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20080209890 | Method of purging fluid injector by heating - A fluid injector for use in an exhaust treatment system is disclosed. The fluid injector may have a nozzle portion, a heater associated with the nozzle portion, and a controller in communication with the heater. The controller may be configured to recognize a condition triggering a purge event of the fluid injector. The controller may also be configured to activate the heater to purge the fluid injector in response to the recognized condition. | 09-04-2008 |
20080264622 | Bi-material corrosive resistant heat exchanger - A heat exchanger for a fluid handling system is disclosed. The heat exchanger may have an inlet configured to receive a fluid at a first temperature, and an outlet configured to discharge the fluid at a second temperature lower than the first. The heat exchanger may also have at least one fluid passageway disposed to conduct the fluid from the inlet to the outlet. The at least one fluid passageway may have a first section fabricated from a first material, and a second section fabricated from a dissimilar second material. At least one of the first and second materials may include a thermally conductive polymer. | 10-30-2008 |
20090139497 | Engine having thin film oxygen separation system - An oxygen separation system for an engine is disclosed. The oxygen separation system may include a cathode exposed to inlet air, an anode configured to direct a flow of substantially pure oxygen to a combustion chamber of the engine, and a thin film electrolyte located between the anode and the cathode. | 06-04-2009 |
20100115721 | ENGINE CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING CARBON DEPOSITS IN ENGINES - Methods and apparatuses for removing carbon deposits from pistons of internal combustion engines with water are disclosed that avoid disassembly or overhauling the engines. In one aspect, a manifold having at least one water inlet and an internal passageway network is connected to a water source for delivering water to the cylinders through the manifold. The disclosed cleaning apparatus may be installed on a vehicle or provided as original vehicle equipment and used during normal engine operations. A method for cleaning carbon deposits in an internal combustion engine and a modified manifold for delivering water to the cylinders of an engine are also disclosed. | 05-13-2010 |
20100255346 | COATINGS TO INHIBIT FORMATION OF DEPOSITS FROM ELEVATED TEMPERATURE CONTACT WITH HYDROCARBONS - Certain embodiments are unique coatings. Other embodiments include apparatuses, articles, and components including such coatings and, systems and methods for providing such coatings. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the following description and drawings. | 10-07-2010 |
20110012625 | ZINC OXIDE SULFUR SENSOR - Sulfur sensors are formed by coating a conductive substrate with ZnO microstructures that are reactive with sulfur in liquids, such as fuel, using MOCVD. The ZnO is changed to ZnS over time and causes the voltage across the sensors to change under a constant current by at least about 25%. The time required for such saturation to occur can then be correlated to a sulfur concentration in the liquid. | 01-20-2011 |
20120090384 | Carbon Deposit Simulation Bench And Methods Therefor - A carbon deposit simulation bench for evaluating effects of an engine system liquid on an engine surface that experiences an engine pressure and an engine temperature includes a test chamber having a high surface area test specimen positioned therein. The carbon deposit simulation bench also includes an air supply system including an air supply conduit fluidly connecting an air supply source with the test chamber, and a liquid circulation loop configured to circulate the engine system liquid through the test chamber. A temperature control subsystem simulates the engine temperature within the test chamber, and a pressure control subsystem simulates the engine pressure within the test chamber. | 04-19-2012 |
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20100060942 | ENCODING MESSAGE DATA IN A COVER CONTONE IMAGE VIA HALFTONE DOT ORIENTATION - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for encoding/decoding data in a cover contone image via halftone dot orientation modulation. Arrays of halftone threshold values are used to determine a desired orientation, e.g. 0/90°±45° for a given single data value of the original message to be embedded. Message data is embedded as a function of halftone dot orientation. Detection modeling of the print-scan process enables the determination of dot orientation from the image scan via statistically motivated image moments. A probabilistic model of the print-scan channel conditions received moments on input orientation. Density values of the received moments are used to determine dot orientation for each halftone cell. The embedded data is retrieved based on the determined orientations. The present method is applicable to areas of data embedding, document security, and the like. | 03-11-2010 |
20100060943 | DECODING MESSAGE DATA EMBEDDED IN AN IMAGE PRINT VIA HALFTONE DOT ORIENTATION - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for encoding/decoding data in a cover contone image via halftone dot orientation modulation. Arrays of halftone threshold values are used to determine a desired orientation, e.g. 0/90°+/−45° for a given single data value of the original message to be embedded. Message data is embedded as a function of halftone dot orientation. Detection modeling of the print-scan process enables the determination of dot orientation from the image scan via statistically motivated image moments. A probabilistic model of the print-scan channel conditions received moments on input orientation. Density values of the received moments are used to determine dot orientation for each halftone cell. The embedded data is retrieved based on the determined orientations. The present method is applicable to areas of data embedding, document security, and the like. | 03-11-2010 |
