173results about "Computer-assisted medical procedure" patented technology

An analyte monitor includes a sensor, a sensor control unit, and a display unit. The sensor has, for example, a substrate, a recessed channel formed in the substrate, and conductive material disposed in the recessed channel to form a working electrode. The sensor control unit typically has a housing adapted for placement on skin and is adapted to receive a portion of an electrochemical sensor. The sensor control unit also includes two or more conductive contacts disposed on the housing and configured for coupling to two or more contact pads on the sensor. A transmitter is disposed in the housing and coupled to the plurality of conductive contacts for transmitting data obtained using the sensor. The display unit has a receiver for receiving data transmitted by the transmitter of the sensor control unit and a display coupled to the receiver for displaying an indication of a level of an analyte. The analyte monitor may also be part of a drug delivery system to alter the level of the analyte based on the data obtained using the sensor.

The present invention describes changes in bacterial gastrointestinal, cutaneous and nasal microbiota associated various mammalian medical conditions. Described are diagnostic tests that arise from combining phylogenetic information about the families, genus, and species of the microbiome and their relative abundance with the metabolic information contained in the metatranscriptome to determine the presence and absence of a disease or medical condition. Provided are compositions of bacteria, co-cultures of bacteria and a carrier for use in treating the disclosed medical conditions. The described compositions restore or correct disease- or medical condition-related imbalances in the microbiome profile with culture-conditioned formulations in which the transcriptome activity of the administered organisms is optimized. Alternatively, formulations of metabolites that drive changes in the metatranscriptome native to the mammal that treat disease or a medical condition or restore health are taught.

A system and method for calculating an engagement value by quantifying an amount that a user is acting without thinking considering brainwaves and a heart rate can be used to compare media based on an individual or a group of individuals. Events of the media can be contrasted and compared by the engagement value as well. Statistical measurements may be taken to improve media.

The invention discloses a video-image-based method for detecting a non-contact vital sign. The method comprises the following steps of: acquiring video images continuously according to a fixed frame frequency, detecting a region of interest (ROI) region automatically, separating a vital sign signal from a multichannel signal separated from the ROI region, extracting the frequency of the vital sign signal and converting the frequency into the vital sign to acquire a detection result. The invention also discloses a video-image-based system for detecting the non-contact vital sign. The method and the system have the advantages of quickness, real time, capacity of realizing continuous monitoring, high robustness, low cost, wide application range and the like.

A monitoring device for monitoring the physiological condition of a patient (1) on a continuous basis, which includes a transmitter unit (2) adapted to attach to a patient so as to be in contact with the skin of a patient, a corresponding receiver unit (5). The transmitter unit includes a strap or belt (3) adapted to attach to or around a body part of a patient. A plurality of sensors (E) are mounted to the belt for monitoring a plurality of patient physiological parameters, including at least the patient's skin impedance, heart rate and aspects of the heart beat. The sensors are connected to a microcontroller (8) which processes the signals and which is linked to a wireless transmitter (9). A portable receiver unit is adapted to receive and process the signal from the transmitter. The receiver unit includes a display (14) for data relating to the patient and preferably an alarm (15).

A nasogastric/orogastric (Ng/Og) airway protection device includes an elongate device body having a distal end for insertion into the stomach through the esophagus and a proximal end. A main lumen extends the length of the device and is configured for at least one of gastric decompression, enteral feeding and enteral medication administration. A sump port is at the distal end. A sump lumen is formed the length of the device body and configured for venting gas and preventing adherence of the device against the gastric wall. An inflatable esophageal cuff is carried by the device body mid-esophagus and an inflation lumen is formed within the device body and connects the inflatable esophageal cuff through which the esophageal cuff is inflated and deflated. Upon inflation of the esophageal cuff, emesis and/or reflux is blocked from passing out of the stomach past the esophageal cuff positioned mid-esophagus to protect a patient's airway.

A method for providing recommendations to a user based on user activity. A plurality of activity data tracking a plurality of activities of a user is obtained. The activity data may be obtained over a wide area network such as the internet or downloaded from a data card which stores activity data whenever the user participates in an activity. The activity data is either stored on the data card or transmitted over the network whenever the user uses a card when participating in any activity such as when making a purchase of goods, paying for services, watching television, etc. The activity data is processed to identify a plurality of user patterns. The user patterns are used to form a user profile and may include user habit data. Recommendations specific to the user based on the user patterns are then created for and provided to the user. The recommendations are provided to a user when the user logs onto a computer network such as the internet. The recommendations may also be provided by electronic mail, electronic pager or other methods. The recommendations are provided by various data analysis techniques including rule based inference engines and other forms of artificial intelligence.

Described is a radiation dose calculation algorithm based upon the output of a radiation dosimeter including multiple sensor devices (including one or more passive integrating radiation sensors and optionally, a MEMS accelerometers, a wireless transmitters a GPS, a thermistor, or other chemical, biological or EMF sensors). The algorithm is used to convert the sensor output into dose values used to assess the exposure of personnel to ionizing radiation. Sensor output patterns are matched to stored empirically generated sensor outputs thru weighting and optimization calculation processes to determine personnel doses. Algorithm outputs can include personal dose equivalents, radiation types, radiation energy and radiation source identification. Dose calculations can be optimized for specific applications, and matched to different sets of measured data without changing the underlining software calculation programs.

