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"The abolishment of pain in surgery is a chimera. It is absurd to go on seeking it...knife and pain are two words in surgery that must forever be associated in the consciousness of the patient."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118752 | Apparatus and methods for mapping retinal function The present invention provides an electrode array device for simultaneously detecting electrical potentials at five or more locations on the anterior surface of an eye. The device comprises a dielectric lens substrate having a concave inner surface conforming to the... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8088076 | Nervous system monitoring method A method for monitoring the response of a nervous system of a body to a stimulus. The method comprises collecting a set of voltage measurements between selected areas on a surface of the body while current is being passed between selected regions of the surface of t... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8070688 | Device and method for pupil size modulation A device and method are presented for drug-free, non-invasive, modulation of a size of a patient's pupil. The invention utilizes application of an external electric and/or magnetic field of desired properties to the patient's iris to thereby effect stimulation or ne... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8048002 | Method for improving cognition and motor timing A method of training a subject to improve anticipatory timing includes presenting the subject with multiple sequences of stimuli, receiving sensor signals associated with responses by the subject to the stimuli, and recording response times in accordance with the se... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8016770 | Cognitive function training unit A cognitive function training unit including an eye-target showing unit for showing a movable eye-target on a display disposed in front of the subject's eye, an eye movement measuring unit for measuring a position and/or movement of the subject's eye, and a judgment... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7972278 | Method and apparatus for objective electrophysiological assessment of visual function For electrophysiological assessment of visual function using a head mounted stereo display (e.g. virtual reality goggles) for displaying a stimulus which is used to generate a retinal or cortical response. In particular, a method for objective electrophysiological a... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7959578 | Methods and techniques to measure, map and correlate ocular micro-movement and ocular micro-tremor (OMT) signals with cognitive processing capabilities in ADD/ADHD individuals An apparatus and method of collecting elements of and assembling various portions of ocular micro motions such as ocular micro-tremor (OMT) movements of the eye, and correlating them directly with OMT waveforms acquired from both known and unknown states of cognitio... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7942828 | Method for determining fluctuation in attentional state and overall attentional state The invention provides methods for determining shifts in the attentional state of a subject. These methods are useful for diagnosing subjects with a psychological or behavioral disorder. The invention also features methods for determining the effect of a therapy on ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938785 | Fusion-based spatio-temporal feature detection for robust classification of instantaneous changes in pupil response as a correlate of cognitive response A computationally efficient and robust approach for monitoring the instantaneous pupil response as a correlate to significant cognitive response to relevant stimuli derives data samples d(n) of the pupil diameter (area), v(n) of pupil velocity and a(n) of pupil acce... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7931602 | Gaze guidance degree calculation system, gaze guidance degree calculation program, storage medium, and gaze guidance degree calculation method Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a gaze guidance degree calculation system capable of implementing a compact and low-cost apparatus and surely obtaining a proper eye-flow. According to exemplary embodiments, a layout apparatus where a layout image is s... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7922670 | System and method for quantifying and mapping visual salience A system for quantifying and mapping visual salience to a visual stimulus, including a processor, software for receiving data indicative of a group of individual's ocular responses to a visual stimulus, software for determining a distribution of visual resources at ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7862516 | Adherent visual stimulator The present invention describes a novel device for the stimulation of the visual system for the purpose of recording evoked responses. The specific features of the device are particularly relevant to the elicitation of such responses in uncooperative subjects includ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7819818 | Cognition and motor timing diagnosis using smooth eye pursuit analysis A system for testing a subject for cognitive impairment includes a display, one or more video cameras and a computer. The display presents to the subject multiple stimuli, including a predictable, smoothly moving object, repeatedly moving over a same path. The video... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7740592 | Method and apparatus for objective electrophysiological assessment of visual function For electrophysiological assessment of visual function, a head mounted stereo display (eg virtual reality goggles) for displaying a stimulus is used to generate a retinal or cortical response. In particular, a method for objective electrophysiological assessment of ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7708700 | Training system and method for improving cognition and motor timing A method of training a subject to improve anticipatory timing includes presenting the subject with multiple sequences of stimuli, receiving sensor signals associated with responses by the subject to the stimuli, and recording response times in accordance with the se... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7686769 | System for enhancement of neurophysiological processes Treatment apparatus and method for the enhancement of neurophysiological processes of a patient's visual system utilizes a computer generated display that provides a patient simultaneously with passive visual stimulation images and visual cognitive exercises. The st... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7578795 | System and method for vision examination utilizing fault detection A system and method for performing a vision examination includes displaying a series of visual stimuli for observation by a patient and detecting the patient's visual evoked potentials in response to the visual stimuli. Electrical signals representative of the visua... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7556604 | Cognitive capacity measurement device and cognitive capacity measurement method A cognitive capacity measuring device utilizes an image display unit for displaying different kinds of images that have been degraded from an original photographic object. A subject can provide an input when he/she discerns the photographic object in the degraded im... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7488294 | Biosensors, communicators, and controllers monitoring eye movement and methods for using them Biosensor, communicator, and/or controller apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for monitoring movement of a person's eye. The apparatus includes a device configured to be worn on a user's head, a light source for directing light towards one or both eyes of ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7473231 | Method and apparatus for examining an eye An applanation tonometer and its operation involve an actuator pressing a prism with a variable and determinable force against a cornea of an eye while a source directs light to reflect from an applanation surface of the prism to a detector producing a detected ligh... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7452336 | Interactive neural training device An apparatus and method for rehabilitating patients and assessing tactile skills in response to visual stimuli generated from a portable neural training device. The device generates a visual output to elicit tactile response (hand movement) from the patient. The dev... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7438418 | Mental alertness and mental proficiency level determination A method for determining mental proficiency level by monitoring point of gaze, pupillary movement, pupillary response, and other parameters in a subject performing a task, collecting the data in a database, analyzing the data in the database, and assigning the subje... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435227 | Method and apparatus for generating an indication of a level of vigilance of an individual A method and apparatus are disclosed for generating an indication of a level of vigilance of an individual using a gaze acquisition unit providing a gaze data stream of at least one eye of the individual, a processing unit receiving the gaze data stream and determin... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7384399 | Cognition and motor timing diagnosis and training system and method A system for testing a subject's cognition and motor timing includes an actuator, a sensor and a computer. The actuator is configured to present to the subject multiple stimuli, including predictable stimuli and non-predictable (e.g., random or pseudo-random) stimul... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376459 | System and method for P300-based concealed information detector having combined probe and target trials A system and method of deception detection is disclosed wherein T trials are combined with P and I trials. Denoted as the complex trial (CT) protocol, in one embodiment, the beginning of each trial is indicated by the onset of a stimulus which is either a P or I, wh... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372567 | Retardance measurement system and method In an apparatus and method for measuring parameters related to retardance and slow axis azimuth in sample specimens, a sample is illuminated by circularly polarized monochromatic light which is then analyzed by an elliptical analyzer at different settings. In anothe... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367671 | Process and device for the training of human vision The present invention relates to a process for training the visual system of a human by presenting optical stimuli to said human, said stimuli being presented to a zone within the intact visual field of said human and optionally to a zone outside the intact visual f... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368166 | Polymerase chain reaction using metallic glass-coated microwire A metallic glass-coated microwire has controllable surface porosity. The porosity is achieved by etching the metallic glass-coated microwire or other shapes of glass-coated bodies with acid after annealing to produce a multi-phase glass coating. Porous metallic glas... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364296 | Method and apparatus for improving both lateral and axial resolution in ophthalmoscopy The invention provides a method of optical imaging comprising providing a sample to be imaged, measuring and correcting aberrations associated with the sample using adaptive optics, and imaging the sample by optical coherence tomography. The method can be used to im... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360895 | Simplified ocular fundus auto imager An ocular fundus imager automatically aligns fundus illuminating rays to enter the pupil and to prevent corneal reflections from obscuring the fundus image produced. Focusing the produced fundus image is automatically performed using a pair of video sensors and is b... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359438 | Optical communications imager Described are a method and optical communications processor for receiving communications data in an image formed on a plurality of pixels. The method includes receiving active pixel information identifying which of the pixels are receiving communications data and re... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354432 | Red to near-infrared photobiomodulation treatment of the visual system in visual system disease or injury A method of treating visual system disease is disclosed. One embodiment comprises the steps of (a) exposing a component of a patient's visual system to light treatment, wherein the light treatment is characterized by wavelength of between 630-1000 nm and power inten... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351914 | Flexible printed circuit board for catheter, catheter using same, and production method of catheter The present invention provides a flexible printed circuit board having a band-like meandering pattern as a whole, which includes multiple linear parts configured about parallel to each other and a folding margin connected to one end in a longitudinal direction of tw... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347694 | Method and apparatus for screening aspects of vision development and visual processing related to cognitive development and learning on the internet A screening evaluation tool of the present invention provides instructions and mechanisms to probe areas of vision (related to learning). These areas include eye movements used during reading, visual imagery of mental pictorial images generated by viewing, visual re... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344251 | Mental alertness level determination A method for determining mental alertness level by monitoring point of gaze, pupillary movement, pupillary response, and other parameters in a subject performing a task, collecting the data in a database, analyzing the data in the database, and assigning the subject... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338455 | Method and apparatus for diagnosing schizophrenia and schizophrenia subtype A method and apparatus for diagnosing schizophrenia, schizophrenia disorder subgroup, or predisposition thereto in a test subject is disclosed. The method includes the steps of determining an interhemispheric switch rate of the test subject. In one embodiment, the i... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336987 | Method and apparatus for rapid, non-contact measurement of the core temperature of animals and humans A method and apparatus for measuring the core temperature of an animal or human. Emissions from the eyeball are detected, at one or more wavelengths selected on the basis of various factors, including the ability of that wavelength to reach the interior of the eyeba... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331671 | Eye tracking method based on correlation and detected eye movement An eye tracking method tracks a subject's eye template by correlation between successive video frames, and periodically updates the eye template based on detected characteristic eye or eyelid movement such as blinking, eyelash movement and iris movement. In the abse... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331929 | Method and apparatus for surgical operating room information display gaze detection and user prioritization for control Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for using gaze detection to improve information display in a healthcare environment. Certain embodiments of a system include an eyewear headset for detecting a location of a user's gaze and a d... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326060 | Visual performance evaluation and training system A program for self-evaluating and training a user's visual skills. The program including a plurality of evaluation and training exercises. The program being designed to run on a computer having a color monitor. ... | 02/05/2008 |
