407 results about "Treatment room" patented technology

The invention relates to the field of medical equipment, and provides a compact multi-chamber proton treatment system based on a shared beam line, and the system comprises a fixed beam transmission line which is used for guiding the movement direction of a proton beam into a vertical direction; the rotating beam transmission line is used for guiding the movement direction of the proton beam into the horizontal direction; one end of the fixed beam transmission line is connected with the proton cyclotron, the other end of the fixed beam transmission line is connected with one end of the rotary beam transmission line, and the other end of the rotary beam transmission line is in butt joint with a plurality of treatment rooms; the rotating beam transmission line rotates around a central axis extending in the vertical direction. According to the invention, the proton beam can be safely, efficiently and accurately transmitted to each treatment room, and a fixed beam transmission system and a rotating rack do not need to be independently arranged for each treatment room, so that the beam control assembly and the system occupied area of the multi-room particle treatment device are minimized, and the number of treated patients can be remarkably increased.

Provided is a temperature therapy chamber comprising a housing with an interior for accommodating a user. The interior of the chamber has a heating system configured to increase the temperature within the housing to create a heated area. The housing also has a plunge pool system having a pool with an opening accessible from within the interior and configured to hold water and accommodate the user. A chiller is configured to decrease the temperature of the water in the pool. The user can move between the heated area and the pool without leaving the interior of the housing. The housing can also include a vertical rail system with a mounting plate slidably coupled to at least one rail on a wall of the housing and configured to removably support the heating element. The user can move the heating system between a top and bottom position of the vertical rail system.

A laundry treating apparatus includes a treatment chamber, a laundry hanger, a laundry hanger support configured to support the laundry hanger, the laundry hanger support being configured to repeat a reciprocating motion, a driver that provides driving force to the laundry hanger support, a heat exchanger configured to remove moisture from air in the treatment chamber, a steam supply configured to generate and supply steam to the treatment chamber, and a controller configured to control the driver to control a frequency of the reciprocating motion of the laundry hanger support. The controller is configured to operate the laundry hanger support (i) in a motion mode to maintain the frequency of the reciprocating motion a reference frequency and (ii) in another motion mode to vary the frequency of the reciprocating motion to be greater than or equal to the reference frequency.

The invention relates to an operating method for a device (2) with a fan (8) for circulating a gas mixture in a treatment chamber (4) of the device (2), wherein the device (2) is operated at least partially depending on a relationship between an electrical input power of the fan (8) and a density of the gas mixture, wherein the operating method comprises a plurality of operating modes and only in some of these operating modes is a controlled operation of the fan (8) for circulating the gas mixture in the treatment chamber (4) desired, characterized in that the fan (8) in the at least one operating mode in which a circulation of the gas mixture in the treatment chamber (4) is not desired is operated in a measuring mode in which the aforementioned relationship can be determined and used for the operation of the device (2) and at the same time a circulation of the gas mixture in the treatment chamber (4) is smaller than in the controlled operation of the fan (8).Furthermore, the invention relates to a device (2) with a fan (8).

The invention discloses a radiotherapy equipment image guiding device and method and related equipment, and relates to the technical field of radiotherapy, and the device comprises a ray generation module which is provided with a ray source and is arranged at one side of a treatment room isocenter; the radiation source is used for moving along a first preset path; the ray source is used for emitting rays, and the rays penetrate through a patient; the detection and acquisition module is provided with a detector, is arranged on the other side of the isocenter of the treatment room and is distributed opposite to the ray source along the isocenter; the detector is used for moving along a second preset path, collecting rays penetrating through the patient and converting the rays into corresponding projection images; the registration module is used for performing registration on the projection image and a planned CT image by executing a first registration mode or a second registration mode so as to calculate a positioning deviation; and the first preset path and the second preset path are straight lines, so that the adaptability, precision and stability of radiotherapy are improved.

A particle beam therapy facility includes: a therapy room that is independent of other rooms and that is used to perform therapy with particle beams; a plurality of preparation rooms that is used to perform preparation for the therapy; and a transfer room that is independent of other rooms and that is used to transfer between the therapy room and the preparation rooms, in which the transfer room includes a single continuous space that allows communication between a therapy room entrance of the therapy room and a preparation room entrance of each of the plurality of preparation rooms.

