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7547286 Method to reduce inflammation and tactile finger sensation deficit due to carpal tunnel syndrome or arthritis  
An apparatus or method to accommodate disability and to improve the efficiency of the movement of the fingers, in order; A) to reduce 1) onset of symptoms of median nerve entrapment or carpal...
7509253 Device for determining latency between stimulus and response  
A device which uses an input of speech and measures latency between stimulus and response. The device generally includes an input transducer for converting a stimulus speech sound into an...
7493264 Method of care assessment and health management  
An interactive computer assisted method compiles comprehensive health care information on patients in a central repository, assesses and analyzes this information, and identifies high utilizers of...
7462155 Objective determination of chronic pain in patients  
A method for objectively determining if a patient suffers chronic pain by initially observing a multiplicity of persons who are free of chronic pain and subjecting them to a given pain stimulus....
7410950 Peptides of CaV2.2 that inhibit pain  
The present invention relates to peptides of CaV2.2 and their use in the treatment of pain. The sequence of the peptides is derived from the C-terminus of CaV2.2. and is believed to inhibit the...
7399281 Pain measurement system and method of measuring pain  
A pain measurement system is capable of accurately and reliably measuring the magnitude of temporary pain in a patient while reducing burdens on the patient during pain measurement. The pain...
7381191 Sinus nerve locator  
Dental devices in the form of a temporary implant for securing a rubber dam clamp, and a nerve locator for aiding a dental surgeon during oral surgery on a patient.
7362334 System for regional data association and presentation and method for the same  
A database methodology that concerns the mapping of any arbitrary object into a plurality of regions, enabling the assignment of multiple region-specific attributes thereto and facilitating the...
7184963 Method for determining care and prevention pathways for clinical management of wounds  
The present invention relates to methods for consistently designating appropriate treatment protocols for patients, particularly protocols involving wounds or wound prevention. Specifically, the...
7164967 Biomorphic rhythmic movement controller  
An artificial Central Pattern Generator (CPG) based on the naturally-occuring central pattern generator locomotor controller for walking, running, swimming, and flying animals may be constructed to...
7155991 Method of measuring attributes of personal care articles and compositions  
Novel methods for measuring the soothing attributes of personal care compositions are disclosed. The methods disclosed are particularly suitable for measuring and comparing the soothing attributes...
7097622 Non-invasive, quantitative somatosensory apparatus for the evaluation of erectile dysfunction  
A non-invasive quantitative somatosensory apparatus is provided for evaluating erectile dysfunctions and involves the applications to the glans penis of two different temperatures. If the patient...
7066006 Method of collecting data relating to attributes of personal care articles and compositions  
Novel methods for measuring the soothing attributes of personal care compositions are disclosed. The methods disclosed are particularly suitable for measuring and comparing the soothing attributes...
6856315 Pain migration tracking and display method  
A method of obtaining and displaying pain information from a user connected to a pain-tracking computer through a computer network is provided. The invention provides a system that allows users,...
6826426 Objective pain signal acquisition system and processed signal  
Methods, apparatuses and systems relating to the objective measurement of the subjective perception of pain in a subject are disclosed. In one aspect, a system for objectively measuring a...
6790304 Method of manufacturing a leap-type testing implement  
An automated process of making a medical test implement, such as a LEAP Testing Implement, includes the steps of providing a handle element, providing a deformable test element, and mechanically...
6757558 Objective pain measurement system and method  
Methods, apparatuses and systems relating to the objective measurement of the subjective perception of pain in a subject are disclosed. In one aspect, a system for objectively measuring a...
6702756 Method and apparatus for diagnosing neurological impairment  
A method of diagnosing neurological impairments such as multiple sclerosis includes the determination of the simultaneity threshold of a pair of sensory stimuli, such as visual or tactile stimuli,...
6659964 Sonar-controlled apparatus for the delivery of electromagnetic radiation  
The present invention comprises devices and methods that deliver electromagnetic radiation (EMR) from an emitter to a target and employ a laser or sonar (a sensing method) to measure distance...
6625481 Electrode assembly and method for signaling a monitor  
An electrode assembly adapted to be attached to the skin over selected facial muscle groups picks up signals to be analyzed by an anesthesia adequacy monitor that measures the level of awareness of...
6571124 Apparatus and method for monitoring skin conductance and method for controlling a warning signal  
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for monitoring the autonomous nervous system in an individual, especially for detecting pain, by utilizing spontaneous change in skin conductance....
6416480 Method and apparatus for automated acquisition of the glasgow coma score (AGCS)  
A system and a method for computerized automated acquisition of the Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) for quantifying level of consciousness following traumatic brain injury performs the assessment of the...
6409685 Method for improving motor control in an individual by sensory training  
A method and apparatus for implementing a training regimen which addresses motor control problems accompanied by sensory degradation. Accordingly, the training regimen is applicable to motor...
6406436 Physical examination instrument  
An instrument for a health practitioner to use in the course of a neurological or physical examination includes: a cylindrical, battery-operated penlight device, a pin prick mechanism, a reflex...
6387055 Tactile sensory testing device  
The present invention relates to a device for delivering dual point pressure sensations to a subject to provide not only tactile sensory forces, but also precise gradations of these forces in a...
