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7630747 Apparatus for ascertaining blood characteristics and probe for use therewith  
An apparatus for use with a patient having a vessel carrying blood to ascertain characteristics of the blood. The apparatus includes a display module and a probe having a distal extremity adapted...
7620454 Gastro-electric stimulation for reducing the acidity of gastric secretions or reducing the amounts thereof  
A gastro-electric stimulation system includes an INS for producing an electrical stimulation signal, at least one medical electrical lead, and at least two electrical contacts. The medical...
7616979 Uterine tissue monitoring device and method  
The invention provides a devices, methods and systems to measure and record uterine tissue environment components such as pH during the course of uterine artery occlusion. The uterus becomes...
7610157 Apparatus and method for fully automated closed system pH measurement  
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for a noninvasive optical determination of the pH of a substance in a compartment in a closed system comprising a compartment wherein a...
7359743 System for monitoring and calculating integrated tissue pH  
A system for monitoring tissue pH calculates and displays integrated pH values over one or more user-selectable integration time periods. The values can be displayed in a numerical and/or graphical...
7333844 Uterine tissue monitoring device and method  
The invention provides a devices, methods and systems to measure and record uterine tissue environment components such as pH during the course of uterine artery occlusion. The uterus becomes...
7317937 Method and apparatus for monitoring cerebral physiology  
A method and apparatus for predicting the outcome of head injury trauma by monitoring cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) characteristics, preferably by monitoring the pH of CSF. The apparatus includes a...
7231242 Method for measuring blood urea level by reverse iontophoresis  
A method for measuring and determining urea level in human blood by reverse iontophoresis comprising the following steps of: placing an anode electrode on skin, placing a container...
7206624 Hydration monitoring circuitry for pH sensors  
The present invention pertains to an apparatus for evaluating the signal strength from the pH sensor to determine whether the sensor is hydrated sufficiently to accurately measure pH. This is...
7155269 Stress evaluation apparatus  
A stress evaluation apparatus includes an impedance measuring unit for measuring an impedance of a fluid discharged from a living body; a temperature measuring unit for measuring a temperature of...
7141016 Systems and methods for monitoring gastrointestinal system  
In general, the invention is directed to systems and methods for monitoring the gastrointestinal system of a patient. In one embodiment, the invention includes techniques for monitoring the...
7062308 Remote physiological monitoring with the reticulum of livestock  
A system for monitoring physiological parameters within the stomachs of ruminant animals and including two primary interdependent components. Both components are linked by radio frequency...
6999809 Central venous catheter having a soft tip and fiber optics  
A multiple lumen catheter having a soft, tapered multiple lumen distal tip for insertion into a body vessel. One of the lumens is sized to pass over a guidewire such that the catheter can be...
6997880 Waveform interpreter for respiratory analysis  
A capnograph which performs an analysis of the breath waveforms measured by the carbon dioxide sensor, interprets the results of this analysis, and outputs to the operator diagnostic information...
6982360 Pantyliner for women, in particular for pregnant women  
The invention relates to a pantyliner, in particular for pregnant women, with a liquid-impermeable lower layer and a liquid-permeable covering layer, where a test insert ( 3 ) provided with a test...
6835175 Medical devices for contemporaneous decision support in metabolic control  
The invention addresses hardware and software products capable to make contemporaneous accurate predictions regarding how a person's biological system will respond to a serious of stimuli. The...
6694161 Apparatus and method for monitoring rumen pH  
The present invention provides for an apparatus and a method for monitoring, in vivo, the ruminal pH of an animal. The apparatus has an external aspect at the outside of the animal, an indwelling...
6368272 Equipment and method for contemporaneous decision supporting metabolic control  
The invention addresses hardware and software products capable to make contemporaneous accurate predictions regarding how a person's biological system will respond to a series of stimuli. The...
6363271 Amniotic fluid alerting device  
A device for implantation on the cervix of a pregnant female that provides a means by which a female patient or her health caregiver is notified of the rupture of membranes by the release of...
6285897 Remote physiological monitoring system  
Disclosed is an ambulatory system for detecting, recording, and analyzing gastroesophageal reflux or intraesophageal pressure. The system includes an implantable sensor and radiofrequency...
6245013 Ambulatory recorder having synchronized communication between two processors  
An ambulatory recording system for medical and especially diagnostic purposes is described having synchronized communication between two processors. The recorder features two processors which are...
6198954 Urine sugar detecting device and method of fabricating the same  
A urine sugar detecting device including (a) a urine sugar sensor including a contact electrode and a cover film covering the contact electrode therewith, (b) a cartridge encasing the urine sugar...
6154668 Ambulatory recorder having a real time and non-real time processors  
An ambulatory recorder having real time non-real time processors is described. The real time processor handles sampling functions while the non real time processor handles other functions, such as...
6141574 Ambulatory recorder having sliding period switches  
An ambulatory data recorder having a slidable patient activity period switch. The slidable patient activity period switch permits the patient to slide the switch from a first position to a second...
6128520 Ambulatory recorder having volatile and non-volatile memories  
An ambulatory recorder having a volatile and a non-volatile memory is described. The recorder actively manages the transfer of the data in the volatile to the non-volatile memory. In particular,...
6125293 Method for determining the pH in the mucosa of the stomach or the gastrointestinal tract  
The carbon dioxide tension in the wall of the stomach or gastrointestinal tract is determined by inserting into the stomach a semipermeable balloon filled with a saline solution. The result...
