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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418859 | Device for measuring a volume flow with inductive coupling A device for measuring a volume flow, especially a tidal volume flow sensor, with a flow channel (1) and with a sensor element (6) arranged within the flow channel (1), is shown and described. The task of providing such a device, in which the se... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7390304 | Respiratory exchange ratio sensor A device for directly measuring a person's respiratory exchange ratio (RER) utilizes a Zn-air battery cell and a constant current load circuit as an O2 pump capable of drawing oxygen from expired air. A thermistor located in the flow path forms a leg of a... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7350973 | Color changing thermometer The invention includes a thermometer with a backlight and a method for lighting the backlight. The thermometer has temperature sensing tip, a processor taking temperature readings and determining a sensed temperature reading of the living being from the temperature ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7331348 | Infant CPAP nasal cannula seal A nasal CPAP cannula seal that includes a strip of flexible material, between about 3 to 10 cm in width and between about 5 to 15 cm in length. The strip defines a pair of substantially round nostril apertures, each aperture having a diameter of between 2 mm and 4.5... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7303332 | Deflectable probe and thermometer A deflectable probe for use in a thermometer. The deflectable probe is constituted by a bendable probe body and a hollow tip member secured thereto. Furthermore, a deflectable member includes a main portion disposed in the bendable probe body. When the bendable prob... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304580 | Intelligent medical vigilance system An intelligent medical vigilance system that observes and analyzes, and, only in the event of a clinically significant negative condition, notifies and reports the event to the care staff utilizing the hospital's existing nurse call system. The device includes a bed... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291115 | Spirometer and method to measure the ventilatory function by spirometry The function of the multispirometer and procedure to measure the ventilatory function by spirometry is to know how a person exhales or expels air with the objective to study and monitor the functioning of his/her lungs and many pathologies. By means of this method, ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7267123 | Method and system for measuring airflow of nares A method and system for measuring airflow through nares. One exemplary embodiment comprises: measuring an attribute of an airflow through a first naris; measuring an attribute of an airflow through a second naris; wherein measuring the attribute of the airflow throu... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7213594 | Method and system to determine nasal resistance to airflow A method and related system to determine nasal resistance to airflow. Some of the exemplary embodiments may be a method comprising measuring an attribute of airflow through a first naris of a patient without blocking a second naris of the patient, measuring an attri... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207947 | System and method for detecting circadian states using an implantable medical device Techniques are provided for detecting the circadian state of a patient using an implantable medical device based on selected blood carbon dioxide (CO2) parameters. In one example, the implantable device tracks changes in end tidal CO2 (etCO | 04/24/2007 |
| 7169112 | Non-contact respiration monitor This invention relates to non-contact monitoring devices, and more particularly, non-contact respiration monitoring devices. According to the invention there is provided a monitoring device having a body defining an air monitoring channel between an air inlet and an... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7087027 | Device and method for monitoring respiration A system and method are provided to monitor a patient's respiration during and after medical/surgical procedures, as well as in clinical situations wherein the patient is at increased risk for developing central or obstructive respiratory depression and/or apnea. A ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7066180 | Method and system for measuring airflow of nares A method and system for measuring airflow through nares. One exemplary embodiment comprises: measuring an attribute of an airflow through a first naris; measuring an attribute of an airflow through a second naris; wherein measuring the attribute of the airflow throu... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056014 | Flexible wired circuit board for temperature measurement A flexible wired circuit board for temperature measurement that can provide an accurate temperature measurement even when placed in a high-temperature atmosphere and can also be provided at a reduced cost. In the flexible wired circuit board for temperature measurem... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054680 | Device for detecting electrical potentials in the forehead-area of a patient The invention relates to a device for detecting electrical potentials on a patient. The device comprises an electrode device that is applied in the area of the forehead, this electrode device being located on a forehead support element (6) which is connected ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052470 | Breathing detection/confirmation device A breath detection/confirmation device includes a sensor for determining if an infant or other person is breathing, and a means for generating a human perceptible signal in response thereto. In use, the sensor is placed adjacent the infants or person's mouth/nose, a... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7037272 | Infant respiratory monitoring system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for monitoring infant respiration during sleep. More specifically, the present invention alerts the caregiver when an infant has ceased to breathe during sleep. The usefulness of such device applies to Sudden Inf... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7007692 | Method and system of sensing airflow and delivering therapeutic gas to a patient Methods and related systems for individually sensing airflow in the breathing orifices of a patient, and preferentially delivering therapeutic gas to those breathing orifices based on the amount of airflow sensed. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6910481 | Pressure support compliance monitoring system A compliance monitoring system and method in which a modular compliance monitor is selectively disposed in-line in a patient circuit of a pressure support system. The monitor includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, each of which is selectively connectable ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6659963 | Apparatus for obtaining temperature and humidity measurements A probe for obtaining temperature and humidity readings within the oral and nasal cavity. An elongated tube having a wire cage at one of its ends, includes first and second longitudinally positioned pairs of thermocouples, one thermocouple of each pair ha... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6579242 | Method and apparatus for providing patient care A patient management system includes a programmable patient monitor for monitoring and recording a plurality of physiological conditions of a patient, a plurality of physiological condition sensors and a communications unit. The plurality of patient monit... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6491642 | Pyro/piezo sensor A combination thermal and vibration sensor for use in sleep monitoring equipment comprises a thin film of a plastic exhibiting both pyroelectric and piezoelectric properties. By providing a layer of foam material totally covering one major surface of the ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6485432 | Pyro/piezo sensor with enhanced sound response A combination thermal and vibration sensor for use in sleep monitoring equipment comprises a thin film of plastic exhibiting both pyroelectric and piezoelectric properties. By providing a layer of foam material covering only a predetermined portion of one... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6368287 | Integrated sleep apnea screening system This invention is a method, and device, suitable for use without professional medical supervision, for screening for sleep apnea. All elements of the device are housed in a small, flexible, plastic housing which is placed on the user's philtrum. A thermis... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6308705 | Integrated lung therapy method In a lung therapy method, hyperpolarized gas is administered for one breath to a subject, and a magnetic resonance scan of at least one lung of the subject is conducted. The data obtained from the scan are evaluated, specifically to determine the extent a... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6254545 | Pyro/piezo sensor A combination thermal and vibration sensor for use in sleep monitoring equipment comprises a thin film of a plastic exhibiting both pyroelectric and piezoelectric properties. By providing a layer of foam material totally covering one major surface of the ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6165133 | Apparatus and method for monitoring breathing patterns A pressure sensor is combined with a temperature sensor to monitor a patient's breathing patterns. The combination of sensors enables an analysis of the patient's breathing patterns to be made without the use of a face mask even if the patient breathes th... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6017315 | Patient monitor and method of using same A patient monitoring apparatus for monitoring and/or measuring a physiological characteristic of said patient. A user interface having an interior portion communicates with an airway of a user such that substantially all gas inhaled and exhaled by the use... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5964720 | Method and system for monitoring the physiological condition of a patient A system for the monitoring of a patient's physiological condition, including a measuring device for measuring the mechanical activity of a patient's body, including a module for detecting mechanical vibrations and transmitting same to a sensing element f... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5848974 | Lung protection electrocautery The present invention reliably provides a lung protection function for an electrocautery device by unitizing an automatic bovie activation/inactivation unit. The lung protection unit utilizes a threshold calculated from the maximum and minimum airway pres... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5765563 | Patient monitoring system A method and apparatus for performing scoring analysis of the pathological sleep events of apnea, hypopnea and desaturation of a patient from a sampled data set of only three sensor signals, namely, airflow, heart rate and oxygen saturation. The data sour... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5735284 | Method and system for non-invasive determination of the main cardiorespiratory parameters of the human body A method and a system for non-invasively determining at least one main cardiorespiratory parameter of an individual, such as the Stroke Volume, at least one parameter characterizing balance of the extracellular fluid in the body (such as the Index Balance... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5676132 | Pulmonary interface system A device for sensing the respiratory air of a patient. The device includes a venturi tube through which the patient inspires and expires, the tube having a constricted midportion. The tube also has an inspiration orifice, an expiration orifice, and a cent... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5582182 | Abnormal dyspnea perception detection system and method Apparatus and methods to test respiratory patients for altered dyspnea awareness. The device imposes a defined inspiratory resistive load under controlled breathing conditions and records the patient's subjective sensation of dyspnea over time by incremen... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5573004 | Electrically stable electrode and sensor apparatus An apparatus and method for electrically stable electrodes and sensors having a flexible base or substrate. One or more flexible and pressure sensitive resistors having a high resistance and a high temperature coefficient of resistivity are printed on a f... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5562101 | Portable spirometer with improved accuracy A spirometric measurement device includes an arrangement for computation of a dynamic BTPS correction factor, to compensate for temperature-related volume changes due to cooling of expired gas. The correction factor varies in time according to variation o... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5558099 | Flow sensor system A plurality of flow sensors are fabricated on a single substrate. The substrate is laid out to provide the proper physical relationship of the individual sensors. The resulting multiple sensor structure may be effectively used as respiration detector by p... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5413111 | Bead thermistor airflow sensor assembly A bead thermistor air flow sensor assembly comprising bead thermistor and circuit conductor completely encapsulated between upper and lower layers of thin plastic film. The thermistors are mounted adjacent the outer ends of arms adapted to be aligned with... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5394883 | Multiple thin film sensor system A plurality of flow sensors are fabricated using thin film deposition techniques on a single substrate. The deposition is performed to provide the proper physical relationship of the individual sensors. In the preferred embodiment, the sensors are thermor... | 03/07/1995 |
