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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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 )...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....