6119029 Ambulatory recorder having splash resistant sensor ports  
An ambulatory device having a case with an integral splash cover about the area of the catheter input ports is described. Moreover, the ports are angled such that when the device is carried in its...
6115622 Ambulatory recorder having enhanced sampling technique  
An ambulatory recorder which features an enhance technique for sampling. The ambulatory recorder has a programmable number of channels, each channel having a programmable sampling frequency rate....
6108571 Ambulatory recorder having a communication watchdog between two processors  
An ambulatory recording system, for medical and especially diagnostic purposes, is described having a communication watchdog between two processors. The two processors may be of differing types....
6077223 Ambulatory recorder having control screen to present dual interface for dual users  
An ambulatory data recorder having a selectable device control interface. The selectable device control interface permitting a selection to be made between a first device control interface, in...
6010453 Tonometric catheter combination  
A tonometric device for use in hollow viscus tonometry and remote sensing of patient fluid parameters is disclosed. The device is capable of monitoring certain critical fluid properties of...
5957839 Apparatus and method for continuous monitoring of tissue gas composition and pH using recirculating gas tonometry  
A tonometry catheter apparatus comprises an elongate, flexible, multilumen tube having a proximal end to be positioned outside the human body and a distal end to be positioned within a portion of...
5921922 Measuring of bloodgases  
A method and an equipment for determining components, particularly pH, pO 2 and pCO 2 in blood. In order to facilitate the determination of blood gases, one sensor is used for measurement of...
5848965 Method and a system for the determination of pH and other fluid parameters utilizing a metal monocrystalline electrode  
A method and system for the determination of the pH of a fluid by measuring the pH of the fluid and thereafter correcting the pH based upon the determination of measured and/or adjusted values of...
5820548 Apparatus for treating malignant tissue changes  
An apparatus 1 serves for treating tumors in particular. This apparatus has, for example, a sensor-actuator head 3 with at least one sensor 10 for determining the acidification of the immediate...
5728281 Implantable medical device including an arrangement for measuring a blood property having a carbon reference electrode  
An implantable medical device for in vivo electrochemical measurements of blood properties, such as measurements of, inter alia, oxygen pressure, glucose and pH, avoids the problem with the...
5556760 Method for assaying urease  
A method for assaying an enzyme on a targeted solid body surface, including the steps of contacting an end opening of a thin tube with a targeted solid body surface to form a space between the...
5508509 Sensing elements and methods for uniformly making individual sensing elements  
Sensing elements, useful in sensing the concentration of a gas, e.g., carbon dioxide, in a medium, e.g. blood, and methods for making such sensing elements are disclosed. In one embodiment, the...
5505828 Calibration solutions useful for analysis of biological fluids and methods employing same  
Novel calibration solutions are provided which are useful, for example, with sensor assemblies used for analysis of CO 2 , and optionally, for concurrent analysis of O 2 , especially in combination...
5438984 Apparatus and method for the collection of analytes on a dermal patch  
The invention is an improved method and apparatus for collecting analytes on a dermal patch, where the patch controls the ionization state of the analyte. This can be accomplished by delivering...
5411022 Continuous pH monitoring system and method of using same  
A continuous pH monitoring system and method of using it, includes a catheter assembly having a flexible compressible multipassagewayed tube, an anchor assembly connected to the tube to secure it...
5408999 Fiber-optic probe for the measurement of fluid parameters  
A fiber optic sensor suitable for measuring and monitoring fluid parameters, e.g. blood parameters such as carbon dioxide and oxygen partial pressure and hydrogen ion concentration ( pH ). Analyte...
5341803 Apparatus and method for monitoring gastric fluid pH  
A device and method for monitoring the pH value of the aspirated gastric fluid of a patient includes a monitor, a sensor assembly engageable with the monitor, and a collecting reservoir engageable...
5338435 Integrated circuit hydrated sensor apparatus  
A plastic covered nonconducting substrate with an electrical circuit means is secured to the extent to withstand the presence of liquids in contact with the substrate. The covered substrate can...
5284570 Fluid sample analyte collector and calibration assembly  
A fluid sample collector, sensing, and calibration device contains a collector like a syringe, with one or more analyte sensors, and a calibrator for calibrating the sensor. These can be...
5184618 Blood gas parameter measuring system  
A system for invasive measuring of blood gas parameters, such as pH, pO 2 or pCO 2 , or for measuring other parameters influencing the time constant of the excited state of a fluorescent dye,...
5176882 Dual fiberoptic cell for multiple serum measurements  
An optical fiber is used in conjunction with a sensor capable of sensing more than one analyte. A first fiber optic sensor cell is used for measuring any combination of ionic species and a second...
5158083 Miniature pCO.sub.2 probe for in vivo biomedical applications  
The pCO 2 probe has a miniaturized glass bulb pH sensor concentrically arranged in a flexible, noncollapsible hollow tube. A silicone end cap is expanded in a freon solvent and placed over the end...
5117827 Apparatus and method for ambulatory reflux monitoring  
A system and method for monitoring gastric acid reflux in a patient are described. A system constructed in accordance with the present invention comprises a combination probe including a flexible...
5115811 Temperature measurement and compensation in a fiber-optic sensor  
A fiber-optic sensor for measuring a parameter of a test fluid, including a chemical sensor, incorporating a dye composition which displays changes in its optical properties correlated to changes...
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