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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120071766 | CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL DETERMINATION METHOD A consciousness level determination apparatus calculates a heart rate interval from a heart rate signal of a subject and calculates a spectral density of each frequency by performing a frequency analysis on the calculated heart rate interval. The apparatus extracts, at ... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 20120046557 | FLUID TITRATION SYSTEM A fluid titration system has an optical sensor, a physiological monitor, a titration controller and an infusion device. The optical sensor transmits multiple wavelengths of light into a tissue site of a person and detects the optical radiation after attenuation by pulsa... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120029339 | ACCOUNTING FOR FORWARD MOTION DURING PULLBACK OF AN ENDOLUMINAL IMAGING PROBE Apparatus and methods are described for use with an endoluminal data-acquisition device configured to acquire endoluminal data points while moving through a lumen of a subject's body generally in a first direction with respect to the lumen. While the endoluminal data-ac... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029372 | Drug Delivery Methods and Systems Drug delivery methods and systems that include a determination of whether a cardiac condition is normal or abnormal, so that a drug may be administered in accordance with that determination. In one implementation, a drug delivery device may be controlled to reduce or st... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022382 | WIRELESS PLETHYSMOGRAM SENSOR UNIT, A PROCESSING UNIT FOR PLETHYSMOGRAM AND A PLETHYSMOGRAM SYSTEM A wireless plethysmogram sensor unit is capable of obtaining a plethysmogram from a living tissue of a measuring object and of transmitting the plethysmogram to a processing unit outside the wireless plethysmogram sensor unit. The sensor unit includes a light source to ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016246 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING A BLOOD VOLUME OF A MAMMALIAN SUBJECT A method for estimating a blood volume of a mammalian subject uses an electronic apparatus to i) compute a blood volume index from hemodynamic data for the subject, and ii) use the blood volume index to generate an output indicative of an estimated blood volume of the s... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120004561 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETERMINING PATIENT PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FROM AN IMAGING PROCEDURE A method of determining at least one patient physiological parameter from an imaging procedure includes at least the steps of measuring time enhancement outputs for at least two different regions of interest, and determining at least one difference between the time enha... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110319769 | ISCHEMIC STATUS MONITORING An ischemia monitoring system has detectors for detecting the onset of an ischemic event of a tissue in subject, the end of the ischemic event and the end of a following recovery from the ischemic event, respectively. A time processor determines the duration of the isch... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110295126 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING ARTERIAL STIFFNESS Disclosed herein is a system for monitoring a patient that includes a cuff configured to inflate to at least partially occlude an artery of the patient and a cuff controller configured to control inflation and deflation of the cuff. The system also includes a sensor con... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295107 | Catheter System for Measuring and Marking Vessel Characteristics A system marks and measures a Vessel lumen, heart valve or body cavity using a circumference measuring catheter. A catheter system comprises a catheter device including a loop having an adjustable circumference that is adjustable within a vessel. The catheter device inc... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110282215 | Diagnostic Tool Diagnostic tool comprising a sheet representing a human or animal body, which body is divided into a set of zones, a first identifier being attributed to each zone, which tool also comprises, for each diagnostic to be applied, a set of indicators formed by a first indic... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110275941 | ADVANCED PATIENT MANAGEMENT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Systems, devices and methods for using environmental data to manage health care are disclosed. One aspect is an advanced patient management system. In various embodiments, the system includes at least one implantable medical device (IMD) to acquire at least one IMD para... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110270097 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSMENT OF FLUID RESPONSIVENESS Disclosed embodiments include a method and related apparatus for determining a physiological parameter from the arterial blood pressure signal, the photoplethysmographic signal, the electrocardiogram, or any other a physiologic signal whose pulse amplitude variation is ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110263991 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF NON-INVASIVE PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS Improved methods and apparatus for non-invasively assessing one or more parameters associated with fluidic systems such as the circulatory system of a living organism, when such parameters are potentially affected by other concurrent events. In one exemplary embodiment,... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110230812 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOGNITION OF PARAVASAL BLEEDING A method and a device for recognition of paravasal bleeding upon a supplying of blood to a vascular access via a line and/or upon the removal of blood from a vascular access via a line, particularly paravasal bleeding during extra-corporeal blood treatment, such as for ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110224748 | MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MONITORING DEVICE A monitoring device for a patient for predicting a cardiovascular anomaly and a method for operating a monitoring device is provided. Furthermore, an implantable electrotherapy device, such as an implantable cardiac pacemaker, an implantable cardioverter, or an implanta... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110212478 | CATHETER A catheter for insertion into a blood vessel, the catheter having a sampling part arranged to capture a blood sample at a plurality of locations along a length of the blood vessel and an apparatus arranged to analyse blood taken from a plurality of locations along the l... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110160596 | Instrument including a movement sensor and method of using same An instrument positionable with respect to a body valve in the body of a living subject for performing a predetermined procedure on the living subject at a predetermined location relative to the body valve. The instrument includes: a movement sensor for sensing movement... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110152696 | AUDIBLE BIOFEEDBACK HEART RATE MONITOR WITH VIRTUAL COACH A system and associated method that provides a virtual coach to a person during an exercise routine includes a sensor used to sense the level of a physiological parameter of the exerciser, such as heart rate, a processor programmed to compare the sensed physiological pa... