A system and method for measuring blood pressure makes flow velocity measurements from an artery location and vessel diameter measurements from the same artery location, using an ultrasound system. An arterial wave velocity is obtained from the blood flow velocity and vessel diameter and changes in blood pressure are then tracked. A continuous blood pressure estimate is made from intermittent cuff measurements together with tracked changes in blood pressure between those intermittent measurements.
A61B 8/00 - Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
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ELONGATE WIRE IMPLANT BETWEEN THERAPEUTIC IMPLANT AND NATIVE TISSUE FOR PREVENTING BLOOD LEAKAGE WITHIN HEART AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
Devices, systems, and methods for preventing leakage through a therapeutic implant are provided. An exemplary apparatus includes an elongate wire configured to be implanted within a heart of a patient such that the elongate wire is positioned within a non-circular gap between a therapeutic implant positioned within the heart and a native heart tissue of the patient to stop a leakage of blood through the non-circular gap. The elongate wire comprises a single length of material set in a serpentine shape. Moreover, the elongate wire is configured to retain the serpentine shape when the elongate wire is positioned within the non-circular gap.
An apparatus includes an intracardiac tissue engagement sensor configured to sense engagement with a valve leaflet of a heart valve. The intracardiac tissue engagement sensor includes a first jaw and a second jaw configured for movement relative to one another, where the first jaw and the second jaw are configured to receive a valve leaflet in a space between the first jaw and the second jaw. The intracardiac tissue engagement sensor also includes an emitter coupled to the first jaw, where the emitter is configured to emit energy in an unmodified state, and a receiver coupled to the second jaw. The receiver is configured to receive the energy in a modified state, or not receive the energy, based on interaction with the valve leaflet that is positioned between the emitter and the receiver.
The present invention relates to a device for guiding an interventional imaging device. In order to minimize the use of modalities like X-ray or CT, a device (10) for guiding an interventional imaging device is provided. The device comprises a data input (12), a data processor (14) and an output interface (16). The data input is configured to provide first image data as first data from a first imaging device. The first image data comprises a representation of the interventional imaging device inserted within a vessel structure of a subject. The first image data comprises image data relating to a first point in time. The data input is also configured to provide second data relating to a movement of the interventional imaging device. The second data relates to the first point in time and to at least a second point in time. The data processor is configured to estimate a pose of the interventional imaging device in the first image data. The data processor is also configured to track a relative motion of the interventional imaging device based on the second data. The data processor is further configured to compute an updated pose estimate of the interventional imaging device based on the estimated pose and the tracked relative motion. The data processor is furthermore configured to generate an updated indicator of the interventional imaging device based on the computed updated pose estimate. The data processor is also configured to augment the first image data with the updated indicator. The output interface is configured to provide the augmented first image data. In an example, the first imaging device is an X-ray imaging device and the second imaging device is a bronchoscopy imaging device.
A61B 1/267 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor for the respiratory tract, e.g. laryngoscopes, bronchoscopes
A61B 6/00 - Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosisApparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
A61B 6/12 - Arrangements for detecting or locating foreign bodies
A61B 6/46 - Arrangements for interfacing with the operator or the patient
G06T 7/246 - Analysis of motion using feature-based methods, e.g. the tracking of corners or segments
G06T 7/73 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras using feature-based methods
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IMPLANTABLE CLIP BETWEEN THERAPEUTIC IMPLANT AND NATIVE TISSUE FOR PREVENTING BLOOD LEAKAGE WITH HEART AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
Devices, systems, and methods for preventing leakage through a therapeutic implant are provided. The apparatus includes an implantable clip having a single length of wire. The single length of wire is shaped into a first arm, a second arm, and a loop positioned laterally between the first arm and the second arm and longitudinally proximal of the first arm and the second arm. The first arm is configured to be inserted into a therapeutic implant within a heart of a patient and the second arm is configured to be inserted into a native tissue of the heart. The first arm and the second arm are configured to urge a border of the therapeutic implant and a border of the native tissue toward one another and close a gap between the therapeutic implant and the native tissue.
A61B 17/122 - Clamps or clips, e.g. for the umbilical cord
A61B 17/128 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord for applying or removing clamps or clips
The present invention relates to medical imaging. In order to enable a stable and/or safe operation of a medical imaging system with a connected component, there is provided a compatibility testing apparatus for compatibility check of a component connectable to a medical imaging system. The compatibility testing apparatus comprises a connectivity module and a compatibility check engine. The connectivity module is connectable to a compatibility test interface of the medical imaging system. The compatibility check engine is configured to perform one or more compatibility tests to determine a compatibility between the connected component and the medical imaging system and to generate a result associated with the one or more compatibility tests.
G16H 40/40 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilitiesICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
G06F 11/07 - Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SUBJECT MOVEMENT DURING IMAGING PROCEDURE
A system and method for detecting movement of a subject during an imaging procedure that involves moving the subject on a subject support relative to a scanning gantry. A sequence of 2D image frames of the subject, acquired during movement of the subject support before a diagnostic scan of the imaging procedure, and support motion data, representative of motion of the subject support during the acquisition of the first sequence of 2D image frames, are received and processed to generate an averaged depth map of the subject. One or more further 2D image frames of the subject, acquired prior to and/or during the diagnostic scan, are received and processed using the depth map to identify any movement of the subject relative to the subject support.
A method for pacemaker pulse detection in ECG which is based on constructing an artificial ECG lead signal from measured ECG lead signals or lead vectors in which the pacemaker pulse signal is maximized, and then performing pace pulse detection within this artificial lead signal.
The invention provides an apparatus for providing guidance to a user of an ultrasound acquisition system to acquire standardized images of a target anatomical structure of a patient. A processing unit is configured to toggle a user interface between two modes: a guidance mode in which only guidance information is presented on the user interface, and an imaging mode in which a received ultrasound image is presented on the user interface. The processing unit toggles the user interface between these two modes based on a spatial relationship between a current probe position and a target view. When the ultrasound acquisition system is within a threshold distance of the target view then the processing unit toggles the user interface to display the imaging mode, otherwise the guidance mode is displayed.
Intracardiac devices (e.g., guidewires, catheters, sheaths) with multiple sensors for use in cardiac valve replacement, structural heart procedures, and other medical procedures are provided. The multiple sensors allow for measurements to be made at multiple locations (e.g., on both sides of a heart valve) without having to move the intracardiac device as well as facilitate tracking of the intracardiac device within the anatomy of the patient. In some aspects, the intracardiac devices include one or more electrodes for pacing a heartbeat of the patient, including while obtaining measurements (e.g., pressure measurements) with the multiple sensors. Associated systems and methods are also provided.
Proposed concepts thus aim to provide schemes, solutions, concepts, designs, methods and systems pertaining to improving (i.e. increasing accuracy and/or reliability) machine-learning models by correcting data used to train such models. In particular, a timestamp of training data describing an event is modified according to a time-shift function and a predetermined time uncertainty range. In this way, an uncertainty/inaccuracy of the recording of the timestamp may be compensated for, such that a quality of the training data may be improved.
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G06F 30/27 - Design optimisation, verification or simulation using machine learning, e.g. artificial intelligence, neural networks, support vector machines [SVM] or training a model
A wireless power transmitter (101) wirelessly provides power to a power receiver (105) via an electromagnetic power transfer signal and comprises a power transfer coil (103) arranged to generate the electromagnetic power transfer signal in response to a power circuit (201) providing a drive signal to the power transfer coil (103). The power transmitter includes a pliable member (405, 503) which comprises the power transfer coil (103) and which provides a pliable contact surface (505) for receiving the power receiver (105). The pliable contact surface (505) is arranged to adapt a shape to a contact surface of the power receiver (105). The approach may e.g. provide improved coupling between power transfer coils for an increasing range of different power receivers.
