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4894777 Operator mental condition detector  
An information processing apparatus includes a processor for performing various information processing operations in accordance with an instruction from an operator, a bioinformation sensor for...
4880014 Method for determining therapeutic drug dosage using bioelectrical resistance and reactance measurements  
A method for determining a dosage regimen for a drug. Resistance (R) and reactance (Xc) are measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis with an impedance plethysmograph. Personal characteristics...
4870967 Measuring arrangement for controlling an implantable body-assist device  
An implantable arrangement for operating a body-assist device, the body-assist device including circuitry for generating electrical signals and also being implanted in a patient, includes circuitry...
4870341 Impedance measurement circuit  
A protection circuit for a defibrillator that prevents a defibrillator pulse from being generated if the impedance between the defibrillator's electrode leads is not characteristic of the impedance...
4862887 Heart catheter  
In a heart catheter which consists of a hose having a sonde with an electrode structure for locating pathological areas arranged at its distal end, a light transmitting fiber is movably disposed in...
4860756 Electromagnetic bone healing sensor using a multi-coil sensor array  
An apparatus and method for non-invasive sensing of bone healing is disclosed. The apparatus and method uses an electromagnetic field to measure impedance changes at and about the bone fracture...
4852580 Catheter for measuring bioimpedance  
This invention is directed to an improved impedance sensing system to measure blood flow and particularly cardiac output which comprise an elongated flexible catheter having two spaced apart...
4850372 Electromagnetic non-invasive measurement and monitoring system for osteoporosis  
A method for noninvasively sensing bone mass loss associated with osteoporosis is disclosed. The method uses an electromagnetic field to measure impedance (or conductivity) changes in the bone. A...
4840182 Conductance catheter  
Conductance catheter apparatus for measuring the volume of a biological chamber, the apparatus including a catheter employing a plurality of electrodes along its length, the plurality including...
4840177 Current-based defibrillator  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for providing to the body of a patient a defibrillation pulse having a magnitude calculated to induce in that particular patient a desired defibrillation...
4836216 Method for predicting optimum time for insemination  
In a method for predicting the optimum time for insemination of a human female, for maximum conception probability, the salivary and vaginal resistance of the subject is monitored. The optimum time...
4836214 Esophageal electrode array for electrical bioimpedance measurement  
An array of electrical bioimpedance electrodes are provided on a hollow, flexible tube that is insertable into the esophagus of a patient. Four electrodes are positioned on the outer wall of the...
4823797 Apparatus and method for impedance measurement of body tissues  
An apparatus for impedance measurement of body tissue has a signal source which impresses an electrical signal in body tissue, circuitry for acquiring an impedance signal from the body tissue...
4819648 Non-invasive electromagnetic technique for monitoring time-trends of physiological changes at a particular location in the brain  
An apparatus and method for non-invasively sensing physiological changes in the brain is disclosed. The apparatus and method uses an electromagnetic field to measure localized impedance changes in...
4812126 Education or learning aid method  
A new method of learning by use of a machine which interacts with the user to guide the user through a programmed series of questions. The system is based on finding trouble spots in the users...
4810657 Method of diagnosing multiple sclerosis and other diseases by measurement of blood plasma protein streaming potential  
Multiple sclerosis and other diseases are diagnosed by first coating a plasm protein-adsorbing surface with a patient's blood plasm protein in an electrolyte fluid, and measuring the streaming...
4807638 Noninvasive continuous mean arterial blood prssure monitor  
An apparatus and a method use noninvasive electrical bioimpedance measurments to monitor the mean arterial blood pressure of a patient on a continuous (heartbeat-by-heartbeat) basis. The apparatus...
4805621 Apparatus for measuring impedance of body tissue  
An apparatus for measuring the impedance of body tissue has a signal source connected to the tissue to be measured which supplies an electrical signal to the tissue, a unit for acquiring an...
4794934 Apparatus for diagnosing the functions of the internal organs and autonomic nervous system of the living body  
An apparatus for diagnosing the functions of the internal organs and the autonomic nervous system of the living body in which a constant voltage is applied across two or more electrodes attached to...
4793362 Method and apparatus for monitoring the fluid balance of the body  
The change in body fluid is monitored by placing a pair of electrodes at spaced locations on a body, i.e. a wrist and a diametrically opposed ankle and generating two high frequency alternating...
4788983 Pulse rate controlled entertainment device  
A control circuit for a portable radio or like entertainment device which allows it to play only so long as the user's heart rate lies within a range commensurate with safe, effective exercise...
4785812 Protection system for preventing defibrillation with incorrect or improperly connected electrodes  
A protection circuit for a defibrillator that prevents a defibrillator pulse from being generated if the impedance between the defibrillator's electrode leads is not characteristic of the impedance...
4784155 Device for automated detection of estrus in farm animals  
A telemetry system includes a transmitter, which is either placed in the vagina or is implanted in the vulvular or vaginal tissue, and a receiver. The transmitter is capable of measuring...
4781685 Implantable drug-dispensing capsule and system facilitating its use  
The invention concerns an implantable drug-dispensing capsule and a process and system facilitating its use. According to the invention, a mechanism (7) for detecting the proximity of the injection...
4780661 High frequency impedance measuring apparatus using two bidirectional couplers  
High frequency impedance measurements using a reflectometer measuring the impedance of a body disposed between two electrodes, by means of two bidirectional couplers connected by controlled...
