Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Philips Lighting Holding B.v.

Medtronic Bakken Research Center B.v.

Signify Holding B.v.

Egbertus Reinier Jacobs

Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet

Johannes Wilhelmus Weekamp

Marc Andre De Samber

Ronald Dekker

Marcus Cornelis Louwerse

Esther Anna Wilhelmina Gerarda Janssen

Eric Cornelis Egbertus Van Grunsven

Johannes Wilhelmus Weekemp

Frederik Jan De Bruijn

Jens Muehlsteff

Adrianus Sempel

Franciscus Johannes Gerardus Hakkens

Daan Anton Van Den Ende

Rick Bezemer

Christoph Dobrusskin

Theodorus Johannes Petrus Van Den Biggelaar

Klaas Jacob Lulofs

Vincent Adrianus Henneken

Gerben Kooijman

Michel Marcel Jose Decre

Willem-Jan Arend De Wijs

Mart Kornelis-Jan Te Velde

Elise Claude Valentine Talgorn

Johannes Franciscus Maria Cillessen

Wouter Herman Peeters

Karel Johannes Adrianus Van Den Aker

Susanne Maaike Valster

Marcus Franciscus Donker

Jasper De Vreede

Boudewijn Ruben De Jong

Gerardus Franciscus Cornelis Maria Lijten

Gilbert Martinus Verbeek

Kunigunde Hadelinde Cherenack

Antonius Wilhelmus Maria De Laat

Niels Cornelis Wilhelmus Johannes Rijkers

Esther Anna Wilhelminia Gerarda Janssen

Toeno Van Der Sar

Adrianus Vincent Henneken

Jens MÜHLSTEFF

Dave Beaumont

Sébastien Paul René Libon

Devices, systems, and methods relating to intraluminal imaging are disclosed. In an embodiment, an intraluminal imaging device is disclosed. One embodiment of the intraluminal imaging device comprises a flexible elongate member configured to be inserted into a body lumen of a patient, the flexible elongate member comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion. The intraluminal imaging device further comprises an ultrasound imaging assembly disposed at the distal portion of the flexible elongate member. The imaging assembly comprises a support member, a flexible substrate positioned around the support member, a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements integrated in the flexible substrate, and a plurality of control circuits disposed on the flexible substrate at a position proximal to the plurality of transducer elements. The plurality of control circuits has an outer profile that does not extend beyond an outer profile of the plurality of transducer elements.

Intraluminal ultrasound scanner with reduced diameter

An interventional device includes a sensor interconnection region () for making electrical contact to a sensor () disposed on the interventional device. The interventional device includes an electrically conductive elongate shaft, a sensor strip (), electrical conductors (), and an electrical shield layer (). The electrical conductors () extend along the sensor strip between a sensor region () and a window () within which the electrical conductors () are exposed. The sensor strip () is wrapped around the elongate shaft () in a spiral such that the electrical conductors () extend along the longitudinal axis (A-A') within the window (), and such that an electrical shield contact portion (&#x2032;) adjacent the window (), the window (), and an exposed portion of the electrically conductive elongate shaft (&#x2032;) beyond the wrapped sensor strip provide the sensor interconnection region ().

Interventional device with electrical connections

An intraluminal ultrasound imaging device includes a flexible elongate member configured to be inserted into a body lumen of a patient, the flexible elongate member comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion. The device also includes an ultrasound scanner assembly disposed at the distal portion of the flexible elongate member. The ultrasound scanner assembly includes a flexible substrate; a transducer region positioned on the flexible substrate; and a control region positioned on the flexible substrate, wherein the transducer region and the control region are radially arranged relative to one another. Associated devices, systems, and methods are also described.

Rolled flexible substrate for intraluminal ultrasound imaging device

An integrated circuit (IC) die () is disclosed having a major surface delimited by at least one edge () of the IC die, said major surface carrying a plurality of electrically conductive contact plates () extending from said major surface beyond the at least one edge such that each contact plate includes an exposed contact surface portion () delimited by the at least one edge for mating with an electrically conductive further contact surface portion () on at least one further edge () of a body (), said at least one further edge delimiting a cavity for receiving the IC die. An ultrasound probe including such an IC die and a method of providing such an IC die with contacts are also disclosed.

