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20100198196 | Therapy Delivery Device Programming Tool - Methods and devices for providing programming tool for programming the initial and on-going operation of a therapy delivery device is provided. Embodiments include generating empirical rules for determining initial operating settings, applying the final empirical rules to a patient population, detecting a connection to a therapy delivery device, identifying the connected delivery device, receiving data download request from the delivery device. retrieving updated data associated with the connected delivery device; visualizing changes to the settings data of the device, and automatically transmitting the retrieved updated data to the delivery device. | 08-05-2010 |
20100198314 | Computerized Determination of Insulin Pump Therapy Parameters Using Real Time and Retrospective Data Processing - Methods and devices for providing computerized adjustment to therapy parameters using real time and retrospective data processing is provided. Embodiments include receiving a respective data set from an infusion device and an analyte monitoring device for a predetermined time duration, user notification and reminder of the predetermined time duration, time synchronizing the received respective data set, detecting one or more marked data from the one or more respective data set received, establishing one or more filtering criteria to filter of retrospective or historical data based on certain condition, performing automated data analysis based on the detected one or more marked data or the data achieving certain predetermined condition to generate a modification to a therapy profile, generating and modifying rules for profile modification, and providing the generated modification to the therapy profile for reporting and transmission. | 08-05-2010 |
20100295686 | USABILITY FEATURES FOR INTEGRATED INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEM - Various systems and methods for improving the usability of continuous glucose monitors and drug delivery pumps are described. | 11-25-2010 |
20100298685 | ADAPTIVE INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEM - A proactive system and method in which levels of glucose are monitored after a meal signal and compared to a safe range. If a monitored glucose level is outside the safe range, a post-prandial vertex of the glucose level is identified and an action is provided to more rapidly return the glucose level to a target level within the safe range than if no action was provided. In another aspect a control parameter in an IDM system is adjusted by determining a performance metric of the system as a function of the levels of glucose and a medication administration signal over a first window of time; and, if the performance metric is outside an expected range, adjusting the control parameter to adjust an amount of medication and to bring the performance metric inside the expected range. | 11-25-2010 |
20100298765 | SAFETY FEATURES FOR INTEGRATED INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEM - Safety features are applied to an integrated insulin delivery system to enhance safety while accounting for glucose sensor bias and calibration errors. One safety feature includes comparisons of calibrations of the sensor to nominal sensitivity and taking action, such as limiting insulin delivery or taking a further calibration of the sensor. In another feature, an automatic resumption of a basal delivery rate is programmed into the delivery device to avoid the possibility of complete loss of delivery of insulin in the event that communication with the delivery device is disrupted. Other features include steps taken to avoid hypoglycemia in the event that the sensor is negatively biased. | 11-25-2010 |
20100305965 | INTEGRATED REPORT GENERATION OF MEDICAL DATA WITH VARYING LEVELS OF INFORMATION - A system for generating a report having varying integrated levels of medical information related to a health condition is provided. The system comprises a host server having a host database and a client component that connects to the host server. The client component includes a report software application that is configured to generate a report and provide a GUI on the display. A processor populates the GUI based upon received and processed medical information from the host server component and arranges the medical information in predetermined, inter-related levels. A cursor is provided to allow the user to point to an area of interest in the display and a further level of information pertaining to one or more layers of medical information is viewable by a user when the cursor is pointed over an image on the display. | 12-02-2010 |
20110021898 | REAL TIME MANAGEMENT OF DATA RELATING TO PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF GLUCOSE LEVELS - Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data and insulin delivery data are used to generate more reliable projected alarms related to a projected glucose levels. A memory stores endogenous data related to measurements of glucose level in a patient, and also stores exogenous data, such as insulin on board, both of which are used by a processor to create projected alarms. Profiles of CGM data are created for use in tuning patient-specific insulin data, such at basal rate, carb ratio, and insulin sensitivity. A processor searches for patterns in the data profiles and if found, recommended changes to patient-specific insulin data are provided to permit more accurate control over a patient's glucose levels. | 01-27-2011 |