The invention relates to the field of medical resource scheduling, in particular to a multi-chamber particle therapy method, system and device, a storage medium and a computer storage medium, and the system comprises an irradiation source which is used for generating a particle beam; the plurality of particle treatment rooms are used for sending beam requests and receiving the particle beams; the beam transport device is used for transmitting the particle beam from the irradiation source to the particle treatment room; and the control device is used for receiving the beam requests of the particle treatment room, calculating the priority for each beam request according to the reserved irradiation time, the tumor type and the patient condition included in each beam request, and controlling the beam transport device to transport the particle beams according to the priorities. According to the method, the utilization efficiency of beam resources can be remarkably improved, the urgency degree and clinical importance of treatment are fully considered, and the demand intensity of different requests for the beam resources can be quantitatively reflected.

The invention discloses a remote home dialysis data management cloud platform for nephropathy and a data analysis method, and relates to the technical field of home medical treatment, the remote home dialysis data management cloud platform comprises a data acquisition module, a data cloud end and an interaction terminal; the data acquisition module comprises a dialysis process data acquisition unit used for acquiring real-time dialysis data in the household dialysis process of a user; the home behavior data acquisition unit is used for acquiring user home behavior data; the data cloud comprises a cloud data storage module used for storing real-time dialysis data and user home behavior data in the user home dialysis process collected by a data collection module; the cloud data analysis module is used for analyzing whether the home dialysis treatment of the user is abnormal or not; and the virtual diagnosis and treatment module is used for constructing a virtual diagnosis and treatment room. The system has the advantages that an intelligent management mode is adopted, so that the treatment effect and the management efficiency of home dialysis are remarkably improved, and a safer and more convenient medical service solution is provided for patients with chronic kidney diseases.

The invention provides efficient waste gas treatment equipment for thermal power generation. The efficient waste gas treatment equipment comprises a shell, a recovery part is arranged on the left side of the shell, a first gas inlet pipe is fixedly connected to the left side of the recovery part, a second gas inlet pipe is arranged on the right side of the recovery part, and a first treatment chamber and a second treatment chamber are arranged on the inner side of the shell. One end of the gas guide pipe is installed in the first treatment chamber, waste gas in the first treatment chamber can be conducted to the main pipe of the second treatment chamber, and then the waste gas is discharged from water in the second treatment chamber through the second exhaust hole in the auxiliary pipe through the main pipe of the second treatment chamber for dust falling; meanwhile, a stirring rod outside the shaft rod stirs in water in the second treatment chamber through rotation of the shaft rod, a short rod at the lower end of the stirring rod makes contact with rising bubbles in the water through bubble breaking teeth while stirring is conducted, the bubbles are stirred and broken, the contact area of small dust in waste gas and water is increased, and the dust falling effect is improved.

Provided in the present application are a FLASH therapeutic system, a radiation shielding protection method and a related device. The related device comprises a shielding chamber, the shielding chamber having an accommodation cavity, and a first window and a second window which are sequentially arranged at intervals in a beam current direction on the shielding chamber; the center point of the first window, the center point of the second window and the central axis of a beam current are located on the same straight line; the first window and the second window are separately communicated with the accommodation cavity; the first window is used for a beam current to enter and is smaller than the second window; the second window is used for allowing a target subject to pass through such that the target subject is accommodated in the accommodation cavity; the second window is arranged to be close to a radiation shielding wall of a therapeutic room; and the geometric center point of the accommodation cavity is arranged at a Bragg peak position of the beam current. The present application can satisfy radiation protection requirements of large-beam-current FLASH radiotherapy and further can satisfy the function of positioning an isocenter point, and also involves reduced occupied area and infrastructure construction cost.

The invention provides a multi-chamber single-treatment-head proton heavy ion treatment system capable of performing multi-angle treatment, which comprises a proton / heavy ion accelerator, a proton / heavy ion beam transport system, a rotary switching rack, a treatment head and a multi-treatment-room structure, and is characterized in that the proton / heavy ion accelerator, the proton / heavy ion beam transport system and the treatment head are sequentially connected together; the proton / heavy ion beam transport system is fixed in the rotary switching rack, and the treatment head is fixed on one side of the outer part of the rotary switching rack; the rotary switching rack is located in the center of the multi-treatment-room structure and surrounded by the multiple treatment rooms. According to the invention, the tubular rotary switching rack is utilized to convey proton / heavy ion beams deflected by 90 degrees to different treatment rooms at any angle; one proton / heavy ion accelerator is matched with a plurality of treatment rooms, only one set of beam transport system is needed, the system is very short and small, the plurality of treatment rooms share one treatment head, and the whole set of system can provide irradiation treatment at multiple angles of 0-360 degrees.

