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7598878 Method and device for measuring physiological parameters at the wrist  
A wrist-mounted device for measuring at least one physiological parameter of a subject. The present invention enables such a measurement to preferably be transformed into clinically useful...
7593768 Detection of smooth muscle motor activity  
A system and method for determining smooth muscle motor activity in body organs. The system comprises electrodes for recording an analog signal in the subject's body, an analog to digital converter...
7591792 Electromagnetic sensors for biological tissue applications and methods for their use  
Tissue sensors house one or more sensor elements. Each element has a housing mounted substrate and a superstrate with a planar antenna between. A transitional periphery (TP) of a superstrate outer...
7542955 Exercise test interpretation  
A system and method for the efficient implementation of a complex exercise test is disclosed. A rule interpreter synthesizes interpretation statements based upon the processing of collected...
7512449 Medical electrode  
A medical electrode for conducting signals, in particular for conducting signals from the human skin, is built up in at least two layers. A preferably metallic signal conductor can be connected to...
7486988 Method and system for adaptive vision modification  
Methods and systems for modifying or enhancing vision are described. In exemplary embodiments, neural or neuromuscular activity is analyzed to determine a focus or other quality of a visual input,...
7435232 Noninvasive tissue assessment  
Methods and apparatus for non-invasively assessing physiological hard of soft tissue of human and other species are described. In a preferred embodiment, tissue is vibrationally stimulated in vivo...
7423526 Integrated patient diagnostic and identification system  
A small integrated diagnostic and identification system is disclosed that solves several problems associated with current sensory systems. The diagnostic and identification system comprises a...
7383090 Connection for a coiled lead to an electrical contact for an implantable medical device  
High reliability electrical connections between a helical strand and flat electrodes, such as strip electrodes found in implantable neurostimulator systems, are described. The connection consists...
7346389 Dilation enhancer with pre-medicated contact lenses  
A contact lens with a conductive outer shell (one electrode of a two-electrode electrophoresis device) and a preferably soft, preferably disposable contact lens for contacting a patient's eye,...
7340309 Method and apparatus for controlling the depth of percutaneous applications  
Methods and apparatuses for deploying percutaneous probes. An apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a housing and a percutaneous probe having a sharp end and...
7335168 Monitoring system for animal husbandry  
A monitoring system ( 800 ) is operative for receiving sensor signals and analyzing the sensor signals to identify events or conditions of interest, such as colic, with respect to a monitored...
7330751 Heartbeat detection device  
A heartbeat detection device includes a pair of electrode units, a transmitting unit and a receiving unit. The transmitting unit is electrically connected to the paired electrode units each by...
7324841 Sensor arrangeable on the skin  
The invention relates to a sensor ( 42 ) placed on the skin, which can advantageously be integrated in a garment and has a contact layer in contact with the skin containing conductive fibres for...
7299084 Precordial overlay and dual backing assembly  
A precordial overlay and dual backing assembly is expeditiously affixed together in a manner which allows it to be packaged in an unalterable form. When needed to obtain an ECG reading, the...
7286865 EKG recording accessory system (EKG RAS)  
The invention is a precordial pad for positioning EKG electrodes on a patient for anatomically correct and repeatable placement. Data can be transmitted from the EKG pad of the invention by wire or...
7277743 Patient monitoring system  
A patient monitoring system is disclosed. The patient monitoring system includes at least one monitoring cable, a plurality of connecting wires, and a plurality of connectors. The plurality of...
7245956 Unobtrusive measurement system for bioelectric signals  
A system for unobtrusively measuring bioelectric signals developed by an individual includes multiple sensors, one or more of which constitutes a capacitive sensor, embedded into or otherwise...
7223245 Method and apparatus for automatic non-cooperative frequency specific assessment of hearing impairment and fitting of hearing aids  
A method and device for automatically assessing loss of hearing sensitivity and compression (recruitment) with user defined frequency resolution by means of extrapolated DPOAE I/O functions and...
7136693 Method and apparatus for generating a twelve-lead ECG from fewer than ten electrodes  
A method and apparatus for acquiring and processing electrical signals produced by a patient's heart. The apparatus includes fewer than ten electrodes for attachment to the patient. Each electrode...
7089048 Biological signal transmission apparatus  
An electrode 4 for detecting a biological signal and a loop antenna 3 are integrally mounted on a support 2 placed on the surface of a living body and a transmitter 5 is placed on the...
7072721 Electrode vest for electrical stimulation of the abdomen and back  
A vest for providing electrical stimulation is disclosed. The vest includes front and rear sections and a controller. Left front and right front electrodes are provided on interior surfaces of the...
7058438 Method and apparatus for self-diagnostic evaluation of nerve sensory latency  
A portable apparatus which allows a user to perform self-diagnostic evaluation of nerve sensory latency between a pair of epidermal locations proximal to nerve conduction paths. The device provides...
7054681 Device and method for carrying out spatially directed detection of an electroencephalogram  
A method and arrangement for acquiring an electroencephalogram (EEG) are disclosed. A first set of electrodes is arranged to sense cortical signals generated primarily in a region of interest...
6973343 Right side universal electrocardiogram sensor positioning mask and method  
A universal and reversible disposable ECG sensor positioning mask and method for use with electrocardiogram diagnostic equipment for left and right chest ECGs in which the mask has at least nine...
