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Handheld Personal Care Device and a Method of Estimating a Position And/or an Orientation of a Handheld Personal Device Relative to a Subject
29 Jan 20
There is provided a handheld personal care device, the device comprising one or more light emitting elements, each configured to emit light; one or more light receiving elements, each configured to receive light and output a respective measurement signal representing measurements of the received light; and a control unit that is configured to estimate a position and/or an orientation of the device relative to a subject; wherein the one or more light emitting elements and the one or more light receiving elements are arranged on the device such that, depending on the position and/or the orientation of the device relative to the subject, at least one of the one or more light receiving elements can receive light emitted by at least one of the one or more light emitting elements and reflected by a reflective surface in the environment of the subject; wherein the control unit is configured to estimate the position and/or the orientation of the device relative to the subject based on an analysis of the respective measurement signals of the one or more light receiving elements to determine, for each of the one or more light receiving elements, (i) whether the light receiving element has received light from at least one of the one or more light emitting element, and/or (ii) from which of the one or more light emitting elements the light receiving element has received light.
Yannyk Parulian Julian BOURQUIN, Martin JURNA, Vincentius Paulus BUIL, Jonathan Alambra PALERO
Filed: 6 Mar 18
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Systems and Methods for Associating Personal Care Device Attachments with Particular Users
29 Jan 20
A method and system for identifying an attachment of a personal care device (10).
Nathan FARRELL, Jessica Lee SCHROEDER, Adriaan VAN DEN BRAND, Vincent JEANNE
Filed: 6 Mar 18
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Apparatus for Determining a Functional Index for Stenosis Assessment
29 Jan 20
An apparatus for determining a functional index for stenosis assessment of a vessel is provided.
Christian HAASE, Michael GRASS, Bram Antonius Philomena VAN RENS, Roland Wilhelmus Maria BULLENS, Peter Maria Johannes RONGEN, Arjen VAN DER HORST, Raoul FLORENT, Romane Isabelle Marie-Bernard GAURIAU, Javier OLIVAN BESCOS, Holger SCHMITT, Vincent Maurice André AUVRAY
Filed: 1 Oct 17
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Intravascular Imaging Procedure-specific Workflow Guidance and Associated Devices, Systems, and Methods
29 Jan 20
Systems, devices, and methods for providing procedure-specific workflow guidance are provided.
Nikhil Sreedhar RAJGURU, Asher COHEN, Sara Rose CHEN, Pei-Yin CHAO
Filed: 23 Jul 19
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Venipuncture and Arterial Line Guidance Via Signal Variation Amplification
29 Jan 20
A vasculature imaging device includes an optical camera (10), a display (12), an electronic processor (14) connected to operate the optical camera and the display, and a non-transitory storage medium (16) storing instructions (18) readable and executable by the electronic processor to perform a vasculature imaging method (20).
Christine Menking SWISHER
Filed: 20 Feb 18
Utility
Field of View Adjustment
29 Jan 20
The appropriate positioning of a patient in an X-Ray imaging system can present difficulties for medical professional owing, on one hand to the small size of important anatomical aspects which need to be captured in X-Ray images, and on the other hand to the significant movements in a field of view presented by a typical patient.
JULIEN SENEGAS, MARTIN BERGTHOLDT
Filed: 23 Dec 18
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Systems, Devices, and Methods for Displaying Multiple Intraluminal Images In Luminal Assessment with Medical Imaging
29 Jan 20
Systems, devices, and methods for displaying multiple intraluminal images in a luminal assessment are provided.
Asher COHEN, Sara Rose CHEN, David REICHEL
Filed: 23 Jul 19
Utility
Ultrasound Imaging Device with Thermally Conductive Plate
29 Jan 20
A device for imaging within a body of a patient is provided.
Stephen Charles DAVIES, Wojtek SUDOL, William John OSSMANN, Anjali SAINI, Mike LAVY
Filed: 26 Feb 18
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Automatic Tourniquet for Emergency or Surgery
29 Jan 20
An inflatable tourniquet system for arterial blood occlusion of a leg or arm, e.g. after injury or for surgery.
ADAM JONES, KIRAN HAMILTON J. DELLIMORE
Filed: 11 Dec 17
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Spectral Imaging FFR
29 Jan 20
A system (100) includes a computer readable storage medium (122) with computer executable instructions (124), including: a biophysical simulator component (126) configured to determine a fractional flow reserve index.
MORDECHAY PINCHAS FREIMAN, LIRAN GOSHEN
Filed: 28 Mar 18
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Method and Apparatus for Masking Clinically Irrelevant Ancestry Information In Genetic Data
29 Jan 20
Methods and corresponding systems for anonymizing genetic data obtained from a patient are described.