The invention relates to a mounting structure (4) for a medical imaging system (3), the mounting structure (4) being configured for being placed onto a loading surface (6) and comprising: elastically resilient elements (7) for supporting the medical imaging system (3) on the loading surface (6), transverse supports (8) for securing the medical imaging system (3) from movements parallel to the loading surface (6), and low-friction slide plates (9) on the transverse supports (8) for contacting the medical imaging system (3). In this way, a more crash-resistant solution for supporting a mobile medical imaging system (3) allowing it to remain suspended while ensuring it stays attached to its loading surface (6) during an accident or collision, thereby offering a solution that combines safety with operational integrity. In a preferred embodiment the medical imaging system (3) is a magnetic resonance examination system (3) comprising a superconducting magnet (5).
G01R 33/38 - Systems for generation, homogenisation or stabilisation of the main or gradient magnetic field
G01R 33/3815 - Systems for generation, homogenisation or stabilisation of the main or gradient magnetic field using electromagnets with superconducting coils, e.g. power supply therefor
The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method of rendering a line at variable thickness and displaying the line on a display unit comprising a horizontal X-axis and a vertical Y-axis. The method comprises receiving at least a first pair of points and a second pair of points, the first pair of points and the second pair of points defining a line segment of the line intersecting a vertical column of pixels, the column of pixels comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein the first pair of points comprises a first upper point and a first lower point in respect to the direction of the Y-axis, and the second pair of points comprises a second upper point and a second lower point in respect to the direction of the Y-axis, wherein the first upper point and the second upper point define an upper edge of the line segment intersecting the column of pixels, and wherein the first lower point and the second lower point define a lower edge of the line segment intersecting the column of pixels. The method comprises further, for at least one pixel in the plurality of pixels of the column of pixels, determining an area coverage of the respective pixel by the line segment based on the upper edge and the lower edge of the line segment, and assigning a coloring to the respective pixel based on the determined area coverage. As coloring, also shading of the pixel on a greyscale can be understood. The method comprises further displaying the line segment at the display unit according to the assigned coloring of the respective pixel.
The invention relates to a blood pressure cuff (204) configured to surround a body part (11) of a subject for determining the blood pressure of the subject, wherein the blood pressure cuff (204) comprises an inflatable bladder (213) and a shell (12) configured to enclose the bladder (213) during use, wherein the bladder (213) comprises an active bladder area (225), in which fluid is flowable for inflating the bladder (213), wherein the blood pressure cuff (204) is configured to be usable such that the active bladder area (225) is not in contact with the environment (255), when the blood pressure cuff (204) surrounds the body part (11) and is inflated.
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) magnet includes a vacuum container (10); a cryogenic structure (22) comprising superconducting windings (12), the cryogenic structure disposed inside the vacuum container; and support columns (40) connecting the cryogenic structure to an inner side wall of the vacuum container. Sockets (44) are disposed on the inner side wall (SW) of the vacuum container and ends of the support columns proximate to the inner side wall of the vacuum container have threads engaging the sockets. Further brackets (48) are mounted on the inner side wall of the vacuum container and the sockets (44) are rotatably mounted in the brackets (48). In some examples, the support columns are under a first compressive load (L) when an interior of the vacuum container is at a vacuum pressure.
G01R 33/38 - Systems for generation, homogenisation or stabilisation of the main or gradient magnetic field
G01R 33/3815 - Systems for generation, homogenisation or stabilisation of the main or gradient magnetic field using electromagnets with superconducting coils, e.g. power supply therefor
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BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF AND BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION SYSTEM COMPRISING THE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF
The invention relates to a blood pressure cuff (4)configured to surround a body part (11) of a subject for determining the blood pressure of the subject, wherein the blood pressure cuff comprises an inflatable bladder (13) with an inner layer and an outer layer, wherein a) the blood pressure cuff further comprises a shell (12) having an inner side merged with the outer layer of the bladder, and/or b) the outer layer of the bladder is more rigid than the inner layer of the bladder. By using such a blood pressure cuff, the quality of measured pressure pulses indicative of the pressure within the bladder, can be increased significantly, which allows for blood pressure measurements having an increased accuracy.
Methods and systems for performing the methods of imaging at least a part of a body are presented. The method comprises: acquiring signals by subjecting the portion of the body (10) to a chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging protocol including radiofrequency (RF) saturation at a number of different saturation frequency offsets; defining local sets of voxels, each containing at least one voxel, which cover the anatomical portions of the imaged part of the body; generating a Z-spectrum for each set of voxels based on the combined acquired signals of the voxels for a magnetic resonance image; using a fitting model to capture the shape of the Z-spectrum and derive a basic CEST signal within each set of voxels; deriving a scaling quantity based on a selected shape parameter of the fitting model, wherein the scaling quantity decreases with increasing fluid content within local set of voxels depending on its location in the anatomical portions of the imaged part of the body; deriving a fluid- suppressed CEST contrast signal for each set of voxels based on the basic CEST signal and the scaling quantity for each set of voxels; outputting the fluid-suppressed CEST contrast signal.
G01R 33/56 - Image enhancement or correction, e.g. subtraction or averaging techniques
G01R 33/485 - NMR imaging systems with selection of signal or spectra from particular regions of the volume, e.g. in vivo spectroscopy based on chemical shift information
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COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, AND EMG DEVICE TO MEASURE ELECTRIC ACTIVITY OF A MUSCLE
There is provided a computer-implemented method for estimating sleep stages. The method comprises receiving an electromyography (EMG) signal representative of electric activity of a muscle of the subject during the sleep session, and providing only the EMG signal as an input to a machine learning model. The method comprises estimating a sleep stage during the sleep session based on an output of the machine learning model. The machine learning model is trained by providing, as a first input, a reference EMG signal representative of electric activity of a muscle of a reference subject during a reference sleep session, and providing, as a second input, a reference sleep stage signal representative of sleep stages of the reference subject during the reference sleep session. The machine learning model is trained by using the first input and the second input to estimate sleep stages based on only an EMG signal.
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
G16H 50/20 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data miningICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
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Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
Proposed are schemes, solutions, concepts, designs, methods and systems pertaining to aiding and/or improving a vibratory personal care device having cleaning elements that are adapted, in use, to vibrate. Embodiments proposed that, based on a loading force applied to the cleaning elements during use, the vibration of the cleaning elements may be controlled. That is, the vibration of the personal care device may be adapted based on a pressure applied to cleaning elements (by engagement with a tissue surface of the user).
The present invention relates to a photon counting detector and method. The detector (20) comprises a scintillator (21) configured to convert incident gamma radiation into optical photons, a pixelated photodetector (22) configured to detect the flux of optical photons, and circuitry (23). The circuitry (23) is configured to iteratively determine, per photodetector pixel, a photon count by accumulating the number of optical photons detected by the respective photodetector pixel during an integration time, assign the photon count, per photodetector pixel, to one of multiple energy bins by use of energy thresholds separating the multiple energy bins, and dynamically adapt, per photodetector pixel or group of photodetector pixels, the energy thresholds for use in a subsequent iteration based on information on the estimated photon count of said photodetector pixel or group of photodetector pixels in the subsequent iteration.
The invention relates to a medical vehicle (1) comprising a base vehicle (2) and a compartment (3) with a medical imaging system (4). The compartment (3) is a part of the base vehicle (2) or the compartment (3) is attached to the base vehicle (2). The base vehicle (2) comprises at least one base vehicle sensor (5) and the medical vehicle (1) is configured to obtain sensor readings from the at least one base vehicle sensor (5) during travel of the medical vehicle (1) and perform medical scans of a patient during travel of the medical vehicle (1) in dependence on the obtained sensor readings. The invention further relates to a corresponding method for operating a medical vehicle (1).
