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US20110082386 REPLACEMENT ADHESIVE UNIT FOR EAR COUPLERS  
A replacement adhesive unit for optimizing adhesion to a disposable ear coupler and an ear of an infant comprises at least one adhesive layer that can be attached to a skin side flange of the...
US20110009769 APPARATUS FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION ON THE SKIN SENSITIVITY OF A FINGER OF A PATIENT  
The apparatus (2) for early diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome, of the type comprising: receiving means which define a receiving zone (8) for receiving a patient's finger,means for measuring the...
US20120214140 Feedback Systems and Methods for Communicating Diagnostic and/or Treatment Signals to Enhance Obesity Treatments  
Feedback systems and methods communicate implanted sensor-based feedback signals to promote behavior modifications that ameliorate obesity and other eating disorders. The system and methods...
US20110087076 FEEDBACK SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING DIAGNOSTIC AND/OR TREATMENT SIGNALS TO ENHANCE OBESITY TREATMENTS  
Feedback systems and methods communicate implanted sensor-based feedback signals to promote behavior modifications that ameliorate obesity and other eating disorders. The system and methods...
US20110309242 Radiation-activated Fiducial Markers for Organ Tracking  
A system may include transmission of an activation beam to one or more non-radioactive elements disposed in a patient volume, wherein the elements become radioactive in response to the activation...
US20100331612 MINIMALLY INVASIVE TISSUE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH A SUPERIOR TISSUE SUPPORT AND AN INFERIOR ANCHOR  
Described are methods and apparatus for use in supporting tissue in a patient's body. In some embodiments, the patient's breast or another tissue is supported. One method involves introducing a...
US20110295094 Retinopathy Of Prematurity Determination And Alarm System  
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to determining a likelihood of possible retinopathy of prematurity and alerting a caregiver of such likelihood. According to certain embodiments, an...
US20120041282 DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING CONDITION OF SKIN, SCALP AND HAIR  
An apparatus, method and computer program product for evaluating a user's skin, scalp and hair condition utilizes skin, scalp or hair analysis transducers whose analog output is converted into an...
US20110087067 INTERNAL RETRACTOR SYSTEMS  
A retractor system is provided having an anchor coupled to soft tissue and a surgical mesh configured to suspend tissue and/or organs. An adjuster is also provided and coupled to the anchor....
US20110066002 PANDEMIC DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTION TOOL FOR EMERGENCY DISPATCH  
A system and method to assist an emergency medical dispatcher in responding to emergency calls. A computer implemented emergency medical dispatch protocol includes interrogatories for a dispatcher...
US20130096442 MEDICAL EVENT LOGBOOK SYSTEM AND METHOD  
An event-based approach to collecting and organizing information associated with events affecting respiration is presented. The detection or prediction of an event affecting the respiration of a...
US20130090547 Combined Imaging Modalities for Radiation Treatment Planning  
A system includes acquisition of a first three-dimensional image of a patient volume using a magnetic resonance imaging scanner, acquisition of a second three-dimensional image of the patient...
US20120108945 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT SELECTION IN TREATING SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING  
A system and method provides for determining patient eligibility for receiving an implantable upper airway stimulation system. Images and sensed data are obtained regarding an upper airway of a...
US20120108979 IMAGING CATHETER WITH ROTATABLE ARRAY  
An imaging catheter is provided having a distal end portion selectively rotatable relative to a catheter body. A transducer array is supported by the distal end portion so that a corresponding...
US20120108920 ADHERENT DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS  
An adherent device to monitor a patient for an extended period comprises a breathable tape. The breathable tape comprises a porous material with an adhesive coating to adhere the breathable tape to...
US20110137127 Dual screen intubation system  
A system and method are disclosed for using a laryngoscope blade with a camera and an endotracheal intubation device with a camera to enable simultaneous viewing of images from the two cameras on a...
US20120053457 Multi-Dose Medical Fluid Injection System Having Patient-Specific Tubing Set with Use Indicator  
A single-use, single-patient, or patient-specific tubing set (300) is disclosed. The tubing set (300) includes at least one check valve (304), along with a use indicator (320). This use indicator...
