Covidien LP

Colorado Time Systems

Paul Von Der Lippe

David Philip Besko

Casey V Medina

Charles K Haisley

John Battista

Friso Schlottau

Andy S Lin

Jonathan James Woodward

Kristine M Cohrs

Mark Yu-Tsu Su

David Benjamin Berlin

Susan Von Der Lippe

Matthew Sgambato

David Brown

Methods, systems, and devices for voice-activated medical assistance are described. The method may include receiving an indication of an audio request from a user and determining whether a response to the audio request includes medical information associated with a patient. After determining whether the response includes medical information, the medical assistance server may identify an access class of the medical information and a permission level associated with accessing the access class of the medical information. The method may further include determining whether the user is authorized to access the access class based on the permission level and transmitting an indication of the response to the audio request based on determining whether the user is authorized.

Automated voice-activated medical assistance

A removable base of a wearable medical monitor includes a mating surface configured to reversibly couple the removable base to a body of the wearable medical monitor. The removable base may also include certain functional features, such as a sensor configured to detect a physiological parameter of a patient and/or a memory configured to store data for identifying characteristics of the sensor or the patient.

Removable base for wearable medical monitor

The present disclosure relates to sensors for use on a patient's ear. The sensors as provided may be Y-shaped and configured to be retained on an ear with the forks of the Y-shape positioned below the main branch of the Y. In particular embodiments, the Y-shaped sensors may be affixed to the patient at locations on the head or neck to relieve strain and reduce the effects of motion on the optical components of the sensor.

Y-shaped ear sensor with strain relief

The present disclosure relates to sensors for use on a patient's ear. The sensors as provided may include a moldable member, such as a putty. The moldable member may be molded in place to affix the optical components of the sensor to a patient's ear tissue. For example, the moldable member may be sculpted around a curvature of a patient's earlobe. In particular embodiments, the moldable member may be activated, e.g., hardened, by exposure to particular temperatures or by exposure to light.

Moldable ear sensor

A novel texture for providing improved gripping of bare skin on wet surfaces is disclosed. In one embodiment, the novel texture is employed on a swimming pool touchpad assembly (10) at a start/finish end wall (12) of a swimming pool (14). The texture includes distributed ultra-fine particles (44) having a dimension of less than 100 microns and, preferably, less than 50 microns, and provides an unexpected 'dry' feeling for enhanced slip resistance.

Slip resistant texture for wet skin contact surfaces

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