119 results about "Treatment goals" patented technology

A disposable electrical stimulation device and method for providing therapeutic treatment and pain management in a convenient, compact configuration. Electrode size and shape and relative configuration can be varied according to an intended application and use, or a universal configuration can be provided for use on almost any area of the body. The common structure of communicatively coupled dual electrodes including control circuitry and a power source accommodates a range of different sizes, configurations, stimulation treatment intensities, and other physical and electrical characteristics that can be pre-customized and packaged for specific, limited time use. The device can therefore be used in methods of providing therapy, managing pain, and achieving other treatment goals by electrical stimulation.

Embodiments of the present invention provide medical devices and methods for treating a target site within the body, such as for treating vascular abnormalities. For example, one embodiment provides a stent graft including an occlusive material having a preset, overlapping configuration comprising at least three inverted overlapping layers that are folded over one another. The at least three inverted overlapping layers are configured to be separated and disposed within a catheter in a non-overlapping configuration and return to the preset, overlapping configuration when deployed from the catheter.

Method and system for receiving one or more dentition conditions of a patient, associating a first set of one or more treatment goals based on the one or more dentition conditions, generating a case difficulty assessment based on the one or more treatment goals, detecting a modification to the case difficulty assessment, retrieving a second set of one or more treatment goals associated with the modified case difficulty assessment, and displaying the second set of one or more treatment goals are provided.

This invention pertains to methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular conditions. More specifically, the invention relates to isolated molecules that can be used to diagnose and/or treat cardiovascular conditions including cardiac hypertrophy, myocardial infarction, stroke, arteriosclerosis, and heart failure.

Embodiments of the present invention provide medical devices and methods for treating a target site within the body, such as for treating vascular abnormalities. For example, one embodiment provides medical device including a first tubular member that includes a first portion, a second portion, and a central portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion. Each of the first and second portions have a radius that is larger than that of the central portion, and the second portion has a preset, relaxed configuration in which a portion of the second portion has a partial discoid shape defined by an inversion of a portion of a discoid into itself.

Methods, devices and systems are provided to efficiently identify, from among a plurality of possible neurostimulation parameter sets, one or more preferred neurostimulation parameter sets that treat a targeted pain of a patient. Each neurostimulation parameter set defines electrode parameters and neurostimulation signal parameters. A plurality of different neurostimulation parameter sets are tested on the patient to thereby identify those tested neurostimulation parameter sets that treat the targeted pain. Each of the tested neurostimulation parameter sets defines an electrode configuration that differs from the other tested neurostimulation parameter sets. All of the tested neurostimulation parameter sets comprise a same value for a specific neurostimulation signal parameter (e.g., pulse width) that if reduced reduces power consumption. If more than one of the tested neurostimulation parameter sets are identified as treating the targeted pain, then neurostimulation parameter sets identified as treating the targeted pain are retested, with the value for the specific neurostimulation signal parameter reduced by a same amount for each of the retested neurostimulation parameter sets, to thereby identify those neurostimulation parameter sets that treat the targeted pain at the reduced power consumption level.

A system and method for treating target tissue including a light source for generating a beam of light, a plurality of optical fibers, a deflection device configured to selectively deflect the light beam into the input ends of the optical fibers, one optical fiber input end at a time, and a probe having a tip with the output ends of the optical fibers and configured for insertion into target tissue. The probe tip is configured to sequentially project spaced apart spots of the light beam from the output ends as the deflection device deflects the light beam into the optical fibers. One or more moving or static deflecting optics at the probe tip can be used to statically or dynamically deflect the beam exiting the optical fibers.

Method and system including receiving one or more parameters associated with an orthodontic condition, receiving a treatment goal information associated with the orthodontic condition, and providing a predefined template associated with the received treatment goal information, wherein the predefined template includes at least one orthodontic condition related information, are provided.

