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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7020521 | Methods and apparatus for detecting and/or monitoring heart failure Methods and apparatuses are provided for assisting with the diagnosis, monitoring, and/or treatment of patients that are suffering from asymptomatic heart failure or may be susceptible to asymptomatic heart failure. The methods and apparatuses can be implemented wit... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7015701 | Highly time resolved impedance spectroscopy A highly time resolved impedance spectroscopy enhances measurement of the dynamics of non-stationary systems with enhanced time resolution. The highly time resolved impedance spectroscopy includes an optimized, frequency rich a.c., or transient, voltage signal is us... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013894 | Portable, handheld, pneumatic driven medicinal nebulizer A portable, handheld medicine delivery device capable producing atomized agents that are adapted to be inhaled through a nebulizer by a patient suffering from a respiratory condition. In addition, the present invention provides a means wherein the dose of the inhale... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016941 | Web-site host consistency administration among inconsistent software-object libraries of remote distributed health-care providers A method of Web-site host consistency administration provides for consistent presentation of data despite presentation on client machines with inconsistent software-object libraries. The host sends screen images which contact the client's onboard DLLs as little as p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7017161 | System and method for interfacing a radiology information system to a central dictation system A software system provides an interface between a radiology information system and a central dictation system. The software includes first and second application modules which are both in communication with a database management system. Other components of the softw... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015818 | Doze alarm for driver using enclosed air sound sensor A closed pneumatic sound sensor is incorporated in a driver's seat and catches a signal representative of a movement of the body of the driver, and a continuation time period within which the level of the signal does not reach a fixed level is detected. Simul... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013178 | Implantable medical device communication system An implantable medical device communication system communicates information between an implantable medical device and at least one slave device by way of a two-wire bus. Slave devices may include remote sensors and other implantable medical devices. The implantable ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011629 | System and method for delivering medical examination, treatment and assistance over a network A method for providing a covering physician service includes informing a patient of a practicing physician of the availability of the plurality of patient terminals and referring the patient to one of the patient terminals upon the agreement of the patient. A call f... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011814 | Systems, methods and devices for in vivo monitoring of a localized response via a radiolabeled analyte in a subject Methods, systems, devices and computer program products monitor in vivo detected radiation in a target localized site within a subject, over a selected time period, to do one or more of: (a) quantify a radiation dose received at a local site; (b) assess bioreceptive... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7009511 | Repeater device for communications with an implantable medical device A repeater device for an advanced patient management system communicates with a medical device coupled to a patient to obtain data about the medical device and/or patient's condition. The repeater device maintains the data while if considers various factors when coo... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7008378 | Patient conditional diagnosis assessment and symptom tracking system A system and method for conditionally diagnosing, assessing and tracking the symptoms of patients having mental or physical disorders involves providing an interview instrument having diagnostic and assessment information for a selected disorder. A clinician conduct... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007274 | Web-based apparatus and method for enhancing and monitoring picture archiving and communication systems A method for remotely enhancing a picture archiving communication system (PACS) is provided. The method includes establishing an Internet connection with a server. The method also includes directing the server to simultaneously install software to a plurality of PAC... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004899 | System and method for assessing urinary function A portable, self-contained medical diagnostic system is provided for assessing urinary function. The system includes a control device including a processor, a pump device, and a pressure sensor, and a test module removably coupled to the control device, and further ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004910 | System and method for monitoring body temperature The system comprises one or more sensor devices, where each sensor device is capable of measuring a temperature at a known location of a body of a human or other animal. Each sensor transmits a temperature measurement value and sensor identification to a monitor dev... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7002468 | Controlling access to a medical monitoring system Access to a medical monitoring system, which includes a patient-portable monitoring device and an associated monitoring service at a central unit, is controlled by inputting a set of identification data elements into a medical monitoring device, which then establish... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997880 | Waveform interpreter for respiratory analysis A capnograph which performs an analysis of the breath waveforms measured by the carbon dioxide sensor, interprets the results of this analysis, and outputs to the operator diagnostic information about the respiratory status of the patient, or about the adequacy of t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997882 | 6-DOF subject-monitoring device and method The present invention comprises novel methods and devices for monitoring a subject by acquiring reliable and accurate 6-DOF data regarding the subject, and by using those data to obtain information about the subject's movements in three-dimensional space. Informatio... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997873 | System and method for processing normalized voice feedback for use in automated patient care A system and method for processing normalized voice feedback for use in automated patient care is described. One or more physiological measures relating to individual patient information and one or more quality of life measures relating to normalized spoken patient ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6995664 | Remote supervision system and method A new and improved method for supervising and monitoring people from a remote location comprising the use of a communication system that builds upon telecommunications connections, computer interfaces, and information management via the internet. Strategically place... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6990372 | Programmable signal analysis device for detecting neurological signals in an implantable device A programmable signal analysis device for detecting and counting neurological and muscular events in living tissue that incorporates one or more signal threshold levels to identify an event, a counter to count events, and a timer to determine event frequency as even... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6984207 | Passive physiological monitoring (P2M) system Passive Physiological monitoring apparatus and method have a sensor for sensing physiological phenomenon. A converter converts sensed data into electrical signals and a computer receives and computes the signals, and outputs computed data for real-time interactive d... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6985078 | Wearable life support apparatus and method A wearable life support apparatus worn by a user is disclosed. A physiological information acquirement unit acquires the user's physiological information. An action information acquirement unit acquires the user's action information. A status recognition unit recogn... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6985869 | Digital prescription carrier and monitor system A digital prescription carrier and monitor system includes a pager sized carrier apparatus with an internal processor, a real-time clock/calendar, non-volatile memory, a communication port, a character display, and alert devices. Prescription data for one or more me... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6980999 | Method and system for providing dietary information An apparatus, method and data structure for procuring, analyzing, and communicating dietary information, particularly information regarding the research, evaluation and selection of dietary products. The system provides a comprehensive combination of dietary informa... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980958 | Apparatus and methods for monitoring and modifying anticoagulation therapy of remotely located patients A patient apparatus is configured to receive and analyze information regarding patient compliance with anticoagulation medication and self-test coagulation regimens related to anticoagulation therapy. In addition, a patient apparatus is configured to receive data fr... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976963 | Apparatus and method for precision vital signs determination Apparatus and techniques are provided for precise measuring and monitoring of certain vital signs of patients that have been difficult to measure especially in emergency situations. Sensor may be used for detecting contraction and expansion in the vascular bed of th... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976958 | Method and apparatus for health and disease management combining patient data monitoring with wireless internet connectivity Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for a wireless health monitoring system for interactively monitoring a disease or health condition of a patient by connecting an internet-enabled wireless web device (“WWD”) to a digital camera or other... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978277 | Multimedia search system A database search system that retrieves multimedia information in a flexible, user friendly system. The search system uses a multimedia database consisting of text, picture, audio and animated data. That database is searched through multiple graphical and textual en... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974328 | Adaptive interactive preceptored teaching system An adaptive interactive preceptored teaching system for the remote education of a student provides lessons, obtains the student's profile, uses the profile to select one of the lessons to be sent to the student, and sends that lesson to the student. A method for rem... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6974418 | Automatic calibration of blood volume status indicators In a method for calibrating an indicator of the status of blood volume in a patient breathing with the aid of a mechanical ventilator, blood pressure data is obtained from the patient and used to determine a patient blood volume status indicator. Changes in at least... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975941 | Method and apparatus for intelligent acquisition of position information Improved methods and systems for position acquisition and/or monitoring are disclosed. The position acquisition and/or monitoring can be performed with improved intelligence so that data acquisition, transmission and/or processing is reduced. As a result, the positi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6974413 | System and method for analyzing patient information for use in automated patient care One or more physiological measures regularly recorded by an implantable medical device and relating to individual patient information recorded on a substantially continuous basis are retrieved from a patient care record. The physiological measures retrieved from one... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6972692 | Method and device for increasing effective radiated power from a subscriber device A subscriber device (10) includes one or more sensors (102) for measuring a object electromagnetic characteristic, such as conductivity, permittivity or permeability. A controller (104) stores the object electromagnetic parameter in memory (1... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6968375 | 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... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6963907 | Internet device operation for medical testing A method of operating an Internet device, includes downloading via the Internet a medical testing program from a server. At least one sensor is coupled to the Internet device. The sensor is attached or otherwise coupled to a patient. The Internet device executes the... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6960167 | System and method for patient monitoring using a reference baseline for use in automated patient care A system and method for patient monitoring using a reference baseline for use in automated patient. One or more reference physiological measures relating to individual patient information recorded during an initial observation period are processed into a reference b... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959214 | Implantable medical device for measuring mechanical heart function An implantable device for measuring mechanical heart function of selected heart chambers using a heart contraction detection system that includes a magnetic field sensor. The system may be used for monitoring signs of acute or chronic cardiac heart failure, to enabl... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6958705 | Microprocessor controlled ambulatory medical apparatus with hand held communication device An implantable infusion pump possesses operational functionality that is, at least in part, controlled by software operating in two processor ICs which are configured to perform some different and some duplicate functions. The pump exchanges messages with an externa... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6957107 | Method and apparatus for monitoring and communicating with an implanted medical device A method and apparatus for communicating with and monitoring the operation of a device implanted within a patient. A transceiver capable of being implanted within a patient provides a communication interface between an implanted medical device and a monitor external... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956572 | Patient medical parameter user interface system A user interface enables a critical care clinician (such as a respiratory therapist, nurse, resident, or attending physician) to quickly ascertain a patient condition as part of a patient care management procedure. A system according to invention principles comprise... | 10/18/2005 |
