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Medical apparatus with improved user interface

US7988850B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 2006
Grant dateAug 2, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S210/929
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical apparatus comprises a control system allowing storage of a number of shaping profiles. Each shaping profile is stored as a plurality of pairs, including a shaping profile reference value and a time interval value. The reference value is represented as fraction, for instance a percentage, of the total weight loss the apparatus should achieve at the end of a treatment time. Each time interval value is represented either as fraction of the total treatment time or as a prefixed actual time interval. The control system calculates the actual weight loss rate versus time profile based on the desired total weight loss, on the desired total treatment time as well as on selected desired shaping profile.

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