RE38879 Extravasation detection technique  
The technique for detecting extravasation during the injection of fluid into a patient involves the establishment of a baseline representing impedance at the zone of the injection prior to the...
6892086 Medical electrode for preventing the passage of harmful current to a patient  
A medical electrode designed to prevent the passage of harmful electric current to a patient, thereby preventing tissue damage and electrocution. In the preferred embodiment, the inventive medical...
RE38695 Extravasation detection electrode patch  
A medical extravasation device has an electrode patch that can attach to the skin for sensing electrical information. Tissue impedance is calculated from the electrode patch signals. The patch has...
6847836 Emergency ECG electrode chest pad  
An ECG electrode chest pad particularly adapted for use in emergency room situations having upper fit portions with upper limb electrodes, and elongated central or medial base fit portion with a...
6823212 Method and apparatus for measuring properties of a target surface  
A method for measuring the barrier properties of naturally occurring tissue, such as the skin. The method comprises the steps of providing a probe having a pair of spaced apart electrodes in...
6802839 Apparatus and method for shielding tissue during tumor ablation  
The present invention provides methods, systems, and kits for protecting body tissues which are adjacent to tissues undergoing thermal treatment. The methods, systems, and kits are useful for...
6775566 Electrode structure and heart rate measuring arrangement  
The invention relates to an electrode structure and a heart rate measuring arrangement for measuring an ECG signal on the skin of a person's chest. The electrode structure ( 100 ) comprises a...
6757556 Electrode sensor  
The present invention involves an electrode sensor attachable to a substrate for sensing electrical activity of a patient. The electrode sensor comprises an elongated conductive body having first...
6751493 Universal electrocardiogram sensor positioning mask with repositionable sensors and method for employing same  
A universal disposable ECG sensor positioning device and method for use with electrocardiogram diagnostic equipment in which the mask has six sensors, two of which are movable, to provide four...
6748256 Physiological-signal-analysis device having a plurality of electrode leads  
A physiological-signal-analysis device including a lead set connected to a central unit. The lead set includes a plurality of electrodes connectable to a patient. Each electrode has a...
6673852 Conductive composition for biological electrode  
A conductive composition for a biological electrode is capable of reducing the impedance between the electrode and the skin. A conductive gel composition for a biological electrode which is capable...
6640119 Method for orienting an electrode array  
A mapping catheter is positioned in a heart chamber, and active electrode sites are activated to impose an electric field within the chamber. The blood volume and wall motion modulates the electric...
6636761 Method and apparatus for generating a twelve-lead ECG from fewer than ten electrodes  
A method and apparatus for acquiring and processing electrical signals produced by a patient's heart. The apparatus includes fewer than ten electrodes for attachment to the patient. Each electrode...
6636754 Apparatus and method for determining cardiac output in a living subject  
An improved apparatus and method for determining the cardiac output of a living subject. The improved apparatus generally comprises one or more electrode assemblies or patches affixed to the skin...
6610012 System and method for remote pregnancy monitoring  
A system and method for remote pregnancy monitoring of a pregnant woman is provided. The system includes an ultrasound transducer positioned on a pregnant woman having a processor, a transmitter...
6600942 Screen  
The invention relates to a screen ( 300 ), which is particularly intended for a functional unit measuring heart rate from a user's chest. Electrodes ( 304 ) of the functional unit and preferably...
6567680 Disposable electro-cardiogram transmitter device and electrode node placement facilitator  
Disposable electro-cardiogram (ECG) transmitter device and a facilitator for proper placement of electro-cardiogram electrode nodes on a body, such as a human body. The device includes a substrate,...
6560473 Disposable ECG chest electrode template with built-in defibrillation electrodes  
A disposal ECG Chest Electrode Template with built-in defibrillation electrodes has a location tab so that the template can be easily, quickly and correctly placed on the patient's chest during...
6553246 Universal electrocardiogram sensor positioning device and method for four sizes including extra large  
A universal disposable ECG sensor positioning device and method for use with electrocardiogram diagnostic equipment in which the mask has ten sensors, six of which can be used at any one time to...
6553245 Method and apparatus for self-diagnostic evaluation of nerve sensory latency  
A portable apparatus which allows a user to perform self-diagnostic evaluation of nerve sensory latency between a pair of epidermal locations proximal to nerve conduction paths. The device provides...
6532379 Bio-electic interface adapter with twelve-lead ECG capability and provision for defibrillation  
Disclosed is a bio-electic interface adapter with at least two large area defibrilation electrodes and sufficient smaller precordial electrodes present therein to allow standard twelve lead ECG...
6445940 Ceramic single-plate capacitor EEG electrode  
A dry electrode, which is a single-plate capacitor, is particularly adapted to be placed on a patient's scalp to detect brain waves in an EEG system. The electrode comprises a metal disk sandwiched...
6434414 Method and device for suppressing stimulations in a subject undergoing a magnetic resonance scan  
In a method and a device for suppressing stimulations in a living examination subject as a result of switched gradients during data scans for producing magnetic resonance images, at least two...
6419636 System for thermometry-based breast assessment including cancer risk  
A system for thermometry-based breast assessment has an analog electronic sensor and an adjustable mechanical harness. In order to sample breast surface temperature, and to collect, store, and...
6415169 Multiple electrode assembly with extendible electrodes and methods of fabrication and application  
A flexible multiple electrode assembly includes at least one fixed electrode; at least one extendible electrode; and electrically conductive interconnections coupling the at least one fixed...
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