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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177720 | Apparatus for detecting vital functions, control unit and pulse wave sensor An apparatus for detecting vital functions has a pulse wave sensor attachable to a body and a control unit. The control unit checks if amplitude of pulse wave signals produced from the pulse wave sensor varies. The control unit further checks if a large change in th... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172759 | Methods and systems for detecting epileptic events using nonlinear analysis parameters Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for detecting an epilepsy event in a patient using a medical device. The medical device is capable of determining an occurring epilepsy event, for example a seizure or an increased risk of a seizure. The determina... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8152730 | Method for continuous baroreflex sensitivity measurement A medical device and method for determining baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) based on one or more respiration cycles. The BRS determination may be performed continuously based on measurements of heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration cycles. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8109879 | Assessing autonomic activity using baroreflex analysis A method involves implantably detecting changes in posture of a patient's body. Baroreflex responses to the posture changes are determined. An autonomic tone of the patient is determined based on the baroreflex responses. Based on the autonomic tone, various patient... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100834 | Method and system for monitoring oxygenation levels of a compartment for detecting conditions of a compartment syndrome A method and system for continually monitoring oxygenation levels in real-time in compartments of an animal limb, such as in a human leg or a human thigh or a forearm, can be used to assist in the diagnosis of a compartment syndrome. The method and system can includ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8088074 | Cerebral vascular reactivity monitoring A monitoring device may include logic to receive arterial blood pressure data associated with a patient and receive tissue hemoglobin data associated with the patient. The logic may also calculate a linear correlation between the arterial blood pressure data and the... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083682 | Sleep state detection This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for determining sleep state, such as awake, sleeping, non-REM sleep, or REM sleep. Respiration and heart contractions are monitored. A cardio-respiratory ratio such as beats per breath is computed and ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8029447 | Multipurpose host system for invasive cardiovascular diagnostic measurement acquisition including an enhanced dynamically configured graphical display The present invention provides a multipurpose host system for processing and displaying invasive cardiovascular diagnostic measurement data. The system includes a an external input signal bus interface. The bus interface receives data arising from cardiovascular dia... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8021306 | Method, device and computer program product for monitoring the physiological state of a person The invention relates to a method, device, and computer program product for monitoring the physiological state of a person. In the method, the heartbeat of the person is detected in order to obtain a pulse signal, and at least one parameter depicting the respiration... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7909769 | Carbon dioxide and activity monitoring An implanted heart monitor includes sensors that measure various aspects of the heart failure patient's heart. A remote heart monitoring system connects the implanted heart monitor to a care provider, such as a physician. The data provided by the implanted heart mon... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7874992 | Method for continuous baroreflex sensitivity measurement A medical device and method for determining baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) based on one or more respiration cycles. The BRS determination may be performed continuously based on measurements of heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration cycles. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7857768 | Integrated tail mounted blood pressure monitor and pulse oximeter system for animal research An integrated tail mounted blood pressure monitor and pulse oximeter system includes a tail blood flow occlusion member configured to selectively occlude blood flow through the tail; a sensor coupled to the tail blood flow occlusion member detecting a degree of oper... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7828739 | Apnea detection system A method and apparatus are described for utilizing a source of vascular pulse waveform data from a patient for the purpose of measuring pulsus paradoxus. The arterial pulse waveform data source described is a pulse oximeter plethysmograph but can be any similar wave... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7803119 | Respiration-based prognosis of heart disease A method for diagnosis includes receiving a signal associated with respiration of a patient during sleep, and processing the signal to detect occurrences of a pattern corresponding to multiple cycles of periodic breathing. A cumulative duration of the occurrences is... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803117 | Method, device and computer program product for monitoring the physiological state of a person The invention relates to a method, device, and computer program product for monitoring the physiological state of a person. In the method, the heartbeat of the person is detected in order to obtain a pulse signal, and at least one parameter depicting the respiration... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803118 | Detection of heart failure using a photoplethysmograph A method for diagnosis includes receiving a signal associated with blood oxygen saturation of a patient during sleep. The signal is filtered so as to eliminate signal components at frequencies equal to and greater than a respiratory frequency of the patient. The fil... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7775983 | Rapid shallow breathing detection for use in congestive heart failure status determination Systems and methods involve use of a medical device comprising sensing circuitry. One or more respiratory parameters are detected using the device. Patient baseline weight is provided, and an output signal indicative of a patient's congestive heart failure status is... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7744541 | Cerebral vascular reactivity monitoring A monitoring device may include logic to receive arterial blood pressure data associated with a patient and receive tissue hemoglobin data associated with the patient. The logic may also calculate a linear correlation between the arterial blood pressure data and the... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7731663 | System and method for generating a trend parameter based on respiration rate distribution Systems and methods provide for assessing the heart failure status of a patient and, more particularly, to generating a trend parameter based on a distribution of the patient's respiration rate. Systems and methods provide for detecting, using an implantable device ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7699785 | Method for determining sleep stages The present invention provides a method for determining sleep stages of an examinee, including detecting signals of the examinee with a biosignal detector, calculating a signal strength deviation value that indicates deviation of a signal strength of the detected si... