163 results about "Functional status" patented technology

A generic application server is capable of simultaneously receiving requests, processing requested work, and returning results using multiple, conceptual thread pools. In addition, functions are programmable as state machines. While executing such a function, when a worker thread encounters a potentially blocking condition, the thread issues an asynchronous request for data, a state transition is performed, and the thread is released to do other work. After the blocking condition is relieved, another worker thread is scheduled to advance to the next function state and continue the function. Multiple priority work queues are used to facilitate completion of functions already in progress. In addition, lower-priority complex logic threads can be invoked to process computationally intense logic that may be necessitated by a request. Throttling functions are also implemented, which control the quantity of work accepted into the server and server response time.

The present invention relates to a new method for reversible staining and functional isolation or characterization of cells, e.g. antigen-specific T cells. With this technique, the original functional status of cells can be substantially maintained after their identification and purification. Thus, this new method is of broad benefit for basic research and clinical applications.

An apparatus for wide-field functional imaging (WIFI) of tissue includes a spatially modulated reflectance / fluorescence imaging (SI) device capable of quantitative subsurface imaging across spatial scales, and a laser speckle imaging (LSI) device capable of quantitative subsurface imaging across spatial scales using integrated with the (SI) device. The SI device and LSI device are capable of independently providing quantitative measurement of tissue functional status.

Methods, protocols and systems are provided for multi-modality imaging based on pharmacokinetics of an imaging agent. An imaging agent is introduced into a subject, and is permitted to collect generally in a region of interest (ROI) in the subject until attaining a pseudo-steady state (PSS) distribution within the ROI. The imaging agent records a first functional state of the ROI at a given point in time. A first image data set is obtained with a first imaging modality during a first acquisition time interval that occurs prior or proximate in time with the PSS time interval. The subject is transferred from the first imaging modality to a second imaging modality during a transfer time interval that overlaps the PSS time interval. Once transfer is complete, a second image data set is obtained with the second imaging modality during a second acquisition time interval that also overlaps the PSS time interval in which the imaging agent maintains the PSS distribution in the ROI. In accordance with a protocol, the transfer time interval and second acquisition time interval substantially fall within the PSS time interval. The imaging agent collects in the ROI during an uptake time interval which may or may not precede the time interval during which first imaging modality obtains at least a portion of the first image data set. The second image data set is obtained while the imaging agent persists in the ROI at the PSS distribution reflective of the first functional state even after the ROI is no longer in the first functional state.

Methods and apparatus for improving measurements of cardiovascular health status in a given individual are provided. The comprehensive assessment of cardiovascular health includes at least two components: risk factor assessment based on epidemiologic studies and functional status of the individual. Structural studies of the individual can also be included in the comprehensive assessment of cardiovascular health. The invention aims to improve detection, treatment, devices, and administration of cardiovascular risk assessment.

Methods and apparatus for improving measurements of cardiovascular health status in a given individual are provided. The comprehensive assessment of cardiovascular health includes at least two components: risk factor assessment based on epidemiologic studies and functional status of the individual. Structural studies of the individual can also be included in the comprehensive assessment of cardiovascular health. The invention aims to improve detection, treatment, devices, and administration of cardiovascular risk assessment.

A module is operable to monitor at least a pressure within a tire of a wheel, the module being operatively mounted to said wheel, the module including:(a) a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure (P) and generating a corresponding pressure signal; andb1) an associated data memory including a data field containing data relevant to the functional status of the tyre.

A network monitor autonomously determines the functional states of a plurality of network monitoring agents loaded on a plurality of network elements. The network monitor sends a query to each network monitoring agent. In response to a query, a network monitoring agent sends a reply back to the network monitor. The reply reports the functional state of the network monitoring agent, operational or non-operational. If the network monitor does not receive a reply back within a timeout interval, it determines that the functional state of the network monitoring agent is non-operational. In an advantageous embodiment, the network monitor autonomously attempts to restart a non-operational network monitoring agent.