The planting and breeding circulation system comprises a planting greenhouse, a fish pond and a breeding shed, a water trough is arranged on the rear side in the breeding shed, a scraper is arranged on the right side in the breeding shed, a collecting opening is formed in a left side bottom plate, and an excrement groove is formed in the bottom of the collecting opening and connected with a fermentation treatment chamber; a sewage draining exit of the fish pond is connected with the sewage draining unit, and the sewage draining unit is connected with the fermentation treatment chamber; the fermentation treatment chamber is connected with the conveying unit, the conveying unit is connected with the spraying equipment, and the spraying equipment is arranged in the planting greenhouse. According to the planting and breeding circulation system, the sediment in the fish pond and the poultry manure in the breeding greenhouse are subjected to aerobic treatment and anaerobic fermentation together to be made into farmyard manure which is applied to fertilization of plants in the planting greenhouse, so that the problem of resource utilization of the fish and poultry manure is solved, the pH value of soil is not greatly influenced, and the planting and breeding circulation system is suitable for large-scale popularization and application. And the harvesting quality of fruits and vegetables is ensured.

The invention relates to a household appliance (1), in particular a household cooking appliance, with a treatment chamber (2), and a control knob (13, 14) for selecting an operating function by a user, wherein the control knob (13, 14) has a switch handle (28), and an axle adapter (17) with a light-reflecting inner surface (21), and wherein the axle adapter (17) has a receiving section (23) for receiving a lighting device (24).

Provided in the present invention are a patient supporting device and a radioactive ray irradiation system. The patient supporting device comprises: a carrying member, used for carrying a subject to be irradiated; and a position adjusting mechanism, which is used for moving the carrying member, the position adjusting mechanism being provided with a fixed portion and a movable portion, the plane on which the fixed portion is mounted being located below the carrying member, one end of the movable portion being connected to the fixed portion, and the other end of the movable portion being connected to the carrying member. The movable portion can move or rotate with respect to the fixed portion, so as to correspondingly adjust the horizontal position, vertical position or angle of the carrying member. The present invention solves the technical problem that existing mechanical arms cannot control carrying members to achieve accurate positioning or irradiation due to the constrained movement space thereof caused by limitations of treatment rooms and the structures of the mechanical arms.

The invention discloses an intelligent quality control method and system for a medical linear accelerator, and the method comprises the steps: collecting an image in a quality control operation range of the medical linear accelerator in a treatment room; identifying the quality control equipment in the image and the field arrangement information of the quality control equipment through a quality control equipment identification model, comparing with a radiotherapy plan output by a radiotherapy plan system, and determining whether the field arrangement information of the quality control equipment meets the requirement of the radiotherapy plan; and based on dialogue type interaction mode communication, reminding the user of the next operation specification according to the quality control requirements and the quality control steps, and reminding and confirming the user operation according to the comparison information of the quality control system. Based on artificial intelligence and a large language model, the quality control equipment identification model can intelligently identify the types and placement positions of various quality control equipment in the quality control operation, confirm whether the field arrangement information of the quality control equipment meets the requirements of a radiotherapy plan, and provide a basis for orderly and correct quality control work.

A laundry treating apparatus includes a treatment chamber, a laundry hanger support portion, a driver, a moisture removal module, and a controller. The laundry hanger support portion in the treatment chamber is configured to receive a laundry hanger. The controller is configured to control the driver to control a frequency of a reciprocating motion of the laundry hanger support portion. The controller is configured to, in a first motion mode, control the driver to maintain the frequency of the reciprocating motion at a reference frequency, and in a second motion mode, control the driver to vary the frequency of the reciprocating motion to be less than or equal to the reference frequency.

