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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5234835 | Precalibrated fiber optic sensing method A precalibrated sensing system for determining a blood parameter such as the partial pressures of oxygen (pO2) and carbon dioxide (pCO2), and the negative logarithm of hydrogen ion activity (pH). A dry sensor is provided which may be... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5233988 | Neuro-aid Neurological testing apparatus by which the sense receptor's of a person can be tested. The apparatus is of a configuration to be held in the hand and includes a body having a front surface opposed to a rear surface to provide ample space for supporting a... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5193541 | Health examination method and system using plural self-test stations and a magnetic card A health examination is conducted using a minimal number of staff members by issuing a patient a magnetic card and a questionnaire and having the patient conduct a plurality of health related self-test measurements at respective automated test stations. T... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5140519 | Method for monitoring patient data and circuit arrangement therefor A method of monitoring patient data generates an optimal overview. The patient data is sensed by appropriate sensors and displayed as parameter values assigned to individual organ systems. A data field contains a plurality of parameter values and overview... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5126937 | Biological information measurement apparatus A biological information measurement apparatus is adapted to measure biological information in an extracorporeal circuration or in a living body by various measurement circuits comprising circuit elements which are not affected by electrical disturbances,... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5066859 | Hematocrit and oxygen saturation blood analyzer An improved blood analyzing device is disclosed for measuring the hematocrit and oxygen saturation levels of a quantity of blood. The device comprises a housing having a carriage assembly electrically interfaced thereto. Disposed within the carriage assem... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5047930 | Method and system for analysis of long term physiological polygraphic recordings An analysis system accepts physiological sensor signals, including electroencephalogram (EEG) and other signals commonly sensed in sleep analysis, stores the raw data for later retrieval, extracts features from the digitized signal data which are of a typ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5036852 | Medical equipment monitor apparatus and method A medical equipment monitor apparatus and method whereby the normal operating conditions and alarm situations for the medical equipment are intercepted by the monitor where they are recorded and selectively transmitted to a base computer system at a remot... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5024225 | Personal health monitor enclosure In a personal health monitor of the type which includes a personal computer capable of implementing a program to determine one or more clinical parameters of the patient and further in which the personal computer includes a display screen portion that fol... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4991091 | Self-contained examination guide and information storage and retrieval apparatus Self-contained examination guide and information storage apparatus comprising a flat rectangular enclosure having a front panel with first display arrays along side edges of the front panel associated with a plurality of general patient examination catego... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4979110 | Characterizing the statistical properties of a biological signal The statistical properties of a biological signal intermittently obscured by a relatively independent biological process are estimated by noting the time intervals during which the obscuring process is occurring. From the time intervals, a windowing funct... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4971059 | Medical timing device A means and method for medical timing of human vital signs including the steps of generating a repeating preselected time interval signal which is used to produce a sensory stimulating signal. The sensory stimulating signal is used as a reference when mea... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4969096 | Method for selecting communication devices for non-speaking patients A computer-assisted method for prescribing communication devices for non-speaking patients which is objective, and is not device-limited and functions as an effective tool for clinicians prescribing communication devices. Because the method is not device-... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4958636 | Vital signs monitor pumping system A pump supplies a variable pressure to an occluding cuff of a blood pressure monitor. This pump includes a pumping member that is driven through a stroke in response to a drive signal having a fixed frequency but a variable duty cycle such that the length... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4945476 | Interactive system and method for creating and editing a knowledge base for use as a computerized aid to the cognitive process of diagnosis A knowledge base having particular utility as a medical/pathology knowledge base contains textual and pictorial information on various diseases. The knowledge base includes user-selectable designations of diagnostic features which are characteristic of re... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4926866 | System for gathering physiological data Disclosed is a system, apparatus and method for gathering physiological data. Basic to the system of the present invention is a rigid body mold having preferably a negative impression of the dorsel half of the body. By connecting and/or embedding sensors ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4895161 | Transportable data module and display unit for patient monitoring system A monitoring system for providing continuous monitoring of a patient, including periods of transport, includes a data acquisition and processing module receiving physiological data from the patient. The module may be inserted in a bedside display unit to ... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4858125 | Electronic cone with environmental and human body condition sensors and alarm for indicating existence of undesirable conditions An electronic cane having a grip and a stick contains, inside of the grip, sensors for sensing physical parameters of the surrounding environment and of the user of the cane. Predetermined maximum and minimum values of the parameters are programmed and an... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4852570 | Comparative medical-physical analysis A medical process and apparatus for repeatedly obtaining short term changes in the physiological functioning of an individual as an aid in diagnosing illness and malfunction, and determining longer term changes and "trends" that are, or may be, indicative... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4817610 | Method of determining center of gravity and body weight Disclosed is a system, apparatus and method for gathering physiological data. Basic to the system of the present invention is a rigid body mold having preferably a negative impression of the dorsal half of the body. By connecting and/or embedding sensors ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4779199 | Patient monitor A patient monitor monitors information on body condition. The monitor includes a sensor for detecting information on body condition and converting the detected information into an electrical analog signal. The electrical analog signal is converted into di... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4737912 | Medical image filing apparatus In a medical image filing apparatus having a store unit, a keyboard, a retrieval device, a display unit and a CPU, case images of various diseases are stored in the store unit together with clinical images, and case indexes corresponding to respective cas... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4735777 | Instrument for parallel analysis of metabolites in human urine and expired air An apparatus for measuring metabolites contained in human expired air and for measuring metabolites contained in human urine and for extracting a correlation between the metabolite data in the expired air and the metabolite data in the urine is suitable f... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4683891 | Biomonitoring stress management method and device A method of managing and controlling stress in a person engaged in a goal oriented, cognitive task involves simultaneous measurement of a physical parameter of the person which varies in accordance with the level of the person's stress and the productivit... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4681098 | System, apparatus and method for gathering physiological data Disclosed is a system, apparatus and method for gathering physiological data. Basic to the system of the present invention is a rigid body mold having preferably a negative impression of the dorsal half of the body. By connecting and/or embedding sensors ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4571682 | System and method for skill enhancement and behavior modification Structural systems and method are employed including a multiplicity of computers to control the acquisition and enhancement of skilled performance or behavior. Preprocessing computers (8 and 24) each accept signals from any corresponding one of a variety ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4546770 | Pulmonary monitor A pulmonary monitor for measuring a complex set of variables utilizing a group of three pushbuttons arranged to operate in hierarchical a hierarchical pattern for facilitating operator control of the functions of the monitor.... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4519399 | Method for measuring the degree of nasality A method of measuring the degree of nasality in human voice sounds by independently isolating and measuring without leakage the exhaled air flow rate through the nose and the exhaled air flow rate through the mouth of a person resulting from the utterance... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4506678 | Patient monitor for providing respiration and electrocardiogram signals The patient monitor includes a patient unit having a probe connected to receive a carrier signal, which probe is adapted for connection to the body of a patient to be monitored. The carrier signal is passed through the patient's body and modulated in acco... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4489387 | Method and apparatus for coordinating medical procedures This invention relates to methods and apparatus for medical decision making. In particular, this invention coordinates the actions of two or more medical teams who are working toward a common goal. The apparatus used to achieve this objective consists of ... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4461301 | Self adjusting bio-feedback method and apparatus A bio-feedback method for training persons in the self-regulation of physiological functions by means of displaying to the person a continuous representation of a value of such physiological functions upon, and together with, a metric which is continuousl... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4399821 | Free moving animal physiological monitoring and identification system and method An animal physiological monitoring and identification system and method for carrying out same, wherein each animal within the system is provided with an implanted device equipped with means for deriving the data representative of one or more animal physio... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4370983 | Computer-control medical care system A computer-controlled medical care system for use in the treatment and diagnosis of patients provides for either automatic or manual control of a wide variety of medical procedures including diagnostic procedures. The system accepts modular vessel structu... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4369496 | Apparatus for high-speed transcription of recorded physiological data A device for high-speed transcription of physiological data recorded at substantially lower speeds includes a device for converting the recorded data into electrical signals, a device for converting the electrical signals into light signals and displaying... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4356825 | Method and system for measuring rate of occurrence of a physiological parameter A method system for measuring the rate of occurrence of physiological parameters, such as temperature, pulse rate and respiration rate. A method, implemented by a digital processor associated with an electronic measuring system, provides accurate measurem... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4321929 | Tourniquet An automatic device, such as a tourniquet, and a control system therefor for arresting the flow of blood to the end of a limb, such as an arm or leg or a person. In one form, electronic sensing means senses one or more physiological variables of a patient... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4290114 | Medical diagnostic computer A computer-aided health care system for use by a paramedic. Findings taken from the patient by the paramedic are assigned numerical codes by use of preprinted forms. The paramedic uses a keyboard to enter the numerical codes into a fixed purpose computer.... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4237900 | Implantable calibration means and calibration method for an implantable body transducer An implantable body transducer having a self-contained calibration means. An exemplary embodiment comprises an implantable body pressure measuring transducer utilizing an L-C oscillator having a resonant circuit comprising a fixed L and a variable C, the ... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4216462 | Patient monitoring and data processing system The system is composed of a plurality of bedside stations, each in the vicinity of a hospitalized patient, and each interconnected to a central station for monitoring and controlling the bedside stations. The bedside stations contain a plurality of physio... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4197854 | Process and apparatus for patient danger recognition and forecasting of a danger condition, especially in case of intensive medical care Process and apparatus for patient danger recognition and forecasting, particularly for the intensive medical care of the patient. The invention uses various variables to set up a danger function that represents the probability of occurrence of a danger co... | 04/15/1980 |