20110166875 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL DATA AND FACILITATING REIMBURSEMENT FOR HEALTH CARE - System and method receive medical data of a patient having a disease afflicted health condition for processing and analysis of that data. Software installed on a health care provider's computer for processing the medical data includes a GUI reimbursement window that informs the HCP of reimbursement possibilities for analysis of the data and counseling of the patient. The reimbursement window also includes hyperlinks and may also include codes for insurance claims. Lists of reimbursement entities, pre-authorization instructions, coding instructions, and contacts may all be included and may be personalized for a particular patient. In one case, a complete bill is created and submitted to an insurance entity. In another, a patient data base is created so that the reimbursement window can inform the HCP of patient analysis frequency, which may affect reimbursement. | 07-07-2011 |
20110287528 | Devices, Systems, and Methods Related to Analyte Monitoring and Management - Analyte monitoring devices, systems, and methods are provided that relate to: enabling different application features on a data processing device for analyte monitoring devices with different analyte monitoring features; programming analyte monitoring devices in advance; personalizing an analyte monitoring device; graphically representing a remaining insulin level in a user body; and graphically representing analyte measurement related data for on-demand readings; protecting access to feature of an analyte monitoring device. | 11-24-2011 |
20120330227 | INTEGRATED INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEM HAVING DELIVERY SAFETY FEATURES - An integrated insulin delivery system having safety features for controlling medication delivery includes automatic resumption of basal rate after a particular event, such as termination of a bolus, expiration of a time period, delayed resumption after the bolus has terminated, IOB comparison, and others. Other safety features include overriding a delivery control that may result in hypoglycemia, terminating an extended bolus or temporary basal rate in view of a glucose signal indicating imminent carbohydrate deficiency, and controlling the delivery rate to take an asymmetrical bias range of a glucose sensor into account to avoid hypoglycemia. | 12-27-2012 |
20140066890 | USABILITY FEATURES FOR INTEGRATED INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEM - Various systems and methods for improving the usability of continuous glucose monitors and drug delivery pumps are described. | 03-06-2014 |
20140180203 | INTEGRATED INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEM HAVING SAFETY FEATURES TO PREVENT HYPOGLYCEMIA - Safety features are applied to an integrated insulin delivery system to enhance safety by controlling medication delivery including the automatic resumption of basal rate after a particular event, such as termination of a bolus, expiration of a time period, delayed resumption after the bolus has terminated, IOB comparison, and others. Other safety features include overriding a delivery control that may result in hypoglycemia, and terminating an extended bolus or temporary basal rate in view of a glucose signal indicating imminent carbohydrate deficiency. In another feature, an automatic resumption of a basal delivery rate is programmed into the delivery device to avoid the possibility of complete loss of delivery of insulin in the event that communication with the delivery device is disrupted. | 06-26-2014 |
20140344280 | Real Time Management of Data Relating to Physiological Control of Glucose Levels - Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data and insulin delivery data are used to generate more reliable projected alarms related to a projected glucose levels. A memory stores endogenous data related to measurements of glucose level in a patient, and also stores exogenous data, such as insulin on board, both of which are used by a processor to create projected alarms. Profiles of CGM data are created for use in tuning patient-specific insulin data, such at basal rate, carb ratio, and insulin sensitivity. A processor searches for patterns in the data profiles and if found, recommended changes to patient-specific insulin data are provided to permit more accurate control over a patient's glucose levels. | 11-20-2014 |
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20080262334 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTING PHYSIOLOGICAL VALUES - The invention relates generally to methods, systems, and devices for measuring the concentration of target analytes present in a biological system using a series of measurements obtained from a monitoring system and a Mixtures of Experts (MOE) algorithm. In one embodiment, the present invention describes a method for measuring blood glucose in a subject. | 10-23-2008 |
20080262746 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTING PHYSIOLOGICAL VALUES - The invention relates generally to methods, systems, and devices for measuring the concentration of target analytes present in a biological system using a series of measurements obtained from a monitoring system and a Mixtures of Experts (MOE) algorithm. In one embodiment, the present invention describes a method for measuring blood glucose in a subject. | 10-23-2008 |
