21results about "Bioelectric signal measurement" patented technology

Module for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a portable digital camera and processing circuitry with machine vision and machine learning software for automatically documenting healthcare events and healthcare equipment operations in the electronic health record.

Module for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a portable digital camera and processing circuitry with machine vision and machine learning software for automatically documenting healthcare events and healthcare equipment operations in the electronic health record.

Module for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a portable digital camera and processing circuitry with machine vision and machine learning software for automatically documenting healthcare events and healthcare equipment operations in the electronic health record.

A method of adjusting a staple parameter of a surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. The method includes determining, by a control circuit of the surgical stapling instrument, a first stroke length for a first staple driver of the surgical stapling instrument to drive a first row of staples of a circular stapling head assembly of the surgical stapling instrument; detecting, by the control circuit, a malformed staple in the first row of staples; adjusting, by the control circuit, the staple parameter, based on the detection of the malformed staple; and determining, by the control circuit, a second stroke length for a second staple driver of the surgical stapling instrument to drive a second row of staples of the circular stapling head assembly.

A personal entertainment respiratory apparatus provides air to a user to provide a fully immersive entertainment experience. The personal entertainment system may comprise a flow generator for providing the flow of air. A personal spatial respiratory interface may be coupled to the flow generator. The personal spatial respiratory interface may comprise an outlet for the flow generator. The personal spatial respiratory interface may further be configured to direct the flow of air within an ambient breathing proximity of a user. The personal entertainment respiratory apparatus may further comprise a controller and a sensory particle dispenser. The controller and sensory particle dispenser may be configured to selectively activate release of a sensory particle from the dispenser into the directed flow of air in response to an entertainment triggering signal.

A computer-implemented system personalizes virtual advisors for immersive healthcare by creating virtual medical and spiritual avatars that resemble trusted authority figures using deepfake technology and multimodal deep neural networks. The virtual medical advisor tailors guidance by analyzing unstructured electronic health record data with natural language processing and BERT-based techniques while adapting its communication based on real-time physiological data from sensors like EEG and photoplethysmography. Concurrently, the virtual spiritual advisor offers faith-based counseling by factoring in user-declared spiritual preferences and sacred text analysis weighted for doctrinal considerations. Additional features include gamification with cryptocurrency tokens or NFTs for health activities, blockchain-based audit trails for HIPAA compliance, and federated learning with differential privacy. The system also employs 3D anatomical simulations to visualize pharmacokinetics and uses adaptive audio treatments in augmented reality with techniques like binaural beats and haptic feedback, all optimized through reinforcement learning based on historical interactions.

Methods and devices provide physiological movement detection, such as breathing, cardiac and / or gross body motion, with active sound generation using electronic processing device(s). The processor may control producing, via a speaker coupled to the processor, a sound signal in a user's vicinity. The processor may control sensing, via a microphone coupled to the processor, a reflected sound signal. This reflected sound signal is a reflection of the sound signal from the vicinity or user. The processor may process the reflected sound, such as by a demodulation technique. The sound signal may be produced as a dual tone frequency modulation continuous wave signal. Evaluation of detected movement information may determine sleep states or scoring, fatigue indications, subject recognition, chronic disease monitoring / prediction, and other output parameters.

An apparatus, means and method for supporting and providing multi-sensory and kinesthetic stimulation to a user includes a plurality of base joint mechanisms, a seat cushion, an actuator, an acoustic speaker, a display illumination, a sensor, a Holter monitor, and a computing device. The Holter monitors and sensors provide a current set of signal information of the user's physical condition and environment to a computing device of the apparatus. A computing device of the apparatus then interprets the current set of signal information as well as the past set of information using an artificial intelligence algorithm to optimize and activate the actuation of the base joints, audio speakers and lighting and create coordinated and rhythmic multi-sensory and kinesthetic stimuli for the user.

Disclosed is a cloud computing system for use with surgical hubs communicatively coupled to surgical instruments in surgical procedures. The cloud computing system includes an input / output interface configured for receiving raw data from the surgical hubs, wherein the raw data are generated from operation of the surgical instruments in the surgical procedures. The cloud computing system further includes a data collection and aggregation module configured to: identify patterns in the raw data; generate metadata based on the patterns; aggregate raw data into data sets based on a predetermined classification system; and store aggregated data sets in a database.