A61G 3/00 - Ambulance aspects of vehiclesVehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances, e.g. for facilitating access of, or for loading, wheelchairs
G16H 30/20 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
G16H 40/63 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilitiesICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for local operation
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ACCESS AND SAFETY CONTROL FOR RADIATION SHIELDING AREA
The present invention relates to radiation shielding. In order to provide an access to a radiation shielding area without disturbing the imaging procedure, while still ensuring good enough radiation safety, an access limiting arrangement is proposed for providing an access to a radiation shielding area. The access limiting arrangement comprising a plurality of radiation-shielding devices defining an entrance of the radiation shielding area. The plurality of radiation-shielding devices are configured and arranged in such a way that a person and/or an object is able to access the radiation shielding area during imaging, while passage of a radiation is substantially blocked by at least one of the plurality of radiation-shielding devices such that the radiation is reduced to the acceptable level.
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
A61B 5/055 - Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fieldsMeasuring using microwaves or radio waves involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
A61B 6/10 - Safety means specially adapted therefor
G21F 7/005 - Shielded passages through wallsLocksTransferring devices between rooms
A wireless communication system includes one or more base stations, and a plurality of UEs for a sidelink communication using sidelink resources. The UEs includes a transmitting UE and a receiving UE using a subset of the sidelink resources of the wireless communication system. The receiving UE sends over the sidelink a sidelink feedback to the transmitting UE. The sidelink feedback indicates for a data transmission a successful or non-successful reception at the receiving UE. The transmitting UE reports the sidelink feedback to a base station. The base station provides to the transmitting UE, responsive to the sidelink feedback, sidelink resources for a possible retransmission of a data packet over the sidelink to the receiving UE. The reporting of the sidelink feedback to the base station by the transmitting UE is activated or deactivated responsive to one or more conditions.
An imaging assembly for an intraluminal device is provided. In one embodiment, the imaging assembly includes: an array of ultrasound transducer elements spaced apart by air kerfs; a plurality of buffer elements surrounding the array of ultrasound transducer elements, wherein the plurality of buffer elements are spaced apart by gaps; and a sealing material filling portions of the gaps between the plurality of buffer elements
A61B 8/00 - Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
A61B 8/12 - Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters
B06B 1/06 - Processes or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy operating with piezoelectric effect or with electrostriction
H10N 30/063 - Forming interconnections, e.g. connection electrodes of multilayered piezoelectric or electrostrictive parts
H10N 30/071 - Mounting of piezoelectric or electrostrictive parts together with semiconductor elements, or other circuit elements, on a common substrate
PHILIPS GOLDWAY (SHENZHEN) INDUSTRIAL INC. (China)
Inventor
Wu, Jikun
Zhang, Yuyang
Yang, Chao
Chen, Chaobin
Abstract
A rotatable cover for covering one or more interface elements of a defibrillator monitor. The rotatable cover is rotatable so as to controllably cover and expose the interface element(s).
Proposed concepts thus aim to provide schemes, solutions, concept, designs, methods and systems pertaining to predicting a registration between two medical images of a subject's brain. In particular, embodiments aim to provide a method for predicting a registration between two medical images of a subject's brain. This can be achieved by obtaining a segmentation of a first medical image to identify an anatomical structure and then, based on this, determining a dense deformation field from the first medical image to the second medical image. In other words, it is proposed that by determining a dense deformation field between a first medical image of a subject's brain and a second medical image in which a subject's brain is deformed compared to the brain in the first medical image (i.e., has undergone brain-shift), a registration between the two images can essentially be predicted.
A hair-cutting unit (9a) comprises an external cutting member (11a) and an internal cutting member (13a) rotatable relative to the external cutting member about a central axis. The external cutting member comprises hair-entry slots (35) having a slot angle (α) in a range from 0° to 20° in each radial position of the hair-entry slot. The internal cutting member comprises cutting elements (59a, 59b, 59c) each having a cutting edge (45a, 45b, 45c) having a cutting-edge angle (β) in a range from 55° to 85°. A trailing edge (43) of each hair-entry slot is provided with a hair-retaining structure (47) having an array of hair-abutment surfaces (53) extending transversely relative to the trailing edge and facing the central axis (19).
B26B 19/14 - Clippers or shavers operating with a plurality of cutting edges, e.g. hair clippers, dry shavers of the rotary-cutter typeCutting heads thereforCutters therefor
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MILK MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFANT MILK CONTAINER ATTACHMENT AND SYSTEM
Provided is a computer implemented method (100) for communicating an infant milk management recommendation to a user. The method comprises monitoring (102), overtime, data indicative of a temperature of each quantity of milk in a reserve of infant milk. The infant milk management recommendation is determined (104) at least partly based on said temperature sensor data, and the recommendation is communicated (106) to the user. Further provided is a computer program for implementing the method, an infant milk container attachment, and an infant milk management system.
G16H 20/60 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
A23L 33/00 - Modifying nutritive qualities of foodsDietetic productsPreparation or treatment thereof
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COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, AND EMG DEVICE TO MEASURE ELECTRIC A MUSCLE
A computer-implemented method for estimating sleep stages that comprises receiving an electromyography (EMG) signal representative of electric activity of a muscle of the subject during the sleep session and providing only the EMG signal as an input to a machine learning model. The method comprises estimating a sleep stage during the sleep session based on an output of the machine learning model. The machine learning model is trained by providing, as a first input, a reference EMG signal representative of electric activity of a muscle of a reference subject during a reference sleep session, and providing, as a second input, a reference sleep stage signal representative of sleep stages of the reference subject during the reference sleep session. The machine learning model is trained by using the first input and the second input to estimate sleep stages based on only an EMG signal.
G16H 50/30 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data miningICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for calculating health indicesICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data miningICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for individual health risk assessment
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AUTO IDENTIFICATION OF PATIENT INTERFACES BY MEASUREMENT OF SIGNATURE FORCES AND/OR VIBRATIONS AT MASK CONNECTIONS
A system and method for automatically identifying a mask used in a pressure support system. An output of an identification sensor arrangement coupled to a patient interface device is received in a controller. The identification sensor arrangement includes: (i) a force sensor structured and configured to generate force data indicative of a force generated during connection of a mask portion to a headgear portion or to a conduit portion of the patient interface device or during use of the pressure support system, and/or (ii) a vibration sensor structured and configured to generate vibration data indicative of vibrations generated during connection of the mask portion to the headgear portion or to the conduit portion or during use of the pressure support system. The controller determines the brand, type and/or size of the mask portion based on the force data and/or the vibration data.
A system for localizing a three-dimensional field of view of a beamforming ultrasound imaging probe based on a position indicator disposed within said field of view. The beamforming ultrasound imaging probe transmits and receives ultrasound signals within a three-dimensional field of view comprising a plurality of predetermined sub-volumes, each sub-volume being defined by a two dimensional array of beams. A controller causes the beamforming ultrasound imaging probe to scan the sub-volumes sequentially by transmitting and receiving ultrasound signals corresponding to each beam. A tracking system determines a position of the position indicator within the three-dimensional field of view; and determines a sub-volume in which the position indicator is located. The controller causes the beamforming ultrasound imaging probe to provide a localized field of view including the position of the position indicator by constraining the transmitting and receiving of ultrasound signals to a portion of the sub-volume in which the position indicator is located.
A transesophageal transducer comprising: a transesophageal handle; a transesophageal probe tip; a probe tip control cable extending from the transesophageal handle to the transesophageal probe tip, wherein the probe tip control cable controls at least one of rotation and flexing of the probe tip in one or more directions; a torque protection mechanism positioned along the probe tip control cable, wherein the torque protection mechanism is configured to prevent rotation or flexing of the transesophageal probe tip at a pressure that could pose a risk to a patient.
A user device, UE, for one or more wireless communication systems, includes one or more transceiver chains. The UE shares at least one transceiver chain with at least two connections to the one or more wireless communication systems. The UE is connected to one or more network entities, like a gNB or another UE, with the connections, and perform one or more operations on the connections at respective operation occasions. When the UE transmits or receives on a current one of the connections, it does not to transmit or receive on the other connections.
