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7608047 |
Reusable snore/air flow sensor
A sensor for use with a polysomnograph in a sleep lab setting is made reusable by laminating a PVDF film and associated lead contacts within a flexible, moisture-impervious plastic envelope that is...
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7418859 |
Device for measuring a volume flow with inductive coupling
A device for measuring a volume flow, especially a tidal volume flow sensor, with a flow channel ( 1 ) and with a sensor element ( 6 ) arranged within the flow channel ( 1 ), is shown and...
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RE40470 |
Body function measuring apparatus
Body function measuring apparatus which provides: (1) an indication of the body function being measured, and (2) a loose probe condition by determining that the difference between the rate of...
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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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7304580 |
Intelligent medical vigilance system
An intelligent medical vigilance system that observes and analyzes, and, only in the event of a clinically significant negative condition, notifies and reports the event to the care staff utilizing...
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7207947 |
System and method for detecting circadian states using an implantable medical device
Techniques are provided for detecting the circadian state of a patient using an implantable medical device based on selected blood carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) parameters. In one example, the implantable...
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7087027 |
Device and method for monitoring respiration
A system and method are provided to monitor a patient's respiration during and after medical/surgical procedures, as well as in clinical situations wherein the patient is at increased risk for...
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7052470 |
Breathing detection/confirmation device
A breath detection/confirmation device includes a sensor for determining if an infant or other person is breathing, and a means for generating a human perceptible signal in response thereto. In...
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6910481 |
Pressure support compliance monitoring system
A compliance monitoring system and method in which a modular compliance monitor is selectively disposed in-line in a patient circuit of a pressure support system. The monitor includes a housing...
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6659963 |
Apparatus for obtaining temperature and humidity measurements
A probe for obtaining temperature and humidity readings within the oral and nasal cavity. An elongated tube having a wire cage at one of its ends, includes first and second longitudinally...
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6491642 |
Pyro/piezo sensor
A combination thermal and vibration sensor for use in sleep monitoring equipment comprises a thin film of a plastic exhibiting both pyroelectric and piezoelectric properties. By providing a layer...
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6485432 |
Pyro/piezo sensor with enhanced sound response
A combination thermal and vibration sensor for use in sleep monitoring equipment comprises a thin film of plastic exhibiting both pyroelectric and piezoelectric properties. By providing a layer of...
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6368287 |
Integrated sleep apnea screening system
This invention is a method, and device, suitable for use without professional medical supervision, for screening for sleep apnea. All elements of the device are housed in a small, flexible, plastic...
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6308705 |
Integrated lung therapy method
In a lung therapy method, hyperpolarized gas is administered for one breath to a subject, and a magnetic resonance scan of at least one lung of the subject is conducted. The data obtained from the...
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6165133 |
Apparatus and method for monitoring breathing patterns
A pressure sensor is combined with a temperature sensor to monitor a patient's breathing patterns. The combination of sensors enables an analysis of the patient's breathing patterns to be made...
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5964720 |
Method and system for monitoring the physiological condition of a patient
A system for the monitoring of a patient's physiological condition, including a measuring device for measuring the mechanical activity of a patient's body, including a module for detecting...
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5848974 |
Lung protection electrocautery
The present invention reliably provides a lung protection function for an electrocautery device by unitizing an automatic bovie activation/inactivation unit. The lung protection unit utilizes a...
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5765563 |
Patient monitoring system
A method and apparatus for performing scoring analysis of the pathological sleep events of apnea, hypopnea and desaturation of a patient from a sampled data set of only three sensor signals,...
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5735284 |
Method and system for non-invasive determination of the main cardiorespiratory parameters of the human body
A method and a system for non-invasively determining at least one main cardiorespiratory parameter of an individual, such as the Stroke Volume, at least one parameter characterizing balance of the...
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5676132 |
Pulmonary interface system
A device for sensing the respiratory air of a patient. The device includes a venturi tube through which the patient inspires and expires, the tube having a constricted midportion. The tube also has...
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5582182 |
Abnormal dyspnea perception detection system and method
Apparatus and methods to test respiratory patients for altered dyspnea awareness. The device imposes a defined inspiratory resistive load under controlled breathing conditions and records the...
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5573004 |
Electrically stable electrode and sensor apparatus
An apparatus and method for electrically stable electrodes and sensors having a flexible base or substrate. One or more flexible and pressure sensitive resistors having a high resistance and a high...
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5562101 |
Portable spirometer with improved accuracy
A spirometric measurement device includes an arrangement for computation of a dynamic BTPS correction factor, to compensate for temperature-related volume changes due to cooling of expired gas. The...
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5558099 |
Flow sensor system
A plurality of flow sensors are fabricated on a single substrate. The substrate is laid out to provide the proper physical relationship of the individual sensors. The resulting multiple sensor...
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RE34938 |
Non-invasive method for measuring lung tissue volume and pulmonary blood flow and a probe to carry out the method
This is a non-invasive method for measuring pulmonary blood flow and lung tissue volume, called airway thermal volume consisting of dynamic registration of respiratory heat losses in ventilatory...
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5413111 |
Bead thermistor airflow sensor assembly
A bead thermistor air flow sensor assembly comprising bead thermistor and circuit conductor completely encapsulated between upper and lower layers of thin plastic film. The thermistors are mounted...
