7 results about "PHYSICAL MANIPULATIONS" patented technology

The invention provides a physical manipulation apparatus that is engageable with a skin surface of a human or animal subject. The apparatus may include 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 include 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.

Embodiments are directed to a wearable audio device, such as an earbud. The earbud may be configured to detect input using various sensors and structures. For example, the earbud may be configured to detect gestures, physical manipulations, and so forth performed along or on the earbud. In response to the detected inputs, the earbud may be configured to change various outputs, such as an audio output or a haptic output of the device. The earbud may also include a microphone to register voice commands. In some cases, the microphone may be used to control the earbud using the registered voice command in response to one or more detected gestures or physical manipulations.

A piston-driven pump apparatus configured to transfer liquid-based abrasive materials via a pressurized hydraulic medium which is capable of physical manipulation between remote material reservoirs. The apparatus exhibits a remotely tethered double-acting pump having independence from a fluidic supply source. The pump is configured to be removed from a first material reservoir and placed in communication with a second material reservoir by physical manipulation. The apparatus has a cylindrical sleeve assembly which has a wearing sleeve which may be removed and / or rotated to increase the operational time of the apparatus before an end-of-life replacement of the sleeve is required. The apparatus diminishes a pulsation effect of conventional double-acting piston pumps via a compressible pressure sleeve which is capable of deformation within a pump housing. A metering device is present to control the external flow of abrasive material, providing back pressure against an internal compressible sleeve.

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to systems and methods for performing fitting of an auditory prosthesis using tactile responses. A tactile feedback device determines a physical manipulation in response to a test stimulus. A type of adjustment can be determined based upon the type of the physical manipulation and the type of the test signal. A scaling of the adjustment can be determined based on the degree of the physical manipulation.

Systems and methods are provided for a secure human user verification procedure that involves physical manipulation of a user device with respect to its environment. A challenge prompt may be presented for a user to provide challenge response data. A subsystem of an application running on the user device may be configured (e.g., using a machine learning model) to evaluate the challenge response data and determine whether the challenge response data includes the subject of the challenge. To ensure that the user is not providing pre-existing data in response to the challenge prompt, data items associated with the challenge response data may be evaluated to validate the challenge response data as being provided by a human user rather than automatically generated.

The present disclosure applies to methods of cardiac ablation that use catheters able to conform and adapt to the heart of a patient in the middle of surgery. The catheters comprise paddles at the distal ends that have an array of electrodes on at least one side. The durometer of the paddles can be changed through physical manipulation of wires attached to the paddles or through other means such as the material the paddles are made of. Electrodes on the paddle record cardiac signals and a computer analyzes these signals to determine where in the heart fibrillation is originating. The computer then outputs a site for ablation.

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.