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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187183 | Continuous glucose monitoring system and methods of use A continuous glucose monitoring system including a sensor configured to detect one or more glucose levels, a transmitter operatively coupled to the sensor, the transmitter configured to receive the detected one or more glucose levels, the transmitter further configu... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8177715 | Capsule medical system and biological information acquiring method A capsule medical system is provided with a capsule medical device to be inserted into a subject, at least one electrode pad having a plurality of receiving electrodes, a receiving electrode switching unit, a control unit for controlling operations of the receiving ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167800 | Apparatus and method for processing pulse waves Pulse wave signal data expressing the pulse wave of a subject and body movement signal data expressing body movements of the subject are obtained so that a correlation coefficient expressing the degree of correlation between the pulse wave signal data and the body m... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167799 | Apparatus and method for monitoring strain and/or load applied to a mammal Apparatus is disclosed for monitoring strain and/or load applied to the body of a vertebral mammal. The apparatus includes means (10, 11) for measuring position of the body relative to an inertial frame of reference and for providing first data indicative of ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8157731 | Method and apparatus for auto journaling of continuous or discrete body states utilizing physiological and/or contextual parameters Various methods and apparatuses for measuring a state parameter of an individual using signals based on one or more sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first set of signals is used in a first function to determine how a second set of signals is used in one o... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157733 | Blood pressure measurement apparatus The present invention relates to a blood pressure measurement apparatus comprising: an input unit where at least one value selected from the maximum applied pressure, which is the applied pressure at which the maximum pulse pressure is attained during the pulse pres... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157732 | Method and apparatus for measuring autonomic-nervous index and apparatus for detecting biological information A detection-rate calculating unit calculates a detection rate representing a ratio of number of interval data representing a time interval of one cycle of a waveform of at least one of a pulse and a heart rate, generated within a predetermined reference time to a su... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8147407 | Sensor kits for sleep diagnostic testing System for storing pre-packaged sleep related sensors and facilitating effective, efficient, or error-free usage of the sleep related sensors for sleep diagnostic testing including a thoracic respiratory effort belt, an abdominal effort belt, an oxygen saturation se... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142357 | Condition monitoring device and monitor main unit for condition monitoring device A condition monitoring device for monitoring conditions related to a user. A monitor main unit includes a connection structure for detachably attachment to a first sensor unit. The first sensor unit includes a first connector mated with the connection structure of t... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137270 | Method and system for processing data from ambulatory physiological monitoring This invention provides methods and systems for the analysis of data returned from monitoring multiple physiological parameters of a subject, especially from ambulatory multiple parameter monitoring. The methods and systems remove motion artifacts from signals and s... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131750 | Real-time annotator Systems (and corresponding methodologies) that annotate experience data in real-time are provided. The real-time annotated experience data can be employed in accordance with augmented reality systems which are capable of overlaying virtual data upon real-world data.... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123685 | System for monitoring a number of different parameters of a patient in a bed In order to provide a simple and reliable monitoring technique for a number of different parameters of a patient in a bed (2), a system (1) is provided, said system (1) comprising: at least one first sensor device (25) adapted to measure ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8096946 | Vigilance monitoring system The present invention pertains to a system and method of monitoring the alertness or wakefulness of a driver. The monitored parameters include cardiac, respiratory and movement parameters. Sensors are located in various locations of the driver side section to detect... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092383 | Health support method and system thereof To provide a method for recognizing/analyzing a plurality of data concerning health management of an individual as his/her personal characteristic pattern data while considering the relationship between the data instead of analyzing each of the data separately; a he... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092382 | System and method for prioritizing medical conditions A system for ordering and prioritizing multiple health disorders for automated remote patient care is presented. A database maintains information for an individual patient by organizing monitoring sets in a database, and measures relating to patient information prev... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083676 | Apparatus and system for collection and storage of vital signs medical information and methods related thereto Featured is an apparatus for the collection and storage of patient vital sign information as well as systems and methods related thereto. Such a collection and storage apparatus of the present invention forms a workstation that is configured and arranged so as to be... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079954 | Visual medical monitoring system for a remote subject The present invention is of a system, which features bi-directional communication for measuring and transferring medical data and for communication with medical personnel. The apparatus is preferably integrated with at least one of, but more preferably both, audio a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8070677 | Method and apparatus for distinguishing between clinically significant changes and artifacts in patient physiological information A patient physiological information monitoring system includes a plurality of patient monitoring devices (6) and a physiological information analyzer (2). The plurality of patient monitoring devices (6) monitor physiological information from a p... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066639 | Glucose measuring device for use in personal area network A glucose measuring system includes a glucose meter that incorporates wireless communication capabilities. The meter can advantageously be a low cost meter by eliminating expensive components, such as the display. The user nevertheless is able to retrieve and view h... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066640 | Cellular GPRS-communication linked glucometer—pedometer The Cellular GPRS system includes a cellular-based Glucometer (CBG) for blood glucose monitoring, a pedometer for exertion measurement, combined with user-entered dietary or other diabetes-relevant information. Data from all inputs is transmitted over a cellular net... