| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 600475000 | With comparison means (e.g., ratio of or comparison to a standard) | 26 |
| 20080228083 | Non-Evasive Method and Apparatus of Detection of Organism Tissues - The invention relates to a non-invasive method to diagnose the changes of molecular structures of organism tissues from body surface and a dedicated apparatus. The apparatus is comprised of a Fourier Transform infrared spectrometer and a set of additional accessories. Said additional accessories include a mid-IR fiber optics sampling attachment, a fiber coupling part, and an infrared detector part. The detection method is comprised of placing the ATR probe of the dedicated apparatus on the skin surface of a region to be tested, and scanning more than one time in which the resolution of the apparatus is 1-32 cm | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080269616 | MIR SPECTROSCOPY OF TISSUE - Disclosed are methods of determining long-term deposition pattern of a compound in tissue. The following steps can be followed: placing tissue against a receptor; directing mid-infrared electromagnetic radiation onto the tissue; quantifying the electromagnetic radiation that is reflected from the tissue to obtain a reflected amount; using a calibration equation to calculate the concentration of a compound from the reflected amount; and using the concentration of the compound to evaluate presence of a clinical condition in the tissue. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080319321 | TERAHERTZ IMAGING - A body or body structure may be examined by detecting radiation emitted from and/or reflected by the body or body structure, said radiation being in the terahertz frequency range. The detected radiation then is evaluated to obtain information concerning the body or body structure. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090112100 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION COLLECTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - To enable the user to see if the field of view of an infrared sensor faces an eardrum direction. A biological information collecting device ( | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090187108 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF A BODY LUMEN - A catheter is provided for placement within a body lumen, the catheter including a flexible conduit that is elongated along a longitudinal axis, the flexible conduit having a proximal end and a distal end. The catheter further includes at least one delivery waveguide and at least one collection waveguide positioned along the flexible conduit, the at least one delivery waveguide and the at least one collection waveguide constructed and arranged to transmit radiation at a wavelength in a range of about 250 to 2500 nanometers. The catheter further includes a flexible, expandable first surface encircling surrounding a segment of the conduit, a transmission output of the at least one delivery waveguide and a transmission input of the at least one collection waveguide located within the flexible, expandable first surface, and the distal end of at least one of the at least one delivery waveguide and the at least one collection waveguide tethered to the flexible, expandable first surface radially translatable with respect to the flexible, expandable first surface, the at least one transmission input located between a portion of the flexible, expandable first surface and a portion of the second surface. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090209865 | Optical analyzer - An optical analyzer performing analysis excellent in spatial resolution and in invasion depth is provided. The analyzer includes a diagnostic light source section including a seed light source which outputs seed light, and a silica optical fiber to which seed light is input and which generates diagnostic light having a HE11 mode field pattern utilizing a nonlinear optical phenomenon, an irradiation optical system converging the diagnostic light and irradiating a measurement subject with the diagnostic light, an acquisition optical system acquiring object light generated at the measurement subject, a spectrum measurement section receiving the object light and measuring a frequency spectrum of the object light, a storage section storing information of a frequency spectrum of a known substance, and an arithmetic section calculating a correspondence between the frequency spectrum of the object light and the frequency spectrum of the known substance, and analyzing the measurement subject based on the calculation result. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100041998 | Method for Detecting and/or Monitoring a Wound Using Infrared Thermal Imaging - A system for diagnosing damaged tissue includes a thermal imaging device, a data processing device including a digital media generic to or associated there with connected to the thermal imaging device, an image display device connected to or integrated with the data processing device and a graphics user interface resident on the digital media of the data processing device and executable to display on the image display device, the interface enabling user configuration of various aspects of thermal imaging and data analysis functions. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100049055 | Method and apparatus for visual characterization of tissue - A method for visual characterization of human or animal tissue formed from cells, having the following steps: a radiation source for emitting directional electromagnetic radiation is provided; —the tissue to be irradiated with the radiation, this producing a reflection in the tissue which is characteristic of the tissue, with—the radiation which has penetrated the tissue having, within an excitation region extending transversely with respect to the direction of propagation of the radiation, a sufficient intensity to excite a reflection in the tissue. The radiation emitted by the radiation source is impressed with an intensity profile, transversely with respect to its direction of propagation, which is such that the excitation region covers a plurality of cells of the tissue and the excited reflection originates from inter-cell tissue properties. The invention relates to a method in which the radiation emitted by the radiation source is periodically deflected transversely with respect to the direction of propagation such that the radiation periodically scans a region of the tissue around the measurement point which extends over a plurality of cells of the tissue. The invention also relates to apparatuses for carrying out the methods. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100185100 | IDENTIFYING AND LOCALIZING TISSUE USING LIGHT ANALYSIS - The invention relates to a method for identifying and localizing body tissue, in which a light beam emitted from a tissue point or tissue region of interest is on the one hand positionally determined with the aid of an optical medical tracking system and is on the other hand analyzed with respect to its light properties, in order to determine from this the nature of the tissue point or tissue region. It also relates to a device for identifying and localizing body tissue, comprising: an optical medical tracking system which detects a light beam emitted from a tissue point or tissue region of interest and positionally determines the location of the tissue point or tissue region; and a light analyzer which analyses the light beam with respect to its light properties, in order to determine from this the nature of the tissue point or tissue region. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100280392 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERIODONTAL DIAGNOSIS - A technique for obtaining information regarding a state of periodontal tissue involves deriving a substantially whole curve measure of similarity of an observed bandshape of an isolated spectral component attributed to water within the infrared region. Subtle variations in the bandshape of the water bands have been found to correlate with inflammatory periodontal diseases and using whole curve measures such as weighted integrals or measure of fit parameters these variations can be detected and used to classify periodontal tissues. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20120078114 | System and method for real-time perfusion imaging - The present invention relates to a system and method for real-time perfusion imaging. More particularly, the present invention relates to a perfusion imaging system including a plurality of coaligned imaging arrays operating under a specific timing sequence and method of using the same. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20130066213 | EYE MONITOR - An eye monitor is disclosed for monitoring the size of a pupil of a monitored subject. The eye monitor includes a tracking device for tracking movement of the user's pupil and a monitoring device for monitoring the size of the user's pupil. The eye monitor provides for a continuous and real time analysis of the subject's eye and in particular the pupil of the eye, to determine whether the subject has been exposed to harmful chemicals and without requiring the subject to actively participate in the monitoring. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130123640 | Scanned Laser Vein Contrast Enhancer - The present invention is a Miniature Vein Enhancer that includes a Miniature Projection Head, The Miniature Projection Head may be operated in one of three modes, AFM, DBM, and RTM. The Miniature Projection Head of the present invention projects an image of the veins of a patient, which aids the practitioner in pinpointing a vein for an intravenous drip, blood test, and the like. The Miniature projection head may have a cavity for a power source or it may have a power source located in a body portion of the Miniature Vein Enhancer. The Miniature Vein Enhancer may be attached to one of several improved needle protectors, or the Miniature Vein Enhancer may be attached to a body similar to a flashlight for hand held use. The Miniature Vein Enhancer of the present invention may also be attached to a magnifying glass, a flat panel display, and the like. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20140052003 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RADIATION SOURCE VARIABILITY FOR OPTICAL GAS MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS - An infrared detector includes a radiation source configured to emit electromagnetic radiation. The detector includes a source monitoring apparatus configured to generate output signals ( | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140066781 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DEVICE - A medical diagnosis device and a method for controlling the device that detect an abnormal portion of a diagnosis target early and accurately are provided. A medical diagnosis device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a light source configured to irradiate light onto a diagnosis target; an optical filter configured to filter out visible light and infrared light from light reflected from the diagnosis target and convert an optical path of the filtered visible or infrared light; a polarization beam splitter configured to polarize the infrared light filtered by the optical filter; a first image acquisition unit configured to acquire a first image from the visible light filtered by the optical fiber; and a second image acquisition unit configured to acquire a second image from the infrared light polarized by the polarization beam splitter. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140213908 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING HEART RATE MONITORING FUNCTION - A portable electronic device includes an infrared touch screen and a processor. The infrared touch screen includes a detection unit, a filter unit, and a signal conversion unit. The detection unit detects the intensity of the infrared beams reflected by a user's body part placed on the infrared touch screen, and converts the detected intensity of the infrared beam to electrical signals. The filter unit filters the electrical signals and amplifies the filtered electrical signals. The signal conversion unit converts the electrical signals to digital signals. The processor includes an information processing module and a display control module. The information processing module processes the digital signals to obtain the heart rate information of the user, and creates a heart rate monitoring result according to the heart rate information of the user. The display control module controls the infrared touch screen to display the heart rate monitoring result. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140236021 | NEAR-INFRARED SUPER-CONTINUUM LASERS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST AND OTHER CANCERS - A system and method for using near-infrared or short-wave infrared (SWIR) light sources for early detection and monitoring of breast cancer, as well as other kinds of cancers may detect decreases in lipid content and increases in collagen content, possibly with a shift in the collagen peak wavelengths and changes in spectral features associated with hemoglobin and water content as well. Wavelength ranges between 1000-1400 nm and 1600-1800 nm may permit relatively high penetration depths because they fall within local minima of water absorption, scattering loss decreases with increasing wavelength, and they have characteristic signatures corresponding to overtone and combination bands from chemical bonds of interest, such as hydrocarbons. Broadband light sources and detectors permit spectroscopy in transmission, reflection, and/or diffuse optical tomography. High signal-to-noise ratio may be achieved using a fiber-based super-continuum light source. Risk of pain or skin damage may be mitigated using surface cooling and focused infrared light. