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7103406 Method of correcting for phase error induced by a down sampling routine  
A method and apparatus of correcting a data signal sampled at a first rate to a data signal displayed on a video monitor at a second rate is claimed. A data signal is received at a first rate. The...
7101338 Sphygmomanometer with three-dimensional positioning function  
The present invention discloses a sphygmomanometer having 3D positioning function, which comprises a microprocessor chip which is coupled individually to a microprocessor chip which is coupled...
7097621 Filter for use with pulse-wave sensor and pulse wave analyzing apparatus  
A pulse wave analyzing apparatus including a cuff 12 for detecting a pulse wave from a living subject, a pressure sensor 16 for converting the pulse wave detected by the cuff 12 , into an...
7090644 Device for determining a characteristic point in the cardiac cycle  
The present invention relates to a device for determining a characteristic point in the cardiac cycle that comprises means for calculating the curve of the blood flow rate D(t) in the aorta from...
7087025 Blood pressure determination based on delay times between points on a heartbeat pulse  
Blood pressure determination with resolution sufficient to resolve Pulsus Paradoxus is based on measurement of delay time between points on a heartbeat pulse.
7083573 Cuff of wrist-mount blood pressure monitor  
A cuff of a wrist-mount blood pressure monitor includes an inflatable bag to which a predetermined quantity of fluid is supplied in order to press predetermined artery of a wrist, and a fixing...
7079036 Method and apparatus for alarm volume control using pulse width modulation  
There is provided herein a first preferred arrangement of the instant invention, wherein an electronic patient monitor utilizes a computer CPU as an alarm signal generator, which CPU is preferably...
7074190 Non-invasive apparatus system for monitoring drug hepatoxicity and uses thereof  
The invention relates to a non-invasive apparatus system for monitoring drug hepatotoxicity, and its uses in monitoring drug-induced hepatotoxicity and abnormal liver function.
7066890 Combined computer mouse and blood pressure sphygmomanometer  
A sphygmomanometer cuff assembly, air pump, pressure sensor and release valve are contained in an otherwise conventional computer mouse controller. Three alternative embodiments are illustrated and...
7060038 Device for delivering a sensor to the endovascular system and method of use  
A delivery system for delivering a sensor to a body cavity includes a catheter and sheath slidably or rotatably coupled to the catheter. The sheath may be retractable and peelable. The delivery...
7056291 Arteriosclerosis evaluating apparatus  
An arteriosclerosis evaluating apparatus 10 includes an arteriosclerosis evaluating procedure 46 (Steps S 7 , S 8 , S 9 , and S 10 ) that evaluates arteriosclerosis of a living subject, based...
7056292 System and method of monitoring systolic pressure variation  
System and method of monitoring a patient including acquiring a respiration waveform and an arterial pressure waveform and determining a window on the respiration waveform that represents end...
7052465 Noninvasive blood pressure monitor having automatic high motion tolerance  
The noninvasive measurement of a patient's blood pressure is achieved automatically in high motion situations by using a dual signal channel pressure sensor in a method and system that acquires...
7051120 Healthcare personal area identification network method and system  
A system, method, apparatus, and computer program code for delivering a treatment includes generating a personal area network associated with a patient, said personal area network transmitting a...
7044916 Technique to confirm correct positioning of arterial wall sealing device  
Methods and systems related to sealing punctures in blood vessels (such as following an angio or PTCA procedure) are disclosed. The position of a distal end of an introducer assembly in tissue is...
7044917 Method and apparatus for measuring pulsus paradoxus  
A method and apparatus are disclosed of utilizing a source of arterial and/or arteriolar pulse waveform data from a patient for the purpose of measuring pulsus paradoxus. The arterial pulse...
7041060 Rapid non-invasive blood pressure measuring device  
A measurement device for generating an arterial volume-indicative signal includes an exciter and a detector. The exciter is adapted to receive an oscillating signal and generate a pressure wave...
7029447 Measuring blood pressure  
The present invention concerns a method and a system for measuring non-invasively a blood pressure of a patient. The method comprises the steps of: determining ( 1603 ) a mechanical heart beat...
7029449 Arteriosclerosis inspecting apparatus  
An arteriosclerosis inspecting apparatus including an information obtaining device which obtains information that is related to a velocity at which a pulse wave propagates in a living subject, a...
7025727 Pressure measurement device  
A device measures pressures in animals and humans and includes a pressure transmission catheter (PTC) filled with a pressure transmitting medium and implantable in an area in having a physiological...
7025718 Method and device for correcting in-vivo sensor drift  
A method and device for reducing signal drift on a balloon catheter mounted pressure sensor by adjusting for signal gain and/or zero offset, and by separately calibrating the constant signal...
7024367 Biometric measuring system with detachable announcement device  
A measuring system according to the present invention includes a biosensor 2 , and a measuring device 1 capable of assaying a specified component in a biological sample applied to the sensor 2...
7022084 Heart-sound detecting apparatus and heart-sound detecting method  
An apparatus for detecting a heart sound of a living subject, including a pressure-pulse-wave sensor which is adapted to be worn on a body portion of the subject that is distant from a chest of the...
7018335 Blood pressure monitor and cardiovascular disease risk analyzing program  
A blood pressure monitor associates information representing measuring time input from a clock with measured blood pressure values so as to store them in a memory. Blood pressure values measured in...
7014624 Direct central nervous system catheter and temperature control system  
A central nervous system (CNS) catheter assembly adapted for use as a ventriculostomy catheter and a spinal catheter includes a catheter body defining at least one lumen therethrough having a drug...