The subject invention provides methods for reducing or inhibiting progression of the level of fatigue in a multiple sclerosis human patient, for improving or inhibiting deterioration of the functional status of a multiple sclerosis human patient, and for improving or inhibiting deterioration of the general health of a multiple sclerosis human patient, comprising orally administering to the human patient laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The subject invention also provides a method for providing neuroprotection to a human subject, the method comprising orally administering to the human subject laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

The invention relates to a human-body health function-status evaluating model, relates to an evaluating method for comprehensively evaluating the functional level of a human body and belongs to the category of health evaluation. The construction of the evaluating model comprises the establishment of seven modules, i.e. a brain-cognizing function module, a metabolic function module, a traditional-Chinese-medicine symptom-identifying module, a psychological function module, a social-adapting function module, a cardio-pulmonary function module and a movement function module and the establishment of a specific testing project, an index system and a specific index under each module and a testing-project evaluating standard. The score evaluation of the whole module is finally obtained through each-step index evaluation, weight determination and calculation step by step. The integral comprehensive evaluation and the evaluating result of each module are all shown by corresponding evaluation reports. Functional-status levels in the aspects of physiology, psychology and social adaptation of the human body can be obtained through the health function-status evaluation of the human body, so that potential health hazards are found in advance, and intervention treatment is carried out as early as possible, so as to guarantee the physical and psychological function-status health of the human body.

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting the condition of blood vessel system function, which is capable of non-invasive synchronously detecting the heart function, the carotid sclerosis, and the level of blood viscosity. The invention is characterized in that: a piezoresistance type sensor is positioned at neck for pressurizing; a heart sound signal piezoelectric sensor is positioned on the part of heart; a plurality of detecting electrodes for the electrocardiogram signals are arranged on the right hand wrist and lower parts of ankles; the cuffs of four limbs are arranged on upper arms and upper parts of ankles respectively; the inflation or deflation of cuffs is controlled by computer; the synchronous acquisition of the pulse signals of carotid, heart sound signals,electrocardiogram signals, pulse signals of carotids on four limbs by muilti-channel synchronous A / D die exchange module are converted; the converted signals are transmitted to a data processing module for data processing, and obtaining the heart function, the carotid sclerosis and the level of blood viscosity and other parameters.

The invention relates to an optometer for comprehensively detecting diopter and visual function of eyes. The optometer comprises an optometry lifting table, a seat, a computer optometer, a control panel, a function control button, a function execution mechanism and a sighting target assembly, and is characterized in that the sighting target assembly comprises a front sighting target plate and a rear sighting target plate which are provided with sighting target windows, as well as a sighting target card with sighting targets, wherein, the front sighting target plate and the rear sighting target plate are suspended on a near sight test rod; and at least one group of the sighting targets among all the sighting targets are single sighting targets. The optometer further comprises an adjustment sensitivity checking device. The optometry method using the optometer mainly comprises the following steps: (1) diopter detection; and (2) visual function detection. The sighting targets in the structure are changed into single sighting targets so as to improve the judgment accuracy; and meanwhile results can be accurately and effectively checked by the added adjustment sensitivity checking device in a non-hand-held manner. Therefore, by adopting the optometry method, the diopter and the internal visual functional status of eyes can be more comprehensively checked so that the visual health state of eyes can be assessed comprehensively and a reasonable solution can be made further.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical instruments, and particularly relates to a miniature multi-sensing technology based multi-parameter dynamic monitoring and recording device for penile erection states. The device is medical auxiliary monitoring equipment which combines a dynamic penile erection state sensing monitoring technology and a continuous data recording method and dynamically monitors change of multiple indexes such as biological impedance, penile position angles, axial penile pressure, penile blood flow and the like in the penile erection states. The monitor comprises a physiological parameter acquisition module, an embedded master control module as well as accessories such as a lead, a battery, an elastic fiber sleeve and the like. All the function modules coordinate with one another to work under the unified control of the master control module and acquire, process and record physiological information capable of reflecting various function states in penises of monitored patients in real time. The device can realize non-invasive, reliable and continuous monitoring of the penile erection states of the patients in real and natural sleep states and provide powerful and objective data reference for clinical assessment of male erectile dysfunctions.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining the functional status of an electromagnetic valve having a solenoid and plunger including determining the electro-mechanical switching time of a valve based on characteristics of an electrical characteristic responsive to the solenoid; comparing the valve electro-mechanical switching time to a predetermined value; and generating a valve status signal dependant on the results of the comparison.

