Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130200 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED INFANT ASSESSMENT A system for automatically assessing an infant includes a computer. The computer is configured to assess an infant's appearance and generate an appearance score based on the appearance assessment, assess the infant's pulse and generate a pulse score based on the pulse a... | 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 |
| 20120130203 | Inductively-Powered Ring-Based Sensor In particular embodiments, a system includes a sensor affixable to a person's body, where the sensor can wirelessly receive power from a power source and wirelessly transmit sensor information to a receiver.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130202 | Diagnosis and Monitoring of Musculoskeletal Pathologies In particular embodiments, a method includes accessing data streams from accelerometers or kinesthetic sensors affixed to a person's body, analyzing data sets collected from the person when the person is engaged in various activities, and determining the current musculo... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130205 | Method and Apparatus For Maintaining and Monitoring Sleep Quality During Therapeutic Treatments The present invention monitors and interprets physiological signals and spontaneous breathing events to detect the onset of arousal. Once the onset of arousal is determined, the present invention determines adjustments that are needed in the operation of a therapeutic d... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130201 | Diagnosis and Monitoring of Dyspnea In particular embodiments, a method includes accessing data streams from respiration sensors, accelerometers, or pulse oximeters monitoring a person's body, analyzing data sets collected from the person when the person is engaged in various activities, and determining t... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120108999 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SEIZURES A method of detecting seizures may comprise receiving an EMG signal and processing the received EMG signal to determine whether a seizure characteristic is present in the EMG signal during a time window. An apparatus for detecting seizures with motor manifestations may ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108919 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OXYGENATION LEVELS OF A COMPARTMENT FOR DETECTING CONDITIONS OF A COMPARTMENT SYNDROME A method and system for continually monitoring oxygenation levels in real-time in compartments of an animal limb, such as in a human leg or a human thigh or a forearm, can be used to assist in the diagnosis of a compartment syndrome. The method and system can include on... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108916 | FITNESS SCORE ASSESSMENT BASED ON HEART RATE VARIABILITY ANALYSIS DURING ORTHOSTATIC INTERVENTION This invention relates to fitness monitors and the like. This invention is more particularly directed to a device and a method for facilitating quantitative evaluation of level of physical fitness (fitness score) including a PC or handheld, or watch type electronic devi... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108917 | PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS An adherent patient device is configured to adhere to the skin of the patient and measure electrocardiogram data, impedance data, accelerometer data, blood oxygen data and temperature data. The adherent device can communicate wirelessly with gateways and a local process... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108915 | POSTURE-INDUCED CHANGES TO PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS Methods and devices for analyzing posture-induced changes to physiological parameters of a patient (e.g., ejection time, heart rate, etc.) to provide an assessment of one or more conditions of the patient.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108918 | Acoustic Palpation Using Non-Invasive Ultrasound Techniques for Identification of Target Sites and Assessment of Chronic Pain Disorders Methods and systems for identifying and spatially localizing tissues having certain physiological properties or producing certain biological responses, such as the sensation of pain, in response to the application of intense focused ultrasound (acoustic probing or palpa... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083674 | BAND AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT The band is provided with a first band member and a second band member attached to an instrument main body, and a linking member. Each of the band members is provided with an expanding section that expands along a band extension direction, the expanding section having p... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083675 | MEASURING AFFECTIVE DATA FOR WEB-ENABLED APPLICATIONS Mental state information is collected as a person interacts with a rendering such as a website or video. The mental state information is collected through video capture or capture of sensor information. The sensor information can be of electrodermal activity, accelerome... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083676 | FETAL ECG MONITORING A method for fetal monitoring includes acquiring electrical signals from a set of electrodes, for example, a set of surface electrodes applied to a maternal abdominal region. The electrical signals are analyzed, including by performing a morphological analysis of fetal ... | 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 |
| 20120083673 | DEPTH OF CONSCIOUSNESS MONITOR INCLUDING OXIMETER The present disclosure relates to a sensor for monitoring the depth of consciousness of a patient. The sensor includes a plurality of light sources, light detectors, and in some embodiments, electrodes. In an embodiment, the sensor includes reusable and disposable porti... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083670 | Method And Device For Monitoring The Risks For Sudden Infant Death Syndrom And For Positional Plagiocephaly A portable monitoring device for monitoring of the short term, mid term and long term risks of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and to estimate the risk of onset of positional plagiocephaly. The monitoring device acquires one or more signals associated to the typical... | 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 |
