Sheathed probes for tissue type recognition
    1.
    发明授权
    Sheathed probes for tissue type recognition 失效
    护套探针用于组织型识别

    公开(公告)号:US5830146A

    公开(公告)日:1998-11-03

    申请号:US823660

    申请日:1997-03-17

    IPC分类号: A61B1/00 A61B5/00

    CPC分类号: A61B5/0084 A61B5/4331

    摘要: The invention incorporates electrodes in the tip of the sheath cover for a diagnostic probe that makes both electric and optical measurements of tissue contacted by the sheath. The electrodes are positioned relative to the optical window in such a way as to ensure that sealing is not compromised by the presence of the electrodes. The electrodes are close by to ensure that both the optical and electrical measurements are made on the same area of tissue. The invention uses the hoop tension in the sheath to apply the needed spring force to the electrode contact. In addition the invention provides a piece of turbid material such as a polymer of controlled composition as a built-in calibrator attached to the outside of the tip of the sheath.

    摘要翻译: 本发明在用于诊断探针的护套盖的尖端中结合电极,其使得由护套接触的组织进行电学和光学测量。 电极相对于光学窗口定位,以确保密封不会被电极的存在所影响。 电极靠近,以确保光学和电学测量都在相同的组织区域上进行。 本发明使用护套中的环向张力将所需的弹簧力施加到电极接触件。 此外,本发明提供了一片浑浊的材料,例如作为内置校准器的受控组合物的聚合物,其连接到护套的尖端的外部。

    Glove-mounted hybrid probe for tissue type recognition
    2.
    发明授权
    Glove-mounted hybrid probe for tissue type recognition 失效
    用于组织型识别的手套式混合探针

    公开(公告)号:US06487439B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-11-26

    申请号:US08818915

    申请日:1997-03-17

    IPC分类号: A61B500

    摘要: A probe configured as a finger tip of a glove used to recognize tissue types in a human patient and adapted to perform both optical and electrical measurements to diagnose tissue type while scanned over the surface of the tissue. Hybrid electronic technology reduces the size of the diagnostic elements. The necessary electrical connections are led down the finger and the glove to a remotely positioned control unit. The control unit provides power to the diagnostic device and analyzes the signals received from the device.

    摘要翻译: 被配置为用于识别人类患者中的组织类型的手套的指尖的探针,并且适于执行光学和电学测量以在组织表面扫描时诊断组织类型的探针。 混合电子技术减少诊断元件的尺寸。 所需的电气连接将手指和手套导向远程定位的控制单元。 控制单元为诊断装置提供电力并分析从设备接收的信号。

    Sheath for a side view probe
    3.
    发明授权
    Sheath for a side view probe 失效
    护套用于侧视探头

    公开(公告)号:US5941834A

    公开(公告)日:1999-08-24

    申请号:US818921

    申请日:1997-03-17

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00 A61B5/042 A61B5/103

    摘要: A sheath for a side view probe having at least two complete hybrid optical and electrode systems on opposite faces of a cylinder, in order to obviate the need to manipulate the probe through more than a half revolution during examination by the doctor. The sheath covers the probe but allows both electrical and optical measurements to be made by the underlying probe on the same areas of tissue. The invention uses the hoop tension in the sheath to apply the needed spring force to maintain electrode contact. In addition, the probe and its sheath are shaped to ensure both good electrical contact and reliable optical pathways. A built-in means of calibration of the sheath enclosed probe is achieved by attaching to the outside of the tip of the sheath a tube or blocks of a turbid material such as a polymer of controlled composition. The tube or blocks of turbid material are removed prior to using the probe on a patient.

    摘要翻译: 用于侧视探针的护套,其具有在气缸的相对面上的至少两个完全混合的光学和电极系统,以避免在由医生检查期间将探针操纵超过半转的需要。 护套覆盖探头,但允许在相同的组织区域上的底层探针进行电和光学测量。 本发明使用护套中的环向张力来施加所需的弹簧力以保持电极接触。 此外,探头及其护套的形状可确保良好的电接触和可靠的光学路径。 护套封闭式探针的内置校准方法是通过将护套尖端的外部附着到诸如受控组合物的聚合物的混浊物质的管子或块来实现。 在患者使用探头之前,先除去管状或混浊物质块。

    Apparatus for tissue type recognition within a body canal
    4.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for tissue type recognition within a body canal 失效
    用于体内组织类型识别的装置