20100282851 | METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING DATA IN A COLOR BARCODE PATTERN - What is disclosed is a system and method for encoding and decoding data in a color barcode pattern using dot orientation and color separability. The spectral (wavelength) characteristics of the CMY colorants, commonly used in digital printing, and those of RGB sensors are exploited to achieve high capacity data embedding rates in color barcodes. The present method embeds independent data in two different printer colorant channels using dot orientation modulation. In the print end, dots of two colorants occupy the same spatial region. At the detector end, by using the complementary sensor channels to estimate the colorant channels, data is recovered in each colorant channel. The method approximately doubles the capacity of encoding methods based upon a single colorant channel and enables embedding rates which match or exceed that of other hardcopy barcodes known in the arts. The method is robust against inter-separation misregistration with a small symbol error rate. | 11-11-2010 |
20100282856 | METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING DATA IN A COLOR BARCODE PATTERN - What is disclosed is a system and method for encoding and decoding data in a color barcode pattern using dot orientation and color separability. The spectral (wavelength) characteristics of the CMY colorants, commonly used in digital printing, and those of RGB sensors are exploited to achieve high capacity data embedding rates in color barcodes. The present method embeds independent data in two different printer colorant channels using dot orientation modulation. In the print end, dots of two colorants occupy the same spatial region. At the detector end, by using the complementary sensor channels to estimate the colorant channels, data is recovered in each colorant channel. The method approximately doubles the capacity of encoding methods based upon a single colorant channel and enables embedding rates which match or exceed that of other hardcopy barcodes known in the arts. The method is robust against inter-separation misregistration with a small symbol error rate. | 11-11-2010 |
20120207340 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATED TIRE DETECTION AND RECOGNITION - Methods and systems for discriminating between tires. One or more images of an unknown tire are received. One or more tread features are extracted from the images. The class of the unknown tire is determined using a classifier that matches the tread features to known tread features. | 08-16-2012 |
20130101171 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF SELECTIVE VIDEO FRAME COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION FOR EFFICIENT EVENT-DRIVEN SEARCHING IN LARGE DATABASES - A method of, and system for, selective video frame compression and decompression is presented. The disclosed technique is particularly suited for efficient event-driven searching in large databases. The technique involves designating certain frames in a video sequence as reference frames, to be compressed using a first compression technique, where the remaining frames are compressed using a second compression technique. The first compression technique may be implemented without requiring data from any neighboring frames. | 04-25-2013 |
20130278767 | VEHICLE COUNTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS UTILIZING COMPRESSED VIDEO STREAMS - This disclosure provides method and systems of recording a predetermined event associated with a moving object, the predetermined event captured with an image capturing unit and one or more of the associated frames compressed, producing one or more motion vectors. According to one exemplary embodiment, vehicle counting is performed based on motion vectors produced during the data compression process, either inline or offline. | 10-24-2013 |
20140145862 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATION OF AVAILABLE PARKING SPACE THROUGH INTERSECTION TRAFFIC COUNTING - A method and structure for estimating parking occupancy within an area of interest can include the use of at least two image capture devices and a processor (e.g., a computer) which form at least part of a network. A method for estimating the parking occupancy within the area of interest can include the use of vehicle entry and exit data from the area of interest, as well as an estimated transit time for vehicles transiting through the area of interest without parking. | 05-29-2014 |
20140266803 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SLIDING WINDOW-BASED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING VEHICLES - Provided is a method and system for efficient localization in still images. According to one exemplary method, a sliding window-based 2-D (Dimensional) space search is performed to detect a parked vehicle in a video frame acquired from a fixed parking occupancy video camera including a field of view associated with a parking region. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270381 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED IN-FIELD HIERARCHICAL TRAINING OF A VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM - Disclosed are methods and systems for detecting one or more vehicles in video captured from a deployed video camera directed at a parking region. According to one exemplary embodiment, disclosed is a method of training a deployed classifier associated with the video camera, where a generic classifier is initially used to obtain high confidence training samples from the video camera, the high confidence training samples subsequently used to train the deployed classifier. | 09-18-2014 |
