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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D660188 | Thermometry probe | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177723 | Filter for blood pressure monitor An automatic blood pressure monitor having a housing containing a first water and air tight chamber and a second air supply chamber, the chambers being separated by a common wall. Pneumatic equipment is mounted in the first chamber having a flow circuit for inflatin... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8157728 | Vaginal speculum A vaginal speculum includes an upper blade member and a lower blade member that is movably connected with respect to the upper blade. The lower blade member includes an integrated handle portion having a receiving cavity configured for interchangeably receiving one ... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657368 | Patient monitoring device with graphical user interface | 04/10/2012 |
| 8142352 | Vaginal speculum assembly having portable illuminator A portable illuminator includes a contained power source and an integrally contained light source that is selectively inserted into the handle portion of a vaginal speculum. The portable illuminator includes at least one feature to protect the illuminator from conta... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136986 | Disposable speculum for medical thermometer A tip element that is capable of being removably attached to an infrared thermometer and includes an axisymetric body having a distal end and an open proximal end. A membrane is located at the distal end of the body that is formed of an infrared transparent material... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136985 | IR thermometer thermal isolation tip assembly An IR tip assembly includes a shroud having at least one feature that permits releasable attachment of a disposable cover fitted to a shroud. When the disposable cover is fitted to the shroud, at least one air gap is defined between the shroud and the disposable cov... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8123694 | Electro pneumatic interface for blood pressure system A blood pressure system that includes a compact monitor housing that contains a pneumatic circuit and an electrical circuit and a processor for inflating and deflating a cuff to provide blood pressure related data. A split connector allows the housing to interface b... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8083683 | Dual lumen interchangeable monitor system A flow system for use in a monitor for measuring blood pressure that automatically configures the flow path of the system when either a single lumen cuff or a dual lumen cuff is coupled to the monitor. ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081655 | Method and apparatus for wireless transmission of data There are provided methods for selecting a communication protocol for formatting data and for wirelessly transmitting data, preferably medical data, e.g., electrocardiogram data, methods for reducing data and/or selecting from data, methods for adding data, methods ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079756 | Temperature patch A patch may be adapted for placement proximate to a surface region of a mammal. The patch may include an infrared target for receiving thermal energy from the surface region and for emitting infrared radiation according to a substantially known emissivity property. ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075136 | Apparatus and method of diagnosis of optically identifiable ophthalmic conditions An apparatus that can measure images of at least a portion of an eye and record data sets indicative of a neurological condition. A method interrelates an image and a data set to provide an interpretive result. The apparatus and method thereby provide guidance as to... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8066645 | Blood pressure bleed valve assembly A bleed flow valve assembly for venting air from a blood pressure cuff at relatively constant pressure decrease rate irrespective of cuff size includes a multiple chamber bleed valve and a multiple position control valve operatively associated therewith. A first end... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066634 | Digital otoscope A digital otoscope for capturing live and still digital images of body tissue and having associated optical characteristics that improve the quality of visual information gathered for medical inspection of both human and veterinary subjects. The digital otoscope inc... | 11/29/2011 |
| RE42754 | Blood pressure measuring apparatus A blood pressure measuring apparatus includes an inflatable sleeve adapted to be wrapped about a limb of a patient. The sleeve includes an interior and at least one socket provided on an exterior surface of the sleeve, the socket being fluidly connected to the inter... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024421 | Device data sheets and data dictionaries for a dynamic medical object information base Methods and systems are provided for communicating between network devices. A data dictionary may be derived from a device data sheet. The data dictionary may include one or more data definitions specific to the network device and a global unique identifier for the ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7997793 | Thermometer heater and thermistor A thermometric apparatus for determining a patient's temperature having a elongated sensing probe that is connected to a base housing. The insertion tip of the probe contains a outer shell and a spaced apart inner shell. The outer surface of the inner shell has a he... | 08/16/2011 |
