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6371922 Method for measuring baroreflex sensitivity and therapy optimization in heart failure patients  
A method and apparatus for determining the baroreflex sensitivity in a chronic heart failure patient and a method for chronic heart therapy evaluation. The method including providing a series of...
6368283 Method and apparatus for estimating systolic and mean pulmonary artery pressures of a patient  
The method of estimating systolic and mean pulmonary artery pressures of a patient, comprising the steps of (a) producing an electric signal x s (t) representative of heart sounds of the patient;...
6368282 Apparatus for measuring pulse-wave propagation velocity  
An apparatus for measuring a propagation velocity of a pulse wave which is propagated through an artery of a living subject, the apparatus including an electrocardiographic-waveform detecting...
6366811 Extraction of hemodynamic pulse pressure from fluid and myocardial accelerations  
A cardiac stimulating apparatus and method is described that non-intrusively determines an amount indicative of hemodynamic pulse pressure from an accelerometer signal. The amount indicative of...
6361501 Pulse wave diagnosing device  
When pulse waveform MH is detected by pulse wave detection sensor unit 130, wavelet transformer 10 performs wavelet transformation on pulse waveform MH and generates analyzed pulse wave data...
6354998 Blood pressure determining apparatus and method of determining excitation frequency used in the same  
A blood pressure determining apparatus is provided which applies oscillations to the blood vessel of a subject through an exciter to determine the blood pressure based on the frequency of the...
6348038 Method and apparatus for the measurement of cardiac output  
A method for the measurement of cardiac output in a patient in which the arterial blood pressure waveform of a patient from a blood pressure monitoring device over a period of time is subjected to...
6346083 Blood-pressure measuring device  
A blood-pressure measuring apparatus including a cuff having an inflatable bag, a first pulse-wave sensor which detects a first pulse wave propagated to the bag, a second pulse-wave sensor which...
6346084 Measuring vascular access pressure  
Access pressure for the vascular system is measured through a first tube, which is connected to the vascular system of a patient. The method comprises the following steps: connecting one end of...
6336900 Home hub for reporting patient health parameters  
An apparatus for reporting a patient's health parameter to a remote data management center. The apparatus has measurement units and a home hub. A measurement unit includes a sensor for sensing...
6334849 Heart-function monitor apparatus  
An apparatus for monitoring a function of the heart of a person, including a pre-ejection period measuring device which non-invasively measures a pre-ejection period, an ejection-period measuring...
6331162 Pulse wave velocity measuring device  
A pulse wave velocity measuring device generally comprises first and second photoplethysmographic transducers or probes electrically operably connected to a computer. The transducers are positioned...
6331161 Method and apparatus for fabricating a pressure-wave sensor with a leveling support element  
A method and an apparatus for fabricating a pressure-waveform sensor with a leveling support element. One embodiment provides a pressure-waveform sensor having a housing, a support element, and a...
6328699 Permanently implantable system and method for detecting, diagnosing and treating congestive heart failure  
The invention provides improved apparatus and methods for treating congestive heart failure in a medical patient. The apparatus includes a pressure transducer permanently implantable within the...
6325761 Device and method for measuring pulsus paradoxus  
A device and method are disclosed for electronically measuring the degree of pulsus paradox in a patient from a single patient date source. The single data source may be any device that outputs a...
6322515 Method and apparatus for the non-invasive detection of medical conditions by monitoring peripheral arterial tone  
A method and apparatus for non-invasively determining a physiological condition. The method can include steps of monitoring peripheral arterial tone using an external sensor, detecting a change in...
6315733 Apparatus and method for continuous measurement of portal blood pressure  
A method and a device for the intermittent or continuous measurement of portal blood pressure using a tamponade balloon inserted into the esophagus and stomach and a sensor positioned on the...
6315719 System for long-term remote medical monitoring  
A system for long-term remote medical monitoring is especially suitable for the medical supervision of astronauts onboard a space station. The system includes at least one autonomous sensor unit...
6312387 Method and apparatus for identifying heartbeat  
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for identifying a heartbeat. In the method, an arterial pressure signal is measured in the form of multichannel measurement, and the required...
6309359 Method and apparatus for noninvasive determination of peripheral arterial lumenal area  
An occlusive cuff is placed around a limb (e.g. an arm) of a patient. A fluid, such as air, is pumped into the cuff, and the pressure in the cuff is measured. The pressure variation in the cuff...
6309350 Pressure/temperature/monitor device for heart implantation  
A medical monitoring apparatus designed to be implanted in the vascular system is capable of sensing and transmitting via a telemetry link to an external monitor both pressure and temperature...
6302849 Maternal and fetal monitor  
A maternal blood pressure measuring method including the steps of periodically initiating a maternal blood pressure measurement, sensing uterine activity, preventing the initiation or continuation...
6293915 Pulse wave examination apparatus, blood pressure monitor, pulse waveform monitor, and pharmacological action monitor  
An FFT treating section (40) carries out the frequency analysis of a pulse waveform MHj excluding a body movement component to yield pulse wave analysis data MKD and then a tidal wave-character...
6290650 Tonometry system for monitoring blood pressure  
A system for noninvasively continuously monitoring arterial blood pressure includes a tissue stress sensor that has a continuous diaphragm for sensing stress within tissue adjacent a preselected...
6280389 Patient identification for the pacing therapy using LV-RV pressure loop  
A method and apparatus for determining whether a patient with congestive heart failure (CHF) will benefit from pacing therapy through the use of an implantable cardiac rhythm management device. A...
