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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7300408 | Spectroscopic breath analysis Methods and apparatus for the analysis of exhaled breath by spectroscopy are disclosed. An optical cavity containing the exhaled breath, typically comprising a pair of opposing high reflectivity mirrors, is used to implement a cavity enhanced absorbtion technique. P... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7274955 | Parameter compensated pulse oximeter A monitor has a primary input responsive to a first property of a tissue site. An uncompensated measurement is determinable from the primary input. A parameter input is responsive to a second property associated with the tissue site, where the first property is depe... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267671 | Surgical drain with sensors for monitoring fluid lumen 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 surgical drain is placed. Modifications ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264616 | Method of utilizing a surgical drain with sensors for monitoring internal tissue condition 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... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7248906 | Method and device for monitoring analyte concentration by optical detection A method and device are provided for the determination of the concentration of compounds in body tissue. The method utilises optical methods based on the interaction of light with compounds, whereby the concentration of the compound under analysis is determined. The... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247143 | Bladder-based cuff for measuring physiological parameters and method of measuring physiological parameters using same A cuff for measuring volume and change in volume of a body appendage includes a hollow, rigid tube having an inner surface; and a bladder having an inner surface and an outer surface, the ends of the bladder being sealed to the ends of the tube to create an enclosed... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7147606 | Urinary diagnostic system having a retrievable sensing device A diagnostic system is disclosed. The diagnostic system comprises a sensing device having a retrieval wire. The sensing device is configured to collect data. The system also includes a deployable housing that has a body defining an interior and an exterior. The hous... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7039454 | Biological optical measuring instrument A biological optical measuring instrument comprising a measuring probe (101) for collecting light from a plurality of portions of a subject (214) transmitted through the subject (214) by means of an optical fiber (108) by guiding light em... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025716 | Intraluminal radiation treatment system A transfer device and catheter assembly for the delivery of treatment elements to a selected location within the intraluminal passageways of a patient as part of an intraluminal radiation system. The transfer device includes a gate member that permits the treatment ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018336 | Implantable sensor flush sleeve A apparatus and method for cleaning a sensor tip of an implantable sensor includes a flush sleeve directed towards the sensor tip, a fluid conduit in fluid communication with the flush sleeve, where fluid injected into a first end of a flush sleeve surrounding the s... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6997880 | Waveform interpreter for respiratory analysis A capnograph which performs an analysis of the breath waveforms measured by the carbon dioxide sensor, interprets the results of this analysis, and outputs to the operator diagnostic information about the respiratory status of the patient, or about the adequacy of t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6901281 | Method of magnetic resonance imaging The invention provides a method of magnetic resonance imaging of regional blood oxygenation which comprises administering into the vasculature of a vascularized human or non-human animal subject a T2 blood pool contrast agent, detecting a magnetic resonan... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6334064 | Remote sensing tonometric catheter apparatus and method A tonometric device for use in hollow viscus tonometry and remote sensing of patient fluid parameters is disclosed in combination with a secondary apparatus, such as a urinary catheter, a nasogastric sump apparatus, or a feeding tube, for example. The dev... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6248080 | Intracranial monitoring and therapy delivery control device, system and method An implantable medical device having an hermetically sealed enclosure housing electrical and electronic circuitry and a battery for powering such circuitry is connected to an intracranial lead or pigtail which measures or senses intracranial physiologic s... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5997540 | High efficiency external counterpulsation apparatus and method for controlling same The present invention provides a high efficiency external counterpulsation apparatus having accurate and reliable timing of inflation and deflation and reduced temperature of the pressurized gas, such that the gas flow temperature of the balloons is near ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5676140 | Non-invasive blood pressure measurement device A non-invasive blood pressure measurment device including: a cuff, a pressure detector for detecting a cuff pressure; a cuff pressure control pump for linearly increasing or decreasing the cuff pressure; a light-emitting member for injecting a beam of lig... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5554103 | High efficiency external counterpulsation apparatus and method for controlling same The present invention provides a high efficiency external counterpulsation apparatus having accurate and reliable timing of inflation and deflation and reduced temperature of the pressurized gas, such that the gas flow temperature of the balloons is near ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5515864 | Method and apparatus for the in vivo measurement of oxygen concentration levels by the indirect determination of fluoescence lifetime Methods are described for the in vivo topographic determination of tissue and bodily fluid oxygen concentration or PO2 within an imaged tissue, as well as a method for measuring blood or bodily fluid PO2 with a fiber optic catheter. ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5422478 | Fiberoptic pressure sensor having drift correction means for insitu calibration An improved intensity-encoded fiber optic sensor incorporating novel drift correction and filtering means is disclosed. The first embodiments of the invention relate to means for removing unwanted higher-order core and cladding modes from an intensity-enc... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5353792 | Sensing device In order to simultaneously determine the concentrations of different analytes in several places in a tissue by means of a thin, biocompatible tube or cannula which is inserted into the tissue, the tube is provided with several areas along its length which... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5284139 | Hemometrix temperature compensation A method for converting a value for the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) in blood at a measurement temperature to a corresponding value at a reference temperature (37° C.). A value for pO2 is determined by measurements made in a pat... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5279793 | Optical osmometer for chemical detection A fiber optic optical osmometer (50) includes a fiber optic probe (20) inserted into a chamber (24) including a filter member (10 ) and a diaphragm (14) responsive to a pressure change in the chamber. The filter member transmits a fluid including an analy... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5251633 | Optical probe An improved optical probe for the invasive measurement of partial carbon dioxide pressures is disclosed that minimizes pCO2 reading drift. An optical probe for the invasive measurement of the partial carbon dioxide pressure comprises an optical... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5234835 | Precalibrated fiber optic sensing method A precalibrated sensing system for determining a blood parameter such as the partial pressures of oxygen (pO2) and carbon dioxide (pCO2), and the negative logarithm of hydrogen ion activity (pH). A dry sensor is provided which may be... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5190039 | Apparatus and method for monitoring body organs An apparatus and a method for non-invasively measuring oxygen partial pressure in a living body in which light is thrown on a living body to be measured, the oxygen saturation of the living body is obtained from the light absorption spectrum or light scat... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5125058 | Fiber optic connection and method of measuring intravascular pressure using same The present invention relates to a fiber optic connection (1) between a sensor-guide portion (2) comprising an optic fiber (4) arranged in an air channel, said optic fiber (4) leading to a sensor element in the farther end of said sensor-guide portion (2)... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5058416 | Apparatus for the determination of the partial pressure of gases dissolved in a fluid An apparatus for determining the partial pressure of a gas dissolved in a fluid which includes a catheter consisting of a double bored coaxial catheter having an outer tube and a spaced coaxial inner tube, the outer tube being permeable to the gas being m... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5048525 | Blood parameter measurement system with compliant element An assembly for the measurement of a blood parameter comprising a catheter having a lumen extending therethrough and a sensor mounted in the lumen. A conduit couples the lumen to a source of anti-clotting solution, and a compliant element is coupled to th... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5039492 | Optical pH and gas concentration sensor An optical pH sensor and a gas sensor utilizing the pH sensor. The pH sensor includes an indicator whose absorbance is a function of the concentration of hydronium ions in a media surrounding the indicator. Light transmitted and reflected through the indi... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5039491 | Optical oxygen sensor An oxygen sensor contains an indicator whose change in absorption is a function of the concentration of oxygen in a sample bathing the indicator. Light transmitted and reflected through the indicator of the sensor undergoes an absorption that is character... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5020537 | Measuring probe A measuring probe for the invasive measurement of blood parameters such as pH, pO2 or pCO2 comprises one or more optical fibers in a tubing. These optical fibers end up in sensors which are surrounded by a sheath. An additional wire ... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5005576 | Optical probe Optical probes for the invasive measurement of blood parameters consist of at last one sensor, each of these sensors having a diffusion zone with a selective membrane. The sensor or the sensors are surrounded by a stabilizing sheath. This sheath is to be ... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4934369 | Intravascular blood parameter measurement system A parameter of blood is sensed in vivo with a system which includes a catheter and a probe. The catheter has a lumen extending therethrough, a proximal end, a distal end and a distal opening at the distal end. The probe includes one or more sensors at its... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4844871 | Method of determining the partial pressure of gases in blood and an apparatus for performing the method A method and an apparatus are described for determining the partial pressures of gases in blood, in which a membrane filter is used to separate plasma which passes to a blood gas analyzer.... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4813423 | Instrument for measuring living body components Disclosed is an instrument for measuring living body components, which has (i) a fine tube having at one end thereof a connection portion to be connected to an indwelling needle or indwelling catheter and an infusion portion, from which at least a blood a... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4800886 | Sensor for measuring the concentration of a gaseous component in a fluid by absorption Apparatus and methods are provided for determining the concentration of a gaseous component in a fluid. A solid body of a natural or synthetic high polymer, which is permeable to the gaseous component, is exposed to the fluid, the polymer is exposed to in... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4201222 | Method and apparatus for in vivo measurement of blood gas partial pressures, blood pressure and blood pulse An optical catheter including an absorption chamber and distensible semipermeable diaphragm are disclosed for the simultaneous measurement of blood gases, blood pressure and pulse rate.... | 05/06/1980 |