The invention discloses a composite heavy metal polluted soil conditioner as well as application and an application method thereof. The soil conditioner comprises the following components: plant ash, calcium magnesium phosphate, quicklime, zeolite and organic fertilizers at a weight ratio of (0.3-1.1):(0.1-1.2):(0.4-2.1):(0.1-0.6):(0.008-0.06):(0.4-1.2). Through inorganic components such as quicklime, calcium magnesium phosphate and phosphate in hydroxyapatite as well as potassium carbonate in the plant ash, the soil conditioner can be used for fixing heavy metals in polluted soil and improving the fertility of the polluted soil in combination with organic manures such as the plant ash and the organic fertilizers so as to continuously intensify the restoration of the polluted soil, has the advantages of relatively-high stability, good environmental friendliness and low cost, can be used for inactivating and restoring various heavy metal polluted soil, especially has a good restoration effect on soil pollution caused by waste slag discharged by industrial and mining enterprises, can be used for realizing the treatment goal without generating secondary pollution, and is liable to realize large-area popularization.

The present invention provides a method and a system for treating a bone. The method includes obtaining a bone model representing a bone which is a subject of treatment; obtaining a target bone model to which treatment aims; determining a treatment process (e.g., a necessary assisting member) which is to be performed on the bone based on the bone model and the target bone model; and performing a surgical operation using the determined treatment process. The present invention provides a computer program for performing such a method.

System and method for developing a treatment plan for achieving a treatment goal including creating a virtual model of a dental patient's dentition; transforming the virtual model of the dentition using virtual prosthodontics to facilitate achievement of the treatment goal; transforming the virtual model of the dentition using virtual orthodontics to facilitate achievement of the treatment goal; iterating on the transforming steps until substantially achieving the treatment goal; and generating an orthodontic treatment plan and a prosthodontic treatment plan based upon the substantially achieved treatment goal

The present invention provides an intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) method for treating a target region that minimizes the tongue and groove effect. By minimizing that effect, striping in the final delivered fluence is reduced, which improves the overall quality of the radiation delivery. In the method, compensating functions C_i(x) are added to leaf coordinates a_i(x) and b_i(x) for all of the leaf pairs i in a leaf sequence algorithm, where C_i(x) is chosen to match the mechanical limitations of the MLC and to minimize non-weighted or weighted sums of the tongue and groove effects, where the weighting is time-dependent, position-dependent, or time- and position-dependent, or to minimize the total treatment time, changes to the original MLC sequence, or the tongue and groove effect distribution variance in spatial or temporal coordinates.

A statistical and functional correlation strategy to identify changes in cellular pathways specifically linked to impaired cognitive function with aging. Analyses using the strategy identified multiple groups of genes expressed in the hippocampi of mammals, where the genes were expressed at different levels for several ages. The aging changes in expression began before mid-life. Many of the genes were involved in specific neuronal and glial pathways with previously unrecognized relationships to aging and/or cognitive decline. The processes identified by the strategy suggest a new hypothesis of brain aging in which initially decreased neuronal activity and/or oxidative metabolism trigger separate but parallel genomic cascades in neurons and glia. In neurons, the cascade results in elevations in calcium signaling and reductions of immediate early gene signaling, biosynthesis, synaptogenesis and neurite remodeling. In contrast, glia undergo increased lipid metabolism and mediate a cycle of demyelination and remyelination that induces antigen presentation, inflammation, oxidative stress and extracellular restructuring. These identified genes and the proteins they encode can be used as novel biomarkers of brain aging and as targets for developing treatment methods against age-related cognitive decline, Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease.

A cryotherapy apparatus includes a heat exchanger, a cryotherapy chamber, cryogenic nitrogen supply and exhaust conduits to and from the heat exchanger, an air return conduit to flow warmed air from the cryotherapy chamber to the heat exchanger, an air supply conduit to flow chilled air from the heat exchanger to the cryotherapy chamber, a variable speed fan to cause flow of air through a loop including the air supply and return conduits, the heat exchanger, and the cryotherapy chamber, and a controller programmed to control the flow rate of air by regulating the speed of the variable speed fan according to a treatment protocol; the invention further provides a method of delivering cryotherapy according to a customized treatment protocol taking into account one or more of: a patient's treatment goals, a customization factor, a personalization factor, and an adaptation factor.

Method and system for providing dynamically generated orthodontic profile and associated treatment information including receiving an orthodontic condition and one or more related treatment goal options, retrieving a predetermined set of parameters associated with the orthodontic condition and the one or more related treatment goal options, determining a weighted parameter associated with each of the one or more treatment goal options for the orthodontic condition, and generating treatment plan information for the orthodontic condition based on the determined weighted parameter are provided.