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Intraluminal device reuse prevention with patient interface module and associated devices, systems, and methods
22 Aug 23
A sensing system includes a patient interface module (PIM) communicatively disposed between a processing system and a sensing device configured to obtain measurement data associated with a body of a patient while positioned within the body, the sensing device comprising a memory, wherein the patient interface module comprises: a controller operable to: read data stored on the memory of the sensing device using a first signal voltage; and write to the memory to disable further operation of the sensing device using a second signal voltage; and a voltage switch configured to selectively output the first signal voltage or the second signal voltage.
Cesar Perez
Filed: 17 Oct 18
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Wireless power transfer
22 Aug 23
A battery includes a first electronic circuit configured to operate in a transfer mode to wirelessly transfer power to a device and to operate in a receive mode to wirelessly receive power from the device.
Martijn Gerarda Lambertus Justinus Van Uden, Klaas Jacob Lulofs, Roelf Van Der Wal
Filed: 26 Jun 19
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Brush head assembly and methods of manufacture
15 Aug 23
A method (200) for manufacturing a brush head (10) includes: (i) positioning (210) a first end (23) of each of a plurality of bristle tufts (21) into a tuft plate (110) comprising a plurality of cavities (120) each configured to receive at least one of the plurality of bristle tufts; (ii) applying (220) a force, via a profile plate (300), to a second end (25) of the plurality of bristle tufts, wherein the profile plate comprises a predetermined shape complementary to a desired profile configuration of the bristle tufts; and (iii) applying (230) heat to each of the first ends of the plurality of bristle tufts, via a die plate (400) comprising at least one cavity (410) configured to receive at least one of the plurality of the first ends, at a temperature sufficient to at least partially melt each of the first ends into the cavity.
Nathan Farrell
Filed: 4 Dec 18
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Systems and methods for suppressing peaks in a seismocardiogram
15 Aug 23
The invention provides a seismocardiograph system, which includes an accelerometer, adapted to obtain accelerometer data from user, and a bandpass filter, adapted to filter the accelerometer data.
Rene Martinus Maria Derkx, Thomas Gerhard Emmrich
Filed: 18 May 18
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Detecting atrial fibrillation using short single-lead ECG recordings
15 Aug 23
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions readable and executable by at least one electronic processor (20) to perform an atrial fibrillation (AF) detection method (100).
Jonathan Rubin, Saman Parvaneh, Asif Rahman, Bryan Conroy, Saeed Babaeizadeh
Filed: 18 Sep 18
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System and method for reducing physiological data size
15 Aug 23
The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for encoding and/or decoding brain activity signals for data reduction.
Gary Nelson Garcia Molina, Stefan Pfundtner, Antonio Aquino
Filed: 13 Jun 18
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Workflow of needle tip identification for biopsy documentation
15 Aug 23
An interventional instrument (16) is inserted into a patient (14) to perform an interventional medical procedure guided by a medical imaging device (10).
Pingkun Yan, Jochen Kruecker, Scott Frederic Thompson, Wei Lin, Samuel Coons
Filed: 18 Jul 16
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Transperineal stepper including rotatable transducer probe and shaft with internal cable
15 Aug 23
A device includes an ultrasound probe including an elongated neck insertable in a patient and rotatable around a first longitudinal axis, an ultrasound transducer, and an elongated body rotatable around a second longitudinal axis that is parallel to and offset from the first longitudinal axis.
Mika Tapani Ihatsu
Filed: 24 Apr 18
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Ultrasound system with disinfecting feature
15 Aug 23
A method for using an ultrasound imaging system including a disinfection system is disclosed.
Earl M. Canfield
Filed: 5 Feb 21
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Multi-layers cushion assembly for a patient interface
15 Aug 23
A patient interface for use in delivering a flow of breathing gas to an airway of a patient.
Lauren Patricia Chodkowski, Anna Dzuricky, James Maier
Filed: 18 Mar 20
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Method and system for enhancement of slow wave activity and personalized measurement thereof
15 Aug 23
The present disclosure pertains to enhancement of slow wave activity and personalized measurement thereof.
Gary Nelson Garcia Molina
Filed: 4 Dec 20
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Hair cutting appliance and blade set
15 Aug 23
The present invention relates to a hair cutting appliance (10) comprising a blade set (20), and to a blade set (20) of a hair cutting appliance (10).
Jan Bennik, Robbert Freerk Johan Van der Scheer, Martinus Bernardus Stapelbroek, Albert Jan Aitink, Everhardus Johannes Hoexum
Filed: 6 Sep 22
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Method for optimizing radiation beam intensity profile shape using dual multiple aperture devices
15 Aug 23
The present invention is directed to multiple aperture devices (MADs) for beam shaping in x-ray imaging.
Joseph Webster Stayman, Aswin John Mathews, Reuven Levinson
Filed: 8 Dec 21
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Ultrasound systems and methods for measuring acoustic attenuation coefficients
15 Aug 23
Systems and methods for improving spectral-shift methods for calculating acoustic attenuation coefficients are disclosed.
Sheng-Wen Huang, Hua Xie, Jean-Luc Francois-Marie Robert, Man Nguyen, Vijay Thakur Shamdasani
Filed: 6 Sep 18
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Apparatus, method, and computer program for identifying a user of a display unit
15 Aug 23
An apparatus, method, and computer program for identifying a user of a display unit.
Maarten Van Den Boogaard, Robert Godlieb
Filed: 8 Oct 19
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Elliptic curve isogeny based key agreement protocol
15 Aug 23
An electronic key pre-distribution device for configuring multiple network nodes with local key information is provided.
Oscar Garcia Morchon, Sauvik Bhattacharya, Ludovicus Marinus Gerardus Maria Tolhuizen, Ronald Rietman
Filed: 12 Feb 18
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Detection apparatus for determining a state of tissue
8 Aug 23
The invention relates to a detection apparatus (30) for determining a state of tissue.
Manfred Mueller, Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen, Jeroen Jan Horikx
Filed: 30 Oct 12
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Ultrasound imaging system and method for compounding 3D images via stitching based on point distances
8 Aug 23
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 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 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: 24 Nov 17
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Thermally-conductive material layer and internal structure for ultrasound imaging
8 Aug 23
An ultrasound imaging probe including a handle configured for handheld use; a support structure disposed within the handle and comprising a thermally-conductive material, the support structure further comprising a coupling surface and an external surface, the coupling surface disposed at a distal portion of the support structure; a continuous material layer coupled to the support structure, such that the continuous material layer is disposed on the coupling surface and the external surface, the continuous material layer thereby providing a heat transmission path between the coupling surface and the external surface; and an ultrasound sensor coupled to the support structure at the coupling surface and directly in contact with the continuous material layer at the coupling surface, such that heat from the ultrasound sensor is transmitted away to the support structure via the heat transmission path of the continuous material layer.
Junho Song, Edward Chan, Steven Michael Tavoletti, Mehdi Hejazi Dehaghani
Filed: 22 Mar 19
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Interventional peak skin dose (PSD) estimation
8 Aug 23
An apparatus comprises at least one electronic processor programmed to: control an imaging device to perform an imaging procedure on a patient wherein the imaging procedure comprises a plurality of radiation exposure events; automatically construct a data structure which stores information for the radiation exposure events including at least radiation dose information for the radiation exposure events determined during the imaging procedure; compute a peak skin dose (PSD) estimate for the imaging procedure from the information for the radiation exposure events retrieved from the data structure; determine whether the PSD estimate exceeds a PSD threshold; and output a notification if the PSD estimate exceeds the PSD threshold.
Norbert Hugger, Andrew Daudelin
Filed: 7 Nov 20