7004907 Blood-pressure monitoring device featuring a calibration-based analysis  
A monitoring device ( 10 ), method and system are disclosed herein. The monitoring device ( 10 ) utilizes a vital sign monitor ( 16 ) to determine a plurality of vital signs of the user. The vital...
6997877 Method for the measurement of post arteriolar pressure  
A method for the measurement of post arteriolar pressure in a patient which is determined from information regarding the blood pressure (BP), systemic vascular resistance (R) and cardiac output...
6997878 Cuff for blood pressure monitor  
The invention provides a variety of cuff design for blood pressure monitor, which assures an easy and firm fitting to an arm of a patient. Specifically, the curled elastic member of the cuff is...
6996262 Method and apparatus of scoring an arterial obstruction  
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus of scoring an arterial obstruction. The present invention includes identifying a particular group of pixels corresponding to a calcified...
6986741 Method for measurement of systolic and diastolic time intervals  
A method and apparatus for determining cardiac time intervals that can measure physiological data noninvasively. Arterial pulse values are measured either invasively or noninvasively, from which...
6986349 Systems and methods for enhancing blood circulation  
A method for increasing circulation in a breathing person utilizes a valve system that is interfaced to the person's airway and is configured to decrease or prevent respiratory gas flow to the...
6986743 Electronic blood pressure monitor  
At the time of measuring a blood pressure, when an MPU controls a pressure in a cuff, detects a pulse wave generated due to pressurizing of a cuff pressure via a band-pass filter or the like,...
6976963 Apparatus and method for precision vital signs determination  
Apparatus and techniques are provided for precise measuring and monitoring of certain vital signs of patients that have been difficult to measure especially in emergency situations. Sensor may be...
6974418 Automatic calibration of blood volume status indicators  
In a method for calibrating an indicator of the status of blood volume in a patient breathing with the aid of a mechanical ventilator, blood pressure data is obtained from the patient and used to...
6974419 Method and apparatus for control of non-invasive parameter measurements  
Improved methods and apparatus for non-invasively assessing one or more parameters associated with fluidic systems such as the circulatory system of a living organism. In a first aspect, an...
6969355 Arteriostenosis diagnosing apparatus  
An arteriostenosis diagnosing apparatus which measures an ankle blood pressure at an ankle 12 of a patient and a brachium blood pressure at a brachium 14 , so that the measured ankle and...
6969356 Inflatable cuff for blood pressure measurement  
An inflatable cuff for blood pressure measurement includes a first inflatable bag which is inflatable to press an arterial vessel of a body portion of a living subject and stop flow of blood in the...
6966879 Noninvasive continuous blood pressure measuring apparatus and a method of noninvasively measuring continuous blood pressure  
One of pairs of an exciter and a sensor is selected in accordance with the detection signal which is derived from an exciter waveform induced in an artery transmitted therethrough. The pairs of...
6953435 Biological data observation apparatus  
A biological data observation apparatus includes a measuring unit including at least a photoelectric sensor including a light emitting element for emitting light with a predetermined wavelength...
6945934 System and method for determining a reference baseline record for use in automated patient care  
A system and method for determining a reference baseline record for use in automated patient care. One or more physiological measures are retrieved. Each of the measures relates to individual...
6942622 Method for monitoring autonomic tone  
A method for monitoring the progression of the hemodynamic status of a patient by tracking autonomic tone. For example, the method may be applied to patients suffering from heart failure, diabetic...
6932772 Noninvasive blood pressure measuring method and apparatus  
A method and a device for non-invasive blood pressure measurement wherein the angle between the hand and the wrist, and the turning angle of the wrist relative to the middle part of the forearm,...
6932773 Wrist type blood pressure meter cuff  
Provide is a wrist type blood pressure meter cuff not oppressing the non-selected artery so as to prevent its pulse waves from mixing into pulse waves of the selected artery necessary for...
6929610 Non-invasive measurement of blood pressure  
By a method to measure the blood pressure of a patient, a series of measurements for the diastolic, the systolic blood pressure and for the pulse rate are made. The results are analysed in order to...
6926674 Combined pressure-volume sensor and guide wire assembly  
The invention relates to a sensor and guide wire assembly including a pressure sensor having a plurality of terminals, the sensor being mounted in the distal end region of a core wire. It also...
6923769 Method and apparatus for monitoring biological abnormality and blood pressure  
In a clinical and physiological abnormality monitoring apparatus, and blood pressure monitoring apparatus detects a blood pressure abnormality and the like of a body by employing a pulse wave...
6923771 Arteriostenosis inspecting apparatus and ankle-blood-pressure measuring apparatus  
An ankle-blood-pressure measuring apparatus for measuring a blood pressure of an ankle of a living subject, including an inflatable cuff which is adapted to be worn on the ankle of the subject; a...
6921368 Blood pressure monitor apparatus  
A blood pressure monitor apparatus for monitoring a blood pressure of a living subject, wherein the blood pressure is judged to be abnormal when a first change value as a change of each of a...
6918879 Method and device for monitoring blood pressure  
A device for continuously monitoring a user's arterial blood pressure has a sensor adapted to continuously detect the blood pressure and to generate signals representative thereof by contact with...
6916289 Pressure applicator devices particularly useful for non-invasive detection of medical conditions  
A probe for application to a body part particularly a finger of a patent to detect a change in the physical condition of the patient includes a housing defining a compartment closed at one end and...