US20110270122 MINIMALLY INVASIVE ALLERGY TESTING SYSTEM  
An allergy testing system includes encapsulated allergens, a microneedle array, and an activation system coupled to the microneedle array and the encapsulated allergens such that the encapsulated...
US20100298733 Method and System for Heart Failure Status Evaluation Based on a Disordered Breathing Index  
An evaluation of heart failure status is provided based on a disordered breathing index. Patient respiration is sensed and a respiration signal is generated. Disordered breathing episodes are...
US20130060159 HEARING SCREENING APPLICATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES  
A computer-implemented method is provided for conducting a hearing assessment of a patient. The method includes: presenting a plurality of objects on a display of a computing device, where each...
US20110282240 MODIFIED BIOPSY DEVICE  
A biopsy syringe for excising tissue from skin and hair comprising a syringe for numbing the area to be excised coupled to a sleeve mounted on said syringe with a blade attached to distal edge of...
US20100185102 MOVEMENT DETECTION DURING RADIATION TREATMENT USING A RADAR SYSTEM  
The present embodiments relate to irradiating a patient with an irradiation source directed onto the patient, as well as with a radar system for detecting the position of the patient or a part of...
US20120296210 WIRELESS NETWORK HAVING PORTABLE ULTRASOUND DEVICES  
A patient monitoring system has one or more ultrasound devices that monitor patients. The ultrasound devices can communicate to a central station by way of a wireless data communication network....
US20130023729 AIRWAY CLEANING AND VISUALIZATION  
Systems, methods, and devices for facilitating insertion of an endotracheal tube and/or for verifying the position of the endotracheal tube within an airway of a patient with respect to an...
US20110160577 LIGHT MARKER FOR INDWELT USE IN PATIENTS BODY AND FOR IDENTIFICATION OF LESIONS INSIDE PATIENTS TUBULAR ORGAN USING THE LIGHT MARKER  
A lesion identification system for surgical operations has a light marker adapted for placement in the vicinity of a lesion inside an organ of an organism, and a location-identifying device...
US20130085376 MEDICAL IMAGING METHOD AND A SYSTEM TO SYNCHRONIZE A BREATHING COMMAND WITH THE PATIENT'S BREATHING CYCLE  
In a medical imaging method to synchronize a breathing command with a breathing cycle of a patient breathing parameters of a breathing cycle of the patient are detected, a reconstructed breathing...
US20110301494 EAR COUPLER  
An ear coupler includes a dome-shape member having a wall, a flange extending from the wall and circumscribing at least a part of the member, and an opening in the wall of the member. An ear...
US20130072790 SELECTION AND OPTIMIZATION FOR CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY  
Systems and methods for imaging and analyzing a patient heart are described. Imaging can be performed with a variety or combination of methods, including single photon emission computed tomography,...
US20120088984 MEGNETIC ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR PATIENT MONITORS  
The present disclosure relates to an electrical connector for providing signal isolation between various components of a physiological monitoring system. In an embodiment, the electrical connector...
US20120101340 Dolphin Blade/Peri-laryngoscope  
A laryngoscope may be a device to view the vocal chords of a patient and may include a channel wall to define a channel, an input port to the channel being connected to the channel wall to allow a...
US20110082370 ENDOSCOPIC FASCIA TUNNELING  
Medical systems and methods are provided for accessing a bodily cavity, such as the peritoneal cavity or the thoracic cavity, and for supporting diagnoses or procedures within or adjacent to such...
US20120035455 Initiating a Scan in a Medical Imaging System  
A method of initiating a scan in a medical imaging device includes detecting a patient-ready signal from a magnetically and radiographically inert communication device and automatically initiating...
US20130085380 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLANNING IMAGE GUIDED INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES  
In some embodiments, a planning station can receive image data associated with an image(s) of an area of interest within a body of a patient and display the image(s) on a display device. A user can...
US20130072784 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLANNING IMAGE-GUIDED INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES  
In some embodiments, a planning station can receive image data associated with an image(s) of an area of interest within a body of a patient and display the image(s) on a display device. A user can...
