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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7368921 | Printed capacitive sensor The invention relates to a flexible, resilient capacitive sensor suitable for large-scale manufacturing. The sensor includes a dielectric, an electrically conductive detector and trace layer on the first side of the dielectric layer comprising a detector and trace, ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366567 | Method for treating myocardial infarction A method for treating patients after a myocardial infarction which includes pacing therapy is disclosed. A cardiac rhythm management device is configured to deliver pre-excitation pacing to one or more sites in proximity to an infarcted region of the ventricular myo... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7340118 | Fuel injectors with integral fiber optic pressure sensors and associated compensation and status monitoring devices Fuel injectors (10) for internal combustion engines are modified and equipped with fiber optic fuel pressure sensors (12) and fiber optic combustion pressure sensors (14). The combustion pressure sensors (14) are located in separate chann... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7301351 | Printed capacitive sensor The invention relates to a flexible, resilient capacitive sensor suitable for large-scale manufacturing. The sensor comprises a dielectric, an electrically conductive detector and trace layer on the first side of the dielectric layer comprising a detector and trace,... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7276917 | Printed capacitive sensor The invention relates to a flexible, resilient capacitive sensor suitable for large-scale manufacturing. The sensor includes a dielectric, an electrically conductive detector and trace layer on the first side of the dielectric layer including a detector and trace, a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7254425 | Method for detecting artifacts in data A method for identifying artifacts occurring during a measurement of the concentration of an analyte in a biological sample by means of an apparatus that employs temperature-controlled optical probes, introduces electromagnetic radiation into tissue, and collects an... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7238159 | Device, system and method for monitoring vital signs A monitoring device, method and system are disclosed herein. The monitoring device is capable of determine when a user's wrist is at rest using a motion sensor disposed within a wrist module that is attached to the user's wrist. When at rest, the monitoring device u... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7208960 | Printed capacitive sensor The invention relates to a flexible, resilient capacitive sensor suitable for large-scale manufacturing. The sensor comprises a dielectric, an electrically conductive detector and trace layer on the first side of the dielectric layer comprising a detector and trace,... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7177686 | Using photo-plethysmography to monitor autonomic tone and performing pacing optimization based on monitored autonomic tone The autonomic tone of a patient is measured based on a photo-plethysmography signal that is representative of arterial pulse pressure of the patient. Such measures of autonomic tone can be used to monitor the hemodynamic status of a patient, and even to perform paci... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164938 | Optical noninvasive vital sign monitor An optical noninvasive vital sign monitor comprising a reflectance-type optical sensor within a pressurizable capsule retained by a headband, the capsule having an optically transparent or translucent inner wall adapted for placement against a subject's forehead. Th... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7117746 | Digital pressure gauge A digital pressure gauge comprises a power supply, an input button unit, a pressure sensor, a display unit, a warning unit, and a control unit. The control unit counts the number of operations and/or operation duration of the digital pressure gauge and generates an ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120481 | Probe and apparatus for measuring cerebral hemodynamics and oxygenation A probe and an apparatus for cerebral diagnostics and therapy, in particular for measuring absolute values of regional cerebral flow (CBF) and cerebral oxygenation. The probe is inserted through a burr hole in the skull and comprises illuminating device, light recei... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104958 | Systems and methods for investigating intracranial pressure The invention relates to systems and methods for assessing blood flow in single or multiple vessels and segments, for assessing vascular health, for conducting clinical trials, for screening therapeutic interventions for effect, for assessing risk factors, for evalu... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7072475 | Optically coupled headset and microphone Apparatus and methods for transferring audio between a headset and electronic equipment over an optical link. The apparatus includes an electro-optical interface for electrically connecting to the electronic equipment, an optical link, and an electro-optical headset... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7021152 | Sensor and guide wire assembly A sensor and guide wire assembly (21) for intravascular measurements of physiological variables in a living body includes a core wire (22; 32) and a sensor element (23; 33). The sensor element (23; 33) includes basically a mounting portio... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013173 | Optical probe with reference fiber A system for characterizing tissue includes the steps of generating an emission signal, generating a reference signal, directing the emission signal to and from the tissue, directing the reference signal in a predetermined manner relative to the emission signal, and... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7000483 | Inflatable manometers An inflatable air cell pressure transducer. The air cell has a concavity formed therein. The concavity has two edges, wherein increased pressure within the air cell causes contraction of the concavity moving the two edges closer. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6968236 | Ceramic cardiac electrodes A cardiac electrode termination pair system that is particularly compatible with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) procedures. The electrodes include tip and ring electrodes made of a body-compatible ceramic on which is applied via electroplating, sputtered or the li... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6953435 | Biological data observation apparatus A biological data observation apparatus includes a measuring unit including at least a photoelectric sensor including a light emitting element for emitting light with a predetermined wavelength onto a blood vessel of a subject and a light detecting element for detec... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6933490 | Method and device for fiber-optical measuring systems The invention relates to a method for optical measuring systems, comprising a sensor element (6) connected to a measuring and control unit (10) via an optical connection (3), and being adapted for providing a signal defining a measurement of a p... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932772 | Noninvasive blood pressure measuring method and apparatus A method and a device for non-invasive blood pressure measurement wherein the angle between the hand and the wrist, and the turning angle of the wrist relative to the middle part of the forearm, are kept to the most suitable degree for measuring the blood pressure o... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6740047 | Motility analysis, display, and interpretation system The system includes an array of transducers that simultaneously senses multiple intralumenal pressures, a data acquisition module that acquires and stores samples of the measured pressures, software routines for signal analysis, a software module for multi-dimension... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6731967 | Methods and devices for vascular plethysmography via modulation of source intensity A time-varying modulating signal is used as a plethysmography signal, rather than a time-varying detected optical power. The time-varying detected optical power is used (e.g., in a feedback loop) to adjust the source intensity. Light is transmitted from a light sour... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6699198 | Ocular-blood-flow meter An ocular blood-flow meter includes an optical system for applying measuring light to a blood vessel of a subject eye, and for receiving light scattered by the blood vessel of the subject eye. A mechanism is provided for changing a direction in which the ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6636760 | Planar transducer for measuring biomedical pressures A planar pressure transducer is disclosed which is useful for interposing between living tissue and a medical device that applies pressure to the tissue in order to estimate the pressure applied to a selected area of the tissue. The planar pressure transd... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6632181 | Rapid non-invasive blood pressure measuring device A blood pressure can be obtained by supplying an external pressure to a portion of an artery. The external pressure is preferably between the systolic and diastolic pressure. An event which occurs at least once a cycle can then be identified. This event c... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6575912 | Assessing heart failure status using morphology of a signal representative of arterial pulse pressure The heart failure (HF) status of a patient is determined based on the morphology of a signal representative of arterial pulse pressure. The signal can be a plethysmography signal that is produced by a implantable sensor or a non-implanted sensor. The sign... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6561984 | Assessing heart failure status using morphology of a signal representative of arterial pulse pressure The heart failure (HF) status of a patient is determined based on the frequency characteristics of a signal representative of arterial pulse pressure. The signal can be a plethysmography signal that is produced by a implantable sensor or a non-implanted s... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6533729 | Optical noninvasive blood pressure sensor and method A blood pressure sensor includes a source of photo-radiation, such as an array of laser diodes. The sensor also includes a two-dimensional, flexible reflective surface. The reflective surface is nominally positioned relative to the radiation source such t... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6494840 | Portable ultrasonic palpation system A portable ultrasound palpation device for measuring the Young's modulus and the thickness of a soft tissue layer includes a hand-holdable palpation probe having an ultrasonic transceiver connected in series with a load cell. During a test, the probe is p... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6461301 | Resonance based pressure transducer system The invention relates to a resonance based pressure transducer system, insertable into a living body for the in vivo measurement of pressure. It comprises a pressure sensor (2) having a mechanical resonator (16), the resonance frequency of which is pressu... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6405075 | Apparatus and method of finding the diastolic blood pressure point using pulse oximetry An apparatus and method are provided for deriving diastolic blood pressure (DP) from systolic blood pressure (SP) and mean blood pressure (MP), especially useful in infants. A pulse oximeter is used to measure systolic blood pressure (SP) and an oscillame... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6336044 | Reliable body fat measurement in self-service health parameter Measuring system In a self-service health parameter measuring apparatus and method, a person's elbow is placed at a spatial reference point, and means surrounding a user's forearm locate an infrared body fat apparatus measurement point at a substantially fixed distance fr... | 01/01/2002 |
| 5987995 | Fiber optic pressure catheter A fiber optic pressure catheter includes a light source, an optical fiber coupled to receive light from the light source and a sensor head that is optically coupled to the optical fiber. The sensor head has a housing defining a chamber coupled to an end o... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5976096 | Apparatus for ophthalmologic examination An apparatus for ophthalmologic examination includes an illuminating system for applying measuring light onto a measured area at least including a blood current in the fundus to an eye to be examined, a measuring system for measuring the blood current con... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5857975 | Method and apparatus for non-invasive, cuffless continuous blood pressure determination Arterial blood pressure of a subject is determined by detecting the EKG for the subject and selecting a fiducial point on the EKG during a pulse. Apparatus is provided for monitoring blood volume versus time at a selected location on the subject's body su... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5833618 | Apparatus and method for measuring an induced perturbation to determine a physiological parameter A monitor for determining a patient's physiological parameter includes a calibration device configured to provide a calibration signal representative of the patient's physiological parameter. An exciter is positioned over a blood vessel of the patient for... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5810736 | Wrist pulse monitor A pulse monitor is provided which has a pulse monitor unit supported on a wrist band over the carpal tunnel, with a infra-red optical sensor which picks up the flow of blood therein. The detected blood flow is transmitted by a radio frequency transmitter ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5810734 | Apparatus and method for measuring an induced perturbation to determine a physiological parameter A monitor for determining a patient's physiological parameter includes a calibration device configured to provide a calibration signal representative of the patient's physiological parameter. An exciter is positioned over a blood vessel of the patient for... | 09/22/1998 |
