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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130197 | QUALITY MEASUREMENTS REPORTING FOR PATIENT CARE A method for assisting a caregiver to satisfy one or more quality measures includes: selecting a quality measure; presenting, by a medical device, a first requirement associated with the quality measure to the caregiver; identifying, by the medical device, when the firs... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130195 | Vaginal Indicator to Detect Biomarkers of Good Health A diagnostic kit for biomarkers of beneficial vaginal health is described. The kit includes a first detection zone within which a D-lactic acid detection signal is capable of being generated, wherein the presence or quantity of D-lactic acid, is determinable from the D-... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127653 | SPACE-SAVING HIGH-DENSITY MODULAR DATA POD SYSTEMS AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT COOLING SYSTEMS A method of deploying space-saving, high-density modular data pods is disclosed. The method includes installing a plurality of modular data pods in proximity to one another, each data pod including a fluid and electrical circuit section in fluidic and electrical communi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130194 | Systems And Methods For Providing A Real-Time Health Risk Assessment Systems and methods are provided for providing a real-time health risk assessment generated based on a plurality of health parameters entered via a plurality of health parameter controls. A health parameter entry interface includes a plurality of health parameter contro... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130204 | SELF-CONTAINED PATIENT MONITOR A device for continuous, uninterrupted patient monitoring includes a portable, self-contained Patient Worn Hub (PWH) device. The PWH is a compact, lightweight patient monitoring device designed to remain with the patient for the duration of care. Parameter measurement d... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130199 | Methods for Treating Chronic or Unresolvable Pain and/or Increasing the Pain Threshold in a Subject and Pharmaceutical Compositions for Use Therein The invention relates to a method of reducing chronic inflammatory pain in a human subject with androgen deficiency symptoms comprising transdermally administering a pain-reducing amount of a composition comprising a bioactive androgen to the subject on a daily basis. T... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127433 | SELF-SCREENING WELLNESS ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM A self-screening wellness assessment and recommendation system is described, including a device having monitors configured to display graphics associated with vision screening, mirrors configured to reflect graphics along an optical path, the mirrors enclosed in a movea... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130198 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND MANAGING AN INDIVIDUAL AND PORTABLE HEALTH SCORE Methods and systems for determining and managing an individual and portable health score are disclosed. The method may include receiving individual health data. The method may further include determining one or more relevant health factors in response to the individual ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130196 | Mood Sensor In particular embodiments, a method includes receiving and recording inputs identifying a mood of a person, a mood intensity level of the mood, an activity of the person coinciding with the mood, and time of the mood.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120108989 | NON-INVASIVELY MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS Equipment (10) for non-invasively measuring a physiological process includes at least one receiver (12) to be placed relative to a body of a subject being examined to detect at least one signal from the body of the subject. A discrimination unit (20.1 | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108909 | Assessment and Rehabilitation of Cognitive and Motor Functions Using Virtual Reality A user-friendly reliable process is provided to help diagnose (assess) and treat (rehabilitate) impairment or deficiencies in a person (subject or patient) caused by a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or other neurocognitive disorders. The economical, safe, effective proces... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108913 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Continual Measurement of Health A system for improving hospital patient care by generating a Health Score. The system includes an interface module for receiving incoming medical data from a patient, a transformation module for transforming each of the medical datum into a transformed Health Score valu... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108910 | PERFORMING MEASUREMENT OF A SUBJECT A method of performing measurement of a subject comprises measuring a physiological parameter of a subject, deriving data from the measured parameter, optionally, obtaining metadata relating to the measurement of the physiological parameter, determining the quality of t... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108947 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING WEIGHT GAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A PHARMACEUTICAL THERAPY Methods for using TRL V6 as a biomarker for the risk of weight gain associated with treatment of a patient with a pharmaceutical agent, as for example, olanzapine.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108911 | MEDICAL APPARATUS The present invention relates to medical apparatus for monitoring one or more physiological conditions of a patient and a method for monitoring one or more physiological conditions of a patient. Apparatus for measuring medical data is described, comprising: at least one... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108912 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING WHEN TO REPOSITION A PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR A sensor may be placed on a patient to obtain physiological measurements. The application of the sensor on the patient may start a timer set to run for a given time interval. If the sensor is repositioned before the interval is expired, the timer is reset. If the time e... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108908 | ENHANCED SENSING BY AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN INTERFERING SIGNAL FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE An implantable medical device (IMD) adjusts a sensing configuration of a sensing module prior to or immediately subsequent to entering an environment having an external source that generates the interfering signal. The IMD may, for example, adjust a sampling frequency, ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH RISKS AND VISUALIZATION OF WEIGHT LOSS AND MUSCLE GAIN The present system combines image morphing technology, exercise programming, supplement sales, and motivational techniques into one product. Users begin by entering their current measurements, measurement goals and current picture into the system, preferably via a Web s... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083668 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MODIFY A CHARACTERISTIC OF A USER DEVICE BASED ON A NEUROLOGICAL AND/OR PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT Example methods, systems and tangible machine readable instructions to operate a user device are disclosed herein. An example method of operating a user device includes collecting at least one of neurological data or physiological data of a user interacting with the use... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083669 | Personal Nutrition and Wellness Advisor Personal nutrition and wellness advisor system comprised of at least one computing platform, medical and nutrition knowledge databases, food nutrient databases, receives and analyzes each user's initial personal and health-related information to intelligently estimate h... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083666 | MEDICATION DELIVERY AND COMPLIANCE SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS A system, method and apparatus for use in improving patient compliance with prescribed medication. The apparatus is configurable as a node on a communication network and has a storage unit for storing medication elements for a prescribed course of treatment. A delivery ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083667 | METHOD OF OBSERVING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF EXAMINEE'S EYE A method of observing a three-dimensional image of an examinee's eye to be examined, includes: obtaining a first three-dimensional image which is a three-dimensional image of an anterior segment of the examinee's eye by optical coherence tomography for obtaining a tomog... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083671 | BIOLOGICAL EXERCISE INFORMATION DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE AND BIOLOGICAL EXERCISE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM A biological exercise information display processing device includes: a biological information obtaining part for obtaining biological information regarding a test subject; an exercise information obtaining part for obtaining exercise information regarding the test subj... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083672 | VITALIMETRICS-BASED METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR HEALTH/LIFESTYLE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT This invention provides methods and devices for vitalimetrics-guided health/lifestyle and improvement.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120071728 | Method for determining the gastric emptying The method for determining the gastric emptying by orally administering a test substance and measuring its dwelling time in the stomach comprises determining the increase of 13CO2 in the exhaled respiratory air before and after the oral administrat... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071771 | Computer Interfaces Including Physiologically Guided Avatars This invention provides user interfaces that more intuitively display physiological data obtained from physiological monitoring of one or more subjects. Specifically, the user interfaces of this invention create and display one or more avatars having behaviors guided by... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053483 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXERTING FORCE ON A SUBJECT TISSUE An apparatus for exerting force on a subject tissue includes a linear motor for generating a force according to a predetermined force profile incorporating at least one motion control parameter. The linear motor is directly coupled to a motor output member to drivingly ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053424 | SMART MATTRESS A mattress has a sensor pad affixed on a top surface thereof. The sensor pad has (i) a matrix array of plural pressure sensors, (ii) plural row conductors, and (iii) plural column conductors. Each intersecting row and column conductor provides an electrical signal from ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053425 | Methods and Systems for Assessing Clinical Outcomes Described herein are methods and systems useful for characterizing clinical outcomes of a subject. Provided herein includes computer-assessed methods, medical information systems, and computer-readable instructions that can aid an end-user in diagnosis, prognosis, and t... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050038 | Apparatus and Method for Microfabricated Multi-Dimensional Sensors and Sensing Systems A universal microelectromechanical (MEMS) nano-sensor platform having a substrate and conductive layer deposited in a pattern on the surface to make several devices at the same time, a patterned insulation layer, wherein the insulation layer is configured to expose one ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053423 | SMART MATTRESS Systems and methods are disclosed for a self-contained Smart Mattress which is capable of monitoring the vital statistics of a patient in real time, analyzing the data using an embedded processor, storing patient identification and information, producing an electronic m... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053422 | Method, Device and Computer Program Product for Monitoring Patients Receiving Care A method, device, and computer program product for monitoring a subject receiving care are disclosed. To enable creation of different clinical applications with visually informative user interfaces similar to each other, a monitoring apparatus is provided with a generic... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046531 | INSERTION OF MEDICAL DEVICES THROUGH NON-ORTHOGONAL AND ORTHOGONAL TRAJECTORIES WITHIN THE CRANIUM AND METHODS OF USING The invention comprises an elongated device adapted for insertion, including self-insertion, through the body, especially the skull. The device has at least one effector or sensor and is configured to permit implantation of multiple functional components through a singl... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046558 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTINGUISHING EPILEPTIC SEIZURE AND NEUROCARDIOGENIC SYNCOPE A system and method for distinguishing an epileptic event from a syncope event that includes sensing a signal, generating sensed intervals in response to the sensed signal, generating an indication signal in response to an occurrence of an event, determining a marginali... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041329 | Device for manipulating respiratory air flow and use thereof A device comprising a unit (1) through which a subject can breathe, the unit comprising: an opening (AA) to allow airflow communication to the outside of the device; a mouthpiece element (2) through which the subject can breathe air in from and out into th... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041280 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BODY INFORMATION ACQUISITION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL A method for determining a user's body information in a mobile terminal includes determining whether a user touch is detected on a touch panel, which incorporates a Bio Micro Electric Mechanical System (MEMS) technology, and if so, determining the user's body informatio... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041275 | DERIVATION METHOD OF DISCRIMINATION THRESHOLD OF NAIL APPARATUS MELANOMA An derivation method of a nail apparatus melanoma discrimination threshold includes a first step of assuming a color image of longitudinal melanonychia as three-dimensional vectors each composed of RGB parameter values of each pixel and finding an angle between each of ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041274 | CANCER BIOMARKERS Biomarkers and methods using the biomarkers for the prediction of the recurrence risk of cancer in a patient are provided.... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035428 | MEASUREMENT OF EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO SENSORY STIMULI A method of measuring emotional response of at least one subject to a specific sensory stimulus comprises establishing (202) a plurality of basic emotions for measurement, including one or more positive affect emotions and one or more negative affect emotions. Th... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035429 | ANIMAL SYMPTOM VISUAL ANALYTICS A system and method for visually displaying and analyzing public health data for geospatial and/or time variations, including the collection of symptom data coupled with geographic and time data, filtering the symptom data based upon a selected time period and geographi... | 02/09/2012 |