20140310073 | WIRELESS PARKING REGISTER/PAYMENT AND VIOLATION NOTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - Methods and systems for automatically managing parking payment and enforcement. In general, real-time data regarding vehicles located in a parking zone can be acquired. The number of vehicles in the parking zone can be determined from the acquired real-time data. From such data, the number of vehicles in the parking zone that are paid can be calculated. Then, an operation can be implemented to compare the number of the vehicles in the parking zone with the number of vehicles in the parking zone that are paid with respect to the current time to determine unpaid violations if the number of vehicles in the parking zone exceeds the number of vehicles that are paid. | 10-16-2014 |
20140362230 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFYING A VEHICLE USING MOTION VECTORS - This disclosure provides methods and systems of classifying a vehicle using motion vectors associated with captured images including a vehicle. According to an exemplary method, a cluster of motion vectors representative of a vehicle within a target region is analyzed to determine geometric attributes of the cluster and/or measure a length of a detected vehicle, which provides a basis for classifying the detected vehicle. | 12-11-2014 |
20140372155 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARKING RESERVATION AND FINDING PARKING SPACE SUITABLE FOR USER'S VEHICLE SIZE - In implementation, a computer-implemented method, a system, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for managing parking space availability in a parking zone is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes obtaining a request for a parking reservation for a parking space in a parking zone for a vehicle from a client device, wherein the client device is associated with a user, a vehicle, or both the user and the vehicle; determining that a parking space is available in the parking zone for the vehicle; and providing the parking reservation to the client device. | 12-18-2014 |
20140375804 | METHOD FOR AVAILABLE PARKING DISTANCE ESTIMATION VIA VEHICLE SIDE DETECTION - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer-readable medium is disclosed for determining an estimated available parking distance for a vehicle via vehicle side detection in one or more image frames from an operational video. The operational video can be acquired from a fixed parking occupancy video camera and can include a field of view associated with a parking region. The method can include obtaining operational video from a fixed parking occupancy video camera; detecting, within a region of interest (ROI) of the one or more image frames from the operational video, a side of one or more vehicles parked in a parking region facing a traffic lane using a trained classifier that is trained to detect the side of the one or more vehicles; and determining an estimated available parking distance based on the side of the one or more vehicles that are detected. | 12-25-2014 |
20160078306 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SEAT BELT VIOLATIONS FROM FRONT VIEW VEHICLE IMAGES - A system and method for detecting a seat belt violation in a vehicle. The method may include receiving an image including a region of interest where a seat belt is visible if the seat belt is buckled. One or more first features may be extracted from the image. The one or more first features may be compared to one or more second features extracted from a plurality of sample images. It may be determined whether the seat belt is buckled in the image based upon the comparison. | 03-17-2016 |
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20080227083 | OPTICAL DETECTOR FOR ENZYME ACTIVATION - Activation of an enzyme in a bodily fluid is detected based on the amount of cleavage of a substrate for the enzyme. The substrate is tagged with two fluorescent dyes—a donor and an acceptor. The tagged substrate is presented to the bodily fluid. A device emits energy at a first wavelength into the bodily fluid, and detects energy at second and third wavelengths emitted by the dyes in response to the energy at the first wavelength. Prior to enzymatic cleavage of the substrate, the acceptor emits energy at the third wavelength in response to energy at the second wavelength received through fluorescent resonant energy transfer (FRET) from the donor. After enzymatic cleavage of the substrate, the donor emits energy at the second wavelength. The device can determine the concentration of activated enzyme within the bodily fluid based on the relative intensities of energy, at the second and third wavelengths. | 09-18-2008 |
20090131276 | DIAGNOSTIC KITS AND METHODS FOR SCD OR SCA THERAPY SELECTION - Variations in certain genomic sequences useful as genetic markers of Sudden Cardiac Death (“SCD”), or Sudden Cardiac Arrest (“SCA”) risk, are described. Novel diagnostic kits and methods employing these genetic markers are used in assessing the risk of SCD, or SCA. Methods of distinguishing patients having an increased susceptibility to SCD, or SCA, through use of these markers, alone or in combination with other markers, are also provided. Further, methods of assessing the need for an Implantable Cardio Defibrillators (“ICD”) in a patient are taught. | 05-21-2009 |