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5394883 |
Multiple thin film sensor system
A plurality of flow sensors are fabricated using thin film deposition techniques on a single substrate. The deposition is performed to provide the proper physical relationship of the individual...
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5383469 |
Neonatal hemolysis detection using end-tidal breath sampler and analyzer apparatus
Apparatus for use in a hospital nursery, clinic, or physician's office for the sampling and analysis of neonatal end-tidal breath for carbon monoxide as an indication of hemolysis and subsequent...
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5311875 |
Breath sensing apparatus
A breathing sensor comprising a thin flexible compliant film transducer exhibiting piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties. The transducer preferably comprises a thin film of polyvinylidene...
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5279304 |
Nasal volume meter
The present invention pertains to an apparatus for measuring nasal air flow. The apparatus includes a head for interacting with at least one of the nasal cavities of a patient. The head has a...
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5265624 |
Stimulation collar
A system for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea packaged in a collar assembly with remote electrodes which can be worn by a patient without any special preparation. The collar assembly has an...
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5230331 |
Hot wire anemometer adapted for insertion in a calibration socket of a pulmonary gas flow monitor
A hot wire sensor has a cylindrical light-transparent tube having two opaque patches adjacent the two tube ends, respectively, and with one platinum "hot" wire mounted about centrally therein and...
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5190048 |
Thermistor airflow sensor assembly
A thermistor airflow sensor assembly adapted to be mounted adjacent the mouth and nose of a patient for monitoring the breathing of the patient, with the assembly comprising thin, flexible,...
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5123425 |
Obstructive sleep apnea collar
A system for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea packaged in a collar which can be worn by a patient without any special preparation. The collar is adjustable using a fastener such as hook and...
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5103834 |
Apparatus for orthophonic diagnosis and reeducation
An apparatus for the detection of malformations and for orthophonic reeducation by visual control of nasal breathing and of speech sounds in a human subject. A housing has two conduits so spaced...
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5094246 |
Hot wire anemometer and pulmonary gas flow monitor combination capable of fast accurate calibration
A hot wire sensor has a cylindrical light-transparent tube having two opaque patches adjacent the two tube ends, respectively, and with one platinum "hot" wire mounted about centrally therein and...
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5081866 |
Respiratory air flowmeter
A respiratory air flowmeter includes a flow path forming member, a restricting portion, rectifying lattices, and a sensor. The flow path forming member forms a flow path in which respiratory air...
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5070321 |
Warning apparatus for a tracheotomy tube
The present invention pertains to an apparatus for maintaining and monitoring a breathing passage in the trachea of a patient. The apparatus is comprised of a tracheotomy tube for fitting into the...
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5069222 |
Respiration sensor set
A sensor set (10) is disclosed for use with a monitor (14) to monitor the respriation of an individual (12). In one arrangement, the sensor set includes a pair of spaced-apart parallel nasal...
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5063938 |
Respiration-signalling device
In a first embodiment, the device is in the form of a face mask for affixing to the face of a patient to monitor the patient's respiration. It is self-powered and self-contained so that such...
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5052405 |
Method and apparatus for measuring the density of an object including a living being
A method and apparatus is provided for measuring the volume and density of an object, including a living being, which avoids the necessity of immersing the subject in a liquid medium. Where the...
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4830022 |
Animal monitoring system
A system for monitoring animal body functions by analyzing the condition of the gas being breathed. A breathing tube, usually constituting a portion of anesthesia apparatus, contains sensing means...
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4777963 |
Respiration monitor
A respiration monitoring device for an infant patient includes three thermistors which are arranged so that one thermistor underlies each nostril and one thermistor overlies the patient's mouth....
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4715367 |
Multifunctional behavioral modification device for snoring, bruxism, and apnea
A multifunctional behavioral modification device to diagnose, treat and monitor treatment for snoring, bruxism, or sleep apnea. Treatment consists of regulatable aversive shock, automatically...
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4519399 |
Method for measuring the degree of nasality
A method of measuring the degree of nasality in human voice sounds by independently isolating and measuring without leakage the exhaled air flow rate through the nose and the exhaled air flow rate...
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4420001 |
Respiratory measuring devices
The invention relates to a respiration measuring device comprising, in combination, a temperature sensitive element intended to locate in a breathing duct, or the air flows to and from a breathing...
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RE31377 |
Disposable esophageal and tracheal multi-probes
A disposable esophageal probe incorporating the capability to detect ECG waveforms, heart sounds and to measure body core temperature is described. The probe incorporates a plastic tube with...
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4366821 |
Breath monitor device
A breath monitor device useful for monitoring the inhaling and exhaling of patients and particularly patients on a breathing apparatus, the device being constructed to have a sensor element...
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4363238 |
Device for measuring the breath of patients
In a device for measuring the breath volume of patients, a pair of temperature sensitive sensors are arranged in a tube-like housing of a respiration conduit of a respirator. The sensors are spaced...
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4357936 |
Directional thermistor assist sensing
A directional sensor for the detection of a very feeble effort to breathe on the part of a patient whose breathing needs are under the influence and control of a mechanical ventilator. A...
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