It is possible for the tips of all the electrodes to make contact with the scalp with greater reliability even with respect to different subjects, by adaptation to individual differences in the heads of subjects, and the functional status of the brain can be detected with greater accuracy. A brain function detection apparatus is provided which has a hat-shaped apparatus main body for mounting on the head of a subject, a plurality of electrodes for detecting brain wave signals, which are mounted in the apparatus main body separated from each other at intervals, and which are arranged in contact with the scalp, and the apparatus main body has a plurality of holder pieces in which at least one electrode is mounted, a bendable belt for linking the holder pieces, and a holder piece interval-adjusting apparatus for adjusting the distance between the holder pieces.

An arrangement for arranging an information service is configured to manage at least one probability weighting coefficient of an influence of at least one gene being in a functional state to at least one health property with a certain probability, and at least one probability weighting coefficient to at least one nutrient and / or medical substance influencing at least one health property in a healing or harmful manner with a certain probability. In addition, the arrangement is configured to form information describing the suitability of the nutrient and / or medical substance for the user with the help of the probability weighting coefficients.

An apparatus and method for distributed, non-invasive assessment of the functional state and state of adaptive response of a subject under test. The functional state tests may include heart rate variability, differential ECG, omega brain wave, jump and stimulus response tests. A plurality of data collection (and result display) units are provided, and collected data is propagated over the internet or another network to a centralized processing computer that performs the functional state assessments and returns the results.

A care funding and care planning system (10) generates a care plan option report (192) for a care receiver. The system (10) includes a client computer (14) having an input data map (16) for receiving and storing care-receiver data (13) including predetermined, critical categories of care-receiver information. A system processor (36) processes the care-receiver data (13) through knowledge management software (12) to evaluate and select from the care-receiver data (13) at least physical functional status (72), cognitive and sensory status (74), prospective functional status (76), living environment status (84), and long-term care resource status abstractions (88). A meta needs-resource weighting engine (56) assigns care-receiver specific values (160A) to the care-receiver data abstractions (72). A dynamic data base (48) allocates values to the weighted care-receiver data abstractions (72). A report generator (58) produces a care plan options report (192) for the care receiver.

The invention discloses a method and a system for self-service equipment money outputting and collecting. A money box of self-service equipment is provided with two money box statuses which are a functional status and a collecting status. Under the functional status, the money box implements a money storage function used generally in a common situation. When a collecting box is full or in an abnormal status, some money box is chosen and set to switch from the functional status into the collecting status and to act as a temporary collecting box. Compared with the prior art, the method and the system for self-service equipment money outputting and collecting solve the technical problem that the self-service equipment cannot continuously provide cash services when the collecting box or a waste money box is full, can achieve that the self-service equipment continuously provide the cash services which are money depositing and withdrawing services under the condition that the collecting box is full, and improves the starting-up rate of the self-service equipment.

The inventive embodiment discloses a control system of a nuclear power generating unit and an automatic diagnostic method and a subsystem thereof. The method comprises the following steps that the equipment and / or system information of the nuclear power generating unit is obtained; the equipment and / or system information is calculated through a preset diagnosis logical formula to obtain the function state diagnosis result of the equipment and / or system; in accordance with the function state diagnosis result of the equipment and / or system, the operator needs to adopt corresponding operation measure aiming to the function state; the corresponding operation measure aiming to the function state adopted by the operator is displayed on a display device. The inventive embodiment is able to provide the operator with the function state diagnosis result of the equipment and / or system quickly and accurately, and is able to guide the operator to adopt the corresponding measure.

