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Backing Pad for Use In a Stain Removal Process
6 Nov 19
The present invention relates to a backing pad (800) for locally removing stain spots on garments, said backing pad (800) comprises a fluid-absorptive upper layer (801) and a fluid-impermeable lower layer (802), whereby said upper layer (801) and said lower layer (802) are stacked on each other and the upper layer (801) comprises a superabsorbent.
YILE LIAO, SHENGHUAI CALVIN LIN, YONG JIANG
Filed: 30 Oct 17
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Inductive Sensing System for Sensing Electromagnetic Signals from a Body
6 Nov 19
The invention provides a magnetic inductive sensing system for sensing electromagnetic signals emitted from a body in response to electromagnetic excitation signals applied to the body.
Wouter Herman PEETERS, Mark Peter Paul KLEIJNEN, Gerardus Johannes Nicolaas DOODEMAN, Rick BEZEMER, Jacobus Josephus LEIJSSEN, Ronny Hubertus Johannes GROSFELD
Filed: 1 Jan 18
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a System and Method for Determining Fat and Lean Body Tissue Components
6 Nov 19
A system is for determining fat and lean body tissue components of body tissue.
Jingping Xu, Cong Tian, Lin Li
Filed: 31 Jul 17
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Ultrasound Imaging System with a Neural Network for Image Formation and Tissue Characterization
6 Nov 19
An ultrasound imaging system according to the present disclosure may include or be operatively associated with an ultrasound transducer configured to acquire echo signals responsive to ultrasound pulses transmitted toward a medium.
David Hope Simpson, Earl M. Canfield, Robert Gustav Trahms, Vijay Thakur Shamdasani
Filed: 2 Jan 18
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Ultrasound Imaging System with a Neural Network for Deriving Imaging Data and Tissue Information
6 Nov 19
An ultrasound system according to some embodiments may include an ultrasound transducer configured to transmit ultrasound pulses toward tissue and generate echo signals responsive to the ultrasound pulses, a channel memory configured to store the echo signals, a beamformer configured to generated beamformed signals responsive to the echo signals, a neural network configured to receive one or more samples of the echo signals or the beamformed signals and produce a first type of ultrasound imaging data, and a processor configured to generate a second type of ultrasound imaging data, wherein the one or more processors may be further configured to generate an ultrasound image based on the first type of ultrasound imaging data and the second type of ultrasound imaging data and to cause a display communicatively coupled therewith to display the ultrasound image.
David Hope Simpson, Earl M. Canfield, Robert Gustav Trahms, Vijay Thakur Shamdasani
Filed: 2 Jan 18
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Ultrasound Imaging System and Method
6 Nov 19
The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system (100) for producing spatially compounded 3D ultrasound image data, comprising: —an ultrasound acquisition unit (16) for acquiring a plurality of 3D ultrasound image data having different but at least partially overlapping field of views, —a tracking unit (62) adapted to determine a relative spatial position of each of 5 the plurality of 3D ultrasound image data with respect to each other, and —a stitching unit (64) adapted to compound the plurality of 3D ultrasound image data by stitching them to each other in order to generate compounded 3D ultrasound image data, wherein the stitching unit (64) is adapted to calculate a stitching order of the plurality of 3D ultrasound image data based on the determined relative spatial position of the 3D 10 ultrasound image data by minimizing an overlapping area of the different field of views of the plurality of 3D ultrasound image data, and wherein stitching unit (64) is adapted to stitch the plurality of 3D ultrasound image data according to said stitching order.
Jacek Lukasz Kustra, Edmond van Dijk, Guillaume Leopold Theodorus Frederik Hautvast, Dave Senden, Dirk Binnekamp
Filed: 23 Nov 17
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a Cutting Assembly for a Hair Cutting Device
6 Nov 19
A hair cutting device for cutting hair on a body of a subject is presented.
RIEKO VERHAGEN, BASTIAAN WILHELMUS MARIA MOESKOPS, MARK THOMAS JOHNSON, KIRAN KUMAR THUMMA, MARIUS IOSIF BOAMFA
Filed: 29 Jun 17
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Breast Pump Apparatus
6 Nov 19
Based in the field of breastfeeding, a breast pump apparatus (100) for expressing breast milk is disclosed.
RENS BERKHOF, DAAN ANTON VAN DEN ENDE
Filed: 14 Dec 17
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Determining Corrected Timing of Stimulation Provided to a Subject During Sleep
6 Nov 19
The present disclosure pertains to determining timing of stimulation provided to a subject during sleep.
Gary Nelson GARCIA MOLINA, Anandi MAHADEVAN, Surya Subrahmanya Sreeram VISSAPRAGADA VENKATA SATYA
Filed: 6 Dec 17
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Shaving Unit Having Cutting Units with a Flush Hole for Cleaning a Hair Collection Chamber
6 Nov 19
The invention relates to a shaving unit for a shaving apparatus, comprising at least a first cutting unit (410a) and a second cutting unit (410b), wherein said first and second cutting units respectively comprise a first and a second external cutting member (460a), (460b) having a plurality of hair entry openings and a first and a second internal cutting member (480a), (480b) which is rotatable relative to, respectively, the first and the second external cutting member about, respectively, a first and a second axis of rotation (406a), (406b).
