151 results about "Patient examination" patented technology

The mobile fluid delivery system includes a mobile pedestal and a fluid delivery superstructure detachably connected to the pedestal. The fluid delivery superstructure includes a pump device and a fluid control device. A fluid path set operatively associates the pump device with the fluid control device. The superstructure is further adapted to detachably connect to a patient examination platform. A rail mount is used to provide the interface between the superstructure and the patient examination platform. The rail mount attaches to a rail of the patient examination platform and includes a main body defining an elongated recess for engaging the rail of the patient examination platform. The superstructure detachably connects to the main body. Locking devices are used to secure the rail mount to the patient examination platform and the superstructure to the rail mount. A spacer may be inserted into the elongated recess to accommodate different sized rails.

The invention is of a stethoscope cleansing unit and of the use of the stethoscope cleansing unit as a novel business method for promoting a marketer's logo and advertisement to medical personnel and patients in the examining room or hospital. The system attaches such advertisements to a useful and conveniently used stethoscope cleansing unit that will be used by medical personnel to sterilize stethoscope diaphragms between patient assessments, thereby preventing the spread of infectious diseases. This apparatus can be utilized in a novel business method as a way for marketers to distinguish their product from the myriad of others by 1) attracting the attention of busy medical personnel during patient examinations, which is the exact time that medical product marketers would benefit most from such attention; and by 2) attracting the attention of the patient through its presence in the examining room at a time when the patient is typically waiting for attention and has time to notice such advertisements.

A digital medical diagnostic system according to the present invention enables ophthalmologists to view patient and other images remotely to diagnose various conditions. The system includes at least one modality, one or more viewing stations, and an image server. The modality generates patient images associated with examinations, while the image server retrieves and processes information from the modalities. The image server may accommodate modalities utilizing different interfaces and/or formats. The viewing stations enable remote access to the images via a network (e.g., Internet), where the image server provides the interface for a user in the form of screens or web pages for security and viewing of information. The system enables an ophthalmologist or other medical personnel to view and/or manipulate one or more images to enhance diagnosis of patient examinations.

In at least one embodiment, a system and method provides a paradigm shift in generating a medical record by allowing a clinician increased flexibility in documenting a patient examination and treatment while still generating a structured medical record that facilitates multiple, subsequent processing options. In at least one embodiment, the system and method utilize natural language processing and feedback to generate a complete, electronic medical record.

A device for converting acoustic data collected by a stethoscope into digital data for transmission to a processor for storage and/or comparison with data stored in a database, and to optionally provide computer generated suggestions for diagnosis, is provided in the form of an in-line device interposable between a head of the stethoscope and an acoustic transmission portion of the stethoscope, or is integral with the head, and advantageously has the appearance of an icon of pleasing appearance, for example, a butterfly, in which are incorporated the structural requisites of a functioning stethoscope and/or capabilities for receiving and transmitting to a diagnostician, audio signals gathered from patient examination, and optionally also other data collected at examination and/or following the examination. The butterfly-shaped device, includes a central body advantageously serving as a conduit for transmitting sound received from the patient to the physician or a remote system for analysis and diagnosis.

In a method and a device for generating a digital tomosynthetic 3D X-ray image of an examined object, a number of individual images are made of the examined object at different projection angles relative to the normal of the patient examination table by moving the X-ray tube. In a starting position, the X-ray tube is operated with a dose that is lower than that used for subsequent individual images. At least one preliminary image is recorded at the starting position, which is then evaluated to determine the radiographic parameters required for the recording of the subsequent individual images.

A protective cover for a stethoscope head and an apparatus for quickly and easily interconnecting the protective cover with the stethoscope head. The apparatus includes a cover-positioning device that positions the protective cover so that it can be quickly and easily interconnected with the stethoscope head. The cover positioning device includes a base having a planar portion and an upstanding rim connected to the planar portion, the upstanding rim defining an opening for receiving the stethoscope head therethrough. Following examination of the patient using the stethoscope with the protective head covering, the protective covering can be quickly and easily removed from the stethoscope head and suitably disposed of so as to prevent skin bacteria and like contaminants that may have contaminated the protective cover during patient examination from undesirably being transmitted to the next patient.

The invention provides a working method of a medical diagnosis auxiliary system, and the method comprises the following steps: inputting symptom information into a server, and sampling patient examination data; enabling the server to identify keywords and related sentences in the symptom information and extract the corresponding keywords; according to sample training and statistics obtained from historical medical record data, obtaining detailed features of the disease, finding out potential patients, and depicting a disease model; and matching the depicted disease model with a diagnosis modelin a database to obtain a diagnosis model result closest to the symptom information of a patient. The accuracy of data analysis is further improved through continuous data accumulation; compared withInternet inquiry in the prior art, the method improves the accuracy by 70%; the new analysis vocabularies and logic algorithms are continuously expanded according to logic operation of data, the diagnosis capacity of doctors is improved through auxiliary diagnosis, and the misdiagnosis rate and the missed diagnosis rate are reduced. Doctors apply medicine according to symptoms and actual conditions and query results of the method, and the accuracy rate can reach 100%.

