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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7384794 | Micro-devices and analytical procedures for investigation of biological systems Fibres with an extraction phase coated thereon in combination with a positioning device are described to perform adsorption of components of interest from an animal or animal tissue for the investigation of living systems. A number of interfaces to analytical instru... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7351203 | Therapeutic decisions systems and method using stochastic techniques Patients are evaluated in terms of various physiological parameters such as hemodynamic parameters. Covariate information indicative of the patient's individual characteristics may also be determined. A state variable indicative of the patient's characteristics is d... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343186 | 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... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7330746 | Non-invasive biochemical analysis The invention relates to methods and devices for assessing one or more blood components in an animal. The present invention permits non-invasive assessment of blood components in a body structure containing blood and other tissue types by assessing multiple regions ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7310547 | Fluorescent fiberoptic probe for tissue health discrimination A system and method for the in situ discrimination of healthy and diseased tissue. A fiberoptic based probe is employed to direct ultraviolet illumination onto a tissue specimen and to collect the fluorescent response radiation. The response radiation is observed at... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7295867 | Signal processing for measurement of physiological analytes A method is provided for continually or continuously measuring the concentration of target chemical analytes present in a biological system, and processing analyte-specific signals to obtain a measurement value that is closely correlated with the concentration of th... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7274955 | Parameter compensated pulse oximeter A monitor has a primary input responsive to a first property of a tissue site. An uncompensated measurement is determinable from the primary input. A parameter input is responsive to a second property associated with the tissue site, where the first property is depe... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7254426 | Blood sugar level measuring apparatus Blood sugar levels are non-invasively measured based on temperature measurements. Blood sugar levels obtained by non-invasive measurements of temperatures are corrected by blood oxygen saturation and the volume of blood flow so that the measurement data can be stabi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254430 | Measuring apparatus for measuring a metabolic characteristic in a human body Blood sugar levels are non-invasively measured based on temperature measurements. Blood sugar levels obtained by non-invasive measurements of temperatures are corrected by blood oxygen saturation and the volume of blood flow so that the measurement data can be stabi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254428 | Blood sugar level measuring apparatus Blood sugar levels are measured non-invasively based on temperature measurement. Non-invasively measured blood sugar level values obtained by a temperature measurement scheme are corrected by blood oxygen saturation and blood flow volume, thereby stabilizing the mea... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253899 | Apparatus and method for measuring optically active materials Apparatus and method for sensing and measuring optically active material in a sample, comprising: a) a light source emitting light of a wavelength that can pass through the sample; b) a light transparent sample con... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251514 | Blood sugar level measuring apparatus Blood sugar levels are measured non-invasively based on temperature measurement. Non-invasively measured blood sugar level values obtained by a temperature measurement scheme are corrected by blood oxygen saturation and blood flow volume, thereby stabilizing the mea... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251515 | Blood sugar level measuring apparatus Blood sugar levels are measured non-invasively based on temperature measurement. Non-invasively measured blood sugar level values obtained by a temperature measurement scheme are corrected by blood oxygen saturation and blood flow volume, thereby stabilizing the mea... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251517 | Blood sugar level measuring apparatus Blood sugar levels are measured non-invasively based on temperature measurement. Non-invasively measured blood sugar level values obtained by a temperature measurement scheme are corrected by blood oxygen saturation and blood flow volume, thereby stabilizing the mea... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248909 | Method and apparatus for dynamically monitoring multiple in vivo tissue chromophores A device and method utilizes a broadband diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS) system to dynamically calculate the concentrations of multiple chromophores in vivo using a non-invasive probe. The device and method permit dynamic monitoring of multiple in vivo tissue chr... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7215983 | Blood sugar level measuring apparatus Blood sugar levels are measured non-invasively based on temperature measurement. Non-invasively measured blood sugar level values obtained by a temperature measurement scheme are corrected by blood oxygen saturation and blood flow volume, thereby stabilizing the mea... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7196791 | Optical detection device A diffractive optical element device for use in spectroscopy, where broadband light is emitted from a light source (31) towards the optical element (24) and from there is transmitted to at least one detector (29; 29′). The optical element has ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7171251 | Physiological stress detector device and system A method, system and device for measurement of a blood constituent level, including a light source, a light detector proximate an organ surface, adjustable gain amplifiers, and a processor/controller connected within a processing unit operative to separate AC and DC... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7130672 | Apparatus and method for monitoring tissue vitality parameters Apparatus for monitoring a plurality of tissue viability parameters of a tissue layer element, in which two different illumination sources are used via a common illumination element in contact with the tissue. One illumination source is used for monitoring blood flo... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7054674 | Method of and apparatus for investigating tissue histology Apparatus for monitoring the presence of one or more chromophores in a tissue sample, comprises a light source for projecting light to illuminate an area of such tissue sample, a photo-receptor for receiving light remitted by the illuminated area of tissue, and spec... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7029447 | Measuring blood pressure The present invention concerns a method and a system for measuring non-invasively a blood pressure of a patient. The method comprises the steps of: determining (1603) a mechanical heart beat starting time point from an impedance cardiogram signal, detecting (... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7009180 | Pathlength-independent methods for optically determining material composition A method uses spectroscopy to determine an analyte concentration in a sample. The method includes producing an absorbance spectrum of the sample. The method further includes shifting the absorbance spectrum to zero in a wavelength region. The method further includes... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6946852 | Method and apparatus for measuring concentration of a chemical component in a gas mixture A chemical concentration detecting system for determining the relative concentration of a chemical component in a gas mixture. The gas mixture may include chemical components that are antimicrobial chemicals, as well as chemical components that are base chemicals, a... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944485 | Hyperbaric resuscitation system and method A hyperbaric resuscitation system (10) includes a hyperbaric chamber (20) having a volume sufficient to enclose a human patient (1) and at least two operating personnel (60). The system (10) also includes a device for pressurizing the hyperbaric chamber (20) to at l... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944487 | Determination of pH including hemoglobin correction Methods and apparatuses of determining the pH of a sample. A method can comprise determining an infrared spectrum of the sample, and determining the hemoglobin concentration of the sample. The hemoglobin concentration and the infrared spectrum can then be used to de... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6934571 | Integrated physiologic sensor system An embodiment of the present invention comprises a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) mask that incorporates a series of physiologic sensors. These physiologic sensors are mounted on the interior of the SCBA mask in such a way as to contact the facial skin of... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6766188 | Tissue oxygen measurement system A device and method in accordance with the invention for determining the oxygen partial pressure (PO2) of a tissue by irradiating the tissue with optical radiation such that the light is emitted from the tissue, and by collecting the reflected or transmit... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6749565 | Method for blood infrared spectroscopy diagnosing of inner organs pathology A rapid diagnosis method for organ specific disease state is based on obtaining an infrared absorbance spectra of a patient's blood at a frequency range from about 400 cm−1 to about 2000 cm−1 and further from about 3000 cm−1 to... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6708048 | Phase modulation spectrophotometric apparatus A pathlength corrected spectrophotometer for tissue examination includes an oscillator for generating a carrier waveform of a selected frequency, an LED light source for generating light of a selected wavelength that is intensity modulated at the selected frequency ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6654622 | Device for the combined measurement of the arterial oxygen saturation and the transcutaneous CO2 partial pressure on an ear lobe A device for the combined measurement of the arterial oxygen saturation and the transcutaneous CO2 partial pressure on an ear lobe comprises a sensor. The sensor has means for pulse oximetric measurement of the arterial oxygen saturation, means... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6594513 | Method and apparatus for determining oxygen saturation of blood in body organs A spectrophotometric method and apparatus for determining the degree of oxygen saturation of the hemoglobin in the blood within a body part utilizes differences in light absorption based on differences in extinction coefficients at different wavelengths. ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6574490 | System for non-invasive measurement of glucose in humans An apparatus and method for non-invasive measurement of glucose in human tissue by quantitative infrared spectroscopy to clinically relevant levels of precision and accuracy. The system includes six subsystems optimized to contend with the complexities of... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6564076 | Time-resolved spectroscopic apparatus and method using streak camera Methods and apparatus using the principles of time-resolved spectroscopy are disclosed. The present invention employs incident light pulses of sufficiently short duration to permit the rate of the rise and decay of such pulses to be measured. Consequently... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6421548 | Infrared ATR glucose measurement system having an ATR with mirrored ends This involves a non-invasive glucose measurement device and a process for determining blood glucose level in the human body using the device. In typical operation, the glucose measurement device is self-normalizing in that it does not employ an independen... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6402689 | Methods, systems, and associated implantable devices for dynamic monitoring of physiological and biological properties of tumors Methods of monitoring and evaluating the status of a tumor undergoing treatment includes monitoring in vivo at least one physiological parameter associated with a tumor in a subject undergoing treatment, transmitting data from an in situ located sensor to... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6172473 | Device for determining rotational number of DC motors A device for determining a rotational number of an electric dc motor which drives a moving body of an automobile accessory such a sunroof, or a glass pane of a power window includes a switched capacitance filter for eliminating noise from the motor, a cut... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5978691 | Device and method for noninvasive continuous determination of blood gases, pH, hemoglobin level, and oxygen content A device and method for noninvasively quantifying important physiological parameters in blood. The device and method utilizes changes in molecular behavior induced by thermal energy of change to facilitate the measurement of the physiological parameters i... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5891022 | Apparatus for performing multiwavelength photoplethysmography A photoplethysmographic measurement device that utilizes wavelength division multiplexing is provided. Signals from multiple light emitters are combined into a single multiplexed light signal in a test unit before being delivered to a physically separated... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5838429 | Apparatus for measuring physiological parameters of blood guided in an extracorporeal circulatory system The invention relates to an apparatus for measuring physiological parameters of blood conveyed within an extracorporeal circulatory system. Two light sources (1a, 1b) emit light of varying wavelength into a spherical cavity (3) that comprises a reflective... | 11/17/1998 |