6306101 Electronic device for measuring sensory thresholds in humans and animals  
An apparatus for testing and measuring sensory thresholds in humans and animals, including an electronic algometer and a probe housing. A strain gauge is installed within the probe housing and...
6298256 Device and method for the location and catheterization of the surroundings of a nerve  
A device for the location and catheterization of the surrounding area of a nerve of a human or animal body, including a catheter and an electrically conducting puncture needle with proximal and...
6258042 Visual analog scale and method of use for the diagnosis and/or treatment of physical pain  
The present invention is directed toward an apparatus and method for the accurate and uniform diagnosis and/or treatment of varying forms of pain that a person is experiencing. The apparatus is a...
6234977 Variable-force monofilament sensory device and methods of using same  
The present invention relates to a device for delivering single point pressure sensations to a subject, to provide not only tactile sensory forces, but also precise gradations of these forces in a...
6234976 Device for evaluating protective sensation  
A device for evaluating loss of protective sensation, which comprises a probe mounted on a head that is pivotally attached to a handle member, is provided. The handle member has a protective...
6200272 Folding card device for evaluating protective sensation  
A device for evaluating protective sensation, comprising a probe and a folding card attached to the probe, such that a portion of the probe extends from the folding card when the folding card is in...
6168569 Apparatus and method for relating pain and activity of a patient  
Apparatus for relating pain and activity experienced by a patient comprises: pain transducing means for allowing a patient to select any one pain level from a predetermined number of pain levels...
6162185 Touch detecting device, touch notifying device, information inputting device, touch replicating device, touch transmission system, pulse diagnostic device, pulse diagnosis training device, and pulse diagnostic information transmission device  
The test subject attaches pulse wave detectors 1 to his fingertips, and presses down on pressure sensor 110. As a result, CPU 4 determines the DC component of the received light signal LS, and...
6113552 Pain measurement system and method  
Disclosed is a pain measurement system and method that make possible the quantitative measurement of human clinical pain. The perception of the pain generated by the subject's source of preexisting...
6113551 Sensory testing device  
An economical, diagnostic, sensory testing instrument having a semi-rigid filament rigidly secured within a hand-gripped support for use in the care and treatment of sensory-affecting conditions....
6039923 Method and kit for monitoring mammalian reproductive cycles  
A kit for monitoring mammalian reproductive cycles by monitoring variations in the quantity of one or more low molecular weight volatile compound having a molecular weight of less than 50 grams per...
6018675 Assembly and method for objectively measuring pain in a subject  
A device and methodology is disclosed for the objective measurement of pain in awake human subjects. A variable intensity painful stimulus is given to the subject in a time dependent manner, the...
6002960 Passive, non-invasive method to quantify objectively the level and density of a neural blockade  
Electromyogram, temperature and heart rate measurements, which correlate to the dermatomal level and density of neural blockade, are obtained in a passive manner, i.e., the patient is not...
5823969 Tactile sensory testing instrument  
A hand held instrument for use by a health care examiner in test evaluation of the threshold of cutaneous sensory perception of a body surface area of a human patient, particularly the hands and...
5810743 Two piece neurodiagnostic test instrument with disposable test head and weighted reusable handle  
A two piece neurodiagnostic test instrument sensitive to the prevalence of blood borne pathogens in a clinical environment. The test instrument provides a weighted balance to conduct a proper...
5806522 Digital automated current perception threshold (CPT) determination device and method  
A method of quantitatively determining and recording constant alternating current conscious perception threshold or current conscious pain perception threshold for the purposes of determining...
5769810 Method for controlling the reflex response of the muscles of an ankle joint  
To control the reflex response of a muscle or muscular group articulating a joint of a living body, the method and device apply an external pressure to the mechano-receptors guiding the natural...
5673706 Diagnostic device with detachable wheel  
A diagnostic apparatus for testing nerve pathways through skin sensitivity, including a handle, a support assembly mounted to the handle, an axle affixed to the support assembly, a removable wheel...
5673703 Apparatus for automated determination of low frequency tactile thresholds  
An apparatus for automated testing of vibrotactile responses of a patient is disclosed. The embodiment of the invention comprises a component to apply indentations and vibrations to the patient's...
5666964 Muscle treatment devices  
Muscle treating devices for use by muscular therapists and patients include a clamp device having utility as a muscle treating device. It includes a probe attached to a preselected movable jaw that...
5666963 Moving-stimulus thermal sensitivity testing device  
Losses in nerve sensation are detected, and the affected nerves identified, by a hand-held device which is drawn, and preferably rolled, over the surface of a subject's skin. The surface on the...
5634472 Pain measurment  
A determination is quantitatively made of the severity of pain exhibited at a specified area on an animal by determining the magnitude of cooling required at the area of pain in order for the pain...
5592947 Algometer with pressure intensification rate adjusting and control capabilities  
A pressure algometer comprises a tip for applying pressure to a point of the patient's body, a pressure transducer for sensing the intensity of the pressure applied to the patient's body and for...
5533514 Algometry management system  
In the algometry management method and system, a computer apparatus is used to select points of a patient's body on which pain sensitivity pressure measurements have to be made, to determine a...
5529074 Uniform pressure diagnostic pinwheel  
A disposable diagnostic pinwheel for use in testing for nerve dysfunction. The pinwheel can be applied to a handle which incorporates a pressure absorbing mechanism so that a more constant and...
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