20090136954 | GENETIC MARKERS FOR SCD OR SCA THERAPY SELECTION - Variations in certain genomic sequences useful as genetic markers of Sudden Cardiac Death (“SCD”), or Sudden Cardiac Arrest (“SCA”) risk, are described. Novel genetic markers useful in assessing the risk of SCD, or SCA, and kits containing the same are provided herein. Methods of distinguishing patients having an increased susceptibility to SCD, or SCA, through use of these markers, alone or in combination with other markers, are also provided. Further, methods of assessing the need for an Implantable Cardio Defibrillators (“ICD”) in a patient are taught. | 05-28-2009 |
20100047915 | IDENTIFYING PATIENTS AT RISK FOR LIFE THREATENING ARRHYTHMIAS - The invention is a method for identifying proteins associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) and for assessing a patient's risk of SCD by determining the amount of one or more SCD-associated proteins in the patient. Typically, the patient submits a sample, such as a blood sample, which is tested for one or more SCD-associated proteins. Based upon the results of the tests, the patient's risk of SCD may be assessed. | 02-25-2010 |
20100098207 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO PRODUCE HEAT AND POWER - A method and device are described to form a heat producing plant with replaceable fusion-based reaction cartridges, where the fuel is embedded in casings in the preferred embodiment, and the heat can be converted into electrical or mechanical energy. The replaceable unit consists of sheets containing individual heating elements that are addressed sequentially to trigger the heat producing reactions. A controller governs the triggering activity until all the elements are used. The resulting heat can be converted into mechanical energy using turbines and into electrical energy using the Seebeck effect. This inventive device can be used in mobile environments as well as at fixed locations where heat, mechanical power or electricity are needed. | 04-22-2010 |
20100317006 | SCA RISK STRATIFICATION BY PREDICTING PATIENT RESPONSE TO ANTI-ARRHYTHMICS - Genetic tests and methods for treatment based on markers to identify patients suffering from life-threatening ventricular tachy-arrhythmias, such as Ventricular Tachycardias (“VT”) and Ventricular Fibrillation (“VF”) that might lead to Sudden Cardiac Arrest (“SCA”) or Sudden Cardiac Death (“SCD”) are provided. Patients who cannot be sufficiently protected by medication alone, such as those refractory to anti-arrhythmic medication, are identified based on their genotype. The resulting information is used in a diagnostic test to identify and treat those patients who would benefit from the implantation of an Implantable Cardio Defibrillator (“ICD”). | 12-16-2010 |
20110071589 | WAVEFORMS FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY - In some examples, the disclosure relates to a systems, devices, and techniques for delivering electrical stimulation therapy to a patient. In one example, the disclosure relates to a method including delivering a series of pulses with alternating pulse polarities to a gastrointestinal tract of a patient. The series of pulses includes at least a first pulse of a first polarity, a second pulse of a second polarity, and a third pulse of the first polarity, where the first, second and third pulses are delivered in direct succession and in that order. The first and second pulses are separated by a first time delay and the second and third pulses are separated by a second time delay. In some examples, each of the first and second time delays depend on the frequency that the series of pulses are delivered. | 03-24-2011 |
20110143345 | Genetic Markers for SCD or SCA Therapy Selection - Variations in certain genomic sequences useful as genetic markers of Sudden Cardiac Death (“SCD”) or Sudden Cardiac Arrest (“SCA”) risk are described. Novel genetic markers useful in assessing the risk of SCD or SCA and compositions containing the same are provided herein. Methods of distinguishing patients having an increased susceptibility to SCD or SCA, through use of these markers, alone or in combination with other markers, are also provided. Further, methods of detecting a polymorphism associated with SCD or SCA are taught. | 06-16-2011 |
20110143956 | Diagnostic Kits and Methods for SCD or SCA Therapy Selection - Variations in certain genomic sequences useful as genetic markers of Sudden Cardiac Death (“SCD”) or Sudden Cardiac Arrest (“SCA”) risk are described. Novel diagnostic kits, DNA microarrays, and methods employing these genetic markers are used in assessing the risk of SCD or SCA. Methods of distinguishing patients having an increased susceptibility to SCD or SCA, through use of these markers, alone or in combination with other markers, are also provided. Further, methods of detecting a polymorphism associated with SCD or SCA are taught. | 06-16-2011 |
20120046642 | OPTICAL DETECTOR FOR USE IN THERAPY - Activation of an enzyme in a bodily fluid is detected based on the amount of cleavage of a substrate for the enzyme. The substrate is tagged with two fluorescent dyes—a donor and an acceptor. The tagged substrate is presented to the bodily fluid. A device emits energy at a first wavelength into the bodily fluid, and detects energy at second and third wavelengths emitted by the dyes in response to the energy at the first wavelength. Prior to enzymatic cleavage of the substrate, the acceptor emits energy at the third wavelength in response to energy at the second wavelength received through fluorescent resonant energy transfer (FRET) from the donor. After enzymatic cleavage of the substrate, the donor emits energy at the second wavelength. The device can determine the concentration of activated enzyme within the bodily fluid based on the relative intensities of energy at the second and third wavelengths. | 02-23-2012 |
