Early detection of contagious diseases
    1.
    发明授权
    Early detection of contagious diseases 有权
    早期发现传染病

    公开(公告)号:US07993266B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-09

    申请号:US10375273

    申请日:2003-02-26

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00

    摘要: This invention provides an electronic proximity apparatus and a surveillance method using such an apparatus for alerting individuals that are exposed to a contagious disease. When a person becomes symptomatic and is diagnosed as positive for a given contagious agent, individuals that have recently maintained a threshold proximity with respect to an infected individual are notified and advised to seek immediate medial care. Treatment of individuals in the very early phases of infection (pre-symptomatic) significantly reduces contagiousness of the infected population first exposed to the contagious disease, thus preventing spread of the disease throughout the general population.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了使用这种用于警告暴露于传染性疾病的个体的装置的电子邻近装置和监视方法。 当一个人变得有症状并且被诊断为对于特定传染性代理人是积极的,最近维持与感染个体的阈值接近度的个人被通知并被建议立即寻求医疗照顾。 在感染的早期阶段(症状前)的个体治疗显着降低了首先暴露于传染性疾病的受感染人群的传染性,从而防止了疾病在整个普通人群中的传播。

    Variable flexure-based fluid filter
    4.
    发明授权
    Variable flexure-based fluid filter 失效
    基于可变挠曲的流体过滤器

    公开(公告)号:US07188731B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-13

    申请号:US10648626

    申请日:2003-08-25

    CPC分类号: G01N1/4077

    摘要: An apparatus and method for filtering particles from a fluid comprises a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a variable size passage between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, and means for adjusting the size of the variable size passage for filtering the particles from the fluid. An inlet fluid flow stream is introduced to a fixture with a variable size passage. The size of the variable size passage is set so that the fluid passes through the variable size passage but the particles do not pass through the variable size passage.

    摘要翻译: 用于从流体过滤颗粒的装置和方法包括流体入口,流体出口,流体入口和流体出口之间的可变尺寸的通道,以及用于调节用于从流体过滤颗粒的可变尺寸通道的尺寸的装置 。 入口流体流动流被引入具有可变尺寸通道的固定装置。 可变尺寸通道的尺寸被设定为使得流体通过可变尺寸的通道,但是颗粒不通过可变尺寸的通道。

    Optical detection dental disease using polarized light
    7.
    发明授权
    Optical detection dental disease using polarized light 有权
    光学检测牙病使用偏振光

    公开(公告)号:US06522407B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-18

    申请号:US10100824

    申请日:2002-03-18

    IPC分类号: G01J400

    摘要: A polarization sensitive optical imaging system is used to detect changes in polarization in dental tissues to aid the diagnosis of dental disease such as caries. The degree of depolarization is measured by illuminating the dental tissue with polarized light and measuring the polarization state of the backscattered light. The polarization state of this reflected light is analyzed using optical polarimetric imaging techniques. A hand-held fiber optic dental probe is used in vivo to direct the incident beam to the dental tissue and collect the reflected light. To provide depth-resolved characterization of the dental tissue, the polarization diagnostics may be incorporated into optical coherence domain reflectometry and optical coherence tomography (OCDR/OCT) systems, which enables identification of subsurface depolarization sites associated with demineralization of enamel or bone.

    摘要翻译: 偏振敏感光学成像系统用于检测牙组织中极化的变化,以帮助牙科疾病如龋齿的诊断。 通过用偏振光照射牙组织并测量背向散射光的偏振状态来测量去极化度。 使用光学偏振成像技术分析该反射光的偏振状态。 体内使用手持光纤牙科探针将入射光束引导到牙齿组织并收集反射光。 为了提供牙科组织的深度分辨表征,偏振诊断可以被并入到光学相干畴反射测量和光学相干断层扫描(OCDR / OCT)系统中,其能够识别与釉质或骨的脱矿质相关的地下去极化位点。