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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7543149 | Method, system and computer product for securing patient identity A method for securing patient identity comprising accessing an electronic medical records database including patient data for a plurality of patients. Each patient in the electronic medical records database is assigned a unique patient identifier. Patient data for a... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7421136 | Image tessellation for region-specific coefficient access The present technique addressably handles image data, which is decomposed and tessellated into a plurality of tessellated sub-band blocks. The tessellated sub-band blocks may be addressed by an array of indices, which identify specific data blocks of the image data ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418964 | Anesthetic agent cassette with overlaid analog/digital signal interfaces An anesthetic agent cassette is provided for selectively communicating with an anesthesia machine using either analog or digital communication techniques. The anesthetic agent cassette includes an input contact that receives an input signal from an anesthesia machin... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412395 | Automated scheduling of emergency procedure based on identification of high-risk patient A system and a method for scheduling an emergency procedure in response to detecting that a patient has a high probability of acute myocardial infarction. The system is able to identify patients that are suspected of having acute myocardial infarction (or acute isch... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7391847 | System and method for dividing images System and method for dividing radiological images. The method can include sending a first request to an image acquisition system to perform a first examination, sending a second request to the image acquisition system to perform a second examination, and combining ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7381189 | Temperature and respiration acquisition apparatus and method A device and method for simultaneously acquiring a temperature and a respiration rate of a patient. In some embodiments of the invention, the device can include a probe, a temperature sensing element coupled to the probe, a disposable cover that can be positioned ov... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376903 | 3D display system and method A 3D volumetric display system is configured to generate 3D diagnostic displays of 3D volumetric data acquired from a patient by an imaging system in a virtual-reality environment and to permit a user to conduct diagnostic interpretation of images in the virtual-rea... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7351208 | Respiration monitoring system and method An impedance variation respiration monitor determines the variation in human body impedance between two electrodes coupled to the surface of the body. One of the two electrodes is attached to the thorax below the armpit and the other of the two electrodes is attache... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7328061 | Method and apparatus for perioperative assessment of cardiovascular risk A method and apparatus for providing real-time support in interpreting a patient's ECG in order to assess the probability of perioperative cardiovascular risk associated with performing a non-cardiac surgery. The apparatus includes an acquisition unit for acquiring ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7315760 | Detection of function of implanted medical devices A monitoring system and method for monitoring signals from an implantable medical device are disclosed. The monitoring system and method include a monitor configured to detect a radio frequency artifact from the signals of the implantable medical device and circuitr... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311669 | Oscillometric determination of blood pressure A method and system for eliminating artifacts in an oscillation envelope are disclosed. The method and system comprise evaluating conformance of the oscillometric envelope blood pressure data with a predetermined expected pattern and excluding one or more data point... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305262 | Apparatus and method for acquiring oximetry and electrocardiogram signals A method and apparatus for acquiring pulse oximetry and electrocardiogram signals from an appendage of a patient. The apparatus can include a substrate that can be attached to the appendage of the patient, an emitter coupled to the substrate, a detector coupled to t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301451 | Notification alarm transfer methods, system, and device A method for transferring data may include receiving data from a monitoring device, determining whether the subject being monitored has a condition that may require attention, and sending a notification message to a portable electronic device that is designed to be ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7280864 | Method and apparatus for automated selection of correct image for quantitative analysis A method for selecting images for coronary analysis using time stamps to correlate cardiovascular images to corresponding physiological or hemodynamic monitoring, e.g., ECG, data. The method uses time stamps that are intrinsic to a distributed network clock synchron... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277743 | Patient monitoring system A patient monitoring system is disclosed. The patient monitoring system includes at least one monitoring cable, a plurality of connecting wires, and a plurality of connectors. The plurality of connecting wires are housed within an outer covering and each extend from... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277564 | Method and system for labeling of orthogonal images An imaging system employs method of labeling orthogonal images. The method comprises: identifying a primary image taken in a first plane; identifying a plurality of secondary images taken in planes orthogonal to the first plane; associating a label to a point in the... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7248843 | Antenna selection system and method A system and method for wireless communication. The system can include a transmitter that transmits a data signal having a time period without data transmission. The system can also include a receiver including a first antenna, a second antenna, a switch that activa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7236818 | Handheld interpreting electrocardiograph A hand-held electrocardiograph system with automatic analysis and interpretation is provided. The electrocardiograph includes an acquisition element adapted to be coupled to a patient through a set of relatively short leadwires and a hand-held, battery powered porta... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236637 | Method and apparatus for transmission and display of a compressed digitized image The present technique selectively handles image data, which is decomposed into a plurality of resolution levels. The image data may be retrieved in order of progressively higher resolution levels for display in a viewport. Initially, the image data may be displayed ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7212661 | Image data navigation method and apparatus A technique is provided for generating scout or navigational images based upon a series of related images. The related images are analyzed to compute pixels of scout images, such as by determining a characteristic of aligned pixels of each of the related images. The... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200427 | Computer-equipped mobility device for connecting to a network A computer-equipped mobility device for transporting an occupant of the device over a distance and for providing access to a network comprises a personal mobility device and a computer. The computer is coupled to the personal mobility device and is configured to lin... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198604 | Method and system for determination of pulse rate A method and system for determining pulse rate of a patient are disclosed. The method and system include acquiring measured information for at least one pulse at a pressure step, determining and storing quality values for the at least one pulse at the pressure step,... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7186218 | Method and system for cuff pressure reversions A method and system for determining when to make a reversion to smaller cuff pressure steps during an oscillometric blood pressure measurement is disclosed. The method and system comprise comparing conformance of oscillometric envelope blood pressure data with previ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187966 | Method and apparatus for displaying alternans data Method and apparatus for displaying alternans data of an electrocardiogram signal having a plurality of odd beats and a plurality of even beats. The method can include calculating an odd median complex for at least one of the plurality of odd beats, the odd median c... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184921 | Printed digital ECG system and method A technique is provided for encoding physiological data, such as a digital ECG, as a set of high-resolution symbols. The set of high-resolution symbols may be printed on a printout of the physiological data or other suitable medium. The set of high-resolution symbol... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7133937 | Input devices for entering data into an electronic medical record (EMR) A client-server based electronic medical record replaces paper records in outpatient clinics. The Internet provides physicians with the ability to use a Java-based client program to generate legible, complete notes for patient encounters that comply with HCFA guidel... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6892093 | Method and apparatus for real time display of filtered electrocardiogram data A method for displaying waveform data on a display device is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes apportioning a display region into a first portion and a second portion immediately adjacent to the first portion. The first portion is used to di... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6594519 | Distributed real time catalog-based annotation and documentation system for cardiology procedures A distributed multi-user system for real time data access during cardiology procedures. The system includes an interactive computer network which can be used to simultaneously display and manipulate data from a cardiology procedure on a plurality of devic... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6575901 | Distributed real time replication-based annotation and documentation system for cardiology procedures A distributed multi-user system for real time data access during cardiology procedures. The system includes an interactive computer network which can be used to simultaneously display and manipulate data from a cardiology procedure on a plurality of devic... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6572556 | Distributed multi-user catalog-based system for real time data access during cardiology procedures A distributed multi-user system for real time data access during cardiology procedures. The system includes an interactive computer network which can be used to simultaneously display data from a cardiology procedure on a plurality of devices and at a plu... | 06/03/2003 |
