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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7424321 | Systems and methods for multi-axis cardiac vibration measurements A system to monitor heart sounds, such as to detect a worsening condition of heart failure decompensation. The system comprises a medical device that includes an implantable multi-axis heart sound sensor, operable to produce, for each of at least two nonparallel axe... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7390302 | Method and system of determining NIBP target inflation pressure using an SpOplethysmograph signal A method and system for operating a non-invasive blood pressure monitor that utilizes an SpO2 plethysmograph signal to determine the initial inflation pressure for the blood pressure cuff of the NIBP monitor. A pulse sensor is placed on the patient's limb... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390301 | Device and method for the continuous non-invasive measurement of blood pressure A method for the continuous non-invasive measurement of blood pressure includes at least one first pressure cuff and one second pressure cuff of comparable or identical size, each cuff including an inflatable pressure measuring chamber applicable to a first and a se... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7367952 | Electronic blood pressure monitor and blood pressure measuring system When a predetermined condition for measurement is selected from a plurality of conditions for measurement by operating one of measurement switches before measuring the blood pressure, a pressure begins to be applied to a bladder in response to the selection and the ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364549 | Pulse wave measuring apparatus A pulse wave measuring apparatus is disclosed which is capable of measuring the pulse wave accurately in stable fashion and which can be reduced in size and integrated for an improved convenience. The pulse wave measuring apparatus comprises a sensor unit having a p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361148 | Cuff volumetric pulse wave obtaining apparatus, cuff volumetric pulse wave analyzing apparatus, pressure pulse wave obtaining apparatus, and pressure pulse wave analyzing apparatus A subject evaluation value measuring apparatus 10, functioning as a cuff volumetric pulse wave obtaining apparatus, includes a pulse wave determining device (i.e., a cuff volumetric pulse wave determining device) 52 that determines, using an inverse tr... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357034 | Dynamic transient pressure detection system The present invention is a dynamic transient pressure detection system for detecting and recording variations in pressure inside operating fluid chambers. One or more dynamic pressure sensors are installed inside an operating fluid chamber. Pressure is continuously ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354403 | Cuff apparatus and sphygmomanometer comprising the same A plurality of cushions are provided in the airbag of a cuff apparatus, spaced apart from one another and thus maintaining the airbag in an inflated state before compressed air is introduced into the airbag. This shortens the time required to supply the compressed a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353127 | Apparatus and method for detection and quantification of oscillatory signals A method of determining the location in time of maxima and/or minima of an oscillatory signal. The method may have application to measurement of biological signals, in particular measurement of heart rate from a pulsatile blood signal. The method includes a first st... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347823 | Hemadynamometer A hemadynamometer is provided. The hemadynamometer includes a bag, an inflation unit, a deflation unit, a piezoelectric device and a processor. The bag is used for wounding on the user's wrist or upper arm. The inflation unit is used for inflating the pressure insid... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331773 | Pump provided with exhaust valve device and hemodynamometer incorporating the same A diaphragm is provided in a pump case so as to define a pump chamber communicated with an external member having an air chamber. A motor actuates the diaphragm to introduce air into the pump chamber and to supply the introduced air to the air chamber. An exhaust va... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320599 | Blood pressure simulation apparatus with tactile interface The blood pressure level in humans is a vital health parameter, yet the vast majority of people do not have a physical feeling for what normal and abnormal blood pressure levels mean in relation to the forces exerted on the heart and blood vessels. A blood pressure ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316652 | Blood pressure measuring device with a cuff of two openable concave shell parts Traditional cuffs for measuring blood pressure use an air chamber enclosed in a non-stretchable fabric to occlude an artery in a limb when supplied with pressurised air. A stethoscope used on the limb is used to monitor blood flow. Application of the cuff is inconve... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316651 | Method for automatically calibrating electronic sphygmomanometer The present invention discloses a method for automatically calibrating an electronic sphygmomanometer, which pumps air at a predetermined air pressure to a testing electronic sphygmomanometer to simultaneously pressurize a set of pressure sensors set for regular use... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311670 | Blood pressure cuffs with resilient support sleeves Inflatable blood pressure cuff assemblies include an inflatable elongate cuff member having opposing long edges and opposing short edge portions with a fluid chamber therein and a resilient support sleeve with at least one rib support member, the sleeve attached to ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311669 | Oscillometric determination of blood pressure A method and system for eliminating artifacts in an oscillation envelope are disclosed. The method and system comprise evaluating conformance of the oscillometric envelope blood pressure data with a predetermined expected pattern and excluding one or more data point... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300404 | Method and system utilizing SpOplethysmograph signal to qualify NIBP pulses A method and system for operating a non-invasive blood pressure monitor that utilizes an SpO2 plethysmographic signal to reduce the time required to obtain an estimation of a patient's blood pressure. During operation of the NIBP monitor, the NIBP monitor... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7288070 | Method and apparatus for determining extreme blood pressure values In a method and apparatus for measuring extreme blood pressure values during a single non-invasive blood measurement, the time intervals between sequential heartbeats are measured for a series of heartbeats in an oscillometric blood pressure measurement time period.... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278327 | Film based position and pressure sensor Simultaneous pressure and position information is accurately measured in a sensor realized by utilizing first and second sensor elements that each exhibit a decreasing width over the length of the sensor element and that are arranged overlapping each other and in a ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264594 | Cardiovascular dynamics evaluation apparatus The cardiovascular evaluation apparatus of the present invention maintains a pulse wave detection means for detecting pulse wave generated while external pressure is applied to the artery, a pulse wave pattern formulation means for formulating a pulse wave amplitude... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7232412 | Blood pressure measuring apparatus A blood pressure measuring apparatus oppresses blood vessels of a human body by an inflating unit through a cuff. When the blood vessels are oppressed through the cuff, a pulse wave superposed on a cuff pressure signal through a cuff pressure detector is detected by... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226420 | Cuff volume constraining device A system, method, and apparatus for testing a non-invasive blood pressure measurement device wherein a blood pressure monitor, a blood pressure cuff, and a blood pressure simulator are pneumatically connected and the blood pressure cuff is inserted into the aperture... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226419 | Mode detection and safety monitoring in blood pressure measurement A method is provided for blood pressure measurement by means of an inflatable cuff (50) applied to a limb of a vertebrate and pneumatically coupled to a first port (112A) and a second port (112B) of a blood pressure measurement apparatus (100... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226418 | Automatic blood pressure measuring instrument and method thereof An automatic blood pressure measuring instrument for measuring and displaying a blood pressure of a subject in a non-invasive manner includes a pressure sensor for obtaining a pulse wave signal from a wrist of the subject, a pulse wave signal processing section for ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7211047 | Blood pressure monitor A portable blood pressure measuring device comprises a casing, a pressure sensor sensing oscillations in pressure from a cuff attached to a user, and a microprocessor for determining blood pressure based on the oscillations in pressure sensed by the pressure sensor.... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207944 | Blood pressure monitor A blood pressure monitor is provided with a box-shaped housing having openings formed in left and right side walls, a cuff transversely arranged in the housing and including an arm entrance and an arm exit at the opposite left and right ends corresponding to the ope... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204809 | Pressurizing apparatus and method for the same A pressurizing apparatus and method for adjusting an optimal pressurizing rate according to a cuff of various lengths. The pressurizing method measures the pressure values at two reference points and time duration to calculate a pressurizing rate. A control adjustme... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198604 | Method and system for determination of pulse rate A method and system for determining pulse rate of a patient are disclosed. The method and system include acquiring measured information for at least one pulse at a pressure step, determining and storing quality values for the at least one pulse at the pressure step,... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7186218 | Method and system for cuff pressure reversions A method and system for determining when to make a reversion to smaller cuff pressure steps during an oscillometric blood pressure measurement is disclosed. The method and system comprise comparing conformance of oscillometric envelope blood pressure data with previ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7179228 | Cuffless system for measuring blood pressure The invention provides a device that measures a patient's blood pressure without using an inflatable cuff. The device includes an optical module featuring an optical source and a first optical sensor that generates a first set of information; a flexible, thin-film p... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172555 | Vascular testing system A vascular sensing system includes blood flow restricting means, a sensor, and means for producing an output representing a return of blood flow after the blood vessel has been temporarily collapsed by the blood flow restricting means. The blood flow restricting mea... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7166077 | Cuff for measurement of blood pressure A blood pressure cuff including an inflatable bladder disposed between an elastic, resilient inner layer of material and at least one outer layer of material. The bladder is secured to these layers along the elongate ends but not along the elongate edges. The bladde... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165010 | Vessel evaluation methods, apparatus, computer-readable media and signals Methods, apparatuses, media and signals for evaluating a vessel. One method includes receiving at least one measurement of a physical dimension of the vessel, and producing an indication of abnormality in the vessel, in response to the at least one received measurem... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153269 | Method and system for estimation of blood pressure during cuff inflation A method of operating a blood pressure measurement system that utilizes a non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) monitor having a blood pressure cuff. During operation of the NIBP monitor, the blood pressure cuff is initially inflated. During the initial inflation, at l... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7087025 | Blood pressure determination based on delay times between points on a heartbeat pulse Blood pressure determination with resolution sufficient to resolve Pulsus Paradoxus is based on measurement of delay time between points on a heartbeat pulse. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7074192 | Method and apparatus for measuring blood pressure using relaxed matching criteria A technique for comparing pressure oscillations obtained during a blood pressure determination wherein two or more sets of matching criteria may be employed. The set of matching criteria to be employed is determined based on the heart rate variability or the presenc... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070567 | Inflatable cuff for blood pressure measurement An inflatable cuff for blood pressure measurement includes a first inflatable bag to press an arterial vessel of a body portion of a living subject for stopping blood flow; a second inflatable bag for sensing a pulse wave propagating along the arterial vessel, which... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070566 | Artifact rejection using pulse quality values A method and system for making pulse rate and blood pressure determinations is disclosed. The method and system comprise collecting oscillometric blood pressure data from pulses, determining individual quality values for feature measurements of the pulses, obtaining... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060034 | Tunnel type electronic sphygmomanometer measuring unit assembly The present invention discloses a tunnel type electronic sphygmomanometer measuring unit assembly that mainly improves the assembly between a measuring unit of a tunnel type electronic sphygmomanometer and a tunnel type electronic sphygmomanometer body of a prior ar... | 06/13/2006 |