The utility model relates to the technical field of sewage treatment, and discloses an energy-saving sewage treatment purification device, including a sewage treatment box, wherein three groups of partition plates are fixedly connected inside the sewage treatment box, and the partition plates divide the inside of the sewage treatment box into a crushing chamber, a sedimentation chamber, a filter chamber and an impurity treatment chamber, and a crushing blade is installed inside the crushing chamber, and a first limit plate and a second limit plate are installed at the upper end of the sedimentation chamber, and a filter screen is installed inside the filter chamber. The energy-saving sewage treatment purification device is provided with a first bevel gear installed on the side of the crushing blade, and the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear are meshed and connected with each other. Then, when the crushing blade rotates to crush the sewage, the crushing blade synchronously drives the first spiral blade to rotate, and the first spiral blade drives the sewage to be extracted upward from the bottom, thereby improving the synchronization of the crushing and extraction of sewage and adopting a single motor drive, thereby improving the energy saving of the equipment when it is used.

The invention provides a neutron energy spectrum measurement method for a boron neutron capture therapy beam, and belongs to the technical field of medical equipment. The sequence of the activated foils is optimized by adopting a Monte Carlo method; the activated foils are weighed and then stacked in a cadmium / aluminum detection box with the machining precision within 0.01 mm according to the sequence, and the center axis of the activated foils, the center axis of the detection box and the center axis of a beam are aligned through a treatment room positioning system; after irradiation under the nominal irradiation condition of the boron neutron capture therapy system, measuring the characteristic gamma ray full-energy peak net count of each activated foil by using a high-purity germanium gamma spectrometer, and calculating the mononuclear activation rate in combination with irradiation parameters; and processing group cross-section data through an NJOY program, and performing spectrum unfolding in combination with an initial spectrum simulated by Monte Carlo and an SAND-II algorithm. According to the method, a multi-material activated foil synchronous measurement technology is adopted, and the clinical applicability of boron neutron capture therapy beam quality control is remarkably improved through algorithm and data collaboration and activated foil sorting optimization.

The utility model relates to the technical field of hot galvanizing processing, in particular to a hot galvanizing furnace for hot galvanizing processing, which comprises a purifying mechanism, a pushing mechanism and an auxiliary mechanism, the pushing mechanism is fixedly arranged in the purifying mechanism, and the auxiliary mechanism is fixedly arranged on the purifying mechanism. And the purification mechanism comprises a hot galvanizing furnace body, an exhaust pipe, a fan, a treatment box, a discharge pipe, a treatment room and a fixed block. When the hot galvanizing furnace for hot galvanizing processing is used, the hot galvanizing furnace body enables waste gas generated in the reaction process to enter the treatment box through an exhaust pipe and a draught fan, then the motor drives the draught fan to push the waste gas to the bottom of the treatment box, in the process, residues of the waste gas are filtered out through a filter layer, and harmful substances are removed through a catalyst layer; odor is removed through the activated carbon purification layer and finally exhausted from the exhaust pipe, waste gas generated in the reaction process of the hot galvanizing furnace body is treated through the design, environmental pollution is reduced, and the environmental protection performance of the device is improved.

The present application belongs to the technical field of high-end medical equipment. Disclosed are a multi-room particle therapy room, a radiotherapy system, and a particle accelerator movement method. The multi-room particle therapy room comprises a plurality of treatment rooms. The radiotherapy system comprises the multi-room particle therapy room and a particle accelerator. Each treatment room is provided with a beam window. The particle accelerator can move outside different treatment rooms and is aligned with the beam windows. The particle accelerator directs particle beams into the treatment rooms by means of the beam windows. The particle beams perform radiotherapy by means of therapy heads in the treatment rooms. The radiotherapy system is not provided with a dipole magnet or a quadrupole magnet. The plurality of treatment rooms share one particle accelerator. The particle accelerator is moved to the outside of the treatment room requiring the particle beam, and the particle beam is directed into the treatment room by means of the beam window. When the treatment in the treatment room is completed, the particle accelerator is moved to other treatment rooms requiring the particle beams and performs treatment work, thereby reducing the overall cost of the radiotherapy system and making proton therapy accessible.

