Nuwellis, Inc.

Other

Ppt Vision, Inc.

Nonin Medical, Inc.

Ismeca Europe Semiconductor Sa

Franz Willems Ulrich

Joshua J Hackney

Steven Daniel Sandoval

Arye Malek

Kalley Francis Berg

Vitaliy Gennad'yevich Epshteyn

John B Estridge

Travis Ernest Yoch

Philip O Isaacson

Charles T Bourn

Timothy L Johnson

Steven W Tonkin

Leonard H Bieman

David Lerner

Mark T Paulsen

David J Haskvitz

Aaron Alfred Lobbestael

John Ma

Robert Russell Roberts, Iii

Darcy J Hart

An extracorporeal blood filtering machine can include a blood circuit, an effluent circuit, and a source fluid circuit and can be controlled by a controller. The extracorporeal blood filtering machine can also include access ports for connecting the source fluid circuit to the blood circuit, as well as blood sensors to detect possible issues with the extracorporeal blood filtering machine. The extracorporeal blood filtering machine can include density sensors and flow sensors that enable it to be more accurate and to operate while being transported. The extracorporeal blood filtering machine can further include a user interface and can display fluid inflow/outflow information. A medical fluid container can automatically empty after being filled. An apparatus for supporting a medical fluid container can include a hanger and an attachment member with the apparatus able to adjust to ensure the medical fluid container remains properly oriented directly under a medical fluid container scale.

Extracorporeal blood filtering machine and methods

A blood filtration system may to couple to an infusion pump that is external to the blood filtration system. The blood filtration system may include a blood circuit, for instance a variable-volume blood circuit. An infusion port may be in communication with the blood circuit and may receive an infusion fluid pumped by the infusion pump. A filtration pump may extract a filtrate fluid from a filter. The filtrate fluid may include filtered plasma constituents. A fluid characteristic sensor may measure one or more of pressure or flow rate of the infusion fluid pumped by the infusion pump. A controller may monitor the fluid characteristic sensor to determine a change in the pressure or flow rate of the infusion fluid. The controller may modulate a speed of the variable-speed filtration pump based on the change in the pressure or flow rate of the infusion fluid.

Neonatal and pediatric blood filtration system

A system () includes a sensor (A/B/C), a processor (), and an output module (). The sensor can have at least one light emitter (A) and at least one light detector (A/B). The processor can be coupled to the sensor and have instructions configured to determine a calibration value using light attenuation corresponding to a light path through a tissue associated with a light emitter and a light detector of the sensor. The processor can be configured to calculate oxygen saturation in the tissue using a signal provided by the sensor. The output module can be coupled to the processor and configured to render a compensated oxygen saturation. The compensated oxygen saturation can be determined using the calibration value and the calculated oxygen saturation.

Age calibration for tissue oximetry

An apparatus includes a sensor body, a circuit board, a cable, at least one light emitting device, and at least one photodetector. The circuit board is enclosed within the sensor body and includes at least one conductive trace and at least one aperture. The cable is coupled to the at least one conductive trace. The cable includes a shield conductor and a signal conductor. The at least one light emitting device is coupled to the circuit board and is configured to emit light into a tissue. The at least one photodetector includes a planar active area coupled to the circuit board and is configured to provide an output signal based on light detected by the active area. The planar active area is aligned with the aperture. The output signal is coupled to the cable.

Non-invasive optical sensor

Manufacturing lines include inspection systems for monitoring the quality of parts produced. Manufacturing lines for making semiconductor devices generally inspect each fabricated part. The information obtained is used to fix manufacturing problems in the semiconductor fab plant. A machine-vision system for inspecting devices includes a flipper mechanism. After being inspected at a first station, a tray-transfer device moves the tray from the first inspection station to a flipper mechanism. The flipper mechanism includes two jaws, a mover, and a rotator. The flipper mechanism turns the devices over and places the devices in a second tray so that another surface of the device can be inspected. A second tray-transfer device moves the second tray from the flipper to a second inspection station. The mover of the flipper mechanism removes the tray from the first inspection surface and places a tray at the second inspection surface.

Parts manipulation, inspection, and replacement

Parts manipulation, inspection, and replacement system and method

Tray flipper, tray, and method for parts inspection

Improved method and apparatus for machine vision. One embodiment provides automated imaging and analysis, optionally including Scheimpflug's condition on the pattern projector, telecentric imaging and projecting, an IR filter, a mask to constrain observed illumination, and/or a sine-wave projection pattern for more accurate results. Another embodiment provides circuitry for a machine-vision system. Another embodiment provides a machine-vision system, optionally including accommodation of random orientation of parts in trays, irregular location of features being inspected, crossed pattern projectors and detectors for shadow reduction, detection of substrate warpage as well as ball-top coplanarity, two discrete shutters (or flash brightnesses) interleaved (long shutter for dark features, short shutter for bright features). Another embodiment provides parts inspection, optionally including a tray elevator that lifts trays to an inspection surface, moves trays in short tray dimension, provides first tray inspection at a major surface of the elevator, and/or provides a tray flipper.

Method and apparatus for parts manipulation, inspection, and replacement

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Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Franz Willems Ulrich