Explore the 8,020 U.S. Patent Applications published on the 33rd week of 2021, including 6,202 applications that subsequently received a Patent Grant.
System and method for monitoring clinical activities
A monitoring system can be configured to monitor activities or actions occurring in clinical settings, such as hospitals. The monitoring system can improve patient safety. The system can use visual and/or other tracking methods. The system can detect and/or identify people in a clinical setting. The system can also track activities of the people, for example, to improve adherence to hygiene protocols.
Published: 2021-08-19 Assignee: MASIMO CORPORATION.
System and method for monitoring clinical activities
A monitoring system can be configured to monitor activities or actions occurring in clinical settings, such as hospitals. The monitoring system can improve patient safety. The system can use visual and/or other tracking methods. The system can detect and/or identify people in a clinical setting. The system can also track activities of the people, for example, to improve adherence to hygiene protocols.
Published: 2021-08-19
METHOD OF FORMING DIELECTRIC MATERIAL LAYERS USING PULSED PLASMA POWER, STRUCTURES AND DEVICES INCLUDING THE LAYERS, AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING THE LAYERS
Methods and systems for forming a structure including a dielectric material layer on a surface of a substrate and structures and devices formed using the method or system are disclosed. Exemplary methods include providing a substrate within a reaction chamber of a reactor system, providing one or more precursors to the reaction chamber, and providing pulsed plasma power to polymerize the one or more precursors within the reaction chamber.
Published: 2021-08-19 Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V..
Substrate processing apparatus including light receiving device and calibration method of light receiving device
Examples of a substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber configured to contain a stage, a light receiving device configured to receive light inside the chamber, and a substrate transfer apparatus that includes a shaft and a rotation arm configured to rotate with rotation of the shaft and is configured to supply a plurality of light beams having different amounts of light to the light receiving device.
Published: 2021-08-19 Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V..
Method for depositing low temperature phosphorous-doped silicon
Methods and devices for low-temperature deposition of phosphorous-doped silicon layers. Disilane is used as a silicon precursor, and nitrogen or a noble gas is used as a carrier gas. Phosphine is a suitable phosphorous precursor.
Published: 2021-08-19 Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V..
GAS DISTRIBUTION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING SAME
A gas distribution assembly and methods for adjusting the gas flow through a gas supply unit into a reaction chamber are disclosed. The gas distribution assembly and methods can be used to increase or decrease gas flow uniformly through the gas supply unit. The gas distribution assembly and methods can also be used to increase gas flow into one area of the reaction chamber, while decreasing gas flow into another area.
Published: 2021-08-19
Non-fungible token (NFT)
A device to securely access a digital asset with an asset blockchain address on a blockchain, including a processor in the mobile body and associated with a processor blockchain address, and a sensor coupled to the body to authenticate a user, wherein selected user events are placed on the blockchain, wherein the processor sends an access request to the digital asset upon authentication based on the blockchain address and events on the blockchain, wherein the digital asset contractual details, access right, and ownership rights are stored on a decentralized ledger, and wherein the processor uses the ledger to record or manage property right for the digital asset.
Published: 2021-08-19 Assignee: Cilag GmbH International.
Communication hub and storage device for storing parameters and status of a surgical device to be shared with cloud based analytics systems
A modular surgical system is disclosed that comprises a modular hub and a computer system that includes instructions to retrieve medical records associated with a patient from an EMR database based on a key, delete data associated with the patient's identity from the retrieved medical records, extract relevant patient data from the retrieved medical records, and store an anonymous data file with the extracted relevant patient data by a unique procedure identification number. Within a hospital data barrier, the modular hub is configured to combine the anonymous data file with the patient EMR stored on the EMR database by using the key associated with the patient EMR and the unique procedural identification number associated with the anonymous data file and delete from the modular hub the data associated with the patient's identity to maintain anonymity of the patient.
Published: 2021-08-19 Assignee: Verb Surgical Inc..
Method and system for data exchange with robotic surgical tools using near field communication (NFC)
In this patent disclosure, various embodiments of using near-field communication (NFC) to facilitate the transfer of data and power between a robotic surgical system and a surgical tool attached to the robotic surgical system are disclosed. In one aspect, a process for automatically managing surgical tool attachment in a robotic surgical system can begin by detecting an attachment of a surgical tool. The process next establishes a secure near-field communication (NFC) link between a first NFC module embedded in the robotic surgical system and a second NFC module embedded in the surgical tool. Next, the process requests tool calibration data from the surgical tool via the secure NFC link. The process subsequently uses the received tool calibration data to initialize the surgical tool so that the surgical tool is ready for use.
Published: 2021-08-19 Assignee: MasterCard International Incorporated.
Data consent manager
A computer implemented method of managing consent for sharing data, the method comprising: storing data sharing preferences for a data subject in relation to data held by a plurality of data controllers; receiving a data share request from a requestor to obtain personal data relating to the data subject and held by one or more of the data controllers; comparing the data share request to the data sharing preferences of the data subject; and for each of the one or more data controllers: instructing the one or more data controllers to share the personal data with the requestor, or rejecting the data share request, in dependence on the comparison.