A magnetic resonance apparatus has an examination region to accommodate a patient to be examined, and a body coil that circumferentially encompasses the examination region and is designed for magnetic resonance examination of the patient. A gradient coil circumferentially encompasses the examination region and the body coil and is designed to detect the position of magnetic resonance measurement values. A basic field magnet is designed to form a basic magnetic field in the examination region for a patient examination to be conducted. The basic field magnet at least partially encompasses the examination region, the body coil and the gradient coil. A shim device is used that is designed to influence the basic magnetic field. Components of the shim device and components of the body coil are associated to exhibit a common distance relative to the longitudinal axis of symmetry of the examination region and thus encompass the examination region.

The invention provides a fixation device for bronchoscopy and surgeries. The fixation device comprises a lying plate, a head fixation device, a chest fixation device, an upper limb fixation device and a lower limb fixation device, wherein the head fixation device, the chest fixation device, the upper limb fixation device and the lower limb fixation device are successively arranged on the lying plate, the head fixation device, the chest fixation device, the upper limb fixation device and the lower limb fixation device respectively correspond to the head, the chest, the upper limbs and the lower limbs of the human body. The fixation device for the bronchoscopy and the surgeries has the advantages that by the construction of a protective device for fixation of patient's body in the bronchoscopy and the surgeries, the neck is in a medical treatment function position and the activity of the body is reduced by reasonable fixation on the head of the patient, and physical treatments of the chest is increased. The risks of patient examination and operation are reduced, the number of medical staff is reduced, the operability of the examination and operation is increased, and the occurrence of the complications is reduced.

An examination table is shown that is capable of being lowered to a relatively low height. The examination table includes a base, a lifting mechanism, an upper frame structure, and a patient support disposed on or supported directly or indirectly by the upper frame. The lifting mechanism interconnects the base with the upper frame structure. In order to reduce the height of the examination table when it assumes the lower position, the lifting mechanism is projected upwardly through a lower portion of the upper frame such that an upper portion of the lifting mechanism assumes a position in an open area of the upper frame. Once the upper portion of the lifting mechanism is projected into the upper frame, the lifting mechanism is attached to the upper frame such that the upper frame moves up and down as the lifting mechanism moves up and down.

A method and an apparatus are provided for conveniently, quickly and intuitively adjusting a scanning region of a tomography device (1). At least one edge point (R1, R2) of a set-point scanning region (S') on a patient examination table (6) associated with the tomography device (1) is indicated by hand signals of a user. Via a distance sensor (11), mounted at a reference point (13) of the patient examination table (6), a distance from the edge point to the reference point is measured. From the measured distance, the position of the edge point (R1, R2) relative to the patient examination table (6) is determined, and a corresponding edge of a actual scanning region (S'') of the tomography device (1) is conformed to the derived position.

The present invention provides an automatic blood-sampling tube preparation system which can reduce the reading mistake of the information of the RFID tags by selectively taking out a blood-sampling tube required to an examination of a patient according to a doctor's instruction information from the blood-sampling tube containing section, writing the patient examination information on a RFID tag of the taken out tube on the basis of the instruction information, reading simultaneously all patient examination information from all RFID tags contained in the prepared container for every patient, and comparing the information read from the RFID tags with the instruction information to ensure accuracy.

A disposable cover sleeve serves is used to cover an electronic or optical medical device used for patient examination and/or treatment. The cover sleeve provides an environmental barrier for the medical device during patient examination to prevent environmental cross-contamination of different patients examined with the same medical device. The cover sleeve has an integrated device activation means such as a flexible contact bridge. The device activation means has an open and closed position. The open position is not in physical, electronic or magnetic contact with the control electronics of the medical device; whereas, the closed position closes a field or circuit between a first and second contact to selectively actuate or provide input to the control electronics that communicate with the radiation source.

A protective cover for a stethoscope head and an apparatus for quickly and easily interconnecting the protective cover with the stethoscope head. The apparatus includes a cover-positioning device that positions the protective cover so that it can be quickly and easily interconnected with the stethoscope head. The cover positioning device includes a base having a planar portion and an upstanding rim connected to the planar portion, the upstanding rim defining an opening for receiving the stethoscope head therethrough. Following examination of the patient using the stethoscope with the protective head covering, the protective covering can be quickly and easily removed from the stethoscope head and suitably disposed of so as to prevent skin bacteria and like contaminants that may have contaminated the protective cover during patient examination, from undesirably being transmitted to the next patient.

The invention discloses a tuberculosis examination and treatment apparatus which comprises a tuberculosis examination and treatment apparatus body. The tuberculosis examination and treatment apparatus is characterized in that a pressure-resistant shock pad is arranged on the lower side of the and treatment apparatus body, a fixing and supporting base is arranged on the lower side of the pressure-resistant shock pad, a hydraulic telescopic device is arranged on the lower side of the fixing and supporting base, a universal wheel supporting frame is arranged on the lower side of the hydraulic telescopic device, a universal wheel disc is arranged on the lower side of the universal wheel supporting frame, a universal wheel fixing device is arranged on the lower side of the universal wheel disc, a fixing rotating shaft and a universal braking device are arranged on the universal wheel fixing device, and a universal wheel is arranged on the fixing rotating shaft. The tuberculosis examination and treatment apparatus has the advantages of being simple in structure, easy and convenient to operate and capable of shortening the patient examination and treatment time, lowering the pain of a patient, improving the rehabilitation effect and reducing the workload of medical staff.