Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100152556 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION AND EARPHONE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring biological information and an earphone having the same for contacting with a uniform pressure a user body part using an elastic member. The apparatus includes a first housing; a second housing foldably connected with the first housing; a third housing foldably connected with the second housing and provided with a sensor for measuring the biological information; a plurality of joint parts for connecting the housings to be folded or unfolded to each other; one or more locking parts for restraining or releasing the housings to be folded or unfolded to each other; and the elastic member for applying the same pressure to make the sensor contact with the user's body by enabling the respective housings to be folded or unfolded using a stress-strain. | 06-17-2010 |
20100152557 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION AND EARPHONE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring biological information and an earphone having the same for contacting with a uniform pressure a user body part using an elastic member. The apparatus includes a first housing; a second housing foldably connected with the first housing; a third housing foldably connected with the second housing and provided with a sensor for measuring the biological information; a plurality of joint parts for connecting the housings to be folded or unfolded to each other; one or more locking parts for restraining or releasing the housings to be folded or unfolded to each other; and the elastic member for applying the same pressure to make the sensor contact with the user's body by enabling the respective housings to be folded or unfolded using a stress-strain. | 06-17-2010 |
20110081037 | EARPHONE DEVICE HAVING BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING APPARATUS - An earphone device having a biological information measuring apparatus, structured to facilitate insertion into a user's ear or to absorb vibration generated by external movement before or after the insertion. To this end, the earphone device includes a speaker portion, a sensor housing rotatably coupled with the speaker portion, a shaft provided in the speaker portion and the sensor housing to couple the speaker portion with the sensor housing such that the speaker portion and the sensor housing rotate together, a support housing coupled with the shaft to pass the shaft therethrough, the support housing supporting rotation of the speaker portion and the sensor housing, and a stopper portion provided in the shaft and the support housing to rotate the speaker portion and the sensor housing and then stop them before or after insertion into a user's ear, thereby facilitating the insertion or urging the speaker portion to contact the user's ear. | 04-07-2011 |
20110144460 | PULSE FREQUENCY MEASURING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and an apparatus are provided for measuring a pulse frequency in a bio-signal measurement device. A bio-signal collected by a sensor is applied as an input signal of a notch filter. A filter coefficient of the notch filter is adaptively changed according to a result of tracking the bio-signal in the notch filter and calculating a pulse frequency corresponding to the filter coefficient of the notch filter. | 06-16-2011 |
20110144461 | PULSE FREQUENCY MEASURING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and an apparatus are provided for measuring a pulse frequency in a bio-signal measurement device. A bio-signal collected by a sensor is applied as an input signal of a notch filter. A filter coefficient of the notch filter is adaptively changed according to a result of tracking the bio-signal in the notch filter and calculating a pulse frequency corresponding to the filter coefficient of the notch filter. | 06-16-2011 |
20120022458 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING DOSE IN INJECTOR - Provided is an apparatus and method for measuring a dose in an injector, which is capable of measuring a dose without modifying the mechanical structure of the injector. A number sleeve is provided to pass through an injector body and is connected to be spirally movable, and a pattern for dose measurement is formed on an outer periphery of the number sleeve. The injector body includes a sensor for sensing the pattern formed on the number sleeve when the number sleeve performs a spiral movement, and a controller for measuring a dose according to a spiral movement distance of the number sleeve through the sensor. | 01-26-2012 |
20120323184 | INJECTOR AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING INJECTION BUTTON - An injector is provided that includes an injection button and a coil for radiating energy that informs an injection button detection device combined with the injector, of an input of the injection button. The injection button detection device includes a transmitter for radiating an electromagnetic wave associated with a specific voltage to radiate energy that informs an injector combined with the injection button detection device, of an input of an injection button, a receiver for receiving a voltage based on energy radiated from the injector, and a controller for detecting an input of the injection button based on the voltage received from the receiver. | 12-20-2012 |
20140182385 | PHOTOACOUSTIC PROBE AND PHOTOACOUSTIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A photoacoustic probe and photoacoustic device implementing the photoacoustic probe may reduce an artifact caused by an ultrasonic wave generated in the photoacoustic probe without mounting a separate device. The photoacoustic probe and photoacoustic device implementing the photoacoustic probe may reduce an artifact by changing a configuration or a structure provided in the photoacoustic probe. The photoacoustic probe may receive a photoacoustic signal generated from an inner material of an object absorbing light of a predetermined wavelength and may include a piezoelectric module to convert the photoacoustic signal into an electric signal, and an object contact unit disposed on the front surface of the piezoelectric module, the object contact unit contacting the object and not absorbing the light of a predetermined wavelength. | 07-03-2014 |
20140236007 | COMBINED IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A combined imaging apparatus in which heterogeneous imaging devices are combined and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The combined imaging apparatus includes a photoacoustic imaging unit to irradiate an energy beam to a target part, an ultrasonic imaging unit to generate an ultrasonic wave, irradiate the ultrasonic wave to the target part, and collect an echo ultrasonic wave reflected from the target part to which the ultrasonic wave is irradiated or an ultrasonic wave generated from the target part in response to energy beam irradiation of the photoacoustic imaging unit. The ultrasonic imaging unit starts or stops operation according to an operation state of the photoacoustic imaging unit. | 08-21-2014 |
20140340685 | PHOTOACOUSTICBRACKET, PHOTOACOUSTIC PROBE AND PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - In accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a photoacoustic probe includes: at least one optical fiber irradiating laser to a target; an ultrasonic probe collecting a photoacoustic signal generated by the target having absorbed the laser; and a fluid-type light reflector reflecting laser reflected, scattered, or deflected from the target. | 11-20-2014 |
20150023881 | CONTRAST AGENT FOR COMBINED PHOTOACOUSTIC AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING - A microbubble is used as a multi-modality contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging and ultrasound imaging. A method of preparing improved microbubbles that are used as a multi-modality contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging and ultrasound imaging is provided. The microbubble includes a dye-colored lipid shell; and a filling gas filling the inside of the lipid shell. The method of preparing microbubbles includes agitating a dye-colored lipid-containing solution in the presence of filling gas. | 01-22-2015 |
20150025373 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMBINED PHOTOACOUSTIC AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS - A microbubble used as a contrast agent for ultrasound imaging burst due to high intensity of ultrasound, and the burst microbubble effectively acts as a contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging. Based on this point, a new apparatus and method for combined photoacoustic and ultrasound diagnosis are provided. | 01-22-2015 |