70 results about "During procedure" patented technology

Apparatus, methods, and kits, are provided for use in combination with a conventional bronchoscope or other lung viewing scope. In particular, sheaths having an inflatable cuff at their distal end are provided to receive a viewing scope through a lumen thereof. The sheaths thus provide an inflatable cuff on a viewing scope assembly so that the scope can be used in procedures which require selective isolation of regions of a patient's lungs. In particular embodiments, the sheaths may include stop elements for properly positioning a viewing scope therein, pressure transducers for providing accurate lung pressure information during procedures, and the like. Methods for using and forming sheaths having inflatable cuffs are also described.

An apparatus and method for controlling the orientation, geometry, shape or length of an inserted catheter is provided to optimize it's position during procedures for treating cardiac arrhythmia by ablation based on functions derived from one or more parameters including the temporal relationship between intracardiac signals, patient anatomy, cardiac tissue electrical properties, imaging data, and other criteria that may include previously stored data collected from one or more patients who have had successful therapy delivered.

A protective device (i.e. bib) for covering at least a portion of a wearer's person and/or clothing during procedures such as eating, application of make-up, hair cutting or the like.The protective device includes a neck attachment adjacent one end and a securing device adjacent the other end.The neck attachment secures one end of the protective device to the wearer and the securing device secures the other end of the protective device to the wearer, the wearer's attire or some other fixed point to inhibit removal of the protective device.

Embodiments of the disclosure include an endoscope tip assembly for use on an endoscope, during procedures. The endoscope tip assembly may include a base, configured to receive an endoscope tip configured to not disengage from the endoscope tip during a procedure. The endoscope tip assembly may also include a plurality of struts, connected by a webbing, that may fold flat during insertion, and may assume a balloon-like shape during withdrawal.

The embodiment of the invention discloses an electronic ticket verifying method, a verification system and a mobile terminal. The method comprises the following steps that: the mobile terminal acquires an electronic ticket which supports a near field communication (NFC) function; the mobile terminal transmits the electronic ticket to verification equipment through NFC, so that the verification equipment can acquire user data according to the electronic ticket; a verification qualified notification fed back by the verification equipment is received after a user passes the verification; and the mobile terminal transmits the electronic ticket and the verification qualified notification to sign-in equipment through the NFC and receives a sign-in success notification fed back by the sign-in equipment after successful sign-in. Due to the implementation of the electronic ticket verifying method, the verification system and the mobile terminal provided by the embodiment of the invention, other certificates for certifying user identity are not required to be provided during procedures such as safety inspection, sign-in and the like of the user, so that time is saved for the user, actual convenience brought by the electronic ticket can be enjoyed by the user, paper is saved and environmental protection is facilitated.

A system of shields designed to provide substantially greater protection, head to toe, against radiation exposure to health care workers in a hospital room during procedures which require real-time imaging. The shields are placed around the patient and the x-ray table and provide protection even when the x-ray tube is moved to various angles around the patient.

A method for implementing architecture cloning including: constructing a program call graph in a link phase of interprocedural analysis to model calling relationships between one or more procedures in a program; analyzing the program call graph to obtain information about the program; analyzing the program to identify the one or more procedures subject to architecture cloning; determining feasibility of architecture cloning; marking the one or more procedures in the program suitable for architecture cloning; naming the one or more procedures in the program suitable for architecture cloning; inserting a runtime routine call at an entry point of the program; invoking architecture cloning when one or more candidate procedures are identified during procedure cloning; providing a user with an interface for specifying multiple architecture targets to the compiler; and enabling the compiler to generate architectural specific instructions optimized for each of the multiple architecture targets.

The invention belongs to the technical field of automatic rolling control and provides a method for improving precision of size control for a continuous hot-rolled novel first coil. During rolling of the novel first coil, a novel steel variety subprogram and a layer model parameter adjustment subprogram are automatically added to setting and calculation of a conventional continuous hot rolling procedure. The method has the advantages that the two subprograms are automatically called during procedure setting and calculation, model parameters in corresponding layers are judged, searched and adjusted, the precision of size control for the novel first coil is improved, and the problem that the precision of size control for the novel first coil during rolling is poor is solved; especially, when few types and specifications of steel are rolled in the initial use stage of a rolling mill, the method can be applied to quickly improve model rolling parameters of the adjacent layers, maintenance is easier for model maintainers, and workload of maintainers is reduced.