Reinier Niels LAP, Alwin William DE VRIES, Marcus Cornelis PETRELLI
Filed: 28 Jan 18
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a System and Method for Treating a Part of a Body
6 Nov 19
There is provided a treating system, comprising a controller; and a treating device, the treating device comprising a treating unit for treating a part of a body of a subject; and an imaging arrangement that is configured to obtain image data; wherein the controller is configured to analyse the image data to identify a boundary between a part of a body of a subject and the environment around the part of the body; and determine the position of the treating device relative to the part of the body of the subject based on a position of the boundary in the image data.
KIN FATT PHOON, JACOB HENDRIK BOTMA
Filed: 8 Feb 17
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Electrostatic Peristaltic Pump and Method of Operation
6 Nov 19
An apparatus for creating a flow of gas comprises a frame having a passage defined therethrough.
RUDOLF MARIA JOZEF VONCKEN, JOHANNES WILHELMUS WEEKAMP, MAREIKE KLEE, SERGEI SHULEPOV
Filed: 31 Dec 17
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Electrostatic Peristaltic Pump and Method of Operation
6 Nov 19
A method of producing a flow of a fluid through a passage (24) defined in a rigid frame (22) comprises selectively actuating a flexible membrane (38) disposed across a midpoint of the passage (24) with an actuating system in a manner which produces a wave-like motion in the membrane (38) thereby causing a peristaltic movement of the fluid through the passage (24).
RUDOLF MARIA JOZEF VONCKEN, JOHANNES WILHELMUS WEEKAMP, MAREIKE KLEE, SERGEI SHULEPOV
Filed: 20 Dec 17
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Inductively Feeding an RF Coil for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
6 Nov 19
The present invention is directed to inductively feeding a RF coil (9) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and in particular to a system comprising a RF coil (9) for magnetic resonance imaging and at least one feeding coil (14) for inductively feeding the RF coil (9) with an RF signal, and further to a method for inductively feeding a RF coil (9) for magnetic resonance imaging with at least one RF signal.
CHRISTOPH LEUSSLER, OLIVER LIPS
Filed: 29 Jan 18
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Time-of-flight Resolution-adaptive Image Regularization and Filtering In Positron Emission Tomography
6 Nov 19
A time of flight (TOF) positron emission tomography (PET) image (38) is generated from TOF PET imaging data (10) acquired of a subject using a TOF PET imaging data acquisition device (6).
Chuanyong BAI, Andriy ANDREYEV, Andre Frank SALOMON, Andreas GOEDICKE, Jinghan YE, Yu-Lung HSIEH, Bin ZHANG, Xiyun SONG, Manoj NARAYANAN, Zhiqiang HU
Filed: 17 Dec 17
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Patient Monitoring Systems and Methods
6 Nov 19
Techniques disclosed herein relate to monitoring changes in conditions of multiple individuals in areas.
William Palmer Lord, Cornelis Conradus Adrianus Maria van Zon, Abigail Flower
Filed: 2 Nov 17
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System and Method for Determining a Personalized Anti-snoring Solution
30 Oct 19
A method for determining a personalized anti-snoring solution for a patient includes performing an analysis of a sleep period of the patient in which snoring by the patient is occurring; advising the patient of an anti-snoring solution based on information obtained in the analysis; tracking a further sleep period of the patient in which the patient is employing the anti-snoring solution; and advising the patient of changes to the anti-snoring solution based on a comparison of information obtained in the tracking with data obtained in the analysis.
Koray KARAKAYA, Stefan WINTER, Anastasia SCHMALZ
Filed: 26 Dec 17
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Non-invasive blood pressure monitors and methods of operating the same
30 Oct 19
According to an aspect, there is provided a method of operating a non-invasive blood pressure, NIBP, monitor to measure the blood pressure of a subject, the NIBP monitor comprising a cuff, a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure in the cuff and for outputting a pressure signal representing the pressure in the cuff and a physiological parameter sensor, the method comprising obtaining a first measurement of a physiological parameter for the subject during inflation of the cuff, the first measurement being obtained from the pressure signal; obtaining a second measurement of the physiological parameter for the subject during inflation of the cuff, the second measurement being obtained from the physiological parameter sensor; comparing the first measurement and the second measurement; and estimating the reliability of a blood pressure measurement obtained by the NIBP monitor during inflation of the cuff based on the result of the step of comparing.
Jens MUEHLSTEFF, Teun VAN DEN HEUVEL, Erik BRESCH, Lars SCHMITT, Dieter WOEHRLE
Filed: 6 May 19
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Sensor Device and Method for Sensing Physiological Information of a Subject
30 Oct 19
The present invention relates to a sensor device and method for obtaining physiological information of a subject.
Ralph Wilhelm Christianus Gemma Rosa WIJSHOFF, Jens MUEHLSTEFF, Olaf SUCH
Filed: 1 Jan 18
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Stethoscope Apparatus and a Method of Processing Breathing Sounds Produced by a Subject
30 Oct 19
According to an aspect, there is provided a stethoscope apparatus stethoscope apparatus, the stethoscope apparatus comprising a sound sensor for measuring sounds produced by the breathing of a subject and for outputting a sound signal representing the measured breathing sounds; an antenna for receiving a modulated electromagnetic signal from the body, wherein the modulated electromagnetic signal is modulated by movement of air, fluid and/or tissue in the body; a processing unit that is configured to receive the sound signal from the sound sensor and the modulated electromagnetic signal from the antenna; and normalise the sound signal using the modulated electromagnetic signal.
Jacobus Josephus LEIJSSEN, Gerardus Johannes Nicolaas DOODEMAN, Rick BEZEMER
Filed: 3 Jan 18