| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 600342000 | Light conducting fiber inserted in body | 19 |
| 20080208022 | Laser Optical Feedback Tomography Sensor and Method - The invention relates to a modified Laser Optical Feedback Tomography sensor ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090156918 | IMPLANTABLE OPTICAL SENSOR AND METHOD FOR USE - An implantable medical device includes a hermetically sealed housing and a first light emitting diode (LED) enclosed within the housing configured to detect light corresponding to a selected light wavelength. A conductive element extends from the LED for carrying a current signal corresponding to the light detected by the LED, the intensity of the detected light being correlated to a change in a physiological condition in a body fluid volume or a tissue volume proximate the LED. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100016697 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO MEASUREMENT OF INTERSTITIAL BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY, PROCESSES AND/OR COMPOSITIONS - Provided are systems and methods for detecting and/or measuring in vivo interstitial biological activity, processes, and or compounds in human or animal subjects. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100099965 | Optical Fiber Connector - An optical connector device is disclosed for optically connecting a biosensor wearable on the body of a patient to a reader outside of the body of the patient. The device comprises a base disk to be worn on the body of a patient. The base disk has a needle attached thereto and the needle houses a first fiber defining a first optical conduit. The distal end of the needle is insertable into the body of the patient, and a portion of the proximal end of the needle remains outside of the body of the patient when the device is worn. The device also comprises a connector housing a second fiber defining a second optical conduit. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100113906 | HYBRID BASKET CATHETERS - The invention provides hybrid basket-type intravascular catheter probes designed to optimize blood vessel wall contact or close proximity while traversing tortuous curves. Related diagnostic systems and methods are also provided. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100160754 | Method and Apparatus for Quantification of Optical Properties of Superficial Volumes Using Small Source-to-Detector Separations - A probe for obtaining quantitative optical properties and chromophore concentrations of tissue components in tissue in-vivo at superficial depths and at source-detector separations of 5 mm or less includes a source fiber providing light to expose the tissue, a diffuser layer into which light from the source fiber is directed and then from the diffuser layer to and/or into the tissue, and a detector fiber arranged relative to the diffuser layer for detecting backscattered and/or reflected light returned from the tissue without transmission through the diffuser layer. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100317948 | Photocatalytic Implant Having a Sensor - An implant comprises a photocatalytic layer on at least one surface and is adapted to act as a sensor. In some embodiments, the photocatalytic layer is a semiconductor oxide that is doped. According to some embodiments, the implant comprises a wave guide. According to some embodiments the implant comprises a light port. According to some embodiments, the implant comprises a reflective material on a surface of the waveguide. According to some embodiments the implant comprises a composite material comprising a first material that has a transmissivity when exposed to a predetermined wavelength of light and a second material that has photocatalytic activity when exposed to the predetermined wavelength of light. According to some embodiments the implant comprises a light source adapted to irradiate the photocatalytic surface. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100324391 | Device and Method for Identification of Meconium in Amniotic Fluid - Disclosed are methods and devices comprising an elongated probe for the in vivo detection of meconium in amniotic fluid held in an amniotic sac based on detecting the presence of Zinc-coproporphyrin I (ZnCP). ZnCP is excited at approximately 405 nm and emits characteristic fluorescence, centered at about 580 nm and less intensely at 630 nm. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110270060 | DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MONITORING THE ADMINISTRATION OF A STEM CELL TRANSPLANT - A device and methods for the real-time monitoring of stem cells in a stem cell transplant. The device comprises a linear member and particle detection device configured to occupy the lumen of a catheter while the catheter is in place to administer a stem cell transplant to a delivery site in the body of a patient. Monitoring of the stein cells permits the device to provide signals to a computer processor for the determination of one or more characteristics of stein cells in the stein cell transplant. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120197097 | OPTICAL SENSING - ENABLED INTERVENTIONAL INSTRUMENTS FOR RAPID DISTRIBUTED MEASUREMENTS OF BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS - An interventional instrument, system and method include an elongated flexible member ( | 08-02-2012 |
