33rd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130211175 | HYDROLYSIS OF USED IONIC LIQUID CATALYST FOR DISPOSAL - We provide a process and apparatus for preparing a used catalyst for disposal, comprising:
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20130211176 | ENHANCED ABLATION APPARATUS - Apparatus and methods suitable for causing tissue ablation at a specified therapeutic site in the body of a patient. The apparatus comprises an ablation device having a distal end and a proximal end and a central lumen extending along its length, the distal end comprising at least one energy delivery element suitable for causing tissue ablation. A penetrating member having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end comprising a sharp tip suitable for piercing tissue and creating a channel for the device in the tissue, is coaxially positioned within the central lumen of the ablation device and is capable of being advanced distally out of the central lumen of the device and retracted back to within the central lumen of the device. The apparatus may further comprise an endoscope for delivery of the device to the site of treatment. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211177 | BRACHYTHERAPY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE WITH MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERIES OF THE LUNG - Brachytherapy treatment of a patient's lung tissue following resection is effected using a balloon applicator which is inserted, normally through the same opening used for the surgery, through the chest wall and into the cavity. The lung and chest openings are closed around the applicator and generally sealed around the applicator. A suction port is provided, in a suction circuit of the applicator, to withdraw fluid from the pleural cavity, at intervals as needed, to assure that the lung can be inflated. Different embodiments of suction circuits are disclosed. A bronchial applicator and method are also disclosed. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211178 | Methods And Devices For Minimally-Invasive Extraocular Delivery Of Radiation To The Posterior Portion Of The Eye - Methods and devices for minimally-invasive delivery of radiation to the posterior portion of the eye including a cannula comprising a distal portion connected to a proximal portion and a means for advancing a radionuclide brachytherapy source (RBS) toward the tip of the distal portion; a method of introducing radiation to the human eye comprising inserting a cannula between the Tenon's capsule and the sclera of the human eye and emitting the radiation from the cannula on an outer surface of said sclera. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211179 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE DISEASE THERAPY - A system for treating a lesion site of a patient is disclosed. The system includes a cannula having a lumen, a conduit in communication with said lumen, an introducer stylet removably disposed within said cannula, a resecting device selectively insertable within said cannula, and an adjuvant treatment device selectively insertable within said cannula. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211180 | MAGNETIC DEVICE FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSE - A combined magnetic and irradiating device for therapeutic purposes applies infrared rays and magnetic force. The device includes a shell designed to be gripped by a user, including an outer surface shaped by at least three flat areas, and an inner bore-hole formed inside the shell for receiving first and second magnets in close connection with each other. Both magnets have north and south pole surfaces and an axis, respectively, aligned with each other, and said north pole surface of the first magnet is exposed on a surface of the shell. Windows having an inner rim are arranged on each flat area of the shell. Said close connection is established between the south pole surface of the first magnet and north pole surface of the second magnet. At least one infrared radiating tablet is fixed in said window and abutted against said rim by a clamp placed inside said bore-hole. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211181 | HEALTH APPLICATIONS OF A DOUBLE HELIX CONDUCTOR - An electrical system having an underlying structure resembling the double helix most commonly associated with DNA is used to produce useful electromagnetic fields for health applications and/or medical applications. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211182 | Cardiac Patterning for Improving Diastolic Function - Cardiomyopathy may be treated by distributing a space-occupying diastole-assist agent within the myocardium or within the cardiac venous system in a pattern about one or more chambers of the heart, such that the space-modifying agent integrates into and thickens at least part of the cardiac wall about the chamber so as globally to reduce wall stress, stabilize or even reduce chamber size, and/or improve diastolic function. Some patterns also cause a beneficial global reshaping of the chamber. These changes occur quickly and are sustainable, and have a rapid and sustainable therapeutic effect on cardiac function. Patterns of distribution of space-occupying agent within the myocardium for global resizing may also be used or augmented to treat localized conditions such as myocardial infarctions, overt aneurysm of the ventricular wall as typically forms in response to large transmural myocardial infarctions, and mitral regurgitation due to a noncompliant mitral valve. These techniques may also be used to treat localized conditions that may not yet have progressed to cardiomyopathy. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211183 | Methods for Treating Psychiatric Disorders Using Light Energy - Methods for treating psychiatric disorders using light energy are disclosed herein. A method for treating psychiatric disorders using light energy includes determining which hemisphere of the brain requires treatment using lateral visual field stimulation (LVFS) and applying light energy to the hemisphere of the brain to treat the psychiatric disorder other than depression. In an embodiment, light energy may include near infrared light (NIR). The methods of the present disclosure may be used to treat a variety of psychiatric disorders. In an embodiment, the methods may be used to treat a psychiatric disorder co-morbid with depression. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211184 | METHOD FOR ALTERING RECURRING DREAMS INCLUDING NIGHTMARES - The invention provides a method of altering dreams, including nightmares, which can be applied to individuals or groups. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211187 | Method of Establishing Mouse Strain - A method of producing a chimera animal, characterized by transplanting, into a host animal, an aggregate of a first pluripotent stem cell that is of interest to strain establishment, a second pluripotent stem cell in which the ability to form germ cells is absent or decreased, and embryo. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211188 | METHOD FOR INCREASING DISTENSIBILITY IN A GASTRIC BAND - A gastric band assembly has one or more bladders incorporated therein so that the distensibility of the gastric band assembly is increased. The distensibility relates to the relative strength with which the gastric band assembly with a bladder resists the application of additional band contact pressure. Distensibility is quantified by measuring the change in band contact dimension (e.g., diameter or area) versus the change in band contact pressure. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211189 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING HIGH BASAL INTRA-LUMINAL PRESSURE USING A GASTRIC BAND - A gastric band assembly has one or more bladders incorporated therein so that basal intra-band pressure in the band can be set higher than typical Green Zone basal intra-band pressures. The higher basal intra-band pressures equate to higher basal intra-luminal or contact pressures from 35 mmHg and above. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211190 | METHOD FOR INCREASING DISTENSIBILITY IN A GASTRIC BAND - A gastric band assembly has one or more bladders incorporated therein so that the distensibility of the gastric band assembly is increased. The distensibility relates to the relative strength with which the gastric band assembly with a bladder resists the application of additional band contact pressure. Distensibility is quantified by measuring the change in band contact dimension (e.g., diameter or area) versus the change in band contact pressure. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211191 | APPARATUS FOR POSTERIOR PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR - Improved methods and apparatuses for treatment of posterior pelvic floor repair, including rectocele and related pelvic organ prolapse, are provided. A specialized mesh ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130211192 | IMPLANTABLE SUPPORT WITH DILATOR ATTACHED TO ARM - A pelvic organ prolapse treatment device includes an implantable support configured to treat a prolapsed area of a patient such as urethrocele prolapse, cystocele prolapse, vault prolapse, uterine prolapse, enterocele prolapse, or rectocele prolapse. The support includes a body portion and an arm connected to the body portion, a knot connecting a suture to an end portion of the arm, and a tubular dilator disposed over and permanently connected to the knot. The tubular dilator has an aspect ratio of greater than 7. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211193 | IMPLANTS, TOOLS, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENTS OF PELVIC CONDITIONS - Described are various embodiments of surgical procedures, systems, implants, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, the pelvic conditions including incontinence (various forms such as fecal incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, etc.), vaginal prolapse (including various forms such as enterocele, cystocele, rectocele, apical or vault prolapse, uterine descent, etc.), and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools including devices and tools for anchoring an implant to tissue. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211194 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARDIAC AND VASCULAR CHAMBERS - Devices, systems and methods are provided for enhancing mechanical strength of tissue, allowing direct and secure access to cardiac and vascular structures, either through tiny incisions or percutaneously. The devices may include a sheath including an open channel configured to accept interventional devices and configured to be inserted into an access channel. The device may include mechanisms for injection of a tissue-stabilizing composition into, around, and/or adjacent to the tissue surrounding the sheath. The device may include at least one energy-transducing element configured to deliver energy to a tissue surrounding the sheath. The energy-transducing element may be configured to heat, shrink and seal the tissue around the sheath. The energy-transducing element may be disposed on an introducer, on a sleeve, or on the sheath. A sealing delivery device for sealing the access channel may be configured to deliver a sealing device into the mechanically enhanced access channel, achieving permanent closure. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211195 | ENDOSCOPIC OBSERVATION METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE INVOLVING APPLYING USEFUL WHITE OPAQUE SUBSTANCE TO DIAGNOSIS OF GASTRIC EPITHELIAL TUMORS (ADENOMA OR GASTRIC CANCER) - To develop a clinically useful composition and an endoscopic observation method that utilizes WOS properties. The composition for improving diagnostic performance, containing lipids as a component is characterized in that, by administering or loading said composition orally, by intubation or via an endoscope, the lipids are absorbed by gastric tumors, facilitating the detection of tumors and qualitative diagnoses by endoscope. Tumors are thus whitened by administering or loading this composition for improving diagnostic performance prior to endoscopic observation, making it easier to discover and qualitatively diagnose tumors by endoscopic observation. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211196 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID ENDOSCOPIC AND LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY - Apparatus and methods are described allow the techniques of endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery to be combined into a minimally invasive hybrid surgical technique called NOTES-assisted laparoscopic surgery. Manual and robotic-controlled versions of a modular laparoscopic tool are described having a small diameter shaft that is delivered laparoscopically to a surgical site. Larger diameter working tips are delivered through a NOTES delivery tube inserted to the surgical site through a natural orifice and joined to the shaft of the modular laparoscopic tool. Larger diameter working tips improve the effectiveness of the modular laparoscopic tools and the number and size of laparoscopic ports used can also be reduced. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211197 | Endoscopic Surgical Instrument - An endoscopic surgical instrument includes a wiping section that is provided at a tip part of an insertion section and is pivoted to wipe off extraneous matter adhering to an observation surface provided at a tip part of a lens the endoscope through a grip section and the insertion section. An axial member is inserted through the insertion section and is connected to the wiping section. An operation section is provided over a whole circumference of a tip end of the grip section in a longitudinal direction of the grip section, is connected to the axial member, and operates the wiping section through the axial member. A center axis of the operation section is coaxial to a center axis of an endoscope when the endoscope is inserted through the grip section and the insertion section. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211198 | ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE - In order to prevent floating matters from attaching to a glass plate fixed on a leading end face of an endoscope insertion portion, gas-feed ports are formed around the glass plate. Between the glass plate and the gas-feed ports, a protective barrier is formed in a manner surrounding the glass plate. Ejection of gas through the gas-feed ports generates gas streams to remove unnecessary floating matters existing between the glass plate and an observation target from sight. The gas streams also generate secondary gas streams flowing toward the glass plate. Some of the secondary gas streams are drawn forward with the primary gas streams, while the other of the secondary gas streams collide with the protective barrier. The secondary gas streams cannot flow along the surface of the glass plate, which prevents floating matters flowing with the secondary gas streams from attaching to the surface of the glass plate. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211199 | HERMETIC ENDOSCOPE ASSEMBLAGE - Hermetically sealed enclosures and constructions are disclosed for use in endoscopic systems, particularly endoscope systems with electronic imaging and illumination systems in the enclosures. Compound optical windows are also disclosed for use in the systems. The compound optical windows may have separate panes for an imaging system and an illumination system, and contrast-reducing optical boundaries are between panes. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211200 | Cannula Positioned Targeting Guide - The present invention provides a combination cannula positioned targeting guide adapted for angular receipt and support of a surgical instrument, the combination including an endoscopic portal having an enlarged membrane chamber having a rear port and an elongated portal cannula extending towards a portal tip, the rear port and the portal cannula being axially aligned; a portal stand extending from a substantially rectangular body towards an arcuate channel in communication with the enlarged membrane chamber; and the endoscopic portal being rotationally secured to the portal stand | 2013-08-15 |
20130211201 | THE SURGICAL VISUAL FIELD ENHANCER APPARATUS AND ITS METHOD OF USE - The Surgical Visual Field Enhancer is used to improve the visual field under a limited skin incision. It includes various parts to make the surgeon's work easier, such as the removable handle, the tunnel opening guide, the tunnel dilator, the lighting tool and the lighting transmitter. Initially, the user holds the surgical tool body of the surgical visual field enhancer and uses the tunnel opening end to create a tunnel through the soft tissue. The tunnel opening end is composed of the tunnel opening tip and the enlargement scalpel for tunnel enlargement. The distance marker and guard are used for depth estimation, in some cases, the tunnel opening guide can be inserted in the soft tissue to guide the tunnel creation. The tunnel dilator will follow the tunnel opening guide to create the tunnel to the operative site. When the tunnel has been created, the visual enhancer end is inserted to enhance the surgical visual field. The surgeon can use a scalpel, scissors or other instrument as required passed through the tunnel created by the visual enhancer end. The associated lighting tool and lighting transmitter can be used as required to provide extra light on the surgical field. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211202 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL ACESS DEVICE - A minimally invasive surgical access device that allows access to a pathology being treated while significantly reducing the risk of damaging anatomical structures proximate the pathology. The access device includes a base portion having a central bore extending therethrough, and retractor blades pivotably mounted to the base portion. An insertion handle is coupled to the base portion to thread the retractor blades into the patient. The insertion handle is removed from the base portion, and a core hollow screw is threaded into the base portion to separate the retractor blades to gain access to the pathology through the hollow screw. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211203 | Surgical Retractor - A surgical retractor designed for wounds and incisions located on curved areas of the body. The clamp assembly comprising the present surgical retractor comprises multiple hinges and other types of movable joints allowing it to be adjusted to any number of positions in order to conform to various areas of the body as well as wounds or incisions of different sizes. In particular, the clamp assembly can comprise hinges located in the middle of at least two of its sides allowing it to be bent into multiple angles both above and below the flat horizontal position allowed by nearly all existing surgical retractors. Multiple retracting hook assemblies can be mounted at various positions along the sides of the clamp assembly allowing the hook comprising each to hold tissue in a variety of positions as needed. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211204 | WEARABLE SENSOR DEVICE - A sensor device comprises a sensor ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130211205 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE ORIENTATION CHANGE DETECTION - A medical device including a housing, multiple sensing elements positioned along the housing for use in sensing a physiological signal, and an accelerometer is configured to detect a change in device orientation relative to patient anatomy. The device measures a first accelerometer signal corresponding to a first orientation of the housing with respect to a patient position. The device detects a second orientation of the housing different than the first orientation in response to a comparison between the first accelerometer signal and a next accelerometer signal. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211206 | Patient Treatment and Monitoring Systems and Methods with Cause Inferencing - The invention provides a health care delivery system comprising a plurality of health care delivery devices (e.g., via the Internet, etc.), which can disposed in treatment centers ranging from patient homes to commercial health care facilities such as hospitals, dialysis centers and so forth. Reporting functionality can, instead of or in addition to identifying (and reporting on) discrepancies in the raw and/or analyzed data from the delivery devices, infer (and report) on possible causes of those discrepancies and, in some aspects of the invention, remedy those causes, thereby, providing automated operations support for the treatment centers. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211207 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING RESPIRATORY GASES DURING ANESTHESIA - An e-nose device employing chemiresistive sensors with a thin nanoparticle film allows to perform a fast and accurate analysis of respiratory gases during anesthesia in real-time over the entire breathing cycle. A combinatorial selection of nanoparticles and organic linker molecules in the nanoparticle film allows to achieve a high selectivity, which is particularly suitable for detecting a change of anesthetics or analgesics over time. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211208 | SMART MATERIALS, DRY TEXTILE SENSORS, AND ELECTRONICS INTEGRATION IN CLOTHING, BED SHEETS, AND PILLOW CASES FOR NEUROLOGICAL, CARDIAC AND/OR PULMONARY MONITORING - Sensors mounted on a textile include at least one of electrically conductive textile electrodes; single or multiple optically coupled infrared and red emitter and photodiode or photo transistor; and thin film or Resistive Temperature Detector (RTD). Textile electrodes, electrical connections, and electrical functionalization use at least one of nanoparticles, nanostructures, and mesostructures. Conductive thread, for electrical connections, may include a fiber core made from conductive materials such as but not limited to metals, alloys, and graphine structures, and a sheath of insulating materials such as but not limited to nylon, polyester, and cotton. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211209 | ENERGY AWARE SENSOR MANAGEMENT FOR WEARABLE MEDICAL SYSTEMS OPTIMIZATION - In some aspects, the invention provides compositions and methods for inhibiting viral infection. In some aspects, the invention provides compositions and methods useful for identifying antiviral compounds. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211210 | EMERGENCY PEDIATRIC ECG LEAD SET WITH INTEGRATED INSTRUCTIONS - A cardiac electrotherapy device is described having an electrode lead set ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130211211 | SAMPLING APPARATUS - There is provided a chip-type sampling apparatus to be attached so that a sampling side of the sampling apparatus faces the skin, the apparatus including a porous adsorption layer that faces the sampling side and has a pore diameter in a range of 0.1 to 1000 nm. One example of the adsorption layer includes at least three porous layers with different central pore diameters that are laminated from the sampling side in descending order of the central pore diameters. The sampling apparatus should preferably also include a layer that sucks air through the adsorption layer. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211212 | DETERMINING THE BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL IN A PATIENT BY USING AN IMPLANTABLE SENSOR AND AN ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONAL ADHESIVE BANDAGE - An implantable sensor includes a hydrogel, a glucose-binding protein and a reference molecule. The binding affinity of the reference molecule for glucose differs by at least a factor of ten from the binding affinity for glucose of the glucose-binding protein. At least one of the electromagnetic behavior and the fluorescent behavior of the glucose-binding protein and the reference molecule change when glucose is bound. An electrical functional adhesive bandage includes a measurement element for measuring at least one of electromagnetic properties and fluorescent properties. The bandage also includes a first communication element for wireless communication. Together, the implantable sensor, the bandage, and an evaluation device, which includes a computation unit, a display and a second communication element for wireless communication, form a kit for determining the blood sugar level in a patient. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211213 | DIGITAL ASIC SENSOR PLATFORM - The present invention relates to an optical sensor that may be implanted within a living animal (e.g., a human) and may be used to measure the concentration of an analyte in a medium within the animal. The optical sensor may wirelessly receive and may be capable of bi-directional data communication. The optical sensor may include a semiconductor substrate in which various circuit components, one or more photodectors and/or a light source may be fabricated. The circuit components fabricated in the semiconductor substrate may include a comparator, an analog to digital converter, a temperature transducer, a measurement controller, a rectifier and/or a nonvolatile storage medium. The comparator may output a signal indicative of the difference between the outputs of first and second photodetectors. The measurement controller may receive digitized temperature, photodetector and/or comparator measurements and generate measurement information, which may be wirelessly transmitted from the optical sensor. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211214 | CONFIGURABLE PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM - A patient monitoring system can display one or more configurable health monitors on a configurable user interface. The health indicators are configured to display a physiological signal from a patient. The patient monitoring system can calculate ranges of values for the health indicator that correspond to a status of the patient. The health indicators can display different outputs based on the value of the physiological signal. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211215 | HYPEROSMOTIC PREPARATIONS COMPRISING 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID OR DERIVATIVE AS PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT - Provided herein are improved methods of photodynamic treatment and diagnosis of cancer and non-cancerous conditions in the gastrointestinal tract, e.g. in the colon, and in particular hyperosmotic enema preparations for use in such methods. The enema preparations comprise a photosensitizer which is 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) or a precursor or derivative thereof, e.g. a 5-ALA ester, in combination with at least one hyperosmotic agent. The methods and preparations herein described are particularly suitable for use in photodynamic methods of treating and/or diagnosing colorectal cancer. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211216 | CAPILLARY REFILL TIME DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS - An apparatus for measuring capillary refill time has a measurement module containing at least two radiation sources and at least one detector configured to detect radiation from each source that interacts with and is received from a measurement region of a patient or subject. One radiation source may be characterized by a wavelength that is absorbed substantially equally by oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin. The other radiation source may be substantially unaffected by the presence or absence of blood in the measurement region. The measurement module may be applied against a measurement region of a patient for a first time period, and the released from the measurement region for a second time period, and detected signals processed to quantitatively evaluate capillary refill time. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211217 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROCESSOR DEVICE THEREOF, AND IMAGE PRODUCING METHOD - First and second white light is generated by excitations of phosphors with first and second laser beams having center wavelengths of 473 nm and 445 nm, respectively. The first and second white light is applied, in respective frames, sequentially to a region of interest in a subject. A color image sensor images the region of interest in the each frame. Based on a shift amount, calculated from green signals of first and second frames, between images, an image of a blue signal of the first frame is moved to be aligned with an image of a green signal and an image of a red signal of the second frame. After the alignment, an oxygen saturation image representing an oxygen saturation level of hemoglobin in blood is produced from the blue signal of the first frame and green and red signals of the second frame, and displayed on a display. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211218 | BIOLOGICAL OPTICAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR - A biological optical measurement instrument includes a single temperature sensor that detects a radiation temperature from a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light of a predetermined wavelength, and an absorption coefficient correcting unit that corrects an absorption coefficient value of a notable substance inside the object on the basis of the radiation temperature detected by the temperature sensor, referring to data indicating a correspondence relationship between a temperature obtained in advance for each emitted light of the plurality of light emitting elements and an absorption coefficient value that varies according to the temperature. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211219 | Implantable Biosensor Device and Methods of Use Thereof - Sensor devices and methods are provided for detecting the presence or concentration of an analyte in fluid. The device has a reservoir; a working electrode located within the reservoir, a catalyst covering at least part of the working electrode; an oxygen-generating auxiliary electrode in the reservoir; and a reservoir cap to isolate the working and auxiliary electrodes within the reservoir. The device further includes means for selectively rupturing the cap to permit analyte from outside the reservoir to contact the catalyst. The methods may include in vivo glucose monitoring and may include implanting the device in a patient; disintegrating a reservoir cap to permit glucose to enter the reservoir; generating oxygen using the oxygen-generating auxiliary electrode; and using a working electrode to oxidize hydrogen peroxide produced by the reaction of the oxygen with glucose in the presence of glucose oxidase, and thereby detecting endogenous glucose in the patient. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211220 | ESTIMATION OF INSULIN SENSITIVITY FROM CGM AND SUBCUTANEOUS INSULIN DELIVERY IN TYPE 1 DIABETES - In a method of determining insulin sensitivity in a patient, glucose level is sensed continuously. A first area under the curve representing the glucose level over time is calculated. An amount of insulin that has been administered to the patient is sensed. An estimation of insulin on board the patient is calculated based on the glucose level and the amount of insulin administered to the patient. A second area under the curve representing the insulin on board over time is calculated. Patient data indicative of at least one patient physical parameter is received. Information indicative of amount of glucose ingested by the patient during a meal is received. An insulin sensitivity output indicative of ability of insulin to stimulate glucose utilization and inhibit glucose production in the patient based on the first and second area under the curve, the patient data and the meal information is generated. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211221 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND COMMUNICATING WITH AN INTERVENTIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE - A system and method of identifying and communicating with an interventional medical device is provided. The system includes a novel catheter handle operably coupled to the shaft of a catheter at the distal end and an electrophysiology recording system at the proximal end. The catheter handle includes a visual identification system visible through a lens on the catheter handles and a microcontroller with a memory structure, the memory structure including catheter identification information. The visual identification system includes a light emitting diode, which is visible from the outside of the catheter handle through the lens. When a user of the EP recording system selects a desired color for the coupled catheter, the desired color is communicated to the microcontroller in the catheter handle and the microcontroller causes the visual identification to display the requested color so that the desired color is visible by the user. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211222 | SENSING PROBE COMPRISING MULTIPLE, SPATIALLY SEPARATE, SENSING SITES - A single sensing probe comprising multiple, spatially separate, sensing sites is utilized to sense neural activity. The sensing probe includes multiple conductors each with multiple sensing sites in a fixed geometric arrangement. The sensing probe is configured to comprise multiple combined sensing sites in polytrode configuration. By appropriately combining the wire groupings at each combined sensing site, activity sensed from a single wire with multiple sensing sites, can be coupled with other wires to unmix signals from the spatially separate sites and leverage the power of combinatorics to maximize total recording bandwidth and single neuron/unit yield per wire and per probe. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211223 | ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH AND CHEST BELT THREFOR - The invention relates to an electrocardiograph electrode comprising one or more contact members ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130211224 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMOVING EEG ARTIFACTS - Systems and methods for automatically identifying segments of EEG signals or other brain electrical activity signals that contain artifacts, and/or editing the signals to remove segments that include artifacts | 2013-08-15 |
20130211225 | SUBDERMAL NEEDLE ELECTRODE CABLE ASSEMBLY HAVING MOVABLE NEEDLE SAFETY COVER INTEGRAL THEREWITH - A cable assembly comprising a signal conductor, a needle electrode electrically connected to the signal conductor and a safety cover having a central passage therein. The signal conductor extends through the central passage. The safety cover is moveable along the signal conductor for allowing the needle electrode to become positioned within the central passage. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211226 | DRY ELECTRODE DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY - An electrode set is disclosed that has two separable parts including an assembled base with printed circuit board basement, biasing member and top cover and an electrode. The basement and top cover may be made by metal or conductive material. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211227 | Method and System for Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Schizophrenia and Chronic Alcoholism - Biomarker diagnosis of chronic schizophrenia in the presence of cognitive impairment is confirmed when Phosphocreatine (PCr) levels are increased, compared to normal levels, in both the left and right prefrontal cortices of the brain, with increased PCr specifically also in the left basal ganglia and also reduced NA/Cr | 2013-08-15 |