20080270039 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTING PHYSIOLOGICAL VALUES - The invention relates generally to methods, systems, and devices for measuring the concentration of target analytes present in a biological system using a series of measurements obtained from a monitoring system and a Mixtures of Experts (MOE) algorithm. In one embodiment, the present invention describes a method for measuring blood glucose in a subject. | 10-30-2008 |
20090076731 | METHOD AND DEVICE AND PREDICTING PHYSIOLOGICAL VALUES - The invention relates generally to methods, systems, and devices for measuring the concentration of target analytes present in a biological system using a series of measurements obtained from a monitoring system and a Mixtures of Experts (MOE) algorithm. In one embodiment, the present invention describes a method for measuring blood glucose in a subject. | 03-19-2009 |
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20090257636 | METHOD OF EYE REGISTRATION FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - A method is disclosed for use in eye registrations and examinations, some embodiments of the method including acquiring scan pattern scans; forming images from the scans; registering the images; generating a feature map from the scan pattern scans; identifying features on the feature map; and recording positional information of features. | 10-15-2009 |
20110292341 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED EYE MEASUREMENT - An imaging method according to some embodiments of the present invention includes obtaining working distance information from an optical coherence tomography system, the working distance being the working distance to the sample; obtaining information from one or more ocular systems; combining the information from said optical coherence tomography information and said ocular system; and displaying said combined information. | 12-01-2011 |
20120140174 | SCANNING AND PROCESSING USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - In accordance with some embodiments, a method of eye examination includes acquiring OCT data with a scan pattern centered on an eye cornea that includes n radial scans repeated r times, c circular scans repeated r times, and n* raster scans where the scan pattern is repeated m times, where each scan includes a A-scans, and where n is an integer that is 0 or greater, r is an integer that is 1 or greater, c is an integer that is 0 or greater, n* is an integer that is 0 or greater, m is an integer that is 1 or greater, and a is an integer greater than 1, the values of n, r, c, n*, and m being chosen to provide OCT data for a target measurement, and processing the OCT data to obtain the target measurement. | 06-07-2012 |
20120194783 | COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS OF RETINAL PATHOLOGIES USING FRONTAL EN-FACE VIEWS OF OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - A system and methods of computer-aided diagnosis for ophthalmology are described that includes acquiring OCT data, determining an RPE fit from the OCT data, and displaying en face images based on the RPE fit. | 08-02-2012 |
20130039557 | MOTION CORRECTION AND NORMALIZATION OF FEATURES IN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - An optical coherence tomography system is provided. The system includes an OCT imager; a two-dimensional transverse scanner coupled to the OCT imager, the two-dimensional transverse scanner receiving light from the light source and coupling reflected light from a sample into the OCT imager; a computer coupled to receive 3D OCT data from the OCT imager, the computer further processes the 3D OCT data; wherein the processing the 3D OCT data includes: correcting motion artifacts in baseline mode; generating reference data in baseline mode; performing segmentation to identify volumes of interest; extracting feature information, the feature information including reflectivity, texture, or the combination thereof. | 02-14-2013 |
20130182217 | FUNDUS CAMERA - An ophthalmic imaging apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a fundus illumination system, the fundus illumination system includes a spatially interlaced light source array of one or more wavelength bands and a focus index illumination light source where the focus index illumination light source is mounted on a non-moving part of the ophthalmic imaging apparatus, a focus index optical assembly, and a fundus imaging system. | 07-18-2013 |
20130235343 | ENHANCED BIOMETRY USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - An imaging method is disclosed. An imaging method according to some embodiments can include obtaining a plurality of measurements of an eye for at least one location by scanning optical radiation across the eye; determining a preferred measurement axis from the plurality of measurements; and processing the plurality of measurements to obtain information of the eye. | 09-12-2013 |
20130250242 | FUNDUS CAMERA - An apparatus and method of providing an ophthalmic image is presented. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, an illumination path with a focus index optical assembly and a first diopter compensator is provided and an imaging path with a sensor and a second diopter compensator is provided. The first diopter compensator and the second diopter compensator can be adjusted to provide focus according to a focus index from the focus index optical assembly. | 09-26-2013 |
