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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8442627 | Advanced thoracic fluid monitoring capability with impedance An implantable medical device used for thoracic fluid monitoring by detection of changes in impedance in a patient. The device measures impedances of the patient in a supine position and in an upright position. The device determines impedance differences between the... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8442628 | Differential voltage sensing method A differential voltage sensing method for achieving input impedance matching comprises the steps of: providing a first bio-potential signal to a first variable resistor for generating a first signal; providing a second bio-potential signal to a second variable resis... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8437845 | Electrical methods for detection and characterization of abnormal tissue and cells An apparatus for the diagnosis of a biological sample is disclosed. An embodiments of the apparatus includes a probe, a probe head distally connectable to the probe, the probe head further comprising a plurality of electrode elements thereby forming an electrode arr... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8428706 | Sheet conductance/resistance measurement system An apparatus for testing of electrical or physical properties of a material include a single coil sensor mounted adjacent to a sample of the material. Sheet conductance of a wide variety of materials may be measured using the single coil to determine if the material... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8428707 | Monitoring system Apparatus for performing impedance measurements on a subject. The apparatus includes a first processing system for determining an impedance measurement procedure and determining instructions corresponding to the measurement procedure. A second processing system is p... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8423130 | Optimization of thresholds for eating detection A method is provided that includes providing a fundic impedance signal of a subject sensed during an initial calibration period using at least one implantable fundic sensor of an eating detection device. An indication is received of actual ingestion events of the su... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8423129 | Method and apparatus for inductively measuring the bio-impedance of a user's body A method and apparatus for inductively measuring the bio-impedance of a user's body without complex circuitry. An apparatus is described for inductively measuring the bio-impedance of a user's body, wherein the apparatus includes a number of first inductors being ad... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8417329 | Analysis and regulation of food intake Apparatus (18, 18′) is provided, which includes one or more fundic sensors (74), configured to be applied to a fundus of a subject (10), and to generate a fundic signal. The apparatus further includes a control unit (90), which is confi... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8417328 | Electrical systems for detection and characterization of abnormal tissue and cells An apparatus for the diagnosis of a biological sample is disclosed. An embodiments of the apparatus includes a probe, a probe head distally connectable to the probe, the probe head further comprising a plurality of electrode elements thereby forming an electrode arr... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8417327 | Variable frequency impedance measurement When a defibrillator selects a dosage of energy or current to be delivered to a patient, the defibrillator selects an excitation current frequency and applies the excitation current at the selected frequency to the patient. The frequency of the excitation current is... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8412317 | Method and apparatus to measure bioelectric impedance of patient tissue A device to measure tissue impedance comprises drive circuitry coupled to calibration circuitry, such that a calibration signal from the calibration circuitry corresponds to the current delivered through the tissue. Measurement circuitry can be coupled to measuremen... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8406865 | Bioimpedance system and sensor and technique for using the same A sensor assembly and/or systems for bioimpedance measurements may provide information related to the lean body water of the patient's tissue. The information related to the patient's lean body water may be determined by spectroscopic methods for determining water f... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8406867 | Balloon sizing of valve annulus for percutaneous valves Balloon sizing of valve annulus for percutaneous valves. In at least one embodiment of a device to size a valve annulus of the present disclosure, the device comprises an elongated body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having a lumen therethrough, a... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8406866 | System and method for assessing coupling between an electrode and tissue A system and method for assessing a degree of coupling between an electrode and tissue in a body is provided. Values for first and second components of a complex impedance (e.g., resistance and reactance or impedance magnitude and phase angle) between the electrode ... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8391968 | Breast classification based on impedance measurements A method of screening for breast cancer, including determining at least one first electrical impedance related characteristic for a first breast of a patient, determining at least one second electrical impedance related characteristic for a second breast of a patien... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8391969 | Body composition monitor, measurement result output method, and measurement result output program product A body composition monitor calculates a body composition value of a whole body and a body composition value by site of a user using a plurality of electrodes, and calculates a site ratio representing a ratio of the body composition value by site with respect to the ... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8386027 | Skin permeation device for analyte sensing or transdermal drug delivery Devices, systems, kits and methods for increasing the skin's permeability controlled by measured skin electrical parameter are described herein. They may be used for transdermal drug delivery and/or analyte extraction or measurement. The controlled abrasion device c... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8386028 | Method of analyzing body composition with measurement of voltage signals at multiple positions of body A method of analyzing a composition of a human body having a plurality of body segments is disclosed. The method can include applying a current signal to a body. The method can further include simultaneously measuring a plurality of voltage signals from a plurality ... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8380297 | System for measuring a user's percentage of body fat A system for measuring percentage of body fat for a user. The system has: structure for measuring body hydration and generating a signal representing a measured hydration value; structure for selectively changing the measured hydration value to an adjusted hydration... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8374689 | Methods and systems for determining vascular bodily lumen information and guiding medical devices Methods and systems for determining information about a vascular bodily lumen are described. An exemplary method includes generating an electrical signal, delivering the electrical signal to a plurality of excitation elements in the vicinity of the vascular bodily l... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8374688 | System and methods for wireless body fluid monitoring An adherent device to monitor a tissue hydration of a patient comprises an adhesive patch to adhere to a skin of the patient. At least four electrodes are connected to the patch and capable of electrically coupling to the patient. Impedance circuitry is coupled to t... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8369941 | High definition impedance imaging A method for producing a computationally efficient system that reduces the number of iterations required to generate a conductivity image pattern of a subsurface object, and its attendant conductivity distribution, through a solution to the system of field equations... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8359093 | Application of electric fields to the lung as therapy for pulmonary edema System and method of applying electric fields to a patient's lung(s) to reduce pulmonary edema. The system includes a first electrode and a second electrode, at least one of which is associated with the lung. The electric field can be controlled so as to modulate a ... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8355778 | Trunk width measuring unit and visceral fat measuring device To provide a trunk width measuring unit capable of improving reliability of measurement precision, and a visceral fat measuring device. The trunk width measuring unit is provided with a first contact portion to be brought into contact with an upper surface of a trun... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8346353 | Implantable medical system for detecting incipient edema An implantable medical system for detecting incipient edema has an implantable medical lead including an optical sensor having a light source and a light detector. The medical system further has an edema detection circuit that activates the light source to emit ligh... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8340754 | Method and a device for determining the hydration and/or nutrition status of a patient The invention relates to the field of monitoring the hydration and/or nutrition status of a patient. According to the invention a method is provided to determine at least one of a mal-hydration component, an adipose tissue component and a lean tissue component of a ... | 12/25/2012 |
| 8340755 | Electric field control device and detection device The present invention provides an electric field control device that can transmit a quasi-electrostatic field more efficiently. There is provided an electric field control device that applies electric fields to an electric field application subject, which includes a... | 12/25/2012 |
| 8332026 | Method of analyzing body composition with measurement of voltage signals at multiple positions of body A method of analyzing a composition of a human body having a plurality of body segments is disclosed. The method can include applying a current signal to a body. The method can further include simultaneously measuring a plurality of voltage signals from a plurality ... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8332025 | Method and system for detecting electrophysiological changes in pre-cancerous and cancerous tissue and epithelium Methods and apparatus are provided for determining the condition of selected regions of epithelial and stromal tissue. A plurality of electrodes are used to measure surface and transepithelial electropotential of tissue, especially breast tissue, as well as surface ... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8326413 | Method and device for determining tooth status underneath a crown An apparatus and method for the detection of dental caries on the surface of a remaining tooth present underneath a crown are provided. Such an inventive concept involves the utilization of a proper electrically conductive pathway from the crown exterior to the toot... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8326410 | Method for automated analysis of submaximal F-waves A novel submaximal F-wave acquisition and analysis system that employs computational intelligence to set up submaximal F-wave acquisition conditions and to extract submaximal F-wave features automatically, without operator intervention. ... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8326412 | Diagnostic device and method for sensing hydration state of a mammalian subject Timed sensing of collection of saliva in a liquid collection element of predetermined volumetric capacity may be used to determine salivary secretion rate, as may be indicative of state of euhydration or dehydration. Sensing of salivary flow rate may be further augm... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8326411 | Trunk width measuring unit and visceral fat measuring device A trunk width measuring unit including a first contact portion attached movably in the vertical direction relative to a unit main body, the first contact portion to be brought into contact with an upper surface of a trunk of a subject, second and third contact porti... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8321007 | Apparatus and method to determine functional lung characteristics An apparatus for determining functional lung characteristics of a patient includes an electrical impedance tomography (EIT) imaging device adapted to record the impedance distribution within a plane of the thorax of the patient. The EIT imaging device includes a con... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8295921 | Apparatus and method for non-contact electrical impedance imaging A method of electrical impedance imaging using multiple electrodes in which each of the multiple electrodes does not contact the object to be imaged but is electrically coupled to the object via electrically conductive fluid in which the object is at least partially... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8295920 | System for detecting fluid changes and sensoring devices therefor A sensor device for detecting a change fluid level within body tissue comprising a housing with bridge segments connecting at intersections arranged to circumscribe an opening. Further, antenna elements are partially seated within the housing at intersections of bri... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8290578 | Method and apparatus for complex impedance compensation A compensation circuit has a predetermined, known complex impedance and is located in a handle of a catheter or in a distal end of a cable that connects to the catheter. The compensation circuit is probed with a pilot signal produced by a compensation control that i... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8280504 | Method and system for detecting electrophysiological changes in pre-cancerous and cancerous tissue A method and system are provided for determining a condition of a selected region of epithelial tissue. At least two current-passing electrodes are located in contact with a first surface of the selected region of the tissue. A plurality of measuring electrodes are ... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8275453 | Method and system for detecting electrophysiological changes in pre-cancerous and cancerous breast tissue and epithelium A method and system are provided for determining a condition of a selected region of epithelial and stromal tissue in the human breast. A plurality of measuring electrodes are used to measure the tissue and transepithelial electropotential of breast tissue. Surface ... | 09/25/2012 |
| 8271078 | Method and apparatus for interfacing with a living object to obtain a biosignal measurement An apparatus for use in connection with biosignal measurement from the skin of a living object, comprising means for applying a test input impedance to the biosignal measurement, means for determining a response of a biosignal characteristics to the test input imped... | 09/18/2012 |
