Contactless system and method for measuring and continuously monitoring arterial blood pressure

    公开(公告)号:US11350825B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US15685477

    申请日:2017-08-24

    申请人: Vivonics, Inc.

    发明人: Michele Pierro

    摘要: A contactless system for measuring and continuously monitoring arterial blood pressure includes a light source configured to illuminate light having at least one predetermined wavelength at a predetermined area of a human subject having an artery therein. A detector responsive to reflected light from the predetermined area to continuously acquire images of the artery in the predetermined area. A processor processes the images and determines when an image at a proximal location of the predetermined area is darker indicating transition of a pulse wave into the artery at the proximal location and at a proximal time and when an image at a distal location of the predetermined area is darker indicating transition of the pulse wave into the artery at a distal location at a distal time to contactlessly and continuously calculate the arterial blood pressure for each cardiac cycle of the human subject.

    Hybrid supplemental solar energy collection and dissipation system with one or more heat pumps

    公开(公告)号:US11329603B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US14630201

    申请日:2015-02-24

    摘要: A hybrid supplemental solar energy collection and dissipation system with one or more heat pumps is featured. The system includes one or more commercially available photovoltaic panels configured to convert incident radiation to electricity. One or more supplemental solar energy collectors having a flow of fluid therein are selectively coupled to the one or more photovoltaic panels. The one or more supplemental solar energy collectors are configured to collect thermal energy from the one or more photovoltaic panels, radiate thermal energy to space, collect thermal energy from the environment and/or dissipate thermal energy to the environment to heat or cool one or more loads. One or more heat pumps are coupled to the one or more supplemental solar energy collectors and the one or more loads and are configured to amplify heating and/or cooling of the one or more loads.

    Apparatus and method for assessment of interstitial tissue

    公开(公告)号:US11109759B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-07

    申请号:US15907557

    申请日:2018-02-28

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00 A61B5/06

    摘要: A handheld optical coherence tomography imaging and tissue sampling system and method of imaging and sampling a tissue is disclosed. The method includes inserting a catheter probe into a biopsy needle. The biopsy needle can be attached to a hand-held scanning and sampling device. The biopsy needle is maneuvered to an investigation site. A three-dimensional image of the tissue at the investigation site is captured with the catheter probe.