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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187199 | Myocardial contractile reserve measured during activities of daily living A contractile reserve indicator, corresponding to a predicted value of a maximum change in myocardial contractility that can be achieved by a subject, can be determined using a detected indication of cardiac contractility across various different physical activity l... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8172763 | Imaging and analysis of movement of erythrocytes in blood vessels in relation to the cardiac cycle Apparatus (2) is provided, including a heartbeat measurement device (3), which senses a cardiac parameter of a patient and generates a cardiac parameter signal responsively thereto. An optical measurement device acquires data by emitting towards tissue... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8162842 | Detecting ischemia using an implantable cardiac device based on morphology of cardiac pressure signal Methods and systems are presented for using an ICD to detect myocardial ischemia. One such method includes sensing via an implantable cardiac-rhythm-management device (ICRMD) a signal indicative of cardiac pressure; determining via a processor associated with the IC... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8137282 | Method and system for determining a period of interest using multiple inputs One or more techniques are provided for identifying a period of minimal motion for an organ of interest, such as the heart or lungs. Motion data is acquired for the organ of interest and for one or more proximate organs using sensor-based and/or image-based techniqu... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133186 | Implantable sensor lead In an implantable sensor lead for sensing mechanical cardiac activity of a heart, as well as a sensing method and a cardiac stimulator embodying such a sensor lead, multiple cardiac activity sensing elements are distributed along a portion of a length of the lead bo... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128573 | Methods and apparatus for locating the fossa ovalis and performing transseptal puncture A method of identifying the fossa ovalis in a patient by positioning one or more electrodes against the tissue of the interatrial septum of the patient and acquiring unipolar and/or bipolar electrograms of the tissue of the interatrial septum while moving the electr... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8105241 | Combining to a singularity plural-anatomical-site, heart-functionality measurements Combining, to a singularity, from a plurality of anatomical sites, and over a plurality of heart cycles a collection of selected heart-functionality parameter measurements, such as EMAT, LVST, PADT, and AAFT measurements, including (a) collecting ECG and heart-sound... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8088075 | Identification of an implantable medical device by correlating cardiac related data In a method and system for identifying an implantable medical device (IMD), which is arranged to be disposed in a body, by conducting a telemetry communication session between the implantable medical device and an external programmer device, cardiac data are registe... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079959 | Patient screening tools for implantable cardiac stimulus systems Tools and devices are provided for determining whether a patient is well suited to receiving an implantable cardiac stimulation device by analyzing cardiac signals captured using external or cutaneous electrodes. Some of the illustrative tools include shapes for vis... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8062227 | Heart failure decompensation determination Heart failure decompensation is detected by sensing at least one physiological signal. Values of at least two different heart failure variables are derived using one or more physiological signals and a threshold for the first heart failure variable is adjusted in re... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8052611 | Method and apparatus for management of heart failure hospitalization A hospitalization management system including a heart failure analyzer that receives diagnostic data including at least sensor data representative of one or more physiological signals sensed from a hospitalized patient using one or more sensors and assesses risk of ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048000 | Patient weight and ankle displacement correlation device A device for correlating trend data with respect to a patient's weight ankle displacement can identify conditions indicative of congestive heart failure. A weight scale or similar device coupled with imaging mechanism operable to measure ankle displacement collects ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047999 | Filtering of a physiologic signal in a medical device A system and method for filtering a pressure signal in a medical device in which a sensor terminal senses the pressure signal, an electrode terminal receives cardiac electrical signals, a signal filtering system filters the sensed pressure signal in response to a de... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8038626 | Implantable tissue perfusion sensing system and method A medical device system for sensing cardiac events that includes a plurality of electrodes sensing cardiac signals utilized to identify a cardiac event, a plurality of light sources capable of emitting light at a plurality of wavelengths, and a detector to detect th... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038625 | System and method for three-dimensional mapping of electrophysiology information An electrophysiology apparatus is used to measure electrical activity occurring in a heart of a patient and to visualize the electrical activity and/or information related to the electrical activity. A three-dimensional map of the electrical activity and/or the info... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038624 | System for the detection of cardiac events Disclosed is a system for the detection of cardiac events (a guardian system) that includes an implanted device called a cardiosaver, a physician's programmer and an external alarm system. The system is designed to provide early detection of cardiac events such as a... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033999 | System and method for monitoring myocardial instability A method of monitoring myocardial stability includes determining a window length representing an acceptable time period between potential start times associated with at least two physiologic indices and monitoring multiple physiologic indices representative of myoca... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7998082 | Thermo-dilution cardiac output measurement simulator The present invention includes machine-enabled methods of, and devices and systems for, simulating thermo-dilution cardiac output measurements based on ambient room temperature measurements via the injectate temperature sensor. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7998081 | Computer assisted cardiogram diagnostic system and the method thereof A computer assisted cardiogram diagnostic system, comprises a diagnosing unit, for obtaining a plurality of preliminary diagnostic results according to the cardiogram signals; and an amending unit, for judging the plurality of preliminary diagnostic results, and ame... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993277 | Commotio cordis testing A method of evaluating a chest wall protector comprises determining a flight time to impact on a subject of a projectile launched using a bow, determining an actuation time of a mechanism configured to release a string of the bow to launch the projectile based upon ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988639 | System and method for complex geometry modeling of anatomy using multiple surface models Disclosed herein are methods and systems for creating a complex model of the human anatomy. The anatomy may be modeled using multiple geometries. Generally, a plurality of line-of-sight models may be combined into a composite model. Multiple clouds of points may be ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7985185 | Heart monitoring apparatus Heart monitoring apparatus with sensing stage connectable to intracardiac electrode picking up electric potentials and adapted to process electric signals representing a time course of said potentials, a mechanical action detection stage adapted to generate a geomet... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7972274 | System and method for analyzing a patient status for congestive heart failure for use in automated patient care A system and method for providing diagnosis and monitoring of congestive heart failure for use in automated patient care is described. At least one recorded physiological measure is compared to at least one other recorded physiological measure on a substantially reg... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963925 | Method and apparatus for defining the effect of atrial arrhythmias on cardiac performance and directing therapy using a plurality of intrinsically and extrinsically derived signals This invention describes methods and algorithms for processing a plurality of relevant signals/data intrinsic to a patient and/or derived from external diagnostic equipment for management of atrial arrhythmias. The intrinsic signals are acquired from intracardiac le... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963924 | Heart simulator A development system for a cardiac pacemaker control system, the development system comprising: a cardiac pacemaker prototype including an adaptive control system; and a heart simulator in communication with the cardiac pacemaker prototype comprising: a means for re... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7938781 | Hemodynamic stability assessment based on heart sounds A method comprises detecting at least one episode of ventricular tachyarrhythmia in a subject using an implantable medical device (IMD), sensing at least one heart sound signal for the subject using the IMD, the heart sound signal associated with mechanical vibratio... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7922668 | Aerobic spa system An aerobic spa system comprising a water source providing water, an ozone source providing ozone, an ozone introduction mechanism adapted to introduce at least some of the ozone into the water, an ozone saturation mechanism adapted to cause at least some of the ozon... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909771 | Diagnosis of sleep apnea Methods and apparatuses for detecting sleep apnea by analyzing characteristic physiological oscillations of the heart rate variability (HRV). Starting from recorded ECG data of the patient, for example, as a long-term sequence of the changing RR intervals, the heart... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7901360 | Implantable sensor for measuring physiologic information An implantable sensor is provided that includes a piezopolymer sensor element including a body having a plurality of layers of a piezopolymer, and an attachment device configured to hold the piezopolymer sensor element in direct contact with at least one of a bodily... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7874993 | System and method for diagnosing and monitoring congestive heart failure A system for diagnosing and monitoring congestive heart failure for automated remote patient care is presented. A database stores a plurality of monitoring sets relating to patient information recorded on a substantially continuous basis. A server retrieving and pro... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7862515 | Apparatus for detecting sleep apnea using electrocardiogram signals An apparatus for diagnosing sleep apnea only uses an electrocardiogram signal and a computer processor and associated computer code that are configured to analyze the electrocardiogram signal and classify each time period of the electrocardiogram signal as either ap... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7841986 | Methods and apparatus of three dimensional cardiac electrophysiological imaging Generating a three-dimensional representation of cardiac electrical activity within a subject's heart includes collecting, from a catheter having a distal portion that includes sensors that sense electrical activity and which catheter distal portion is positioned wi... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7837628 | Electro-mechanical system for electrophysiology and hemodynamic studies An electrical-mechanical system may be used in electrophysiology and hemodynamic studies. The system may include a mounting arrangement couplable to a support surface for supporting a patient. At least one catheter input module may be electrically and mechanically c... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837629 | System and method for generating baseline data for automated management of edema A system and method for generating baseline data for automated management of edema is disclosed. Collected device measures are accumulated to record raw physiometry for a patient, wherein the patient is regularly monitored by an implantable medical device, beginning... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7824341 | Method and apparatus for locating the fossa ovalis and performing transseptal puncture A method of identifying the fossa ovalis in a patient by positioning one or more electrodes against the tissue of the interatrial septum of the patient and acquiring unipolar and/or bipolar electrograms of the tissue of the interatrial septum while moving the electr... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7819813 | Graph display processing unit and method thereof A graph display processing device and method that facilitates easy viewing of data with periodicity. With each recognition of a cardiac cycle, a CPU of an electrocardiogram display device (100) finds a point between an R-wave and an S-wave in the cardiac cycl... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7815577 | Method and apparatus for locating the fossa ovalis, creating a virtual fossa ovalis and performing transseptal puncture A method of locating the fossa ovalis in a patient by locating the His bundle, plane of the interatrial septum, and coronary sinus ostium in a patient, and thereafter locating the fossa ovalis on the basis of one or more predetermined distances between the fossa ova... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7811234 | Remote-sensing method and device A remote-detection system is provided for monitoring changes in permittivity associated with physiological activity of a subject that is free to move. The system includes a source containing an oscillator configured to illuminate tissue of the subject with an electr... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806832 | False positive reduction in SPO2 atrial fibrillation detection using average heart rate and NIBP The method and system includes detecting atrial fibrillation in a patient by monitoring the blood oxygen saturation level over a period of time. The method and system produces a plethysmographic waveform from the monitored blood oxygen saturation level and analyzes ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7794407 | Method of locating the tip of a central venous catheter The invention includes a method of locating a tip of a central venous catheter (“CVC”) having a distal and proximal pair of electrodes disposed within the superior vena cava, right atrium, and/or right ventricle. The method includes obtaining a distal and proxim... | 09/14/2010 |
