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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172762 | Simultaneous blood flow and hematocrit sensor Embodiments of the present invention provide blood flow sensors that can be used for measurement of various physiological parameters under a wide array of conditions. In some embodiments, the blood flow sensor can be implanted into a blood vessel and left in place i... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7998080 | Method for monitoring blood flow to brain A method of estimating blood flow in the brain, comprising: a) causing currents to flow inside the head by producing electric fields inside the head; b) measuring at least changes in the electric fields and the currents; and c)... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7806830 | Apparatus and method for determination of stroke volume using the brachial artery Provided herein are methods and apparatus for stroke volume determination by bioimpedance from a patient's upper arm, or brachium, or a patient's thorax, utilizing pulsations of the arteries contained therein. The apparatus includes two or more spaced apart alternat... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7740590 | Apparatus and method for determination of stroke volume using the brachial artery Provided herein are methods and apparatus for stroke volume determination by bioimpedance from a patient's upper arm, or brachium, or a patient's thorax, utilizing pulsations of the arteries contained therein. The apparatus includes two or more spaced apart alternat... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7442190 | Contact assessment of balloon catheters A method and system for determining contact assessment includes the steps of positioning a catheter at a tissue treatment site, where the catheter has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal end portion defining at least one fluid inlet port an... | 10/28/2008 |
| RE40470 | Body function measuring apparatus Body function measuring apparatus which provides: (1) an indication of the body function being measured, and (2) a loose probe condition by determining that the difference between the rate of change of a first body function signal, developed by a first sensor in the... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7356366 | Device for monitoring fluid status A technique for determining a patient's hematocrit by an electrical impedance measurement is described. An implantable device may be configured to utilize the technique in order to assess a cardiac patient's fluid status. In order to determine the hematocrit, the el... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7344504 | Venous distensibility evaluation index measuring apparatus In an venous distensibility evaluation index measuring apparatus, a pressure adjusting section generates a pressure to supply it to a venous occluding section; in response thereto the venous occluding section starts to press a vein in the upper arm; upon this operat... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7320675 | Method and apparatus for modulating cellular metabolism during post-ischemia or heart failure A drug delivery system detects a cardiac condition indicative of a need for increasing a cardiac metabolic level and, in response, releases a drug into tissue or blood to shift a source of metabolically synthesized energy fueling cardiac contraction from fatty acid ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7275447 | Method and apparatus to determine an initial flow rate in a conduit A method and apparatus for determining an initial flow rate in a conduit is disclosed. A known change is made to the flow to be measured, resulting changes (or values corresponding to these changes), or relative changes in the flow to be measured are monitored and t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270661 | Electrosurgical apparatus and methods for treatment and removal of tissue Apparatus and methods for ablating, severing, cutting, shrinking, coagulating, or otherwise modifying a target tissue to be treated. In a method for treating a target tissue, an active electrode of an electrosurgical probe is positioned in at least close proximity t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261697 | Apparatus for determination of stroke volume using the brachial artery Provided herein are methods and apparatus for stroke volume determination by bioimpedance from a patient's upper arm, or brachium, utilizing pulsations of the brachial artery contained therein. The apparatus includes two or more spaced apart alternating current flow... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7251521 | Motion sensing MRI local coil A motion sensing MRI coil allows correction of motion-induced image artifacts by the MRI machine or on a machine independent basis using correction circuitry associated with the coil. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7225009 | Apparatus for noninvasively measuring hematocrit and associated methods An interface unit for receiving a body part of a subject at which a noninvasive hematocrit measurement is to be obtained includes a narrow monitoring element with a receptacle for receiving at least a portion of the body part and contacts that are configured for est... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7194371 | Medical testing system and method A medical testing system and method is disclosed in which an Internet device is used to obtain test data from a patient automatically via sensor devices. The test program in the Internet device is downloaded from a web site via the Internet. After the test program h... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191000 | Cardiac rhythm management system for edema A cardiac rhythm management system detects edema. In response to an episode of detected edema, it initiates or adjusts a cardiac resynchronization therapy and/or a cardiac contractility modulation (CCM) therapy. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184822 | Animal health care system Disclosed is an animal health care system, comprising: a weight input unit; an impedance measurement unit; an inter-leg distance input unit; and a health assessment data calculation unit. According to the present invention said weight input unit enters weight value ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7177681 | Cardiac rhythm management system for edema A cardiac rhythm management system detects edema. In response to an episode of detected edema, it initiates or adjusts a cardiac resynchronization therapy and/or a cardiac contractility modulation (CCM) therapy. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171269 | Method of analysis of medical signals A method of analysis of medical signals which uses wavelet transform analysis to decompose cardiac signals. Apparatus for carrying out the method, and cardiac apparatus adapted to employ the method are also described. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169163 | Transnasal method and catheter for lacrimal system A balloon catheter for treatment of a patient's lacrimal system is applied transnasally without the use of a guide wire or a curve retention member. The catheter uses a stainless steel hypotube of sufficient stiffness and column strength to be pushed from the patent... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165010 | Vessel evaluation methods, apparatus, computer-readable media and signals Methods, apparatuses, media and signals for evaluating a vessel. One method includes receiving at least one measurement of a physical dimension of the vessel, and producing an indication of abnormality in the vessel, in response to the at least one received measurem... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156868 | Heat transfer devices A catheter having a heat transfer device at or near its distal end, wherein the heat transfer device is layered or coated onto or into the catheter wall is described. The heat transfer device is preferably a flexible film having one or more electrical resistor flow ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155281 | Complimentary activity sensor network for disease monitoring and therapy modulation in an implantable device Energy efficient methods and systems for using multi-dimensional activity sensors with implantable cardiac devices are provided. In certain embodiments the output of a passive activity sensor (used for rate responsive pacing) is used to trigger temporary use of a re... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7133716 | Determining the hydration status of a patient A device and method are provided for determining the volume ECVhydr(t) of a body compartment of a patient at a time t by conducting measurements at the time t of the patient to determine at least one anthropometric measure X(t), the extracellular water vo... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130680 | Body composition measurement apparatus Disclosed is a body composition measurement apparatus, comprising: a current supplying unit; a voltage measurement unit; a bioelectrical impedance measurement unit; and a judgment unit. According to the present invention said current supplying unit supplies an elect... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7113825 | Method and apparatus for detecting acoustic oscillations in cardiac rhythm A cardiac rhythm management device is configured to detect oscillations in cardiac rhythm by measuring the amplitudes of heart sounds during successive heart beats. Upon detection of acoustic alternans, the device may adjust its operating behavior to compensate for ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7089055 | Method and apparatus for delivering pre-shock defibrillation therapy An apparatus and method is presented for improving cardiac function after successful termination of a tachyarrhythmia such as ventricular fibrillation. A series of electrical stimulation pulses are delivered prior to a defibrillation shock if one or more specific cr... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7079889 | Living body impedance measurement apparatus A living body impedance measurement apparatus is provided which measures a voltage attributed to the impedance of a living body, and separates it into a voltage attributed to a resistance component and a voltage attributed to a reactance component. Then, the voltage... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7072710 | Method and a device for determining the dry weight of a patient with kidney failure A system and method for determining the dry weight wgtdry(t) of a patient at a time t by determining the extracellular water volume ECV(t) and the weight Wgt(t) of the patient at time t and by deriving the dry weight wgtdry(t) of the patient fr... | 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 |
| 7072711 | Implantable device for delivering cardiac drug therapy An implantable medical device in which an electrogram is recorded and analyzed in order to detect changes indicative of cardiac ischemia. Cardiac ischemia may be detected by recording an electrogram from a sensing channel of the device and comparing the recorded ele... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7062326 | Method and apparatuses for monitoring hemodynamic activities using an intracardiac impedance-derived parameter An intracardiac impedance-derived parameter, Half Cycle Activity (HCA) is used in sensing and controlling cardiac activities in implantable cardiac devices such as bradycardia pacemakers and cardioverter defibrillators. This impedance-derived parameter correlates cl... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043298 | Electrotherapy by bone conduction Pathological conditions are alleviated by bone conduction practiced by the application of sinusoidal electric waves at frequencies of between 4,200 and 6,500 hertz at less than 200 microamperes current. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039462 | Method and apparatus for detecting oscillations in cardiac rhythm A cardiac rhythm management device is configured to detect mechanical oscillations in cardiac rhythm. Upon detection of such oscillations, the device may adjust its operating behavior to compensate for the deleterious effects of the condition. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7020506 | Method and system for non-invasive determination of blood-related parameters A method and system for measuring time variations of a response of a blood perfused fleshy medium to an external electromagnetic field is provided. The response of the medium to the external electromagnetic field can be a photo-acoustic signal, obtained in response ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007396 | Replacement heart valve sizing device A heart valve sizing system featuring a lumen advanceable in vasculature, an inside caliper device at the distal end of the lumen, and a readout for reading the dimension gauged by the inside caliper device. In the preferred embodiment, the inside caliper device inc... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6996428 | Biological signal sensor and device for recording biological signals incorporating the said sensor The sensor has four electrodes arranged on a common base, three of which are made as closed circuits, placed one into another, whereas the fourth electrode is placed inside the smallest circuit. The external and the central electrodes form a pair of current-feeding ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6965795 | Impedance spectroscopy method for monitoring ischemic mucosal damage in hollow viscous organs Alternate embodiments of an impedance spectroscopy method are disclosed for monitoring ischemic mucosal damage in hollow viscous organs. In each embodiment, a sensor catheter is placed inside a patient's hollow viscous organ. Afterwards, the catheter is electrically... | 11/15/2005 |
