Solventum Intellectual Properties Company

The present invention relates to a heating system for heating a dental material, the heating system comprising a heating device comprising a housing having a wall and a top opening formed within the wall, a heating element at least partially received through the top opening of the housing, the heating element comprising a base and a pyramidal portion extending from the base in a direction away from the top opening of the housing, wherein the pyramidal portion is at least partially disposed outside the top opening and an attachment removably received on the pyramidal portion of the heating element, the attachment configured to receive a dental material delivery device / delivery system / container therein, wherein an external surface of the pyramidal portion at least partially contacts the attachment removably received on the pyramidal portion, and wherein the heating element is configured to heat the attachment, thereby heating the delivery device / delivery system / container containing the dental material received in the attachment, wherein the heating device further comprises a heating pad thermally coupled to the heating element, and one or more electrical conductors electrically coupled to the heating pad and configured to electrically heat the heating pad, wherein the base comprises a narrow plate disposed outside the housing adjacent to the top opening, and wherein the pyramidal portion extends from the narrow plate, wherein the base further comprises a wide plate disposed adjacent to the narrow plate opposite to the pyramidal portion and received within the top opening of the housing, and wherein the wide plate comprises a wide diameter greater than a narrow diameter of the narrow plate, wherein the heating device further comprises a sealing ring disposed around the narrow plate and on the wall of the housing.

Techniques for recommending actions for resolution of errors associated with medical coding records are described. In an example, a plurality of edits corresponding to a medical coding record is identified, where the plurality of edits is indicative of resolutions to at least one error associated with the medical coding record. The plurality of edits is then analysed using a code editing model to rank the plurality of edits, where the code editing model is trained based on the statistical information indicative of relevance of the plurality of edits for resolution of errors associated with the medical coding record. The ranked plurality of edits is then provided along with a set of recommendation actions for resolution of the error associated with the medical coding record.

A dressing for treating an open abdominal cavity with negative pressure. In some embodiment, the dressing may comprise a viscera contact layer capable of communicating a negative pressure to the viscera and capable of forming flow paths for a fluid through the contact layer; a fluid manifold capable of being disposed adjacent to the contact layer and capable of communicating a negative pressure to a tissue and capable of forming flow paths for a fluid; and a sensor capable of acquiring data associated with strain in one or more of the fluid manifold and the viscera contact layer

A therapy system for treating a tissue site with negative-pressure therapy and/or fluid instillation therapy in response to information received from a diagnostic module is disclosed. In some embodiments, the therapy system may include a dressing, a negative-pressure source, a container, and a diagnostic module. The dressing may be adapted to be placed on the tissue site, and the negative-pressure source may be adapted to be fluidly coupled to the dressing. The container may be adapted to be fluidly coupled to the dressing and to the negative-pressure source and to receive fluid from the tissue site. The diagnostic module may be adapted to be exposed to gas associated with the fluid from the tissue site. The diagnostic module may comprise a sensor configured to detect a condition of the tissue site and to generate an output based on the detected condition. The sensor may be configured to detect a volatile organic compound. In some embodiments, the diagnostic module may be positioned on the container.

One implementation of the present disclosure is a method for dynamically controlling an alarm of a negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device, according to some embodiments. In some embodiments, the method includes initiating NPWT, comparing an initial pump duty to a threshold value to determine a dressing application quality, monitoring a leakage rate of the NPWT, setting a leak threshold value based on the dressing application quality, determining leakage event occurrences in response to the leakage rate exceeding the leak threshold value at multiple times, adjusting the leak threshold value based on at least one of a number of the leakage events over the time period, a time duration between sequentially occurring leakage events of the leakage events, and the dressing application quality, and causing a user interface device to display a leak alert in response to the leakage rate exceeding the adjusted leak threshold value.

The present invention discloses a dry electrode comprising: an electrical connector with a second major portion comprising an electrode plate portion and a first major portion comprising a head portion; and a discontinuous layer of electrically conductive particles in electrical contact with the second major portion of the electrical connector, and wherein the electrically conductive particles comprise non-compressive ceramic shaped particles with at least one point and with a conductive metal coating wherein at least one dimension of the shaped particles is 100-1,500 micrometers.

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