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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180433 | Microwave system calibration apparatus, system and method of use A microwave system calibration apparatus including an antenna portion configured to deliver microwave energy to tissue, a transmission line portion configured to receive a microwave energy signal from a microwave source and to selectively deliver the microwave energ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8095204 | Apparatus and method for diagnosing breast cancer including examination table A microwave breast cancer imaging method that includes an examination table that is both comfortable and reliable is provided that includes a support system and an orientation system such that breasts can remain in a fixed position to allow for scanning. A horizonta... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8050740 | Microwave-based examination using hypothesis testing Microwave examination of individuals is carried out by transmitting microwave signals from multiple antenna locations into an individual and receiving the backscattered microwave signals at multiple antenna locations to provide received signals from the antennas. Th... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7925329 | Implantable doppler tomography system The inventive implantable Doppler tomography system allows, for the first time, the use of Doppler shift for purposes of tracking cardiac wall motion. The present inventive Doppler tomography system methods and devices provide a critical new tool in the physician's ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7809427 | Time domain inverse scattering techniques for use in microwave imaging A system and a method are provided for estimating the average dielectric properties of a plurality of regions in space. The application of this technique is illustrated for determining the average properties of breast tissue. The knowledge of average properties is i... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7734330 | Method and apparatus for detecting and treating vulnerable plaques The present technique utilizes microwave radiometry to detect the presence of vulnerable plaques engrained in the wall of a blood vessel. In accordance with the technique, an intravascular catheter containing at least one microwave antenna is moved along the suspect... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7725167 | Microwave imaging assisted ultrasonically Disclosed is an apparatus and methodology for imaging objects, more particularly radiologically dense objects. The currently disclosed technology has particular applicability in the medical field as a tool and methodology for investigation of radiologically dense br... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7647089 | Surface identification using microwave signals for microwave-based detection of cancer A method and a system of determining a surface location defining an interface between an object to image and an antenna is provided. The method uses geometric principles and the fact that an impedance mismatch at the interface results in significant reflection. A pr... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7454242 | Tissue sensing adaptive radar imaging for breast tumor detection A tissue-sensing adaptive radar method of detecting tumours in breast tissue uses microwave backscattering to detect tumours which have different electrical properties than healthy breast tissue. The method includes steps for reducing skin reflections and for constr... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7397364 | Digital wireless position sensor A method is provided for tracking an object, including positioning a radio frequency (RF) driver to radiate an RF driving field toward the object, and fixing to the object a wireless transponder that includes a power coil and at least one sensor coil. The method als... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7340292 | Breast cancer detection system A method for detecting breast cancer can include the step of positioning a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna about a breast so that the transmitting antenna is positioned to transmit microwave energy into the breast and the receiving antenna is positioned... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7319212 | Non-invasive microwave analysis systems A non-invasive microwave analysis system determines scattered phase and/or amplitude data for a liquid in a container. A tank holds coupling liquid; the system includes a membrane for separating the liquid container from the coupling liquid. A transmitter antenna si... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317416 | Skeletal topography imaging radar for unique individual identification A system for identifying an individual, including an imaging radar for receiving radar data pertaining to at least a portion of a skeleton of at least one individual, an imaging module for generating at least one skeletal image of the at least one individual based o... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7266407 | Multi-frequency microwave-induced thermoacoustic imaging of biological tissue A method and system for examining biological tissue includes the steps of radiating a tissue region with a plurality of microwave radiation pulses. The microwave pulses are swept across a range of microwave frequencies. In response to the swept frequency microwave p... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263398 | Apparatus for measuring intravascular blood flow Microwave apparatus for measuring the blood flow rate in a patient's blood vessel includes an intravascular catheter having proximal and distal ends and containing an inner coaxial cable forming a first antenna and an outer cable coaxial with the inner cable and for... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7245265 | Parabolic antenna of a level measuring instrument and level measuring instrument with a parabolic antenna This invention concerns a parabolic antenna with a parabolic reflector (2) having a parabolic reflector rim (20), a collar (9), which is positioned on the parabolic reflector (2), in particular on the parabolic reflector rim (20) a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231308 | Test system dynamic range extension through compression compensation A method for extending dynamic range and a test system with extended dynamic range compensate for a compression effect on measured data caused by a receiver channel of the test system being compressed. The measured data is magnitude and phase data for one of a devic... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226426 | Apparatus and method for the detection and quantification of joint and tissue inflammation The apparatus and method for the detection and quantification of joint and tissue inflammation (100) of the present invention comprises a sensing component (102) for obtaining and collecting data indicative of the surface or dimensions of the joint or ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7197356 | Microwave detection apparatus Microwave detection apparatus includes an intravascular catheter containing inner and outer conductors, the distal ends of the conductors forming an antenna at a distal end of the catheter. A gap is provided in the inner conductor near the antenna thereby forming sp... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7164105 | Non-invasive microwave analysis systems Non-invasive microwave analysis systems and methods determine scattered phase data for a liquid in a container. A transmitter antenna situated within coupling liquid separated from the container by a flexible membrane transmits microwaves that scatter from the conta... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7089047 | Fat depth sensor A non-invasive sensor suitable for measuring the depth of fat in animal tissue is described, the sensor generating and transmitting focussed discrete narrow band microwave signals into the tissue, receiving reflected microwave signals from the tissue and providing m... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7057743 | Device, method and system for measuring the distribution of selected properties in a material The present invention relates to a device for measuring the distribution of selected properties of materials, said device comprises an emitter of electromagnetic radiation and furthermore at least one sensor of a first type. The emitter emits electromagnetic radiati... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7010339 | Hybrid lidar-radar for medical diagnostics A hybrid lidar-radar system for detecting the presence of objects, such as cancerous tumors, within tissues by detecting reflected signals from the tissue and discriminating the information related to the cancerous tumor from the undesirable backscattering of light ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006676 | Method and apparatus for detecting an abnormality within a host medium utilizing frequency-swept modulation diffusion tomography Methods and apparatus are provided for detecting an abnormality in a host medium, such as a tumor within a patient's breast. The host medium is initially illuminated at a plurality of different positions with light of at least two different wavelengths. Following th... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6998835 | Electromagnetic sensor system and method An electromagnetic sensor system. The system includes an electromagnetic excitable structure that generates an acoustic signal when irradiated with electromagnetic energy; an acoustic energy transducer sensor for generating a first output signal that represents the ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993259 | Electromagnetic signal sensing system The present electromagnetic signal sensing system includes a modulating circuit for generating an electrical modulating signal, a laser electrically connected to the modulating circuit, an optically modulated scatterer coupled with the laser, a receiving antenna, a ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6984993 | Method and apparatus for making high-precision measurements A method and apparatus for measuring a predetermined parameter, by providing a displaceable sensor on a mounting member such that the displaceable sensor changes in location, form or length with respect to the mounting member in accordance with the predetermined par... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6950699 | Water content probe A method and system to determine brain stiffness is disclosed. A probe to measure tissue water content is inserted through an aperture (burr hole) in the cranium into brain tissue. The probe has two electrically separated plate conductors with a dielectric which for... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6940453 | Apparatus and method for calibrating reception signal in mobile communication system A method for calibrating a reception signal in a smart antenna system includes: locally generating a reference signal, converting the reference signal into an RF signal, and dividing the RF signal into as many signals as the number of antennas. Phase informat... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6927691 | Dielectric personnel scanning A system and method for the dielectric scanning of a human subject to detect anomalies relative to expected normal physiology as an indication, among other things, of the possible presence of a weapon, contraband, or of a confirmed difference in personal identity. P... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6901281 | Method of magnetic resonance imaging The invention provides a method of magnetic resonance imaging of regional blood oxygenation which comprises administering into the vasculature of a vascularized human or non-human animal subject a T2 blood pool contrast agent, detecting a magnetic resonan... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6849046 | System and method for detecting the state of hydration of a living specimen The invention provides a system (2) for non-invasive detection of the state of hydration in a living specimen, the system including an RF generator/transmitter (416) for emitting RF radiation signals and for transmitting the radiation signals through a... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6567688 | Methods and apparatus for scanning electromagnetically-induced thermoacoustic tomography A microwave-induced thermoacoustic tomography system and method is provided to image biological tissue. Short microwave pulses irradiate tissue to generate acoustic waves by thermoelastic expansion. The microwave-induced thermoacoustic waves are detected ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6543933 | Non-invasive 3-D intracranial thermography system A microwave thermography apparatus to measure temperatures within a dielectric body comprises a partial ellipsoidal cavity with an electrical conductive surface wherein the body can be located at one focus of the cavity. A microwave antenna located at a s... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6490471 | Electromagnetical imaging and therapeutic (EMIT) systems A microwave tomographic device including a single frequency three dimensional microwave tomographic system in cooperation with a single frequency three dimensional electrical impedance capable of imaging a full scale biological object is disclosed. The de... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6454711 | Microwave hemorrhagic stroke detector The microwave hemorrhagic stroke detector includes a low power pulsed microwave transmitter with a broad-band antenna for producing a directional beam of microwaves, an index of refraction matching cap placed over the patients head, and an array of broad-... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6377833 | System and method for computer input of dynamic mental information A system calibrates a user's brain region (e.g., the primary visual cortex or V1 region) to actual sensory information (e.g., the visual field), and enables imagined sensory information (e.g.; dynamic mental imagery) to be interpreted as computer input. T... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6332087 | Electromagnetic imaging and therapeutic (EMIT) systems The invention is a system and method for non-invasive tomographic spectroscopy of tissue using a plurality of microwave emitter-receivers spatially oriented to the tissue, an interface medium placed between the emitter-receivers, and a control subsystem o... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6233479 | Microwave hematoma detector The Microwave Hematoma Detector is a non-invasive device designed to detect and localize blood pooling and clots near the outer surface of the body. While being geared towards finding sub-dural and epi-dural hematomas, the device can be used to detect blo... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6157697 | Apparatus using X-rays and measurement of electrical potentials for examining living tissue In an apparatus for examining living tissue by means of X-rays and by electric impedance measurement, a control device optionally activates an X-ray source and a radiation receiver, and/or for applying current or voltage signals to the tissue to be examin... | 12/05/2000 |
