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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123694 | Electro pneumatic interface for blood pressure system A blood pressure system that includes a compact monitor housing that contains a pneumatic circuit and an electrical circuit and a processor for inflating and deflating a cuff to provide blood pressure related data. A split connector allows the housing to interface b... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7361148 | Cuff volumetric pulse wave obtaining apparatus, cuff volumetric pulse wave analyzing apparatus, pressure pulse wave obtaining apparatus, and pressure pulse wave analyzing apparatus A subject evaluation value measuring apparatus 10, functioning as a cuff volumetric pulse wave obtaining apparatus, includes a pulse wave determining device (i.e., a cuff volumetric pulse wave determining device) 52 that determines, using an inverse tr... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7326180 | Pulse wave monitoring device A sensor is pressurized adjustably against a patient's wrist and detects a pressurized pulse wave of a radial artery in a noninvasive manner so as to measure blood pressure on an arm band wound around the patient's predetermined portion. A CPU calculates indices ref... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316653 | Blood pressure measuring device A blood pressure monitor includes a main unit casing placed on a table, a living body insert portion casing of an approximately cylindrical shape, positioned on the main unit casing in a non-use state and having a cuff arranged on its inner peripheral surface, the c... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7256695 | Remotely powered and remotely interrogated wireless digital sensor telemetry system An electronic system includes a reader and a remotely powered and remotely interrogated sensor transponder. The sensor transponder includes a coil or an antenna, a switched reactance circuit, a processor, and a sensor. The sensor transponder receives power radiated ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250031 | Method and apparatus for assessing vascular endothelial function Vascular endothelial function in terms of flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of peripheral arteries can be assessed reliably by measuring beat-to-beat pulse-wave conduction time (PCT) simultaneously for two symmetric segments of arteries locating on the right and left sid... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7229465 | Method and apparatus for the detection and ligation of uterine arteries The invention provides devices, systems and methods for occluding arteries without puncturing skin or vessel walls. The devices, systems and methods for occluding arteries are configured to be applied to arteries externally of the arteries. Occlusion may be temporar... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7214369 | Devices and processes for distribution of genetic material to mammalian limb A process is described for the delivery of a therapeutic polynucleotide to limb muscle tissue suffering from or potentially suffering from ischemia. The polynucleotide is inserted into a mammalian limb vessel such as an artery. Delivery efficiency and distribution i... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204809 | Pressurizing apparatus and method for the same A pressurizing apparatus and method for adjusting an optimal pressurizing rate according to a cuff of various lengths. The pressurizing method measures the pressure values at two reference points and time duration to calculate a pressurizing rate. A control adjustme... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198608 | Appendage cover with inflatable ring and method of using same A cover is described for providing a protected area on a user's arm or leg, and especially over a cast on the arm or leg. The cover includes a sheath portion with an open end and a closed end. A user's arm is placed within the sheath. An inflatable ring is cooperabl... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7179228 | Cuffless system for measuring blood pressure The invention provides a device that measures a patient's blood pressure without using an inflatable cuff. The device includes an optical module featuring an optical source and a first optical sensor that generates a first set of information; a flexible, thin-film p... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7166077 | Cuff for measurement of blood pressure A blood pressure cuff including an inflatable bladder disposed between an elastic, resilient inner layer of material and at least one outer layer of material. The bladder is secured to these layers along the elongate ends but not along the elongate edges. The bladde... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7153270 | Device for securing living body by pressing A device for securing a living body by pressing includes a living body pressing air bag, a curled elastic member of an approximately cylindrical shape, disposed on the outside of the living body pressing air bag and changeable in size in a radial direction, and a cu... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131949 | Method and apparatus for examining vascular endothelial functions Vascular endothelial function in terms of flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of peripheral arteries can be assessed reliably by measuring beat-to-beat pulse-wave conduction time (PCT) simultaneously for two symmetric segments of arteries locating on the right and left sid... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7070567 | Inflatable cuff for blood pressure measurement An inflatable cuff for blood pressure measurement includes a first inflatable bag to press an arterial vessel of a body portion of a living subject for stopping blood flow; a second inflatable bag for sensing a pulse wave propagating along the arterial vessel, which... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070569 | Non-invasive determination of conditions in the circulatory system of a subject A method for non-invasively determining functional cardiac output (FCO) and/or venous blood CO2 partial pressure (PvCO2). The amount of CO2 (VCO2N) released from the blood and end capillary blood CO2 ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7029449 | Arteriosclerosis inspecting apparatus An arteriosclerosis inspecting apparatus including an information obtaining device which obtains information that is related to a velocity at which a pulse wave propagates in a living subject, a blood-pressure measuring device which measures a blood pressure of the ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024244 | Estimation of stroke volume cardiac output using an intracardiac pressure sensor Techniques are described for estimating a rate of blood flow from a heart, such as a stroke volume or a cardiac output, as a function of a pressure in the heart. A pressure monitor may measure pressure values, and identify the times at which pressure values and valv... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6969356 | Inflatable cuff for blood pressure measurement An inflatable cuff for blood pressure measurement includes a first inflatable bag which is inflatable to press an arterial vessel of a body portion of a living subject and stop flow of blood in the arterial vessel which the inflatable cuff is adapted to be wound aro... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6953435 | Biological data observation apparatus A biological data observation apparatus includes a measuring unit including at least a photoelectric sensor including a light emitting element for emitting light with a predetermined wavelength onto a blood vessel of a subject and a light detecting element for detec... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6913575 | Blood pressure measuring apparatus A blood pressure measuring apparatus having an inflatable cuff including a first inflatable bag adapted to be worn on a body portion of a living subject so as to exclude blood from an artery located in the body portion, and a second inflatable bag adapted to be worn... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6808497 | Blood-pressure measuring apparatus and inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure-index measuring apparatus An apparatus for measuring a blood pressure of a living subject, including an inflatable cuff which has an inside surface adapted to contact a body surface of the subject and an outside surface exposed to an ambient air, and which is adapted to be wound around a por... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6758820 | Arterial-pulse-wave detecting apparatus An arterial-pulse-wave detecting apparatus, including a plurality of pulse-wave detecting devices which are adapted to be worn on a plurality of portions of a living subject, respectively, and detect respective pulse waves that are produced in synchronism with each ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6743179 | Arteriostenosis inspecting apparatus An arteriostenosis inspecting apparatus including a left-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device which measures a left-superior-limb blood pressure of a left superior limb of a living subject, a right-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device which measure... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6716177 | Inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index measuring apparatus An apparatus for measuring an inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index of a living subject, including an inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring device which measures an inferior-limb blood pressure of an inferior limb of the subject, a superior-limb blood-pre... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6694821 | Cuff of wrist-mount blood pressure monitor A cuff of a wrist-mount blood pressure monitor capable of oppressing an artery of the wrist securely without having effects of muscle, tendon or bone existing in the wrist area is presented. This cuff 10 of a wrist-mount blood pressure monitor comprises a... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6669646 | Arteriosclerosis evaluating apparatus An arteriosclerosis evaluating apparatus including a left-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device including a cuff, a right-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device including a cuff, a ratio determining means for determining a ratio between a ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6620104 | Vital signal detecting apparatus and noninvasive blood pressure meter A vital signal detecting apparatus is composed of sensors for detecting pulse waves, an A/D converter for converting analog signals, corresponding to the pulse waves and derived from the sensors, into digital signals, a separation matrix calculation means... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6565515 | Pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-relating-information obtaining apparatus and blood-pressure-index measuring apparatus An apparatus for obtaining information relating to a velocity at which a pulse wave propagates in a living subject, the apparatus including a first inflatable cuff and a second inflatable cuff which are adapted to be worn on two different portions of the ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6547740 | Blood pressure monitoring apparatus A blood pressure monitoring apparatus includes a blood pressure measuring device for measuring blood pressure employing a cuff, a pulse wave propagation time measuring device for measuring the pulse wave propagation time, a hemodynamics measuring device f... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6517493 | Superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index measuring apparatus and inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring apparatus An apparatus for measuring a superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index of a living subject, including a first blood-pressure measuring device which measures a first blood pressure of a right inferior limb of the subject, a second blood-pressure meas... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6450966 | Method for non-invasive blood pressure cuff identification using deflation pressure measurements An inventive apparatus and method as disclosed for the automatic identification of a given one of a predetermined plurality of cuff assemblies interconnectable to a sphygmomanometer for use in a blood pressure measurement procedure. The invention provides... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6440079 | Superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index measuring apparatus An apparatus for measuring a superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index of a living subject, including a first measuring device which measures a first blood pressure of an inferior limb; a second measuring device which measures a second blood pressur... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6379309 | Superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index measuring apparatus and inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring apparatus An apparatus for measuring a superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index of a living subject, including a first blood-pressure measuring device which measures a first blood pressure of a right inferior limb of the subject, a second blood-pressure meas... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6355000 | Superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index measuring apparatus An apparatus for measuring a superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index of a living subject, including a first blood-pressure measuring device which measures a first blood pressure of an inferior limb of the subject, a second blood-pressure measuring... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6336044 | Reliable body fat measurement in self-service health parameter Measuring system In a self-service health parameter measuring apparatus and method, a person's elbow is placed at a spatial reference point, and means surrounding a user's forearm locate an infrared body fat apparatus measurement point at a substantially fixed distance fr... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6332869 | Superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index measuring apparatus An apparatus for measuring a superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure ("BP") index of a living subject, including an inferior-limb BP measuring device which includes a first inflatable cuff adapted to be wound around an inferior limb of the subject and w... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6309359 | Method and apparatus for noninvasive determination of peripheral arterial lumenal area An occlusive cuff is placed around a limb (e.g. an arm) of a patient. A fluid, such as air, is pumped into the cuff, and the pressure in the cuff is measured. The pressure variation in the cuff with respect to time is caused by the pump and expansion/cont... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6231517 | Apparatus and a method for non-invasive measurement of the arterial blood pressure An apparatus (21) which measures the arterial blood pressure at the human wrist (1) is provided with a cuff (22) having a shape adapted to be placed in a predetermined position around the wrist (1). The cuff (22) has one or two inflatable measuring bladde... | 05/15/2001 |
| 5853371 | System and method for evaluating the degree of arterial elasticity in a living subject A system and method for evaluating the degree of elasticity of a subject's arteries includes an inflatable cuff that is wrapped around a portion of the living subject. A cuff pressure regulating circuit changes the constriction pressure applied by the inf... | 12/29/1998 |
