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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182461 | Syringe pump rapid occlusion detection system An apparatus, method and program product detects an occlusion in a fluid line by determining if a relationship between force measurements departs from an expected relationship. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8157785 | Burn patient resuscitation system A method and system for operating a semi-closed loop and/or a closed loop resuscitation of a burn patient in view of patient information and other physiological data gathered as part of the method and/or by the system. The method in at least one embodiment includes ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8100880 | Automated therapy system and method An automated therapy system having an infusion catheter; a sensor adapted to sense a patient parameter; and a controller communicating with the sensor and programmed to control flow output from the infusion catheter into a patient based on the patient parameter with... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096983 | Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy A mechanism for optimizing insulin infusion rate of a CSII pump for each patient. A continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy uses a continuous subcutaneous insulin pump, which includes: determining a circadian variation curve representing sympathetic nerve a... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8070742 | Method for controlling body fluid condition using diuretics, based on weight measurement The system for controlling body fluids overcomes the limitations of the prior art by automatically infusing diuretic and/or other drugs into a human patient. In one approach, the rate of infusion of the diuretic is adjusted based on the measured weight of the patien... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8016812 | Techniques for delivery of stem cell and related therapies to treat cardiac conditions An exemplary method includes acquiring cardiac electrical activity information, detecting a T wave and, based on the detecting, calling for delivery of matter to the heart where the matter may include one or more of stem cells, progenitor cells, nutrients and drugs.... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7938817 | Patient hydration system and method A patient hydration system and method wherein a urine collection system is connected to the patient. An infusion system is also connected to the patient. An infusion pump is connected to a source of hydration fluid. A control subsystem is responsive to the amount of... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7879020 | Decision-assist method for resuscitation of patients A method for providing decision-assist to medical staff resuscitating a burn patient includes receiving patient information, calculating an infusion rate, outputting the infusion rate, obtaining a urinary output, calculating a new infusion rate using infusion rate m... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7857803 | Burn patient resuscitation system and method A method and system for operating a semi-closed loop and/or a closed loop resuscitation of a burn patient in view of patient information and other physiological data gathered as part of the method and/or by the system. The method in at least one embodiment includes ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7837667 | Patient hydration system with abnormal condition sensing A patient hydration system and method wherein hydration fluid is administered to a patient and the patient's urine output is measured either by weight or some other suitable way. A controller is responsive to the patient's urine output measurement and configured to ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7785313 | Closed loop/semi-closed loop therapy modification system A closed loop/semi-closed loop infusion system provides therapy modification and safeguards against the over-delivery or under-delivery of insulin. A glucose sensor system is configured to obtain a measured blood glucose value. A controller is operationally connecte... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7758562 | Patient hydration system with a redundant monitoring of hydration fluid infusion A patient hydration system including an infusion device for administering hydration fluid to a patient, and a hydration fluid measurement device responsive to a source of hydration fluid, a patient urine output measurement device. A controller is responsive to the h... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7758563 | Patient hydration monitoring and maintenance system and method for use with administration of a diuretic A patient hydration system with an infusion subsystem responsive to a source of hydration fluid for infusing the patient with hydration fluid. A urine output measurement subsystem determines the amount of urine output by the patient. A setting is received correspond... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7736354 | Patient hydration system with hydration state detection A patient hydration system with a patient urine output measurement device, a hydration fluid administration subsystem, and a controller, responsive to the patient urine output measurement device. The controller is configured to control the hydration fluid administra... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7727222 | Patient hydration system with taper down feature A patient hydration system with an infusion subsystem which infuses fluid into a patient and a urine output measurement subsystem for measuring the amount of urine output by the patient. A controller is configured to control the infusion subsystem and is responsive ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7699829 | Catheter with sensor tip and method of use of same An apparatus and method for catheter-based sensing and injection at a target site within a patient's body. An injection catheter is equipped with electrodes at its distal end which contact the surface of a target site, such as an AV node of the heart. Electrical sig... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7390311 | Delivery of a sympatholytic cardiovascular agent to the central nervous system A sympatholytic cardiovascular agent delivered by a drug delivery pump to a central nervous system site to alleviate symptoms of acute or chronic cardiac insult or impaired cardiac performance. The drug delivery pump can be external or implantable infusion pump (IIP... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7354429 | Device and method for detecting and treating chemical and biological agents A device and method capable of sensing the presence of biochem agents, and preferably also capable of delivering precise amounts of one or more antidotes to treat a victim exposed to the agents. The device includes a freestanding tube portion having an internal pass... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354420 | Closed loop system for controlling insulin infusion A closed loop infusion system controls the rate that fluid is infused into the body of a user. The closed loop infusion system includes a sensor system, a controller, and a delivery system. The sensor system includes a sensor for monitoring a condition of the user. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7335223 | Apparatus for the treatment of body tissue An apparatus for treating body tissue includes a treatment instrument 1 for treating the body tissue and a measuring unit 3 for measuring the actual value of a parameter of the body tissue at at least one measuring point. An identifier 4 is conn... