The present invention provides medical devices comprising a camera combined with a second device selected from an endotracheal tube, oral airway, supraglottic airway, tracheostomy tube, suction catheter, tubeless intubating device, tool tube and/or stylet. The present invention also provides methods for rapid and accurate placement of a medical device in a patient with a guidance of a bougie and continuous real-time monitoring, including a remote monitoring, of the patient after the placement.

A catheter system for controlled sympathectomy procedures is disclosed. A catheter system for controlled micro ablation procedures is disclosed. Methods for performing a controlled surgical procedure are disclosed. A system for performing controlled surgical procedures in a minimally invasive manner is disclosed.

A system and method for allowing any surgeon, including those surgeons who perform a fewer number of a replacement procedure as compared to a more experienced surgeon who performs a greater number of procedures, to provide an improved likelihood of a favorable outcome approaching, if not exceeding, a likelihood of a favorable outcome as performed by a very experienced surgeon with the replacement procedure. Force sensing is included to aid in quantifying installation of an implant, particularly a cup into a pelvic bone.

Computer implemented methods, systems and devices are provided to monitor for potential heart failure (HF). Cardiac activity (CA) data is obtained and filtered to obtain respiration data indicative of a respiration pattern. The respiration data is analyzed to determine one or more respiration characteristics of interest (COI) that are recorded along with collection time information to form an HF monitoring log. Additionally or alternatively, the CA data is analyzed to detect an event of interest. The cardiac activity data is filtered to obtain respiration data indicative of a respiration pattern, and the respiration data is analyzed for respiration induced under detection of the event of interest from the CA data.

A system, method and appliance provides sleep-related disorder data collection, assessment, and visual representation. The appliance may be configured to be worn during a sleep cycle of an individual and may include or be operatively connected to various sensors that collect physiological data of the individual during the sleep cycle. Aspects of the system are configured to correlate data obtained from various sensors/data sources during an individual's sleep cycle, determine relevant events associated with sleep-related disorders based on the obtained data, provide summaries and information about the determined relevant events, and generate and provide dynamic visualizations of the individual's anatomy corresponding to the determined relevant events. A dynamic visualization may include a 3D model of the individual's airway and mandibular anatomy that, when played back, morphs to represent dynamics of the individual's anatomy during the relevant event.

An esophageal stethoscope is disclosed. The esophageal stethoscope includes a cuff, a tube, one end of which is disposed in the interior of the cuff, and extending to a side that is opposite to the one end thereof, a mount member mounted on an opposite end of the tube, and a microphone disposed in the interior of the mount member, the tube includes at least one hole configured to allow sound waves that passes through the cuff to be provided into the tube, and the microphone absorbs cardiac sound and converts the cardiac sound to a cardiac sound electric signal, and is electrically connected to an external device to deliver the cardiac sound electric signal to the external device.

A system and method for quantitatively assessing a press fit value (and provide a mechanism to evaluate optimal quantitative values) of any implant/bone interface regardless the variables involved including bone site preparation, material properties of bone and implant, implant geometry and coefficient of friction of the implant-bone interface without requiring a visual positional assessment of a depth of insertion. The following description is presented to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention and is provided in the context of a patent application and its requirements.

A system and method for providing a set of anatomical subdermal tags configured to form part of a local positioning system (in contrast to an operating room-wide global reference system) used in obscured visualization/localization of anatomical structures, locations, and components, as well as visualization/localization/orientation of implant(s) into referenced anatomical structures.

A catheter system for controlled sympathectomy procedures is disclosed. A catheter system for controlled micro ablation procedures is disclosed. Methods for performing a controlled surgical procedure are disclosed. A system for performing controlled surgical procedures in a minimally invasive manner is disclosed.

Mandibular repositioning devices have a maxillary piece that has a tooth covering with a driver flange protruding laterally outward on a right side proximate a backmost teeth mold and/or on a left side proximate the backmost teeth mold and have a mandibular piece that has a tooth covering with a protrusive flange extending cranially therefrom. Each driver flange has an anterior side with a convex curvature and each protrusive flange has a posterior side with a concave-to-convex curvature from its base toward its most cranial point. The convex portion of the concave-to convex curvature is positioned to engage the convex curvature of the driver flange in a rest position. Downward movement of the mandibular piece moves the convex portion of the posterior side of the protrusive flange along the convex curvature of the driver flange, thereby moving a user's mandible forward.