Vartika Agrawal
Filed: 3 Apr 18
Utility
Inductor for High Frequency and High Power Applications
29 Jan 20
The present invention relates to an inductor (10) for high frequency and high power applications.
TIMO FREDERIK SATTEL, OLIVER WOYWODE, JENS RADVAN, CHRISTIAN WILLY VOLLERTSEN
Filed: 7 Nov 17
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Electroactive Material Actuator and Driving Method
29 Jan 20
The invention provides a field-driven electroactive material actuator that is driven by an actuation voltage.
ACHIM HILGERS, DAAN ANTON VAN DEN ENDE, MARK THOMAS JOHNSON
Filed: 26 Feb 18
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Method and Apparatus for Monitoring the Optical Output Power of a Laser Diode with an Associated Photodiode and Particle Sensor Device
29 Jan 20
The present invention provides methods and an apparatus for monitoring the optical output power of a laser diode (LD) having an associated photodiode (PD), and a particle sensor apparatus.
Robert Wolf, Soren Sofke, Philipp Gerlach, Susanne Weidenfeld, Rico Srowik
Filed: 28 Jul 19
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Method and Apparatus for Policy Hiding on Ciphertext-policy Attribute-based Encryption
29 Jan 20
Various embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for policy-hiding on ciphertext-policy attribute based encryption, the method including the steps of categorizing each of a plurality of attributes into a plurality of groups where each of the plurality of groups has a group attribute, inputting a policy and a message into an encryption algorithm and outputting a ciphertext; and encrypting an AND subtree in the policy and outputting a sub-cipher.
Jin Qu, Fubiao Xia, Xin Ge
Filed: 15 Jul 19
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System, Appliance and Method for Automated Hair Processing Procedures
22 Jan 20
The present disclosure relates to an automated grooming appliance (20) for hair processing procedures, the appliance (20) comprising a processing head (58) including a blade set (22) having a processing width (36), a length setting unit (26) that is operatively coupled to the blade set (22), and a control unit (40) that is arranged to operate the length setting unit (26) based on a hairstyle model (90) that correlates position data and hair processing data, wherein the control unit (40) is arranged to adjust a length setting dependent on an actual position and an actual orientation of the blade set (22).
Cornelis Johannes ZANDSTEEG, Lolke Klaas SALVERDA, Roderik DE VRIES, Geert-Jan DARWINKEL
Filed: 25 Mar 18
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Method for Determining the Orientation of a User's Head During Teeth Cleaning
22 Jan 20
A method (300) for determining an orientation of a user's head with an oral care device (10), the method including the steps of: (i) providing (310) an oral care device comprising a device head (16), a sensor (28), and a controller (30); (ii) determining (320) when the device head is located within a calibration area (110) within the user's oral cavity (200); and (iii) estimating (330), by the controller based on an orientation of the device head within the calibration area, an orientation of the user's head.
ARJEN DEN HAMER, TOON HARDEMAN, FELIPE MAIA MASCULO
Filed: 29 Nov 17
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Wireless Brush Head Dryer
22 Jan 20
A wireless brush head dryer (100, 200) for drying brush heads including an inductive charger (103); a base (102, 202) configured to be removably mounted to the inductive charger, the base including a heat conductive material (105, 208); an enclosure (106, 214) arranged to enclose the heat conductive material; a cover (104, 204) configured to form a cavity atop the base and enclose at least one brush head; at least one egress opening (112, 220) to allow heated air to flow from the cover; and at least one ingress opening (110, 222, 224) to allow unheated air to flow into the cover.
Jessica Lee SCHROEDER
Filed: 26 Feb 18
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Method and System to Measure Localized Inflammation Using an Oral Care Device
22 Jan 20
A method (700) for localizing inflammation within a user's mouth using an oral care device (10), comprising the steps of: (i) emitting (720) light by one or more light emitters (42) of the oral care device; (ii) detecting (730), by a light detector (40) of the oral care device, reflectance from a surface at each of a plurality of locations within the user's mouth to generate reflectance data for each of the plurality of locations; (iii) determining (750), by the controller, for the plurality of locations, whether gingiva at that location is inflamed; and (iv) providing (760), via a user interface (46) of the oral care device, information to the user regarding the inflamed location or locations.
Vincent JEANNE, Yekaterina Aleksandrovna BORISENKO, Steven Charles DEANE, Olaf Thomas Johan Antonie VERMEULEN
Filed: 19 Mar 18
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Fetal Heart Rate Extraction from Maternal Abdominal ECG Recordings
22 Jan 20
System (10) for extracting a fetal heart rate from at least one maternal signal using a computer processor (26).
Limei CHENG, Eric Thomas CARLSON, Srinivasan VAIRAVAN, Minnan XU
Filed: 19 Sep 19