Disclosed herein is a medical system (100) and a method of operating a medical system. The method comprises: executing (200) spoiling commands configured to adjust operation of a magnetic resonance imaging system such that magnetic resonance imaging signals during execution of pulse sequence commands (142) are spoiled, wherein the spoiling commands are configured such that sending of radio frequency transmissions are enabled during execution of the pulse sequence commands, wherein the pulse sequence commands are configured to control the magnetic resonance imaging system to acquire k-space data from an imaging zone using the magnetic resonance imaging antenna; acquiring (202) calibration k-space data (148) by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with the pulse sequence commands while the spoiling commands active; acquiring (204) reference radio frequency data (150) using at least one electromagnetic, EMI, detector, wherein the reference radio frequency data is acquired simultaneously with the calibration k-space data; and calibrating (206) an EMI signal removal module (144) using the reference radio frequency data and the calibration k-space data. In an embodiment the EMI signal removal module is configured to remove EMI signal from the acquired k-space data in response to receiving the detected spurious radio-frequency signals and the acquired k-space data as input. The system comprises a computational system configured to perform the method.
A double defibrillation system employs a base defibrillator (40) and a relay defibrillator (50). In operation, the base defibrillator (40) conditionally initiates a delivery of a primary defibrillation shock to a patient when the base defibrillator (40) is electrically coupled to the patient, and the relay defibrillator (50) responsively initiates a delivery of a supplemental defibrillation shock to the patient when the relay defibrillator (50) is electrically coupled to the patient and in response to a receipt by the relay defibrillator (50) of a trigger signal indicative of one of a preset initiation of the delivery of the primary defibrillation shock to the patient by the base defibrillator (40) or a preceding initiation of the delivery of the primary defibrillation shock to the patient by the base defibrillator (40).
A method (70) of monitoring a medical diagnostic result of an AI model based on collecting AI-failure cases to generate "out-of-distribution" clusters (40) of data within a clinical application, such as due to clinical and/or demographic differences. This enables the monitoring system and method to flag cases where the AI model likely will not work as expected.
G16H 50/20 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data miningICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
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COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND AROUSAL DETECTION SYSTEM
There is provided a computer-implemented method for detecting an arousal in a sleep session of a subject. The computer-implemented comprises receiving a first signal comprising information about a first probability distribution of sleep stage classes during the first epoch. The computer-implemented comprises receiving a second signal comprising information about a second probability distribution of the sleep stage classes during the second epoch. The computer-implemented comprises determining a continuity metric representative of a difference between the first probability distribution and the second probability distribution. The computer-implemented comprises determining a presence of an arousal based on the continuity metric. Further, there is provided an arousal detection system for detecting an arousal in a sleep session of a subject. The arousal detection system comprises a processing system and a sensor interface. The processing system is configured to perform the computer- implemented method.
To get an even more accurate luminance mapping usable for dynamic range conversion of images, the circuit and method of pixel color processing comprises: nd luma mapping using a luma mapping function (F_Ymap) an input luma into a non-linear output luminance (L'_out), or output luma; establishing a multiplier (m) for the input luma which depends on the input luma (Y_in), and multiplying an input blue and red chroma by the multiplier to obtain normalized chroma components (Cb_m, Cr_m), and clipping the normalized chroma components to a range between e.g. -0.5 and 0.5; transforming the clipped chroma components and a luma component which is equal to 1.0 into normalized red, green and blue components (R'_n, G'_n, B'_n) by using a color conversion matrix; multiplying the non-linear output luminance (L'_out), or output luma, by the normalized red, green and blue components (R'_n, G'_n, B'_n) to obtain scaled red, green and blue components (R'_a, G'_a, B'_a); wherein the luma mapping applies to the input luma a secondary luma mapping function (F_YmapC) which is based on the luma mapping function by applying a first calculation which equals: F_YmapC(Y_in)=(F_Ymap(Y_in)+D)/(1+D), wherein D is an offset value which is constant for the processing of at least one image; wherein the multiplier is established as a multiplication of a first multiplier component which depends on the input luma by a second multiplier component which equals a reciprocal of a value which equals the sum of an output of the luma mapping function when having the input luma as input and the offset value (D); performing a transformation of the scaled red, green and blue components (R'_a, G'_a, B'_a) into final red, green and blue components (R'_f, G'_f, B'_f) which depends on a second calculation which equals: calculating a first result by subtracting from a respective one of the scaled red, green and blue color components a value which equals: the offset value divided by one plus the offset value; calculating a second result being a maximum of zero and the first result; and multiplying this second result by one plus the offset value.
G06T 5/90 - Dynamic range modification of images or parts thereof
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H04N 19/30 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability
42.
BLOCK CANDIDATES FOR INTRA TEMPLATE MATCH PREDICTION
To enable better video compression, an encoder and decoder are based on determining a first block vector prediction (BVP) candidate for predicting a block of pixel lumas of a current block of an image to be decoded, by applying a search using template matching prediction (TMP) for the block, wherein the first block vector prediction (BVP) candidate is a sparse candidate pointing to a spatially sub-sampled position of the image to be decoded; deriving an auto-relocated BVP candidate by using the first block vector prediction (BVP) candidate and determining the auto-relocated BVP candidate as a block vector which is equal to the vector addition of the first block vector prediction (BVP) candidate and a block vector which was used to predict a block at a position pointed to by the first block vector prediction (BVP) candidate, starting from a position of the current block; determining a list of BVP candidates comprising the first BVP candidate and the auto-relocated BVP candidate and determining, based on the list of BVP candidates, a final block vector indicating a reference block for predicting the current block.
H04N 19/57 - Motion estimation characterised by a search window with variable size or shape
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H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
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Control apparatus and computer software programs for lighting apparatus and lighting systems; lighting control apparatus; lighting control systems; remote control apparatus for controlling lighting; downloadable mobile application software; mobile apps for lighting apparatus and lighting systems; optical control apparatus; thermal control apparatus; signaling apparatus and instruments; communication equipment; apparatus for transmission and/or reproduction of images; projectors; apparatus for the transmission of data; electric converters; ballasts for lighting installations; LED drivers; LED modules; light emitting diodes (LEDs), organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), laser diodes and zener diodes; electronic components for lighting; sensors and detectors; electric power unit [transformers]; starters for electric lamps; switches, sockets, dimmers; light dimmers; parts of the aforementioned goods. Apparatus for lighting; lighting fixtures and lighting installations; luminaires; lamps; LED light strips; light sources [other than for photographic or medical use]; parts of the aforesaid goods.
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(1) Razors; electric shavers; shavers; battery powered shavers and beard trimmers; hair trimmers; beard trimmers; apparatus for shaving and trimming body hair, namely electric and battery-powered hair trimmers; nose and ear trimmers; epilators, namely hair-removing tweezers; blades and shaving foils for electric shavers; hair clippers; cleaning devices for shavers, hair trimmers, hair clippers and beard trimmers; replacement heads for shavers, hair trimmers, hair clippers and beard trimmers; electric and non-electric depilation devices; hair removal devices for in home use, namely electrolysis apparatus for hair removal; case and holders for the aforesaid goods; parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods
Razors; electric shavers; shavers; battery powered shavers and beard trimmers; hair trimmers; beard trimmers; apparatus for shaving and trimming body hair; nose and ear trimmers; epilators; blades and shaving foils for electric shavers; hair clippers; cleaning devices for shavers, hair trimmers, hair clippers and beard trimmers; replacement heads for shavers, hair trimmers, hair clippers and beard trimmers; electric and non-electric depilation devices; hair removal devices for in-home use; case and holders for the aforesaid goods; parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Control apparatus and computer software programs for lighting apparatus and lighting systems; lighting control apparatus; lighting control systems; remote control apparatus for controlling lighting; downloadable mobile application software; mobile apps for lighting apparatus and lighting systems; optical control apparatus; thermal control apparatus; signaling apparatus and instruments; communication equipment; apparatus for transmission and/or reproduction of images; projectors; apparatus for the transmission of data; electric converters; ballasts for lighting installations; LED drivers; LED modules; light emitting diodes (LEDs), organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), laser diodes and zener diodes; electronic components for lighting; sensors and detectors; electric power unit [transformers]; starters for electric lamps; switches, sockets, dimmers; light dimmers; parts of the aforementioned goods. Apparatus for lighting; lighting fixtures and lighting installations; luminaires; lamps; LED light strips; light sources [other than for photographic or medical use]; parts of the aforesaid goods.