| D643536 | Blood-pressure cuff | 08/16/2011 |
| D641885 | Patient-monitor housing | 07/19/2011 |
| D635681 | Patient-monitor housing | 04/05/2011 |
| D634846 | Pulse-oximeter holder | 03/22/2011 |
| D634430 | Blood-pressure monitor housing | 03/15/2011 |
| 7882928 | Acoustic measurement tip A tip for coupling sound between a medical instrument and an ear includes a sealing surface configured to substantially conform the tip to an auditory canal of the ear. The tip includes an acoustic tube acoustically coupled to at least one of the plurality of openin... | 02/08/2011 |
| D632397 | Portions of a patient-monitor housing | 02/08/2011 |
| 7862514 | Blood pressure measurement The diastolic blood pressure and a systolic blood pressure of a vertebrate are measured using an inflatable pressure cuff disposed about a limb of the vertebrate and connected to an inflation device through a single conduit. A pressure sensor is pneumatically connec... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857507 | Temperature patch and method of using the same A patch having an infrared (IR) target is placed proximate to the surface of a mammal. The patch may include an insulator for protecting the target from exterior, ambient IR and may include bar codes or other indicia uniquely associated with either the patch or the ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856035 | Method and apparatus for wireless transmission of data There are provided methods for selecting a communication protocol for formatting data and for wirelessly transmitting data, preferably medical data, e.g., electrocardiogram data, methods for reducing data and/or selecting from data, methods for adding data, methods ... | 12/21/2010 |
| D626239 | Medical-stand tray | 10/26/2010 |
| 7815367 | Multi-site infrared thermometer Disclosed in this specification is an infrared thermometer with multiple probes for use at a variety of bodily sites. The thermometer automatically detects which of the multiple probes is currently attached, loads a predetermined program from memory that corresponds... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7813889 | Guiding IR temperature measuring device with probe cover The invention relates to an Infrared (IR) thermometer including an IR detector configured to provide an IR emission data representative of a temperature of an area of tissue. The IR thermometer also includes one or more secondary sensors configured to provide an IR ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7803110 | Veterinary otoscope A veterinary otoscope permitting examination of an ear is defined by an instrument head including a proximal end and a distal insertion portion that is insertable into the ear. The veterinary otoscope includes an imaging lens train disposed within the instrument hea... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7784940 | Eye viewing device comprising video capture optics There is described in one embodiment an eye viewing device for viewing a structure of an eye such as a retina. The eye viewing device can include an image sensor. In one embodiment an eye viewing device can be adapted to facilitate both visual viewing of an eye stru... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7780603 | Blood pressure measuring apparatus Adaptive attachments used in combination with a blood pressure cuff enable various blood pressure measurements to be taken in a hospital or other setting having various single and/or dual lumen manual or electronic blood pressure measuring equipment with a single pa... | 08/24/2010 |
| D621981 | Examination light | 08/17/2010 |
| 7770797 | Method for processing data from barcodes Disclosed in this specification is a method for processing barcode data from one or more barcode scanners. The decoded data is reformatted in accordance with selected reformatting instructions and thereafter supplied to a software application for subsequent use. Pre... | 08/10/2010 |
| D621540 | Examination light | 08/10/2010 |
| D621539 | Examination light | 08/10/2010 |
| 7758203 | Power connections and interface for compact illuminator assembly A portable illuminator includes a contained power source and an integrally contained light source that is selectively inserted into the handle portion of a vaginal speculum. The portable illuminator includes an electrical interface that permits selective connection ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7738949 | Method and apparatus for spectrum estimation The invention relates to a method for transforming physiological data from the time domain to the frequency domain. The method includes the steps of: providing a plurality of digital data in the time domain; providing a microcomputer programmed to run a recursive Fo... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7738386 | Method to ensure that life-critical data is transported effectively and safely The invention relates generally to a method to ensure that mission-critical data is transported safely and effectively across a wireless LAN, and more particularly, to a method which determines network latency under model network loads and ensures that the RF signal... | 06/15/2010 |