The invention discloses an online cognitive assessment system and an assessment method, and belongs to the field of assessment systems. The online cognitive assessment system comprises a terminal platform, wherein the terminal platform comprises a processor module, a power supply module, a man-machine interaction module, a communication module, a recording module, an assessment module, a storage module, a calculation module and an output module; the power supply module, the man-machine interaction module, the communication module, the recording module, the assessment module, the storage module, the calculation module and the output module are connected with the processor module respectively. Online cognitive diagnosis is carried out through reading and processing information of each module. By adopting the online cognitive assessment system and the assessment method, rapid and accurate assessment and good accuracy can be realized, and information is updated in real time.

A system and method of a clinical trial is provided. The system comprises a summary page providing an overview of each clinical trial participant in a graphical format, each clinical trial participant being represented by a unique clinical trial participant identifier and one or more clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the clinical trial participant identifiers, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular participant identifier to which it is applied. A zoom selector is provided for zooming in on a subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers included with the summary page. Upon selection of a particular level of zoom, a corresponding amount of detailed information related to the subset of the clinical trial identifiers is provided; the detailed information including at least an indication of the level of compliance of a clinical trial participant to a prescribed clinical trial protocol represented by a corresponding clinical trial participant identifier, and further information related to any particular clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applied to any one of the clinical trial participant identifiers included within the subset.

The invention discloses an automatic tooth arrangement method and an automatic tooth arrangement device, relating to the medical field of digital orthodontics, and solving the problem that the automatic tooth arrangement is poor in accuracy. The main technical scheme is as follows: the automatic tooth arrangement method comprises the following steps: acquiring three-dimensional data of dentition needing orthodontics and three-dimensional data of craniofacial jaw bone; selecting feature points on the three-dimensional data of the dentition and the three-dimensional data of the craniofacial jaw bone; constructing tooth arrangement planes and dental arch curves according to the selected feature points, wherein the tooth arrangement planes comprise a median sagittal plane, a horizontal plane and a tooth arrangement occlusal plane, and the dental arch curves comprise an upper jaw tooth arrangement curve and a lower jaw tooth arrangement curve; moving teeth in the three-dimensional data of the dentition according to the preset tooth positions, so that a target dentition after orthodontics is formed, and the preset tooth positions comprise the target upper and lower dentition sagittal position, the target upper and lower dentition vertical position, and the target upper jaw and lower jaw among-dentition position. The automatic tooth arrangement method and the automatic tooth arrangement device are mainly used for the tooth arrangement in the orthodontics.

The invention discloses a quantization evaluating device and method for dyskinesia symptoms of Parkinson and related extrapyramidal diseases. The device comprises an S-shaped gait channel, a finger inertia element node, a body inertia element node, a high-speed image collection unit, a central computer, an inertia element synchronization box, a synchronization state lamp, a wireless router, a switch and a power supply. The method comprises the steps of starting initialization of devices and starting the devices, adding basic information of testing personnel or searching existing testing personnel, selecting a collection mode, synchronizing a data collection unit module, collecting, displaying and storing data under assigned actions in real time, analyzing the data, and storing and printing quantization evaluating results. According to the quantization evaluating device and method for the dyskinesia symptoms of the Parkinson and related extrapyramidal diseases, the subjective evaluating method depending on the experiment of clinicians is thoroughly changed, and the device and method have improved theoretical value and realistic guidance significance on treatment of patients with dyskinesia, making of rehabilitation schemes and judgment of the curative effect and a prognosis.

A system of collocated servers, databases, computers, software applications, or any other computing module for the processing and utilization of genetic information. The computing modules allow for the analysis of genetic information stored in a database and the reporting of genetic test results without the need for sending the genetic information across the internet.

The invention relates to a medical monitoring system (100) based on sound analysis in a medical environment. A sound level analyzer (SLA, 10) is capable of providing an indicator for perceived levels of sound from a number of sound events, and a data storage modality (DSM, 20) is receiving and storing said indicator for perceived levels of sound and also corresponding information from an associated patient monitoring system (PMS, 60) handling information indicative of a physical and/or mental condition of a patient under influence by sound. A sound event analyzer (SEA, 30) is further being arranged for performing, within a defined time window, an overall sound analysis (ANA, 50) related to physical and/or mental condition of the patient that may be influenced by sound in order to assist or supervise medical personal with respect to the acoustic environment.

