摘要:
Devices and methods for treating obesity are provided. More particularly, intragastric devices and methods of fabricating, deploying, inflating, locating, tracking, monitoring, deflating, and retrieving the same are provided.
摘要:
Systems and methods for animal health monitoring are described. In one embodiment, an animal health monitoring system includes a ruminant bolus transponder, a high frequency radio frequency transceiver device, and at least one base station including a high frequency radio frequency transceiver, wherein the high frequency radio frequency transceiver device is proximally located to the bolus transponder, wherein the ruminant bolus periodically emerges from a low power dormant state and measures data including at least one sensor measurement including time and date data, wherein the ruminant bolus is configured to store the measured data using the memory connected to the microcontroller in the ruminant bolus, wherein the ruminant bolus periodically emerges from a low power dormant state and transmits the stored data in the memory to the proximally located device via high frequency RF transmission, and wherein the ruminant bolus can be spontaneously activated by a low frequency scanner.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a system, method and apparatus for measuring vascular parameters and, more particularly, but not exclusively, to a system, method and apparatus for monitoring changes in the equivalent inner diameter of small branching arteries and arterioles. An aspect of some embodiments of the invention concerns finding a measure of a blood flow dependent parameters in small arteries, and in arterioles that branch off them, and using them and differences between them to find information about the equivalent inner diameter of said arterioles, and/or about changes in said diameter of the arterioles.
摘要:
A system and method are provided for securing an ingestible electronic device to a pharmaceutical product without damaging the ingestible electronic device. The product includes the ingestible electronic device being placed on the product in accordance with one aspect of the present invention. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the ingestible electronic device is placed inside the product. Various embodiments are disclosed in accordance with the present invention for protecting and/or coating of the electronic marker as well as securing the ingestible electronic device onto the product.
摘要:
A method and system for determining the residual volume within a patient having a naso-enteral feeding tube. A collection container is coupled to the naso- enteral feeding tube and a physical force is applied to the collection container to prevent stomach fluid from flowing into the collection container. The physical force is removed from the collection container and the stomach fluid is allowed to flow into the collection container. The volume of fluid within the collection container is determined, which represents the gastric residual volume of the patient. At least a portion of the collected volume of stomach fluid is returned to the patient from the collection container.
摘要:
The present invention provides for safe and reliable electronic circuitry that can be employed in ingestible compositions. The ingestible circuitry of the invention includes a solid support; a conductive element; and an electronic component. Each of the support, conductive element and electronic component are fabricated from an ingestible material. The ingestible circuitry finds use in a variety of different applications, including as components of ingestible identifiers, such as may be found in ingestible event markers, e.g., pharma-informatics enabled pharmaceutical compositions.
摘要:
Gastric resident electronics, devices, systems, and related methods are generally provided. Some embodiments comprise administering (e.g., orally) an (electronic) resident structure to a subject (e.g., a patient) such that the (electronic) resident structure is retained at a location internal to the subject for a particular amount of time (e.g., at least about 24 hours) before exiting said location internal to the subject. In some embodiments, the resident structure is a gastric resident electronic. That is to say, in some embodiments, the resident structure is configured for relatively long gastric residence and comprises an electronic component. In some embodiments, the structures and components described herein may comprise one or more components configured for the delivery of an active substance(s) (e.g., a pharmaceutical agent) to the subject. In some embodiments, the device has a modular design, combining an electronic component(s) with materials configured for controlled and/or tunable degradation/dissolution to determine the time at which (gastric) residence is lost and the device exits the location internal to the subject. For example, in some embodiments, the resident structure comprises an electronic component and one or more additional components associated with the electronic component such that the resident structure is configured to be retained at a location internal to a subject for greater than or equal to 24 hours.
摘要:
The present invention includes a system and method for determining the position of a nasogastric tube inside a patient. The system includes a handheld transmitter module and a tube system. The transmitter module includes (1) a transmitter, (2) a receiver and analyzer, (3) a power source, (4) a user interface and (5) one or more transmitting antennae. The tube system includes an antenna that is attached to or imbedded in a nasogastric tube. The system can accurately determine the location of the distal end of the nasogastric tube inside the human body while minimizing the patient's exposure to electromagnetic energy.
摘要:
Devices and methods for treating obesity are provided. More particularly, intragastric devices and methods of fabricating, deploying, inflating, locating, tracking, monitoring, deflating, and retrieving the same are provided.
摘要:
Le dispositif implantable dans la cavité intestinale, comprend un réacteur comportant une membrane ou revêtement semi-perméable ou poreux et relié à un élément de fixation à une paroi intestinale ou gastrique. Le réacteur peut avoir la forme d'un ruban, d'une structure ayant plus de deux faces ou d'une structure ouverte délimitant une lumière, comportant un, ou formé, d'un matériau semi-perméable ou poreux. Le réacteur peut aussi être du type qui, au moins en partie avec sa membrane semi-perméable ou poreuse, délimite un volume intérieur fermé. Le réacteur peut comprendre ou porter des enzymes ou des micro¬ organismes, notamment bactéries ou levure. Il est utilisé pour générer une réaction chimique avec une ou des molécules présentes dans l'intestin ou de produire une ou des molécules biologiquement actives. Il peut notamment servir à consommer des sucres, disaccharides et sucres simples ou produire des acides aminés essentiels ou d'autres molécules ayant un effet positif sur la santé.