    公开(公告)号:US5941822A

    公开(公告)日:1999-08-24

    申请号:US818930

    申请日:1997-03-17

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00

    CPC分类号: A61B5/0084 A61B5/4331

    摘要: A method and apparatus for tissue type recognition for use within the narrow confines of body canals and which can quickly produce an objective identification of the tissue types including the presence of pre-cancerous and cancerous activity. Possible configurations for the probe include endocervical probe configurations which make measurements in directions orthogonal to the long axis of the probe and configurations where multiple probe "tips" are arranged in a "wood drill" configuration. The apparatus has a measurement section that has at least one source of electromagnetic radiation such as a light emitting diode, a barrier which acts to confine the direction that the radiation can take and a detector such as a photodiode beyond the barrier, which is able to detect the radiation after it has been backscattered from tissue in close proximity to the surface of the cylinder. In the vicinity of these components one or more electrodes may also be positioned on the surface of the cylinder such that they are able to contact the tissue under examination thereby enabling simultaneous electrical property measurements to be made. The radiation source and the electrodes receive electrical signals produced by a programmed controller. The radiation detector and the electrode signals are processed by the controller. Comparator means in the controller are used to compare the signals with known values to thereby identify the tissue type.

    摘要翻译: 用于组织型识别的方法和装置,其用于体内运河的狭窄范围内,并且可以快速产生包括癌前和癌性活动的组织类型的客观鉴定。 探针的可能配置包括子宫颈探针配置,其在与探针的长轴正交的方向上进行测量,并且以“木钻”配置布置多个探针“尖端”的配置。 该装置具有测量部分,其具有至少一个电磁辐射源,例如发光二极管,用于限制辐射可以采取的方向的屏障和诸如光电二极管之类的检测器超出屏障,其能够 在辐射已经从组织背面散射到紧邻气缸表面之后检测辐射。 在这些部件附近,也可以将一个或多个电极定位在圆筒的表面上,使得它们能够接触被检查的组织,从而实现同时的电性能测量。 辐射源和电极接收由编程的控制器产生的电信号。 辐射检测器和电极信号由控制器处理。 控制器中的比较器装置用于将信号与已知值进行比较,从而识别组织类型。

    Apparatus for checking the calibration of optical probes
    5.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for checking the calibration of optical probes 失效
    用于检查光学探针校准的装置

    公开(公告)号:US5852494A

    公开(公告)日:1998-12-22

    申请号:US819107

    申请日:1997-03-17

    摘要: An apparatus which permits an analytical probe to be calibrated by pressing the tip against a block of material of controlled characteristics. A transparent elastomer is used into which has been incorporated a light-scattering material. Elastomer calibrators may also be made part of a preassembled probe component such as a disposable sheath. In that case the turbid elastomer is assembled on the tip with the other components of the sheath and is removed after calibrating the system and before the probe put into use. An additional film of flexible polymer having optical characteristics analogous to the material to be detected by the probe may be placed on top to simulate the structure of the material that is to be measured.

    摘要翻译: 允许通过将尖端压靠受控特征材料块来校准分析探针的装置。 使用透明弹性体,其中掺入光散射材料。 弹性体校准器也可以制成预组装的探针组件的一部分,例如一次性护套。 在这种情况下,浑浊的弹性体与护套的其他部件组装在尖端上,并且在校准系统之后并且在探头投入使用之前被去除。 具有类似于由探针检测的材料的光学特性的柔性聚合物的另外的膜可以放置在顶部以模拟要被测量的材料的结构。

    Integral sheathing apparatus for tissue recognition probes
    6.
    发明授权
    Integral sheathing apparatus for tissue recognition probes 失效
    用于组织识别探针的整体护套装置

    公开(公告)号:US5855551A

    公开(公告)日:1999-01-05

    申请号:US818910

    申请日:1997-03-17

    IPC分类号: A61B10/00 A61B5/00 A61B5/103

    摘要: The invention incorporates an opto-electronic section in the tip of the sheath cover for a diagnostic probe that makes both electric and optical measurements of tissue contacted by the sheath. In addition the invention provides a piece of turbid material such as a polymer of controlled composition as a built-in calibrator attached to the outside of the tip of the sheath. In one embodiment the probe sheath in fabricated from a flexible material which can be rolled up prior to fitting and when fitted to the tip of the probe can be rolled down the shaft of the probe for use and then rolled back off the shaft for disposal.

