Developable and collapsible shaft deployment mechanism

    公开(公告)号:US11992929B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US17277026

    申请日:2019-09-18

    IPC分类号: B25G1/04 A61B17/00

    CPC分类号: B25G1/04 A61B17/00234

    摘要: A hollow rod developable actuator tool including a first link comprising an outer cylinder, a deployment ring including second link comprising a first portion pivotably connected to the first link at a first joint mounted in a first cavity in the wall of the outer cylinder and a third link comprising a second tool portion pivotably connected to the first portion at a second link, and a fourth link comprising an inner cylinder to which the second portion of the deployment ring is also pivotably connected at a third link mounted in a second cavity in the wall of the inner cylinder. When the inner cylinder of the fourth link is rotated in relation to the outer cylinder of the first link the actuator tool transitions from a first state where the deployment ring is stowed within the tool to a second state where the deployment ring is deployed externally.

    IMAGING OF ULTRASOUND FIELDS USING CALIBRATION FOR NON-LINEAR MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240127482A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18486779

    申请日:2023-10-13

    IPC分类号: G06T7/80

    摘要: A method includes determining, during a calibration phase without application of ultrasound waves, a per-pixel magnetic field gradient of a magnetic field that is generated using a calibration drive signal applied to a magnetic coil; generating, during a treatment phase, a magnetic field gradient that is applied to a treatment area by using a treatment drive signal applied to the magnetic coil, wherein treatment drive signal is different from the calibration drive signal; determining, based on the treatment drive signal applied to the magnetic coil, per-pixel phases of a treatment image of the treatment area, wherein the per-pixel phases of the treatment image are based on spin displacement at each pixel resulting from the applied ultrasound waves; and adjusting, for each pixel of the treatment image, the per-pixel phases of the treatment image based on the per-pixel magnetic field gradient for a corresponding pixel, to obtain a gradient-adjusted treatment image.

    Methods and devices for selecting miniaturized impedance electrodes of miniaturized impedance sensors

    公开(公告)号:US11883146B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-30

    申请号:US16669412

    申请日:2019-10-30

    IPC分类号: A61B5/0531 A61B5/021 A61B5/00

    摘要: A method, system, apparatus, and/or device to select a depth within a body part to measure an impedance. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include: a band configured to extend at least partially around a body part of a user; a user interface coupled to the band; a miniaturized impedance sensor embedded in the band and positioned in the band to be pressed against the body part when the user wears the band, the miniaturized impedance sensor including an array of miniaturized electrodes, where the array of miniaturized electrodes is configured to measure an impedance at a depth within the body part and the depth corresponds to a subdermal feature within the body part; a processing device coupled to the band, where the processing device is configured to select the depth within the body part to measure an impedance; and an electrical circuit embedded in the band.

    Methods and systems for determining at least one thermal property of a sample

    公开(公告)号:US11585756B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-21

    申请号:US16464929

    申请日:2017-11-30

    IPC分类号: G01N21/64 G01N21/63

    摘要: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods and systems for determining thermal properties of materials by using frequency modulated pump light intensity to cyclically heat a sample, and using probe light to induce fluorescent signals from fluorescent indicators on the surface of the material during the cyclic 5 heating. The methods and systems utilize the phase delay between the frequency modulated pump light and the corresponding fluorescent signals to determine the thermal properties of the material at one or more locations on the material sample.

    Maintaining positions of panels with biasing members and cables

    公开(公告)号:US11533018B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-20

    申请号:US17250134

    申请日:2019-06-06

    IPC分类号: H02S30/20

    摘要: An apparatus can include a central member comprising a first side, a second side, and a third side, a first interior panel rotatably attached to the first side, a second interior panel rotatably attached to the second side, a third interior panel rotatably attached to the third side, a first exterior panel rotatably attached to the first interior panel, a second exterior panel rotatably attached to the second interior panel, a third exterior panel rotatably attached to the third interior panel, a first interior biasing member attached to the central member and the first interior panel and biasing the first interior panel to extend away from the central member toward a plane parallel to the central member, and a first interior restraint cable attached to the central member and the first interior panel and restraining the first interior panel from extending along the plane parallel to the central member.