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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7297109 | Method and system for improving adherence with a diet program or other medical regimen A method, system and computer program product for remotely measuring one's adherence to a diet program while making it convenient and easy to place food orders, and learn about and try new foods that are acceptable to the diet program. The system includes a user sys... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7123956 | Visceral fat estimation apparatus Disclosed is a visceral fat estimation apparatus, comprising: an input device: an estimation device; a target calorie intake determination device; a calorie consumption determination device; an allowable calorie intake update device; and a calorie consumption device... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6993372 | Method and system for use in non-invasive optical measurements of blood parameters A method and device are presented for use in non-invasive optical measurements of at least one desired characteristic of patient's blood. A condition of artificial blood kinetics is created at a measurement location in a patient's blood perfused fleshy medium and ma... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6976968 | Methods and devices for collection of soft tissue A tissue sampling apparatus comprises a tubular body having a primary lumen for receiving a tissue sample. The tubular body includes a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The tissue sampling apparatu... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6963767 | Pulse oximeter The invention relates to pulse oximeters used to measure blood oxygenation. The current trend towards lower power consumption has brought a problem of erroneous readings caused by intrachannel crosstalk, i.e. errors due to the coupling of undesired capacitive, induc... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6942615 | Life support apparatus and method for providing advertisement information A life support apparatus comprising a vital information sensor attached to a body to acquire vital information of a user, a behavior information sensor attached to the body to acquire behavior information of the user, a situation recognition device which recognizes ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942623 | Mixing chamber and expired gas sampling for expired gas analysis indirect calorimetry There is provided an improved system for expired gas analysis indirect analysis indirect calorimetry comprising a unique compliant mixing chamber that is directly connected to a mouthpiece that, itself, is unique in providing enhanced saliva and expired moisture tra... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6911006 | Pain inferring device and pain inferring method A pain inferring device for designing a shape giving a subject as little pain as possible when the subject touches the shape. The pain inferring device includes an input unit, an output unit, a main control unit, a learning storage unit, and a neural network. The ne... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6899683 | Metabolic calorimeter employing respiratory gas analysis An indirect calorimeter for measuring the metabolic rate of a subject includes a disposable portion and a reusable portion. The disposable portion includes a respiratory connector configured to be supported in contact with the subject so as to pass inhaled and exhal... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6896651 | Mechanical and electrical sensing for incontinence treatment A device and method for treatment of urinary stress incontinence. At least one electrode is implanted in a pelvic muscle of a patient. A control unit receives signals indicative of abdominal stress in the patient and responsive thereto applies an electrical waveform... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6896661 | Monitoring physiological parameters based on variations in a photoplethysmographic baseline signal A method and apparatus are disclosed for using photoplethysmography to obtain physiological parameter information related to respiration or the autonomic nervous system. In one implementation, the process involves obtaining (602) a pleth, filtering (604 | 05/24/2005 |
| 6895263 | Real time self-adjusting calibration algorithm A method of calibrating glucose monitor data includes collecting the glucose monitor data over a period of time at predetermined intervals. It also includes obtaining at least two reference glucose values from a reference source that temporally correspond with the g... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6893401 | Continuous non-invasive blood pressure monitoring method and apparatus A non-invasive apparatus and method for monitoring the blood pressure of a subject detects a pulse signal at both a first and second location on the subject's body The elapsed time between the arrival of corresponding points of the pulse signal at the first and seco... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6890306 | Active medical device for the diagnosis of the sleep apnea syndrome An active medical device have an improved diagnosis of a sleep apnea syndrome. This device measures the respiratory activity of the patient, determines a state of activity, this state being likely to take, according to satisfaction of predetermined criteria, a value... | 05/10/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6884223 | Method for detecting α-oxoaldehydes in the whole blood, blood plasma and/or serum of a patient A method for detecting α-oxoaldehydes in the whole blood, blood plasma and/or serum of a patient. A respiratory air sample is analyzed for the presence of at least one α-oxoaldehyde, and the presence of α-oxoaldehydes in the whole blood, blood plasma and/or serum... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6884212 | Implantable article and method An implantable article and method are disclosed for treating pelvic floor disorders such as vaginal vault prolase. A surgical kit useful for performing a surgical procedure such as a sacral colpopexy is also described. ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6878121 | Sleep scoring apparatus and method A method and an apparatus are disclosed for scoring the quality of sleep experienced by a subject wearing the apparatus for a specified period. This sleep monitoring apparatus includes a motion sensor that quantifies the temporal variation in the subject's motion, a... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6849049 | Patient monitor and method of using same A patient monitoring apparatus for quantatively measuring a physiological characteristic of a patient. A first patient interface communicates with an airway of a patient such that substantially all gas inhaled and exhaled by the patient passes through the first pati... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6850797 | Visceral fat meter A visceral fat determining device which is easy to operate at home and capable of providing information associated with visceral fat of a subject is disclosed. The visceral fat determining device is comprising means for inputting personal data representing vital cha... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6849045 | Computerized medical diagnostic and treatment advice system including network access A system and method for providing computerized, knowledge-based medical diagnostic and treatment advice. The medical advice is provided to the general public over networks, such as a telephone network or a computer network. The invention also includes a stand-alone ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6840904 | Medical monitoring device and system A portable device that receives data provided by one or more sensors and displays statistical data related to the sensor data or otherwise related to the person. Statistical data may include high, low, average, mean value, median value, standard deviation, least squ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6839580 | Adaptive calibration for pulse oximetry A method for calibrating a pulse oximeter device and an apparatus incorporating the method and a system for utilizing the method. The method is based on modeling light propagation in tissue at two wavelengths, typically, one in the red and one in the infrared range ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6835179 | Optical stimulation of the human eye According to the invention, the eye of the subject is lit with light from the non-visible spectrum (infrared light) in such a way that its image, taken with an infrared camera, is of sufficiently high-contrast for an evaluation, so that the actual line of sight can ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6832987 | Chair and ancillary apparatus with medical diagnostic features in a remote health monitoring system A medical examination chair includes a group of sensors including electrodes in finger-tip sensors, various other types of sensors incorporated in straps for the patient in the chair and load cells supporting the chair, all of which provide data which is partially p... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6826426 | Objective pain signal acquisition system and processed signal Methods, apparatuses and systems relating to the objective measurement of the subjective perception of pain in a subject are disclosed. In one aspect, a system for objectively measuring a subjective perception of pain by a subject comprises a plurality of electrodes... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6824521 | Sensing catheter system and method of fabrication A microminiature sensing module and a sensing catheter system are provided. The module includes a sensor and signal conditioning circuit mounted on a substrate having electrical contacts positioned to facilitate connection of the module to an electrical bus, such as... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6821249 | Temperature monitoring of congestive heart failure patients as an indicator of worsening condition Indication of worsening health condition in patients with congestive heart failure using the analysis of the speed and pattern of temperature change in a way that is individualized toward patient's health condition. ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6817983 | External fluid-filled catheter pressure transducer An external fluid-filled catheter pressure transducer for monitoring fluid pressure characteristics in a vessel in a living body. The external fluid-filled catheter pressure transducer includes an inverted sensor bonded to a hollow carrier so that measuring occurs o... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6819949 | Method and apparatus for measuring blood oxygen saturation in a retinal vessel by separately detecting single pass optical signals A method and apparatus are provided for accurately measuring the blood oxygen saturation with a retinal vessel. The apparatus includes an optical source for illuminating the retinal vessel with optical signals. The apparatus also includes a filter, such as an apertu... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6819950 | Method for noninvasive continuous determination of physiologic characteristics The invention comprises methods for noninvasively monitoring physiological characteristics of a patient's blood. Determinations of blood constituent concentrations may be made by comparing absorbance of radiation at varying parameters, such as path length and blood ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6817981 | Method for eliminating error in tonometric measurements A novel tonometry method wherein measured intraocular pressure corresponding to inward applanation of the cornea and corneal hysteresis derived from a pressure differential associated with inward and outward applanation events in the same measurement pulse allows co... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6816741 | Plethysmograph pulse recognition processor An intelligent, rule-based processor provides recognition of individual pulses in a pulse oximeter-derived photo-plethysmograph waveform. Pulse recognition occurs in two stages. The first stage identifies candidate pulses in the plethysmograph waveform. The candidat... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6811538 | Sleep apnea risk evaluation In a technique for collecting and analyzing physiological signals to detect sleep apnea, a small light-weight physiological monitoring system, affixed to a patient's forehead, detects and records the pulse, oximetry, snoring sounds, and head position of a patient to... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6811536 | Non-invasive apparatus system for monitoring autonomic nervous system and uses thereof A non-invasive apparatus system for monitoring autonomic nervous system, and its uses in monitoring autonomic nervous system functional change side effects caused by drugs and monitoring the aging of autonomic nervous system and tracing therapeutic effect thereof. | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810277 | Method, apparatus and system for removing motion artifacts from measurements of bodily parameters A method for removing motion artifacts from devices for sensing bodily parameters and apparatus and system for effecting same. The method includes analyzing segments of measured data representing bodily parameters and possibly noise from motion artifacts. Each segme... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6808497 | Blood-pressure measuring apparatus and inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure-index measuring apparatus An apparatus for measuring a blood pressure of a living subject, including an inflatable cuff which has an inside surface adapted to contact a body surface of the subject and an outside surface exposed to an ambient air, and which is adapted to be wound around a por... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6805673 | Monitoring mayer wave effects based on a photoplethysmographic signal A photoplethysmographic instrument is used to obtain physiological parameter information related to low frequency heart rate and blood volume variability. In one implementation, a plethysmographic signal is filtered relative to a Mayer Wave frequency to provide an o... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6805671 | Method and device for measuring systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate in an environment with extreme levels of noise and vibrations A method and a device for measuring blood pressure and heart rate in an environment comprising extreme levels of noise and vibrations is disclosed. Blood pressure signals corresponding to the Korotkoff sounds are detected using an array of primary acoustic sensors, ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6805674 | Viscosity measuring apparatus and method of use A blood viscosity measuring system and method that monitors the rising head of a column of fluid representing a living being's blood in-vivo to determine the blood viscosity over a range of shears. The system includes a capillary tube, at least a portion of which is... | 10/19/2004 |