The invention provides a treatment scheme recommendation system. The system comprises an information acquiring module, a matching module and a recommendation module. The information acquiring module is used for acquiring the illness state information and personal information of a user, the illness state information of the user serves as first illness state information, and the personal information of the user serves as first personal information. The matching module is used for matching the first illness state information and the first personal information with illness state information and personal information in a knowledge base and determining second illness state information matched with the first illness state information and second personal information matched with the first personal information. The recommendation module is used for acquiring a treatment scheme corresponding to the second illness state information and the second personal information and recommending the acquired treatment scheme to the user. Due to the fact that objective historical data of the illness state information and the personal information instead of personal subjective experience is depended on in the system, the recommended treatment scheme is higher in pertinence and reliability, and thus a doctor and a patient can be assisted in more quickly, more accurately and more reasonably determining the treatment scheme.

Methods and systems for quantitatively detecting the presence of artifacts in physiological measurement data and for determining usable data among those that have been designated to be corrupted with artifacts are presented.

The present invention is to provide a computer readable medium comprising a computer program for enabling a computer to carry out provision of information on hepatocellular carcinoma in a subject based on an analysis result on methylation status of a novel marker specific for hepatocellular carcinoma.

The above object is achieved by obtaining the analysis result on methylation status of a CpG site located in a promoter region of at least one gene selected from CELF6 and RNF135 in a DNA sample derived from the subject and providing information on hepatocellular carcinoma in the subject based on the resulting analysis result.

The present disclosure presents a unified system to phase a personal genome for downstream clinical interpretation. In an embodiment, an initial phasing is generated using public datasets, such as haplotypes from the 1000 Genomes Project, and a phasing toolkit. A local perturbation algorithm is applied to improve long range phasing. If available, a Mendelian inheritance pipeline is applied to identify phasing of novel and rare variants. These datasets are merged, followed by correction by any experimental data. This allows for full clinical interpretation of the role of a group of variants in a gene, whether inherited or de novo variants.

The invention is directed to methods and kits that allow for classification of colorectal cancer cells according to genomic profiles, and methods of diagnosing, predicting clinical outcomes, and stratifying patient populations for clinical testing and treatment using the same.

A medical imaging device (300) comprising a magnetic resonance imaging system (302). The medical image device further comprises a memory (334) containing machine executable instructions (370, 372, 374, 376, 378, 380, 382, 384, 386) for execution by a processor (328). Execution of the instructions causes the processor to receive (100, 204) a pulse sequence protocol (340). Execution of the instructions further causes the processor to determine (102, 206) a pulse sequence type classification (342) descriptive of the pulse sequence protocol. Execution of the instructions further cause the processor to determine (104, 208) a magnetic resonance contrast classification (344), wherein the choice of the magnetic resonance contrast classification depends upon the pulse sequence type classification. Execution of the instructions further causes the processor to determine (106, 210) a pulse sequence protocol classification (346). The pulse sequence protocol classification is determined by the pulse sequence type classification and the magnetic resonance contrast classification.

The embodiment of the present invention discloses an intelligent medical detection interactive system, which is used to solve the problem that ordinary people misjudge the severity of their own diseases and cause excessive burden on medical resources in first-tier cities. An intelligent medical detection interactive system in an embodiment of the present invention includes: an intelligent medical detection interactive terminal and an intelligent medical detection interactive server; the intelligent medical detection interactive terminal is placed in a public area of ​​a residential community, and includes a display module and a user information collection module and a medical data acquisition module; the intelligent medical detection interactive system includes the following workflow: collect user identity information and verify it; if the identity verification is passed, collect the user's own medical data, and submit the medical data to the An intelligent medical detection interactive server; the intelligent medical detection interactive server diagnoses and analyzes the medical data to obtain diagnosis and treatment suggestions; the intelligent medical detection interactive server pushes the diagnosis and treatment suggestions to the user.

The present invention relates to a method for determining the posture of a patient. The method comprises the steps of: initiating (50, 52) a patient posture determining session by performing an electrical bio-impedance measurement session in at least one of a number of different electrode configurations in order to measure an impedance value for the at least one configuration; obtaining reference impedance values (54) stored in advance for the at least one configuration and for at least one potential posture of the patient; comparing (54) the measured impedance value for the at least one configuration with corresponding stored reference impedance values for at least one potential posture of the patient; and determining (56) the present posture of the patient by using results from the comparison between measured impedance values and the stored reference impedance values. Furthermore, the invention relates to a medical device for determining the posture of a patient and a computer readable medium comprising instructions for bringing a computer to perform the inventive method.

This invention relates to diagnostic and screening medical ultrasound in general and to ultrasound-stimulated detection and location, Image-based Dynamic Ultrasound Spectrography, Acoustic Radiation Force Imaging, and similar modalities in particular. In this invention, an ultrasound signal is emitted into tissue and the resulting radiation force induces localized lower frequency oscillations, which are then received by various acoustic sensors and analyzed to determine certain features or characteristics of the interrogated region. The sensors can be arranged in the form of a ring, in any random arrangements, or positioned in specifically chosen locations. An ultrasonic imaging and excitation transducer generates certain stimulating signals which are received by the breast tissues and which, if they contact a microcalcification, other target, or any region with sharply different mechanical and visco-elastic properties, will result in reflected, demodulated, or re-radiated signals. These signals will propagate away from the targets and detected by the various receiving sensors.