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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5417211 | Method for the classification of field patterns generated by electrophysiological activities A method for classifying field patterns generated by electrophysiological activities occurring inside the body of a living subject includes the steps of measuring field patterns arising as a result of the electrophysiological activities outside the body o... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5365455 | Method and apparatus for automatic nucleic acid sequence determination A method and system for automated nucleic acid sequence determination of a polynucleotide, wherein a nucleic acid sequencing ladder comprises signals corresponding to oligonucleotides formed from the polynucleotide, comprising the step of correlating, par... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5359509 | Health care payment adjudication and review system A computerized expert system reviews and adjudicates medical health care payment requests made by physicians to payers, such as insurers, for procedures performed and services and materials rendered to patients in the course of treatment. The system adjud... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5339818 | Method for determining blood pressure utilizing a neural network A method and device for indirect, quantitative estimation of blood pressure attributes and similar variable physiological parameters utilizing indirect techniques. The method of practice includes (i) generating a sequence of signals which are quantitative... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5331550 | Application of neural networks as an aid in medical diagnosis and general anomaly detection A method for computer-aided detection of anomalies in an image comprise the steps of: (1) dividing the image into a plurality of m×n regions; (2) subtracting the background from each of the regions; (3) for each of the regions, selecting a smaller p×q s... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5299121 | Non-prescription drug medication screening system A system for use in pharmacies which uses customer inputs to assist the customer with the selection of an appropriate non-prescription medication to relieve symptoms of an illness, injury or the like. The system uses an expert system to perform the select... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5299288 | Image-directed robotic system for precise robotic surgery including redundant consistency checking A robotic surgical system includes a multiple degree of freedom manipulator arm having a surgical tool. The arm is coupled to a controller for controllably positioning the surgical tool within a three dimensional coordinate system. The system further incl... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5280792 | Method and system for automatically classifying intracardiac electrograms The application is directed to a method for automatically classifying intracardiac electrograms, and a system for performing the method. In a further aspect, it concerns an implantable cardioverter defibrillator which incorporates the system and uses the ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5257182 | Morphological classification system and method A method of classifying cells based upon their morphology includes a method of classifying objects in a cytological specimen, including the steps of obtaining a first image of at least part of a cytological specimen, classifying objects in the first image... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5218529 | Neural network system and methods for analysis of organic materials and structures using spectral data Apparatus and processes for recognizing and identifying materials. Characteristic spectra are obtained for the materials via spectroscopy techniques including nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, infrared absorption analysis, x-ray analysis, mass spec... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5172418 | Image processing apparatus using disease-based image processing conditions An image processing apparatus processes diagnostic image data bearing thereon an image through which a disease is to be diagnosed so that a visible image having a quality optimal to diagnose the disease can be obtained. The image processing apparatus incl... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5047930 | Method and system for analysis of long term physiological polygraphic recordings An analysis system accepts physiological sensor signals, including electroencephalogram (EEG) and other signals commonly sensed in sleep analysis, stores the raw data for later retrieval, extracts features from the digitized signal data which are of a typ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5023785 | Hematology - diagnosis apparatus employing expert system technology Described is a hematology-diagnosis apparatus employing expert system technology. The apparatus comprises a computer/data processor which is provided with a memory facility, a central processor and a printer. Stored in the memory facility is a knowledge b... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5023775 | Software programmable logic array utilizing "and" and "or" gates A software programmable logic array ("SPLA") is disclosed for creating a logic array which can be dynamically programmed to provide any combination of predetermined outputs from any combination of desired inputs. The foregoing is accomplished by providing... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5005143 | Interactive statistical system and method for predicting expert decisions A system and method for selecting from a set of output actions for combinatory situations such as medical diagnosis defined by a pluality of input parameters. A decision making structure is established by an expert having a plurality of linked nodes. Rand... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4975840 | Method and apparatus for evaluating a potentially insurable risk A method and apparatus for evaluating the insurability of a potentially insurable risk has data bases for storing information, and the ability to correlate selected elements of information in respective data bases. Certain elements are assigned weights on... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4965725 | Neural network based automated cytological specimen classification system and method An automated screening system and method for cytological specimen classification in which a neural network is utilized in performance of the classification function. Also included is an automated microscope and associated image processing circuitry.... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4945476 | Interactive system and method for creating and editing a knowledge base for use as a computerized aid to the cognitive process of diagnosis A knowledge base having particular utility as a medical/pathology knowledge base contains textual and pictorial information on various diseases. The knowledge base includes user-selectable designations of diagnostic features which are characteristic of re... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4933872 | Method and system for wavefront reconstruction Method and system for wavefront reconstruction from an image plane intensity distribution profile. An imaging device may be an agent for producing the image plane intensity distribution profile, for example, a point spread function. In one embodiment, the... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4872122 | Interactive statistical system and method for predicting expert decisions A system and method for selecting from a set of output actions for combinatory situations such as medical diagnosis defined by a plurality of input parameters. A decision making structure is established by an expert having a plurality of linked nodes. Ran... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4839822 | Computer system and method for suggesting treatments for physical trauma An expert system which provides one or more suggested treatments for a patient with physical trauma is disclosed. The system includes a computing device having a memory, a plurality of data bases in the memory, an application program and an inference engi... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4835690 | Integrated expert system for medical imaging scan, set-up, and scheduling A magnetic resonance or other diagnostic imaging scanner (A) is connected with an image reconstruction module (B) for reconstructing diagnostic images. An integrated expert system (C) selects scan parameter settings for conducting the scan such that utili... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4825869 | System for automatically performing a clinical assessment of an implanted pacer based on information that is telemetrically received A cardiac pacer analysis system which is external to the patient is provided for an implanted pacer having patient history stored within the pacer. Information is transmitted from the pacer, and is received, stored and processed. Events in the received in... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4733354 | Method and apparatus for automated medical diagnosis using decision tree analysis An interactive method for performing a differential medical diagnosis utilizing a programmed computer system and a stored data base. In one particular embodiment, the method is for making a dermatopathological diagnosis based on operator selections from d... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4730259 | Matrix controlled expert system producible from examples An expert system in which an inference engine is controlled by a matrix of learning coefficients and a method for generating a matrix controlled expert system from examples. The inference engine determines likely values and final determinations for result... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4622013 | Interactive software training system An interactive training/expert computer system includes a computer subsystem for executing computer programs. A keyboard is used for entering data into the system, and a CRT displays the results of executing a computer program in the computer subsystem. A... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4525775 | Adaptive control system An adaptive control system incorporating self-teaching and self-programming features senses a pair of input signals for providing an output control signal. In a medical situation, the output signal drives a medicine delivery system in response to the sens... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4465077 | Apparatus and method of determining fertility status A fertility computer is disclosed having the ability to store information about a users past menstrual cycle history, basal body temperature, gynecological disorders, which along with certain prediction indicators is used to statistically predict when ovu... | 08/14/1984 |
