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7606668 |
Gas monitoring system and method
A method and apparatus for interfacing a plurality of volumetric measurement systems, each of which includes a gas measurement and a flow measurement system, to a host system via an interface unit.
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7603887 |
Breath alcohol-measuring device, process and system
A device, a system and a process is provided for the use of a breath alcohol-measuring device ( 1 ) with improved personal identification. The breath alcohol-measuring device ( 1 ) is combined with...
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7603886 |
Breath alcohol-measuring device with piezo drive
A breath alcohol-measuring device for breathing gas sampling has a mouthpiece ( 2 ), for receiving the exhaled breathing air ( 1 ) of a test subject, provided with a first flow diaphragm ( 3 ). A...
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7594894 |
Arrangement for analysing respiratory gases
The present invention relates to an arrangement for the analysis of respiratory gases to and from a patient, which is connected to a respirator. The arrangement comprises a holder unit ( 6 ) for a...
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7582485 |
Method and device for detecting ammonia odors and helicobacter pylori urease infection
The invention provides a breath testing device which visually indicates the presence of ammonia in a patient's breath, in particular ammonia from helicobacter pylori urease infection. The breath...
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7554666 |
Sensor with optical pressure transducer and method of manufacturing a sensor component
An airway adapter that comprises a housing and a pressure transducer. The housing comprises a flow path having a first end and a second end, a first pressure port that communicates with the flow...
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7547285 |
Device and method for collection of exhaled alveolar breath condensate
A diagnosis method for respiratory disease based on the separation of the expired airway phase in an exhaled breath from the alveolar phase, and a device to accomplish the method. The device...
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7500482 |
Capnography measurement adapter and airway mask system
A capnography measurement adapter and airway mask system includes a pair of gas input conduits for insertion into a nasal chamber of a mask housing. An adapter is mounted on the mask housing and...
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7473229 |
Method of analyzing components of alveolar breath
A method of analyzing alveolar breath. Breath is expired through an analysis chamber. The concentration of a first component of the breath is monitored as the breath is expired through the analysis...
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7465276 |
Identification of disease characteristics using isotope ratios in breath
Methods are disclosed for distinguishing whether an animal is experiencing a bacterial infection or a viral infection. One monitors breath taken from the animal over time to measure the relative...
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7465275 |
Method and apparatus for measuring functional residual capacity (FRC) and cardiac output(CO)
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring Functional Residual Capacity (CO). Further, it relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring cardiac output (CO). The...
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7465273 |
Method for monitoring pre-eclamptic patients
A system and method for monitoring and estimating the blood pressure of a pregnant patient that modifies the blood pressure estimating algorithm when the patient is pre-eclamptic. The level of...
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7462154 |
Sensor for measuring carbon dioxide in respiratory gas
A sensor main unit 1 is axially split into three sub-segments. A light-emitting element 2 is attached to one end portion, and a light-receiving element 3 is attached to the other end portion....
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7455644 |
Carbon dioxide sensor and airway adapter incorporated in the same
In a sensor for detecting a carbon dioxide gas in an expiration gas of a living body, an airway case is adapted to be disposed below nostrils of the living body, and formed with an airway passage...
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7435225 |
Method and arrangement for measuring breath gases of a patient
Method and arrangement for measuring breath gases of a patient in which the patient is connected to a breath gas unit by using a sampling line to enable flowing a sample of the breathing gases with...
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7427269 |
Accurate method to characterize airway nitric oxide using different breath-hold times including axial diffusion of nitric oxide using heliox and breath hold
An apparatus and method to characterize NO gas exchange dynamics in human lungs comprising the steps of: (1) performing a series of breath hold maneuvers of progressively increasingly breath hold...
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7421882 |
Breath-based sensors for non-invasive molecular detection
A method of diagnosing the health of an individual by collecting a breath sample from the individual and measuring the amount of each of a plurality of analytes in the sample. The amount of each...
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7413550 |
Visual indicating device for bad breath
The invention provides a breath testing device which includes a visual indicating agent which changes color in the presence of an odor associated with bad breath, such as sulfur and ammonia odors....
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7390304 |
Respiratory exchange ratio sensor
A device for directly measuring a person's respiratory exchange ratio (RER) utilizes a Zn-air battery cell and a constant current load circuit as an O 2 pump capable of drawing oxygen from expired...
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RE40402 |
Non-invasive method for optimizing the respiration of atelectatic lungs
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus to identify alveolar opening and collapse of a lung. To automatically generate the settings of ventilator parameters in a simple and gentle way,...
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7387609 |
Method of measuring absolute lung volume based on O2/CO2 gas analysis
Disclosed herein is a method of measuring an absolute lung volume. In the method, concentrations of oxygen and carbon dioxide gases are measured and analyzed in respiratory gas, consisting of...
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7387124 |
Method of and device for snore detection
The present invention provides a snore detection device comprising a pressure sensor for detecting vibration generated by the human body with respiration, a sound sensor for detecting sound...
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7383839 |
Oral nasal cannula
There is provided an oral nasal cannula for sampling breath of a subject, including a main body portion, having formed therein a suction port which is adapted to be connected to a suction device...
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7377901 |
Apparatus for collection of airway gases
The invention relates to an apparatus for collection of airway gases from a subject comprising a first means for producing closure of the velum of the subject, and a second means for collection of...
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7367954 |
Method and apparatus for determining cardiac output
A method and apparatus for use in determining the cardiac output. The method includes measuring a first parameter indicative of a patient's oxygen uptake and a second parameter indicative of the...