The present invention relates to flow measurement. In order to provide improved flow measurement, a sensor (10) for flow measurement is provided that comprises a transducer arrangement (12) with at least one first transducer component (14) and at least one second transducer component (16). The at least one first transducer component and the at least one second transducer component are arranged with an at least partly common field of view in10 operation. The at least one first transducer component and the at least one second transducer component are configured to be operated with a phase shift.
A power receiver (105) comprises an input circuit (107, 503) with a receiver coil (107) extracting power from a power transfer signal generated by a power transmitter (101). A variable load (511) applies a modulation loading to the input circuit (107, 503) and a data transmitter (509) transmit data symbols to the power transmitter (101) by load modulating the power transfer signal during communication time intervals interspersed by non-communication time intervals during which no data symbols are transmitted. The data symbols are represented by modulation loading patterns and the data transmitter (509) is arranged to control the variable load (511) to repeatedly change the modulation loading during non-communication time intervals. The approach may provide improved communication and power transfer operation, and may in particular reduce transients, e.g. in the supply voltage provided to a load of the power receiver (105).
H02J 50/80 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
H02J 50/12 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling of the resonant type
A computer-implemented method of compensating for differences in medical images, is provided. The method includes receiving (S110) image data comprising a temporal series of medical images (1101. . .i). The temporal series includes one or more medical images generated by a first type of imaging modality (120), and one or more medical images generated by a second type of imaging modality (130, 130′). The first type of imaging modality is different to the second type of imaging modality. In one aspect, the method includes generating (S120a. S120b), from the temporal series of medical images (1101. .i), a normalised temporal series of medical images (1401. .i), and outputting (S130a. S130a′. S130b) the normalised temporal series of medical images (1401. . i) and/or one or more measurement values derived therefrom. In another aspect, the method includes generating (S120a. S120b), from the temporal series of medical images (1101 . .i), one or more normalised measurement values (1501. . . j) representing a region of interest in the temporal series of medical images (1101. .i), and outputting the normalised measurement value(s) (1501. . . j).
There is provided a computer-implemented method for determining sleep misperception of a subject during a sleep session. The method comprises receiving sleep condition information. The sleep condition information comprises at least one of SDB information and insomnia information. The SDB information is representative of a sleep disordered breathing (SDB) condition of the subject based on a number of SDB events of the subject per unit of time. The computer-implemented method comprises receiving sleep quality information representative of a quality of sleep of the sleep session experienced by the subject. The computer-implemented method comprises determining a degree of sleep misperception based on the sleep condition information and the sleep quality information. The sleep misperception is representative of a difference between a subjective total sleep time of the sleep session experienced by the subject and an objective total sleep time of the subject in the sleep session.
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51.
ULTRASOUND MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM
A medical system (102) is described. The medical system (102) includes: a console (110); an imaging device comprising a display (109); a user interface; a controller (116) comprising a processor (126) and a tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions; and a medical device (1030). The medical device (1030) includes: a catheter (1036) body comprising a lumen (406) comprising a distal end (1004) and a proximal end; and a transducer (1034) disposed at or near the distal end (1004) of the catheter (1036) body. The transducer (1034) is adapted to emit and receive ultrasound waves to treat tissue and/or measure blood velocity and/or image tissue with the same transducer (1034).
There is provided a respiratory support device for providing pressurized air to a subject. The respiratory support device comprises a conduit, an acoustic sensor, a membrane, and a body. The conduit is for conveying an airflow. The conduit has an opening. The acoustic sensor is arranged outside the conduit. The membrane is arranged to cover the opening to separate the acoustic sensor and the airflow from each other. The body is attached to the membrane. The body is adapted to vibrate in response to sound propagating along the airflow. The acoustic sensor is adapted to generate a signal representative of the sound based on a vibration of the body.
There is provided a computer-implemented method for determining sleep misperception of a subject during a sleep session. The method comprises receiving sleep condition information. The sleep condition information comprises at least one of SDB information and insomnia information. The SDB information is representative of a sleep disordered breathing (SDB) condition of the subject based on a number of SDB events of the subject per unit of time. The computer-implemented method comprises receiving sleep quality information representative of a quality of sleep of the sleep session experienced by the subject. The computer-implemented method comprises determining a degree of sleep misperception based on the sleep condition information and the sleep quality information. The sleep misperception is representative of a difference between a subjective total sleep time of the sleep session experienced by the subject and an objective total sleep time of the subject in the sleep session.
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54.
MAGNETIC RESONANCE BASED DEVICE LOCALIZATION, ACTUATION AND COMMUNICATION
Method and system for localization of a marker in a magnetic resonance imaging system are disclosed. The method comprises: generating during a magnetic resonance imaging sequence at least two radiofrequency pulses, wherein at least one is associated to magnetic resonance imaging and at least one that is associated to localization of the marker in a magnetic resonance imaging field, and which is distinct from the at least one radiofrequency pulse associated to magnetic resonance imaging; generating, by the at least one radiofrequency pulse associated to localization of the marker, a non-nuclear magnetic resonance signal receivable during data acquisition of the magnetic resonance imaging sequence; receiving data from the magnetic resonance imaging field during the duration of data acquisition period within the magnetic resonance imaging sequence; deriving magnetic resonance imaging data and marker localization data from the received data; outputting the magnetic resonance imaging data and the marker localization data for the magnetic resonance imaging field. The system comprises a computational system configured to perform the method.
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A method and system are provided for image acquisition guidance. The method is based on utilizing a reference image in a database and computing a registration offset between a live image view being acquired by an operator and the reference image. To improve consistency of image acquisition across different clinical applications, the method further comprises receiving an indication of a target image-based operation which is to be performed using the image being acquired by the operator and identifying a reference from a reference image store which meets a pre-defined suitability criterion for performing that operation and which represents a matching view to the live image being acquired. For example, this may comprise identifying an image in the store which has a highest value of a suitability score associated with suitability of the image for performing the given image based operation.
A computer-implemented method for generating synthetic training data for training a machine learning segmentation algorithm (1) of a software module, wherein the software module is configured for generating a segmentation mask of an image acquired by a medical imaging modality, the method comprising the steps of receiving a ground truth segmentation mask (4) identifying by means of labels at least one major structure generating synthetic image data (5) by filling the synthetic image data with image patterns according to the labels of the ground truth segmentation mask (4); downgrading the image quality of the synthetic image data (5) to obtain an input training image (6); and providing the input training image (6) together with the ground truth segmentation mask (4) as a training pair for the training data.
A closed loop resuscitation system (10) employing two or more of a chest compressor (20) operable to perform the artificial circulation of blood of the patient, an electrical therapeutic device (21) operable to perform the shock therapy of the patient, a ventilator (22) operable to perform the ventilation therapy of the patient, and an infusion pump (23) operable to perform an infusion delivery of the patient. The closed loop resuscitation system (10) further employs a resuscitation coordinator (40) configured to coordinate, in accordance with a resuscitation procedure, two or more of a performance of the artificial circulation of blood by the chest compressor (20), a performance of the shock therapy of the patient by the electrical therapeutic device (21), a performance of the ventilation therapy of the patient by the ventilator (22), and the performance of the infusion delivery of the patient by the infusion pump (23).
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58.