| 20130217989 | SPLITTABLE NEEDLE WITH FIBER PROBE - A needle comprises an elongated first shaft element with a C-shaped cross section and an elongated second shaft element with a C-shaped cross section. The first shaft element and the second shaft element are adapted to be detachably connected to each other. This is achieved by an overlap of respective end sections of the first and second shaft elements. Within the channel formed by the shaft elements, an optical probe may be accommodated from which the shaft elements may be removed by separating the two shaft elements from each other. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130324819 | ANGLE OF INCIDENCE SELECTIVE BAND PASS FILTER FOR IMPLANTABLE CHEMICAL SENSOR - Apparatuses and methods for limiting the angle of incidence (AOI) of light reaching a dichroic filter. The apparatus may include an AOI filter element and the dichroic filter. The apparatus may be a sensor and may include a photodetector. The dichroic filter may be configured to prevent light having a wavelength outside a band pass region from reaching the photodetector and to pass light having a wavelength within the band pass. Physical limitations of the dichroic filter may preclude the dichroic filter from preventing high AOI light having a wavelength outside a band pass region from reaching the photodetector. The AOI filter element may be configured to prevent light having a high AOI from reaching the dichroic band pass filter and to propagate light having a low AOI to the dichroic band pass filter. The AOI filter element may be a fiber optic bundle comprising a plurality of optical fibers. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140107443 | OPTICAL HYDROLOGY ARRAYS AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING WATER DISPLACEMENT DURING TREATMENT OF PATIENT TISSUE - A system that monitors water displacement in tissue during patient therapy includes a generator supplying electrosurgical energy to tissue, a spectrometer operably coupled to the generator, and a processor communicating with the generator and with the spectrometer having a light source for exposing tissue to light and a light sensor. The light sensor is configured to sense changes in light through tissue in response to tissue treatment and communicate the changes to the processor to determine tissue hydration levels and motility. A plurality of optical fibers may be configured in an array to communicate light between the generator and tissue. An optical temperature monitor may communicate with the processor and be coupled to an optical fiber. The optical fibers may have an optic fiber distance between adjacent optical fibers. The system may be incorporated within an electrosurgical pencil or a forceps. A corresponding method of detecting hydration is also disclosed. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140163345 | IMPLANTABLE BIOSENSOR AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Provided herein is a stabilized oxygen transport matrix that includes a reversible oxygen binding protein, such as hemoglobin, immobilized throughout the stabilized oxygen transport matrix. The stabilized oxygen transport matrix is used to transport oxygen and can be used as an oxygen transport region and a reaction region of an analyte sensor, such as an implantable glucose sensor. The reversible binding protein can also function as an oxygen probe within the analyte sensor. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140350368 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DETECTION PROBE AND PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - In an acoustic wave detection probe provided with a light guide section that guides measuring light such that the measuring light is outputted toward a subject and an acoustic wave transducer that detects a photoacoustic wave generated in the subject by the projection of the measuring light, the light guide section includes a homogenizer that flat-tops an energy profile of the measuring light entered from the upstream side of the optical system, a light condensing member that condenses the measuring light transmitted through the homogenizer, and a. bundle fiber which includes a plurality of optical fibers and is disposed such that the measuring light transmitted through the light condensing member enters from an entrance end of the bundle fiber. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140378797 | APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL ANALYSIS OF AN ASSOCIATED TISSUE - The present invention relates to an apparatus | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150011853 | Measuring Device for Measuring Cerebral Parameters - The invention relates to a measuring device and to a method for measuring parameters of a body tissue using an elongate probe ( | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150133757 | Endoscope for Analyte Consumption Rate Determination with Single Cell Resolution for In Vivo Applications - Novel methods and devices including modified endoscopes that employ fiber optic technology and multiple extrinsic optical sensors for enablement of simultaneous determination of change rates of biological analytes in vivo with single-cell resolution. The devices employ dynamic oscillatory actuation to determine the gradient of analytes of interest along one or multiple directions with respect to the cell. The change rate or flux of the analyte of interest can be easily determined by applying the first Fick's law that relates the flux with the concentration gradient. The dual operation mode of the device markedly increases measurement sensitivity and accuracy. | 05-14-2015 |
| 600343000 | Digestive tract | 1 |
| 20140275894 | REFLUX PROBE - A probe for detecting reflux in the oesophagus by detecting the level of turbidity at different points in the oesophagus. The probe consists of multiple pairs ( | 09-18-2014 |
