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In a method and system for treating pain or impairment a video imaging device obtains image frames of a continuous portion of the patient's body including a selected impaired member in proper spatial relationship to a facial image of the patient. A processor coupled to the imaging device processes the image frames to form composite image frames in substantially real time wherein the impaired member is replaced by a virtual image of a corresponding healthy member so as to depict the imaged portion of the patient's body performing healthy movement of the selected impaired member. An interface is coupled to the processor for controlling virtual movement of the impaired limb in the composite image frames, and a display screen is coupled to the processor for displaying at least some of the composite image frames in substantially real time synchronism with operation of the interface.

The present invention relates to a nanometer biological robot. The nanometer robot is driven by molecular motors and guided by thrombus antibodies to assist in quickly dissolving thrombi. The rapid rotation of the molecular motors on partial thrombi produces the effect similar to that of a micro power agitator. The molecular motors are driven by light, so the nanometer biological robot is adjustable and controllable. The contact of drugs with fiber proteins is accelerated, the biological and machinery mechanics effect of the nanometer biological robot is synergetic with the medical enzymolysis, and the fibrinolysis is accelerated.

Systems and methods may be provided for changing an action of a user using electronic input. The systems and methods may send a first text message to request the user to set a specific short-term target for a day based on the long-term target and ascribed value. The systems and methods may later send a second text message to request the user to adjust the specific short-term target for the day, wherein the user may adjust the specific short-term target based on evaluating his/her current progress toward the short-term target. The systems and methods may then send a third text message to inquire whether the adjusted short-term target for the day is met by the user, wherein the user may send a reply text message to confirm or deny the short-term being met. The systems and methods may send a response to the reply message, and may record the reply to display the user's progress in visual representation.

Prophylactic or therapeutic treatment to inhibit the development or progress of multiple sclerosis symptoms is provided by providing intermittently administered elevated doses of calcitriol, sufficiently infrequently to avoid hypercalcemia. Such methods may include maintaining at least about a normal blood level of vitamin D₃ as evidenced by a 25-(OH)D₃ level of at least about 50 nmol/L.

The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition useful in treating cerebral ischemia and traumatic cerebral injury. The pharmaceutical composition is also useful as a prophylactic treatment during surgical procedures wherein the potential for ischemic tissue damage is present. Also included in the invention is a method for preparing the pharmaceutical composition, as well as methods for treatment.

The invention discloses a compound heartleaf houttuynia herb bacteriostatic Chinese medicinal film and a preparation method thereof. The Chinese medicinal film consists of the following components in part by volume: 15 to 25 parts of chitosan, 5 to 100 parts of Chinese medicinal active ingredients and 1 to 2 parts of glycerin, wherein the Chinese medicinal active ingredients comprise the following raw materials in part by volume: 28 to 55 parts of heartleaf houttuynia herb extract, 20 to 40 parts of Mongolian dandelion herb extract and 5 to 15 parts of Chinese gall extract. The Chinese medicinal film has different degrees of bacteriostatic effects on staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli.

The present invention embraces methods for improved treatment of osteoarthritis by featuring a naturaceutical formulation or composition for treating osteoarthritis and its associated or related conditions. The present invention further features methods of treating osteoarthritis and its related conditions. In particular, the present invention relates to providing a treatment for osteoarthritis that includes one or more processed products described below as derived and produced from the Indian Mulberry plant, scientifically known as Morinda citrifolia L.

A wireless, programmable and customizable, integrated stroboscopic, eyewear device used as a training tool to enhance the user's sensory processing systems and overall neuro capability (including the underlying pyscho-motor functions). This device functions to elevate and improve the user's perceptual and cognitive processing skills and further measures and collects sensory data from the user during training including heart rate and other Bio statistics. It overall provides for a sensory training tool that builds and strengthen the user's confidence and mental state (ability to spontaneously adjust and respond to unanticipated events). The eyewear device is communicatively coupled to a computing or communication device to transmit data to the receivers. The eyewear device is either equipped with a Bluetooth, infra-red, or Wi-Fi communications module to enhance the connectivity of the device and to oversee the performance of the user using a mobile application resident on a remote mobile device such as a tablet computer or a smartphone.