BRUSHING MOUTHPIECE INCLUDING A TRAY DRIVEN IN A CERVICAL-OCCLUSAL DIRECTION
A brushing mouthpiece is disclosed. The brushing mouthpiece has a boot seal and valve disposed between the handle and the brush head, which when a pressure on an inside of the bladder is less than a pressure on an outside of the bladder, the bladder draws air from the atmosphere into the pneumatic actuation system removing the negative internal pressure differential in the pneumatic actuation. A brushing mouthpiece may also have an S-convolute disposed in a membrane and adapted to enable paddle travel with minimal strain experienced by the membrane, while substantially minimizing an effective surface area of the membrane and substantially maximizing an effective surface of a paddle.
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A system for controlling collimation comprises an automated collimation controller that includes a processor configured to evaluate one or more images from an x-ray imaging system to identify features of interest. The x-ray imaging system comprises a collimator controlled by the automated collimation controller. The processor is further configured to obtain at least one feature weight parameter or dose weight parameter of the automated collimation controller; determine a weighted combination of the identified features of interest based on the at least one feature weight parameter or dose weight parameter; and tune collimation settings based on the weighted combinations of the identified features of interest.
The present invention relates to medical navigation. In order to provide facilitated information for navigation in hollow anatomical structures, a device (10) for navigation in hollow anatomical structures is provided that comprises a data input (12), a data processor (14) and an output interface (16). The data input is configured: to provide 3D image data of a hollow structure in a region of interest of a subject, wherein the 3D image data comprises a coordinate space; to provide a current pose of a tool with a tool tip inserted in the hollow structure. The data processor is configured: to transfer the estimated current pose of the tool tip to the coordinate space of the 3D image data based on the registration of the tool tip with the coordinate space of the 3D image data; and to generate, from the 3D image data, a rendered image showing a scene inside the hollow structure relating to the transferred estimated current pose of the tool tip. The output interface is configured to provide the rendered image to a user.
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A respiratory support device for providing pressurized air to a subject. The respiratory support device comprises a conduit, an acoustic sensor, a membrane, and a body. The conduit is for conveying an airflow. The conduit has an opening. The acoustic sensor is arranged outside the conduit. The membrane is arranged to cover the opening to separate the acoustic sensor and the airflow from each other. The body is attached to the membrane. The body is adapted to vibrate in response to sound propagating along the airflow. The acoustic sensor is adapted to generate a signal representative of the sound based on a vibration of the body.
An apparatus comprises a receiver (201) receiving images of a scene from different view poses of the scene. A segmenter (203) determines object image segments in the images which represent an object. A selector (205) selects a subset of object image segments and a generator (207) generates the image data signal to comprise the subset of object image segments. An occlusion determiner (211) determines an occlusion measure for the object image segments which indicates a degree of occlusion of an object represented by the object image segment and the selector (205) selects object image segments for the subset dependent on the occlusion measures for the set of object image segments. A rendering apparatus may receive the image data signal and generate views of the scene from the image data signal.
H04N 19/17 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object
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A computer-implemented method is disclosed for processing projection data of a subject in Computed Tomography (CT) imaging. According to the method, two or more different parts of the projection data are obtained, generated by a CT scanning system during a single scanning procedure, each part at least partially representing a same region of interest of the subject. Each part of the projection data is separately processed using a reconstruction algorithm to produce, for each part of the projection data, at least one reconstructed CT image of the same region of interest. A user interface is controlled to provide a visual representation of each reconstructed CT image of the same region of interest.
A mouthpiece toothbrush which includes provision for the coaching of a user includes a handle, a mouthpiece attachable to the handle, a user interface adapted to communicate feedback to a user, a motion sensor, and a processor which receives from the sensor data corresponding to the motion of the mouthpiece and causes the user interface to communicate feedback based on the sensor data. The motion sensor may be an IMU, or other type of sensor or combination of sensors that senses acceleration, orientation, and/or other movement parameters. The motion sensor or sensors may be in the handle. An embodiment of the mouthpiece toothbrush includes a timing unit, such as a clock as part of the processor or as a separate element. The user interface may include an LED, an LCD screen, a haptic device and/or a sound-emitting device, and the feedback includes feedback based on movement of the toothbrush along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle and/or mouthpiece. The feedback may include feedback based on the timing of rotation of the toothbrush around the longitudinal axis of the handle and/or mouthpiece and may include feedback on the time interval between commencement of brushing and the rotation.
A computer-implemented method of enhancing visibility of a contrast agent in computed tomography (CT) imaging is provided. The method comprises receiving CT data representing a CT image (110) comprising the contrast agent; generating, from the CT data, one or more corresponding contrast agent enhanced CT images (130), wherein the visibility of the contrast agent is enhanced as compared to the CT image (110) using a trained machine learning model (120); and outputting the one or more contrast agent enhanced CT images (130). A contrast agent dose used in the received CT data is lower than a contrast agent dose in a corresponding conventional CT image comprising the contrast agent.
A medical device (1030) is described. The medical device (1030) includes a catheter (1036) body having a lumen (406) with a distal end (1004) and a proximal end. A transducer (1034) disposed at or near the distal end (1004) of the catheter (1036) body, and the transducer (1034) is adapted to emit and receive ultrasound waves to treat tissue and/or measure blood velocity and/or image tissue with the same transducer (1034).
Concepts for encoding and decoding octree information are disclosed. In an encoding method, a diced point cloud frame is obtained, with a first volume having a length along a direction equal to a power of two, based on dicing a second volume of a point cloud frame along the direction to correspond a length, in the direction, of a sub-volume of the second volume to a length, in the direction, of a leaf node of an occupancy octree representing a space-partitioning of the first volume, the length of the leaf node being equal to a power of two and being greater than or equal to the length of the sub-volume; based on the first volume of the diced point cloud frame, the occupancy octree is obtained based on iteratively dividing volumes, of the first volume, that contain at least one point of the diced point cloud frame, a leaf node of the occupancy tree is occupied indicates a volume, associated with the leaf node and having a length in the direction equal to the length of the sub-volume, contains a portion of the diced point cloud frame; and in a bitstream, octree information representing the occupancy octree is encoded. Also provided are an encoder and a decoder for encoding and decoding octree information.
H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
A method for estimating contrast agent usage by a user during an interventional procedure includes receiving image data from a series of images acquired by a medical imaging device (130) during the interventional procedure (S311), where the series of images includes a portion of vasculature of the patient (150) through which the contrast agent flows, estimating the amount of the contrast agent based on the received image data (S313), and reporting the estimated amount of contrast agent to the user (S315). The amount of the contrast agent is estimated by applying the image data to a machine learning model (122) that has been trained based on features of previous image data associated with known amounts of contrast agents (S312), and estimating the amount of the contrast agent used based on similarity of features of the received image data and the features of the previous image data (S313).
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AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF ANATOMICAL CHECKPOINTS FOR SYSTEM CONTROL, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYTEMS, AND METHODS
An automatic checkpoint identification system receives a user input including patient health information or pre-operative images. The system generates, as an output of a patient model estimator, a 3D patient model with one or more anatomical checkpoints from the user input. The system receives, from an external imaging system, one or more imaging frames tracking a medical procedure. The system detects, by a controller, progress of the medical procedure based on a proximity of an intravascular device to one of the one or more anatomical checkpoints. The system generates, by a controller, an action recommendation based on the proximity.
A61B 34/20 - Surgical navigation systemsDevices for tracking or guiding surgical instruments, e.g. for frameless stereotaxis
A61B 6/00 - Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosisApparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
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A mechanism is disclosed for aiding in the automated identification of a CT image that can be produced from projection data. Projection data, representing an anatomical cycle of a subject, is split into parts, each of which is reconstructed into a CT image. The reconstructed CT images are processed to quantify predicted motion within each CT image. The measures of predicted motion are processed to produce an indicator of a temporal phase of the anatomical cycle of the subject.