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7364552 |
Measuring system for the determination of the concentration of propofol (2,6-diisopropylphenol) in the respiratory flow
A rapid measuring system for the determination of the concentration of propofol in the respiratory flow, which can be designed in a compact form, has the features of a breathing gas line ( 1 )...
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7364551 |
Hand-held medical apparatus
The subject invention provides a hand-held medical apparatus ( 10 ) for detecting a predetermined component of user breath and producing a breath-component signal over a measurement time. Such...
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7347825 |
Device and method for assessing asthma and other diseases
Device and method for non-invasively monitoring asthma and other respiratory diseases, as well as non-respiratory diseases. The method includes collecting condensate from a subject's breath,...
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7344503 |
System and method for monitoring pre-eclamptic patients
A system and method for monitoring and estimating the blood pressure of a pregnant patient that modifies the blood pressure estimating algorithm when the patient is pre-eclamptic. The level of...
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7344497 |
Non-invasive device and method for measuring the cardiac output of a patient
The invention involves a device and method for ascertaining the functioning of the respiratory system and, in particular, determining the cardiac output of a patient. The device comprises an...
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7341563 |
Sidestream gas sampling system with detachable sample cell
A sidestream sampling system includes a sidestream gas measurement assembly and a sample cell configured to be assembled therewith. The sidestream gas measurement assembly includes a receptacle for...
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7338454 |
Breath test
A method of assessing the state of the lining of the small intestine in a mammal or human injesting a suitable labelled test substrate which requires conversion by a brush border enzyme for...
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7338444 |
Management of gastro-intestinal disorders
The present invention relates to the field of methods and apparatus for the determination of various conditions of gastric and gastro-intestinal malfunction, especially those performed by means of...
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7335164 |
Multiple function airway adapter
An integrated airway adapter capable of monitoring any combination of respiratory flow, O 2 concentration, and concentrations of one or more of CO 2 , N 2 O, and an anesthetic agent in real time,...
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7329390 |
Device and process for measuring breath alcohol
A breath alcohol measuring device includes a flow chamber, for receiving exhaled breathing gas of a person, with a flow diaphragm. A differential pressure sensor has a first measuring connection...
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7325545 |
System and method for the automatic detection of the expiratory flow limitation
The present invention refers to a system and a method for the automatic detection of the expiratory flow limitation of a subject. In an embodiment thereof the system for the automatic detection of...
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7300408 |
Spectroscopic breath analysis
Methods and apparatus for the analysis of exhaled breath by spectroscopy are disclosed. An optical cavity containing the exhaled breath, typically comprising a pair of opposing high reflectivity...
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7297120 |
Respiratory monitoring, diagnostic and therapeutic system
Disclosed is a system and method for monitoring, diagnosing, and treating certain medical conditions, such as asthma, gastroesophageal reflux or laryngopharyngeal reflux. The system includes a mask...
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7291114 |
System and method of determining an individualized drug administration protocol
A system and method for determining an individualized drug dosage is provided. The system includes a metabolic rate sensing means for sensing the metabolic rate of the individual. The system also...
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7287617 |
Vehicle ignition interlock systems with multiple alcohol sensors
A vehicle ignition interlock system includes a breath analyzer and a controller operably connected to the breath analyzer and to an ignition system of the vehicle. The breath analyzer detects...
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7270638 |
Method and device for diagnosis using an oscillating airflow
It has surprisingly been found that nasal NO release is greatly increased by the presence of a an oscillating airflow in healthy subjects. Accordingly, a device comprising means for generating...
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7267989 |
Method and device for measuring sulfur compound and/or ammonia based on a sensory unit coated with at least one novel peptide
A peptide compound for measuring sulfur compound and ammonia and measurement method and device using the compound. The method comprises contacting an analyte with a sensory device coated with the...
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7258670 |
System and method for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory insufficiency for automated remote patient care
A system for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory insufficiency for automated remote patient care is presented. A database stores monitoring sets containing recorded measures relating to patient...
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7255677 |
Detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of a medical condition or disease with artificial olfactometry
Methods and devices for rapid diagnosis and monitoring a patient for disease or effectiveness of treatment in real time. In preferred embodiments, the methods and devices comprise contacting an...
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7252640 |
Detection of disordered breathing
Devices and methods for detecting disordered breathing involve determining that the patient is asleep and sensing one or more signals associated with disordered breathing indicative of...
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7235054 |
Measuring head for a gas analyser
A measuring head for the analysis of respiratory gases to and from a patient connected to a respirator, includes an aperture ( 7 ) which is intended to be placed over an adapter ( 2 ) through which...
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7227472 |
Multistage safety screening of equipment operators
Methods and systems to screen equipment operators for impairments, such as intoxication, physical impairment, medical impairment, or emotional impairment, to selectively test the equipment...
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7223244 |
System and method for monitoring hypercapnic ventilatory response
An exemplary method includes determining a parameter related to CO 2 concentration in a patient's blood, as well as determining a parameter related to respiration of the patient. The parameters...
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7218236 |
Vehicle ignition interlock systems that detect the presence of alcohol within vehicles
A vehicle ignition interlock system includes a breath analyzer and a controller operably connected to the breath analyzer and to an ignition system of the vehicle. The breath analyzer detects the...
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7210480 |
Shock treatment systems and methods
According to the invention, methods and devices for increasing cardiopulmonary circulation induced by chest compression and decompression when performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation are provided....
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