8 results about "Animal subject" patented technology

This invention discloses a rotation-consistent target perception high-frequency wildlife re-identification method, relating to the field of board processing technology. This invention performs rotational modeling only on the target high-frequency tokens or their corresponding two-dimensional feature maps obtained through target-frequency joint selection. This allows rotation robustness learning to focus on identity-related details such as texture, spots, stripes, and contours of the animal subject. This mechanism reduces the risk of rotational enhancement of background high-frequency noise. The target-frequency joint selection mechanism suppresses high-frequency noise from natural backgrounds such as grass, leaves, water ripples, and rocks, improving the model's ability to focus on the animal subject's discrimination region. The target-frequency joint selection mechanism identifies image patches that are truly relevant to the animal subject and have significant high-frequency details, and establishes feature-level rotation and consistency constraints only on the target high-frequency tokens, thereby simultaneously suppressing background high-frequency noise and enhancing robustness against directional changes.

In one embodiment, a method comprising: (a) receiving a set of physiological data associated with at least one health condition of an animal subject; (b) receiving a set of environmental data associated with one or more environment conditions to which the subject is or has been exposed; (c) determining a set of operating parameters for at least one environmental device based at least partially on at least a portion of the set of physiological data and at least a portion of the set of environmental data; and (d) transmitting the set of operating parameters to the at least one environmental device to at least partially control at least one controlled environmental condition to which the subject is exposed to thereby at partially control the at least one health condition.

Testing methods for evaluating visual and neurological functions of a human or animal subject that involve conscious perception. The tests include a training phase, a practice phase, and a visual rivalry phase for detecting binocular rivalry or multistate competition. The design of the testing methods offers simple, rapidly administered, nonverbal visual testing with high time resolution and access to changing conscious perceptual states of the test subject. The methods also make possible the collection of a large amount of data in a short time for analysis of the subjects visual function and brain function, and can be used in the diagnosis of many medical conditions.

Aspects of the present disclosure provide a surgical robot (10) deployed in a body lumen inside a human or animal subject, the robot comprising: an inflatable frame (12) having a folded state for delivery to a target site in the lumen and an inflated state in which the frame defines an open cavity (18); a manipulator (14) movable within the cavity for operating a medical device; and a soft actuator (16) operable by fluid pressure to move the manipulator (14) by applying force between the frame (12) and the manipulator, the frame (12) being positioned around the soft actuator (16) to provide protection between the soft actuator and the body lumen.

A method for using saliva to measure at least one substance or physiological parameter of a human or animal subject may involve inserting a first end of a sensor into a handheld saliva testing device. The method may also involve receiving saliva from the subject on a second end of the sensor, moving the saliva from the second end of the sensor to the first end, and processing the saliva with the handheld saliva testing device to provide initial saliva data related to the at least one substance or physiological parameter of the subject. In some embodiments, the sensor remains inserted in the handheld device while the subject deposits saliva on the opposite, free end of the sensor.

The present invention relates to methods of treating or alleviating symptoms of cancer in a human or animal subject with a pharmaceutical composition designed to promote anti-tumor effects. Exemplary synergistic drug therapies include compositions with combinations of active agents including agents for inhibiting or suppressing TGF-beta 2 expression, immune checkpoint inhibitor agents, and interleukin immunotherapeutic active agents. One or more biomarkers can be used to select subjects that benefit from the methods.

The invention provides a physical manipulation apparatus that is engageable with a skin surface of a human or animal subject. The apparatus may comprise a skin-engageable pad configured to conform to the morphology of a physical manipulation member such as a digit of a human therapist or a stylus tip of a chiropractic adjustment instrument. The skin-engageable pad may include a friction-inducing component in the form of a biomimetic dry adhesive. The apparatus may comprise a digit cover (110, 120, 130) configured at least partially to cover a human digit. Instead, the apparatus may be configured as a skin patch having two release liners superimposed, respectively, on opposite sides of the skin-engageable pad. The skin patch may include indicia arranged to indicate a required orientation of the skin patch relative to a targeted anatomical feature such as a spinal segment, or a required direction of movement of the manipulation member.

This invention relates to methods for treating or ameliorating the symptoms of cancer in a human or animal subject with pharmaceutical compositions designed to promote anti-tumor effects. Exemplary synergistic pharmaceutical therapies include compositions having a combination of active agents including agents for inhibiting or suppressing expression of TGF-β2, immune checkpoint inhibitor agents, and interleukin immunotherapeutic active agents. One or more biomarkers can be used to select subjects who benefit from the method.