A61B2560/02

Medical Device Package with First Use Indicator Label
20240024059 · 2024-01-25 ·

A package (10) for a medical product is provided. The medical package includes a case (12), a cap (14), a hinge (42) that connects the case to the cap and a first use indication label (16) that confirms whether a closed package has been previously opened. The first use indication label spans both an indentation (72) in the cap and an indentation (74) in the case.

LOCOMOTION SYSTEM FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE

A locomotion system for use in a medical device, including at least one magnet, a rotor including a plurality of coil windings, and a ferromagnetic member. The rotor is configured, on application of a current to the plurality of coil windings, to travel along the ferromagnetic member and to impact on a surface.

SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

A surgical device. The surgical device may comprise a transducer configured to provide vibrations along a longitudinal axis and an end effector coupled to the transducer and extending from the transducer along the longitudinal axis. The surgical device also may comprise a lower jaw extending parallel to the end effector. The lower jaw may comprise a clamp face extending toward the longitudinal axis. Also, the lower jaw may be slidable relative to the end effector to bring the clamp face toward a distal end of the end effector.

Surgical instruments

A surgical device is disclosed including a surgical instrument and an outer sheath surrounding the surgical instrument. The surgical instruments includes an end effector including a first jaw member and a second jaw member. At least one of the first jaw member or the second jaw member is pivotable toward the other to grasp tissue. The outer sheath is slidable relative to the surgical instrument along a longitudinal axis between a first position, wherein the first jaw member and the second jaw member are positioned within the outer sheath proximal to a distal portion of the outer sheath, and a second positon, wherein the first iaw member and the second iaw member are positioned outside the outer sheath distal to the distal portion of the outer sheath. The distal portion of the outer sheath is configured to clamp tissue.

MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING CARDIAC EVENT SENSING BASED ON SENSING CONTROL PARAMETERS
20240032846 · 2024-02-01 ·

A medical device is configured to receive sensed cardiac event data including a value of a feature determined from each one of a plurality of cardiac events sensed from a cardiac signal according to a first setting of a sensing control parameter. The medical device is configured to classify each value of the feature of each one of the sensed cardiac events as either a predicted sensed event or a predicted undersensed event according to a second setting of the sensing control parameter that is less sensitive to sensing cardiac events than the first setting. The medical device is configured to determine a predicted sensed event interval between each consecutive pair of the predicted sensed events and predict that an arrhythmia is detected or not detected based on the predicted sensed event intervals.

NON-INVASIVE BLOOD ANALYSIS USING A COMPACT CAPILLAROSCOPE AND MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES

In one example aspect, a system is disclosed that includes an image capture device; a capillaroscope attachable to the image capture device, the capillaroscope including: a light source configured to provide offset light at an angle and location offset from a center horizontal axis and produce oblique remitted light off a patient site; a reverse lens through which the oblique remitted light passes therethrough; and one or more telescopic lenses through which the remitted light passes therethrough to a lens of the image capture device after passing through the reverse lens.

CONTACTLESS AUTOMATED AND REMOTE POLYGRAPH TEST
20240032832 · 2024-02-01 · ·

A computer-implemented method for conducting a polygraph test, the method comprising: monitoring physiological indices of a user during the steps of: providing the user with a plurality of pre-questions; and receiving answers from the user to the plurality of pre-questions; analyzing the answers to the pre-questions and physiological indices using machine learning and setting baselines for the monitored physiological indices; generating a plurality of test questions for the user based on the analysis; monitoring physiological indices of a user during the steps of: providing the user with the plurality of test questions; and receiving answers from the user to the test questions; comparing the baselines and the monitored physiological indices during the provision of answers to the test questions; and generating a test result to the test question.

EVALUATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR EVALUATING ABILITY TO IDENTIFY OBJECT
20240032850 · 2024-02-01 ·

The present disclosure provides an evaluation device for evaluating a test subject's ability to identify an object, the evaluation device including: an input unit that receives input of the test subject; a display control unit that displays, on a display device, a test screen including a target object that the test subject should select and a non-target object that the test subject should not select; an input processing unit that determines whether or not a target object is selected on the basis of input of the test subject received by the input unit; and an evaluation unit that evaluates a temporal lobe function related to a visual recognition ability of the test subject on the basis of a response time required for the test subject to input when the input processing unit determines that the target object is selected.

BIOMETRIC INFORMATION MEASURING DEVICE
20240032804 · 2024-02-01 ·

A biometric information measuring device includes a blood pressure measurement unit including a cuff configured to compress a target measurement site of a subject, a pump configured to supply a gas into the cuff, an exhaust valve configured to adjust discharge of the gas from within the cuff, a pressure detection unit configured to detect a cuff pressure that is a pressure in the cuff, a cuff pressure control unit configured to control the pump and the exhaust valve, and a blood pressure calculation unit configured to calculate a blood pressure of the subject, the blood pressure measurement unit being configured to measure the blood pressure of the subject, an electrocardiographic measurement unit being configured to process an electrical signal acquired through a plurality of electrodes contactable to a skin of the subject to measure an electrocardiographic waveform.

LIVING BODY INFORMATION MEASURING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIVING BODY INFORMATION MEASURING INSTRUMENT
20240032803 · 2024-02-01 ·

A biological information measurement device includes a blood pressure measurement unit including a blood pressure measurement control unit configured to control a cuff configured to compress a target measurement site of a subject, a pump configured to supply gas into the cuff, an exhaust valve configured to adjust exhaust of the gas from the cuff, and a pressure detection unit configured to detect a cuff pressure that is a pressure in the cuff, the blood pressure measurement unit being configured to measure a blood pressure of the subject, and an electrocardiographic measurement unit including an electrode provided on a target measurement site side of the cuff and configured to measure an electrocardiographic waveform by processing an electrical signal obtained through a plurality of electrodes that can come into contact with a skin of the subject.