20120059778 | SELF-IMPROVING CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - A self-improving classification system classifies specimens based on class identifiers. The system stores specimen profiles in a database that is updated with additional specimen profiles and with follow-up data that corrects classification of specimens that were initially incorrectly classified. Algorithms use the updated database to discover new class identifiers, modify thresholds of known class identifiers, and drop unnecessary class identifiers to improve classification of specimens. | 03-08-2012 |
20120220926 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO TREAT KIDNEY DISEASE - The invention relates to a method and device for dialysis and or bulk fluid removal by generating a fibrosis chamber within a body cavity and performing dialysis or bulk fluid removal. An implantable medical device is described having a fibrosis chamber and a pump. A dialysis chamber and an optional electrodialysis unit can further be provided. An additional controller uses sensory feedback to regulate the fluid levels by altering the extracellular fluid retention within the fibrosis chamber. This device can be used for the treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease who may also be suffering from cardiorenal syndrome and hypertension. | 08-30-2012 |
20120277546 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO MONITOR PATIENTS WITH KIDNEY DISEASE - A medical monitoring device for monitoring electrical signals from the body of a subject is described. The medical monitoring device monitors electrical signals originating from a cardiac cycle of the subject and associates each cardiac cycle with a time index. The medical monitoring device applies a forward computational procedure to generate a risk score indicative of hyperkalemia, hypokalemia or arrhythmia of the subject. The medical monitoring device can adjust the forward computational procedure based upon clinical data obtained from the subject. | 11-01-2012 |
20120277619 | DETECTING FOOD INTAKE BASED ON IMPEDANCE - In some examples, the disclosure relates to a systems, devices, and techniques for monitoring the occurrence of food intake by a patient. In one example, the disclosure relates to a method including determining a phase of tissue impedance at one or more gastrointestinal tract locations of a patient via a medical device, and determining the occurrence of food intake by the patient based on the determined phase of the tissue impedance. In some examples, a medical device may control the delivery of therapy to a patient based on the determination of food intake based on the phase to the tissue impedance. | 11-01-2012 |
20120309641 | DIAGNOSTIC KITS, GENETIC MARKERS, AND METHODS FOR SCD OR SCA THERAPY SELECTION - Variations in certain genomic sequences useful as genetic markers of Sudden Cardiac Death (“SCD”), or Sudden Cardiac Arrest (“SCA”) risk, are described. Novel diagnostic kits and methods employing these genetic markers are used in assessing the risk of SCD, or SCA. Methods of distinguishing patients having an increased susceptibility to SCD, or SCA, through use of these markers, alone or in combination with other markers, are also provided. Further, methods for assessing the need for an Implantable Cardio Defibrillator (“ICD”) in a patient with computer programmable processors and genetic databases are described. | 12-06-2012 |
20130274642 | MULTIMODAL DIALYSIS SYSTEM - A dialysis device for operation in multiple modes and for maintaining a known gradient of potassium ion or other electrolyte between the blood of a patient and a dialysate fluid is described. The dialysis device is capable of being used for hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, and the dialysis device is capable of operation with a dialysate purification unit outside of a clinical setting or with a supply of water that can be supplied in a clinical setting. The dialysis device has a composition sensor containing a potassium-sensitive electrode for measuring a potassium ion concentration in one or more of the patient's blood and the dialysate fluid and an infusate pump operated to adjust a potassium ion concentration in the dialysate fluid based at least in part on data from the composition sensor. | 10-17-2013 |
20140088442 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO MONITOR PATIENTS WITH KIDNEY DISEASE - A medical monitoring device for monitoring electrical signals from the body of a subject is described. The medical monitoring device monitors electrical signals originating from a cardiac cycle of the subject and associates each cardiac cycle with a time index. The medical monitoring device applies a forward computational procedure to generate a risk score indicative of hyperkalemia, hypokalemia or arrhythmia of the subject. The medical monitoring device can adjust the forward computational procedure based upon clinical data obtained from the subject. | 03-27-2014 |
20140148754 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO TREAT KIDNEY DISEASE - The invention relates to a method and device for dialysis and or bulk fluid removal by generating a fibrosis chamber within a body cavity and performing dialysis or bulk fluid removal. An implantable medical device is described having a fibrosis chamber and a pump. A dialysis chamber and an optional electrodialysis unit can further be provided. An additional controller uses sensory feedback to regulate the fluid levels by altering the extracellular fluid retention within the fibrosis chamber. This device can be used for the treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease who may also be suffering from cardiorenal syndrome and hypertension. | 05-29-2014 |
