A device for automatic touch-free dispensing of disposable material onto a hand of an individual is provided. The device comprises a first spool configured to hold backing members having disposable material disposed thereon. The first spool engages with a first gear connected to a motor responsible for rotating the first spool to deliver the disposable material into the middle of an access window of the device. Preferably, the device is enclosed within a housing assembly.

A self-auscultation device and method of using the self-auscultation device to listen to a target anatomy is described. The self-auscultation device includes a chest piece to receive a listening device, such as an earphone. The listening device is mounted in the chest piece to detect a sound from the target anatomy, through the chest piece. The listening device can operate in a self-auscultation mode to adapt the listening device to generate audio data corresponding to the detected sound. An equalization filter can be applied to the audio data to compensate for a frequency response of the listening device. A data processing system can compare the audio data to predetermined auscultation data to determine a health condition of the target anatomy. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

A self-auscultation device and method of using the self-auscultation device to listen to a target anatomy is described. The self-auscultation device includes a chest piece to receive a listening device, such as an earphone. The listening device is mounted in the chest piece to detect a sound from the target anatomy, through the chest piece. The listening device can operate in a self-auscultation mode to adapt the listening device to generate audio data corresponding to the detected sound. An equalization filter can be applied to the audio data to compensate for a frequency response of the listening device. A data processing system can compare the audio data to predetermined auscultation data to determine a health condition of the target anatomy. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

A metallic diaphragm disk incorporating a piezoelectric material bonded thereto and operatively coupled to a base rim of a housing provides for closing an open-ended cavity at the first end of the housing. At least one inertial mass is either incorporated in or attached to the housing. A plastic film adhesively bonded to at least one of an outer rim of the housing or an outer-facing surface of the disk provides for receiving an adhesive acoustic interface material to provide for coupling the housing to the skin of a test subject.

An endoscopic system includes a processor. The processor generates from a measured value of pressure in a lumen of a subject a first temporal change image of the pressure in the lumen, generates an observation image for observing an opened/closed state of a valve portion in the lumen of the subject in real time from an image pickup signal obtained by picking up an image of the opened/closed state of the valve portion in the lumen in real time using an endoscope, and generates a superposition image by superposing the first temporal change image and the observation image in a temporally synchronized manner.

In methods for treating a patient, a time varying magnetic field is applied to a patient's body and causes a muscle contraction. The time-varying magnetic field may be monophasic, biphasic, polyphasic and/or static. The method may reduce adipose tissue, improve metabolism, blood and/or lymph circulation. The method may use combinations of treatments to enhance the visual appearance of the patient.

Provided is a biological examination apparatus and a biological information analysis method capable of quickly grasping a two-dimensional motions of the up-down and front-back directions of the thyroid cartilage and the lingual bone accompanied by a swallowing sound as swallowing dynamics by a non-invasive examination. In the biological examination apparatus of the present invention, an up-down motion component associated with an up-down motion of the thyroid cartilage and a front-back motion component associated with a front-back motion of the thyroid cartilage are extracted from a fitting result obtained by fitting a model function modeling a swallowing motion to distance information based on detection data detected by a larynx portion displacement detector, and a two-dimensional trajectory data indicating behavior trajectories of an up-down direction and a front-back direction of the thyroid cartilage is generated based on the extracted up-down motion component and the extracted front-back motion component.

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 stethoscope and binaural assembly are disclosed herein. The stethoscope includes a stethoscope chestpiece assembly and a binaural assembly including a first ear tube, a second ear tube, and an acoustic tube connected to the first and second ear tubes, the first ear tube being flexibly connected to the second ear tube by at least one spring member disposed inside the acoustic tube, a portion of the at least one spring member being located proximate to a sound transmission junction of the acoustic tube, the binaural assembly further including a junction blockage prevention member, the junction blockage prevention member configured to prevent one or more internal sound passageways of the sound transmission junction of the acoustic tube from becoming blocked or partially blocked by the at least one spring member when the first and second ear tubes are flexed outwardly away from one another by a user.

A stethoscope and binaural assembly are disclosed herein. The stethoscope includes a stethoscope chestpiece assembly and a binaural assembly including a first ear tube, a second ear tube, and an acoustic tube connected to the first and second ear tubes, the first ear tube being flexibly connected to the second ear tube by at least one spring member disposed inside the acoustic tube, a portion of the at least one spring member being located proximate to a sound transmission junction of the acoustic tube, the binaural assembly further including a junction blockage prevention member, the junction blockage prevention member configured to prevent one or more internal sound passageways of the sound transmission junction of the acoustic tube from becoming blocked or partially blocked by the at least one spring member when the first and second ear tubes are flexed outwardly away from one another by a user.