Disclosed are a body channel communication method and an apparatus performing the same. An operating method of a transmitter includes obtaining an input signal including biometric information, generating an encoded signal and a control signal by encoding the input signal, generating a return-to-zero (RZ) signal of a biphasic waveform based on the encoded signal, and transmitting the RZ signal through a body channel.

A wax model of a required coping is produced using CNC machining techniques based on a virtual model of the coping created from digital data obtained from the intraoral cavity. The dental coping is then fabricated from the wax model.

In one aspect, there is provided a method performed by one or more data processing apparatus, the method including obtaining a baseline image of a baseline biological organism brain, obtaining a follow-up image of a target biological organism brain, wherein the follow-up image shows at least a damaged region of the target biological organism brain, processing the baseline image and the follow-up image to generate data defining a predicted anatomical microstructure of the damaged region of the target biological organism brain before the target biological organism brain was damaged, and generating a design for a neural prosthesis for replacing the damaged region of the target biological organism brain based on the predicted anatomical microstructure of the damaged region of the target biological organism brain before the target biological organism brain was damaged.

Provided are a multi-degree-of-freedom myoelectric artificial hand control system and a method for using same. The system comprises a robotic hand, a robotic wrist (2), a stump receiving cavity (1) and a data processor (3), wherein the robotic hand and the stump receiving cavity (1) are respectively mounted on two ends of the robotic wrist (2); a multi-channel myoelectric array electrode oversleeve, a control unit circuit board, and a battery are connected in the stump receiving cavity (1); and the other end of the control unit circuit board is connected to the robotic hand and the robotic wrist (2). The method for using the system comprises the following steps: (S1) a user wearing a multi-channel myoelectric array electrode oversleeve, and connecting a battery and a control unit circuit board; (S2) the user completing a gesture, collecting a surface electromyography signal and then uploading same to a data processor (3); (S3) the data processor (3) receiving the surface electromyography signal and inputting same into a neural network algorithm to generate a gesture prediction model; and (S4) the user controlling the multi-degree-of-freedom movement of the robotic wrist (2) and the robotic hand. By means of the system, continuous gestures and the gesture strength thereof can be identified, and multi-degree-of-freedom gestures can be made.

A wax model of a required coping is produced using CNC machining techniques based on a virtual model of the coping created from digital data obtained from the intraoral cavity. The dental coping is then fabricated from the wax model.

A wax model of a required coping is produced using CNC machining techniques based on a virtual model of the coping created from digital data obtained from the intraoral cavity. The dental coping is then fabricated from the wax model.

A system and method for multi-modality fusion for 3D printing of a patient-specific organ model is disclosed. A plurality of medical images of a target organ of a patient from different medical imaging modalities are fused. A holistic mesh model of the target organ is generated by segmenting the target organ in the fused medical images from the different medical imaging modalities. One or more spatially varying physiological parameter is estimated from the fused medical images and the estimated one or more spatially varying physiological parameter is mapped to the holistic mesh model of the target organ. The holistic mesh model of the target organ is 3D printed including a representation of the estimated one or more spatially varying physiological parameter mapped to the holistic mesh model. The estimated one or more spatially varying physiological parameter can be represented in the 3D printed model using a spatially material property (e.g., stiffness), spatially varying material colors, and/or spatially varying material texture.

The invention refers to the area of control of a limb device in the form of an artificial limb for a human or a robot limb. In particular, the invention is related to a control unit for electrically controlling an electrically controllable limb device, the limb device comprising a plurality of actuators, the control unit comprising a first interface for connecting the control unit to the limb device, the control unit comprising a second interface for connecting the control unit to a data gathering device comprising one or more sensing devices, the control unit comprising a processing unit which is arranged for controlling the limb device at least based on data gathered by the data gathering device, wherein the control unit is arranged for outputting one single control action step to the actuators of the limb device calculated by the processing unit based on a first data or data combination received from the data gathering device, and the control unit is arranged for outputting a plurality of control action steps to the actuators of the limb device calculated by the processing unit based on a second data or data combination received from the data gathering device, the second data or data combination being different from the first data or data combination, the plurality of control action steps inducing a more complex automatic movement of the limb device that the one single control action step. The invention further refers to a system comprising such a control unit, a method for controlling an electrically controllable limb device and a computer program.

A method for providing a replica masturbation device is disclosed. Users upload images of their body parts, and other users use data sets generated based on these images to produce replica masturbation devices of the user's body parts.

A dental milling machine is provided with a tool which is guided in a chuck. A workpiece arm is mounted opposite the tool to be able to be moved at least in the direction of the spindle axis. With a control device it can be moved in relation to the workpiece, especially by means of a drive motor of the workpiece arm. The workpiece arm has an abutment element, whereby the control device moves the tool and the abutment element towards each other until they abut each other. The control device can be used to detect abutment of the abutment element with respect to the tool, in particular with respect to its tip, in particular by decelerating the (relative) movement of the tool and the abutment element towards each another, upon contact of the tool and the abutment element. This position may be signaled as a reference position and, especially may be stored.