The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine composition used for improving the meat quality and the taste of fowl and promoting growth. In the invention, fennel, cinnamon, cordate houttuynia, clove, nutmeg, dahurian angelica root, cumin, tsaoko cardamon, fructus amomi, tangerine peel, pepper, capsicum and garlic are used as raw materials, the impurities of the fennel, the cinnamon, the cordate houttuynia, the clove, the nutmeg and the dahurian angelica root are removed according to a reasonable proportion, the fennel, the cinnamon, the cordate houttuynia, the clove, the nutmeg and the dahurian angelica root are washed, aired and ground into fine powder of 100 to 200 meshes after being cut up, the cumin, the tsaoko cardamon, the fructus amomi, the tangerine peel, the pepper, the capsicum and the garlic are ground into fine powder of 100 to 200 meshes, and fine powder are mixed to obtain the traditional Chinese medicine composition. By adopting stirred materials to be taken, the invention not only gives full play to the synergistic action of each component and enlarges the range of the medicine effect, but also achieves the purposes of reducing remaining diseases and medicine residues and promoting the growth, thereby ensuring the quality of a livestock product, ensuring the high-quality taste of the livestock product and enhancing the production rate. The invention has large range of the medicine effect, short treatment course and no toxic or side effect, and the stirred materials are convenient and quick to use. The invention has abundant source of the raw materials, simple production method and low cost.

The determination of magnification in an ophthalmic fundus camera image is achieved by detecting the focusing mechanism position, and using a calibration function to calculate the magnification from the focus position.

Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided to enable early diagnosis of a wide variety of potentially lethal or catastrophic medical conditions using improved diagnostic analysis of non-stationary, non-linear biological signals. The analysis techniques includes accessing a biological signal in the memory; determining a region of a recording to be displayed for the accessed biological signal; obtaining a signal of a morphologic characteristic and a signal of a spectral frequency characteristic included in the accessed biological signal; displaying for the determined region of the recording, spatially-separated and synchronized in time with each other, a first visually-compressed view including the signal of the morphologic characteristic and a second visually-compressed view including the signal of the spectral frequency characteristic; and, upon receiving an input from a user, changing a degree of visual compression of the displayed first visually-compressed view and displayed second visually-compressed view.

An externally-applied Chinese medicine for anti-inflammatory and antibacterial purposes is prepared from giant knotweed rhizome, alum, gypsum and alcohol. Its advantages are broad spectrum and sure curative effect.

Disclosed are AAV viral-based vector compositions useful in delivering a variety of nucleic acid segments, including those encoding therapeutic polypeptides to selected mammalian host cells for use in therapeutic autoimmune modalities, including, for example, the in vivo induction of immunological tolerance via a liver-directed AAV-based gene therapeutic regimen for treating and/or ameliorating autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis.

The invention discloses a medicine for treating burn injury, and a preparation method and a use method thereof. The medicine for treating the burn injury is prepared from the following raw materials in the following usage amounts: 80 to 120g of raw gamboges, 30 to 70g of raw radix aconiti carmichaeli, 400 to 600g of secretio bufonis, 40 to 60g of hydrargyri oxydum rubrum, 100 to 300g of datura flowers, 100 to 200g of common andrographis herb, 5 to 15g of dried body of centipede, 40 to 60g of borneol and 400 to 600g of safflowers. The medicine provided by the invention belongs to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicines, and overcomes various defects of the existing medicine for treating the burn injury; when the medicine is used, the special arrangement of an aseptic ward in the treatment process is not needed; after the medicine is smeared, the superficial wound surface pain can be relieved; in addition, after the healing, a scar is not obvious; no scar can be left on a patient with a skin wound surface or even a small-area wound surface; the wound surface healing speed is high; the pain and the economical burden of the patient are greatly reduced. The medicine can also be used for treating trauma such as knife wounds and skin scratching injury.

An apparatus for selecting and sorting a plurality of random length boards to form at least one row of boards having a total length within a predetermined target length range includes a measurement section operative to measure the length of each board and a sorting section which includes a sorting device and system for sorting the boards. An accumulating row section accumulates and stores rows of boards selected from the plurality of boards and a vacuum suction transport device moves rows of boards from the accumulating rows to a bundling section which receives rows of boards and then bunches and aligns the rows of boards and bundles the rows of boards in a board row bundle. Finally, a central processor performs all calculations and controls to properly sort the boards to create bundles of rows of boards having a total length generally within a predetermined target length range.

