Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187209 | Movement disorder monitoring system and method The present invention relates to a movement disorder monitor, and a method of measuring the severity of a subject's movement disorder. The present invention additionally relates to a drug delivery system for dosing a subject in response to the increased severity of ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8177731 | Elastic hysteretic palpatory training apparatus An elastic hysteretic palpatory training apparatus includes a plunger, a solenoid disposed around a longitudinal axis of the plunger, and a controller for controlling electrical power supplied to the solenoid as a function of a palpatory force applied to an end of t... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172777 | Sensor-based health monitoring system Implementations for sensor-based health monitoring systems are generally disclosed. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167825 | Elastic hysteretic palpatory training method A method of hysteretic palpatory training includes providing a wire or a computer controlled actuator having a plunger that hysteretically resists the application of a palpatory force. An increasing palpatory force is applied in a first direction to the wire or the ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162857 | Limb movement monitoring system A limb movement monitoring system, comprising a motion sensor, a garment comprising spatially addressable photonic textiles and spatially resolving pressure-sensitive textiles and furthermore a muscular activity sensor, a processing unit processing the data from the... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152745 | Activity monitoring Sensors and methods for automatically detecting and recording physical activities of an individual are described. An event is detected, in which data representative of at least one physical activity of an individual is received from an activity monitor associated wi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8118758 | Living body inspection apparatus A living body inspection apparatus includes: a first detecting unit detecting a displacement of two positions in a lateral direction of a subject's larynx; a second detecting unit detecting a swallowing sound of the subject; a displaying unit displaying a waveform r... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114033 | Sleep determination apparatus A sleep determination apparatus capable of detecting wakefulness of a subject before entering a hypnagogic state with high accuracy is provided. When the subject is not yet in the hypnagogic state, it is determined that the subject is asleep when a detected b... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109891 | Device and method for detecting an epileptic event The invention discloses an epileptic event alert system, capable of detecting and analyzing whether motions sensed by at least one motion sensor of the system, are related to an epileptic seizure event. The system may be utilized for detection of additional motion-r... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109890 | Body movement monitoring device An autonomous sensing unit and system that includes a set of sensors, a conditioning means for deriving information from the sensors, display means for displaying the information to an operator, and a means for recording the kinematic parameters of a body segment, a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8096960 | Easy wake device A device that monitors a user's sleep cycles and operates to sound an alarm to awaken the user at an optimal point within a sleep cycle. Once an alarm time is set and the alarm is activated, the device begins to monitor a wearer's sleep cycles by identifying the poi... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092398 | Multi-axis tilt estimation and fall remediation Among other things, a vestibular prosthesis includes a wearable motion sensing system, the motion sensing system generating a motion signal indicative of a motion thereof, wherein the motion includes rotation about two distinct axes; a signal processor in communicat... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092400 | Calculating the position of body parts, taking into account anatomical symmetry The present application relates to a method for determining the position or relative position of body parts, taking into account the anatomical symmetry, wherein at least one first-side body part is provided on the first side of an anatomical body, and at least one ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092399 | Sleep state measuring apparatus and sleep state measuring method Even if a mattress or the like suffers long-term deterioration, a sleep state measuring apparatus is provided which can set a suitable amplification factor A of a biosignal. The sleep state measuring apparatus detects the biosignal which changes depending on the sle... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088083 | System for measurement of head position and measurement tool for such a system The present invention relates to the field of radiation therapy. In particular, the relates to a system for measuring the position of a head of a patient during neurological diagnosis, therapy or surgery, in particular during radiation therapy relatively a frame ada... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088082 | Fetal movement monitoring system and fetal movement information collecting device The present invention provides a fetal movement monitoring system and a fetal movement information collecting device which are simply usable at home to collect and analyze correctly detail information about fetal movements over a long time. The fetal movement monito... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8057407 | Surgical sensor An integrated surgical anchor/localization sensor is disclosed. The anchor is adapted to be secured to an anatomical structure and contains a sensor housing. A receiver is located within the sensor housing and is adapted to sense reference signals generated by a sur... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052623 | Computer-assisted joint analysis using surface projection A system and method for computer-assisted joint analysis, wherein the joint elements in a three-dimensional imaging data set are segmented and then projected onto a two-dimensional or three-dimensional reference area for interference analysis and surgical planning. | 11/08/2011 |
| 8021312 | Arrangement, method and computer program for determining physical activity level of human being An arrangement, method and computer program for determining the physical activity level of a human being. The arrangement comprises a movement sensor to be attached to an upper limb of the human being for measuring upper limb movements, a processing unit connected t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8007450 | Systems, devices, and methods for interpreting movement According to some exemplary embodiments, a method or system can involve associating a plurality of biokinetographic comparison results with a first specific dysfunction from a group of specific dysfunctions, each of the biokinetographic comparison results obtained f... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002717 | Quantification of mechanical and neural contributions to spasticity The present invention relates to a system (10) operable to evaluate spasticity in a movable extremity (12). The system (10) comprises a fixation device (14) comprising a first part (14.sub.1) connected via a movable joint ( | 08/23/2011 |