A mouthpiece toothbrush includes a tray and a drive system. The tray includes an arch configured to extend over occlusal and incisal surfaces of the user's teeth, outer fingers arranged on buccal and labial sides of the arch, outer bristle tufts respectively extending from the outer fingers toward the user's teeth, inner fingers arranged on a lingual side of the arch, and inner bristle tufts respectively extending from the inner fingers toward the user's teeth. The drive system is configured to drive the tray repeatedly in at least a cervical-occlusal direction within an optimal performance region to enable cleaning of the user's teeth by the outer and inner bristle tufts, where the optimal performance region is above a line defining a minimum tray displacement of the tray relative to force applied to the tray in the cervical-occlusal direction in order to move the tray over the minimum tray displacement.
21 - HouseHold or kitchen utensils, containers and materials; glassware; porcelain; earthenware
Goods & Services
(1) Electric and non-electric toothbrushes for teeth and dentures, and their structural and replacement parts; replaceable electric toothbrush heads; electric and non-electric toothbrush components, namely, replaceable brush heads; apparatus for cleaning teeth and gums, namely, toothbrushes; tongue cleaning instruments in the nature of brushes for personal care
Hand tools and implements (hand-operated); razors; electric shavers; shavers; battery powered shavers and beard trimmers; blades and shaving foils for electric shavers; replacement heads for shavers.
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Goods & Services
Hand tools and implements (hand-operated); razors; electric shavers; shavers; battery powered shavers and beard trimmers; blades and shaving foils for electric shavers; replacement heads for shavers.
Hand tools and implements (hand-operated); razors; electric shavers; shavers; battery powered shavers and beard trimmers; blades and shaving foils for electric shavers; replacement heads for shavers.
Hand tools and implements (hand-operated); razors; electric shavers; shavers; battery powered shavers and beard trimmers; blades and shaving foils for electric shavers; replacement heads for shavers.
Hand tools and implements (hand-operated); razors; electric shavers; shavers; battery powered shavers and beard trimmers; blades and shaving foils for electric shavers; replacement heads for shavers.
Hand tools and implements (hand-operated); razors; electric shavers; shavers; battery powered shavers and beard trimmers; blades and shaving foils for electric shavers; replacement heads for shavers.
An ultrasound (US) imaging system (100) is disclosed. The US imaging system (100) includes an ultrasound imaging device (110) comprising a transducer; and a digital transducer interface (DTI (206)). The DTI (206) includes a plurality of transducer ports (309) each comprising a plurality of digital data streams adapted to transmit digitized echo output data from the ultrasound imaging device (110). The transducer ports (309) are adapted to connect to the ultrasound imaging device (110). The US system also includes: a switching circuit (301) connected to each of the plurality of transducer ports (309); and a controller (102) adapted to control switches (24) of the switching circuit (301) to transmit digital input data to and the digital echo output data from one of the plurality of transducer ports (309) at a time.
A mechanism for selectively providing a second individual with information about an area of interest to a first individual. The mechanism determines whether the area of interest falls within a field of view of the second individual. If the area of interest does not fall within this field of view, then appropriate information about the area of interest is provided to the second individual.
A system is provided for fenestration within a body lumen. The system includes an intraluminal device and a processor. The processor is configured to, from an imaging system, obtain a planning image including the lumen and a branch lumen extending from the lumen, and, in the planning image: identify a treatment device; identify a centerline of the branch lumen extending from the branch lumen to a desired puncture point on the treatment device; and identify a desired trajectory of the intraluminal device relative to the puncture point. The processor is also configured to, from a second imaging system, obtain a live procedural image including the lumen and the branch lumen; and in the live procedural image, identify the treatment device, the centerline of the branch lumen, the desired puncture point, the desired trajectory of the intraluminal device, and the actual trajectory of the intraluminal device.
A61B 18/24 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser the beam being directed along or through a flexible conduit, e.g. an optical fibreHand-pieces therefor with a catheter
A61B 18/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
A61B 34/10 - Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
84.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYSIS OF LUNG ULTRASOUND
A method (100) for analyzing ultrasound image data, comprising: (i) receiving (120) a temporal sequence of ultrasound image data for one or more of a plurality of different zones of one or both lungs of a patient; (ii) analyzing (130), using a first trained clinical lung feature identification algorithm, the received ultrasound image data to identify a first clinical feature in a lung of the patient, wherein identifying the first clinical feature comprises analysis of multiple frames in the temporal sequence, and wherein identifying the first clinical feature comprises identification of a location of the first clinical feature within the multiple frames; (iii) analyzing (140), using a trained clinical lung feature severity algorithm, the identified first clinical feature to characterize a severity of the identified first clinical feature; and (iv) providing (180), via a user interface, the identified first clinical feature and the characterized severity of the first clinical feature.
G16H 50/20 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data miningICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
G16H 30/40 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for processing medical images, e.g. editing
Provided is a computer implemented method (100) suitable for monitoring at least one skin region of a subject capable of moving relative to a source of ambient light. A sequence of video frames is received (102) of the subject. The sequence of video frames was captured while a light emitter provided a varying illumination, e.g. a pulsed illumination, to the subject. The sequence of video frames is then used to generate (106, 110) a first and second ambient light corrected image which are each then segmented (108, 112) to identify at least one skin region. Further provided is a computer program product for implementing the method, and a system for monitoring the at least one skin region.
There is provided a there is a computer program product, comprising instructions which, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to carry out a method for determining a sleep characteristic of a subject during a sleep session. The method comprises receiving sleep stage information and respiratory event information. The method comprises determining a REM value and a NREM value based on the sleep stage information and the respiratory event information. The method comprises determining a first ratio between the REM value and the NREM value; determining whether the first ratio exceeds a first threshold; determining a REM occurrence value representative of an amount of REM sleep during the sleep session; and determining whether the REM occurrence value exceeds a second threshold.
A61M 16/00 - Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. ventilators Tracheal tubes
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
A61B 5/08 - Measuring devices for evaluating the respiratory organs
G16H 20/30 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
A method of intraluminal imaging may comprise inserting an intraluminal imaging device into a patient body, advancing a distal portion of the intraluminal imaging device to a desired location within the patient body, coupling a handle of the intraluminal imaging device to an intraluminal imaging device stabilizer, and obtaining imaging data of a region of interest of the patient body. An intraluminal imaging system may comprise an intraluminal imaging device including a handle and a distal portion sized and shaped for introduction into a patient body. The intraluminal imaging system may also comprise an intraluminal imaging device stabilizer including a base component and an engagement component coupled to the base component. The engagement component may include a raised support structure sized and shaped for snap-fit engagement with the handle of the intraluminal imaging device. Associated devices, systems, and methods are also provided.
A wireless power transmitter (101) an output circuit (203, 103) comprises a transmitter coil (103) for which generates the power transfer signal a drive signal generated by a driver circuit (201) is applied. A power loop controller (209) implements a power control loop for controlling the drive signal to adjust a power level of the power transfer signal in response to power control error messages received from the power receiver (105). A mode store (213) stores a plurality of power level modes for the power receiver where each power level mode is associated with a reference power level for the power transfer signal. A mode circuit (211) adapts the drive signal to set the power level of the power transfer signal to a first reference value in response to receiving a mode request message where the first reference value corresponds to a reference power level for a first power level mode indicated in the mode request message.
H02J 50/12 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling of the resonant type
H02J 50/80 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
H04B 5/79 - Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems specially adapted for specific purposes for data transfer in combination with power transfer
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PLAQUE SHIFT AND/OR CARINA SHIFT DURING STENT PLACEMENT AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS
An apparatus includes a processor circuit that communicates with an intravascular imaging catheter. The processor circuit controls the intravascular imaging catheter to obtain intravascular images during movement through a first blood vessel of a patient before a stent is deployed inside the first blood vessel. The processor circuit determines first data representative of plaque within the first blood vessel or a second data representative of a second blood vessel connected to the first blood. The processor circuit determines a likelihood for a carina between the first blood vessel and the second vessel to shift when the stent is deployed and/or the plaque to shift when the stent is deployed. The processor circuit outputs, to a display in communication with the processor circuit, a screen display based on the likelihood for at least one of the carina to shift or the plaque to shift.