| 20120071733 | METHODS FOR ASSESSING AND OPTIMIZING MUSCULAR PERFORMANCE A muscle assessment protocol can include: attaching one or more surface electromyometry (sEMG) sensors to the skin of a subject to be operably coupled with one or more muscles; operably coupling the one or more sEMG sensors to a computing system; performing the predeter... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071730 | Adaptive Processing of Ambulatory Electrocardiogram Signals Disclosed are methods and systems for adaptive processing of ambulatory electrocardiogram signals. In one embodiment, the method comprises acquiring a plurality of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals and transforming the ECG signals to a component space, thereby producing a... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071734 | Biosensor Device A biosensor that includes a light transmissive electrocardiographic electrode and a light transmissive insulating film that detect an electrical signal relating to an electrocardiographic signal through capacitive coupling that are disposed above light emitting elements... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071731 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING Apparatus, systems, and methods for monitoring a sensor module mounted in a sensor platform, wherein the sensor platform includes an adhesive side and a pocket, wherein the pocket is designed to receive the sensor module, to facilitate sensing by the sensor module of ph... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071729 | Medical Ventilator With Integrated Oximeter Data This disclosure describes systems and methods for managing the ventilation of a patient being ventilated by a medical ventilator. The disclosure describes a novel approach of displaying ventilator information integrated with oximeter information. The disclosure further ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071732 | METRICS AND ALGORITHMS FOR INTERPRETATION OF MUSCULAR USE A muscle assessment method utilizing a computing system, surface electromyometry (sEMG) sensors, and other sensors to gather data for one or more subjects engaged in an activity through operably coupling the one or more sensors to the computing system, and directing a c... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053426 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING CALORIE CONTENT OF A FOOD SAMPLE A system includes an estimating unit to non-destructively estimate a fat content and a water content of a food sample. The system further includes a processing unit operatively coupled to the estimating unit to determine a calorie content based solely on the fat content... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053427 | OPTICAL SENSOR CONFIGURATION AND METHODS FOR MONITORING GLUCOSE ACTIVITY IN INTERSTITIAL FLUID Embodiments of the invention are directed to an optical sensor for detecting blood glucose by deploying the optical sensor into the interstitial fluid. The sensor comprises a chemical indicator system capable of generating an optical signal related to the blood glucose ... | 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 |
| 20120053428 | Health Monitor Methods and devices to detect analyte in body fluid are provided. Embodiments include enhanced analyte monitoring devices and systems.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046528 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND TREATING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE A system for detecting and treating congestive heart failure includes an implantable module, such as a pacemaker, and a patient advisory module. The system is configured to measure thoracic impedance and to provide the patient with instructions in order to improve the a... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041281 | FETAL MONITORING DEVICE AND METHODS Described herein are fetal and/or maternal monitoring devices, systems and methods using UWB medical radar. These devices and systems may include a UWB sensor providing high-resolution and reliable simultaneous monitoring of multiple indicators of fetal and/or maternal ... | 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 |
| 20120041278 | USER WEARABLE PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE A user wearable portable communication device and a method for collecting and transmitting a plurality of physiological parameters to a remote monitoring center are disclosed. The portable communication device includes a provision for enabling the user to establish a vi... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041276 | All in one medical monitor The present invention provides a portable medical monitoring device designed for personal use to measure a variety of physical parameters, such as heart rate, blood pressure, oximetry (SpO2), and blood sugar (glucose) level. The device is attached to a belt or arm band ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING NEAR-TERM PATIENT TRAJECTORIES A system and method for predicting near term measurements of a patient includes a stream processor configured to summarize raw measurements from patients into signatures and construct optimal prediction models based on previously obtained signatures. A similar patient t... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041279 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RESPIRATORY VARIATION MONITORING BY MEASUREMENT OF RESPIRATORY VOLUMES, MOTION AND VARIABILITY This invention is directed to devices and methods for assessing a patient. The devices have at least one impedance measuring element functionally connected to a programmable element, programmed to analyze an impedance measurement, and to provide an assessment of at leas... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035433 | Examination and imaging of brain cognitive functions A system for examining biological tissue of a subject includes a wireless optical probe, electronics and a processor. The wireless optical probe includes a light source connected to receive signals from a wireless receiver, and a light detector coupled to provide data t... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035434 | Control of a lumen traveling device in a body tube tree Methods of controlling the operation of a device traveling in a body tube tree, including storing information regarding portions of the body tube tree and performing an action based on sensed parameters, implemented with a control system located partially or fully on th... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035435 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM MONITOR A device is provided for sensing an electrocardiogram signal of a patient. The device includes a substrate and a plurality of electrodes mounted to the substrate. The plurality of electrodes are configured to sense an electrocardiogram signal of a patient when the plura... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035432 | MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHODS OF MONITORING A PATIENT WITH RENAL DYSFUNCTION Embodiments relate to a method of monitoring physiological parameters of a patient with renal dysfunction. The method includes electrically connecting one or more medical device electrodes with a measurement site of a patient, generating one or more first stimulation si... | 02/09/2012 |
