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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096946 | Vigilance monitoring system The present invention pertains to a system and method of monitoring the alertness or wakefulness of a driver. The monitored parameters include cardiac, respiratory and movement parameters. Sensors are located in various locations of the driver side section to detect... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092383 | Health support method and system thereof To provide a method for recognizing/analyzing a plurality of data concerning health management of an individual as his/her personal characteristic pattern data while considering the relationship between the data instead of analyzing each of the data separately; a he... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092382 | System and method for prioritizing medical conditions A system for ordering and prioritizing multiple health disorders for automated remote patient care is presented. A database maintains information for an individual patient by organizing monitoring sets in a database, and measures relating to patient information prev... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083676 | Apparatus and system for collection and storage of vital signs medical information and methods related thereto Featured is an apparatus for the collection and storage of patient vital sign information as well as systems and methods related thereto. Such a collection and storage apparatus of the present invention forms a workstation that is configured and arranged so as to be... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079954 | Visual medical monitoring system for a remote subject The present invention is of a system, which features bi-directional communication for measuring and transferring medical data and for communication with medical personnel. The apparatus is preferably integrated with at least one of, but more preferably both, audio a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8070677 | Method and apparatus for distinguishing between clinically significant changes and artifacts in patient physiological information A patient physiological information monitoring system includes a plurality of patient monitoring devices (6) and a physiological information analyzer (2). The plurality of patient monitoring devices (6) monitor physiological information from a p... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066640 | Cellular GPRS-communication linked glucometer—pedometer The Cellular GPRS system includes a cellular-based Glucometer (CBG) for blood glucose monitoring, a pedometer for exertion measurement, combined with user-entered dietary or other diabetes-relevant information. Data from all inputs is transmitted over a cellular net... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066639 | Glucose measuring device for use in personal area network A glucose measuring system includes a glucose meter that incorporates wireless communication capabilities. The meter can advantageously be a low cost meter by eliminating expensive components, such as the display. The user nevertheless is able to retrieve and view h... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062220 | Monitoring physiological conditions A method for unobtrusive screening the well-being of a person using a plurality of sensing devices, including detecting the presence of a person; identifying and tracking the person; using sensing devices, which includes at least one camera, to unobtrusively sense o... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057388 | Microsensor array system A microsensor array system, comprising a pad, a plurality of actuators attached to the pad, and a plurality of microprobes, wherein substantially each microprobe in the plurality of microprobes is attached to a respective actuator in the plurality of actuators. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052600 | Method and system for non-invasive measurement of prescribed characteristics of a subject In the non-invasive measuring system, a wireless communication device or other sensing device, gathers Doppler information from signals transmitted by the wireless communication or sensing device and reflected off of a target subject. The gathered information is tra... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8043215 | Drug titration utilizing an implantable medical device A method for titrating a drug to provide a medical therapy to a patient. The method includes the steps of providing an implantable medical device having a controller, providing one or more implantable sensors configured to sense physical parameters of the patient an... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8021299 | Correlating a non-polysomnographic physiological parameter set with sleep states Values of a non-polysomnographic (non-PSG) physiological parameter set may be correlated to polysomnographically (PSG) determined sleep states. The correlated values of the non-PSG parameter set and sleep states may be analyzed, and a relationship between the values... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8007436 | Biological information monitoring system A biological information monitoring system includes a plurality of biological information sensor modules 1A and 1B attached to the right side and left side of a subject body, which sensor modules 1A and 1B each incorporate a biological in... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7998070 | Quantifying neurospinal function An aspect disclosed herein involves methods and systems for determining a neurospinal functional index (NSFI) provide a single index quantifying a plurality of neurospinal functions, for example, algometry, range of motion, electromyography, thermography, and heart ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7985181 | Process and device for monitoring a patient A process for monitoring a patient by a monitoring device is provided in which simplified monitoring of the patient can be carried out on the basis of a suitable selection of the parameter values and/or ranges displayed in a special manner. A suitable device (1 | 07/26/2011 |
| 7976465 | Phase shifting of neurological signals in a medical device system Method and apparatus for phase shifting neurological signals received from monitoring elements of a medical device. The medical device comprises a plurality of monitoring elements each receiving a neurological signal. The device processes the neurological signals an... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972266 | Image data normalization for a monitoring system A method for providing normalized physiological monitoring data of an individual with a measure of the quality of the normalization, including providing a reference feature based on a physiological attribute of the individual for which an attribute value can be dete... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7959568 | Advanced patient management for identifying, displaying and assisting with correlating health-related data Systems, devices and methods for identifying, displaying and assisting in correlating health-related data. One aspect is a programmable device having machine executable instructions for performing a method for use in correlating data to manage a patient's health. In... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7955259 | Apparatus and method for inducing emotions The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for inducing emotions. A primary object of the present invention is to accurately induce an emotion desired by a user by feedbacking biosignals from the user and inducing a desired emotion in accordance with t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7846094 | System and method for neurological injury detection, classification and subsequent injury amelioration A system (10) and method for detecting and analyzing neurological damage in an injured subject are provided using electrical nerve conduction analyses supported by a computing device (12). An appropriate neurologically protective pharmaceutical for tha... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7789828 | Health related location awareness A remote health monitoring system, comprising a device suitable for transmitting and receiving data configured for determining a geographic location of the device, a communication network, and a server. The device is suitable for communicating with the server via th... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7594889 | Integrated data collection and analysis for clinical study A data collection system includes remote, implantable sensors for monitoring one or more patient parameters, collecting and processing data from those sensors and utilizing that data in the performance of a clinical study of a drug or other pharmacological agent. Th... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7468032 | Advanced patient management for identifying, displaying and assisting with correlating health-related data Systems, devices and methods for identifying, displaying and assisting in correlating health-related data. One aspect is a programmable device having machine executable instructions for performing a method for use in correlating data to manage a patient's health. In... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7444291 | System and method for modeling of healthcare utilization A system and method for modeling healthcare utilization based on usage data from physician claims, hospital claims, and pharmacy claims. The method includes extracting from a claims file the portion of the data from a base period that is relevant to modeling healthc... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443302 | Caregiver and equipment monitoring and control system A hospital monitoring system for monitoring hospital personnel, a plurality of patient locations for patients, and associated devices is configured to control the associated devices based on the presence of hospital personnel or alarms. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439856 | Health care patient status event processing and reporting The invention provides a method and system for communicating, processing and responding to information reporting the status of health care patients. In one aspect, the invention provides a procedure for allocating the attention of health care personnel to issues and... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435232 | Noninvasive tissue assessment Methods and apparatus for non-invasively assessing physiological hard of soft tissue of human and other species are described. In a preferred embodiment, tissue is vibrationally stimulated in vivo through a frequency spectrum. The tissue reacts against the stimulus ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433853 | Expert system for patient medical information analysis A plurality of chronic sensors are used to facilitate diagnosis and medical decision making for an individual patient. An expert system evaluates the sensor data, combines the sensor data with stored probability data and provides an output signal for notification or... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428301 | Method and system for the exit protocol of an emergency medical dispatch system A method and system for receiving, processing and responding to emergency medical calls by emergency dispatchers is described. A consistent, standard and systematic process is provided which in combination with adequate training, supervision and quality assurance se... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427920 | Population monitoring system A system for monitoring a live population uses a unit as a local data collection device to derive data on the physical condition of a population member. The unit has a local processor for correlating and storing the physical condition data relative to time and a mec... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423537 | Procedure and system for detecting a person's fall A person under supervision wears a sensor consisting of at least one accelerometer (31) and a magnetometer (41), oriented in his vertical direction. A fall event is picked up when a significant and rapid oscillation of the acceleration signal coincides... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423526 | Integrated patient diagnostic and identification system A small integrated diagnostic and identification system is disclosed that solves several problems associated with current sensory systems. The diagnostic and identification system comprises a bracelet with an identification mechanism that is difficult to remove and ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419483 | Surgical drain with positioning and protective features The present invention is directed to devices and methods of using a surgical drain, and more particularly to a surgical drain having at least one sensor for monitoring and/or recording the condition of the anatomical site or fluid emitted from the site where the sur... | 09/02/2008 |
| RE40470 | Body function measuring apparatus Body function measuring apparatus which provides: (1) an indication of the body function being measured, and (2) a loose probe condition by determining that the difference between the rate of change of a first body function signal, developed by a first sensor in the... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413545 | Method of calculating circulation dynamics of a living body In a method of calculating circulation dynamics of a living body, a resistance component corresponding to a shape of a blood vessel in the living body is derived using previously obtained values of viscosity, pressure and flow rate of blood flowing in the blood vess... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412458 | Method, systems and apparatuses for managing specialized healthcare needs The present invention provides a healthcare management system for specialized healthcare needs. The healthcare management system may include at least one database. The healthcare management system may also include a data collection module. The data collection module... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411510 | Internet-based informal care delivery system The current invention provides a remote caregiver support system which allows caregivers to provide informal care to care receivers. The systems of the current invention comprise a caregiver system and a care receiver system operating on personal computers. Each sys... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7392140 | Cellular fibronectin as a diagnostic marker in stroke and methods of use thereof Methods for the diagnosis and evaluation of stroke and stroke sub-type employ a variety of bio-markers including cellular fibronectin (c-Fn) assembled as a panel for stoke diagnosis and evaluation. Methods are disclosed for selecting markers and correlating their co... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387607 | Wireless medical sensor system A monitoring device having a signal receiver, a pseudo-ground, a digital processor and a transceiver, the signal receiver having an ability to receive a sensed signal representing a patient vital sign, the pseudo-ground having an ability to generate a baseline signa... | 06/17/2008 |
