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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6890311 | Methods for performing medical procedures within a breast duct Methods for performing medical procedures within the duct of a breast are described. An exemplary embodiment of the invention includes the steps of introducing a guiding member into a breast duct; introducing and positioning a member having an internal lumen in the ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6840910 | Method of distributing skin care products The present invention relates to a method of distributing a skin care product to a subject, the method including the steps of: (a) obtaining a sample of interstitial fluid from the skin of the subject; (b) measuring the amount of a skin analyte in the sample; and (c... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6839583 | Disposable tissue probe tip A disposable tip adapted for use in connection with an optical probe of an instrument. The tip includes a one-piece molded elastomeric base member having a boot and an opaque tissue-engaging surface. The boot releasably mates with and provides an interference/fricti... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6805676 | Manoeuverable guide wire and method of using same A guide wire (1) including an elongate tubular member with a distal end (3) and a proximal end (4), and at least one core member (2) disposed axially movable within the tubular member. A pre-shaped curved portion (12) on the core m... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6805677 | Wheel-less walking support and rehabilitation device An apparatus and process for empowering those in wheelchairs and others with loss of limb control to walk, climb stairs, sit in ordinary chairs, use normal bathroom facilities and stand at normal height with their peers. It also provides a means to speed rehabilitat... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804543 | Sensor for transcutaneous measurement of vascular access blood flow An optical sensor includes a sensing pair of complementary emitter and detector elements for measuring the bulk absorptivity (α) of an area parallel to and including a hemodialysis access site, and a normalizing pair of complementary emitter and detector elements f... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6802810 | Care engine The present invention offers a comprehensive solution to care management which aggregates, integrates and stores clinical information from disparate sources. The system finds at-risk individuals before they experience preventable, high-cost medical events and strati... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6786877 | inertial orientation tracker having automatic drift compensation using an at rest sensor for tracking parts of a human body A self contained sensor apparatus generates a signal that corresponds to at least two of the three orientational aspects of yaw, pitch and roll of a human-scale body, relative to an external reference frame. A sensor generates first sensor signals that correspond to... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6776756 | Applanation tonometer For calculating the intraocular pressure (IOP) of an eye, an applanation tonometer comprises an applanator formed of an optics array, a force transducer, an image sensor, and a processing circuit configured to calculate an intraocular pressure of the eye using one o... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6770028 | Dual-mode pulse oximeter A pulse oximeter has an integrated mode in which it operates as a plug-in module for a multiparameter patient monitoring system (MPMS). The pulse oximeter also has a portable mode in which operates separately from the MPMS as a battery-powered handheld or standalone... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6758814 | Combination magnifying device, particularly a microscope comprising a measuring device The invention concerns a combination of a microscope with a measurement device, in particular a diagnostic device, that is usable during an operation on or examination of a specimen performed with the microscope. During the operation or examination, specimen data th... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6760607 | Ribbon cable substrate pulse oximetry sensor A pulse oximetry sensor is constructed using ribbon cable as a substrate for component mounting and interconnection as well as for forming a patient cable connector. The ribbon cable is constructed of multiple conductors spaced apart within an insulation layer and i... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6755793 | Bone marrow extraction tool This bone marrow extraction tool comprises an outer cannula having an interiorly and exteriorly tapered marrow-receiving distal end, and an inner cannula slidably disposed in the outer cannula and having a distal end formed with diametrically opposed narrow and wide... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6755776 | Angioplasty radiation therapy to prevent restenosis A radiation therapy apparatus and method for significantly reducing or preventing restenosis after angioplasty utilizes a stainless steel guide wire having a phosphorus beta emitting radiation source ionically bonded thereon at its distal end by a positive vapor dep... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6757555 | Ophthalmologic apparatus An ophthalmologic apparatus has a first light source for the measurement of a blood flow velocity by the Doppler shift method, and a second light source which differs in wavelength from the first light source and used for tracking of a blood vessel to be measured. T... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6746412 | Device for manipulating a stylet unit A device for manipulating a stylet unit for positioning a electrode cable in a body cavity has a handle supporting, at a distal portion thereof, a rotatable bracket member. A slide member carrying a screw for fixation of a proximal contact element of the electrode c... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6743183 | Simultaneous stimulation of an auditory system A method for measuring an electrophysiologic response of a sensory system includes stimulating the sensory system with a first stimulus train having stimuli temporally separated from each other by a first inter-stimulus interval and simultaneously stimulating the se... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6740033 | Multi-parameter capability transmitter for wireless telemetry systems A transmitter 110 physically comprises a (local) sensor 120, normally located within a transmitter casing 130, for sensing a first parameter, a data transmission unit 140 for providing a wireless transmission to a receiver 150 of t... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6730046 | Body fluid sampling apparatus A body fluid sampling apparatus (A), comprising a piston (11) provided in a tubular main case (10), a first plunger rod (12) extending into the piston (11) integrally with each other; a first spring (13) elastically energzing the p... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6728562 | Method for creating a virtual electrogram A mapping catheter is positioned in a heart chamber, and active electrode sites are activated to impose an electric field within the chamber. The blood volume and wall motion modulates the electric field, which is detected by passive electrode sites on the preferred... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723047 | Volition induction apparatus and input/output apparatus which use optical measuring instrument, and recording medium It has long been unclear in what degree the brain should be activated and how much the blood volume should be varied for controlling a signal by measuring the concentration of metabolic substance in the tissue or change of concentration thereof using the light and b... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6725072 | Sensor for transcutaneous measurement of vascular access blood flow An optical sensor includes photoemitter and photodetector elements at multiple spacings (d1, d2) for the purpose of measuring the bulk absorptivity (α) of an area immediately surrounding and including a hemodialysis access site, and the absorp... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6719690 | Neurological conflict diagnostic method and apparatus A timing assessment tool (12) is provided that is manipulatable by a user (8) in response to the user's expected occurrence of a rhythmic reference signal. The timing assessment tool derives a rhythmic assessment from a pattern of user responses to the user's expect... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6716183 | Guidewire A urological guidewire includes a core formed of a first metallic material and extending toward an end of the guidewire. A coil having a plurality of convolutions is disposed around the core at the end of the guidewire, the coil being formed of a second metallic mat... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6712776 | Enhanced interstitial fluid collection A sampling apparatus for interstitial fluid includes a pressure ring surrounding a collection needle. The pressure ring and needle are movable relative to one another for the ring to first engage a patient's skin surface prior to insertion of the needle. ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6714803 | Pulse oximetry SpO2 determination The improved pulse oximeter preprocesses the sets of red and infrared signals received from the probe to remove ambient light, to remove noise, and to de-exponeniate the signals. The linearity of the processed red and infrared signals allows the use of statistical t... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6712763 | Device for finding the triggers of paroxysmally occurring illnesses Device for finding unknown, multifactorial triggers of paroxysmally occurring illnesses, which is coupled to an electronic patient file and/or, if appropriate, spatially distributed databases, a comparison and evaluation device carrying out, after a paroxysm, a corr... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6711423 | Optical-based sensing devices An optical-based sensor for detecting the presence or amount of an analyte using both indicator and reference channels. The sensor has a sensor body with a source of radiation embedded therein. Radiation emitted by the source interacts with indicator membrane indica... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6705990 | Method and apparatus for monitoring physiologic parameters of a living subject An improved method and apparatus for monitoring a plurality of physiologic parameters associated with a living subject. In one aspect, the invention comprises a monitoring apparatus capable of non-invasively and continuously monitoring the blood pressure, heart rate... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6699187 | System and method for providing remote expert communications and video capabilities for use during a medical procedure A system is described for allowing medical data obtained at a local site to be transferred to a data processing system located at a remote site. This medical data may include video data and/or data obtained from one or more medical devices such as a fluor... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6697653 | Reduced wire count voltage drop sense The present invention provides a reduced wire count voltage-drop sense system and method wherein the voltage drop across a load device is determinable using only one sense lead regardless of the number of load devices. In one embodiment, the voltage drop ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6697655 | Low power pulse oximeter A low power pulse oximeter includes an input stage for amplifying a signal received from a light detector that is switchably connected to the power supply that powers the amplifier. The oximeter also includes an output stage with an LED driver circuit tha... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6692437 | Method for determining the viscosity of an adulterated blood sample over plural shear rates A method for obtaining the viscosity of the circulating blood of a living being using an adulterated blood sample and a correlation factor obtained from a circulating blood viscometer.... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6694159 | Choice of wavelengths for multiwavelength optical imaging The present invention relates to a method for wavelength selection in a multi-wavelength TPSF-based optical imaging system. This consists of identifying several chromophores in a highly turbid medium and selecting optimized wavelengths whereby using these... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6692445 | Biopsy sampler The invention features an assembly for taking a biopsy sample from a site within the body of a patient. The assembly includes a resecting device having a cutter near its distal end for resecting and containing a tissue sample and a sheath exterior to the ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6689056 | Implantable monitoring probe Disclosed is an ambulatory system for monitoring one or more physiological parameters in a body lumen, such as the esophagus. The system includes an implantable probe having a sensor for the physiological parameter and a transmitter for transmitting data ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6689059 | Apparatus for the implementation of a physiologically controlled measurement at a living subject An apparatus for the implementation of a physiologically controlled measurement at a living subject has a signal acquisition arrangement for acquiring a physiological signal of the subject, a display for the graphic display of a time curve of the physiolo... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6685655 | Surgical leg length control A hand-held leg length discrepancy device in the form of an extended pin separated a fixed distance from a laser diode determines the length of a patient's leg after hip replacement surgery. A self-tapping first indication screw is partially inserted with... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6685652 | Method for determining fluctuation in attentional state and overall attentional state The invention provides methods for determining shifts in the attentional state of a subject. These methods are useful for diagnosing subjects with a psychological or behavioral disorder. The invention also features methods for determining the effect of a ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6685635 | Non-invasive method and apparatus to detect and monitor early medical shock, and related conditions A diagnostic medical instrument adapted to determine whether a patient is suffering from a pre-shock, shock, or shock-related condition. The instrument is used in a capillary filling time CFT test procedure in which a skin area in the patient which overli... | 02/03/2004 |
