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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7809417 | Contact lens for collecting tears and detecting analytes for determining health status, ovulation detection, and diabetes screening Utilization of a contact device placed on the eye in order to detect physical and chemical parameters of the body as well as the non-invasive delivery of compounds according to these physical and chemical parameters, with signals being transmitted continuously as el... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7769419 | Ocular property measuring apparatus and method therefor A method and apparatus for measuring an apparent depth (1) of a section of an eye (30) are disclosed. Light is focused to a measurement location (15) proximate or within the eye. The measurement location is scanned through the section and upon p... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7756559 | Device for generating a detectable signal based upon antibody/antigen interaction Utilization of a contact device placed on the eye in order to detect physical and chemical parameters of the body as well as the non-invasive delivery of compounds according to these physical and chemical parameters, with signals being transmitted continuously as el... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7643859 | Non-invasive glucose meter An apparatus and method for measuring a concentration of a substance in an eye using a retro-reflected measurement light beam having a first wavelength at which the substance has a non-zero first absorption coefficient and a retro-reflected reference light beam havi... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7502639 | Analysis of retinal metabolism over at least a portion of a cardiac cycle Retinal metabolism is analyzed with a retinal function camera over at least a portion of a cardiac cycle by first illuminating a portion of a retina of an eye 10 with light of a first wavelength and producing a first image. The portion of the retina is subseq... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7450981 | Apparatus and method for measuring blood component using light trans-reflectance An apparatus for measuring a blood component using the trans-reflectance of light irradiated to a transflective member disposed behind a test site. The apparatus includes an optical source unit irradiating light to the test site of a test subject; a transflective un... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7406345 | Apparatus for measuring an analyte concentration from an ocular fluid The present invention relates to a hand-held fluorescence photometer and method for measuring an analyte level, preferably a blood glucose level, from an ocular fluid. The photometer is based on a dual beams measuring system and it is capable of defining the correct... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403805 | Apparatus and method for noninvasive measurement of analytes from the conjunctiva using mid-infrared radiation Utilization of a contact device placed on the eye in order to detect physical and chemical parameters of the body as well as the non-invasive delivery of compounds according to these physical and chemical parameters, with signals being transmitted continuously as el... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398119 | Assessing blood brain barrier dynamics or identifying or measuring selected substances, including ethanol or toxins, in a subject by analyzing Raman spectrum signals A non-invasive method for analyzing the blood-brain barrier includes obtaining a Raman spectrum of a selected portion of the eye and monitoring the Raman spectrum to ascertain a change to the dynamics of the blood brain barrier. Also, non-invasive methods for... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395103 | Surface plasmon resonance based nanoliter tear osmometer A medical diagnostic method utilizes a surface plasmon resonance apparatus provided with a sensing surface. A tear sample from an eye of a patient is placed into contact with the sensing surface. The surface plasmon resonance apparatus is then operated to determine ... | 07/01/2008 |
| RE40316 | Method and device for glucose concentration measurement with special attention to blood glucose determinations The concentration of glucose in the anterior chamber of an eye is non-invasively measured by guiding a beam through a polarizer (4), a quarter wave plate (6), a polarization modulator (20), and an analyzer (7). After initializing the pola... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7356364 | Device for optical monitoring of constituent in tissue or body fluid sample using wavelength modulation spectroscopy, such as for blood glucose levels A device for monitoring the concentration level of a constituent in tissue or a body fluid sample, such as glucose concentration in blood, has a laser light source which is modulated about a center emission frequency to probe the absorption spectrum of the constitue... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347554 | Determining criteria for phakic intraocular lens implant procedures One embodiment of the present invention is a method for determining whether to perform a phakic intraocular lens implant procedure, which method includes: (a) obtaining an image of an anterior segment of an eye; (b) determining a distance from a crystalline lens to ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7326576 | Raman spectroscopic monitoring of hemodialysis Spectroscopic systems and methods are disclosed for determining levels of at least one analyte in blood undergoing hemodialysis. In one aspect, the invention employs Raman spectroscopy to monitor and/or control hemodialysis. In one embodiment, the system uses a lase... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316700 | Self optimizing lancing device with adaptation means to temporal variations in cutaneous properties A lancing device, an embodiment of which controls the advancement and retraction of a lancet by monitoring the position of the lancet in conjunction with a lancet controller which incorporates a feedback loop for modulating the lancet driver to follow a predetermine... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308293 | Non-invasive glucose meter An apparatus for measuring a concentration of a substance in an eye (13) includes a measurement light source (4) producing a measurement light beam having a first wavelength at which the substance has a non-zero first absorption coefficient. The appara... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304722 | Apparatus for performing twin entangled co-incident photon enhanced Raman spectroscopy and an inspection apparatus using the same A method and apparatus to perform non-invasive molecular detection and analysis are disclosed. The apparatus incorporates co-incident biphotons as the Raman backscattering excitation source and the detection and analysis of the resulting backscatter characteristics ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7266402 | Apparatus and method for determining blood sugar level without blood using dark adaptation of optic nerve, and computer readable recording medium storing computer program performing the method Provided are an apparatus and a method for determining blood sugar level without blood using dark adaptation of the optic nerve, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a computer program performing the method. The apparatus irradiates stimulating light ont... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7251516 | Noninvasive glucose sensor Glucose concentration is noninvasively measured by measuring a plurality of absorption values using at least one emitter operating at a corresponding plurality of emission wavelengths through a common optical sample volume and deriving glucose concentration from the... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245952 | Noninvasive birefringence compensated sensing polarimeter The present invention relates to a system and method for compensating for the effects of birefringence in a given sample and employs an optical birefringence analyzer to sense the real-time birefringence contributions and then provides a feedback signal to a compoun... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243030 | Methods, systems and computer programs for deconvolving the spectral contribution of chemical constituents with overlapping signals Methods, systems and computer programs are configured to determine the presence of and/or a measurement for a plurality of constituents in a composite signal with closely correlated chemical constituents having overlapping signal lineshapes extending about a spectru... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233817 | Apparatus and method for pattern delivery of radiation and biological characteristic analysis The present invention uses a high signal to noise ratio method and apparatus to analyze a characteristic of a biological object, such as blood glucose level. The method and apparatus can also have surgical applications, such as coagulation or ablation of a pattern o... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229175 | Ophthalmic image sensing apparatus An ophthalmic image sensing apparatus includes an examination optical system for examining an eye to be examined, an image sensing optical system for sensing an image of the eye to be examined, an examination image pickup element for picking up the image of the eye ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222961 | Method for detecting a functional signal in retinal images A system and method for detecting a functional signal in retinal images. An optical imaging device comprises a stimulation light source, an interrogating light source, and a detector. The retina is stimulated by the stimulation light source. The retina is then illum... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7209773 | Method and apparatus for performing in-vivo blood analysis using raman spectrum An in-vivo blood composition analyzing apparatus and method generates a laser beam at the blood vessels of the patient's eye. The Raman scattered photons from the blood vessels are collected and used to generate a Raman spectrum indicative of the blood composition. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7182509 | Nanoliter osmometer and method of operation The invention is an apparatus for determining a temperature at which a phase change occurs in a fluid sample, a method for measuring a temperature at which a phase change occurs in a sample and a sample cell. An apparatus for determining a temperature at which a pha... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7170610 | Low-coherence inferometric device for light-optical scanning of an object Low-coherence interferometric apparatus for light-optical scanning of an object (18) with a low-coherence interferometer (6) comprising a low-coherent light source (7), a reference reflector (21) and a detector (25), wherein light ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167736 | Non-invasive measurement system and method for measuring the concentration of an optically-active substance A method and system for non-invasively measuring the concentration of an optically-active substance in a subject are provided. The system includes a light source adapted to transmit light towards a subject or object having a concentration of an optically-active subs... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158903 | Methods for quantitative analysis by tandem mass spectrometry The present invention provides methods for high throughput analysis of analytes in complex mixtures for unresolved chromatographic peaks including specific embodiment for summing intensities for each mass transition of interest over a selected chromatographic peak (... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155268 | Non-invasive measurement of blood glucose level A non-invasive device for measuring blood glucose levels comprises an enclosure with a cover and dual openings, wherein the enclosure is covered with a transparent material (e.g., glass or plastic); at least two test cards arranged at specified distances and positio... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149561 | Optical spectroscopy pathlength measurement system A physiological monitor utilizes Faraday rotation measurements to estimate mean photon pathlengths through tissue. These pathlength estimates, along with corresponding optical spectroscopy measurements allow the noninvasive monitoring of blood constituent concentrat... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7107092 | Methods for diagnosing a neurodegenerative condition A method of diagnosing, prognosing, staging, and/or monitoring a mammalian amyloidogenic disorder or a predisposition thereto by detecting a protein or polypeptide aggregate in the cortical and/or supranuclear regions of an ocular lens of the mammal. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7092092 | Hand-carried LED polariscope A polariscope that measures stress in glass and that is adapted to be hand-carried includes a lightweight, C-shaped housing with a sequential arrangement of a battery-powered LED light source, a first polarizer, a full wave plate at one distal end, and a second pola... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7061612 | LED Polarimeter An LED polarimeter is described which is suitable for measuring the stress in photoelastic materials. The polarimeter comprises a sequential arrangement of an LED light source, a first polarizer, a ΒΌ wave plate, and a second polarizer substantially aligned along a ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047056 | Hat-based oximeter sensor A method for use and an improved oximeter sensor substrate that is conforming to the shape of the patient's forehead. In one embodiment, the present invention is an oximeter sensor, having a substrate with a shape similar to a shape of at least a portion of a patien... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043288 | Apparatus and method for spectroscopic analysis of tissue to detect diabetes in an individual Apparatus and methods for spectroscopic analysis of human tissue to classify an individual as diabetic or non-diabetic, or to determine the probability, progression or level of diabetes in an individual. Tissue optical information of an individual, including at leas... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6982090 | More easily visualized punctum plug configurations An improved punctum plug is more easily visualized when positioned within a punctual canal of a recipient. The body of the plug features an outwardly exposed surface when properly positioned, and a substance causing at least the outwardly exposed surface to contrast... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6975892 | Methods for non-invasive analyte measurement from the conjunctiva The present invention is related to non-invasive methods and instruments to detect the level of analyte concentrations in the tissue of a subject by measuring electromagnetic radiation signatures from the subject's conjunctiva. The spectra of mid-infrared radiation ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6973338 | Conjunctival monitor A method for monitoring blood/tissue gases, blood pH, and other elements of blood and tissue chemistry is described that uses a sensor tip that is placed adjacent to the conjunctiva of a patient to be monitored. Monitors and sensor using optical fiber sensors for pe... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6968222 | Methods and device for non-invasive analyte measurement The present invention is related to optical non-invasive methods and instruments to detect the level of analyte concentrations in the tissue of a subject. The spectra of mid-infrared radiation emitted from a subject's body are altered corresponding to the concentrat... | 11/22/2005 |
