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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120083702 | Method for Locating a Catheter Tip Using Audio Detection A method for locating a catheter tip within a human body is disclosed. An audio sensor is positioned at a site on the human body. An audio signal is detected by the audio sensor, and transmitted to an audio signal processing unit. The audio signal processing unit determ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120071741 | SLEEP APNEA MONITORING AND DIAGNOSIS BASED ON PULSE OXIMETERY AND TRACHEAL SOUND SIGNALS Detection of apnea/hypopnea events to calculate an apnea/hypopnea index is obtained by analysis of breathing pattern of a patient from breathing and snore sounds and a finger probe recording the SaO2 signal. A detector analyzes microphone signals to detect breath, snore... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053487 | STETHOSCOPE EARPLUG SEAT AND FITTING CONFIGURATION WITH EARPLUG HEAD THEREOF A stethoscope earplug seat and the fitting configuration with an earplug head thereof, the stethoscope earplug seat includes a large tubular body (6) and a small tubular body (5), the large tubular body (6) sheaths the outside of the small tubular b... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120029386 | Ambient Noise Canceling Physiological Acoustic Monitoring System & Method The present invention is an ambient noise canceling physiological acoustic monitoring system and method. The system and method utilizes a plurality of microphones to collect input data including ambient noise signals, bed frame noise signals and patient respiratory and ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110313320 | NON-INVASIVE DEVICE FOR DIAGNOSING GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX The present invention provides compositions and methods useful in the diagnosis and management of Gastroesophageal Reflux. Specifically, the inventions provide a device and methods of using the device for accurately, quantitatively, and non-invasively diagnosing Gastroe... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110301503 | WEIGHTED BIOACOUSTIC SENSOR AND METHOD OF USING SAME A sensor for sensing bioacoustic energy includes a housing comprising an interfacing portion configured to establish coupling with a body part during use. The sensor includes a transducer element coupled to the interfacing portion of the housing and configured to sense ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110213271 | ACOUSTIC RESPIRATORY MONITORING SENSOR HAVING MULTIPLE SENSING ELEMENTS According to certain described aspects, multiple acoustic sensing elements are employed in a variety of beneficial ways to provide improved physiological monitoring, among other advantages. In various embodiments, sensing elements can be advantageously employed in a sin... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110213274 | ACOUSTIC RESPIRATORY MONITORING SENSOR HAVING MULTIPLE SENSING ELEMENTS According to certain described aspects, multiple acoustic sensing elements are employed in a variety of beneficial ways to provide improved physiological monitoring, among other advantages. In various embodiments, sensing elements can be advantageously employed in a sin... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110213273 | ACOUSTIC RESPIRATORY MONITORING SENSOR HAVING MULTIPLE SENSING ELEMENTS According to certain described aspects, multiple acoustic sensing elements are employed in a variety of beneficial ways to provide improved physiological monitoring, among other advantages. In various embodiments, sensing elements can be advantageously employed in a sin... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110213272 | ACOUSTIC PATIENT SENSOR According to certain described aspects, multiple acoustic sensing elements are employed in a variety of beneficial ways to provide improved physiological monitoring, among other advantages. In various embodiments, sensing elements can be advantageously employed in a sin... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110201968 | Stetho-Tool A device allows users to have a penlight handy for medical procedures. In some embodiments, the device includes a cutting tool, such as shears or a closable blade, attached to the penlight. The device may be detachable from a holster which can be secured to a stethoscop... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110190665 | ELECTRONIC STETHOSCOPE SYSTEM FOR TELEMEDICINE APPLICATIONS An electronic stethoscope includes a housing configured for hand-held manipulation, a transducer supported by the housing and configured to sense auscultation signals at a first location, and a headset coupled to the housing and configured to deliver audio corresponding... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110172561 | PHYSIOLOGICAL ACOUSTIC MONITORING SYSTEM An acoustic monitoring system has an acoustic front-end, a first signal path from the acoustic front-end directly to an audio transducer and a second signal path from the acoustic front-end to an acoustic data processor via an analog-to-digital converter. The acoustic f... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110137210 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Embodiments of the invention provide such an improved system and method. In particular, embodiments relate to systems, methods and apparatuses which use acoustic data in the detection of coronary artery disease. Embodiments can enable fast, non-invasive identification o... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110137209 | MICROPHONE ARRAYS FOR LISTENING TO INTERNAL ORGANS OF THE BODY An electronic device is provided for receiving sounds from a body. A microphone array receives the sounds. An analysis system optionally provides for directional control, such as by providing virtual focusing and beam steering. Body sounds are preferably de-convolved. I... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110125061 | Monitoring Conditions Of A Patient's Urinary System A monitoring system and method are presented for use in monitoring a condition of a patient's urinary system. The monitoring system comprises an acoustic assembly comprising at least one acoustic receiver adapted for receiving acoustic signals during a patient's urinati... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110125060 | ACOUSTIC RESPIRATORY MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS An acoustic sensor is provided according to certain aspects for non-invasively detecting physiological acoustic vibrations indicative of one or more physiological parameters of a medical patient. The sensor can include an acoustic sensing element configured to generate ... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110098555 | Auscultation apparatus, auscultation method, and medical examination and diagnostic device An auscultation apparatus including an optical microphone is proposed. Optical microphones can reliably acquire sounds of the most disparate frequencies even in an environment permeated by electromagnetic fields, without influencing said fields. Such an optical micropho... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110092857 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXAMINING SUBJECTS FOR PARTICULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS UTILIZING ACOUSTIC INFORMATION A method and apparatus for examining a subject for a particular physiological condition according to a technique which utilizes sounds generated by the subject and sensed at a predefined distance from the site of sound generation of the subject, by locating a first soun... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110087135 | Stethoscope, stethoscope attachment and collected data analysis method and system A device for converting acoustic data collected by a stethoscope into digital data for transmission to a processor for storage and/or comparison with data stored in a database, and to optionally provide computer generated suggestions for diagnosis, is provided in the fo... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110054352 | Portable Dialysis Access Monitor Device A portable dialysis access monitor device, comprising: an electronic monitor device and a server. The electronic monitor device includes a first microprocessor, an acoustic detector, a touch screen, a first storage device, a diagnostic programming module, an alarm devic... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110034831 | ADHESIVE PATCH FOR MONITORING ACOUSTIC SIGNALS An adhesive patch for monitoring acoustic signals from a human or animal body, comprising a skin contact surface, converting means for recording the acoustic signals and converting it to a first electric output signal, and an adhesive element for attaching the convertin... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100298740 | Diagnostic system for accurate recording of acoustic signals The present invention discloses a novel positioning unit configured in accordance with a recording matrix for ensuring correct and ergonomic positioning of a patient with respect to the recording matrix utilizing body landmarks such as spine and scapula. The technique o... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100262042 | ACOUSTIC MYOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHODS Acoustic impulses from a muscle are converted into an electrical signal with a transducer such as a piezo film microphone, and analog or digital signal processing circuitry determines the density of self-similar spectral components of the signal and generating an output... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100256529 | Prenatal Listening Device A prenatal listening device includes first and second handheld units. The first handheld unit includes a cup-shaped body that defines an acoustic cavity. The first handheld unit further includes a microphone mounted to the body in the acoustic cavity to capture fetal so... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100241032 | METHOD OF STOPPING A BLEEDING FROM A FISTULA USING A TOURNIQUET DEVICE A method of stopping a bleeding from a fistula situated on a limb of a patient for hemodialysis, includes: providing a tourniquet band having a blood-stopping protrusion projecting therefrom; encircling the limb of the patient with the tourniquet band to cover the fistu... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100204614 | ELECTRONIC SNORE RECORDING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS The snore recording device includes a portable housing, a microphone carried by the housing for capturing an audio input signal including snoring, a memory, such as a removable memory, carried by the housing, and processing circuitry carried by the housing and coupled t... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100198141 | Injection Monitor Provided for in certain embodiments is extravasation detector, including an acoustic sensor. Further provided is a method of monitoring for extravasation, including sensing acoustic emissions produced by fluid flow of a medical fluid injected into a subject, and detecti... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100172839 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY A system and method for evaluating gastrointestinal motility that can be effectively employed to acquire one or more signals associated with acoustic energy (i.e. sound) emanating from an abdominal region of a body and determine at least one gastrointestinal parameter b... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100125224 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM A medical diagnosis method includes recording at least one sound generated from a portion of an internal organ of a patient. Further, the medical diagnosis method includes comparing the at least one sound to a pre-recorded sound of a plurality of pre-recorded sounds for... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100087746 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING BODY SOUNDS The invention provides a method and system for analyzing body sounds from one or more body organs. An array of transducers is fixed to the body surface over the organs from which body sounds are to be recorded. Analysis of the recorded sound signals includes dividing ea... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100056956 | MODULAR ELECTRONIC BIOSENSOR WITH INTERFACE FOR RECEIVING DISPARATE MODULES A modular electronic biosensor includes a housing configured for hand-held manipulation and a base module comprising a module interface configured to receive one of a multiplicity of disparate detachable modules, such as a transducer module and an output module. A trans... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100049093 | ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF A BREAST AND SOUND DATABASES FOR IMPROVED DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER Provided are methods and devices that pertain to the acquisition of data related to breast vascularity associated with breast cancer, use of data, or both, that are associated with the generation of sounds, including Korotkoff sounds, within a breast. The present method... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100030043 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING MULTIPLE SENSING MODULES A medical system includes at least two sensing modules that each generate an optical signal that changes as a function of a physiological parameter of a patient. The sensing modules may be coupled to a common light source and a common receiver via an optically transmiss... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100010378 | Apparatus and Method for Detecting Lung Sounds Using an Implanted Device Adventitious lung sounds indicative of lung congestion are detected using an implantable sensor. The sensor is adapted to be positioned adjacent to a pulmonary system and to output signals indicative of lung sounds in response to pulmonary system activity. A controller ... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090326418 | MICROPHONE MATRIX FOR RECORDING BODY SOUNDS The invention provides a microphone matrix for recording body sounds, such as respiratory tract sounds. The matrix has a frame having one or more recesses or openings on one of its surfaces. A microphone assembly is disposed in each recess or opening in the frame. When ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090281433 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PULMONARY MONITORING AND TREATMENT Systems and methods are disclosed determining a pulmonary function by mounting one or more sensors intra-orally; capturing intra-oral data; and determining the pulmonary function based on an analysis of the intra-oral data.... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090118612 | Apparatus and Method for Vascular Access In an aspect, embodiments of the invention relate to the effective and accurate placement of intravascular devices such as central venous catheters, in particular such as peripherally inserted central catheters or PICC. One aspect of the present invention relates to vas... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090099479 | DIGITAL ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE SOUND ACQUISITION AND LOCALIZATION DEVICE An apparatus and method for determining proper endotreachal placement is disclosed. The apparatus includes an audio receiver having a body, a microphone mount in a center thereof the body and an audio cavity, an audio processing unit; and a signal cable connected at a f... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090076531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BYPASS GRAFT A vascular connector includes a main tube having a channel for fluid flow therethrough and opposed ends adapted to be connected to a vascular structure; and at least one inlet tube having a channel for fluid flow therethrough, a proximal end intersecting the main tube, ... | 03/19/2009 |
