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5197490 Information processing system for counting coughs or evaluating other activities of a patient  
A system using audio and visual information to count coughs or evaluate other discrete information, including respiration and heart rate, relating to a patient in a fixed location such as a bed is...
5191892 Esophageal/stethoscopic gastric tube  
An esophageal gastric tube inserted through the mouth or nose into the stomach of a patient. The single tube incorporates a lumen ending in a stomach catheter to permit necessary evacuation of the...
5176150 Laparoscopic esophageal gastric apparatus  
An esophageal gastric apparatus includes a first elongated tube with forward and rearward ends, and a second tube inserted within the first tube with the forward end of the second tube projecting...
5140992 Passive fetal monitoring sensor  
The invention is an ambulatory, passive sensor for use in a fetal monitoring system. The invention incorporates piezoelectric polymer film combined with a metallic mounting plate fastened to a belt...
5109863 Noninvasive diagnostic system for coronary artery disease  
A method and system for non-invasively detecting Coronary Artery Disease. The method comprises analyzing the diastolic heart sounds detected from a patient's chest cavity during the diastolic...
5092333 Catheter accommodating electrical wires  
A catheter accommodating an electrical wire in the longitudinal direction thereof, wherein an enlargement is provided in at least part of its cavity, and an excess length of wire respect to the...
5086776 Apparatus and method for sensing cardiac performance  
An apparatus and method for sensing cardiac performance by providing real time values of left ventricular performance of ambulatory or inactive subjects. Noninvasive sensors such as noise reducing...
5080105 Cardiovascular monitoring system  
A relatively simple and practical system for detecting, recording, and processing physical and emotional parameters affecting the cardiovascular system of a subjects simultaneously with the...
5078151 Medical auscultation device  
A medical auscultation device comprising an element intended to be applied to a patient's skin, which is characterized by the fact that it comprises on or in the vicinity of this element a heating...
5076284 Fluidic heart-sound monitor and esophageal stethoscope  
A heart-sound monitor and esophageal stethoscope which makes use of fluidic aminar proportional amplifiers (LPAs). These LPA's are used to sense and amplify incoming acoustic pressure signals, such...
5074309 Device for monitoring cardiovascular signals and fiber optic coupler phonocardio sensor therefor  
Cardiovascular sounds from a patient's body are monitored by placing a fiber optic coupler sensor at an appropriate location on the patient to sense the sounds. The sensor is comprised of all...
5056532 Esophageal pacing lead  
An electrical lead having an elongated flexible lead body having a flattened cross sectional configuration. One flattened surface is provided with at least one aperture open to a longitudinal lumen...
5035247 Sensor for non-invasive measurement of sound, pressure and vibration on the human body  
The invention relates to a sensor (1) for non-invasive measurement of sound, pressure and vibration on the human body which features a transducer in the form of a transducer membrane (23) to...
5029591 Endotracheal cardiac monitor  
A flexible endotracheal tube is disclosed for acoustically monitoring the heart sounds of a patient. The tube comprises a flexible conduit to provide a respiratory passage and a separate cardiac...
5027825 Self-contained stethoscope transmitter  
A self-contained stethoscope transmitter comprises a pickup head including a housing which defines a precordial dome formed thereinto for contact with a patient whose bodily sounds are to be...
5025809 Recording, digital stethoscope for identifying PCG signatures  
The present invention is directed to a method for identifying characteristic phonocardiographic heart sounds using a novel, recording, digital stethoscope. The stethoscope comprises in combination...
5022402 Bladder device for monitoring pulse and respiration rate  
A medical monitoring device monitors the pulse and respiration rate of an infant, and transmits an alarm signal to a remote receiver when pulse and/or respiration rate irregularities are detected....
5022405 Stethoscope for use in nuclear magnetic resonance diagnostics  
A stethoscope for use with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) screenings in order to supervise a patient, including a bell chest piece adapted to pick up audible heart and breathing sounds or other...
5012815 Dynamic spectral phonocardiograph  
A system of generating a spectral phonocardiogram which summarizes time-dependent changes in the heart sounds throughout the heart cycle. The system is based on the projection of spectral surfaces...
5010890 Vital signs monitoring system  
A vital signal monitoring system for monitoring the vital signs of a patient, particulary prior to and during anesthesiology, during and after operational procedures, includes first sensor unit...
5002060 Medical monitoring system  
A monitoring system adapted simultaneously to monitor cardiac and respiratory, rates and characteristics and substantial changes in temperature of a living body. The system uses sensors which are...
5003605 Electronically augmented stethoscope with timing sound  
A stethoscope, operable in an acoustic or electronically augmented mode, is disclosed. In one electronically augmented mode of operation, the stethoscope simultaneously provides the listener with...
4991581 Acoustic processing apparatus  
An apparatus and method of recording and processing acoustics, such as body sounds, for assessment of the sound and possible diagnosis of any abnormalities associated with the sound. The apparatus...
4981139 Vital signs monitoring and communication system  
A system for monitoring the vital signs of a patient includes a plurality of sensing units for sensing a plurality of physiologic conditions of a patient connected to a microprocessor that is...
4972841 Stethoscope with pulse rate display  
A miniaturized electronic stethoscope designed to be used in conjunction with a standard sphygmomanometer in the measurement of blood pressure and pulse rate simultaneously in which a transducer...
