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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7371214 | Vital sign display device and method thereof A vital sign display device and method which allows a vital sign to be checked easily is provided. A vital sign item name is displayed at the center of a circle radar (50). The circle part of the circle radar (50) is colored in gray, for example, at th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7338445 | Hard disk drive medical monitor with shock-proofing A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes at least one hard disk drive. A transmitter and receiver for produces and transmits signals. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7311658 | Method and system providing a fundamental musical interval for heart rate variability synchronization A broad method consisting of the composition and creation of music wherein musical cues are contained for the purpose of synchronizing the breathing cycle with a 5.88 second musical interval for the purpose of synchronizing the heart rate variability cycle with the ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310549 | Dive computer with heart rate monitor A dive computer that includes heart rate monitoring capability is provided. The heart rate monitoring is accomplished by a belt that fits around the diver's chest, and the information is wirelessly transmitted to the dive computer. The heart rate information may be ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7285090 | Apparatus for detecting, receiving, deriving and displaying human physiological and contextual information A monitoring apparatus that includes a sensor device and an I/O device in communication with the sensor device that generates derived data using the data from the sensor device. The derived data cannot be directly detected by the associated sensors. Alternatively, a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278967 | Hard disk drive medical monitor with mirrored HDDs A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes a primary disk drive and a secondary disk drive, where the secondary disk drive mirrors the p... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277919 | Relevance clause for computed relevance messaging The invention disclosed herein enables a collection of computers and associated communications infrastructure to offer a new communications process which allows information providers to broadcast information to a population of information consumers. The information ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269456 | Repetitive visual stimulation to EEG neurofeedback protocols An EEG neurofeedback and total evoked brain activity measurement methods utilize minimum ambient EEG activity as stimulant frequencies. A method of using repetitive stimulation in conjunction with EEG neurofeedback protocols is described. Electrodes, attached to a s... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261690 | Apparatus for monitoring health, wellness and fitness A detecting, monitoring and reporting apparatus includes at least two sensors for facilitating the generation of data indicative of physiological parameters of the individual and/or data indicative of a contextual parameters of the individual. A processor is coupled... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252636 | Networked system for interactive communication and remote monitoring of individuals A system for remotely monitoring an individual. The system includes a server system for generating a script program from a set of queries. The script program is executable by a remote apparatus that displays information and/or a set of queries to the individual thro... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7214188 | Hard disk drive medical monitor with sound-proofing A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes at least one hard disk drive. A transmitter and receiver for produces and transmits signals. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214187 | System and method for identification of false statements A method of detecting lie detection including the steps of first conditioning the subject to produce an involuntary physiological response triggered when the subject provides false statements; and secondly asking the subject to state whether each of series of statem... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209788 | Closed loop brain machine interface A closed loop brain-machine interface is disclosed. The closed loop brain-machine interface translates one or more neural signals into a movement, or a series of movements, performed by a machine. The close-loop brain-machine interface also provides sensory feedback... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198600 | Body temperature managing method and device, storage medium, body temperature managing system, and program Data measured by a thermometer is temporarily stored in a connection terminal, then transmitted to a server from the connection terminal via a network, and stored. The server makes analyses based on the stored temperature data, and transmits the analysis results. Th... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7153262 | Wearable human physiological data sensors and reporting system therefor A sensor array and computing apparatus are located on the human body while maintaining said sensors and apparatus within a proximity zone of the body such that the mobility and flexibility of the body are not deleteriously affected by the presence of the apparatus. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150715 | Network enabled biofeedback administration An apparatus and method for controlling a biofeedback session. The system utilizes distributed processing that includes localized processing capability allowing a user to initiate a self-controlled biofeedback session and additionally includes remote processing capa... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7122004 | Method and apparatus of enhancing learning capacity A method and apparatus for enhancing a user's learning capacity includes generating a reference signal having occurrences separated by time intervals and receiving from a user a manipulation of a trigger. A temporal relationship is determined between user manipulati... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7041049 | Sleep guidance system and related methods A sleep efficiency monitor and methods for pacing and leading a sleeper through an optimal sleep pattern. Embodiments of the present invention include a physiological characteristic monitor for monitoring the sleep stages of a sleeper, a sensory stimulus generator f... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6921365 | Remote non-invasive biofeedback diagnostic system based on patient image A non-invasive remote diagnostic system includes a central processing unit (CPU) adapted to feed an image of a patient such as a digital photograph to be displayed to an operator by a first computer monitor. A second computer monitor is displaying a realistic outlin... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6846106 | Finger temperature detecting device with relaxation indication A finger temperature detecting device includes a carrier, a finger-attachment member extending from the carrier, a temperature sensor mounted in the carrier for detecting skin temperature of the finger of the wearer, and means of informing the wearer when a temperat... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6723047 | Volition induction apparatus and input/output apparatus which use optical measuring instrument, and recording medium It has long been unclear in what degree the brain should be activated and how much the blood volume should be varied for controlling a signal by measuring the concentration of metabolic substance in the tissue or change of concentration thereof using the light and b... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6685634 | Portable physiological monitor including body-part-encircling GPS antenna A portable unit provides location-related data and physiological information to a person. The preferred embodiment includes a GPS receiver, a physiological sensor receiver, a computation unit to determine location-related data from the GPS receiver and a ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6644321 | Tactile feedback for indicating validity of communication link with an implantable medical device Implantable medical device telemetry is provided between an implantable medical device and an external communication device. The implantable medical device includes a device transmitter and/or a device receiver. The external communication device includes ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6644976 | Apparatus, method and computer program product to produce or direct movements in synergic timed correlation with physiological activity An apparatus and method is presented for promoting movements of a subject in synergic timed correlation with physiological activity. The apparatus includes a synergic programs module that directs the movements in a temporally varying fashion. The synergic... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6553247 | Electrode belt of heart rate monitor An electrode belt of a heart rate monitor, the electrode belt comprising one or more electrodes for measuring the heart rate on the chest, an electronics unit for handling the information to be received from the electrode, a conductor for providing electr... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6524245 | Medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system and method for network management The preferred embodiments described herein provide a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system and method for network management. In one preferred embodiment, a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system network is presented comprising first and seco... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6498953 | Biofeedback device for an incontinent person A biofeedback device for predicting an impending elimination of bodily waste in an incontinent person includes a sensing element in contact with an area of a user so as to detect electrical activity of a sphincter muscle associated therewith and a signali... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6480762 | Medical apparatus supporting system A plurality of pieces of medical equipment each of which includes a microcomputer and has a program used to control the microcomputer stored in a reproqrammable storage device such as an EEPROM is linked to a remote computer over a communication line. Usi... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6405077 | Method in connection with personal non-invasive heartrate measuring arrangement with alarm The invention relates to a method applied in connection with a personal non-invasive heart rate measuring arrangement. In the method, information is supplied to the heart rate measuring arrangement to form several heart rate limit alarm pairs, each of whi... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6325763 | Portable differential thermal biofeedback device This invention is a simple, portable differential thermal biofeedback device that can be used to measure pain, anxiety, relaxation, or the defensive reflex. It compares hand temperature with head temperature and provides feedback on a voltmeter display. I... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6321116 | Electrical apparatus medical treatment using EMG envelope signal An apparatus for medical treatment is provided, which can reduce the load of signal processing and allows the patient to recognize the state of his/her muscular contraction more easily. The apparatus for medical treatment being operatively coupled to at l... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6266557 | Biofeedback device for an incontinent person A biofeedback device for predicting an impending elimination of bodily waste in an incontinent person includes a sensing element in contact with an area of a user so as to detect electrical activity of a sphincter muscle associated therewith and a signali... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6186145 | Method for diagnosis and treatment of psychological and emotional conditions using a microprocessor-based virtual reality simulator Methods and systems for monitoring, diagnosing and/or treating psychological conditions and/or disorders in patients with the aid of computer-based virtual reality simulations. Pursuant to one preferred embodiment, a computer program product is used to co... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6151521 | Medical support system A medical support system includes a patient-side system including patient shooting devices for photographing a patient's body and forming respective images displaying respective parts of the patient's body; a medical-side system located at a position spac... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6048310 | Audio apparatus The audio apparatus of the invention has: vital information detecting means for detecting vital information of a resident; a database which is configured by information based on the vital information, and in which at least vital information of the residen... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6024700 | System and method for detecting a thought and generating a control instruction in response thereto A method of detecting a thought and generating a control instruction corresponding to the thought includes detecting the thought by monitoring air pressure near a human ear when a user is thinking. In addition, the method includes providing a control inst... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6024575 | Arrangement for monitoring physiological signals Insertable insoles of flexible air-injected elastomer material with one or both said insoles containing a lithium-battery power supply (27), a microprocessor with an internal timer, an analog/digital converter, and an actuator (28), connected by at least ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5995857 | Biofeedback of human central nervous system activity using radiation detection Apparatus and method for biofeedback of human central nervous system activity using radiation detection. This invention uses radiation from the brain resulting either from an ingested or injected radioactive material or radio frequency excitation or light... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5983129 | Method for determining an individual's intensity of focused attention and integrating same into computer program A method for determining an individual's intensity of focused attention, comprising the steps of: obtaining a representative frontal lobe brainwave signal from at least one first sensor in an electrically connective relation to the individual's frontal lo... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5918603 | Method for treating medical conditions using a microprocessor-based video game Method for treating a medical condition in a human patient comprising choosing a psychological strategy for treating the medical condition, encoding electronic instructions for an interactive video game in such a way that the interactive video game implem... | 07/06/1999 |