Disclosed is a surgical system, comprising surgical hubs configured to be communicatively coupled to surgical instruments in surgical procedures; and a cloud computing system, comprising an input / output interface configured for accessing data from the surgical hubs. The cloud computing system is configured to aggregate surgical instrument data and patient outcome date from the surgical hubs; determine a correlation between the surgical instrument data and the patient outcome data; access a live surgical procedure data for a live surgical procedure; and determine an irregularity in the live surgical procedure data based on the correlation.

The present invention discloses a multistage blower, comprising: a blower housing comprising an inlet and a plurality of stator vanes, and wherein the plurality of stator vanes are formed on an inner wall of the blower housing; a motor shaft; and a rotor coupled to the motor shaft and comprising a plurality of axial blades on an axially extending wall of the rotor, wherein the plurality of axial blades are arranged in a plurality of axial rotor stages; and wherein the rotor comprises a centrifugal stage at the top positioned towards the inlet, wherein, when the rotor is contained within the blower housing, the plurality of axial rotor stages align with the housing to form a plurality of axial stages, wherein the axially-extending wall of the rotor forms a part of an annular flow path; wherein, in use, air travels from the centrifugal stage downstream through the annular flow path through the plurality of axial stages.

A method for characterizing a state of an end effector of an ultrasonic device is disclosed. The ultrasonic device including an electromechanical ultrasonic system defined by a predetermined resonant frequency. The electromechanical ultrasonic system further including an ultrasonic transducer coupled to an ultrasonic blade. The method including applying, by an energy source, a power level to the ultrasonic transducer, measuring, by a control circuit coupled to a memory, an impedance value of the ultrasonic transducer, comparing, by the control circuit, the impedance value to a reference impedance value stored in the memory; classifying, by the control circuit, the impedance value based on the comparison; characterizing, by the control circuit, the state of the electromechanical ultrasonic system based on the classification of the impedance value; and adjusting, by the control circuit, the power level applied to the ultrasonic transducer based on the characterization of the state of the end effector.

Methods and devices provide physiological movement detection, such as breathing, cardiac and / or gross body motion, with active sound generation using electronic processing device(s). The processor may control producing, via a speaker coupled to the processor, a sound signal in a user's vicinity. The processor may control sensing, via a microphone coupled to the processor, a reflected sound signal. This reflected sound signal is a reflection of the sound signal from the vicinity or user. The processor may process the reflected sound, such as by a demodulation technique. The sound signal may be produced as a dual tone frequency modulation continuous wave signal. Evaluation of detected movement information may determine sleep states or scoring, fatigue indications, subject recognition, chronic disease monitoring / prediction, and other output parameters.

A method for characterizing a state of an end effector of an ultrasonic device is disclosed. The ultrasonic device including an electromechanical ultrasonic system defined by a predetermined resonant frequency. The electromechanical ultrasonic system further including an ultrasonic transducer coupled to an ultrasonic blade. The method including applying, by an energy source, a power level to the ultrasonic transducer; measuring, by a control circuit coupled to a memory, an impedance value of the ultrasonic transducer; comparing, by the control circuit, the impedance value to a reference impedance value stored in the memory; classifying, by the control circuit, the impedance value based on the comparison; characterizing, by the control circuit, the state of the electromechanical ultrasonic system based on the classification of the impedance value; and adjusting, by the control circuit, the power level applied to the ultrasonic transducer based on the characterization of the state of the end effector.

A computer-implemented system personalizes virtual advisors for immersive healthcare by creating virtual medical and spiritual avatars that resemble trusted authority figures using deepfake technology and multimodal deep neural networks. The virtual medical advisor tailors guidance by analyzing unstructured electronic health record data with natural language processing and BERT-based techniques while adapting its communication based on real-time physiological data from sensors like EEG and photoplethysmography. Concurrently, the virtual spiritual advisor offers faith-based counseling by factoring in user-declared spiritual preferences and sacred text analysis weighted for doctrinal considerations. Additional features include gamification with cryptocurrency tokens or NFTs for health activities, blockchain-based audit trails for HIPAA compliance, and federated learning with differential privacy. The system also employs 3D anatomical simulations to visualize pharmacokinetics and uses adaptive audio treatments in augmented reality with techniques like binaural beats and haptic feedback, all optimized through reinforcement learning based on historical interactions.

