Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080230702 | Radioimaging - Radioimaging methods, devices and radiopharmaceuticals therefor. | 09-25-2008 |
20080230705 | Radioimaging - Radioimaging methods, devices and radiopharmaceuticals therefor. | 09-25-2008 |
20080255494 | Sleeves for Accommodating a Circulation Enhancement Device - A sleeve for use with a circulation enhancement device, including a first layer that is adapted to substantially encircle a user's limb, a second layer that is adapted to interface the circulation enhancement device, a connection between the first layer and the second layer at a preset position; and wherein the second layer is adapted to be attached to various position along the circumference of the first layer and at least partially encircle the first layer. | 10-16-2008 |
20080269543 | Functional Device with a Detachable Component - A device for enhancing blood circulation that includes a main element, a detachable element with an identification mark, and attachment means for grasping the detachable element by the main element. The main element functions by intermittently tightening and relaxing its grasp of the detachable element when activated. Additionally the main element authenticates the identification mark of the detachable element; and the main element is enabled to function if the authentication of the identification mark is positive. | 10-30-2008 |
20090030471 | Assessing Cardiac Activity - A method of assessing contractility of a cardiac muscle which has an activation parameter, the method comprising: (a) utilizing time correlated data pertaining to an activation parameter to produce a profile of said parameter; and (b) analyzing changes in said profile to generate an indication of contractility. | 01-29-2009 |
20090062698 | Methods and apparatuses for rehabilitation and training - A method of rehabilitation using an actuator type that includes a movement mechanism capable of applying a force that interacts with a motion of a patient's limb in a volume of at least 30 cm in diameter, in at least three degrees of freedom of motion of the actuator and capable of preventing substantial motion in any point in any direction in said volume, comprising:
| 03-05-2009 |
20090062893 | Pancreas lead - An implant device comprising an electrode for electrical stimulation of the pancreas, the device being adapted to be inserted into the pancreas, and to change at least one of its properties after being inserted into the pancreas, so that it will cause less irritation to the pancreas than before changing said property. | 03-05-2009 |
20090078875 | Radioimaging - Radioimaging methods, devices and radiopharmaceuticals therefor. | 03-26-2009 |
20090098198 | Satiety - A capsule for suppressing appetite, comprising:
| 04-16-2009 |
20090099618 | Apparatus and Method for Delivering Electrical Signals to a Heart - Devices, systems and methods for controlling (inhibiting or enabling) the delivery of electrotherapeutic signals to a heart using sensing of local and/or global ECG signals to detect ventricular arrhythmia or indication of possible ventricular arrhythmia in the heart. The devices, systems and methods process the sensed signals and are capable of delivering electroptherapeutic signals to the heart in the presence of a supra-ventricular arrhythmia such as atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, while inhibiting the delivering electroptherapeutic signals in the presence of PVCs and/or extopic beats, and/or ventricular arrhythmia. The electrotherapeutic signals may include, among others, pacing signals and cardiac contractility modulating signals. | 04-16-2009 |
20090118651 | COMPUTERIZED PORTABLE DEVICE FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF CIRCULATION - A portable limb-mounted device for enhancing blood and/or lymph flow in a limb and/or for preventing stasis related disorders, the device comprising an energy generating device, an actuator, one or more compressing elements for generating squeezing forces on the limb of a user, a sensor located adjacent to the body of the user and coupled to a transceiver device, and a transceiver device coupled to the sensor to receive signals generated by the sensor, to transfer the signals received from the sensor device to a computing device. The device further comprises a computerized control system including a microcontroller and a memory device to store activity related information for subsequent downloads to an external computer-based monitoring device. | 05-07-2009 |
20090131993 | Non-Immediate Effects of Therapy - A method of treating a metabolic condition in a patient, comprising:
| 05-21-2009 |
20090152471 | Dynamic Spect Camera - A dynamic SPECT camera is provided, comprising, a plurality of single-pixel detectors, a timing mechanism, in communication with each single-pixel detector, configured for enabling time-binning of the radioactive emissions impinging upon each single-pixel detector to time periods not greater than substantially 30 seconds, and a position-tracker, configured for providing information on the position and orientation of each detecting unit, with respect to the overall structure, substantially at all times, during the individual motion, the dynamic SPECT camera being configured for acquiring a tomographic reconstruction image of a region of interest of about 15×15×15 cubic centimeters, during an acquisition time of 30 seconds, at a spatial resolution of at least 10×10×10 cubic millimeter. The dynamic camera is configured for very short damping time, and may further acquire images in a stationary mode, with no motion. It is further configured for time binning at dynamically varying time-bin lengths, dynamically determining a spectral energy bin for each detecting unit, and employing an anatomic construction of voxels in the imaging and reconstruction. | 06-18-2009 |