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062220 | Monitoring physiological conditions A method for unobtrusive screening the well-being of a person using a plurality of sensing devices, including detecting the presence of a person; identifying and tracking the person; using sensing devices, which includes at least one camera, to unobtrusively sense o... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057388 | Microsensor array system A microsensor array system, comprising a pad, a plurality of actuators attached to the pad, and a plurality of microprobes, wherein substantially each microprobe in the plurality of microprobes is attached to a respective actuator in the plurality of actuators. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052600 | Method and system for non-invasive measurement of prescribed characteristics of a subject In the non-invasive measuring system, a wireless communication device or other sensing device, gathers Doppler information from signals transmitted by the wireless communication or sensing device and reflected off of a target subject. The gathered information is tra... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8043215 | Drug titration utilizing an implantable medical device A method for titrating a drug to provide a medical therapy to a patient. The method includes the steps of providing an implantable medical device having a controller, providing one or more implantable sensors configured to sense physical parameters of the patient an... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8021299 | Correlating a non-polysomnographic physiological parameter set with sleep states Values of a non-polysomnographic (non-PSG) physiological parameter set may be correlated to polysomnographically (PSG) determined sleep states. The correlated values of the non-PSG parameter set and sleep states may be analyzed, and a relationship between the values... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8007436 | Biological information monitoring system A biological information monitoring system includes a plurality of biological information sensor modules 1A and 1B attached to the right side and left side of a subject body, which sensor modules 1A and 1B each incorporate a biological in... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7998070 | Quantifying neurospinal function An aspect disclosed herein involves methods and systems for determining a neurospinal functional index (NSFI) provide a single index quantifying a plurality of neurospinal functions, for example, algometry, range of motion, electromyography, thermography, and heart ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7985181 | Process and device for monitoring a patient A process for monitoring a patient by a monitoring device is provided in which simplified monitoring of the patient can be carried out on the basis of a suitable selection of the parameter values and/or ranges displayed in a special manner. A suitable device (1 | 07/26/2011 |
| 7976465 | Phase shifting of neurological signals in a medical device system Method and apparatus for phase shifting neurological signals received from monitoring elements of a medical device. The medical device comprises a plurality of monitoring elements each receiving a neurological signal. The device processes the neurological signals an... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972266 | Image data normalization for a monitoring system A method for providing normalized physiological monitoring data of an individual with a measure of the quality of the normalization, including providing a reference feature based on a physiological attribute of the individual for which an attribute value can be dete... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7959568 | Advanced patient management for identifying, displaying and assisting with correlating health-related data Systems, devices and methods for identifying, displaying and assisting in correlating health-related data. One aspect is a programmable device having machine executable instructions for performing a method for use in correlating data to manage a patient's health. In... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7955259 | Apparatus and method for inducing emotions The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for inducing emotions. A primary object of the present invention is to accurately induce an emotion desired by a user by feedbacking biosignals from the user and inducing a desired emotion in accordance with t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7846094 | System and method for neurological injury detection, classification and subsequent injury amelioration A system (10) and method for detecting and analyzing neurological damage in an injured subject are provided using electrical nerve conduction analyses supported by a computing device (12). An appropriate neurologically protective pharmaceutical for tha... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7789828 | Health related location awareness A remote health monitoring system, comprising a device suitable for transmitting and receiving data configured for determining a geographic location of the device, a communication network, and a server. The device is suitable for communicating with the server via th... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7594889 | Integrated data collection and analysis for clinical study A data collection system includes remote, implantable sensors for monitoring one or more patient parameters, collecting and processing data from those sensors and utilizing that data in the performance of a clinical study of a drug or other pharmacological agent. Th... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7468032 | Advanced patient management for identifying, displaying and assisting with correlating health-related data Systems, devices and methods for identifying, displaying and assisting in correlating health-related data. One aspect is a programmable device having machine executable instructions for performing a method for use in correlating data to manage a patient's health. In... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7444291 | System and method for modeling of healthcare utilization A system and method for modeling healthcare utilization based on usage data from physician claims, hospital claims, and pharmacy claims. The method includes extracting from a claims file the portion of the data from a base period that is relevant to modeling healthc... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443302 | Caregiver and equipment monitoring and control system A hospital monitoring system for monitoring hospital personnel, a plurality of patient locations for patients, and associated devices is configured to control the associated devices based on the presence of hospital personnel or alarms. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439856 | Health care patient status event processing and reporting The invention provides a method and system for communicating, processing and responding to information reporting the status of health care patients. In one aspect, the invention provides a procedure for allocating the attention of health care personnel to issues and... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435232 | Noninvasive tissue assessment Methods and apparatus for non-invasively assessing physiological hard of soft tissue of human and other species are described. In a preferred embodiment, tissue is vibrationally stimulated in vivo through a frequency spectrum. The tissue reacts against the stimulus ... | 10/14/2008 |
