Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080208063 | Patient Monitoring System and Method - The present invention relates to a patient monitoring system for monitoring cardio pulmonary performance or the like by means of capacitive measurement. Further the invention relates to a method for monitoring cardio pulmonary performance or the like by means of a capacitive measurement. In order to provide a reliable technique for monitoring cardio pulmonary performance or the like, which technique is particularly suitable for home use, a patient monitoring system ( | 08-28-2008 |
20080218180 | Apparatus, a System and a Method for Enabling an Impedance Measurement - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080221466 | Patient Monitoring System - The present invention relates to a patient monitoring system, a patient monitoring method and a computer program. In order to improve the monitoring of patients, particularly for cardiac monitoring and weight monitoring, a patient monitoring system ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080221474 | Method and Apparatus for Inductively Measuring the Bio-Impedance of a User's Body - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080246472 | System and Method for Inductively Measuring the Bio-Impedance of a Conductive Tissue - System and method of inductively measuring the bio-impedance of a conductive tissue | 10-09-2008 |
20080249378 | System for Monitoring a Number of Different Parameters of a Patient in a Bed - In order to provide a simple and reliable monitoring technique for a number of different parameters of a patient in a bed ( | 10-09-2008 |
20090178199 | SENSOR UNIT, BED FOR A PATIENT AND METHOD OF MODIFYING A PATIENT'S BED - The present invention allows on demand retrofit of a bed ( | 07-16-2009 |
20090204030 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE FUNCTIONAL USE OF LIMBS - The invention relates to the area of rehabilitation for patients with motor disabilities, especially for hemiplegic patients. With the present invention a long term, e.g. day and night, patient activity monitoring can be established in a home environment. A core idea of the invention is to evaluate the functional use of a limb by determining the synchronicity of the patient's movements depending on the movement's cyclicity. With this approach a reliable assessment of limb usage can be made based on the daily living activities of the patient. With the present invention the progress of rehabilitation can be monitored and guidance can be provided to therapists and patients about the state of the rehabilitation process. It further makes them aware of a lack of limb usage. | 08-13-2009 |
20100016685 | BALLISTOCARDIOGRAPHIC SENSOR SYSTEM WITH A SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF BALLISTOCARDIOGRAPHIC DETECTION OF BODY MOVEMENTS - Sensor arrangement, comprising at least one ballistocardiographic sensor for detecting body movements of a subject and at least one noise sensor for detecting vibration, method of ballistocardiographic detection of body movements, ballistocardiographic sensor system and uses of the sensor arrangement. It is suggested to pickup an external noise signal using an inertia sensor that is vibration isolated from a subject under ballistocardiographic examination. | 01-21-2010 |
20100094139 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA OF A PATIENT - The present invention relates to a system ( | 04-15-2010 |
20100113910 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS - The invention refers to a sensor arrangement with at least one sensor and a method for monitoring physiological aparameters of a person, a textile fabric and a use of a textile fabric. An sensor arrangement is described that is suited to improve signal quality and suppress noise, for instance in remote capacitive sensing of body parameters. To achieve this, certain textile fabrics are used, preferably integrated into textile used in a bed, e.g. the blanket, the bed cover, or the mattress. These textile fabrics allow for a suppression of electromagnetic interference from external sources and can be arranged to avoid charge build-up during measurements, in particular those caused by movements of the person. | 05-06-2010 |
20100171622 | BED WITH INTEFRATED SENSOR UNIT FOR A PATIENT - The present invention relates to a bed with an integrated sensor unit for a patient. Furthermore the invention relates to a method of providing a bed with a sensor unit for a patient. In order to provide a simple and reliable technique for monitoring patients a bed is suggested, comprising a bedframe ( | 07-08-2010 |