4770186 Method and apparatus for predicting and detecting the onset of ovulation  
A method and apparatus for predicting ovulation in a human female subject. The onset of menstruation of the subject is noted. Daily determinations are made of the electrical resistivity of the...
4753247 Method and apparatus for monitoring redox reactions  
A method of monitoring changes of redox activity in a medium in vitro or in vivo which comprises placing into the medium a probe having a non-metallic surface exposed to said medium and whose...
4736157 Wide-range resistance monitoring apparatus and method  
An inexpensive circuit monitors the resistance between a body (e.g., a static dissipative work surface, a tool, etc.) and ground potential, and compares that resistance with high and low resistance...
4733670 Device for cardiac output monitoring  
An electrode assembly for cardiac output monitoring comprising a first pair of electrodes consisting of a first spot injection electrode for placement adjacent the xiphoid process for injecting a...
4729385 Probe and method of use for detecting abnormal tissues  
Two probes for tissue impedance measurement each have first and second conductive rings unitarily arranged with an insulative member separating the rings. The conductive rings are coaxially...
4727330 Method and apparatus for measuring the electrical conductivity of a subject  
Apparatus for measuring the electrical conductivity of a subject comprises a coil for producing a substantially uniform magnetic field within a predetermined volume and a transport assembly for...
4702259 Device for measuring and indicating changes in resistance of a living body  
A device for measuring and indicating changes in the resistance of a living body including an analog portion, a digital portion and a source of power for supplying stable power to the analog and...
4697599 Apparatus for locating and detecting pain  
A selective tissue conductance meter is described which can be used to assess pain, abnormal sensation or sympathetic dysfunction in a human being or animal. Two concentric electrodes are mounted...
4690152 Apparatus for epithelial tissue impedance measurements  
Two probes for tissue impedance measurement each have first and second conductive rings unitarily arranged with an insulative member separating the rings. The conductive rings are coaxially...
4690149 Non-invasive electromagnetic technique for monitoring physiological changes in the brain  
An apparatus and method for non-invasively sensing physiological changes in the brain is disclosed. The apparatus and method uses an electromagnetic field to measure localized impedance changes in...
4688580 Non-invasive electromagnetic technique for monitoring bone healing and bone fracture localization  
An apparatus and method for non-invasive sensing of bone healing is disclosed. The apparatus and method uses an electromagnetic field to measure impedance changes at the bone fracture site during...
4683891 Biomonitoring stress management method and device  
A method of managing and controlling stress in a person engaged in a goal oriented, cognitive task involves simultaneous measurement of a physical parameter of the person which varies in accordance...
4674518 Method and apparatus for measuring ventricular volume  
A method and apparatus for the instantaneous measurement of venticular volume using an intracavity electrical impedance catheter having plural pairs of spaced surface electrodes driven by a...
4660562 Multi-event biomedical electrode assembly  
An electrode assembly for multi-event biomedical event measuring which has a device for sensing more than one physiological parameter of a patient and includes a housing having an upwardly...
4649932 Method and apparatus for deriving currents and potentials representative of the impedances of zones of a body  
In deriving the impedance of a zone of a body errors arise when currents used stray from the zone due to movements of, and/or changes within the body. In the invention a current used for deriving...
4651280 Electrosurgical control system using tissue conductivity  
A Microprocessor controlled Relay is between and in series with the Electro-Surgical Unit and the NiCr loop, to control the output power of the E.S.U. during the operation of Transurethral...
4630615 Apparatus for measuring impedance  
The apparatus comprises: a comparator for comparing the voltage at which the constant current pulses are being supplied to the load with an increasing reference voltage; a counter for counting the...
4625732 Apparatus for measuring the actual psychophysiological condition  
Apparatus is provided for measuring the actual psychophysiological condition of a subject. The apparatus may be hand held and includes finger engaging sensor means, a keyboard and a display means....
4619265 Interactive portable defibrillator including ECG detection circuit  
A portable, interactive medical electronic device exemplified by a defibrillator. The device obtains information about a patient's condition, such as ECG and transthoracic impedance data, directly...
4617939 Tomography  
Tomographic images (I 1 and I 2 ) of a body are constructed by placing a plurality of surface electrodes (1 to 16) at spaced intervals on the body (M), causing currents to flow in the body, and...
4602639 Method and apparatus for contactless measurement of charge concentrations and potential differences in biological organisms  
Apparatus and a method are presented for contactless measurement of charge concentrations and potential differences in biological organisms, with the electrode being spaced from the organism....
4577640 Method and apparatus for direct in vivo monitoring of uterine electrical activity  
This invention relates to an improved apparatus for directly detecting and monitoring uterine bio-electrical activity "in vivo" characterized by an electrode carrier in the form of a cup shaped to...
4578635 Device for measuring and indicating changes in the resistance of a living body  
An apparatus for measuring and indicating changes in the resistance of a living body in which all changes in the resistance of the living body are displayed automatically by the apparatus. The...
4574810 Automatic threshold defibrillator  
A defibrillator which will automatically ascertain the transthoracic resistance of the patient and then automatically apply a defibrillation shock according to the transthoracic resistance and an...
4562843 System for determining characteristics of blood flow  
Method and apparatus are disclosed for determination and display of hemodynamic characteristic values of a patient in a variety of statistical forms and in relative or absolute terms, the...