20090190807 | Reconstruction Stabilizer and Active Vision - A method for stabilizing the reconstruction of an imaged volume is presented. The method includes the steps of performing an analysis of the reliability of reconstruction of a radioactive-emission density distribution of the volume from radiation detected over a specified set of views, and defining modifications to the reconstruction process and/or data collection process to improve the reliability of reconstruction, in accordance with the analysis. | 07-30-2009 |
20090201291 | Gating With Anatomically Varying Durations - A method for reconstructing a radioactive emission image of an overall volume having first and second volumetric regions, each volumetric region having respectively independent dynamic characteristics. The method comprises the following steps: a) obtaining radioactive emissions from the overall volume, including the volumetric regions, b) reconstructing an initial radioactive emission image of the volumetric region according to the radioactive emissions, c) segmenting the initial radioactive emission image to delineate the first and second volumetric regions, and d) separately reconstructing the first and the second volumetric regions according to the respectively independent dynamic characteristics. | 08-13-2009 |
20090209891 | PRESSURE CONTROLLING DEVICES - Disclosed is a method for exsanguinating a portion of an extremity. The method comprises, encircling a cross sectional portion of an extremity with at least one exsanguinating pressure inducer, moving one or both of a pressure produced at a pressure application point by the at least one exsanguinating pressure inducer and a portion of the extremity with respect to each other, inducing an exsanguinating pressure on the portion of the extremity to which pressure is applied during the moving, and controlling the exsanguinating pressure to remain within an exsanguinating range of pressure. | 08-20-2009 |
20090236333 | Food preparation - Devices and methods for RF heating of food, using techniques which allow uniformity and/or controlled non-uniformity. | 09-24-2009 |
20090236334 | Food preparation - Devices and methods for RF heating of food, using techniques which allow uniformity and/or controlled non-uniformity. | 09-24-2009 |
20090236335 | Food preparation - Devices and methods for RF heating of food, using techniques which allow uniformity and/or controlled non-uniformity. | 09-24-2009 |
20090248061 | MOBILE TORUS DEVICES - Disclosed is a device for exsanguinating a portion of an extremity, the device comprising a torus having a variable circumferential diameter, the torus configured to encircle an extremity portion and apply exsanguination pressure thereto, and a transducer operatively associated with the torus, the transducer, while the torus is encircling the extremity portion, being configured to control at least one of a diameter of the variable circumferential diameter, a tension in the torus and a pressure applied by the torus. | 10-01-2009 |
20090254012 | MOTION CONTROL DEVICES - Disclosed is a device for exsanguinating a portion of an extremity. The device comprises an elastic torus configured to ensanguine a limb when surrounding an extremity and pulled at a first linear rate in a first direction; and at least one elongate attachment element mechanically coupled to the torus to convey pulling force from the handle to the torus, wherein the a length of the elongate attachment element between the handle and the torus elongates at a different rate than the first rate, during the pulling. | 10-08-2009 |
20090292324 | Protein activity modification - A method of modifying tissue behavior, including cardiac tissue, comprising:
| 11-26-2009 |
20090304582 | Imaging Protocols - Protocols for radioimaging an event or disorder are provided. An exemplary protocol comprises a method of radioimaging a myocardial perfusion, the method comprising in sequence:
| 12-10-2009 |
20090312676 | Metabolic Sink - A method for increasing metabolism of a subject's body in order to lose weight, comprising:
| 12-17-2009 |
20100001200 | IMAGING TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING BLIND SPOTS - An imaging system is provided for radioimaging a region of interest (ROI) of a subject. The system includes a housing, a support structure, which is movably coupled to the housing, and at least one motor assembly, coupled to the housing and the support structure, and configured to move the support structure with respect to the housing. The system also includes at least two detector assemblies, fixed to the support structure, and comprising respective radiation detectors and angular orientators. A control unit drives the motor assembly to position the support structure in a plurality of positions with respect to the housing, and, while the support structure is positioned in each of the plurality of positions, drives the orientators to orient the respective detectors in a plurality of rotational orientations with respect to the ROI, and to detect radiation from the ROI at the rotational orientations. Other embodiments are also described. | 01-07-2010 |
