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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8038593 | System and method for network monitoring of multiple medical devices The present invention provides for a system an method of monitoring the status of a plurality of medical devices connected to a central computer or server using a wired or wireless network, and displaying information representative of the status of the medical devic... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7967739 | Sleep and environment control method and system A sleep system includes sensors capable of gathering sleep data from a person and environmental data during a sleep by the person. A processor executes instructions that analyze this data and control the sleep of the person and the environment surrounding the person... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7918780 | Apparatus for measuring acute stress A method and apparatus are provided to quantify psychological and physiological components to measure acute stress in humans, in which a stimulus can be applied to the test subject's environment during the test. The method involves multiple stress/relaxation interva... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7909752 | Behaviour modification The use of stimuli in order to create association between training regimes subconsciously is known. Unfortunately, in highly noisy and other polluted environments it is difficult to provide ongoing reinforcement of previous behavior modification and training. By pro... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7691049 | Methods and devices for relieving stress Easy to use, cost-effective methods and devices for evaluating and treating stress and thereby disorders caused or exacerbated by stress are provided. More particularly methods and devices for identifying RSA waves during respiration which provide a subject with nea... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7654948 | Automated insomnia treatment system Automated behavioral methods and systems for treating insomnia that use passive means for determining wake/sleep states. ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7524279 | Sleep and environment control method and system A sleep system includes sensors capable of gathering sleep data from a person and environmental data during a sleep by the person. A processor executes instructions that analyze this data and control the sleep of the person and the environment surrounding the person... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7425197 | Method and a system for transforming a common room into a healing environment Images that can have various subjects are formed by using the specific range of colors that the rainbow has. These images consist primarily of transparent, flexible, 3-D pictures which become even more beautiful when light is passed through them. Their size varies a... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7389777 | Method for measuring acute stress in a mammal A method is provided to quantify and/or qualify psychological and physiological components of stress in mammals, in which a stimulus can be applied to the test subject's environment during the test. The method involves the steps of measuring one or more physiologica... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7366572 | Controlling therapy based on sleep quality A medical device, such as an implantable medical device (IMD), determines values for one or more metrics that indicate the quality of a patient's sleep, and controls delivery of a therapy based on the sleep quality metric values. For example, the medical device may ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359749 | Device for analysis of a signal, in particular a physiological signal such as an ECG signal A device for analyzing a physiological signal, such as an electrocardiogram or electrogram, that was previously collected, filtered, sampled and digitized. The device memorizes the digitized signal and analyzes it by decomposing the signal into a plurality of N para... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7331870 | Multiplayer biofeedback interactive gaming environment The present invention provides a method and apparatus in which a biometric information relating to a player is used to facilitate game play in multiplayer game environments. In particular, the present invention provides a game platform, a biofeedback sensor, and a b... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330751 | Heartbeat detection device A heartbeat detection device includes a pair of electrode units, a transmitting unit and a receiving unit. The transmitting unit is electrically connected to the paired electrode units each by respective wires. The paired electrode units each include an electrode bo... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320664 | Reducing discomfort caused by electrical stimulation The invention is directed to a novel method for reducing discomfort caused by transcutaneous stimulation. The novel method includes providing transcutaneous stimulation, reducing the transcutaneous stimulation at a first location, and substantially maintaining the t... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316231 | Resuscitation kit system and method and pre-use protocols for a sedation and analgesia system The present invention provides a sedation and analgesia system having an emergency medical kit, where the medical kit is designed to meet the specific needs of medical emergencies related to the delivery of sedatives, analgesics, and/or amnestics. The invention furt... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313621 | Personalized interface with adaptive content presentation An apparatus, program product and method personalize an on-line interface by identifying and tracking a computing environment of a user so that on-line content is tailored to the subjective preferences of the user. In addition, the computing environment advantageous... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290501 | System and method for relaxing laying hen A system for producing a sound having a certain frequency range to maintain laying hens in stable and comfortable conditions. includes a basic wave generator for generating a pair of first basic waves having the same phase and a pair of second basic waves having opp... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288057 | Method for conditioning to prevent motion sickness Easily performed exercises quickly raise the tolerance to motion sickness and do not require supervision. The exercises are comprised of a warm-up phase and a conditioning phase. The warm-up phase includes a series of rotation and tilting exercises which both warm-u... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7269459 | Implantable cardiac device with selectable tiered sleep apnea therapies and method An implantable cardiac stimulation device treats apnea with either phrenic nerve stimulation pulses or cardiac stimulation pulses. The device includes an apnea detector that detects apnea of a patient, a blood oxygen saturation monitor that measures a blood oxygen s... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255672 | Method of presenting audible and visual cues for synchronizing the breathing cycle with an external timing reference for purposes of synchronizing the heart rate variability cycle with the breathing cycle The invention consists of a broad method of presenting audible and visual cues for synchronizing the breathing cycle with an external timing reference for purposes of synchronizing the heart rate variability cycle with the breathing cycle, thereby achieving coherenc... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255437 | Eyeglasses with activity monitoring In one embodiment, eyewear having an activity monitoring capability is disclosed. Activity, such as motion, steps or distance, can be measured by an activity detector. The measured activity can then be used in providing activity-related information to a user of the ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249603 | Method for measuring acute stress in a mammal A method is provided to quantify and/or qualify psychological and physiological components of stress in mammals, in which a stimulus can be applied to the test subject's environment during the test. The method involves the steps of measuring one or more physiologica... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7213600 | Method and apparatus for measuring acute stress A method and apparatus are provided to quantify psychological and physiological components to measure acute stress in humans, in which a stimulus can be applied to the test subject's environment during the test. The method involves multiple stress/relaxation interva... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207935 | Method for playing music in real-time synchrony with the heartbeat and a device for the use thereof A method and device for presenting music to a patient in real time synchrony with relation to every single pulse of the patient's heartbeat, thereby inducing an enjoyable and relaxing sensation. A digitized electric signal representative of the patient's heartbeat i... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7189189 | Comfort time relaxation device The present invention is a stress management device which relates to the field of health and is a portable device with auditory messages. The device can be carried by a user and used privately with ear phones or can be auditory and used with speakers. The present in... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7179218 | 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... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177676 | System and method for analyzing biofeedback information for performance of an individual in a group A biofeedback system and method for analyzing the performance of an individual and group. The system employs a plurality of transducers for transmitting biofeedback and brain wave information as well as other biological information such as heart rate, pulse, body te... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173437 | Garment incorporating embedded physiological sensors A system for unobtrusively measuring bioelectric signals developed by an individual includes multiple sensors, one or more of which constitutes a capacitive sensor attached to a holding device. The holding device serves as a mounting structure that holds sensors in ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170994 | Method and apparatus for selecting an alert mode based on user biometrics A communication apparatus includes a communication device (130) and an activity monitoring device (120). The communication device (130) includes an alert device (275) for notifying a user (110) of an incoming call. The communicatio... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167752 | Electronic electrical and electro-magnetic health enhancement and stimulation device An electronic acupressure aide and stimulating device implemented using a hand-held or palm-held electronic computing device or another computing device which may be a designated unit. The electronic acupressure aide and stimulating device allows a practitioner to a... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163324 | Led light stick assembly A light emitting diode (LED) warning signal light, the warning signal light comprising a plurality of light sources constructed and arranged with a reflector or cullminator, the LED light source being in electrical communication with a controller and a power supply,... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7163512 | Method and apparatus for facilitating physiological coherence and autonomic balance Method and apparatus for determining the state of entrainment between biological systems which exhibit oscillatory behavior such as heart rhythms, respiration, blood pressure waves and low frequency brain waves based on a determination of heart rate variability (HRV... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160253 | Method and device for measuring stress The invention relates to a method and an electronic device for implementing the method for measuring mental load. The electronic device generates at least two different cognitively loading tasks for the person participating in the measurement, the first task determi... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155285 | Apparatus for inducing energies of alpha rhythm to the human body Alpha rhythm brain waves are related to mental and physical relaxation and healing. Based on the studies of bionics, this invention relates to inducing oscillatory alpha rhythm to the human body, and relates to the means of the alpha rhythm machine applied to human ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153256 | Reducing discomfort caused by electrical stimulation The invention is directed to a novel method for reducing discomfort caused by transcutaneous stimulation. The novel method includes providing transcutaneous stimulation, reducing the transcutaneous stimulation at a first location, and substantially maintaining the t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155278 | Neurostimulation to treat effects of sleep apnea Neurostimulation is delivered to one or more predetermined locations on or within a patient in order to treat effects of sleep apnea by modulating autonomic nervous activity. Delivery of neurostimulation at predetermined locations can decrease sympathetic nervous ac... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7136761 | Digital flowmeter A controller for a flowmeter includes an input module operable to receive a sensor signal from a sensor connected to a vibratable flowtube. The sensor signal is related to a fluid flow through the flowtube. The controller also includes a signal processing system ope... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7117032 | Systems and methods for facilitating physiological coherence using respiration training Systems and methods for facilitating physiological coherence using respiratory training are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optimal respiratory cycle and/or RSA pattern is determined. A subject is then trained to adhere to this optimal respiratory level using one o... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116234 | Drowsiness detecting device and waking device operatively connected with the same A prompt, accurate and highly practical drowsiness detecting device and a waking device operatively connected with the same are provided. Drowsiness of a vehicle driver or the like is detected to wake him/her up to prevent the drowsiness from causing an accid... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113916 | Method of facial coding monitoring for the purpose of gauging the impact and appeal of commercially-related stimuli A method of assessing consumer reaction to a marketing stimulus, involving the steps of (a) exposing a sample population to a marketing stimulus for a period of time, (b) interviewing members of the sample population immediately after exposure of the members to the ... | 09/26/2006 |
