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MOVEMENT TRACKING
20220392082 · 2022-12-08 ·

Systems and methods may be used for evaluating a patient after completion of an orthopedic surgery on a portion of a body part of the patient. In an example, the method includes capturing, using a camera of the device, a series of images of the patient in motion, determining respective lengths of the body part in each of the series of images based on comparing the body part in each of the series of images to a skeletal model, and identifying a maximum length of the body part from the respective lengths. The method may include displaying an indication corresponding to the maximum length.

POSITIONING METHOD OF FUNCTIONAL ROTATION CENTER OF SHOULDER BASED ON RIGID UPPER ARM MODEL

A positioning method of functional rotation center of shoulder based on rigid upper arm model includes: step 1: abstracting a human upper arm into a cylinder with FRCS as a center of top surface; step 2: determining a reference axis vector of the cylinder; step 3: determining an axis vector of the cylinder and a displacement from the reference axis vector to the axis vector; step 4: correcting a central axis direction of the cylinder; step 5: determining a height compensation of the cylinder, and positioning the FRCS. The method has higher accuracy for the positioning result of FRCS, the positioning result of FRCS has better stability relative to the upper arm and trunk, and can be used to establish a more accurate human digital dynamic model and predict more accurate human posture.

Distributed Radar System With Active Tags For Precise Geolocation
20220378325 · 2022-12-01 ·

In the present disclosure, a radar system is configured to interact with beacons that shift the phase of a received radar transmission to generate a phase shifted response signal. Phase shifters are designed to assign specific frequency responses to identify target locations. The radar module transmits at a modulated signal at first frequency, each beacon receives the radar transmission, phase shifts the signal and returns the phase shifted signal. Where two or more beacons are used, each will apply a different phase shift to the received radar transmission, wherein the frequency identifies the specific beacons. In a radar system, the modulated transmission signal is compared to the returned phase shifted signal to determine a frequency difference between the two signals.

System and method for manufacturing custom nails
11515019 · 2022-11-29 · ·

A system and method for manufacturing custom fit artificial nails includes a 3D surface scanning module and a 3D printing module and use thereof. A central processing module is connected to the 3D surface scanning module and the 3D printing module and performs: operating the 3D surface scanning module to obtain an image of a user's hands/feet; processing the image to create an input 3D model of nails of the user; generating an output 3D model corresponding to artificial nails matching dimensions of the user's nails according to the 3D input model; operating the 3D printing module to manufacture artificial nails according to the output 3D model; and generating medical data by correlating the identified features of the user's nails with known medical conditions, in order to diagnose a medical condition of the user which is known to exhibit the identified features as a symptom. Alternatively, or additionally, medicinal ingredient may be included in the artificial nail to treat the medical condition of the user. Embedded devices, sensors or an RFID chip may be integrated into the artificial nail.

Muscle mass estimation method, muscle mass estimation device, and storage medium storing a muscle mass estimation program
11510609 · 2022-11-29 · ·

A muscle mass estimation method including acquiring a height of a living organism, acquiring an electrical resistance value measured for the living organism, and computing a muscle mass of the living organism using a calculation formula including a first variable including the height of the living organism and the electrical resistance value, and a second variable including the electrical resistance value.

SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR REMOTE COLLECTION OF BIOMETRIC DATA AND SPECIMEN SAMPLE WITH IDENTITY VERIFICATION OF COLLECTOR
20220369953 · 2022-11-24 ·

Methods and kits for collecting and verifying a specimen and/or biological information from a person at a first location to be provided to a second location are provided with documentation of chain of custody in order to verify that the person from whom the specimens and data were obtained is the intended person. Methods include internet and/or video communication between the person and a human or software-based verification assistant, confirming identification of the person to the verification assistant through the video communication, obtaining one or more specimens from the person or one or more types of biological information of the person, wherein the obtaining may be recorded through the internet/video communication, and the use and recording of coded tamper-evident packaging to ensure chain of custody before, during and after the internet/video communication.

BLOOD FLOW OCCLUSION DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF
20220369939 · 2022-11-24 ·

A blood flow occlusion system includes an inflator and a pressure regulator coupled to a pressure cuff and a computing device coupled to the inflator and the regulator. The computing device comprises a memory coupled to the processor which is configured to be capable of executing programmed instructions stored in the memory to: determine brachial occlusion data based on calculating the brachial occlusion data with an occlusion regression equation using one or more input diagnostic parameters associated with a client; generate treatment parameters of a treatment program to treat the condition of the client based on the optimized brachial occlusion data and an obtained stage of the condition; generate programmed instructions of control commands to manage operation of the pressure cuff, inflator, and pressure regulator based on the treatment parameters; and initiate execution of the programmed instructions for the treatment program for treating the condition of the client when engaged.

System and method for detecting a thickness of a layer

A thickness analyzer unit for determining a thickness of a layer includes a temperature change device, a temperature sensor, a memory, and a controller. The temperature change device is configured to induce a temperature change of the layer from a first temperature value to a second temperature value. The temperature sensor is configured to generate first temperature data corresponding to the first temperature value and second temperature data corresponding to the second temperature value. The memory is configured to store the first and second temperature values, a thermal conductivity value, a specific thermal capacity value, and a density value. The controller is configured (i) to determine a time constant value of the layer based on the first and second temperature values, and (ii) to determine the thickness of the layer based on the time constant value, the thermal conductivity value, the specific thermal capacity value, and the density value.

PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WOUND-SIZE MEASURING METHOD USING THE SAME

A wound-size measuring method for use in a portable electronic device is provided. The method includes the following steps: obtaining an input image via a camera device of the portable electronic device; using a CNN (convolutional neural network) model to recognize the input image, and selecting a part of the input image with the highest probability of containing a wound as an output wound image; and calculating an actual height and an actual width of the output wound image according to a lens-focal-length parameter reported by an operating system running on the portable electronic device, a plurality of reference calibration parameters corresponding to a pitch angle of the portable electronic device, and a pixel-height ratio and a pixel-width ratio of the output wound image.

Apparatus for measurement of a limb circumference, a device for measurement of a limb compliance comprising the same and a device used in the treatment of lymphedema comprising the same
11583207 · 2023-02-21 · ·

The present invention provides an apparatus for measurement of a limb circumference, comprising a pull string module, a first measurement module and a second measurement module. The pull string module comprises a surrounding component, wherein the surrounding component comprises an encircling part disposed around a limb of an individual; the first measurement module is disposed at the pull string module and moves alone the longitudinal axis of the limb and meanwhile measures the length of the limb; and the second measurement module measures the length of the encircling part simultaneously when the first measurement module move alone the limb, so as to determine the correlation between the limb length and the limb circumference. The present invention further provides a device including two or more apparatuses of the present invention to measure the limb compliance and to be used in the treatment of lymphedema.