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140323875 | STENT APPARATUS WITH INTEGRATED IMAGING ELEMENT FOR IN SITU DETECTION OF BUILDUP OF MATERIAL IN A VASCULAR SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an apparatus for detecting obstructions in biological vessels includes a cylindrical hollow stent with an expandable body portion having an outer surface configured to engage the inner surface of the lumen of the vessel to urge the vessel against collapse, and an imaging system operatively coupled with stent. The imaging system includes a first power source, a light generating element, a light sensor generating a first signal representative of light received by the sensor element from the light generating elements, and a processor unit receiving the first signal and processing the first signal in accordance with image processing logic stored in a memory of the processor unit to generate an image signal representative of as image of associated target material such as plaque obstructing the flow. The imaging system and stent may be formed on opposite sides of a flexible organic substrate. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150073282 | SPECTROSCOPIC DETECTION OF BRAIN DAMAGE - The present invention provides a non-invasive device and method of detecting or evaluating brain damage in a living subject. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150099979 | VISUALIZATION OF HEART WALL TISSUE - Various aspects of the instant disclosure are directed to imaging tissue. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods involving the following. A light source includes an array of light emitters that illuminate a tissue region of a heart wall with light at different wavelength ranges. A light collector collects multispectral images including respective images collected at each of the different wavelength ranges at which the tissue region is illuminated. A catheter positions the light source and light collector proximate the tissue region of the heart wall for respectively illuminating the tissue region and collecting the multispectral images. A display circuit collects and displays one or more images depicting a condition of the health of heart wall tissue, based on the respective images collected at the different ones of the wavelength ranges. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150099980 | Devices And Methods For Detection Of Internal Bleeding And Hematoma - A device for detection of internal bleeding in a patient's body is provided. An optical interface for transmitting IR light through an area of a skin of a patient and to collect IR light from the area of the skin, is provided. In some embodiments the optical interface includes one or more delivery components and one or more collection components. The delivery component includes a plurality of first optical channels configured to transmit the IR light through a plurality of respective first sub-areas on the area of the skin, into an internal layer of the body. The collection component includes a plurality of second optical channels, configured to collect IR light from a plurality of respective second sub-areas on the area of the skin. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150126873 | Wearable Spectroscopy Sensor to Measure Food Consumption - This invention is a wearable device to measure a person's consumption of selected types of food, ingredients, or nutrients comprising: a housing that is configured to be worn on the person's wrist, arm, hand, or finger; a spectroscopy sensor that collects data concerning light energy reflected from the person's body and/or absorbed by the person's body, wherein this data is used to measure the person's consumption of selected types of food, ingredients, or nutrients; a data processing unit; and a power source. The selected types of food, ingredients, or nutrients can be selected from the group consisting of: food that is high in simple carbohydrates; food that is high in simple sugars; food that is high in saturated or trans fat; fried food; food that is high in Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL); and food that is high in sodium. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150148683 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RESPIRATORY MOVEMENTS - The invention relates to a method for determining the presence of a respiratory movement in a human or an animal. This method comprises the detection of a movement by a passive infrared detector and the analysis of signals transmitted by this detector. The invention also relates to an apparatus for executing a method of detecting a respiratory movement. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20160045151 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-INVASIVE LIVER FUNCTION TESTING - Disclosed are a non-invasive liver function testing apparatus and method. The non-invasive liver function testing apparatus includes a light source configured to irradiate light onto an object, a light detector configured to detect information about light reflected from the object, a raw data extractor configured to extract raw data, associated with at least one target material constituting the object, from the information detected by the light detector, and a data processor configured to extract liver function-related information, including a correlation with the at least one target material, from the raw data. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160073886 | Wearable Spectroscopic Sensor to Measure Food Consumption Based on Interaction Between Light and the Human Body - This is a wearable device to measure a person's food consumption based on the interaction between light energy and body tissue comprising: a wearable spectroscopic sensor that collects data concerning the spectrum of light energy reflected from body tissue or having passed through body tissue; a data processing unit; and a power source. Spectroscopic sensor data is analyzed to measure consumption of selected types of food, ingredients, and/or nutrients. This device can be embodied in a finger ring, smart watch, wrist band, wrist bracelet, armlet, cuff, or sleeve with close-fitting spectroscopic sensors. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160143537 | SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC SENSOR - A near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) sensor assembly for measuring a characteristic of a biological tissue is provided. The NIRS sensor assembly includes a light source, at least one light detector, and a layer disposed within the sensor assembly. The light source is operable to emit light at one or more predetermined wavelengths. The at least one light detector has an active area for detecting light emitted by the light source and passed through the biological tissue. The light detector is operable to produce signals representative of the detected light. The layer disposed within the sensor assembly has at least one deflection element. | 05-26-2016 |
