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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185194 | Systems and methods for determining phasic cardiac cycle measurements The disclosure of the present application provides for systems and methods for determining a phasic change in a vessel and vessel compliance. In at least one exemplary method for determining a phasic change in a vessel, the method comprises the steps of introducing ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180443 | Device and method for monitoring a patient access, in particular a vascular access in extracorporeal blood treatment The present invention relates to a device and a method for monitoring a patient access, in particular a vascular access in extracorporeal blood treatment, in which a patient's blood is withdrawn from the patient via an arterial conduit and is returned to the patient... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8160690 | System and method for determining electrode-tissue contact based on amplitude modulation of sensed signal Methods and systems for monitoring contact between a medical probe and tissue are provided. A medical probe is introduced into a patient adjacent the tissue. An electrical parameter, e.g., electrical admittance, is measured between a first electrode located on the m... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160691 | Apparatus to measure skin moisture content and method of operating the same A method of measuring skin moisture content, the method including: measuring a differential rate of a skin impedance of a predetermined skin area of a user for a predetermined period of time; and determining that the skin area is a moist area when the differential r... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160692 | System and method for analyzing progress of labor and preterm labor Systems and methods for monitoring uterus contraction activity and progress of labor. The system of the subject invention can comprises (1) a plurality of sensors; (2) an amplifying/filtering means; (3) a computing means; and (4) a graphical user interface. Accurate... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150504 | Local body fat measurement device and method of operating the same A method of operating a local body fat measurement device including: measuring a body fat thickness of the at least one predetermined measurement point of the predetermined anatomical area; displaying a measured body fat thickness at each measurement point on a outp... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150506 | Methods and devices for differentiating between tissue types The subject invention utilizes the characteristics of in vivo tissue impedances to provide an embodiment of a retinal rake capable of providing a visible and/or preferably an audible signal to a surgeon that more clearly indicates which type of tissue(s) is in conta... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150505 | Method and apparatus for the formation of multiple microconduits Disclosed is an apparatus that creates a number of microconduits, i.e., small holes in the stratum corneum, the outermost layer of human skin tissue, to provide a pathway therethrough, which can be used, for example, for transdermal drug delivery. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150507 | Body fat measurement device A body fat measurement device includes a bioelectrical impedance measurement body attachment unit with an electrode support and a belt. The belt includes a stretchable region at one part. The electrode support includes a fixing portion fixed with one end of the belt... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145298 | Electronic input device with piezoelectric sensor An electronic input device with piezoelectric sensor is provided, the electronic input device includes a housing, a piezoelectric sensing layer provided on the surface of the housing, an electrode plate provided and served to cover on top of the piezoelectric sensin... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135458 | System and method for in vivo sensor recalibration A method of in vivo sensor recalibration includes implanting a sensor at an implantation site in a living body; taking a sensor reading with the implanted sensor; taking a first electrical reading across biological material adjacent the implanted sensor; taking a se... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135457 | Apparatus for measurement of living body Disclosed is an apparatus for measurement of a living body, comprising: a personal data input unit; a basal metabolism input unit; a standard value storage unit; a comparison unit; and a display unit. According to the invention the personal data input unit enters at... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131355 | Automated skin electrical resistance measurement device and method An automated skin resistance measurement device having an applied signal selector for selecting one or more applied signal forms from an applied signal library, an applied signal generator in communication with the applied signal selector for generating one or more ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131356 | Impedance monitoring for detecting pulmonary edema and thoracic congestion An implantable medical device includes a housing for the implantable device that is sized for implantation in a chest region of a patient and includes a housing electrode. A left ventricular lead port is connectable to a proximal end of a lead having first and secon... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131354 | Apparatus and method for estimating stroke volume of the heart using bio-impedance techniques A method of estimating stroke volume of the heart is described. In this method, the volume of the heart is estimated from electrical impedance data of the chest, at two different phases of the cardiac cycle. The stroke volume is estimated from the difference between... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121677 | Method for diagnosing a disease Methods, systems, and apparatus to determine the presence of a disease condition in a medical patient by evaluating conductivity information. In some embodiments, point-attributes values may be obtained from conductivity data sets. This data may be compared to previ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121676 | System for measuring and indicating changes in the resistance of a living body An improved device for indicating and measuring small variations in the resistance of a living body is disclosed which utilizes a central processing unit to digitally process sensed body resistances and drive a resistance-indicating display while compensating for th... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8103337 | Weighted gradient method and system for diagnosing disease A method for detecting and diagnosing disease states in a body part is described. The method starts with a preparatory step of modeling the body part as a grid of many finite elements, then calculating an electrical property between two finite elements at which curr... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103336 | Apparatus, medium, and method for measuring body fat An apparatus, medium, and method for measuring body fat. The apparatus may include a current generating unit generating a current having a predetermined range of variable frequency and applying the current to a desired area in a human body to be measured, a detector... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103338 | Impedance based anatomy generation Methods and systems for the determination and representation of anatomical information are disclosed herein. In some examples, methods described herein can include determining a boundary of at least a portion of the heart based on measured electrical signals, determ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099161 | Systems and methods for determining vessel compliance The disclosure of the present application provides for systems and methods for determining a phasic change in a vessel and vessel compliance. In at least one exemplary method for determining a phasic change in a vessel, the method comprises the steps of introducing ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099160 | Body fat measuring device capable of accurately measuring visceral fat amount A body fat measuring device includes at least one pair of first electrodes to be disposed respectively at a first site and a second site sandwiching the abdomen of a subject, and an electrode group including a first abdomen electrode to be disposed at a surface of t... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099159 | Methods and devices for analyzing and comparing physiological parameter measurements Methods and devices that are capable of measuring physiological parameters of at least two contact points and determining whether the measured parameters reflect favorable or unfavorable physiological responses are disclosed herein. Specifically, the present inventi... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095212 | High-frequency surgical apparatus and high-frequency surgical method for closure of patent foramen ovale A high-frequency surgical PFO closure apparatus used to treat patent foramen ovale in the heart includes first and second electrodes which grasp living tissue of the patent foramen ovale; a high-frequency power supply section which supplies high-frequency power to t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095211 | Body fat measuring device A body fat measuring device comprises electrodes brought into contact with the waist portion of a subject, an optical sensor composed of a light applying section and a light receiving section, an impedance computing section for computing the impedance between the el... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090436 | Tissue discrimination and applications in medical procedures A system and method for discriminating tissue types, controlling the level of therapy to tissue, and determining the health of a known tissue by measuring the characteristics of an electrical signal applied to a conductive element located within or by the tissue. Ad... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082032 | Methods for measuring cross-sectional areas and pressure gradients in luminal organs The present disclosure comprises a system, catheter and method for measuring the cross-sectional areas and pressure gradients in any hollow organ, such as, for example, blood vessels. One embodiment of such a method includes the steps of introducing an impedance cat... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078274 | Device, system and method for measuring cross-sectional areas in luminal organs The disclosure of the present application provides for a system for measuring cross-sectional areas and pressure gradients in luminal organs. The disclosure of the present application also provides a method and apparatus for measuring cross-sectional areas and press... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075601 | Deformity correction using neural integrity monitoring A method is provided for detecting neural interference between a bone anchor and a neural element during or subsequent to the application of force on the bone anchor to adjust the orientation of one or more vertebral bodies relative to the spinal column. The method ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073535 | Radiant energy derived temperature(s) One aspect relates to adjusting a positional state of an individual to a physiological aspect of the individual at least partially in response to detecting a radiant kinetic energy from the individual. Another aspect relates to indicating to configure an individual ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068907 | Method for estimating cardiac pressure using parameters derived from impedance signals detected by an implantable medical device A method of monitoring pressure within a medical patient, includes measuring an actual pressure in a medical patient in a first time period; measuring an indicator of the actual pressure in the first time period, wherein the indicator is derived from an electrical s... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068905 | Method and apparatus for continuous electrode impedance monitoring In one embodiment, the present invention includes a test signal generator capable of producing an impedance test signal comprising of a sine wave having a known frequency. The test signal generator may include a crystal oscillator, a counter, and a lookup table. The... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068906 | Cardiac monitoring system A method of analyzing cardiac functions in a subject using a processing system is described. The method may include applying one or more electrical signals having a plurality of frequencies to the subject and detecting a response to the applied one or more signals f... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060196 | Device for determining thoracic impedance An electromedical implant includes a measuring signal generator, an impedance measuring unit to determine the impedance of human or animal tissue, a control unit which, for controlling the measuring signal generator and the impedance measuring unit, is at least indi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060195 | Devices, systems and methods for bioimpedance measurement of cervical tissue and methods for diagnosis and treatment of human cervix Featured are apparatuses for measuring bioimpendence of tissues of the cervix, more specifically the mammalian cervix. Also featured are methods for examining the tissues of the cervix for clinical or diagnostic purposes such as during routine gynecological examinat... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055335 | Adaptations to intra-thoracic fluid monitoring algorithm Adaptations to an intra-thoracic fluid-status-trend indication and/or alert algorithm are disclosed. Some embodiments monitor fluid levels in heart failure patients and others suffering from pulmonary edema and the like. Some embodiments reset a cumulative fluid ind... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8041420 | Apparatus for measuring tissue samples electrical impedance Apparatus for measuring the electrical impedance of a tissue sample comprises a probe and a sheath comprising an elongated tubular body having one closed end and one open end providing an internal cavity. The sheath is composed of a material which when contacted wit... | 10/18/2011 |
| RE42833 | Method and apparatus for measuring distribution of body fat The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body. The method comprises the step of measuring a bioelectrical impedance and a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the personal data such as... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036737 | Automated impedance measurement of an implantable medical device Aspects of the present invention relate to automatic impedance measurements between one or more electrodes in a set of electrodes that may be associated with a lead of an implanted device. A voltage measurement that is associated with a stimulation pulse between the... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032212 | System and method for monitoring thoracic fluid levels based on impedance using an implantable medical device Techniques are provided for monitoring thoracic fluid levels based on thoracic impedance (ZT) and cardiogenic impedance (ZC). In one example, the implantable device tracks the maximum time rate of change in cardiogenic impedance (i.e. max(dZ | 10/04/2011 |
