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Sleep Apnea Therapy Device That Automatically Adjusts The Fraction Of Inspired Carbon Dioxide
John Webster, Icaro dos Santos, Jacob Levin, Mehdi Shokoueinejad Maragheh, Fa Wang, Jerome Dempsey, Ailiang Xie | P190177US01
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Compressible Vaginal Pessary For Treatment Of Stress Urinary Incontinence
Heidi Brown, Rachel Craven, Alexandra Hadyka, Julia Handel, Kathryn Hohenwalter, Gloria Sarto | P190117US02
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Ergonomically Configrued Muscle Release Office Chair
Shwetha Simhan, Manasi passi-Simhan | P170299US02
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Surgical Face Shield
The importance of face shields in preventing the transmission of infectious agents is increasingly well established. Typically, a face shield will include a headband that can be clamped about the head...
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Michael Bentz, Lennon Rodgers, Karl Williamson | P210049US01
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A Low-Cost, Dosimeter Accessory Kit Enabling the Collection of Accurate Sound Level Measurements from within the Ear Canal
Noise level in the workplace is a concern and is monitored by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). In many instances, providing some form of hearing protection is an easy solution...
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Lynn Gilbertson, Donna Vosburgh, Tim Klein | T150024US02
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Improved wheelchair design utilizing linear rotary motion with enhanced efficiency and reduced injury and pain for users
According to BCC Research, in 2014 the market for home assistive devices was estimated at $2.26 billion and is expected to reach $2.7 billion by 2020. Of this, the wheelchair and scooter market repre...
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Jim Maerzke | T120022US02
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Combined Keyboard and System for Improved Accessibility to Electronics
Modern public information and transaction machines such as kiosks and automated teller machines (ATMs) frequently employ a touch screen in conjunction with a computer to provide multimedia capabilitie...
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Gregg Vanderheiden, J. Bern Jordan, David Kelso | P08093US
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Foot Harness for Patients Relearning to Walk
Walking impairment can be caused by many factors such as aging, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy and other conditions that disrupt balance and posture. Stroke, for example, is the leading cause...
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Kreg Gruben, Wendy Boehm | P150292US01
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Eardrum Nanomembrane Offers Tinnitus Care
Tinnitus is the perception of a sound with no external source. The sounds could be produced within a patient’s own body, like crackling caused by muscle spasms, or wholly imagined. Either way, d...
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Robert Blick, Burke Richmond | P120327US01
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Seat with Adjustable Dynamic Joint
In today’s increasingly sedentary and technology-dependant culture, people spend long hours sitting every day. Prolonged sitting has an extensive and well-documented list of negative health effects ...
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Hans Jensen, Robert Jensen | T07027US
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Tactile Button Panel for Use with Touch Screens
Touch screen systems have many advantages, including simplification of the user's task and elimination of a separate keyboard. However, touch screen systems present an insurmountable barrier to many p...
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Gregg Vanderheiden, David Kelso, J. Bern Jordan | P110167US01
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Mechanism for a Braille Watch
The Braille language is the universally accepted form of written communication for the visually impaired. A system of dots, arranged in a three row by two column grid, is used to display different let...
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John Puccinelli, Nicholas Anderson, Chandresh Singh, Kyle Jamar, Taylor Milne | P120050US01
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Hearing Assistance Device for Improved Fine Structure Processing
A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted prosthetic device that can provide profoundly deaf individuals with sensations of sound. These devices improve the quality of life for hundreds of thousand...
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Tyler Churchill | P120073US01
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New Touchscreen User Interface Provides Improved Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities
The touchscreen is an increasingly popular human-machine interface, particularly with public information and transaction machines. Because the buttons on the screen are virtual, they can be changed re...
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Gregg Vanderheiden, J. Bern Jordan, David Kelso | P110035US01
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Adjustable Implant for Treatment of Glottic Insufficiency
Glottic insufficiency is the medical term used to describe inadequate vocal fold contact during voice production. Glottic insufficiency results in poor voice quality and “breathiness” duri...
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Matthew Hoffman, Jack Jiang, Rachel Witt, Timothy McCulloch | P100114US01
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Algorithm for Selective Enhancement of Speech Signals
Hearing impairment rarely extends across the entire frequency range of hearing. Commonly, hearing loss is most severe at higher frequencies, although listeners can have selective losses at frequencies...
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Rick Jenison, Keith Kluender, Joshua Alexander | P100334US01
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Training Device for Muscle Activation Patterns
Movement of human limbs requires the coordination of multiple muscles. Such coordination is learned through extensive practice but can be disrupted by injuries or diseases such as traumatic brain inju...
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Kreg Gruben, Matthew Schmidt | P05358US
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Spectral Enhancement of Acoustic Signals to Provide Improved Recognition of Speech
Individuals with normal hearing are able to recover speech information even when spatial and temporal overlaps of adjacent speech activities occur. During signal amplification for the hearing-impaired...
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Keith Kluender, Rick Jenison | P98210US
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Apparatus for Measuring Contact Pressure between the Tongue and Hard Palate
The tongue loses strength as individuals age, often resulting in loss of swallowing capacity (dysphagia) that in turn may lead to malnutrition in the elderly. Diagnosis followed by isometric tongue ex...
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JoAnne Robbins, Angela Hewitt, Elan Bomsztyk, Christine Wurm, Aaron Kroner, Jon Kuchenreuther, David Meister, Bryan Staerkel | P01398US
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Electromechanical Force-Magnitude, Force-Angle Sensor
UW-Madison researchers previously described a piece of exercise equipment for rehabilitation of stroke patients and sport-specific training of athletes that allows users to measure and train the magni...
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Kreg Gruben, Matthew Schmidt | P06028US
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Oral-Lever Resistance Exercise Device
The tongue loses strength as a result of aging, illness or injury, often resulting in loss of swallowing capacity (dysphagia) that in turn may lead to malnutrition, dehydration or pneumonia. NIH-funde...
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JoAnne Robbins, Jacqueline Hind, Angela Hewitt | P05037US
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Arm Brace for Sonographers to Reduce Wrist Injuries
As use of real-time diagnostic ultrasound scanning has increased, work-related injury has become epidemic among medical sonographers and echocardiographers. Approximately 80 percent of sonographers re...
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Mark Kliewer, Timothy Walker, Christopher Thomas | P06204US