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7320676 | Pressure sensing in implantable medical devices An implantable medical device for delivering a therapeutic substance to a delivery site in a patient. A reservoir holds a supply of the fluid therapeutic substance. A catheter has a proximal end, a delivery region and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the d... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320675 | Method and apparatus for modulating cellular metabolism during post-ischemia or heart failure A drug delivery system detects a cardiac condition indicative of a need for increasing a cardiac metabolic level and, in response, releases a drug into tissue or blood to shift a source of metabolically synthesized energy fueling cardiac contraction from fatty acid ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318819 | Automatic locking valve for medication injection An automatic locking valve for safely administering a dose of medication is disclosed. The automatic locking valve comprises a valve housing defined with a space and formed with input and output ports for intaking and discharging the medication, a spool-shaped on/of... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302289 | Readable probe array for use A disposable high density optically readable polydeoxynucleotide array with integral fluorescence excitation and fluorescence emission channels is described. The compact array size allows integration into several types of interventional devices such as catheters, gu... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295889 | Nutrition dispensers and method for producing optimal dose of nutrition with the help of a database arrangement A nutrition dispenser (100) for producing doses of nutrition and/or medication and a method for producing the doses with the help of the nutrition dispenser. A database arrangement is linked to the nutrition dispenser (100), and further, the nutrition ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7267665 | Closed loop system for controlling insulin infusion A closed loop infusion system controls the rate that fluid is infused into the body of a user. The closed loop infusion system includes a sensor system, a controller, and a delivery system. The sensor system includes a sensor for monitoring a condition of the user. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254450 | Atraumatic sensor lead assemblies The invention is directed to lead configurations for sensors that allow for less invasive sensor replacement procedures. In one configuration, a sensor lead assembly includes an outer lead body and an inner lead including a sensor such as an electrochemical glucose ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7236890 | Transcutaneous analyte sensor The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236821 | Chronically-implanted device for sensing and therapy Systems, devices and methods are provided for providing sensing and therapy functions using a chronically-implanted device. According to one embodiment, the device includes a structure adapted to be chronically placed within a biosystem, and further includes sensing... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232435 | Delivery of a sympatholytic cardiovascular agent to the central nervous system to counter heart failure and pathologies associated with heart failure A sympatholytic cardiovascular agent delivered by a drug delivery pump to a central nervous system site to alleviate symptoms and otherwise treat heart failure (HF) and pathologies associated with HF. The drug delivery pump can be external or implantable infusion pu... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229430 | Apparatuses and methods for titrating drug delivery A method and apparatus for reducing the workload of titrating drug to effect while leaving clinician users in control of a related procedure is described. A drug delivery device is controlled to achieve a target drug concentration at a selected site in the patient o... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7220240 | System and method for adaptive drug delivery A system and method for controlling the administration of medication to a patient utilizes adaptive feedback to achieve and maintain a target effect in said patient. A sensor package having one or more sensors is used to sense an attribute of the patient and to prov... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201733 | Drug delivery system for implantable cardiac device A drug delivery system incorporated into a cardiac device for delivering a dose of a drug to a patient upon detection of a particular medical condition. The cardiac device may be, for example, an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator, cardiac pacemaker, or combinat... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7181927 | Primary heat exchanger for patient temperature control A system for exchanging heat with primary coolant flowing through an intravascular catheter or externally-applied pad to warm or cool a patient. A secondary heat transfer element can be engaged with a primary heat transfer element and is not grounded when the primar... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171264 | Intradermal delivery of active agents by needle-free injection and electroporation Methods are proved for introducing a biologically active agent into cells of a subject by introducing the agent in a form suitable for electrotransport into a region of tissue of the subject using one or more needle-free injectors, and applying a pulsed electric fie... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165507 | Methods and apparatus for accurately positioning a device within the subgerminal cavity of avian eggs Methods an apparatus for accurately and reliably positioning a device within an egg are provided. An opening is formed within a portion of the shell of an egg and a device is extended through the opening. The device includes a needle having a lumen containing a flui... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7113821 | Tissue electroperforation for enhanced drug delivery The present invention relates to a method and a device for transporting a molecule through a mammalian barrier membrane of at least one layer of cells comprising the steps of: ablating the membrane with an electric current from a treatment electrode; and utilizing a... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104963 | Method and apparatus for monitoring intravenous (IV) drug concentration using exhaled breath A method and system is provided for detecting the depth of anesthesia wherein at least one anesthetic agent is absorbed in a patient's bloodstream during the administration of anesthesia, which includes sampling a patient's expired breath; analyzing the breath for c... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7087017 | Atraumatic sensor lead assemblies The invention is directed to lead configurations for sensors that allow for less invasive sensor replacement procedures. In one configuration, a sensor lead assembly includes an outer lead body and an inner lead including a sensor such as an electrochemical glucose ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089055 | Method and apparatus for delivering pre-shock defibrillation therapy An apparatus and method is presented for improving cardiac function after successful termination of a tachyarrhythmia such as ventricular fibrillation. A series of electrical stimulation pulses are delivered prior to a defibrillation shock if one or more specific cr... | 08/08/2006 |