6280390 System and method for non-invasively monitoring hemodynamic parameters  
A system for non-invasively monitoring at least one hemodynamic vascular parameter of an individual is disclosed. The system comprises (a) at least two infrared detectors being positionable in a...
6264612 Catheter with mechano-responsive element for sensing physiological conditions  
A catheter for sensing vertebrate conditions has plural piezoresistive sensors directly electrically coupled to discrete application specific integrated circuits. A mechano-responsive element is in...
6264611 Monitor for interventional procedures  
A ball-shaped semiconductor monitoring device (150) having one or more transducer functions for use with an instrument that is insertable into a human body. In one disclosed embodiment, a needle...
6254544 Heart-function monitor apparatus  
An apparatus for monitoring a function of a heart of a person, including a pre-ejection period measuring device which non-invasively measures a pre-ejection period, an ejection-period measuring...
6251081 Blood-pressure monitoring apparatus  
A blood-pressure monitoring apparatus including a measuring device which periodically measures a blood-pressure value of a living subject at a predetermined period, and a predicting device or...
6245022 Non-invasive blood pressure sensor with motion artifact reduction and constant gain adjustment during pressure pulses  
A non-invasive blood pressure sensor includes a first fluid filled sensing chamber having a diaphragm. A first transducer is fluidly coupled to the first sensing chamber to sense fluid pressure...
6241679 Non-invasive blood pressure sensing device and method using transducer with associate memory  
The present invention is an improvement to a non-invasive blood pressure sensing device and method. The present invention is an improvement that includes a transducer with an associated memory or...
6234972 Mechanism for measuring device  
A gage mechanism for a blood pressure measuring device or other similar apparatus includes a supported shaft member having one end in contact with an inflatable bellows. A pointer is attached at an...
6231523 Pain information detecting device  
A cuff (200), having a blood shutting bag (210) and a detection bag (220), is attached to an upper arm of a patient and a main device unit (100) is made to operate. A CPU (130) performs the...
6233486 Ischemia detector and heart stimulator provided with such an ischemia detector  
6231517 Apparatus and a method for non-invasive measurement of the arterial blood pressure  
An apparatus (21) which measures the arterial blood pressure at the human wrist (1) is provided with a cuff (22) having a shape adapted to be placed in a predetermined position around the wrist...
6228034 Apparatus and method for non-invasively monitoring a subjects arterial blood pressure  
Apparatus is disclosed for non-invasively monitoring a subject's blood pressure, in which a pressure sensor assembly that includes a pressure transducer is compressed against tissue overlying an...
6228033 Apparatuses and methods for a noninvasive measurement of physiological parameters  
The present invention relates to apparatuses and methods for measuring three important physiological systems, circulation, breathing, and body water compartments. More specifically, the present...
6228035 Universal cuff for a blood pressure monitor  
A universal cuff for a blood pressure monitor that has a usable length that is variable so that it can be used on a wide range of arm circumferences. The universal cuff includes a mechanism for...
6224559 Device for high-resolution, noninvasive blood pressure measurement  
A device for the noninvasive blood pressure measurement with a cuff and with a corresponding control and evaluating circuit. The device provides improvements in terms of the signal resolution. On...
6221012 Transportable modular patient monitor with data acquisition modules  
Patient monitoring apparatus for use in an environment which includes a plurality of sensors. The apparatus provides collection and display of patient data signals collected from a medical patient...
6217522 Method and system for determination of the pressure-volume relationship of the heart  
A pressure volume loop of the heart of a patient is obtained utilizing an electrocardiograph and a brachial-artery pressure cup pressure-measurement system having an echo-Doppler sensor positioned...
6214634 Sensor device and method of forming a sensor device  
A sensor device (20) comprises a sensor package (22) having a cavity (24) formed therein, a sensor die (26) mounted on a bottom surface (28) of the cavity (24) and a protective coating (30) formed...
6210340 Blood pulse measuring device, pulsation measuring device, and pressure measuring device  
A pulse wave measuring device is provided with a plurality of pulse wave measuring units. Each pulse wave measuring unit has a supporting member to which a beam of a pressure measuring device is...
6206835 Remotely interrogated diagnostic implant device with electrically passive sensor  
An implant device is provided which is responsive to an external interrogation circuit. The implant device includes a structure implantable within a living animal and operatively configured to...
6206834 Stiffened hollow vascular device  
The medical appliance has an elongated tubular shaft with a lumen extending therethrough and slots in the distal area for pressure medium entry into the lumen. A stiffening means in the form of an...
6206836 Battery-operated device, in particular a blood pressure measuring device  
A battery-operated device, for example, a blood pressure measuring device, consists essentially of a housing (2) and a compartment (3) to accommodate batteries. The compartment (3) is rotatably...
6186953 Non-invasive and continuous blood-pressure estimation apparatus  
An apparatus for iteratively estimating an intra-arterial blood-pressure value of a living subject, including a first information obtaining device which non-invasively and iteratively obtains...
6183424 Pressure measuring guide wire  
The pressure measuring guide wire comprises an elongated flexible shaft with a lumen extending therethrough. The lumen is surrounded by a wall forming the shaft and the distal portion of which is...
6179783 Passive/non-invasive systemic and pulmonary blood pressure measurement  
An apparatus, operation and method for measurement of systemic and/or pulmonic blood pressure. The present invention offers a passive non-invasive method and system that can be used where...