IC die, ultrasound probe, ultrasonic diagnostic system and method

In one example, a medical device system for at least one of delivery of electrical stimulation pulses or sensing of physiological signals, the system including an elongated carrier; and a thin film wound around the elongated carrier, wherein the thin film includes a plurality of electrical contacts, a plurality of electrodes located distal to the plurality of electrical contacts, and a plurality of conducting tracks, each of the plurality of conducting tracks providing an electrical connection between at least one of the plurality of electrodes and one of the plurality of electrical contacts, and wherein the thin film is wound around the elongated carrier from the distal end of the elongated film to the proximal end of the elongated thin film.

Lead and a system for medical applications

A device (&#x2033;) includes a light source () and a light detector () spaced from, and in communication with, the light source (). An electronic processor () is programmed to compute pulse oximetry data from output of the light detector (). A clamping member () is included, on or in which the light source () and the light detector () are disposed. The clamping member () is configured for attachment to a human body part with the body part disposed between the light source () and the light detector () such that light from the light source () passes through the body part to reach the light detector (). The clamping member () is configured to attach to the body part by transitioning from a first stable state to a second stable state via a compression force applied to the clamping member ().

Multi-state clip-on fixation method for pulse oximeter

The present invention relates to a consumable recognition system for recognizing placement and/or type of consumable containing a food substance for the preparation of a beverage by use of a beverage dispenser. To enable the recognition of placement and/or type of consumable in a simple, foolproof and easily implementable way the system comprises a plurality of magnetic and/or electric field elements () for separately sensing a magnetic and/or electric field, wherein said consumable comprises one or more magnetically and/or electrically conductive elements () and the sensed magnetic fields depend on at least one characteristic of the one or more magnetically and/or electrically conductive elements, a driver () for providing drive currents to said magnetic and/or electric field elements, and a signal processor () for recognizing placement and/or type of consumable based on the sensed magnetic and/or electric fields.

Consumable recognition system, set of consumables and beverage dispenser

The invention provides a water-activatable luminescent particulate material () comprising particles (), wherein each particle () comprises a solid state light source () functionally coupled with a water-activatable battery () and a water absorbing shell () enclosing at least part of the water-activatable battery (). The invention also provides a luminescent particulate material spray device comprising a container configured to host the water-activatable luminescent particulate material.

Particulate water-activatable luminescent materials

A liquid immersion transfer process for applying electronics on a 3D object and a system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the process comprises providing a foil on a solid carrier in a foil provision stage, providing electronic wiring and an electronic component to the foil in an electronics provision stage, to provide said electronics, removing the solid carrier and arranging the foil on or in a liquid in a liquid application stage, and transferring the electronics to the 3D object in a transfer stage, as well as a 3D object obtainable by such process.

Liquid immersion transfer of electronics

A system () for receiving electrical power wirelessly comprises a first () and a second electrode (), with sandwiched there between at least one load module () dispersed in a matrix (). Wherein at least the matrix () is applied in wet form.

Wet processed electronic systems

A light emitting diode, LED, package () arranged to emit light when connected to an AC power supply (), comprising a first and a second LED package terminal (), at least one pair of diodes () connected in anti-parallel between the LED package terminals (), wherein at least one of the diodes is a light emitting diode. The first LED package terminal () is detachably connectable to a first power supply terminal (), and adapted to form a first capacitive coupling () together with the first power supply terminal (), and the second LED package terminal () is detachably connectable to a second power supply terminal (), and adapted to form a second capacitive coupling () together with the second power supply terminal (). By providing electrical connections which are less sensitive to temperature dependent degradation, the life time of the LED package () may be increased.

LED package with capacitive couplings

The invention relates to a LED package () suitable for capacitive driving, comprising at least one pair of anti-parallel oriented LEDs (). These LEDs are provided with electrical terminals () at opposing surfaces of the LEDs. The LEDs are sandwiched between two substantially parallel oriented substrates () of a dielectric material, which substrates are provided on their facing surfaces () with a film () of electrically conductive material, so that electrical contacts () are available between the electrical terminals and the films of electrically conductive material. The LED package is cheap, technically simple, reliable and small-dimensioned, and can be applied in a LED assembly. A method for manufacturing such LED packages is claimed as well.

Simple LED package suitable for capacitive driving

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