DEVICE FOR MONITORING HIFU TREATMENTS
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2021130702A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:PCT/IB2020/062408

    申请日:2020-12-23

    Applicant: IMEDICALS SRL

    Inventor: CASCIARO, Sergio

    Abstract: Ultrasound device configured to carry out a HIFU treatment and to detect in real time during the HIFU treatment the temperature distribution in the area of treatment, comprising: an ultrasound probe comprising at least an array of piezoelectric or CMUT transducers, - piloting means of said ultrasound probe, computing means configured to receive and store said raw ultrasound signals reflected by said tissues and acquired by each of said piezoelectric or CMUT transducers, to process said reflected raw ultrasound signals in order to generate an ultrasound image, as well as to carry out other processing on said raw ultrasound signals reflected by said tissues, characterized in that computer programs are loaded on said computing means, configured to carry out the method for determining the actual acoustic heating rate of tissues, comprising the following steps: a) identifying, inside an ultrasound image (14), a region of interest (15) inside which an area to be treated (16) is provided, b) assigning a starting temperature distribution, by means of which a temperature value is assigned to each point of ROI, c) emitting a high intensity ultrasound beam (100) focused on a focal point (11) contained in said ROI for a predetermined time interval, and subsequently a broadband ultrasound pulse (200), and detecting the ultrasound signal reflected and/or emitted by the tissues under treatment, d) carrying out the frequency transform of said reflected ultrasound signal in response to said broadband ultrasound pulse (200), in order to obtain a reference frequency spectrum (200s), e) repeating steps c) and d) iteratively, thus obtaining a frequency spectrum for each iteration, f) assuming that the temperature at the focus (11) is equal to a predetermined temperature and function of the tissue in the treatment step when the frequency spectrum (202s) detected in response to a broadband ultrasound pulse (202) comprises a plurality of peaks (2021) not provided in the reference frequency spectrum (200s), g) determining the actual acoustic heating rate Q as a function of said predetermined temperature, of the intensity of said high intensity ultrasound beam (100).

    DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING STABILITY OF A JOINT

    公开(公告)号:WO2022006282A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:PCT/US2021/039909

    申请日:2021-06-30

    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems, devices, and methods for determining stability of a joint of a living subject. In one aspect, a force-measuring device for determining stability of a joint of a living subject is provided. In some examples, the force-measuring device includes a mitt frame configured to receive a hand of a user therein, one or more first force sensors, and one or more second force sensors. The mitt frame may include a palm portion configured to receive a palm of the user therein, and a finger portion configured to receive fingers of the user therein. The one or more first force sensors may be coupled to the palm portion and disposed on an exterior surface of the palm portion. The one or more second force sensors may be coupled to the finger portion and disposed on an exterior surface of the finger portion.

    A METHOD FOR MONITORING, ANALYSING AND CORRECTING THE HEAD POSITION AND A DEVICE FOR MONITORING, ANALYSING AND CORRECTING THE HEAD POSITION

    公开(公告)号:WO2021251839A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:PCT/PL2021/000035

    申请日:2021-06-08

    Applicant: GUZEK, Michał

    Inventor: DACIUK, Emil

    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a method for monitoring, analysing and correcting the position of the head, which enables precise monitoring of the movement of the cervical spine, head and shoulders, as well as the detection of posture defects, where the device for monitoring, analyzing and correcting the head position, which is also the subject of the present invention, can be used for correcting them. In order to effectively achieve the intended object of the invention, the control points from which the data on the user's body deviation in three dimensions (X, Y and Z) are read have been properly defined. The following items are placed in these points: - always on both sides in the front part of the user's neck - sensors (1), - and possibly additionally on the user's chin - a sensor (detector) (2), - on user's vertebra C2 - a sensor (detector) (2), - on the user's forehead - a sensor (detector) (2), - on each mastoid process, at the bottom of the ear, on both sides of the user's head - a sensor (detector) (2), Whereas, a stable - usually two-layer - helmet (3) with a variable mass centre is placed on the user's head, the top layer of which may consist of electromagnetic coils. The information read from the recorders is sent, collected and processed in a server cooperating with "Machine Learning" software, using it to develop information about remedial and corrective exercises, which is fed back to sensors (detectors) (2), the helmet (3) and its electromagnetic coils and is controlled by them. Usually, an electromagnetic field begins to be emitted, which attracts a changing mass centre under the influence of the electromagnetic field to the place designated by the server. Correcting or changing the user's posture can be carried out owing to the images emitted in the mask (5) with a display in the front part of the helmet (3) or in the glasses (6) worn by the user.

    TEMPORAL CODING OF MARKERS FOR OBJECT TRACKING

    公开(公告)号:WO2021140315A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:PCT/GB2020/053273

    申请日:2020-12-18

    Abstract: There is provided a method of motion tracking comprising arranging one or more active marker devices on an object, the active marker devices being configured to emit light and each having an associated temporally repeating pattern comprising a plurality of time frames, controlling the one or more active marker devices to emit light according to their respective temporally repeating patterns, wherein the temporally repeating patterns are such that the active marker device does not emit light during at least one time frame of the plurality of time frames, detecting light emitted by the one or more active marker devices using one or more cameras, and determining a spatial configuration of the object using the light detected by the one or more cameras.

Patent Agency Ranking