An inkjet recording system that discharges pigment ink from a liquid droplet discharge head in which a part of wall surface of pressure chamber is formed of a piezoelectric element, wherein average surface inclination Δa (mrad) of surface of the piezoelectric element forming a part of wall surface of the pressure chamber satisfies Δa≦1050, and average volumetric particle diameter D (nm) of pigment contained in the ink satisfies 80≦D≦200. Preferably, the arithmetic average surface inclination Δa and the average volumetric particle diameter D of the pigment satisfy the following formula (1):

(1/D)×cos²(Δa/1000)>0.003  (1).

The invention provides a bird-nest vibration waterbed for newborn nursing. The bird-nest vibration waterbed for newborn nursing comprises a water bag cushion, a water injection port is arranged on thewater bag cushion, an air bag is arranged in the water bag cushion, an air inlet is formed in the air bag and extends out of the surface of the water bag cushion, and the edge of the joint of the airinlet and the surface of the water bag cushion is sealed; the air inlet and an air outlet of an inflator are in butt joint, and a compressor rod of the inflator is in braking connection with a telescopic rod of a motor. The bird-nest vibration waterbed for newborn nursing can better simulate vibration in a uterus, so that growth and development of a newborn are promoted; the back of the child patient is supported by means of vibration, so that the bird-nest vibration waterbed for newborn nursing plays a part in exciting the respiratory center, supporting the back for respiration and stimulating the respiratory muscles to make the child patient restore autonomous respiration, and then the purpose of treating apnea of the newborn is achieved.

Methods for using an anti-CD19 antibody to treat autoimmune disease are disclosed herein. In particular the use of VIB551, a humanised, affinity-optimised, afucosylated IgG1 kappa monoclonal antibody to treat Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

The invention relates to the preparation of medicine for resisting hypertension and apoplexia, aiming at providing a dendrobium officinale nimodipine combination medicine for resisting hypertension and apoplexia, and a preparation method thereof. The dendrobium officinale nimodipine combination medicine has the effective components comprising dendrobium officinale water extract and nimodipine which have the mass ratio of 1.0-4.0: 0.12-0.24. The invention also provides extract, granules, tablets, capsules and pharmaceutical intermediate which are based on the medicine, and a preparation method thereof. The invention compares the use of the combination medicine and the single use of the dendrobium officinale or the nimodipine, and the combination medicine not only can more rapidly reduce blood pressure, but also can better reduce the death rate and prolong the survival time. When being used as the medicine with special usage to be applied, the combination medicine can alleviate and reduce the blood pressure of hypertensive patients for a long time, delays the development of hypertensive cerebral vascular damage, and has important significance for preventing hypertension and apoplexia of human beings and reducing cripple and fatality rate caused by hypertension.

A method of diagnosing and treating headaches is disclosed. The method includes using a computer server having diagnostic software tool thereon operative to collect a plurality of information from a patient. The method includes collecting detailed medical symptoms information from a patient of the patient's headaches via the computer server and diagnostic tool. The information is analyzed and a report is created of headache conditions and comorbidities. The report is transmitted to a health care provider who reviews the report to determine an optimal treatment plan for the patient. The health care provider creates a treatment plan for the patient based on the report.

The invention provides methods of managing multi-tissue injuries under tissue regenerating conditions, the methods comprising contacting injured tissues with a silver ion based topical pharmaceutical composition and covering the injury with an occlusive dressing. Methods of the invention can restore flexibility, sensation, and appearance of damaged tissues.

Disclosed are AAV viral-based vector compositions useful in delivering a variety of nucleic acid segments, including those encoding therapeutic polypeptides to selected mammalian host cells for use in therapeutic autoimmune modalities, including, for example, the in vivo induction of immunological tolerance via a liver-directed AAV-based gene therapeutic regimen for treating and/or ameliorating autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis. Further disclosed are nucleic acid segments encoding therapeutic polypeptides that have been codon-optimized for expression in human cells.