    摘要翻译: 本发明在用于诊断探针的护套盖的尖端中结合有光电子部分,其对由鞘接触的组织进行电和光学测量。 此外,本发明提供了一片浑浊的材料,例如作为内置校准器的受控组合物的聚合物,其连接到护套的尖端的外部。 在一个实施例中,由柔性材料制成的探针护套可以在配合之前被卷起并且当安装到探针的尖端时被卷绕在探针的轴上用于使用,然后从轴上回退以便处置。

    Voice mail system for news bulletins
    7.
    发明授权
    Voice mail system for news bulletins 失效
    语音邮件系统的新闻公告

    公开(公告)号:US5414757A

    公开(公告)日:1995-05-09

    申请号:US12567

    申请日:1993-02-02

    CPC分类号: H04M3/533 H04M3/4872

    摘要: An improved method and apparatus for distributing news items to the users of a computerized voice mail system. The news items are stored on disk. A news item memory table is stored in active memory. The news items memory table has (a) message descriptors of a limited number of the latest news items and (b) time stamps showing the newest news item not referenced in said shadow table and the last time a news item not listed in the shadow table was changed. Each time a user interrogates an assigned mailbox, the system checks the news item memory table to determine if any items have been added or deleted since the last time the particular mailbox was interrogated. If there are new bulletins, these are read into the mailbox and if some items already in the mailbox have been obsoleted, the obsoleted items are deleted from the mailbox.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于将新闻项目分发给计算机语音邮件系统的用户的改进的方法和装置。 新闻项目存储在磁盘上。 新闻项存储表存储在活动存储器中。 新闻项存储表具有(a)有限数量的最新消息的消息描述符,以及(b)显示在所述影子表中未被引用的最新消息项的时间戳和最后一次未被列在影子表中的新闻项 被改变了。 每次用户询问分配的邮箱时,系统将检查新闻项目内存表,以确定自上一次特定邮箱被询问以来是否已添加或删除任何项目。 如果有新的公告,这些将被读入邮箱,如果邮箱中已经有一些项目已经过时,那么从邮箱中删除已废弃的项目。

    Cold drawn free-machining steel bar including bismuth
    8.
    发明授权
    Cold drawn free-machining steel bar including bismuth 失效
    冷拉自由钢筋包括铋

    公开(公告)号:US4741786A

    公开(公告)日:1988-05-03

    申请号:US872557

    申请日:1986-06-10

    IPC分类号: C22C38/00 C22C38/60

    CPC分类号: C22C38/60

    摘要: A cold drawn free-machining steel bar having a composition consisting essentially of, in weight percent, C up to 0.15; Mn 0.7 to 1.3; P 0.03 to 0.09; S 0.30 to 0.50; Bi 0.05 to 0.25; the sum of Ni, Cr, Mo and Cu up to 0.15 and the balance iron. The ratio % Mn / %S is from 1.7 to 3.0 and the %Mn-1.62.times.%S is from 0.05 to 0.40. The ratio %Bi /(%Ni+%Cu) is at least 2.0. The yield strength of the steel bar is further determined by the draft in cold drawing the bar from the hot rolled state and the cross section of the bar prior to draft.

    摘要翻译: 一种冷拉自由加工钢棒,其组成基本上由重量百分数C至0.15组成; Mn 0.7〜1.3; P 0.03〜0.09; S 0.30〜0.50; Bi 0.05〜0.25; Ni,Cr,Mo和Cu的总和高达0.15,余量为铁。 %Mn /%S的比例为1.7〜3.0,Mn-1.62x%S为0.05〜0.40。 比率Bi /(%Ni +%Cu)为2.0以上。 钢筋的屈服强度进一步由拔模中的冷拔拉杆确定,并且在拔模之前将钢棒从热轧状态和横截面进行冷拔。

    Luminaire lowering device with centering means
    9.
    发明授权
    Luminaire lowering device with centering means 失效
    具有定心装置的灯具降低装置

    公开(公告)号:US4348717A

    公开(公告)日:1982-09-07

    申请号:US818368

    申请日:1977-07-25

    IPC分类号: F21V21/38 F21V21/36

    CPC分类号: F21V21/38

    摘要: Apparatus for maintaining coaxial alignment of luminaire support ring on a pole as it is raised or lowered on the pole. The aligning apparatus comprises a plurality of roller members secured around the support ring and resiliently urged against the pole surface to maintain the support ring in substantially centered position relative to the pole and to avoid shock to the luminaires by impact of the support ring on the pole.

    摘要翻译: 用于在杆上升高或降低时将灯具支撑环的同轴对准保持在杆上的装置。 对准装置包括多个辊构件,其固定在支撑环周围并弹性地抵靠杆表面,以将支撑环保持在相对于极的基本中心位置,并且通过支撑环撞击柱而避免对灯具的冲击 。