The invention discloses a functional electrical stimulation knee joint angle control method, which comprises the following steps: acquiring a first knee joint angle and an ultraphonic muscle image of a target muscle under functional electrical stimulation; frequency-domain filtering the ultraphonic muscle image of the target muscle, and extracting a thickness parameter of the target muscle by utilizing a crosscorrelation method; extracting a texture parameter of the target muscle through a gray level co-occurrence matrix method; obtaining a second knee joint angle according to stimulus intensity, the thickness parameter of the target muscle and the texture parameter of the target muscle; obtaining a relative root-mean-square error, a standard root-mean-square error and a relative coefficient according to the second knee joint angle and the first knee joint angle; and obtaining a compound mode of the stimulus intensity, the thickness parameter of the target muscle and the texture parameter of the target muscle according to the relative root-mean-square error, the standard root-mean-square error and the relative coefficient. According to the method, the accuracy of control signals is high, and the input and output parameters can be adjusted according to the functional status of the current target muscle.

The invention discloses an air conditioner failure pre-diagnosis method and belongs to the technical field of air-conditioning system maintenance. The air conditioner failure pre-diagnosis method comprises the following steps: acquiring the operating parameter of an air conditioner; and judging whether the air conditioner has failure or not according to the operating parameter, and uploading the failure judgement result to a server, wherein the operating parameter comprises a first operating parameter. With adoption of the air conditioner failure pre-diagnosis method, during the operating process of the air conditioner, based on big data and according to the acquired operating parameter, failure pre-diagnosis is carried out on the functional status of the refrigerating / heating system of the air conditioner, and the judgement result is timely pushed to an after-sales service personnel, so that timely and active treatment is realized, pressure detection or refrigerant supplementation iscarried out in advance through door-to-door service, and the user demand is ensured. The invention further discloses an air conditioner failure pre-diagnosis device and the air conditioner.

A non-invasive measurement of biological tissue reveals information about the function of that tissue. Polarized light is directed onto the tissue, stimulating the emission of fluorescence, due to one or more endogenous fluorophors in the tissue. Fluorescence anisotropy is then calculated. Such measurements of fluorescence anisotropy are then used to assess the functional status of the tissue, and to identify the existence and severity of disease states. Such assessment can be made by comparing a fluorescence anisotropy profile with a known profile of a control.

A method employing pattern recognition techniques for identifying the functional status of patients with chronic disease is described. This method describes a process by which sets of cardiopulmonary exercise gas exchange variables are measured during rest, exercise and recovery and stored as unique data sets. The data sets are then analyzed by a series of feature extraction steps, yielding a multi-parametric index (MPI) which reflects the current functional status of a patient. The method also employs a description scheme that provides a graphical image that juxtaposes the measured value of MPI to a reference classification system. An additional description scheme provides a trend plot of MPI values measured on a patient over time to provide feedback to the physician on the efficacy of therapy provided to the patient. The method will enable physicians to gather, view, and track complicated data using well-understood visualization techniques to better understand the consequences of their therapeutic actions.

An assay technique for label-free, highly parallel, qualitative and quantitative detection of specific cell populations in a sample and for assessing cell functional status, cell-cell interactions and cellular responses to drugs, environmental toxins, bacteria, viruses and other factors that may affect cell function. The technique includes a) creating a first array of binding regions in a predetermined spatial pattern on a sensor surface capable of specifically binding the cells to be assayed; b) creating a second set of binding regions in specific spatial patterns relative to the first set designed to efficiently capture potential secreted or released products from cells captured on the first set of binding regions; c) contacting the sensor surface with the sample, and d) simultaneously monitoring the optical properties of all the binding regions of the sensor surface to determine the presence and concentration of specific cell populations in the sample and their functional status by detecting released or secreted bioproducts.

A system and method for monitoring computer applications comprising an application component table comprising a plurality of applications and application functions, wherein the applications comprise data identifying a functional status of the applications; a processor adapted to analyze the functional status of the applications based on the data; and a single status board user interface adapted to display the functional status of the applications, wherein the processor is adapted to predict when a running time of an application will be completed. The processor is adapted to determine whether the application functions fail when the applications are running; diagnose a cause of failure of the application functions; and indicate the cause of failure to a user. The processor is adapted to reconciliate information across processes supporting the applications. The system and method is adapted to send alerts to the single status board user interface of errors found in the processes.