The invention belongs to the technical field of high-end medical equipment, and discloses a multi-chamber particle treatment room, a radiotherapy system and a particle accelerator moving method, the multi-chamber particle treatment room comprises a plurality of treatment rooms, and the radiotherapy system comprises the multi-chamber particle treatment room and a particle accelerator. Each treatment room is provided with a beam window, the particle accelerator can move out of different treatment rooms and is aligned with the beam window, the particle accelerator injects particle beams into the treatment rooms through the beam windows, the particle beams are subjected to radiotherapy through treatment heads in the treatment rooms, and the radiotherapy system is not provided with a dipole magnet or a quadrupole magnet. A plurality of treatment rooms share one particle accelerator, the particle accelerator is moved to the outside of the treatment room needing the particle beam, the particle beam is emitted into the treatment room through the beam window, and when the treatment room completes treatment, the particle accelerator is moved to other treatment rooms needing the particle beam and carries out treatment work, so that the overall cost of the radiotherapy system is reduced, and the treatment efficiency is improved. And the proton treatment is accessible.

The invention relates to a proton helium ion treatment device based on a synchrotron, an ion source system respectively generates # imgabs0 # and helium ions through two electron cyclotron resonance ion sources, an injector comprises a four-wing RFQ and an IH-DTL, # imgabs1 # or helium ions are preliminarily accelerated to 8MeV / u through the four-wing RFQ and the IH-DTL, # imgabs2 # is stripped into protons through a stripper, and # imgabs3 # or helium ions are stripped into protons through the four-wing RFQ and the IH-DTL. Protons or helium ions are injected into the synchrotron through the injection system, the synchrotron accelerates the protons or helium ions to 235 MeV / u and then the protons or helium ions are led out of the synchrotron through the leading-out system, and the led-out protons or helium ions enter a treatment room for treatment after the transverse size of the protons or helium ions is made to be smaller than 10 mm through the beam transmission system. According to the proton helium ion treatment device, miniaturization of the treatment device is achieved, popularization of helium ion treatment is finally achieved, and the proton helium ion treatment device is welfare for livelihood.

A water-bearing household appliance (20) comprising a treatment chamber (25) with a wastewater outlet, at least a first fluid line (31) and a particle filter unit (10) with a particle filter, wherein the first fluid line (31) is configured to convey particles leaving the treatment chamber (25) from the wastewater outlet to the particle filter (12) with a fluid flow, so that the particle filter unit (10) filters the particles out of the fluid flow by means of the particle filter (12) and collects them in the form of a retentate (1), wherein the particle filter unit (10) is arranged in the household appliance (20) in such a way that it is removable by a user (50), wherein the particle filter unit (10) comprises a drainage element that enables a user (50) to manually squeeze water out of the retentate (1) through the particle filter (12).

The invention provides a radiation shielding device and a neutron capture treatment system. The radiation shielding device comprises a shielding body, a base part and a driving device, the shielding body is movably arranged on the base part; the shielding body is provided with a first position and a second position, the first position is the position where the shielding body shields the beam outlet, and the second position is the position where at least part of the shielding body does not shield the beam outlet; the driving device is connected with the shielding body, and the shielding body can be switched between a first position and a second position through the driving device. According to the technical scheme, after a patient finishes irradiation and before a worker enters a treatment room to carry out a subsequent operation process, the position of the shielding body can be adjusted and controlled to shield the beam outlet, so that the patient and the worker are prevented from being radiated, activation of other equipment in the treatment room is avoided, and the treatment efficiency is improved. And the personal safety of patients and workers and the normal operation of equipment are ensured.

The utility model relates to a gutter inlet structure, which comprises a rainwater treatment chamber, the bottom surface of the rainwater treatment chamber is a closed bottom plate, the middle part of the rainwater treatment chamber is provided with a separator consisting of a grillage machine and a permeable plate which are connected up and down, and the interior of the rainwater treatment chamber is divided into a water collecting cavity and a water storage cavity which are arranged side by side; and the center line of the grillage machine is inclined from the water collecting cavity to the water storage cavity. A top opening communicated with the water collecting cavity is formed in the top of the rainwater treatment chamber, a rainwater grate is detachably installed at the top opening, a sewage intercepting basket is detachably installed at the bottom of the rainwater grate, and a drainage pipe is installed on the bottom side of the water storage cavity. The drainage device can effectively solve the problems that drainage of gutter inlets of iron and steel enterprises is easy to be unsmooth, the gutter inlets are easy to be blocked by ground sundries, and pollutants are discharged to external rivers along drainage pipelines to pollute external water bodies.