US20120232407 SMART PEDICLE TOOL  
Various methods and devices are provided for navigating through bone. In one embodiment, a bone navigation device is provided and includes a bone penetrating member configured to be implanted in...
US20110245632 Medical Diagnosis Using Biometric Sensor Protocols Based on Medical Examination Attributes and Monitored Data  
A method comprises obtaining, by a computer, patient information associated with a patient and operator information associated with one or more biometric sensors; determining, by the computer, a...
US20120095320 MRI T1 Image-guided tissue diagnostics  
An MR image especially useful for computer-guided diagnostics uses at least one programmed computer to acquire an MR-image of T1 values for a patient volume containing at least one predetermined...
US20130012828 Method and System for Measuring Nasal Resistance to Airflow  
Determining nasal resistance. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: applying negative pressure to a patient's mouth and thereby creating airflow that flows in a first...
US20100312076 POP BOX METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING RISK OF PRESSURE RELATED SKIN INJURY AND DETERMINING A RECOMMENDED TREATMENT THEREOF  
A system or method for assessing a patient for pressure related skin injury risk and recommended treatment including measuring extrinsic and intrinsic skin pressure of the patient and assigning a...
US20110137194 RR INTERVAL BASED BEAT REJECTION FOR A CARDIAC MONITOR  
Disclosed is a system for the detection of cardiac events (a guardian system) that includes an implanted device called a cardiosaver, a physician's programmer and an external alarm system. The...
US20110034811 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SLEEP/WAKE CONDITION ESTIMATION  
Insomnia is a prevalent sleep disturbance in the general population. As standard diagnostic method for assessing the nature and the severity of the sleep problem, a so-called sleep log or sleep...
US20110213194 Means and method for applying magnetic pulses to prevent the occurrence of neurological disorders  
The present invention is a magnetic pulser that is portable and operated by the patient for the treatment of disorders of the brain or other human organs, the magnetic pulser being designed to...
US20130079616 DETECTING AND TREATING NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS  
Some embodiments of a mapping device may be capable of passing through cerebral veins and other cerebrovascular spaces to provide electrophysiological mapping of the brain. These embodiments of the...
US20120220890 DETECTING AND TREATING NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS  
Some embodiments of a mapping device may be capable of passing through cerebral veins and other cerebrovascular spaces to provide electrophysiological mapping of the brain. These embodiments of the...
US20120289765 PORTABLE AND MODULAR TRANSPORTATION UNIT WITH IMPROVED TRANSPORT CAPABILITIES  
A medical device, such as an intra-aortic balloon pump or carrier with an extendable wheel track and handle configured to be removably carried and integrated with a cart. The wheel track is...
US20120215059 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING A MEDICAL IMPLANT TO AN ANATOMICAL LOCATION IN A PATIENT  
Medical implant delivery devices and systems are disclosed. In general, an exemplary delivery device comprises a shaft and a handle. An exemplary system includes any number of the following: a...
US20110040201 Periodic Disordered Breathing Detection  
Systems and methods are directed to evaluating breathing disorders, such as periodic disordered breathing. A signal representative of patient respiration is developed, typically patient-internally....
US20120136224 Combining Predictive Capabilities of Transcranial Doppler (TCD) with Electrocardiogram (ECG) to Predict Hemorrhagic Shock  
A real-time decision-support system predicts hemorrhagic shock of a patient by analysis of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals and transcranial Doppler (TCD) signals from the patient. These signals are...
US20120004518 TECHNIQUES FOR COMPENSATING MOVEMENT OF A TREATMENT TARGET IN A PATIENT  
One embodiment includes a method of predicting a position of a target site inside a body using surrogates is provided. The method includes transforming surrogate measurements and target positions...
US20120190949 ALARM SYSTEM THAT PROCESSES BOTH MOTION AND VITAL SIGNS USING SPECIFIC HEURISTIC RULES AND THRESHOLDS  
The invention provides a body-worn monitor that measures a patient's vital signs (e.g. blood pressure, SpO2, heart rate, respiratory rate, and temperature) while simultaneously characterizing their...