Abstract:
An apparatus for assisting the balance of a user is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a first control moment gyroscope (CMG) and a second CMG configured as a scissor pair. The first CMG includes a first flywheel and a second flywheel, a first motor that rotates the first and second flywheels, a first gimbal supporting the first and second flywheel, and a first gimbal servo to rotate the first gimbal. The second CMG includes a third flywheel and a forth flywheel, a second motor that rotates the third and fourth flywheels, a second gimbal supporting the third and fourth flywheels, and a second gimbal servo to rotate the second gimbal. The apparatus additionally includes a gyroscope controller controlling the first gimbal servo and the second gimbal servo.
Abstract:
A personalized acute care treatment kit is provided that includes components necessary for a lay caregiver to treat an acute cardiac event. The kit includes a medication box provided with medications selected according to the needs of the owner, a CPR device, a pacemaker, a defibrillator, monitoring and diagnostic devices and a computing device. The computing device is provided with a mobile application that captures patient data from the devices in the kit and automatically sends an alarm to a treatment professional when the patient data exceeds a predetermined threshold and establishes a communication link to with the treatment professional to allow the treatment professional to instruct the lay caregiver in using the contents of the kit to provide acute care.
Abstract:
Among other things, in one aspect, we describe a system for assisting with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The system includes at least one sensor; and one or more processors configured for calculating a chest compliance relationship based on data received from the at least one sensor, and determining a neutral position of chest compression based at least in part on a feature of the chest compliance relationship. The system can take the form of an active compression-decompression device.
Abstract:
A CPR system includes a retention structure to retain the patient's body, and a compression mechanism to perform CPR compressions to the patient's chest. The CPR system further includes a processor to control the compression mechanism, and thus the performance of the CPR compressions. In embodiments, the CPR system compresses at a rate or frequency that is purposely sub-optimal for circulation at least some of the time, and especially when it is detected that the patient has regained consciousness. An advantage can be that the patient may thus faint again, and therefore perceive less of the unpleasant experience of the mechanical chest compressions that the CPR system continues to perform on them as it preserves them alive.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus logs alerts and response to alerts for members of an organization. When an alert message is transmitted to a user (i.e. the user's communication device), the alert activity is logged in a record. When the user acknowledges the alert, or fails to respond to the alert, the result is also logged. As such the organization can enforce compliance with alerting procedures and actions to be taken upon receiving an alert message.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for tactile guidance are disclosed. One illustrative method disclosure herein includes: receiving a sensor signal from a sensor configured to determine one or more objects associated with an area; determining area information based in part on the sensor signal; determining a haptic effect based in part on the area information; and transmitting a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect to a haptic output device configured to output the haptic effect.
Abstract:
A blind guiding apparatus comprises a first wearable assembly on which a voice recognition unit, a central processing unit, a GPS unit, a voice output unit and a Braille display unit are disposed. The blind guiding apparatus provides real-time positioning and navigating functions for a blind user walking outside, wherein the Braille display unit allows the user to confirm a destination address recognized by the voice recognition unit so as to avoid error in navigation.
Abstract:
A system includes a guidance device that provides feedback to a user to compress a patient's chest at a rate of between about 90 and 110 compressions per minute and at a depth of between about 4.5 centimeters to about 6 centimeters. The system includes a pressure regulation system having a pressure-responsive valve that is configured to be coupled to a patient's airway. The pressure-responsive valve is configured to remain closed during successive chest compressions in order to permit removal at least about 200 ml from the lungs in order to lower intracranial pressure to improve survival with favorable neurological function. The pressure-responsive valve is configured to remain closed until the negative pressure within the patient's airway reaches about −7 cm H2O, at which time the pressure-responsive valve is configured to open to provide respiratory gases to flow to the lungs through the pressure-responsive valve.
Abstract translation:系统包括引导装置,其向用户提供反馈,以每分钟约90至110次按压之间的速度和约4.5厘米至约6厘米之间的深度压缩患者的胸部。 该系统包括压力调节系统,其具有被配置为联接到患者气道的压力响应阀。 压力响应阀被配置为在连续的胸部按压期间保持关闭,以便允许从肺部移除至少约200ml,以便降低颅内压力以改善具有有利的神经功能的存活。 压力响应阀构造成保持关闭,直到患者气道内的负压达到约-7cm H 2 O,此时压力响应阀构造成打开以提供呼吸气体通过压力 - 响应阀。
Abstract:
A device for compression therapy of a subject's body part including a compression sleeve configured to be surroundingly engageable with the body part, the sleeve having at least one bladder configured to be inflated and deflated such that an enhanced circulation is achieved and a controller configured to calculate a change in the volume of the body part by determining a change in a time required for inflating the at least one bladder from a predetermined vacuum level to a predetermined pressure level obtained during at least two inflation cycles; and to control operation of the compression sleeve based at least on the calculated change in the volume of the body part.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a device for assisting a person in determining the presence or identity of obstacles in the person's path, characterized by a housing, a laser projector for generating a laser pattern on a surface in said person's path, a receiver for at least receiving a plurality of images of the laser pattern reflected from the surface and for generating a signal corresponding to said laser pattern reflection and a processor for processing said signal to at least determine the presence or identity of an object, and a warning generator for generating a warning to the person. The present invention also provides a method for assisting a person in determining the presence of an object in a person's path comprising generating a laser pattern comprising a plurality of laser lines on a surface, distinguishing between one or more straight line segments in the laser pattern and distorted line segments of said laser pattern after they are reflected from said surface and evaluating the distortions in said line segments of said laser pattern to determine the presence or identity of an object in the person's path. The present invention can be used to assist the visually impaired in seeing objects in their path or can be used by a sighted user in game play or at night for detecting obstacles. Some of the functions of the present device can be provided in a smart phone which can be adapted with a laser projection as a separate attachment or as part of the smart phone circuitry.