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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190226 | Sensor with signature of data relating to sensor A sensor has codes useful for a monitor which can be authenticated as accurate. The sensor produces a signal corresponding to a measured physiological characteristic and provides codes which can be assured of being accurate and authentic when used by a monitor. A me... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185179 | Fingertip oximeter and a method for observing a measurement result thereon There is provided a fingertip oximeter that has a plurality of display modes which are presented sequentially in a circulating way, allowing users to easily observe a measurement result from any of surrounding directions. The present invention makes users to be able... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185178 | Oximeter sensor with digital memory encoding patient data The present invention provides a memory chip for use in an oximeter sensor, or an associated adapter or connector circuit. The memory chip allows the storing of patient related data, such as patient trending data or a patient ID, to provide enhanced capabilities for... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175668 | Implantable multi-wavelength venous oxygen saturation and hematocrit sensor and method An intravenous implantable optical sensor assesses the relative absorbance of multiple wavelengths of light in order to determine oxygen saturation. The calculation of oxygen saturation is enhanced by use of a function of hematocrit which is derived from the relativ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175667 | Symmetric LED array for pulse oximetry A sensor for pulse oximeter systems is provided which comprises a first source of electromagnetic radiation configured to operate at a first wavelength, a second source of electromagnetic radiation configured to operate at a second wavelength and a third source of e... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8160668 | Pathological condition detector using kernel methods and oximeters A method of manufacturing a pulse oximeter configured to classify patient data is disclosed. The method includes collecting a set of sample data and classifying the sample data as either pathological or normal using human expertise. The method also includes generati... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160667 | Biological light measuring apparatus and method An optical fiber setting adequacy evaluation unit is disclosed for evaluating a setting adequacy on a body surface in an inspection area of irradiation use optical fibers. The evaluation unit can also be used for setting the accuracy of light receiving use optical f... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8145287 | Manual and automatic probe calibration Embodiments of the present disclosure include an optical probe capable of communicating identification information to a patient monitor in addition to signals indicative of intensities of light after attenuation by body tissue. The identification information may ind... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8126525 | Probe and a method for use with a probe The invention relates to a probe and a method for use with a probe, which produces signals indicative of the light absorption of arterial blood at least at a first light wave-length and at a second light wavelength. In order to indicate if the probe is not properly ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116839 | System for detecting potential probe malfunction conditions in a pulse oximeter An initialization module in a pulse oximeter accommodates a variety of different probes and a variety of operating parameters as well as providing for interrogation of various probe circuits for detection of probe faults. Probe fault detection for the red and infrar... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112136 | Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor, comprising a plurality of light emitting elements configured to emit light, a light detector configured to recei... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112137 | Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to detect the light, an... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103325 | Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data Embodiments of the present invention relate to a sensor for facilitating detection of a physiological characteristic of a patient. Specifically, one embodiment includes a detector configured to obtain signals from the patient, the signals being indicative of the phy... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095195 | Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to detect the light, an... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090425 | Oximeter sensor with digital memory encoding patient data The present invention provides a memory chip for use in an oximeter sensor, or an associated adapter or connector circuit. The memory chip allows the storing of patient related data, such as patient trending data or a patient ID, to provide enhanced capabilities for... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078248 | Digital logic module of oximeter sensor probe A digital logic module of oximeter sensor probe includes a detection probe, an operation circuit, and an integrated circuit. This digital logic module of oximeter sensor probe is provided with the light source driving function and the light source capturing function... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078247 | Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor, comprising, a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to receive the light,... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078246 | Pulse oximeter sensor with piece-wise function A memory in a sensor is used to store multiple coefficients for a physiological parameter. In one embodiment, not only are the sensor's specific calibration coefficients stored in a memory in the sensor for the formula to determine oxygen saturation, but multiple se... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068891 | Symmetric LED array for pulse oximetry There is provided a sensor for pulse oximeter systems. The sensor comprises a first source of electromagnetic radiation configured to operate at a first wavelength, a second source of electromagnetic radiation configured to operate at a second wavelength, and a thir... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068889 | Oximeter sensor with digital memory encoding sensor data Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to a sensor with memory. Specifically, one embodiment includes a method of sensor operation, comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detecting element configur... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068890 | Pulse oximetry sensor switchover Switchover of a filtered and unfiltered pulse oximetry sensor is provided with gain controlled amplifiers controlled by separate gain control voltages that may change in opposite directions over a period of time. The outputs of the gain controlled amplifiers may be ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064974 | Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to detect the light, a ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064975 | System and method for probability based determination of estimated oxygen saturation Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of estimating a blood flow characteristic in a patient. Present embodiments include providing a first probability distribution for an actual value of a function of the blood flow characteristic based on a previ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060170 | Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor, comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to receive the light, ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060171 | Medical sensor for reducing motion artifacts and technique for using the same A sensor for pulse oximetry or other applications utilizing spectrophotometry may be adapted to reduce motion artifacts by fixing the optical distance between an emitter and detector. A flexible sensor is provided with a stiffening member to hold the emitter and det... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055321 | Tissue oximetry apparatus and method An apparatus and method for determining tissue oxygenation such as arterial and venous oxygenation and cerebral oxygenation. In one embodiment, the optical properties of tissue are determined using measured light attenuations at a set of wavelengths. By choosing dis... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055320 | Vital information measuring device A vital information measuring device includes: a measuring unit for measuring certain vital information concerning a living body; a storage for storing therein a signal outputted from the measuring unit as measurement data; a vital information acquirer for acquiring... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046041 | Signal processing apparatus The present disclosure describes a method and an apparatus for analyzing measured signals using various processing techniques. In certain embodiments, the measured signals are physiological signals. In certain embodiments, the measurements relate to blood constituen... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8019400 | Signal processing apparatus The present disclosure describes a method and an apparatus for analyzing measured signals using various processing techniques. In certain embodiments, the measured signals are physiological signals. In certain embodiments, the measurements relate to blood constituen... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010173 | Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor, comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to receive the light, ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005523 | Signal processing for pulse oximetry A signal processing technique for estimating the frequency of a pulsatile signal (including but not limited to pulse oximetry signals) is disclosed. Each of the functions contained within a pre-selected set of functions is compared to the input signal at many differ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000760 | Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to detect the light, an... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991447 | Biological photometric equipment To control information obtained from inside of a living body with higher precision as compared to that in the conventional technology by controlling a ratio of intensities of light, directed to a trial body, in a plurality of wavelength ranges different in peak wave... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983729 | Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to detect the light a m... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974670 | Method of measuring superficial chemical species and apparatus for measuring the same A method of processing skin surface observation measuring data which is able to address various sicknesses and reduce an error in sickness detection, and a measuring apparatus requiring no filter. The measuring apparatus an irradiator applying a white light to a bio... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7949380 | Oximeter sensor with digital memory encoding sensor data Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to a sensor with memory. Specifically, one embodiment includes a sensor, comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detecting element configured to detect the lig... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7937128 | Cyanotic infant sensor A pulse oximetry sensor comprises emitters configured to transmit light having a plurality of wavelengths into a fleshy medium. A detector is responsive to the emitted light after absorption by constituents of pulsatile blood flowing within the medium so as to gener... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937129 | Variable aperture sensor A variable aperture sensor has a first jaw and a second jaw that are rotatably attached. An emitter is disposed in the first jaw, and a detector is disposed in the second jaw. The jaws are adapted to attach to a tissue site so that the emitter transmits optical radi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7904130 | Medical sensor and technique for using the same A medical sensor may be adapted to account for factors that cause irregularities in pulse oximetry measurements or other spectrophotemetric measurements. Sensors are provided with surface features that reduce the amount of outside light or shunted light that impinge... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904131 | Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor, comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to receive the light, ... | 03/08/2011 |
