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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8131333 | Ophthalmic sensor This invention is generally related to a biocompatible sensor for detecting/measuring sugar, especially glucose, in an ocular fluid in a non-invasive or minimally invasive manner and a method for using the biocompatible sensor. A biocompatible sensor of the inventio... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121663 | Photoacoustic measurement of analyte concentration in the eye In one aspect, the invention features a method and device for measuring blood concentration of a substance such as glucose in the aqueous humor by illuminating the aqueous humor with a light source at a frequency that is absorbed by the substance to the measured, an... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8090424 | Method and apparatus for glucose level detection An apparatus for determine a glucose level having a calibration module; an image acquisition module; an image compensation module; and, a dynamic pattern matching module. A method using the apparatus is also described. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078245 | Extended focal region measuring apparatus and method A method and apparatus for measuring an apparent depth of a section of an animal body are disclosed. Light is focused concurrently to an extended focal region comprising a plurality or continuum of measurement locations. Light reflected by a refractive index interfa... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7869848 | Noninvasive measurement system The noninvasive measurement system provides a technique for manipulating wave data. In particular, wave data reflected from a biological entity is received, and the reflected wave data is correlated to a substance in the biological entity. The wave data may comprise... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7783332 | Glucose monitoring device and method A method for determining the quantity of an analyte in a fluid is described along with various components of an apparatus designed to carry out the method. The method involves habituating a patient's eye to one or more colors, measuring the recovery time, and correl... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7627357 | System and method for non-invasive glucose monitoring A method for determining analyte concentration levels is provided. The method includes acquiring radiation scattered off or transmitted by a target, analyzing at least a first portion of the radiation via a first technique to generate a first measurement of analyte ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7438855 | Apparatus for measuring glucose concentration An apparatus for measuring a glucose concentration is noninvasive, accurate, and compact. The apparatus includes a detection unit (10) and a principal component analysis (PCA) unit (20). The detection unit includes a light source (11) to emit mi... | 10/21/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7368085 | Analyte detector An analyte detector including a device having a surface, wherein the device is capable of detecting a charge adjacent to the surface. The surface includes a plurality of molecules bonded thereto, wherein the molecules have a structure (I): | 05/06/2008 |
| 7339170 | Optical encoding and reconstruction The invention features methods including: (i) modulating multiple components (e.g., different spatial regions, different wavelengths, or both) of electromagnetic (EM) radiation emerging from an object with different time-varying functions; (ii) measuring at least on... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7277210 | Measuring spectral lines from an analyte using multiplexed holograms and polarization manipulation An optical apparatus in which multiplexed holograms are used to achieve wavelength selectivity and polarization manipulation is used to facilitate near-normal incidence of light on the holograms. The polarization manipulation allows light reflected from the hologram... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7266401 | Measuring analytes from an electromagnetic spectrum using a wavelength router Weak signals scattered from analytes at multiple wavelengths can be summed to illuminate either a single detector or a multiplicity of detectors, offering the possibility of concentrating the spectral energy on a smaller total detector area. In addition, a method is... | 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 |
| 7248905 | Method of and apparatus for measuring concentration An optical rotation angle of linearly polarized light is modulated to obtain modulated light. The modulated light is passed through an inspection object containing an optically active substance. The optically active substance rotates an optical rotation angle of the... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7155371 | Measuring device with comment input function A measuring device (1) has, e.g., a voice input portion (27) for a measurer to input an arbitrary comment at a time of measurement, and it allows a voice recognition portion (28) to recognize the measurer's comment inputted by the voice input po... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7084976 | Concentration measuring instrument To measure the concentration of an optically active substance in a solution without contacting the solution, the concentration measuring apparatus of the present invention includes: a light source for outputting linearly polarized light; a light intensity detecting ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6999808 | 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... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6980842 | Ocular analyte sensor An ophthalmic lens comprising a receptor moiety can be used to determine the amount of an analyte in an ocular fluid. The receptor moiety can bind either a specific analyte or a detectably labeled competitor moiety. The amount of detectably labeled competitor moiety... | 12/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6961599 | Identifying or measuring selected substances or toxins in a subject using resonant raman signals Methods and systems of the present invention identify the presence of and/or the concentration of a selected analyte in a subject by: (a) illuminating a selected region of the eye of a subject with an optical excitation beam, wherein the excitation beam wavelength i... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6954661 | Blood sugar level measuring apparatus Blood sugar levels are measured non-invasively based on temperature measurement. Measured blood sugar levels are corrected using blood oxygen saturation and blood flow volume. The measurement data is further stabilized by taking into consideration the influences of ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952603 | Subcutaneous analyte sensor Assembly and method for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a biological matrix. The assembly includes an implantable optical-sensing element that comprises a body, and a membrane mounted on the body in a manner such that the membrane and the body define a ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6939298 | Device and method for monitoring aqueous flow within the eye The present invention provides a device and method for monitoring the flow of aqueous humor within the eye. The invention provides that the aqueous flow rate and/or pattern within the anatomical structures of the eye can be determined by monitoring a traceable compo... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6934030 | Method and apparatus for detecting radiation In analyzing radiation from a sample, single-quanta counting can be used to advantage especially at low levels of radiation energy, e.g. in the detection of fluorescent radiation. Preferred detection techniques include methods in which (i) fluorescence-stimulating r... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923762 | Venoscope apparatus An improved instrument for viewing subcutaneous venous structure, known as a VENOSCOPE, which includes a clamshell housing, having a first fixed arm extending therefrom, and a second movable arm captured by upper and lower portions of the housing; a first high inten... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6895264 | Non-invasive psychophysical measurement of glucose using photodynamics Blood glucose concentrations are measured by non-invasive methods and apparatus using visual pigment bleaching in conjunction with psychophysical methodologies. Bleaching light of selected wavelengths is projected through the pupil of the eye of an observer onto the... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6889069 | Non-invasive measurement of blood analytes using photodynamics The determination of blood glucose in an individual is carried out by projecting illuminating light into an eye of the individual to illuminate the retina with the light having wavelengths that are absorbed by rhodopsin and with the intensity of the light varying in... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6885882 | Method and apparatus for non-invasive glucose sensing through the eye There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is a system and technique for non-invasively measuring, monitoring, inspecting, characterizing, determining and/or evaluating the blood glucose level in the aqueous humo... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6853854 | Noninvasive measurement system The noninvasive measurement system provides a technique for manipulating wave data. In particular, wave data reflected from a biological entity is received, and the reflected wave data is correlated to a substance in the biological entity. The wave data may comprise... | 02/08/2005 |
