar 20
The present invention relates to a system (1) for estimating cardiovascular fitness of a person, comprising a heart rate monitor (10) for acquiring a heart rate signal including information about the heart rate of the person, an activity monitor (20) for acquiring an activity signal indicative of physical activity of the person, a classifier (30) for classifying the activity of the person based on the acquired activity signal, a selector (40) for selecting one or more heart rate features obtained from the acquired heart rate signal based on the acquired heart rate signal and the classification of the activity for use in an estimation of the cardiovascular fitness of the person, and an estimator (50) for estimating the cardiovascular fitness of the person based on the one or more selected heart rate features
Francesco SARTOR, Alberto Giovanni BONOMI
Filed: 10 Nov 19
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Intravascular Device Movement Speed Guidance and Associated Devices, Systems, and Methods
4 Mar 20
In an embodiment, a medical system is disclosed.
Fergus MERRITT
Filed: 14 Aug 19
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Projection Data Acquisition Apparatus and Subject Support Device
4 Mar 20
The invention relates to a subject support device (1) to be used in a projection data acquisition apparatus (2) for acquiring projection data of a subject (3).
EWALD ROESSL, THOMAS KOEHLER
Filed: 6 Dec 17
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a Hair Cutting Device and a Method of Operating a Hair Cutting Device
4 Mar 20
There is provided a hair cutting device a hair cutting device for cutting hair on a subject, the hair cutting device comprising a light source for generating light at one or more specific wavelengths corresponding to wavelengths absorbed by one or more chromophores in or on hair; a cutting element that comprises an optical waveguide that is coupled at a first end to the light source to receive light, wherein a portion of a sidewall of the optical 5 waveguide forms a cutting face for contacting hair; and a control unit that is coupled to the light source, wherein the control unit is configured to vary the power of the light generated by the light source between first and second power levels during operation such that, on heating of a hair by light coupling from a contact point on the cutting face into the hair, the temperature of the contact point on the cutting face is maintained below a glass transition 10 temperature for the optical waveguide, wherein the first power level is higher than the second power level.
MARIUS IOSIF BOAMFA, KIRAN KUMAR THUMMA, BASTIAAN WILHELMUS MARIA MOESKOPS, MARK THOMAS JOHNSON, RIEKO VERHAGEN
Filed: 7 Dec 17
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Vibration Cancellation for Personal Care Device
4 Mar 20
A personal care cleaning device (10) including a housing (12), a resonant drive actuator (20), which includes a rotor (24) having a first moment of inertia (Jr) and a stator (22) having a second moment of inertia (Js); a first plurality of leaf spring elements (60) having a first spring constant (krh), each leaf spring element of the first plurality of leaf spring elements (60) being connected the housing (12) and to the rotor (24) such that each leaf spring element of the first plurality of leaf springs elements (60) extends radially from the rotor (24) to the housing (12), each leaf spring element of the second plurality of leaf spring elements (62) being connected to the housing (12) and engaging with the stator (22), wherein the ratio of the first (krh) and second (ksh) spring constants is sufficiently similar to the ratio of the first (Jr) and second moments (Js) of inertia such that there is substantially no resulting torque transmitted to the housing (12) during operation.
Franciscus Jozef BOSMAN, Pieter Johannes BAX
Filed: 4 Nov 18
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System and Method for Facilitating Wakefulness
4 Mar 20
The present disclosure pertains to manipulating electrical activity in the brain of a subject to facilitate wakefulness.
Tsvetomira Kirova TSONEVA, Gary Nelson GARCIA MOLINA
Filed: 4 Dec 17
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Resource Scheduling In Adaptive Radiation Therapy Planning
4 Mar 20
A resource management system for better operation of a plurality of devices.
Harald Sepp HEESE, Torbjoern VIK, Steffen RENISCH, Daniel BYSTROV, Heinrich SCHULZ
Filed: 2 Sep 19
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Friction Control Device and Method
4 Mar 20
A friction control device (44) is adapted to induce a lateral strain (or stretching) within a human tissue surface to which the device is applied, in order thereby to reduce the static friction between the device and the human tissue surface.
CORNELIS PETRUS HENDRIKS, DAAN ANTON VAN DEN ENDE, ACHIM HILGERS
Filed: 11 Jun 17
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Microbolometer Focal Plane Array with Integrted Multi-spectral Mosaic Band-pass Filter/focusing Lens Array for Simultaneous Real-time Anesthetic and Respiratory Gas Concentration Detection and Measurement Signal Processing
4 Mar 20
A gas monitoring apparatus (10) identifies a target anesthetic or respiratory gas species and determines a concentration thereof.
Szilveszter Cseh JANDO
Filed: 7 Dec 17
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Supporting Structure for a Gradient Coil Assembly of a Mri
4 Mar 20
The invention concerns to a gradient coil assembly (62) for use in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system.
JUN PAN, JIAN LIN, XIANRUI HUANG, CORNELIS LEONARDUS GERARDUS HAM, YAN ZHAO, YUN ZHOU
Filed: 12 Dec 17
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Apparatus and Method for Processing a Depth Map
4 Mar 20
An apparatus for processing a depth map comprises a receiver (203) receiving an input depth map.
CHRISTIAAN VAREKAMP, WILHELMUS HENDRIKUS ALFONSUS BRULS
Filed: 25 Apr 18
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Method, Apparatus And System For Automated Setup of Co-Users' Meta Profiles
4 Mar 20
Various embodiments relate to a method, apparatus and system for automatically setting up meta profiles of a co-user, the method including the steps of receiving basic information about the co-user, extracting and analyzing from a social media and online behavior module, detailed information about the co-user based on the basic information, creating the meta profile of the co-user, checking and completing the detailed information in the meta profile which is missing about the co-user; and translating the detailed information into an actionable to be used by a virtual assistant.
Elise Claude Valentine TALGORN, Lucas Jacobus Franciscus GEURTS, Vincentius Paulus BUIL
Filed: 29 Aug 19
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De-identification of Protected Information In Multiple Modalities
4 Mar 20
The present disclosure is directed to centralized de-identification of protected data associated with subjects in multiple modalities based on a hierarchal taxonomy of policies and handlers.
Eric Thomas Carlson, Mohammad Shahed Sorower, Sreramkumar Sitaraman Viswanathan, Manakkaparambil Sivanandan Sreekanth, Anshul Jain, Sunil Ranjan Khuntia, Ze He
Filed: 22 Aug 19
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Sampling from a Remote Dataset with a Private Criterion
4 Mar 20
Some embodiments are directed to a data sampling device for obtaining a sample of records from a remote dataset satisfying a private criterion using multi-party computation.
Meilof Geert Veeningen, Peter Petrus van Liesdonk
Filed: 20 Aug 19
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Determining Features to Be Included In a Risk Assessment Instrument
4 Mar 20
The invention discloses an apparatus for determining features to be included in a risk assessment instrument.
Reza Sharifi Sedeh, Gabriel Ryan Mankovich, Hans-Aloys Wischmann
Filed: 21 Aug 19
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System and Method for Providing a Patient-specific Prediction Model In a User Application for Effectiveness Determinations
4 Mar 20
In some embodiments, a patient dataset including digital medical images and other patient data may be obtained.
Jorn OP DEN BUIJS, Maartje Helena SCHONENBERG, Steffen Clarence PAUWS
Filed: 9 Sep 19