20130211228 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE WITH A MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - A method for generating a magnetic resonance image with a magnetic resonance tomography system is provided. A patient is positioned in the magnetic resonance tomography system, wherein the region of the patient to be imaged in the magnetic resonance image is covered with a sound-dampening blanket. The back and/or abdomen of the patient are covered by the sound-dampening blanket, while the magnetic resonance image is generated. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211229 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING AND PROCESSING FMRI IMAGE DATA USING A BAG-OF-WORDS APPROACH - Systems and methods for processing image data are provided. A computer implemented method for processing image data, comprises gathering 4-D image data from a subject, extracting time series data, and spatial and degree data of each voxel of the subject, deriving at least one feature from the time series data, deriving at least one feature from the spatial and degree data, combining the at least one feature from the time series data, and the at least one feature from the spatial and degree data to generate combined data, and inputting the combined data to a classifier, wherein the classifier outputs a classification based on the combined data. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING MEDICAL IMAGE FUSION - A method and system for diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions. The method includes communicating MRI, CT, PET and/or ultrasound image data, and fusing such data using an image-guided biopsy system. It further includes using such fused images in conjunction with the image-guided biopsy system for performing diagnosis and treatment procedures. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211231 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUALIZATION OF TREATMENT VOLUMES - A method for visualization of treatment volumes includes accessing a plurality of images of a region of interest in a subject that are parallel to a plane. The method also includes delineating a cross section of a first treatment volume and a cross section of a second treatment volume in each of the plurality of images. The method includes reconstructing a three dimensional representation of the first and second treatment volumes from the plurality of images based on the delineated cross sections in the plurality of images. The method includes displaying, in a three dimensional image, a portion of the first treatment volume that is located on a first side of a plane and displaying, in the three dimensional image, at least a part of a portion of the second treatment volume that is located on a second side of the plane. The second side is opposite the first side. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211232 | Arthroscopic Surgical Planning and Execution with 3D Imaging - A method includes obtaining a first three-dimensional (3-D) image of a bone structure, generating a surgical plan based on the first 3-D image and registering the surgical plan to the bone structure to generate a registered surgical plan by obtaining a first 2-D real-time video image of the bone structure and a second 3-D image of the bone structure, and correlating structures from the first 2-D real-time video image and the second 3-D image with the surgical plan. The method also includes obtaining a second 2-D real-time image of the bone structure and overlaying the registered surgical plan onto the second 2-D real-time video image. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211233 | INTEGRATED PET/MRI SCANNER - In the integrated PET/MRI scanner provided with an RF coil for MRI and a plurality of PET detectors in the measuring port of the MRI scanner, the PET detectors are disposed with spaces therebetween and at least the transmitting coil elements of the RF coil for MRI are disposed between adjacent PET detectors. Here, the PET detectors are disposed in the circumferential direction of the measuring port with spaces therebetween and the transmitting coil elements are disposed in the axial direction of the measuring port. Alternatively, at least some of the PET detectors are disposed in the axial direction of the measuring port with spaces therebetween and the transmitting coil elements are disposed between adjacent PET detectors. The PET detectors can be DOI-type detectors capable of detecting position in the depth direction. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211234 | System and Method For Magnetic Resonance Imaging With an Adaptive Gating Window Having Constant Gating Efficiency - A system and method for producing an image of a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system using an adaptive gating window with constant gating efficiency is provided. Navigator data is acquired from the subject and used to produce a gating window having a defined gating efficiency value. Image data is acquired with the MRI system while measuring a position of an anatomical location within the subject. Image data is accepted or rejected based on whether the measured anatomical location is within the gating window. The gating window is updated using the measured position of the anatomical location such that a substantially constant gating efficiency value is maintained. Imaging is repeated with the updated gating window, after which the gating window is again updated. When the desired amount of image data has been acquired, an image of the subject is reconstructed. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211235 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GATING AN IMAGING DEVICE - A method and system for automatically gating an imaging device is disclosed. Physiological process information of a patient may be derived from a plethysmographic signal, for example, by analyzing the plethysmographic signal transformed by a continuous wavelet transform. Other techniques for deriving physiological process information of a patient include, for example, analyzing a scalogram derived from the continuous wavelet transform. The physiological process information may be used to automatically gate imaging data acquired from an imaging device in order to synchronize the imaging data with the physiological process information. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211236 | MR DATA ACQUISITION USING PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING - Systems, devices and methods for performing a magnetic resonance imaging scan of a patient. For example, a method of performing a magnetic resonance imaging scan on a patient can include monitoring a physiological signal level of the patient, analyzing the monitored physiological signal level, and providing instructions to the patient and/or changing the environmental conditions exposed to the patient. The instructions and/or the change of the environmental conditions of the patient can be based on the monitored physiological signal level. The instructions can include an acoustic command and/or a visual command. The changing of the environmental conditions can include visual simulation, acoustic stimulation and/or air conditioning change. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211237 | Body Coil for Magnetic Resonance Imaging - A body coil for magnetic resonance imaging includes one or more coil elements incorporated in a shell material. The body coil has a rectangular basic shape. Two opposing edge sections of the body coil may be pivoted along one pivot axis, respectively, relative to a middle section. For this purpose, movement elements that effect pivoting are arranged on an edge section side. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211238 | METHODS FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING, TRAINING, EXERCISE AND REGULATION - A computer assisted method for treating pain in a subject comprising measuring activity of one or more internal voxels of a brain of said subject associated with pain; communicating instructions to said subject which modulate activity of said voxel; and training said subject to control said internal voxel. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211239 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CONCEPTS - A method for producing multiple temporal frames of a time-resolved contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiogram from a subject using an MR contrast agent by repeatedly applying RF pulses and sampling data in the corresponding image k-space along spiral trajectories that start at the k-space center and spiral outward toward the k-space edge. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211240 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment is a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus that performs a contrast medium imaging, comprising a time management part that measures and manages a lapse time after injection of a contrast medium, a setting part that sets a start time of a second-half imaging in the form of a lapse time after injection of contrast medium, the second-half imaging being performed a predetermined idle time after a first-half imaging and the first-half imaging being performed after injection of the contrast medium, and a display part that displays at least the lapse time measured by the time management part and the start time set by the setting part. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211241 | Local Coil System - A local coil system having two loop coils is used for recording, for example, small joints in magnetic resonance tomography. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211242 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESTORING BODY PARTS - The present relates to a method and system for determining the position and orientation of implants located in a body part of a patient. The method and system comprise determining voxels having an intensity value corresponding to implants in a three-dimensional radiographic representation of the body part. The method and system further comprise generating multiple random virtual implants, providing a score for each virtual implant, until obtaining a score that identifies implants. The score is based on a number of voxels having an intensity value corresponding to implants contained in each generated virtual implant. And the method and system comprise determining, based on the score of virtual implants, the position and orientation of the implants located in the body part. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211243 | LANDMARKS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING - An ultrasound imaging system has a 3D location system and a data store for recording locations within a patient. Navigation to target locations is facilitated by providing graphical elements superposed on a 2-dimensional image. The size and/or color of the graphical elements are controlled in real time based on distance of the target location(s) from a current image plane. This provides intuitive visual feedback and can be achieved with low computational requirements. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211244 | Methods, Devices, Systems, Circuits and Associated Computer Executable Code for Detecting and Predicting the Position, Orientation and Trajectory of Surgical Tools - The present invention includes methods, devices, systems, circuits and associated computer executable code for detecting and predicting the position and trajectory of surgical tools. According to some embodiments of the present invention, images of a surgical tool within or in proximity to a patient may be captured by a radiographic imaging system. The images may be processed by associated processing circuitry to determine and predict position, orientation and trajectory of the tool based on 3D models of the tool, geometric calculations and mathematical models describing the movement and deformation of surgical tools within a patient body. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211245 | DYNAMIC ACQUISITION SAMPLING RATE FOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PERFUSION (CTP) IMAGING - A method includes dynamically varying a data acquisition sample rate between at least two data acquisition sample rates during a contrast enhanced perfusion scan based on a level of contrast in image data generated during the scan. A system includes a computed tomography scanner and a console that controls the scanner based on a scan protocol, wherein the console dynamically varies a data acquisition sample rate of scanner during a contrast enhanced perfusion scan based on a level of contrast in the image data generated during the scan. A method for optimizing dose of a scan includes reducing a data acquisition sampling rate during at least a sub-portion of the scan in which a state of interest is not being scanned. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211246 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GASTROINTESTINAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES USING NEAR INFRARED (nIR) IMAGING TECHNIQUES - Described herein are methods and devices for performing gastrointestinal surgical procedures using near infrared (nIR) imaging techniques. Described herein are imaging systems, endoscopes, and methods making use of near infrared (nIR) imaging techniques. The imaging systems, endoscopes, and methods can be used, for example, in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for visualization of the intraduodenal portion of the bile duct, and in procedures to visualize and to direct treatment of bleeding ulcers, gastrointestinal bleeding, and tumors, for example, a pancreatic mass. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211247 | MODELING OF PHARMACEUTICAL PROPAGATION AND PARAMETER GENERATION FOR INJECTION PROTOCOLS - A system includes a parameter generation system to determine at least one parameter for an injection procedure (for example, a parameter of an injection protocol or an imaging system parameter), the parameter generator system includes a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model to model propagation of a contrast medium injected into a patient including at least one of a non-linear saturation term in a peripheral venous compartment, at least one configurable transport delay term through at least one compartment, or an adaptation to model volumetric flow rate of blood and an effect thereof on the propagation of contrast medium after injection of contrast medium ceases. The physiologically based pharmacokinetic model can, for example, be discretizable. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211248 | BLADDER SYRINGE FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM - A bladder syringe for a fluid delivery system includes a cylindrical body, a cap-bladder assembly, a plunger element disposed in the cylindrical body, and a mounting assembly to secure the cap-bladder assembly to the cylindrical body. The cylindrical body has a distal end and a proximal end and defines a throughbore. The cap-bladder assembly is adapted for connection to the distal end of the cylindrical body, and includes a cap body and a bladder. The cap body defines an interior cavity and a distal discharge conduit and is adapted to engage the distal end of the cylindrical body. A disc-shaped bladder is disposed within the interior cavity and typically includes a central membrane portion. The plunger element is disposed in the throughbore of the cylindrical body and is vented to enable evacuation of the space between the plunger element and the cap-bladder assembly in the cylindrical body. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211249 | DRUG ELUTING HYDROGELS FOR CATHETER DELIVERY - The invention features catheters, hydrogel compositions, and methods that useful for the treatment of various conditions and diseases. The invention also provides kits and instructions for use. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211250 | Ultrasound Coupling Liquid and Container - This invention relates to a coupling liquid for ultrasound devices, preferably high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). The coupling liquid comprises a liquid aqueous solution of at least one hydrophilic polymer having an average molecular mass of between 30,000 and 70,000 and at least one alcohol with a carbon chain of 1 to 7 carbon atoms. Also disclosed is a container ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130211251 | HIGH FREQUENCY PIEZOELECTRIC CRYSTAL COMPOSITES, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention generally relates to high frequency piezoelectric crystal composites, devices, and method for manufacturing the same. In adaptive embodiments an improved imaging device, particularly a medical imaging device or a distance imaging device, for high frequency (>20 MHz) applications involving an imaging transducer assembly is coupled to a signal imagery processor. Additionally, the proposed invention presents a system for photolithography based micro-machined piezoelectric crystal composites and their uses resulting in improved performance parameters. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211252 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND PORTABLE ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS THEREOF - An exemplary ultrasonic diagnostic system includes a portable ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and a cloud computing system. The portable ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic sensing unit, a front-end circuit, a data compression unit and a communication unit. The ultrasonic sensing unit is configured to sense a signal reflected from a measured object. The front-end circuit is configured to perform a pre-processing on an output of the ultrasonic sensing unit. The data compression unit is configured to receive an output of the front-end circuit and determine whether to perform a data compression process on the output of the front-end circuit according to a selected result. The communication unit is configured to receive an output of the data compression unit and further transmit the output of the data compression unit to the cloud computing system. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211253 | On-axis Shear Wave Characterization with Ultrasound - Shear wave imaging is provided in medical diagnostic ultrasound. The generation of a shear wave with acoustic energy forms a pseudo shear wave (an apparent wave) traveling towards the transducer. Transmission and reception along a single line may be used to detect the pseudo shear wave traveling towards the transducer. The shear velocity or characteristic may be determined without reception along multiple laterally spaced scan lines. One transmission to generate the shear wave may be used. With multi-beam receive or without, calculating shear velocity from along a single line allows rapid determination. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211254 | ULTRASOUND ACQUISITION - Ultrasound acquisition Information about a structure ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130211255 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-VIVO IMAGING - An in-vivo imaging device including a camera may include a frame storage device. Systems and methods which vary the frame capture rate of the camera and/or frame display rate of the display unit of in-vivo camera systems are discussed. The capture rate is varied based on for example, a physical quantity experienced by the camera system, or physical measurements related to the motion of the camera. Alternatively, the frame capture rate is varied based on comparative image processing of a plurality of frames. The frame display rate of the system may be varied based on comparative image processing of a multiplicity of frames. Both the frame capture and the frame display rates of such systems can be varied concurrently. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211256 | METHOD FOR MYOCARDIAL SEGMENT WORK ANALYSIS - The invention relates to medical monitoring apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for determining power or work as a function of time for individual myocardial segments based on strain and pressure measurements. Compared to prior art determinations of determination of mechanical power or work for individual segments, the invention is advantageous as it provides such determination solely from a pressure measurement or estimate and a measurement of strain, preferably by echocardiography, such as speckle tracking ultrasound imaging. This allows a fast, easy and non-invasive determination with high temporal and spatial resolution. A number of indices for segment work can be calculated which can be used as markers for the individual segment function as well as for a selection of patient for CRT. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211257 | Ultrasonic imaging microwave therapeutic apparatus - An ultrasonic imaging microwave therapeutic apparatus includes a microwave radiation probe, a microwave generating unit, a laser generating unit, a color Doppler ultrasound imaging unit, and a microcomputer control unit. The microcomputer control unit outputs the microwave power control signal to control and adjust the power of the microwave generating unit. The microcomputer control unit outputs the laser control signal to control the switch-on/off of the laser generating unit. The advantages of using the therapeutic apparatus to treat the lower extremity varicose vein disease are as follows. The closure of the varicose vessel is accurate, firm, and thorough. The effect is definite. The traumas for patients are small. The pain of patients is light. The intraoperative bleeding is less. The recovery of patients is rapid. It is difficult to form deep vein thrombosis, can accurately treat the diseased blood vessel and simultaneously instantly verify the effect of the surgery. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211258 | METHODS FOR FACE AND NECK LIFTS - Methods for treating skin and subcutaneous tissue with energy such as ultrasound energy are disclosed. In various embodiments, ultrasound energy is applied at a region of interest to affect tissue by cutting, ablating, micro-ablating, coagulating, or otherwise affecting the subcutaneous tissue to conduct numerous procedures that are traditionally done invasively in a non-invasive manner. Methods of lifting sagging tissue on a face and/or neck are described. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211259 | DETERMINATION OF JOINT CONDITION BASED ON VIBRATION ANALYSIS - Methods and a system of determining a condition of a joint. A first signal indicative of a vibration generated by motion of the joint is received in a processor. The processor generate a vibroarthrograph from the first signal and extract a first signal feature from the vibroarthrograph based on a first statistical parameter of the vibroarthrograph. The first signal feature is then compared to a plurality of signal features in a database, each of the plurality of signal features in the database being associated with at least one joint condition. A condition of the joint may then be determine based at least in part on a correspondence between the first signal feature and a signal feature of the plurality of signal features in the database. Multiple signal features may also be combined into one or more functions that provide separation between vibrations from healthy joints and vibrations from injured joints. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211260 | Apparatus and method for minimally invasive length measurement within a hollow organ - An apparatus for minimally invasive length measurement within a hollow organ is provided. The apparatus has an endoscopic instrument, an ultrasound head having an ultrasound transmitter and ultrasound receiver, an ultrasound reflector, an electrical connection, a control and display device and a mechanical connection. The ultrasound reflector is arranged at one end of the endoscopic instrument. The ultrasound head is arranged at one end of the mechanical connection extending into a channel of the endoscopic instrument and is guided herein. The ultrasound head is aligned with the ultrasound reflector and the distance between the two can be changed. The ultrasound head and the control and display device are connected by the electrical connection to exchange electrical signals. The control and display device generates an ultrasound wave and detects the wave reflected at the ultrasound reflector using the ultrasound receiver and determines the delay time of the wave. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211261 | MOTION COMPENSATION AND PATIENT FEEDBACK IN MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS - An optical motion sensing system ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130211262 | PROBE - A probe includes a plurality of optical fibers that includes an irradiation fiber and a light-receiving fiber; and an optical member of which a base end face is arranged to abut on leading end faces of the optical fibers, and a leading end face is exposed to an outer side. The leading end face of the optical member is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the probe. Light emitted from the irradiation fiber passes through a path inclined with respect to a perpendicular line of the leading end face. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211263 | INTUBATION GUIDE - Apparatuses for guiding an endotracheal tube during intubation and associated methods of their use; the apparatuses formed to contain a plastic element able to hold deformations so as to conform the apparatus to the shape of a patient's endotracheal airway. The plastic element has sufficient give so as to minimize traumatic engagement with the inner surface of the airway lumen. Methods for using the apparatuses exploit indirect visualization where the person performing the intubation can shape the apparatuses so as to place the distal end into the field of view of the indirect visualization instrument even with minimal alignment of the patient's airway. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211264 | REFLECTION-DETECTOR SENSOR POSITION INDICATOR - A reflection-detector sensor position indicator comprises emitters that transmit light having a plurality of wavelengths. A detector outputs a sensor signal. At least one reflection detector outputs at least one sensor position signal. An attachment assembly attaches the emitters, the detector and the reflection detector onto a tissue site. A sensor-on condition indicates that the attachment assembly has positioned the emitters generally centered over a fingernail, the detector on a fingertip opposite the fingernail and the reflection detector over the fingernail. The sensor signal, in the sensor-on condition, is at least substantially responsive to the emitter transmitted light after attenuation by pulsatile blood flow perfused within a fingernail bed underneath the fingernail. The sensor position signal, in the sensor-on condition, is at least substantially responsive to the emitter transmitted light after reflection off of the fingernail. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211265 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE FOR TELEMEDICINE APPLICATIONS - A multifunction medical device includes a housing configured for hand-held manipulation, a processing unit within the housing, and a connector on the outer surface of the housing. The connector is coupled to the processing unit and operable to connect to a plurality of different types of medical sensors. The processing unit is configured to determine a type of a medical sensor coupled to the connector. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211266 | DIFFERENTIATING DECOMPENSATION DETECTION BASED ON CO-MORBIDITIES IN HEART FAILURE - This document discusses, among other things, a system comprising a sensor signal processor configured to receive a plurality of electrical sensor signals produced by a plurality of sensors and at least one sensor signal produced by an implantable sensor, a memory that includes information indicating a co-morbidity of a subject, a sensor signal selection circuit that selects a sensor signal to monitor from among the plurality of sensor signals, according to an indicated co-morbidity, a threshold adjustment circuit that adjusts a detection threshold of the selected sensor signal according to the indicated co-morbidity, and a decision circuit that applies the adjusted detection threshold to the selected sensor signal to determine whether an event associated with worsening heart failure (HF) occurred in the subject and outputs an indication of whether the event associated with worsening HF occurred to a user or process. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211267 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BATTERY-FREE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR - A battery-free electronic blood pressure measuring apparatus comprising a cuff ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130211268 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT METHOD - A CPU acquires factor information for a degree of arteriosclerosis, stores a plurality of pseudo blood flow waveforms, generates a waveform estimated as a blood flow waveform by compositing the plurality of pseudo blood flow waveforms based on the factor information, decomposes a pulse waveform into waveforms of an ejected wave and a reflected wave using the pulse waveform and the waveform estimated as the blood flow waveform, and calculates an index of the degree of arteriosclerosis from a relationship between the ejected wave and the reflected wave obtained by decomposing the pulse waveform. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211269 | MULTI-MODE INFLATABLE LIMB OCCLUSION DEVICE - Methods for adaptive cuff inflation for the purposes of occluding a limb of a subject include inflating a cuff to a pressure at or above limb occlusion pressure and periodically deflating the cuff to detect amplitude of oscillometric oscillations reaching or exceeding a predetermined threshold, whereby indicating that the cuff pressure has reached an updated systolic blood pressure. Selecting the cuff to be wide enough to define limb occlusion pressure at or below the systolic blood pressure assures that this maneuver does not compromise cessation of blood flow to the limb. Devices are disclosed configured to operate in at least two of the following three operating modes: a tourniquet mode, a remote conditioning mode and a blood pressure monitoring mode. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211270 | Mouth Guard for Monitoring Body Dynamics and Methods Therefor - An electronic monitoring device ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130211271 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING MOTION ARTIFACTS OF BIO SIGNAL USING PERSONALIZED BIO SIGNAL PATTERN - An apparatus for eliminating motion artifacts in a bio signal includes a bio signal acquisition unit configured to acquire a bio signal from a patient; a reconstruction signal generator configured to generate a reconstruction signal of the acquired bio signal based on a result of comparing the acquired bio signal with a bio signal pattern of the patient generated using a bio signal measured from the patient before acquiring the bio signal from the patient; and a motion artifact elimination unit configured to eliminate motion artifacts in the acquired bio signal based on a difference between the reconstruction signal and the acquired bio signal. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211272 | ECG Hand-Held Device - The invention relates to an ECG device ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130211273 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HEART RATE MEASUREMENT - The present invention provides a method for heart rate measurement, comprising the steps of: receiving a current heart sound signal from a channel; processing the current heart sound signal to be a pre-processed heart sound signal; receiving a template signal of a template database obtained independently from the current heart sound signal; and calculating a conformity between the pre-processed heart sound signal and the template signal to obtain a heart rate signal representing the pre-processed heart sound signal. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211274 | Determining Usability of an Acoustic Signal for Physiological Monitoring Using Frequency Analysis - An acoustic physiological monitoring system and method wherein the usability for physiological monitoring of time segments of an acoustic signal recording body sounds is determined using frequency analysis. A time segment of the acoustic signal is filtered into a target portion in a target frequency band and a non-target portion in a non-target frequency band. Energies of the target portion and the non-target portion are computed. A usability indicator for the time segment is computed using the energies. The usability of the time segment is determined using the usability indicator. A physiological parameter estimate is selectively calculated using the time segment based on the usability of the time segment. Finally, information based on the physiological parameter estimate is outputted. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211275 | DIVIDED CANNULA WITH EACH NARE COMMUNICATING WITH EACH FLOW PATH - A divided cannula comprising a cannula body which is divided by a partitioning wall into first and second flow chambers. The first flow chamber has first and second spaced apart nare passages while the second flow chamber has first and second spaced apart nare passages. The cannula body supports spaced apart first and second nares and each of the first and the second nares defines a common nare passage. The first nare passage of the first internal flow chamber and the first nare passage of the second internal flow chamber both communicate with the common nare passage of the first nare and the second nare passage of the first internal flow chamber and the second nare passage of the second internal flow chamber both communicate with the common nare passage of the second nare. A pressure sensing line and a gas supply line interconnected to the divided cannula with a gas supply system. | 2013-08-15 |
20130211276 | SENSORY-EVOKED POTENTIAL (SEP) CLASSIFICATION/DETECTION IN THE TIME DOMAIN - Techniques are disclosed for sensory-evoked potential (SEPs, e.g., visual-evoked potentials) signal detection/classification by synchronizing EEG to the repeated presentation of sensory stimuli in the time domain. In some embodiments, a system receives a plurality of EEG signal samples, generates a stimulus-locked EEG and determines whether the plurality of EEG signal samples are evoked in response to a pattern of stimulus. In some embodiments, no prior knowledge about the update pattern (such as the flashing frequency of a visual stimulus) of the stimulus and no prior knowledge about an individual user's EEG pattern are required. | 2013-08-15 |