Method for producing a coating on profile components (2) made of sheet steel, characterized by the following steps: - Providing profile components that are at least partially hardened, in particular press-hardened (2), - Application of metal powder to the surface of the profile components (2), - Heat treatment of the profile components (2) in a heat treatment room (1), wherein the profile components (2) are moved into a heat treatment area (6) of the heat treatment room (1) which has an inert gas atmosphere, wherein - the profile components (2) are moved upwards into the inert gas atmosphere when the gas density of the inert gas atmosphere is less than the gas density of air or - the profile components (2) are moved downwards into the inert gas atmosphere when the gas density of the inert gas atmosphere is greater than the gas density of air and - the heat treatment takes place in an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature between 300°C and 500°C and over a period of 5 min to 120 min. and - during heat treatment, the coating is formed by a diffusion process between the profile components (2) and the metal powder, after which - the profile components (2) are removed from the heat treatment room (1).

The utility model discloses a kind of metal sodium treatment flue gas cooling device, it includes box;One end of U-shaped overflow pipe is communicated with the bottom of box, one end of back liquid pipe is sealed through the bottom surface of box, the other end of back liquid pipe extends to circulating liquid pool, the inlet of circulating liquid pump is communicated with circulating liquid pool by liquid inlet pipe, the outlet of circulating liquid pump is communicated with the spray pipe sealed into box, and spray pipe in box is connected with spray head on it. Advantage: the flue gas generated by metal sodium treatment room enters into box by import air pipe, the spray liquid extracted by circulating liquid pump is sent into spray pipe, then is sprayed into box by spray head, the flue gas entering into box from import air pipe is cooled and handled, and the flue gas after cooling is discharged to next process by export air pipe;Through the cooling device, not only the purpose of flue gas cooling can be effectively realized, but also the resistance of the device to flue gas passing through is smaller, which is beneficial to reduce the phenomenon of dust fouling and plugging.

The invention provides a therapy apparatus and a radiation therapy apparatus capable of reducing the limitation on the movement range of a therapy table while suppressing the area of a therapy room. The movable door (70) slides to the left side in the transverse direction (D1) relative to the irradiation opening (55a) during the first sliding, and slides to the right side in the transverse direction (D1) relative to the irradiation opening (55a) during the second sliding. Namely, when the movable door (70) slides towards one side in the transverse direction (D1), the movable door (70) does not exist on the other side, and when the movable door (70) slides towards the other side in the transverse direction (D1), the movable door (70) does not exist on the one side. Therefore, when the treatment table (60) moves close to the wall part (103) (as shown in the states (a) and (b) in Figure 5), the movable door (70) slides to the side opposite to the treatment table (60), so that the space of the treatment table (60) can be ensured. At this time, even if the movable door (70) and the irradiation port (55a) are not excessively spaced apart, interference between the movable door (70) and the treatment table (60) can be suppressed.

The invention provides a particle radiotherapy isocenter determination method, a debugging method and a related device, and relates to the technical field of particle radiotherapy, and the particle radiotherapy isocenter determination method comprises the steps: obtaining the range of the mechanical isocenter of a rack and a treatment head through an electronic theodolite and a first test tool installed on the treatment head; according to the determined range of the mechanical isocenter of the rack and the treatment head, utilizing a two-dimensional image system at a fixed position to respectively collect images of the circular geometry on the first test tool on the treatment head in two intersecting directions when the treatment head is in a horizontal position, so as to obtain two two-dimensional images; the cross curve of the two-dimensional image system is adjusted, so that the cross point of the cross curve is aligned with the center of the circular geometry on the isocenter test tool, and the mechanical isocenter of the rack and the treatment head is determined; the actual mechanical isocenter of a treatment room is accurately determined through special equipment and tools, and accurate particle radiotherapy is achieved.

Mobile medical container 10 for automated recording of diagnostic data and comprehensive provision of treatment data - a treatment room 1, accessible to a patient and enclosed by container walls 7, - one treatment unit 11, - at least one sensor 12 for automated acquisition of diagnostic data, - a data processing system 16, which is arranged inside or outside the mobile medical container 10 and is configured to process diagnostic data provided by the at least one sensor 12 with a computer program executable by the data processing system 16 and / or with the aid of a physician 20 located outside the mobile medical container 10 in order to provide treatment data, and - a data playback system 13, which is designed to provide the treatment data supplied by the data processing system 16 to the patient.