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7670295 | Systems and methods for ambulatory monitoring of physiological signs The present invention relates to the field of ambulatory and non-invasive monitoring of a plurality of physiological parameters of a monitored individual. The invention includes a physiological monitoring apparatus with an improved monitoring apparel worn by a monit... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7473227 | Apparatus for the treatment of sleep apnea The invention concerns a medical device for implantation in a body, comprising a stimulation unit, a sleep detector unit having at least one signal input which is adapted to detect a sleep condition of the body and to produce a sleep signal, an apnea detector unit w... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7452332 | Report on changes over time in blood vessel elasticity indexes and bioinformation output apparatus A report on changes over time is generated and outputted that presents, in addition to the changes of blood vessel elasticity indexes, the changes over time of other measured values of bioinformation related to vascular disease such as a blood pressure value in time... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7442169 | Methods of distinguishing between vasoconstriction and vasodilation as a cause of hypotension The present invention relates to the use of the arterial pressure waveform recorded invasively or non-invasively, to distinguish between compensatory vasoconstriction with low cardiac output on the one hand from vasodilation from more severe organ damage on the othe... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438686 | Apparatus and method for monitoring for disordered breathing The present invention relates to a device and method for monitoring for sleep disordered breathing or other types of disordered breathing such as Cheyne-Stokes breathing. More specifically, a device and method for detecting disordered breathing is provided that moni... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435220 | Monitoring, system for cardiac surgical operations with cardiopulmonary bypass A monitoring system for cardiac operations with cardiopulmonary bypass comprising: a processor operatively connected to a heart-lung machine; a pump flow detecting device connected to a pump of the heart-lung machine to continuously measure the pump flow value and s... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7410465 | Devices for counteracting hypotension Devices and methods are disclosed to address blood pressure control. More particularly, the present invention relates to correction of transient low blood pressure. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404799 | System and method for detection of respiration patterns via integration of intracardiac electrogram signals Techniques are provided for tracking patient respiration based upon intracardiac electrogram signals or other electrical cardiac signals. Briefly, respiration patterns are detected by integrating cardiac electrical signals corresponding to individual paced cardiac c... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398115 | Pulse oximetry relational alarm system for early recognition of instability and catastrophic occurrences A relational pulse oximetry alarm system and method is presented for earlier identification of the occurrence of an adverse clinical event. The system includes a pulse oximeter based microprocessor alarm system which provides an alarm based on a relational conformat... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393328 | Physical condition monitoring system A microcomputer included in a physical condition monitoring system calculates the amount of autonomic nerve activity during sleep based on physical information during sleep collected by a physical information collecting device 1. The physical information cont... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393327 | Blood pressure monitoring apparatus In blood pressure monitoring apparatus which continuously estimates and monitors blood pressure by using the pulse wave propagation time, blood pressure fluctuation can be accurately estimated. If both blood pressure estimated from the pulse wave propagation time an... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390302 | Method and system of determining NIBP target inflation pressure using an SpOplethysmograph signal A method and system for operating a non-invasive blood pressure monitor that utilizes an SpO2 plethysmograph signal to determine the initial inflation pressure for the blood pressure cuff of the NIBP monitor. A pulse sensor is placed on the patient's limb... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390300 | Blood pressure measuring apparatus A pulse wave is detected in a predetermined location of a living body, and the progressive wave component and reflected wave component are extracted from the pulse wave. The pulse wave propagation time is calculated from the progressive wave component and reflected ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387608 | Apparatus and method for the treatment of sleep related disorders An apparatus to detect the onset of sleep apnea, and to provide an automated way to awaken the sleeping patient at the onset of sleep apnea. The apparatus may also contain a recording device or computer that captures blood oxygen levels and pulse rates throughout th... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384398 | Device and method for detecting abnormal situations The invention concerns a device for detecting abnormal situations, in particular falls, in a living being, comprising means generating an alarm signal representing an abnormal situation, based on analysis of at least an activity information and, at least in some cas... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373280 | Method and system for detecting measurement error A method of and system for detecting a measurement error. The method includes: receiving measurement data from a measurement unit and user expression data from a user; corresponding each of the received measurement data and expression data to any one section of a pl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373202 | Unipolar and bipolar lead cardiac pacemaker and method for inhibiting anode stimulation A multi-chamber implantable heart stimulation device is provided, adapted to inhibit anodal stimulation at a bipolar right chamber lead induced by a unipolar left chamber lead. The device includes a control unit adapted to provide to the unipolar left chamber lead a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370509 | Endurance calculation device, endurance calculation method, and program An endurance calculation device according to the present invention includes: an acceleration sensor measuring acceleration acting on the subject; an impulse calculation unit calculating impulse acting on the subject based on a value of the acceleration outputted fro... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373218 | Image distribution system An information distribution system capable of presenting an image photographed by a moving body, such as a robot or vehicle, selected by a user. The information distribution system includes moving bodies, local managers, and a global manager. When a user requests a ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373198 | Method and apparatus for the estimation of anesthetic depth using wavelet analysis of the electroencephalogram A method and apparatus to monitor the neurologic state of a patient undergoing general anesthesia is provided. Previous automated systems to monitor the neurologic state of a patient undergoing general anesthesia involve a significant time delay between the patient'... | 05/13/2008 |