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110152695 | System for Processing Exercise-Related Data A method, apparatuses, and a system for carrying out exercise-related processing are described. The apparatus includes an exercise-measurement circuitry configured to measure exercise-related measurement data related to a user carrying out an exercise. The apparatus fur... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110105911 | Device for Indicator Dilution Measurements The invention relates to indicator dilution measurements of a central volume (V1) with a first site of injection (S1) upstream of the central volume (V1) a second site of detection (S2) of the diluted indicator downstream of the central volum... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110087113 | System and Process For Non-Invasive Collection and Analysis of Physiological Signals A system and method for detecting, monitoring and analyzing physiological characteristics. Signals from a subject are acquired from a suite of sensors, such as temperature, carbon dioxide, humidity, light, movement, electromagnetic and vibration sensors, in a passive, n... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110077532 | Method and Apparatus for Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness Methods and apparatus for determining a cardiac parameter from cardiovascular pressure signals including arterial blood pressure (ABP) and the photoplethysmographic signal to quantify the degree of amplitude modulation due to respiration and predict fluid responsiveness... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110077530 | CATHETER FOR LEFT CORONARY ARTERY AND ENGAGING METHOD THEREFOR Disclosed herein is a catheter for a left coronary artery having a distal end for being introduced into an opening of the left coronary artery from an artery of an arm. The catheter can include a catheter main body including a main body portion of a substantially linear... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110040193 | FITNESS TEST This document describes a fitness test application which allows the user to exercise freely (running and cycling outdoors, bicycle ergometer, rowing ergometer, treadmill) and which provides an estimate of user's fitness during and/or after the exercise. The analysis can... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110028801 | CARDIOVASCULAR VESSEL ELASTICITY MONITORING Elasticity of a cardiovascular vessel of a patient is monitored to provide an indication of whether the patient's health is changing. In some aspects the elasticity of a cardiovascular vessel is determined irrespective of the current blood pressure level of the patient ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110015500 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CUSTOMIZED ESSENTIAL OIL BLEND A scientific method and system for determining a customized essential oil blend through accessing a physiolocial data from a user are disclosed in the present invention. The physiological data is heart rate vairiability (HRV), which is associated with cardiac diseases a... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110015530 | LIVING BODY TISSUE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR An internal tissue including a lesion region in the human body is modeled as a three-dimensional model. By reconstructing thickness or flexibility of a lumen wall portion including the lesion region and making it possible to confirm a motion of the lumen wall or a flow ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110009709 | DETECTION OF CONGESTION FROM MONITORING PATIENT RESPONSE TO A RECUMBENT POSITION Systems and methods obtain information that allows detection of whether a patient suffers from congestion by monitoring a response of the patient to a recumbent position of the patient's body. The patient may be monitored to determine a respiration pattern for a non-rec... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100331708 | MONITORING CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS USING SIGNAL TRANSIT TIMES Methods for monitoring cardiovascular conditions, i.e., hyperdynamic circulation, vasodilation, vasoconstriction, or central-to-peripheral arterial pressure decoupling conditions are described. These methods involve measuring a central signal proportional to or a functi... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100298717 | METHOD FOR NON-EVASIVELY DETERMINING AN ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION AND A DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD The invention relates to medicine. The inventive method for non-evasively determining an endothelial function consists in reducing a transmural pressure in a limb, recording the amplitude of plethysmographic signals at different pressures, determining the pressure of a ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100261984 | Physiology sensing apparatus with navigation capability A physiology sensing apparatus with navigation capability is disclosed, which integrates therein a GPS module, a magnetic sensor, an inertial sensing module, and a bio sensing module so as to acquire signals relating to a user's coordinate position, physical condition, ... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100234732 | METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY DETERMINING THE POSITION AND VELOCITY OF OBJECTS The present invention relates to a method for simultaneously determining the position and velocity of objects. Moreover the method comprising the steps of: 1) simultaneously generating a first signal for determining the velocity and a second signal for determining the p... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100217132 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING A SURFACE OF A BODY LUMEN An embodiment of an apparatus for locating a surface of a body lumen is disclosed. The apparatus includes a locator assembly that has a distal end region configured to extend into an opening of the body lumen and to selectably engage at least a portion of the body lumen... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100210955 | DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF ANEURYSM In a method, system and device for treating aneurysm a member is placed around the aneurysm, the aneurysm can be treated and monitored. The member can comprise a sensor placed in relation to a wall portion of the aneurysm for generating a signal corresponding to a param... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100170446 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING AN ANIMAL The present invention relates to a method in which an animal is cooled and to apparatus for cooling an animal, in particular a cow. The method includes the step of determining the condition of the animal (5) and/or of the environment in which the animal (5... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100152597 | IMPLANTABLE TELEMETRIC DEVICE FOR HEART MONITORING What is described is an implantable telemetric device for measuring the electromechanical parameters of the heart, characterized in that it comprises a single sensor (5) and corresponding processing means for detecting data relating to both the rotation of the he... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100152591 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVE AND MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SENSING OF PARAMETERS RELATING TO BLOOD A system and method for monitoring one or more parameters relating to blood, such as cardiac output, of a patient is provided. The system preferably includes an acoustic energy transducer unit configured and positioned to transmit acoustic energy into a target structure... | 06/17/2010 |
