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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120124720 | IMPACT SENSING DEVICE AND HELMET INCORPORATING THE SAME An impact sensing device including a plurality of accelerometers orthogonally oriented with respect to each other and attachable at a body location, each capable of producing a signal indicative of an impact. An integrated circuit is configured to determine the magnitud... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105224 | LIGHT EMITTING BEACON There is disclosed a stand-alone light emitting beacon including impact and/or pressure sensing electronics which provides an indication that the wearer has been subject to an impact or pressure capable of causing injury, such as concussion. There is also disclosed a he... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120068843 | Hand Cleanliness Among other things, an entry monitor has circuitry to detect when a person enters a monitored space and an indicator perceptible to other people in the space to indicate a cleanliness state of the hands of the person who has entered the space.... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120044071 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING BIOMETRIC TRENDS WITH A RELATED TEMPORAL EVENT Systems and methods for correlating biometric trends with a related temporal event are disclosed. A preferred embodiment utilizes an implantable medical device comprising at least one sensor in electronic communication with a patient management system adapted to tempora... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044069 | WELLBEING TRANSPONDER SYSTEM The described system and method enable user health monitoring and alerting by providing an arm-mounted sensor wirelessly linked to a wrist-mounted transponder, although the wrist-mounted transponder may be omitted in favor of a user-carried cellular device. In either em... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044070 | System and Method for Remote Patient Monitoring and Assessment to Facilitate Patient Treatment A system and method for remote patient monitoring and assessment to facilitate patient treatment are provided. The system includes at least one portable computing device (such as a smart cellular telephone) operated by a caregiver, which generates a plurality of user in... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120007734 | Communication System with Remote Activation The system of the present invention includes a conductive element, an electronic component, and a partial power source in the form of dissimilar materials. Upon contact with a conducting fluid, a voltage potential is created and the power source is completed, which acti... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120001752 | Communication System with Partial Power Source The system of the present invention includes a conductive element, an electronic component, and a partial power source in the form of dissimilar materials. Upon contact with a conducting fluid, a voltage potential is created and the power source is completed, which acti... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120001751 | Body Area Network Pairing Improvements for Clinical Workflows A method for establishing a connection between a first electronic computing device and a second electronic computing device includes moving the second electronic computing device so that it is proximal to the first electronic computing device. When the first electronic ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110306859 | MULTIPURPOSE, MODULAR PLATFORM FOR MOBILE MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION A system provides for mobile medical instrumentation for use with a body. The system includes a primary wireless communication device, such as a cell phone or tablet computer, and one or more cradles. The cradles provide an interface to the body which provides for input... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110273286 | System for Monitoring a Person Wearing Head Gear A cranial orthosis includes a sensor to monitor one or more conditions of an infant wearing the cranial orthosis. The cranial orthosis is preferably contoured to match the curvature of the fronto-temporal, parietal and occipital areas of an infant's cranial vault to pro... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110273287 | Medical Data Transport over Wireless Life Critical Network A portable patient communicator (PPC) includes a portable housing that supports a processor coupled to memory for storing medical firmware and wireless radio firmware, first and second radios, a processor, and a power source. Communications between a patient implantable... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110260855 | MANAGEMENT OF CARDIAC DATA TRANSMISSIONS A medical alarm communications system comprises a pager like device to be kept near a patient. The pager like device communicates medical alerts regarding the patient to a remote central station, which can provide therapeutic and/or diagnostic assistance by communicatin... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110254682 | HAND HYGIENE SYSTEM There is provided a system for monitoring hygiene compliance in a medical facility. The system includes personnel tags for patients and for healthcare workers within the facility; sensors, to be carried by healthcare workers, which recognize personnel tags for patients ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110234395 | TWO-AXIS INCLINOMETER HEAD OF BED ELEVATION ALARM AND METHOD OF OPERATION An apparatus used for reducing the incidence of aspiration in patients using a two-axis inclinometer is disclosed. The apparatus uses a two-axis inclinometer that is attached in the region of the patient's upper body to measure the absolute angular elevation of the pati... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110221591 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE WITH MANUAL CANCELLATION A system, apparatus and method for automated emergency assistance with manual cancellation that is responsive to physiological, environmental and/or input sensors associated with an individual. In embodiments, the invention enables a sensor system or device to be biased... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110221590 | Personal Area Network Pairing A method for automatically adding a first sensor device to a first personal area network in a healthcare application includes receiving a signal with out-of-band pairing data at the first sensor device. The first sensor device is disposed on a patient's body. The out-of... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110225008 | Self-Similar Medical Communications System A health care monitoring system and network for monitoring a patient's use of medications, physiological conditions, and/or the environment around the patient. The system takes advantage of a hierarchical nodal network to allow for the transfer of information from senso... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110224505 | USER WEARABLE PORTABLE COMMUNICATIVE DEVICE A user wearable portable communicative device and a method for establishing a communication between a remote health care monitoring center and a portable communicative device are disclosed. The portable communicative device includes a location tracking module for tracki... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110205052 | BURN DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTION TOOL FOR EMERGENCY DISPATCH A system and method to assist an emergency medical dispatcher in responding to emergency calls is disclosed. A computer-implemented emergency dispatch protocol is provided that includes interrogatories for a dispatcher to ask a caller to generate an appropriate response... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110205051 | PULSE WIDTH CODING FOR INTERFERENCE-TOLERANT TELEMETRIC SIGNAL DETECTION A monitor provides a wireless signal with respective pulses, based on a heartbeat, repetitive physical movement, or other repetitive bodily action of a user. The pulses include longer duration pulses whose duration identifies the monitor, and distinguishes it from other... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110184994 | NETWORK AND METHOD FOR DATA INPUT, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL A personal electronic carrier device (PECD) comprising means for receiving PECD data; means for storing PECD data; means for transmitting PECD data directly or indirectly PECD; and operating software means to effect the receiving, storing and transmitting the PECD data.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110163872 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EMERGENCY PRESENCE DETECTION A detection device and method includes a transducer array (20) located at a designated area and configured to perform an ultrasonic sweep of the area in response to a trigger event. The transducer array is capable of determining a presence of a live being (16<... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110148622 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING A system includes a local patient monitor and a plurality of remote patient monitors. The local patient monitor may display a plurality of physiological parameters for a local patient. The local patient monitor may further display a remote monitoring interface with the ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110137671 | DATA CAPTURE AND WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE Data capture and workflow management devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a data processing system having a processor and a storage device. The storage device may include application instructions encoded therein, and the appli... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110130665 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXPEDITING THE RESCUE OF VICTIMS EXPERIENCING SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST (SCA) WHEN USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (AED) A method and system for expediting the rescue of victims experiencing sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) when used in conjunction with an automated external defibrillator (AED). The system involves an apparatus that calls for help (i.e. 911), detects SCA and cardiac arrhythmia... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110128146 | CARING SYSTEM AT HOME A caring system at home having two-way wireless network and reminding & warning functions is disclosed. The caring system at home includes a physiological signal measuring instrument, a wireless integrated control module, a reminding & warning device, a graphic ... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110117878 | Community-Based Response System A computer-implemented method for communicating information to medical responders includes registering a plurality of individuals as potential responders for medical problems, receiving at a central service an indication that a person is having a medical problem and rec... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115620 | System and Method of Preventing Patient Drug Mismatch Aspects of the invention disclose a method and system for preventing patient drug mismatch. The method and system may be implemented using RFID technology to match medication to a particular patient. Aspects of the disclosure may be part of a medication administration s... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110074571 | WIRELESS BED CONNECTIVITY A hospital bed has wireless communication circuitry operable to transmit wirelessly bed status data. A surface supported by the bed has wireless communication circuitry operable to transmit wirelessly surface status data. The wireless communication circuitry of the hosp... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110071482 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING WHEN ACTION IS DUE IN RELATION TO A MEDICAL DEVICE Methods and devices for signaling to a subject or subject's care giver the occurrence of at least one event selected from: a) expiration or impending expiration of a predetermined time period and/or b) a change in a physiological or device-associated variable, associate... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110037589 | WIRELESS MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD A wireless monitoring system and method carries out wireless communication is carried out according to the ZigBee standard. The ZigBee standard allows for low-cost, low-power and high-density implementation of the wireless monitoring system and method, so that wireless ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110025493 | MOBILE WIRELESS CUSTOMIZABLE HEALTH AND CONDITION MONITOR A method and system for monitoring. The monitoring system may include at least one wearable monitor, which may include an accelerometer, coupled to a user; at least one server communicatively coupled using a network to the at least one wearable monitor, the acceleromete... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110009736 | Localization Using Non-Metallic Implantable Fiducial Markers A system may include a biocompatible housing and an electrical circuit disposed within the housing, the electrical circuit to emit a radiofrequency signal, and wherein the electrical circuit does not comprise a metal. Also included may be a signal generator to generate ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100328062 | Repeater Providing Data Exchange with a Medical Device for Remote Patient Care and Method Thereof A repeater providing data exchange with a medical device for remote patient care and method thereof are provided. The repeater includes a transmission device configured to send the data over a wireless medium to a data repository and a processing device configured to de... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100321180 | ULTRASONIC COMPLIANCE ZONE SYSTEM A system is provided for establishing a compliance zone and monitoring interactions therewith. The system includes a compliance zone designator and a wearable device. The compliance zone designator transmits an ultrasound signal to establish the compliance zone. The ult... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100315225 | IDENTIFICATION AND CONNECTIVITY GATEWAY WRISTBAND FOR HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS A communication gateway wristband serves as a source of patient identification and as an interface between a personal area network (PAN) of miniaturized electronic medical sensors on a patient and a wireless wide-area network (WWAN) such as a hospital network. The gatew... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100308991 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR HEADS-UP DISPLAY A breathing apparatus designed to display at least one condition associated with the breathing apparatus to the user of the breathing apparatus. The breathing apparatus includes a breathing mask, a display assembly and a sensor assembly. The display assembly includes at... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100295674 | Integrated health management console A health management system is described, comprising at least one console, one or more devices in two-way wireless communication with the console wherein the console acts as an intelligent gateway through which the one or more devices may communicate to external data and... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100283601 | MEDICATION USAGE MONITORING AND REMINDING DEVICE AND METHOD The medication usage monitoring and reminding device and method enables a user to easily monitor usage of medications by weighing the medications using a weighing component, a processing component and an I/O component. Additionally, the device is able to remind a user r... | 11/11/2010 |