4951678 Methods and apparatus for monitoring vital signs  
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for the detection of inadvertent endobronchial intubation, esophageal intubation and other potentially dangerous complications arising from invasive monitoring,...
4947859 Bio-acoustic signal sensing device  
This invention provides a sound sensor apparatus for reception of bio-acoustic signals from the body of a patient and for use with a medical diagnostic device. The apparatus comprises a unitary...
4940023 High resolution stethoscopic apparatus  
A stethoscopic apparatus with a plurality of improved chestpieces is disclosed. Each chestpiece in the stethoscopic apparatus of the invention includes a base member and a resonance membrane...
4932880 Low-cost sound related trainer  
An interactive and programmable tone generator with scenarios is disclosed nd described as a training device. Sounds are recorded as they are heard in their actual environment. The recording then...
4917107 Endotracheal tube/stethoscope combination  
A combination endotracheal tube and stethoscope is provided so as to allow simultaneous patient ventilation and monitoring of vital sounds by a single instrument. The tracheal tube includes an...
4898179 Device for detecting, monitoring, displaying and recording of material and fetal vital signs and permitting communication between a woman and her fetus  
A device for detecting, monitoring, displaying and recording a representation of the heartbeats of a pregnant woman and her fetus. The heartbeat of each is monitored. Detecting of the woman's...
4890625 Blood pressure cuff with integral acoustic pickup cup  
A blood pressure cuff having an internal acoustic pickup cup. In one embodiment, the cup communicates with the interior of the blood pressure cuff bladder through an aperture that is sufficiently...
4878501 Electronic stethoscopic apparatus  
An electronic stethoscopic apparatus including: a housing with a main body having a plurality of switches and jacks electrically installed therein; an audio-signal amplifying device incorporating a...
4862897 Electrocardiogram enhancement system and method  
An electrocardiogram enhancement system and apparatus is provided. Small amplitude, high frequency notches associated with myocardial disease and arrhythmias can be recorded by conventional chart...
4840183 Electrocardiograph  
A displacement sensor for an electrocardiograph attaches a permanent magnet chip directly on a living body, and movement or vibration of the living body is sensed by measuring flux by said magnet....
4805633 Displacement sensor  
A displacement sensor or an electrocardiogram attaches a permanent magnet chip directly on a living body, and movement or vibration of the living body is sensed by measuring flux by said magnet....
4803996 Cardiovascular monitor  
A cardiovascular monitor having improved safety features and data transmission ability. Sensing devices placed on a patient's body, such as electrocardiogram electrodes and phonocardiogram...
4792145 Electronic stethoscope system and method  
A microprocessor based sound enhancement system in which frequencies outside of the auditory range of the human ear are translated into sound within the auditory range by translating each frequency...
4784154 Interference resistant biomedical transducer  
An interference resistant biomedical transducer for monitoring the acoustic output of a patient's cardiac or respiratory system which provides a high degree of rejection of acoustic noise and...
4781200 Ambulatory non-invasive automatic fetal monitoring system  
Fetal monitors for automatically and continuously monitoring the well-being of a fetus. The preferably ambulatory monitors include one or more fetal cardiac sensors for detecting the fetal heart...
4777961 High sensitivity stethoscopic system and method  
A lightweight, improved precordial suction stethescope constant monitoring system including a heart and breath sound detection means, solely mounted to patient using only suction or other...
4765321 Displacement sensor for a living body  
A displacement sensor for a living body provides an improved stethoscope and/or cardiogram. The apparatus has a diaphragm which is placed on the surface of a living body, a permanent magnet located...
4763663 Esophageal stethoscope and vital signs monitor system  
A patient vital signs monitoring system includes an elongated flexible esophageal stethoscope catheter including a microphone and a thermister measuring means detachably connected to a processing...
4731849 Electronic ausculscope  
A battery source of dc voltage continuously energizes digital circuitry for controlling operation of analog signal processing circuitry including a microphone preamplifier, an automatic gain...
4723555 Multi-functional radio/wire stethoscopic apparatus  
A multi-functional radio/wire stethoscopic apparatus includes: a housing unit having a plurality of control switches and sockets provided therein for hand operation; a radio wave transmitting...
4712565 Method and apparatus for evaluating of artificial heart valves  
A method and apparatus for evaluating of implanted artificial (mechanical or bioprosthetic) heart valves includes a microprocessor responsive to a series of digital signals for processing a portion...
4679570 Phonocardioscope with a liquid crystal display  
A phonocardioscope apparatus is provided for monitoring heart functions. The apparatus comprises an acoustical transducer for detecting the sound of heartbeats and producing an analog electrical...
4672975 Stethoscope with image of periodically expanding and contracting heart  
A stethoscope has a body part, a display forming element, and an electronic device which forms on the display an image of expanding and contracting heart. Also, an electronic device which generates...
4672976 Heart sound sensor  
A heart sound sensing device for placement on the body of a patient and for the detection of low frequency sound waves. The device is for use with medical diagnostic devices, and comprises a...
4672977 Lung sound cancellation method and apparatus  
A method and apparatus for deriving weak cardiac sounds by automatically cancelling lung sounds. The process is accomplished by providing a pair of acoustic sensors about the thorax of a patient,...
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