20150032023 | ION IMBALANCE DETECTOR - In general, the invention is directed to methods and devices for determining an ion concentration in the extracellular fluid of a patient. As examples, the ion may be one or more of potassium, sodium, chloride, or calcium. A system includes an electrode deployed in or near a tissue, such as a skeletal muscle, of the patient. A pulse generator supplies one or more stimulations to the tissue, and a sensor, such as an accelerometer, detects the response of the tissue to the stimulations. A processor determines a concentration of ions in the extracellular fluid as a function of the response. The system may detect an ion imbalance based upon the determined concentration of ions. | 01-29-2015 |
20150127378 | SYSTEMS FOR STORING, PROCESSING AND UTILIZING PROPRIETARY GENETIC INFORMATION - Disclosed are systems and methods for facilitating licensing of intellectual property rights and transfer of payments between intellectual property rights holders and users or licensees while shielding patient privacy. Information contained in a patient records database is restricted such that one or more fields of information are not available to one or more users of a privacy facilitating system. The patient records database containing patient records including patient identification information and diagnostic information is accessed along with a proprietary records database containing records of proprietary biomarkers and intellectual property rights holders of the proprietary biomarkers. The patient records database and the proprietary records database are queried to determine the presence of a proprietary biomarker in a patient record. A payment or escrow between a user and an intellectual property rights holder of the proprietary biomarker identified by the query is accounted for by the privacy facilitating system. | 05-07-2015 |
20150134262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING, PROCESSING AND UTILIZING PROPRIETARY GENETIC INFORMATION - A method of genetic testing utilizing a system of servers, databases, computers, software applications, or any other computing module. The computing modules allow for creation of a genetic test script and the analysis of genetic information based on the genetic test script. The system can also account for the use of proprietary biomarkers. | 05-14-2015 |
20150148697 | PRECISION DIALYSIS MONITORING AND SYNCHONIZATION SYSTEM - A system and method for synchronizing patient medical parameters and dialysis parameters. The system and related method allow for the determination of the effect of dialysis on patient health. The invention also allows for the determination of whether observed patient health effects are due to specific dialysis parameters and for making necessary changes to the dialysis parameters in order to improve patient health. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149096 | Precision dialysis monitoring and synchonization system - A device, system and related methods for monitoring a mammal with heart failure, kidney disease or both, to make predictions about the likelihood of a life threatening ventricular arrhythmia. The device, system and related methods can have one or more sensors in electronic communication with a processor, the sensors determining one or more physiological parameters of a patient, and communicating the physiological parameter to the processor, and the processors using an algorithm to determine the probability of a ventricular arrhythmia based on the physiological parameters. | 05-28-2015 |
20150250427 | Method and Device to Manage Fluid Volumes in the Body - A system and method for determining the amount of fluid to be removed from a dialysis patient is disclosed. The system utilizes sensors and a computer. The computer obtains the input parameters from the sensors, along with information added directly by the user, and performs a forward algorithm to determine a recommended change in patient fluid level. As fluid is removed, the effect of the removal on the parameters is detected by the sensors and re-transmitted back to the computer. The computer then performs a backward algorithm to refine the variables used in the forward algorithm and obtain more accurate results. The system and method provide for changing the amount of fluid removed from the patient based on the results of the algorithm and the data received from the sensors. | 09-10-2015 |
20150315644 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SCD, CRT, CRT-D, OR SCA THERAPY IDENTIFICATION AND/OR SELECTION - Compositions, polynucleotides, probes, kits, methods, computer systems, treatment methods and genetic markers useful for assessing the risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA), Ventricular Arrhythmia (VA), or Heart Failure (HF) are provided herein. The compositions, polynucleotides, probes, kits, methods, computer systems, treatment methods and genetic markers of the invention can provide patients selection for those that can be treated with an ICD or CRT-D based on assessing the presence of one or more Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with any one of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA), Ventricular Arrhythmia (VA), or Heart Failure (HF), and can indicate treatment with certain drugs such as beta-blockers. | 11-05-2015 |