| 7988647 | Assessment of medical conditions by determining mobility A mobility assessment detects abnormalities in motion using a stagger algorithm. The detected abnormalities are compared to known norms for a particular test to determine if the abnormalities are normal or not. The comparison can be made for abnormalities associated... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981059 | Driving force calculating device, driving force calculating method, power assisting device, program, and computer-readable storage medium In one embodiment of the present invention, a driving force calculating device calculates a driving force so that a desired load is applied on a muscle while a power assisting device assists and/or resists a predetermined motion. A driving force calculating section ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7981057 | Joint motion sensing to make a determination of a positional change of an individual An apparatus in one example comprises one or more sensors that produce one or more signals based on one or more joint motions of an individual, and one or more processing components that employ one or more of the one or more signals to make a determination of a posi... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7981058 | Intelligent wearable monitor systems and methods An intelligent wearable monitoring system includes a wireless personal area network for extended monitoring of a patient's motor functions. The wireless personal area network includes an intelligent accelerometer unit, a personal server and a remote access unit. The... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976482 | Device and method for knee ligament strain measurement A device for measuring displacement of the tibia in relation to the femur in response to an applied force or torque on the tibia. A first shaft is tiltable about a first axis close to the ankle and approximately parallel to the coronal plane of the patient's body. A... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972285 | Motor function measuring sensor, motor function measuring apparatus, and motor function analyzing apparatus A motion sensor for measuring motion information of a subject comprises a coil substrate having transmitting or receiving coils piled one on top of another and a holder in which the coil substrate is mounted. Formed on the holder are curved surfaces to which an adhe... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963931 | Methods and devices of multi-functional operating system for care-taking machine The methods and devices of a multi-functional operating interface for a care-taking machine. The multi-functional operating interface of the care-taking machine includes: muscle stretch sensor, multiplexer amplifying wave filter, analog-to-digital signal converter, ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963930 | Methods and devices of multi-functional operating system for care-taking machine The methods and devices of a multi-functional operating interface for a care-taking machine. The multi-functional operating interface of the care-taking machine includes: muscle stretch sensor, multiplexer amplifying wave filter, analog-to-digital signal converter, ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959585 | Device and method for the time-based analysis of the agitation of a bedridden patient Device for the time-based analysis of the agitation of a bedridden patient includes elements (4) for acquiring the patient's shouts and elements (5) for acquiring the patient's movements, the acquisition elements being connected to storage elements ( | 06/14/2011 |
| 7955279 | Device for evaluating a position of balance for the human body According to the invention, the patient (4) is placed upon a patient support (3) between an X-ray source (1) and a support for the target plate (2) sensitive to the X-rays. The patient support (3) is connected to a device for detec... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955280 | Leg alignment for surgical parameter measurement in hip replacement surgery A CAS system and method comprises a first reference in fixed relation with the pelvis and a registration tool. A sensor apparatus tracks the first reference and tool. A controller unit receives tracking data for the first reference and tool. A calculator tracks the ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7942833 | Motion guide device, and its control system and control program A device for inducing a user's motion in a rhythm responsive to a motion rhythm after the user's motion rhythm changes suddenly. The walking assist device generates a first oscillator which attains mutual entrainment with a user's hip joint angular velocity to refle... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7931604 | Method for real time interactive visualization of muscle forces and joint torques in the human body A method and system are provided for the visual display of anatomical forces, that system having: a motion capture system; a computer, receiving data from said motion capture system; and a computational pipeline disposed on said computer; that computational pipeline... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927292 | Self-powered vibration sensor An apparatus, system, and method for monitoring vibration using a self-powered vibration sensor, a programmable interactive device, and a remote server. The self-powered sensor is capable of transforming vibrations into equivalent RF pulses, which are recorded and m... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7892189 | Movement analysis display apparatus and movement analyzing method A movement analysis display apparatus includes a analyzing unit for analyzing waveform data of a time series which is acquired from a movement sensor, and a display unit for displaying an analysis result that is analyzed by the analyzing unit. The analyzing unit inc... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7883480 | Motion monitoring apparatus A motion monitoring apparatus and method for monitoring a patient under medical care. A sensor arrangement is provided in the form of a pad which the patient lies on. The sensor arrangement provides a signal which can be monitored to observe motion of the patient an... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883478 | Patient support having real time pressure control A patient support having real time pressure control. The patient support includes a plurality of sensors located beneath a bladder including a plurality of upright cylindrical elements. The pressure within the bladder is controlled based on the pressure or force sen... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883479 | Stability augmentation system A stability augmentation system for stabilizing human limbs from against limb tremors. The stability augmentation system includes: and arm brace; a plurality of piezoelectric sensors fixed on said arm brace for sensing angular motion about a first axis of a limb ind... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7862523 | Force or pressure sensor and method for applying the same The invention relates to a force or pressure sensor and a method for applying the same. The pressure sensor includes a substantially rigid, mechanical-load resistant frame, a flexible diaphragm secured over its peripheral rim to the frame, and a piezoelectric sensor... | 01/04/2011 |
