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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8442606 | Optical sensor apparatus and method of using same An apparatus for, and method of, sensing characteristics of a vessel and a fluid conveyed therein. ... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8433383 | Stacked adhesive optical sensor An optical sensor having a cover layer, an emitter disposed on a first side of the cover, a detector disposed on the first side of said cover, and a plurality of stacked independent adhesive layers disposed on the same first side of the cover, wherein the top most e... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8428673 | Medical measuring device The invention relates to a measuring device (1) for the non-invasive measurement of physiological parameters. The measuring device (1) is suited to detect and localize by way of self diagnosis diseases such as, for example, inflammations, tumors or art... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8428677 | Retinopathy of prematurity determination and alarm system Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to determining a likelihood of possible retinopathy of prematurity and alerting a caregiver of such likelihood. According to certain embodiments, an apparatus for displaying an indication of a risk of retinopathy of prema... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8428676 | Thermoelectric energy harvesting with wireless sensors A system and method for generating power from temperature differences across a thermoelectric energy harvester. The system may include one or more sensing components which, acting alone or in combination, are capable of generating data related to one or more physiol... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8428675 | Nanofiber adhesives used in medical devices Nanofiber adhesives and their uses with device, such as medical devices, are described. In one embodiment, a nanofiber adhesive layer may be disposed on a surface of a medical device, such as a backing layer of a sensor, for adhesion to a substrate. The nanofiber ad... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8428674 | Apparatus for spectrometric based oximetry A spectrophotometric sensor assembly for non-invasive monitoring of a blood metabolite within a subject's body tissue is provided that includes a pad, a light source, and a light detector The light source is operative to emit light signals of a plurality of differen... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8423106 | Multi-wavelength physiological monitor A physiological monitor for determining blood oxygen saturation of a medical patient includes a sensor, a signal processor and a display. The sensor includes at least three light emitting diodes. Each light emitting diode is adapted to emit light of a different wave... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8423105 | Sensor for eliminating undesired components and measurements method using said sensor In the present invention a novel method and device for measuring characteristics from a relatively weak signal comprising desired and undesired components is presented. Undesired signals may arise from the nature of the characteristic, from the detector or from the ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8423107 | Pulse oximetry and pulse oximeter A pulse oximetry includes: irradiating living tissue with a plurality of light beams of different wavelengths; receiving the light beams transmitted through or reflected from the living tissue and converting the received light beams to electric signals which corresp... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8417305 | Non-invasive measurement of blood oxygen saturation The invention relates to a method for non-invasive determination of oxygen saturation of blood within a deep vascular structure of a human patient comprising locating on skin of the patient in a vicinity of the deep vascular structure of interest emitter and receive... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8412296 | Non-invasive determination of the concentration of a blood substance In order to provide a non-invasive and continuous concentration measurement with the technology of standard pulse oximeters, an a priori relationship is created, through an in-vivo tissue model including a nominal estimate of a tissue parameter indicative of the con... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8406840 | Spatially resolved oxymetry In optical tomography, a calibration of the data may be necessary for image reconstruction. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the object of interest is used for calibration, wherein the image data is acquired during a highly oxygenated p... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8401608 | Method of analyzing photon density waves in a medical monitor A monitoring system that may include an emission feature capable of emitting light into tissue, a modulator capable of modulating the emitter at a modulation frequency generally in a range of about 50 MHz to 3.0 GHz to generate resolvable photon density waves, a det... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8401606 | Nuisance alarm reductions in a physiological monitor A method and apparatus for controlling alarms in a medical diagnostic apparatus where an alarm is generated when a measured value for a physiological parameter is outside a specified range. The method continuously calculates a baseline value, and establishes dynamic... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8401607 | Nuisance alarm reductions in a physiological monitor A method and apparatus for controlling alarms in a medical diagnostic apparatus where an alarm is generated when a measured value for a physiological parameter is outside a specified range. The method continuously calculates a baseline value, and establishes dynamic... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8396526 | Method for spectrophotometric blood oxygenation monitoring According to the present invention, a method and apparatus for non-invasively determining the blood oxygen saturation level within a subject's tissue is provided. The method comprises the steps of: 1) providing a near infrared spectrophotometric sensor operable to t... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8391943 | Multi-wavelength photon density wave system using an optical switch Multi-wavelength photon density wave (PDW) medical systems, methods, and devices are provided. In one embodiment, a multi-wavelength system may include a sensor, a sensor cable, and a patient monitor. The sensor may have an emitter and a detector configured to pass ... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8391942 | Method and apparatus for determining cerebral desaturation in patients undergoing deep hypothermic circulatory arrest A method and apparatus for determining cerebral oxygen saturation in a subject is provided. The method comprises the steps of: a) determining tissue oxygen saturation values using a NIRS type oximeter over a period of time; b) modeling a rate of change in the tissue... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8391941 | System and method for memory switching for multiple configuration medical sensor A system is provided that includes a monitor, a multiple configuration sensor having a first configuration and a second configuration, and a sensor connector. The sensor connector includes a first memory device and a second memory device, such that the first memory ... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8385999 | Processing venous oxygen saturation and hematocrit information in an implantable sensor Methods of processing venous oxygen saturation and hematrocrit information in an implantable sensor are provided. In an embodiment a method for collecting data from an implantable multi-wavelength SvO2 sensor having multiple light sources is provided. The method inc... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8386000 | System and method for photon density wave pulse oximetry and pulse hemometry Present embodiments are directed to a system and method capable of modulating light at a modulation frequency, wherein the modulation frequency is somewhere above about 50 MHz and below about 3 GHz, to generate photon density waves in a medium, detecting relative am... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8386001 | Rocker-chute type finger-clipped oximeter The present invention discloses a finger-clipped oximeter comprising an upper case (2) and a lower case (1), wherein one of the upper case (2) and the lower case (1) is provided with a guide post (12) which enables the upper case (... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8380271 | System and method for generating customizable audible beep tones and alarms A pulse oximetry system adapted to obtain physiological data. The pulse oximetry system is adapted to store one or more digital audio files on one or more memory media in communication with a patient monitoring system. The pulse oximetry system is adapted to process... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8380272 | Physiological sensor A sensor used to measure physiological characteristics of body tissues is provided. The physiological sensor includes a first light source assembly having a first light source in parallel with a second light source. Each of the first light source and the second ligh... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8374666 | Retinopathy of prematurity determination and alarm system Methods and system for determining a likelihood of possible retinopathy of prematurity and alerting a caregiver of such likelihood may employ oxygen saturation measurements. According to certain embodiments, an apparatus for determining a risk of retinopathy of prem... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8369914 | Optical measuring apparatus, optical measuring method, and storage medium that stores optical measuring program The present invention provides an optical measuring apparatus and an optical measuring method for being able to correct the influence of a superficial tissue to be able to accurately measure a degree of light absorption of a deep layer tissue such as a human body an... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8364220 | Medical sensor and technique for using the same According to embodiments, a headcovering hat-based, and/or headband sensor assembly may provide an output to indicate when the sensor experiences abnormal forces or pressure. The sensor assembly may include features to increase the pressure against the tissue to all... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8364222 | Imaging apparatus and method The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for imaging the vascular structure and vascular blood flow of an organ or tissue and, in particular, relates to a selective wavelength epi-illumination endoscopic imaging apparatus to image vascular tissues and real... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8364221 | Patient monitoring alarm escalation system and method Embodiments of the present invention relate to a patient monitoring alarm escalation system and method. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention include an alarm detection device configured to measure physiological data received via a patient monitor, the ... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8352007 | Oximeter device An oximeter has a housing configured to have a cavity defining portion that is adapted to be fitted with covers of various dimensions to effect receptacles of different dimensions for accommodating differently sized sensor of sensor assemblies that are matable to th... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8352006 | Diagnosing hypoxia by monitoring changes in oxygen saturation Hypoxia is diagnosed through measurements of oxygen saturation. Some examples of hypoxia conditions that may be diagnosed include peripheral vascular disease, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, ischemia, hypotension, and arteriosclerosis. In a specific implementat... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8346332 | Absolute calibrated tissue oxygen saturation and total hemoglobin volume fraction A medical device for monitoring a patient condition includes a first combination of a light source and a light detector to emit light into a volume of tissue, detect light scattered by the volume of tissue, and provide a first output signal corresponding to an inten... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8346331 | Deception detection and query methodology for determining deception via neuroimaging Functional near-infrared (fNIR) neuroimaging is used to assess credibility, detect deception, and implement a query methodology for determining deception via neuroimaging. Oxygenation levels of portions of the brain are imaged via fNIR spectroscopy and utilized to d... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8332007 | Quantitative three-dimensional mapping of oxygen tension Methods and apparatus are disclosed for measuring and mapping oxygen tension in a tissue and, in particular, permit direct non-invasive measurement of retinal tissue oxygen tension. In one aspect, the invention is directed to methods for determining oxygen tension i... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8326391 | Sensor interface A sensor interface configured to adapt analog and digital sensors is disclosed herein. The sensor interface unit includes: a port configured to be coupled to either a digital sensor or an analog sensor and a signal processing circuit for processing an analog sensor ... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8315682 | Integrated pulse oximetry sensor In a medical pulse oximetry sensor (10) at least two light emitting diodes (16, 18) are disposed to emit red light and infrared light through a portion of a subject's anatomy with a typically high oxygenated blood throughput. Typically, this area is al... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8315683 | Duo connector patient cable A patient cable has a duo sensor connector having a first socket section and a second socket section. The first socket section is configured to removably attach a two-wavelength sensor. The second socket section in conjunction with the first socket section is config... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8311601 | Reflectance and/or transmissive pulse oximeter According to various embodiments, a medical sensor assembly may be configured to switch between transmission and reflectance mode. Such sensors may include multiple optical sensing components that may be activated or silent, depending on the mode in use. A practitio... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8311600 | Optical measurement instrument for living body An optical measurement instrument for living body includes: a plurality of light irradiation means for irradiating an object being tested with light; a plurality of light reception means for detecting the light that is irradiated to the object being tested and propa... | 11/13/2012 |
