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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182430 | Thermocromatic patch for monitoring/detecting body temperature A thermocromatic device for detecting body temperature includes a substrate treated with a thermocromatic composition. The thermocromatic composition includes a thermocromatic agent that changes color at a predetermined temperature indicative of a condition to be de... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167813 | Systems and methods for locating a blood vessel Systems and methods for locating a blood vessel are described. One described method includes receiving a first temperature measure associated with a first point on a surface of a skin; receiving a second temperature measure associated with a second point on the surf... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8062228 | Dual mode intracranial temperature detector Apparatus for detecting thermal radiation emanating from two different intracranial depths in a patient includes a dual-mode transducer having a working surface for placement against a patient's cranium. The transducer includes a first antenna with an aperture adjac... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8029449 | Cryotherapy method for detecting and treating vulnerable plaque Methods, apparatus, and kits detect and/or treat vulnerable plaque of a blood vessel. A temperature differential can be sensed along a lumen surface with temperature sensors on a balloon filled with warm gas. Treatment methods include controlled and safe cryogenic c... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8007444 | Catheters with fluorescent temperature sensors A catheter with a fluorescent temperature sensor is shown and described. The catheter includes a lumen, a fiber-optic cable that extends through the lumen. A distal end of the fiber-optic cable is coated with a fluorescent material and a proximal end of the fiber-op... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7981046 | Temperature measurement device A device for non-invasive measurement of the internal temperature of a physical body or thermal resistivity, the body comprising a thermally conductive medium between an internal region with a substantially constant internal temperature and an external surface with ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7951088 | Blood-flow-occluding, temperature-sensing catheters with elastic covers A catheter assembly for sensing the temperature of an arterial wall or other body lumen includes a blood-flow-occluding feature to increase the accuracy the temperature measurements. In addition to the flow-occluding feature, the catheter includes a distal end with ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7946996 | Vascular introducer with temperature monitoring probe and systems for endovascular temperature control An introducer sheath/temperature probe assembly that is insertable into a blood vesel of a human or veterinary patent to measure the temperature of blood flowing through that blood vessel. The introducer sheath/temperature probe assembly may be used in conjunction w... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7942825 | Method and device for monitoring thermal stress A method and device for monitoring thermal stress in a user is described. The device is designed to include a material having specific thermodynamic properties and physical dimensions defined as a function of those thermodynamic properties. A system for thermal stre... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938783 | Medical body core thermometer A medical thermometer with a miniature sensor that touches the patient's skin by a spring-loaded probe. The device computes a deep body temperature by using data of probe housing temperature and accounting for multiple responses of skin contact temperature sensor be... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7828743 | Medical body core thermometer A temperature sensing device accurately determines the core temperature of a warm blooded animal or human based on at least one measurement of the temperature of the skin of the warm blooded animal or human. The device includes a housing, and a first contact type te... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7819817 | Temperature probe for insertion into the esophagus The invention relates to a temperature probe for insertion into the human or animal body, having an unfoldable balloon on a catheter, on the outer skin of which balloon one or more temperature sensors is or are disposed. The catheter can be moved by way of a cable a... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7785266 | Medical thermometer for determining body core temperature A temperature sensing device including at least a first contact type temperature sensing element determines body core temperature of a warm blooded animal or human based on an estimated skin temperature of the patient which is computed based on temperature measureme... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7780608 | Cryotherapy method for detecting and treating vulnerable plaque Methods, apparatus, and kits detect and/or treat vulnerable plaque of a blood vessel. A temperature differential can be sensed along a lumen surface with temperature sensors on a balloon filled with warm gas. Treatment methods include controlled and safe cryogenic c... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7762958 | Method and apparatus for determining injection depth and tissue type A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining injection depth and/or tissue type based on the heat dissipation characteristics of body tissue. ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7749170 | Multiple configurable electronic thermometer A plurality of thermometer models are manufactured from a universal clinical thermometer cure. The thermometer core includes a housing, a controller storing a software program, a power source, a probe, a probe cord, and a display. A plurality of model selection devi... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7682317 | System for assessing endothelial function based on tissue perfusion values The system assesses the endothelial function of a subject. Particularly, peripheral tissue perfusion measurements taken in a subject are compared to reference perfusion data and the comparison yields the assessment of endothelial function. The reference may be data ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7597668 | Non-invasive temperature measurement A thermometric device includes a probe having a membrane configured to be applied to an external surface of a body of a subject and one or more temperature sensors located within the probe in thermal contact with the membrane. A processing unit is configured to rece... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7520862 | Cerebral spinal fluid shunt evaluation system A method for evaluating cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow rate in a CSF shunt applied to a patient for transmitting the CSF between first and second locations of the patient includes applying temperature sensors to the CSF shunt for determining a flow rate of the CSF t... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7513876 | Detecting thermal discrepancies in vessel walls A system for detecting vulnerable arterial plaque formed on the vessel wall in vivo is disclosed. The system comprises a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, one or more thermal sensors at said distal end of said catheter, and a detector coupled to the p... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7510532 | Method of and apparatus for detecting diseased tissue by sensing two bands of infrared radiation A method of and apparatus for detecting diseased tissue based upon infrared imaging in two different bands of infrared wavelengths is described. The use of two series of infrared images taken in two different bands of infrared wavelengths increases sensitivity to th... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7491175 | Method and device for measuring blood gas parameters The invention relates to a method and device for measuring blood gas parameters, preferably pH, pCO2, and pO2, in a blood sample, where the blood sample of a patient is fed into at least one measuring cell of an analyzer. In order to obtain acc... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7485097 | Method of and apparatus for detecting diseased tissue by sensing two bands of infrared radiation A method of and apparatus for detecting diseased tissue based upon infrared imaging in two different bands of infrared wavelengths is described. The use of two series of infrared images taken in two different bands of infrared wavelengths increases sensitivity to th... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485096 | Method of and apparatus for detecting diseased tissue by sensing two bands of infrared radiation A method of and apparatus for detecting diseased tissue based upon infrared imaging in two different bands of infrared wavelengths is described. The use of two series of infrared images taken in two different bands of infrared wavelengths increases sensitivity to th... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485098 | Method of and apparatus for detecting diseased tissue by sensing two bands of infrared radiation A method of and apparatus for detecting diseased tissue based upon infrared imaging in two different bands of infrared wavelengths is described. The use of two series of infrared images taken in two different bands of infrared wavelengths increases sensitivity to th... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7481773 | System and method of monitoring body temperature A body temperature monitoring system comprises a mouth guard, a temperature-sensing unit associated with the mouth guard, and an indicator unit responsive to the temperature-sensing unit. The indicator unit indicates if a body temperature sensed by the temperature-s... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7479116 | Temperature measurement device A device for non-invasive measurement of the internal temperature of a physical body or thermal resistivity, the body comprising a thermally conductive medium between an internal region with a substantially constant internal temperature and an external surface with ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7473230 | Instrumented catheter with distance compensation to sense vulnerable plaque A method and apparatus for determining vulnerable plaque in a cardiovascular lumen is disclosed. In one embodiment, a guide member comprising a temperature sensor and a distance sensor are inserted into the cardiovascular lumen. The temperature of the cardiovascular... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7441950 | Probe for electronic clinical thermometer Providing a probe for an electronic clinical thermometer, which can measure a surface temperature and a deep body temperature of a human body securely in short time, the probe includes a cylindrical housing, a bottomed metal pipe fitted into a top end of the cylindr... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438466 | Calibrating a thermal scanning system A method for recalibrating a bilateral thermal scanner comprising a first thermal sensor and a second thermal sensor can comprise acquiring a first set of thermal scanning data with the thermal sensors in their normal positions; optionally analyzing the first set of... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434991 | Thermal tympanic thermometer A tympanic thermometer includes a thermally conductive nozzle extending from a distal end of the thermometer. A base of a sensor can is thermally connected to the nozzle to define a path of conductive heat transfer from the nozzle to the base of the can thereby mini... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435222 | Tele-diagnostic device A system, probe, and method for collecting a plurality of diagnostic information and transmitting the diagnostic information to a remote location. The system comprises a member contoured to at least a portion of a person's hand, and an interface unit in electrical c... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435220 | Monitoring, system for cardiac surgical operations with cardiopulmonary bypass A monitoring system for cardiac operations with cardiopulmonary bypass comprising: a processor operatively connected to a heart-lung machine; a pump flow detecting device connected to a pump of the heart-lung machine to continuously measure the pump flow value and s... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427265 | Endoluminal implant with therapeutic and diagnostic capability An apparatus includes an endoluminal implant, a RF coupling coil coupled to the endoluminal implant and a therapeutic transducer electrically coupled to the RF coupling coil and physically coupled to the endoluminal implant. The RF coupling coil supplies electrical ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422367 | Baby rectal thermometer A rectal thermometer for measuring the temperature of a patient including a disk or oval-shaped member having a circumferential edge and first and second sides. Along the edge is a temperature display that is viewable during the temperature taking process without ha... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423536 | Heat sensor activated detector and method A heat sensor activated detector having a housing, which accommodates a heat sensor, a logic device that compares the heat signal read by the heat sensor to a predetermined level and transmits an enable signal to an audible signal generator where the heat signal is ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7416532 | Trach sensory alert system An alarm device that includes a temperature sensor placed in the tube of a trach tube and which is adapted to activate an audible alarm when predetermine low temperature has been detected. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410291 | Temperature-measuring device with function indicator A function indicator for a dual temperature sensor, which indicates the falling off of the sensor from the skin surface (4) of a patient. An evaluating device (2) determines the body temperature from a first measured temperature value (TA) a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410290 | Ear-type clinical thermometer A probe of an ear-type clinical thermometer 20 comprises a first heat insulation member 210 made of a resin material and a second high heat insulation member 220 made of a resin material that is connected to a distal end of the first heat insula... | 08/12/2008 |