A portable boot style stirrup assembly with leg support for use during medical procedures. The portable boot style stirrup assembly affixes to the existing stirrup footrests found about medical examination tables, resultantly increasing procedural efficiency and decreasing doctor cost of the performance of in-office medical procedures, increasing patient comfort during prolonged procedures, and increasing doctor and patient safety during procedures. The portable boot style stirrup assembly includes a boot shell structure which supports a patient's foot and calf and a receptacle constructed and arranged to receive the existing stirrup footrest of medical procedure tables and allow for adjustment of the adductive and abductive angle positioning of a patient's leg for examination and surgical procedures.

A medical procedure planning system uses a repository of information associating a type of interventional medical procedure with image acquisition angles used for acquiring images during a particular type of interventional medical procedure and with positions of workers having particular roles in a procedure in an operating room and with corresponding different stages of a medical procedure. A position processor, in response to receiving data identifying a medical procedure type, automatically uses the information and predetermined data identifying location and dimensions of an X-ray system C-arm and a patient support table in determining positions of a C-arm and workers at different stages of a medical procedure of the medical procedure type. A display processor provides a display image showing the determined positions of the C-arm and workers at different stages of the medical procedure.

Ultrasound imaging, or ultrasonography, is a convenient imaging modality for diagnostic purposes. During procedures requiring visualization, the user coordinates the movement of the transducer through the manual selection of an appropriate representation on the screen. Ultrasound may also be employed for functional measurements. Typically, the measurement requires the manual selection of target planes, lines, or volumes where the measurement is to be performed. Therapeutic applications of ultrasound are also known in the art. Such applications typically employ higher energies, and therefore inaccuracies in positioning may result in damage to surrounding tissues. The invention provides a system and method for repeated determination of a first vector between a reference structure comprised in an anatomical volume and a medical imaging transducer configured to provide imaging data of the anatomical volume. The invention provides an automated tracking system of the reference structure, requiring that the user only selects the reference structure.

A catheter and related X-ray imaging system for detection, tracking, and virtual image reconstruction is disclosed. The catheter and imaging system allow for the visualization of the catheter or a part of the catheter such as the tip during procedures that would otherwise obscure the catheter or part of the catheter from view. An example of such a procedure is the deployment of a coil in an aneurysm where the radiodense nature of many coil materials would otherwise make detection and tracking of the catheter tip difficult or impossible. The catheter has detectable markers that provide information to an imaging system regarding the coordinates of the catheter or catheter tip and the direction of the catheter tip during clinical procedures.

The invention discloses a thermoplastic animal protein/biodegradable polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) blended material, and a preparation method thereof. According to the present invention, 1 to 99 parts by weight of thermoplastic animal protein, 1 to 99 parts by weight of PHB, 0 to 10 parts by weight of a cross-linking agent and 0 to 10 parts by weight of a plasticizer are stirred for 5 to 20 minutes in a high-speed mixer; the resulting mixture is dried for 8 to 12 hours at a temperature of 30 to 60 DEG C; the material is then blended for 5 to 10 minutes in a double-screw extruder, with the temperature controlled at 100 to 140 DEG C; the blended material is then granulized under a temperature of 110 to 150 DEG C and a pressure of 0.1 to 1Mpa, such that the finish product is obtained. The product has good processing property, and has excellent thermoplastic processing properties and mechanical properties during procedures of extruding, blow molding, injection molding and foaming. Items produced from the product can be completely degraded after being used, and is environment-friendly. The product can be widely applied in the processing fields of chemicals, mulch films, dynamo-electrics, building materials, packaging, and environmental protection.

The present invention provides a positioning system comprising at least a portable detector that enables users to continuously know the spatial location of a detector relative to an x-ray source so that it can be more easily aligned, and monitored for maintenance of alignment, with the portable detector within predetermined tolerances during procedures. In preferred embodiments, the invention further comprises a radiation interlock switch to prevent the emission of radiation in the event of the x-ray source and detector not being aligned within a predetermine tolerance.