A load control system may control an electrical load in a space of a building based on one or more parameters regarding the physical condition of an occupant. The parameters may be gathered by one or more sensing devices. The sensing devices may be included in a mobile device. A system controller may receive the parameters and may automatically control the electrical loads in response to the parameters. The system controller may control the electrical load to attempt to adjust the physical condition of the occupant in response to the sensed parameters. The system controller may control the electrical load to provide an alert, an alarm, and / or a warning in response to the sensed parameters.

A computer-implemented system personalizes virtual advisors for immersive healthcare by creating virtual medical and spiritual avatars that resemble trusted authority figures using deepfake technology and multimodal deep neural networks. The virtual medical advisor tailors guidance by analyzing unstructured electronic health record data with natural language processing and BERT-based techniques while adapting its communication based on real-time physiological data from sensors like EEG and photoplethysmography. Concurrently, the virtual spiritual advisor offers faith-based counseling by factoring in user-declared spiritual preferences and sacred text analysis weighted for doctrinal considerations. Additional features include gamification with cryptocurrency tokens or NFTs for health activities, blockchain-based audit trails for HIPAA compliance, and federated learning with differential privacy. The system also employs 3D anatomical simulations to visualize pharmacokinetics and uses adaptive audio treatments in augmented reality with techniques like binaural beats and haptic feedback, all optimized through reinforcement learning based on historical interactions.

Provided herein is a method of pulmonary delivering to a subject at least one pharmacologically active agent being in a plant material, which is effected by pulmonary delivering the agent to the subject using a metered dose inhaler device that is configured to vaporize at least one pre-determined vaporized amount of the agent upon controllably heating the plant material, wherein the pre-determined vaporized amount is selected so as to achieve at least one pre-determined pharmacokinetic effect and / or at least one pre-determined pharmacodynamic effect induced by the agent in the subject.

A method implemented by a surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes first and second jaws and a flexible circuit including multiple sensors to optimize performance of a radio frequency (RF) device. The flexible circuit includes at least one therapeutic electrode couplable to a source of RF energy, at least two sensing electrodes, and at least one insulative layer. The insulative layer is positioned between the at least one therapeutic electrode and the at least two sensing electrodes. The method includes contacting tissue positioned between the first and second jaws of the surgical instrument with the at least one therapeutic electrode and at the least two sensing electrodes; sensing signals from the at least two sensing electrodes; and controlling RF energy delivered to the at least one therapeutic electrode based on the sensed signals. A surgical instrument having a flexible circuit is also disclosed.

To provide a personal entertainment respiration device providing a user with air so as to provide a complete immersion type entertainment experience.SOLUTION: An individual entertainment respiration device for providing a user with air containing sensory particles includes: a flow generator configured so as to generate a flow of air; a personal spatial respiratory interface that is coupled to the flow generator, includes a blowout port for the flow generator, and is configured so as to guide a flow of air into a user's ambient respiratory proximity area; a controller; and a sensory particle dispenser. The controller is configured so as to selectively activate discharge of sensory particles from the sensory particle dispenser into a flow of air guided in response to an entertainment trigger signal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A personal entertainment respiratory apparatus provides air to a user to provide a fully immersive entertainment experience. The personal entertainment system may comprise a flow generator for providing the flow of air. A personal spatial respiratory interface may be coupled to the flow generator. The personal spatial respiratory interface may comprise an outlet for the flow generator. The personal spatial respiratory interface may further be configured to direct the flow of air within an ambient breathing proximity of a user. The personal entertainment respiratory apparatus may further comprise a controller and a sensory particle dispenser. The controller and sensory particle dispenser may be configured to selectively activate release of a sensory particle from the dispenser into the directed flow of air in response to an entertainment triggering signal.