20100177933 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ANALYZING THE MOVEMENT OF A USER - The present invention relates to a system and method of analyzing the movement of a user. More particularly the present invention relates to a new technique for assessing a user's motor functions. It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple, robust, and low-cost technique for analyzing the movement of a user, which can be used in an unsupervised home environment. This object is achieved according to the invention by a method of analyzing the movement of a user, the method comprising the steps of causing the user to perform a coordinated movement in accordance with an instruction, generating video image data in form of a sequence of images by video recording the user, determining in the sequence of images a degree of synchronicity of optical flow on the left and right body half using a computer system comprising computer vision technology, and assessing the user's motor functions based on the degree of synchronicity. | 07-15-2010 |
20100180238 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR A PERSONAL HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to a user interface system for a personal healthcare environment. Furthermore the invention relates to a method of operating such a user interface system. In order to provide a user interface system which can easily be used by disabled users, a user interface system ( | 07-15-2010 |
20100262026 | SLEEP POSITION DETECTION - A method of determining body position uses ECG sensors at fixed positions, not fixed to the patient. The ECG signals recorded from the sensors are used to detect body position, using the variation of ECG potential over the surface of the body. The results may be processed by measuring artefacts related to the angle between the sensors and the heart, in particular the polarity of the QRS complex. The sensors may be fixed on the upper surface of a bed and used to measure sleep position. | 10-14-2010 |
20100299840 | WEIGHT AND/OR MOVEMENT SENSING IN A BED - The invention refers to a sensor arrangement for weight and/or movement sensing in a bed and uses thereof, to a bed and to a method of sensing weight and/or movement of a user in a bed. For the sensing of weight, activity and/or cardiopulmonary performance in a bed, force sensors ( | 12-02-2010 |
20100305481 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY MONITORING THE MOVEMENT ACTIVITY OF A FETUS - The present invention relates to a system ( | 12-02-2010 |
20100324427 | SYSTEM AND KIT FOR STRESS AND RELAXATION MANAGEMENT - This invention relates to a system and a kit for stress and relaxation management. A cardiac activity sensor ( | 12-23-2010 |
20110118614 | BALLISTOCARDIOGRAM ANALYSIS METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention discloses a method and signal processing device ( | 05-19-2011 |
20110156915 | BED EXIT WARNING SYSTEM - There is provided a bed exit warning system for use in monitoring a user on a bed that comprises one or more sensors for measuring one or more physiological characteristics of the user and for producing corresponding signals indicative of the one or more physiological characteristics; and a processor adapted to monitor the corresponding signals and to determine the likelihood that the user is about to get out of the bed from changes in the one or more physiological characteristics. | 06-30-2011 |
20110238711 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR CREATING A RELATIONAL DATABASE SCHEMA FROM AN ONTOLOGY - A method for creating a relational database schema is provided. The method comprises accessing ( | 09-29-2011 |
20110251502 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF BALLISTOCARDIOGRAM SIGNALS - There is provided a method for analyzing a ballistocardiogram signal to determine a heart rate, the method comprising: determining an initial time estimate for a first heart beat in the ballistocardiogram signal; computing, iteratively, estimates for subsequent heart beats in the ballistocardiogram signal using the initial time estimate; wherein each iteration in the step of computing comprises evaluating a target function that comprises a weighted sum of a plurality of scoring functions; and wherein each iterative step of computing estimates for subsequent heart beats in the ballistocardiogram signal is limited to a target interval after the time estimate found in the previous iterative step of computing. | 10-13-2011 |
20110296607 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BED HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT - There is provided a control system for an adjustable height bed, the adjustable height bed having a raised position and a lowered position, the control system comprising an input for receiving signals from a sensor located in the adjustable height bed; and a processor for processing the received signals to determine the status of a user relative to the bed and for generating control signals for adjusting the bed to the raised position or to the lowered position on the basis of the determined status. | 12-08-2011 |
20120130966 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR LINKING DATA OF A DATA SOURCE TO A TARGET DATABASE - A method is provided. The method comprises accessing ( | 05-24-2012 |