20140240674 | AUTOMATIC ALIGNMENT OF AN IMAGER - Embodiments of automatically aligning imager are presented. In accordance with some embodiments, an imaging system includes an adjustment stage; an auto-alignment optics mounted on the adjustment stage and coupled to image an object, the auto-alignment optics including at least one video camera providing an image of the object; imaging scanning optics mounted on the adjustment stage and coupled to scan the object; an imager coupled to the imaging scanning optics; and a processor coupled to the adjustment stage and the auto-alignment optics, the processor executing instructions to receive the image of the object and adjust the adjustment stage to align the optics with the imaging scanning optics. | 08-28-2014 |
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20090161675 | MPLS Traffic Engineering for Point-to-Multipoint Label Switched Paths - A method and apparatus for providing point-to-multipoint label switch paths (LSPs) in a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network is described. In one embodiment, a point-to-multipoint LSP is built in a MPLS network by using Resource Reservation Protocol Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) to signal the point-to-multipoint LSP as separate point-to-point LSPs and to merge the separate point-to-point LSPs into the point-to-multipoint LSP. | 06-25-2009 |
20120069844 | MPLS TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FOR POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT LABEL SWITCHED PATHS - A method and apparatus for providing point-to-multipoint label switch paths (LSPs) in a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network is described. In one embodiment, a point-to-multipoint LSP is built in a MPLS network by using Resource Reservation Protocol Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) to signal the point-to-multipoint LSP as separate point-to-point LSPs and to merge the separate point-to-point LSPs into the point-to-multipoint LSP. | 03-22-2012 |
20120218898 | Bandwidth utilization for equal cost multiple paths - In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a packet at an upstream node in communication with a source and in communication with a downstream node through equal cost multiple paths including first and second multi-access networks, the packet transmitted on the first multi-access network and associated with a multicast group, and transmitting from the upstream node a request to the downstream node to join the group on the second multi-access network, if the upstream node is already transmitting data to the group on the second multi-access network, or a bandwidth utilization at the first multi-access network exceeds a specified threshold. An apparatus is also disclosed. | 08-30-2012 |
20140098817 | MPLS TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FOR POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT LABEL SWITCHED PATHS - A source edge router initiates point-to-point (P2P) label switched paths (LSPs) to multiple receiver edge routers, sends one or more PATH messages to one or more nodes downstream of the source edge router for the P2P LSPs, wherein each one of the set of PATH messages includes a same identifier of a point-to-multipoint (P2MP) LSP that includes a session object that contains a tunnel identifier and a P2MP identifier, and receives from each of those nodes downstream of the source edge router, a set of one or more RESV messages, wherein each one of the received RESV messages received from a respective node downstream of the source edge router includes the identifier of the P2MP LSP and a label allocated by that node downstream of the source edge router. | 04-10-2014 |
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20140368498 | Shape Preserving Mesh Simplification - Systems and methods for simplifying a three-dimensional mesh providing a three-dimensional model, such as a three-dimensional model of a cityscape, are provided. In particular, mesh simplification techniques can preserve important structural shapes in the original three-dimensional mesh. Important features in a representation of a city scene or other scene can be represented by structural edges (e.g. building outlines, bridges, curved structures such as curved highway overpasses, etc.). These structural edges can be detected and a representation of the structural edges can be constructed in the mesh. The mesh can then be simplified using the structural edges as high-level simplification criterion such that the structural edges are preserved during simplification. | 12-18-2014 |
20150294477 | Image-Based Bridge Identification and Boundary Detection - Systems and methods for image-based bridge identification and boundary detection are provided. One example method includes determining, by one or more computing devices, a wide bridge mask and a narrow bridge mask based at least in part on a road mask and a water mask. The method includes selecting, by the one or more computing devices, a portion of an image depicting a bridge based at least in part on the wide bridge mask and the narrow bridge mask. The method includes identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a plurality of line features included in the portion of the image depicting the bridge. The method includes determining, by the one or more computing devices, a bridge boundary in the portion of the image based at least in part on the plurality of line features. One example system includes a bridge image extraction module and a bridge boundary determination module. | 10-15-2015 |