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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395109 | System for, and method of, monitoring heartbeats of a patient Heart monitor signals indicating a patient's heart characteristics are amplified without affecting the signal characteristics. The amplified heart monitor signals with atypical characteristics are transmitted to a pattern recognition platform which stores the patien... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7351203 | Therapeutic decisions systems and method using stochastic techniques Patients are evaluated in terms of various physiological parameters such as hemodynamic parameters. Covariate information indicative of the patient's individual characteristics may also be determined. A state variable indicative of the patient's characteristics is d... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7315755 | Systems and methods for communicating a protocol over a network The present invention aims at permitting numerous user terminals to share protocols as common resources. A vendor terminal or user terminal registers a pair of a protocol and a medical image, which is produced during scanning performed according to the protocol, by ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7210478 | Ventilator monitor system and method of using same Embodiments of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings include a system and method for monitoring the ventilation support provided by a ventilator that is supplying a breathing gas to a patient via a breathing circuit that is in f... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7182765 | Bone fixation system An implant for fixation of a bone includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and a longitudinal axis defined between the proximal end and the distal end. A plurality of blades are disposed on the shaft, and are helically twisted about the longitudinal ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7066173 | Medical ventilator and method of controlling same Embodiments of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings include a system and method for monitoring the ventilation support provided by a ventilator and automatically supplying a breathing gas to a patient via a breathing circuit th... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6810391 | System for calculating analytical data and making calculation results available as an output a System for calculating and emitting analytical data, particularly medically relevant analytical data, has a computer with an evaluation unit for analyzing information entered by the system user and for generating the analytical data, and an output medium provided ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6684188 | Method for production of medical records and other technical documents A computer implemented system for the production of medical records, legal documents and other frequently produced semi-technical documents. This is accomplished by generating an intelligent computer-guided interview and the use of serialized scriptable o... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6575905 | Method and apparatus for real-time estimation of physiological parameters A real-time glucose estimator uses a linearized Kalman filter to determine a best estimate of glucose level in real time. The real-time glucose estimator receives at least one measurement corresponding to glucose level. The measurement can be obtained wit... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6385474 | Method and apparatus for high-resolution detection and characterization of medical pathologies The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the construction and/or use of multidimensional fields that can be used for high-resolution detection and characterization of features within objects. The multidimensional field is constructed fr... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6334192 | Computer system and method for a self administered risk assessment A computer system for performing an interactive assessment of the risk of an event, has a computer monitor to present to a user of the system a series of questions and potential responses, and a keyboard or other device to select a response to the questio... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6306087 | Computer assisted methods for diagnosing diseases The simultaneous multi access reasoning technology system of the present invention utilizes both existing knowledge and implicit information that can be numerically extracted from training data to provide a method and apparatus for diagnosing disease and ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6248063 | Computer assisted methods for diagnosing diseases The simultaneous multi access reasoning technology system of the present invention utilizes both existing knowledge and implicit information that can be numerically extracted from training data to provide a method and apparatus for diagnosing disease and ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6179782 | Method and related apparatus for measuring and analyzing a physical quantity of interest through the application of fuzzy logic rules A method measures and analyzes a physical quantity of interest having first and second significant values dependent on a plurality of characteristic parameters. The method includes storing the characteristic parameters in a storage support external of the... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6167294 | Method and apparatus for producing benefit/risk evaluation data relating to radiation therapy in patients Process for producing benefit/risk evaluation data relating to radiation therapy in patients comprising the following stages: production of imaga data on the spatial positional distribution of relevant organ and tissue parts; production or selection of ra... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6109270 | Multimodality instrument for tissue characterization A system with multimodality instrument for tissue identification includes a computer-controlled motor driven heuristic probe with a multisensory tip. For neurosurgical applications, the instrument is mounted on a stereotactic frame for the probe to penetr... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6083173 | Artificial neural network for predicting respiratory disturbances and method for developing the same A method for predicting respiratory disturbances, and a method for developing such an artificial neural network. The inputs to the method and to the artificial neural network of the present invention are the answers given by a person to a series of questi... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5860917 | Method and apparatus for predicting therapeutic outcomes Methods, software, and systems for evaluating the response of a patient afflicted with a disease to a therapeutic regimen for the disease are described. In one aspect, the present methods, systems, and software are provided for evaluating the utility of a... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5839438 | Computer-based neural network system and method for medical diagnosis and interpretation A neural network system and method for diagnosing patients' medical conditions provide an efficient aid in identifying and interpreting factors which are significant in the medical diagnosis. The neural network is trained to recognize medical conditions b... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5823949 | Intelligent prompting A method and apparatus for helping healthcare professionals create clinical protocols or assist in direct entry of medical finding into a chart by intelligently prompting a healthcare professional with medical findings associated with at least one medical... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5810747 | Remote site medical intervention system An interactive intervention training system used for monitoring a patient suffering from neurological disorders of movement or a subject seeking to improve skill performance and assisting their training. A patient (or trainee) station is used in interacti... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5769074 | Computer assisted methods for diagnosing diseases The simultaneous multi access reasoning technology system of the present invention utilizes both existing knowledge and implicit information that can be numerically extracted from training data to provide a method and apparatus for diagnosing disease and ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5690103 | Detection/exclusion of acute myocardial infarction using neural network analysis of measurements of biochemical markers The overall invention categorizes patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with regard to a) AMI/non-AMI; b) infarct size (e.g. Major/Minor); c) time since onset of infarction; and d) non-AMI with/without minor myocardial damage (MMD). Ge... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5672154 | Method and apparatus for controlled individualized medication A method and a device for giving patients individualized, situation-dependent medication advice are disclosed. Preferably, the invention is implemented in portable computers. The method is founded on knowledge-based computer technology and comprises a rem... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5642936 | Methods for identifying human hereditary disease patterns The present invention relates to a method of determining human hereditary disease risk factors, a method of determining hereditary cancer patterns presenting in cancer family histories, and a method of determining whether a cancer family history represent... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5542430 | Apparatus and method for discriminating between cardiac rhythms on the basis of their morphology using a neural network An apparatus and a method are provided for coupling to a patient's heart for discriminating between tachycardias of physiological origin, and those of pathological origin having similar rates; and also for discriminating amongst those of pathological orig... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5491627 | Method and system for the detection of microcalcifications in digital mammograms A method and system for the detection of microcalcifications in digital mammograms. Digital mammograms are obtained and regions-of-interest (ROIs) are selected therefrom which contain suspected microcalcifications, either individual or clustered microcalc... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5463548 | Method and system for differential diagnosis based on clinical and radiological information using artificial neural networks A method and system for computer-aided differential diagnosis of diseases, and in particular, computer-aided differential diagnosis using neural networks. A first embodiment of the neural network distinguishes between a plurality of interstitial lung dise... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5357427 | Remote monitoring of high-risk patients using artificial intelligence Method and system for remote monitoring of high-risk patients using artificial intelligence. A plurality of high-risk patients can be simultaneously monitored without patient intervention. A patient hears questions in the doctor's voice at each monitoring... | 10/18/1994 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4528627 | Method for cephalometric quantitation and expression of growth A method for cephalometric quantitation of the morphology and growth of a patient is provided comprising the steps of making a lateral cephalometric X-ray of the patient, registering an X-ray with the analyzer, registering anatomic landmarks to determine ... | 07/09/1985 |