An apparatus includes a processor circuit configured for communication with an intravascular imaging catheter. The processor circuit is configured to: control the intravascular imaging catheter to obtain intravascular imaging data of a blood vessel while the intravascular imaging catheter is moved through the blood vessel; generate a longitudinal cross-sectional image of blood vessel based on intravascular imaging data; and output, to a display in communication with the processor circuit, a screen display comprising the longitudinal cross-sectional image. The longitudinal cross-sectional image comprises a first portion representative of a first length of the blood vessel and a different, second portion representative of a different, second length of the blood vessel. The first portion comprises a first longitudinal cross-sectional view of the blood vessel along a first angle and the second portion comprises a second longitudinal cross-sectional view of the blood vessel along the different, second angle.
An apparatus includes an intravascular guidewire configured to be positioned within a blood vessel of a patient. The intravascular guidewire includes: an intravascular sensor positioned at a distal portion of the guidewire and configured to obtain intravascular data; a connection portion positioned at a proximal portion of the intravascular guidewire and configured to transmit and receive electrical signals associated with the sensor; and an electrical communication pathway between the sensor and the connection portion for the electrical signals. The electrical communication pathway includes: a first conductive ink extending along a first length of the guidewire; and a second conductive ink extending along a second length of the guidewire. Electrical impedances of the first conductive ink, the second conductive ink, and the intravascular sensor are different from one another such that the electrical communication pathway provides an electrical impedance transition between the intravascular sensor and the connection portion.
A bitstream, an encoder and method for encoding the bitstream, and a decoder and method for decoding the bitstream. The bitstream comprises a plurality of encoded signals. Metadata, including a value for each of one or more mapping parameters of a plurality of mapping functions used to generate the plurality of encoded signals from an input signal having a higher bit depth than the encoded signals, is encoded in the bitstream or made available via external means. The value for each of the one or more mapping parameters may be determined based on a predefined set of compression parameters.
H04N 19/154 - Measured or subjectively estimated visual quality after decoding, e.g. measurement of distortion
H04N 19/184 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream
H04N 19/36 - Scalability techniques involving formatting the layers as a function of picture distortion after decoding, e.g. signal-to-noise [SNR] scalability
H04N 19/463 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process by compressing encoding parameters before transmission
A method for identifying deterioration of a patient's condition, comprising: obtaining, by a wearable vital sign sensor from the patient during a first time period, vital sign data; decomposing the vital sign data into one or more components, comprising: (i) a trend component characterizing a mean of the vital sign data over the first time period; (ii) a periodic component characterizing periodicity of the vital sign data over the first time period; and (iii) a residual component over the first time period; analyzing the one or more components to determine whether there is deterioration in the patient's condition; identifying, based on the analysis, a deterioration in the patient's condition, wherein the deterioration is a current deterioration or an impending deterioration; and reporting the identification of the deterioration in the patient's condition.
G16H 40/67 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilitiesICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for remote operation
G16H 50/20 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data miningICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
G16H 50/30 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data miningICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for calculating health indicesICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data miningICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for individual health risk assessment
This invention describes methods and systems for providing users, that are virtually present in a metaverse, with communications capabilities on their own real-life network and account by using an expanded metaverse authentication identity and/or credentials. This may include a communications credentialing process which can be performed from within the metaverse for communicating directly or indirectly with a user's mobile phone and a biometric process operating in a portal device (e.g., a virtual reality headset) that can be invoked from within the metaverse, and a specific unique metaverse identity.
There is provided a there is a computer program product, comprising instructions which, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to carry out a method for determining a sleep characteristic of a subject during a sleep session. The method comprises receiving sleep stage information and respiratory event information. The method comprises determining a REM value and a NREM value based on the sleep stage information and the respiratory event information. The method comprises determining a first ratio between the REM value and the NREM value; determining whether the first ratio exceeds a first threshold; determining a REM occurrence value representative of an amount of REM sleep during the sleep session; and determining whether the REM occurrence value exceeds a second threshold.
A mechanism for initiating ultrasound scanning in a way that reduces power consumption. An actuation mechanism (250) generates an actuation signal that indicates whether or not there is an interaction (between the actuation mechanism and an operator) that increases a force applied by an ultrasound probe (210) to a subject (290), e.g., from a baseline force. Ultrasound scanning is initiated responsive to the occurrence of such an interaction. In particular, an ultrasound processing system (220) initiates ultrasound scanning of the subject at an initial frame rate, using an ultrasound acoustic sensor (240) of the ultrasound probe, responsive to the actuation signal indicating that there is an interaction between the actuation mechanism and the operator of the ultrasound probe; obtains ultrasound imaging data are acquired by the ultrasound acoustic sensor (240) at the initial frame rate; processes the ultrasound imaging data to determine a pressure exerted by the ultrasound probe on the subject; and initiates ultrasound scanning of the subject at a desired frame rate responsive to a determination that the pressure exceeds a full scan pressure threshold, wherein the desired frame rate is higher than the initial frame rate.
A computer-implemented method of registering medical images, is provided. The method includes computing a spatial transformation between a first projection image (P1) and a volumetric image. The first projection image (P1) is generated from a first position (POS1) of a projection imaging system (110). Input defining the region of interest (ROI) in the volumetric image is received. One or more adjustments (TP1→P2) to the first position (POS1) of the projection imaging system are then calculated based on the spatial transformation and the received input, to provide a second position (POS2) of the projection imaging system for generating a second projection image (P2) representing the region of interest (ROI). A second projection image (P2) representing the region of interest (ROI) is then received. The second projection image (P2) is generated from the second position (POS2). The second projection image (P2) is then registered to the volumetric image (V1) based on the spatial transformation and the calculated one or more adjustments (TP1→P2).
The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method of synchronizing audiovisual data and medical data, the method comprising: receiving the audio-visual data (40) recorded by a first device (20), the audio-visual data including an audio channel and a video channel simultaneously capturing a medical procedure performed in a medical environment, receiving the medical data (30) recorded by a second device, the medical data capturing physiological parameters of a patient during the medical procedure; classifying, using one or more machine learning algorithms, one or more sounds from the audio channel of the audio-visual data as being produced by equipment in the medical environment; and synchronizing the audio-visual data with the medical data based on a time of occurrence of the one or more sounds.
The present invention relates to radiation shielding. In order to provide an improved mobile shielding solution, an interconnectable modular radiation-shielding unit (10) is provided for building a radiation-shielding wall. The interconnectable modular radiation-shielding unit comprises a housing and at least one port. The housing at least partially forms a chamber therein that is configmed to hold an X-ray shielding fluid composition. The at least one port leads through the housing into the chamber and being configmed to receive the X-ray shielding fluid composition. The housing comprises a detachably connectable portion that is configmed to be mechanically connected to a detachably connectable portion of a further interconnectable modular radiation-shielding unit to build the radiation shielding wall.
An RF head coil for acquisition of magnetic resonance signals from a patient's head according to the invention comprising an examination volume to receive the patient's head. Receiver elements are located around the examination volume and configured to provide a lateral access into the examination volume. An audio reproduction system with one or more audio outputs is integrated in the RF head coil. One or more flexible inserts fit between the integrated audio output(s) and the patient's ear position. When the patient's head to be examined is positioned in the RF head coil, the flexible inserts may be positioned along the lateral direction between the integrated audio outputs and the patient's outer ear.
G01R 33/34 - Constructional details, e.g. resonators
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
A61B 5/055 - Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fieldsMeasuring using microwaves or radio waves involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
G01R 33/36 - Electrical details, e.g. matching or coupling of the coil to the receiver
