There is provided a data processing device and a data processing method capable of customizing a dish made by a cooking robot according to a preference of a person who eats the dish. The data processing device (11) according to one aspect of the present technology generates recipe data including a data set used when a cooking robot (1) performs a cooking operation, the data set linking cooking operation data in which information regarding an ingredient of a dish and information regarding an operation of a cook in a cooking process using the ingredient are described, and cook biological data indicating a biological reaction of the cook measured in conjunction with progress of the cooking process. The present technology can be applied to a computer that controls cooking in a cooking robot.

There is provided a data processing device and a data processing method capable of customizing a dish made by a cooking robot according to a preference of a person who eats the dish. The data processing device (11) according to one aspect of the present technology generates recipe data including a data set used when a cooking robot (1) performs a cooking operation, the data set linking cooking operation data in which information regarding an ingredient of a dish and information regarding an operation of a cook in a cooking process using the ingredient are described, and cook biological data indicating a biological reaction of the cook measured in conjunction with progress of the cooking process. The present technology can be applied to a computer that controls cooking in a cooking robot.

Apparatus for applying Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to an individual, wherein the apparatus comprises: a head mount for disposition on the head of an individual; and a plurality of magnet assemblies for releasable mounting on the head mount, wherein each of the magnet assemblies comprises a permanent magnet, and at least one of (i) a movement mechanism for moving the permanent magnet and/or (ii) a magnetic shield shutter mechanism, for selectively providing a rapidly changing magnetic field capable of inducing weak electric currents in the brain of an individual so as to modify the natural electrical activity of the brain of the individual; wherein the number of magnet assemblies mounted on the head mount, their individual positioning on the head mount, and their selective provision of a rapidly changing magnetic field is selected so as to allow the spatial, strength and temporal characteristics of the magnetic field to be custom tailored for each individual, whereby to provide individual-specific TMS therapy, to assist in diagnosis or to map out brain function in neuroscience research.

The invention relates to reflex therapy. A method includes searching for and determining priority zones of altered receptor activity and associated muscles with impaired reflex activity, making a preliminary diagnosis of a primary zone, selecting indicator muscles and tightening a tendon of the muscle which participates in a step pattern, searching for a primary zone and determining a stimulus of a damaging modality for the primary zone, verifying the correctness of the determination of the primary zone and stimulus therefor, searching for a compensatory zone and determining a stimulus therefor, stimulating the primary zone and the compensatory receptor zone by simultaneously applying stimuli with the provocation of a deep tendon reflex. Technical result: providing accuracy in discovering zones with impaired reflex activity, determining stimuli for any type of mechanoreceptor and nociceptor damage and providing full restoration of muscle reflex activity.

Methods and systems for conditioning a signal indicative of electrosurgical unit activity are described. A hardware circuit acquires AC current from an electrosurgical unit on patient isolated circuitry and conditions the signal in either of two alternate processing methods. The processed signal is routed as input to an analog to digital converter circuit. A method for determining saturation on referential inputs and recovering inputs to an unsaturated state is also described.

Methods and systems for conditioning a signal indicative of electrosurgical unit activity are described. A hardware circuit acquires AC current from an electrosurgical unit on patient isolated circuitry and conditions the signal in either of two alternate processing methods. The processed signal is routed as input to an analog to digital converter circuit. A method for determining saturation on referential inputs and recovering inputs to an unsaturated state is also described.

In at least some aspects, the present concepts include a method for configuring an assistive flexible suit including the acts of outfitting a person with an assistive flexible suit, monitoring an output of at least one sensor of the assistive flexible suit as the person moves in a first controlled movement environment, identifying at least one predefined gait event using the output of the at least one sensor, adjusting an actuation profile of the at least one actuator and continuing to perform the acts of monitoring, identifying and adjusting until an actuation profile of the at least one actuator generates a beneficial moment about the at least one joint to promote an improvement in gait. The at least one controller is then set to implement the actuation profile.

Disclosed in some forms is a process of limiting the impact of surgery on a nerve, the process comprising applying a therapeutic substance to the nerve during surgery. In some aspects, disclosed is a formulation for reducing nerve trauma comprising an active pharmacological ingredient adapted to intervene in the activation of pathways of cellular degradation within the nerve and a carrier adapted to reduce dissemination of the active pharmacological ingredient beyond the site at which its effect is intended.

Example apparatuses, systems, and methods for detecting a muscle tissue ischemia event are provided. An example apparatus may include an electromyography (EMG) sensor applied to a patient to detect electrical activity in the muscle tissue. The apparatus may also include processing circuitry in communication with the EMG sensor and configured to receive EMG signals from the EMG sensor and detect characteristics within the EMG signals indicating oxygen depletion within the muscle tissue of the patient. The characteristics may include a signal power level of the EMG signals increasing by at least a threshold value at a select frequency or with respect to a select band of frequencies. The processing circuitry may be further configured to trigger an output, in response to detecting the characteristics, indicating that the oxygen depletion in the muscle tissue is indicative of an ischemia event.

Example apparatuses, systems, and methods for detecting a muscle tissue ischemia event are provided. An example apparatus may include an electromyography (EMG) sensor applied to a patient to detect electrical activity in the muscle tissue. The apparatus may also include processing circuitry in communication with the EMG sensor and configured to receive EMG signals from the EMG sensor and detect characteristics within the EMG signals indicating oxygen depletion within the muscle tissue of the patient. The characteristics may include a signal power level of the EMG signals increasing by at least a threshold value at a select frequency or with respect to a select band of frequencies. The processing circuitry may be further configured to trigger an output, in response to detecting the characteristics, indicating that the oxygen depletion in the muscle tissue is indicative of an ischemia event.