20100016923 | Protein activity modification - A method of modifying tissue behavior, comprising:
| 01-21-2010 |
20100021378 | IMAGING PROTOCOLS - Protocols for radioimaging an event or disorder are provided. An exemplary protocol comprises a method of radioimaging a myocardial perfusion, the method comprising in sequence:
| 01-28-2010 |
20100142774 | METHOD, A SYSTEM, AND AN APPARATUS FOR USING AND PROCESSING MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA - A method for analyzing a functional map of at least one tissue of a patient. The method comprises managing a plurality of functional maps each being associated with a plurality of first biological activity indications, receiving a functional map which is associated with a plurality of second biological activity indications, identifying a matching set of the managed functional maps by matching between the plurality of first and second biological activity indications, and using the matching set for a member of a group consisting of: an image data acquisition, a diagnosis of the received functional map, a classification of the received functional map. | 06-10-2010 |
20100245354 | DYNAMIC SPECT CAMERA - A dynamic SPECT camera is provided, comprising, a plurality of single-pixel detectors, a timing mechanism, in communication with each single-pixel detector, configured for enabling time-binning of the radioactive emissions impinging upon each single-pixel detector to time periods not greater than substantially 30 seconds, and a position-tracker, configured for providing information on the position and orientation of each detecting unit, with respect to the overall structure, substantially at all times, during the individual motion, the dynamic SPECT camera being configured for acquiring a tomographic reconstruction image of a region of interest of about 15×15×15 cubic centimeters, during an acquisition time of 30 seconds, at a spatial resolution of at least 10×10×10 cubic millimeter. The dynamic camera is configured for very short damping time, and may further acquire images in a stationary mode, with no motion. It is further configured for time binning at dynamically varying time-bin lengths, dynamically determining a spectral energy bin for each detecting unit, and employing an anatomic construction of voxels in the imaging and reconstruction. | 09-30-2010 |
20100324644 | Electrode Assemblies, Tools, And Methods For Gastric Wall Implantation - Apparatus ( | 12-23-2010 |
20110026685 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF OPTIMIZED VOLUMETRIC IMAGING - A system of performing a volumetric scan. The system comprises a surface of positioning a patient in a space parallel thereto, a plurality of extendable detector arms each the detector arm having a detection unit having at least one radiation detector, and an actuator which moves the detection unit along a linear path, and a gantry which supports the plurality of extendable detector arms around the surface so that each the linear path of each respective the extendable detector arm being directed toward the space. | 02-03-2011 |
20110031236 | FOOD PREPARATION - Devices and methods for RF heating of food, using techniques which allow uniformity and/or controlled non-uniformity. | 02-10-2011 |
20110093028 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING ELECTRICAL SIGNALS TO MODIFY GENE EXPRESSION IN CARDIAC TISSUE - The description above should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention to the specific embodiments described, which are provided merely as examples or illustrations. The scope of the invention encompasses interchangeable substitutions that are known to or would be appreciated by those skilled in the art. Many other variations are possible. Thus, the scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents, rather than by only the examples given above. | 04-21-2011 |
20110112856 | MEDICAL IMAGING PROCEDURES AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MEDICAL IMAGING PROCEDURES - A method for managing a plurality of medical imaging procedures. The method comprises associating a machine readable tag with each of a plurality of patients designated for a plurality of medical imaging procedures, monitoring a progress of at least one of the plurality of patients in a respective the medical imaging procedure, and managing at least one medical imaging resource for performing the plurality of medical imaging procedures according to the progress. | 05-12-2011 |
20120041508 | IMPLANTABLE LEAD CONNECTOR - An implantable lead connector configured for long term implantation and to electrically interconnect multiple medical devices and to channel electrical signals between said interconnected devices and a target organ, comprising: a first port adapted to receive a first signal suitable to stimulate a target tissue, a second port adapted to receive a second signal suitable to stimulate a target tissue, and a third port configured to connect to a target organ, wherein at least one of said first and second ports is configured to connect to a signal generator not integrated with said connector. | 02-16-2012 |
20120101874 | Charger With Data Transfer Capabilities - Gastric apparatus ( | 04-26-2012 |
20120106820 | RECONSTRUCTION STABILIZER AND ACTIVE VISION - A method for stabilizing the reconstruction of an imaged volume is presented. The method includes the steps of performing an analysis of the reliability of reconstruction of a radioactive-emission density distribution of the volume from radiation detected over a specified set of views, and defining modifications to the reconstruction process and/or data collection process to improve the reliability of reconstruction, in accordance with the analysis. | 05-03-2012 |
20120172699 | RADIOACTIVE-EMISSION-MEASUREMENT OPTIMIZATION TO SPECIFIC BODY STRUCTURES - A method for predefining a set of radioactive-emission measurement views, for radioactive-emission imaging after an administration of a radiopharmaceutical, the method being tailored to a specific body structure and optimized with respect to the information gained about the body structure and based on modeling body-structure, based on its geometry and anatomical constraints, which limit accessibility to the body structure. | 07-05-2012 |
20130114792 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF OPTIMIZED VOLUMETRIC IMAGING - A system of performing a volumetric scan. The system comprises a surface of positioning a patient in a space parallel thereto, a plurality of extendable detector arms each the detector arm having a detection unit having at least one radiation detector, and an actuator which moves the detection unit along a linear path, and a gantry which supports the plurality of extendable detector arms around the surface so that each the linear path of each respective the extendable detector arm being directed toward the space. | 05-09-2013 |
20130308749 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF OPTIMIZED VOLUMETRIC IMAGING - A system of performing a volumetric scan. The system comprises a surface of positioning a patient in a space parallel thereto, a plurality of extendable detector arms each the detector arm having a detection unit having at least one radiation detector, and an actuator which moves the detection unit along a linear path, and a gantry which supports the plurality of extendable detector arms around the surface so that each the linear path of each respective the extendable detector arm being directed toward the space. | 11-21-2013 |
20130338425 | PROTEIN ACTIVITY MODIFICATION - A method of modifying tissue behavior, comprising:
| 12-19-2013 |
20140037541 | RADIOIMAGING METHODS USING TEBOROXIME AND THALLIUM - A method for imaging is providing, including administering a teboroxime species to an adult human subject, administering T1-201-thallous chloride to the subject performing a teboroxime species SPECT imaging procedure of the teboroxime species on a region of interest (ROI) of the subject, and, after administering the teboroxime species, performing a T1-201-thallous chloride SPECT imaging procedure of the T1-201-thallous chloride on the ROI. Administering the teboroxime species and the T1-201-thallous chloride and performing the teboroxime species and the T1-201-thallous chloride SPECT imaging procedures comprise administering the teboroxime species and the T1-201-thallous chloride and performing the teboroxime species and the T1-201-thallous chloride SPECT imaging procedures during a time period having a duration of no more than 30 minutes. Other embodiments are also described. | 02-06-2014 |
20140151563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADIOACTIVE EMISSION MEASUREMENT - Radioimaging methods, devices and radiopharmaceuticals therefor. | 06-05-2014 |
20140163368 | RADIOIMAGING USING LOW DOSE ISOTOPE - Radioimaging methods, devices and radiopharmaceuticals therefor. | 06-12-2014 |
20140187927 | RADIOACTIVE-EMISSION-MEASUREMENT OPTIMIZATION TO SPECIFIC BODY STRUCTURES - A method for predefining a set of radioactive-emission measurement views, for radioactive-emission imaging after an administration of a radiopharmaceutical, the method being tailored to a specific body structure and optimized with respect to the information gained about the body structure and based on modeling body-structure, based on its geometry and anatomical constraints, which limit accessibility to the body structure. | 07-03-2014 |
20140193336 | IMAGING PROTOCOLS - Protocols for radioimaging an event or disorder are provided. An exemplary protocol comprises a method of radioimaging a myocardial perfusion, the method comprising in sequence:
| 07-10-2014 |
20140200447 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - Apparatus for radiation based imaging of a non-homogenous target area having distinguishable regions therein, comprises: an imaging unit configured to obtain radiation intensity data from a target region in the spatial dimensions and at least one other dimension, and an image four-dimension analysis unit analyzes the intensity data in the spatial dimension and said at least one other dimension in order to map the distinguishable regions. The system typically detects rates of change over time in signals from radiopharmaceuticals and uses the rates of change to identify the tissues. In a preferred embodiment, two or more radiopharmaceuticals are used, the results of one being used as a constraint on the other. | 07-17-2014 |
20140296750 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REHABILITATION AND TRAINING - A method of rehabilitation using an actuator type that includes a movement mechanism capable of applying a force that interacts with a motion of a patient's limb in a volume of at least 30 cm in diameter, in at least three degrees of freedom of motion of the actuator and capable of preventing substantial motion in any point in any direction in said volume, in which a same movement mechanism is used at two different places of rehabilitation. | 10-02-2014 |