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5482051 |
Electromyographic virtual reality system
A finite element model of a structure is manipulated according to electromyographic signal from the musculature of an operator. The resulting forces are fed back to the operator and a display...
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5482048 |
System and method for measuring and quantitating facial movements
A system and method for measuring and quantitating facial movements useful in detecting, characterizing and treating facial paralysis or abnormal facial movements. A preferred embodiment of the...
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5482039 |
Process for diagnosing erectile dysfunction, and related methods of treatment
A method for diagnosing vasculogenic erectile dysfunction, including vasculogenic impotence and Peyronie's syndrome, is provided. The method involves transurethral administration of a vasodilating...
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5474085 |
Remote thermographic sensing of livestock
The invention provides a method and apparatus for remote sensing of livestock, using a thermographic image sensing system, in order to determine one or more of the number, weight, location,...
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5471756 |
Lumen sizers
A surgical instrument for sizing the lumen of an organ is provided. The lumen sizer comprises a handle member with a projection at either end. Each projection has a substantially cylindrical sizing...
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5471995 |
Spine contour gauge and method
A device and methods for quantitatively measuring spinal contours and flexibility are provided. The device includes a plurality of substantially parallel coplanar shafts slidable within a guide...
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5471405 |
Apparatus for measurement of forces and pressures applied to a garment
To provide a pair of shoes responsive to the relative forces applied to a wearer's feet, at least one force sensor is provided in each of a left and right shoe. The sensor detects pressures which...
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5457891 |
Leg angle measurement gauge
A gauge to measure the lateral inclination of a part of a brace above a patient's knee relative to a part of the brace below the patient's knee. The brace has a hinge to allow flexing of the knee....
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5454838 |
Method and a device for monitoring heart function
Heart function is monitored by monitoring the momentum or velocity of the heart masses, preferably by means of a sensor implanted in the heart mass.
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5452727 |
Orofacial myographic measurement apparatus
A myographic measurement apparatus for direct strength measurement of the orofacial muscles, in particular, the lip and tongue muscles. The apparatus includes a pressure-sensitive probe that is...
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5452719 |
Multiple electrode myographic probe and method
A method for evaluating the function of the muscles of the pelvic floor of a human patient simultaneously measures myographic signals for proximal and distal muscles of the anal canal or the like...
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5450857 |
Method for the diagnosis of cervical changes
The present invention relates to a method and instrumentation for detecting the changes in cervical connective tissues associated with cervical dilation or effacement. This method uses an optical...
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5435315 |
Physical fitness evalution system
A device for evaluating the physical fitness of an individual. The device obtains signals indicative of personal data of the individual, including cardiovascular fitness data including one of blood...
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5435321 |
Joint displacement measurement apparatus
The measurement device includes a frame with a support and mounting member, a longitudinal bar, a lateral bar pivotally and slidably attached to the longitudinal bar with a pair of stirrups or heel...
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5435318 |
Bridle tension indicator device
A bridle tension indicator device with which the invention is concerned is to be connectable to one or both reins (R) of a bridle for a horse. The device includes an electrical circuit responsive...
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5433215 |
Arthroscopic indenter
An arthroscopic indenter for measuring creep deformation behavior, stress relaxation behavior and thickness of cartilage in vivo and in situ. A computer-based system measures deformation or force...
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5429140 |
Integrated virtual reality rehabilitation system
A rehabilitation system employs a force feedback system, such as a force feedback glove, to simulate virtual deformable objects. Prior to rehabilitation, the patient places his or her hand in a...
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5429143 |
Device and method for determining hole integrity in surgical applications
Liquid material is directed under pressure into a hole, such as a hole formed in a bone. The vessel from which the liquid is directed, such as a syringe or squeeze bulb tube, provides a seal at the...
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5427116 |
Device for maintaining a desired load on a joint during observation under magnetic resonance imaging
A medical device for use in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging includes a frame which is selectively coupleable to a surface for supporting a patient, and a receiving member for receiving...
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5425378 |
Advanced posture-monitoring device
A monitoring unit is mounted atop headgear fitted with a proportional level sensor which detects head inclination in the saggital plane. A battery powered microcontroller, interfaced with the level...
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5425775 |
Method for measuring patellofemoral forces
A method and apparatus for measuring the forces acting on a patella includes a patella sensor comprising a sensor, a sensor cover, and a plurality of strain gages. The sensor cover is attached to...
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5423332 |
Device and method for determining the mass or volume of a body part
An easily manipulable device for determining the volume of an area under examination, comprises a probe having an actuator imparting motion to the prostate, a sensor for measuring the displacement...
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5423328 |
Stress detecting device and method for monitoring breathing
Stress detecting device for monitoring respiration, including a base supporting a transducer responsive to forces applied, at least indirectly, thereon by a slideably engageable belt, for producing...
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5415176 |
Apparatus for measuring body fat
A body fat measuring apparatus for measuring body fat in a patient's body comprises apparatus for simultaneously measuring an impedance between the patient's feet, and for measuring the patient's...
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5408754 |
Method and apparatus for measuring sleeping positions
A method for measuring sleeping positions using a portable coordinate measuring machine is presented. The measured sleeping position information can be used to select or design a mattress which...
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5406961 |
Monitoring device and method for detection of premature labor
A pessary senses the dilation and effacement of the cervix of patients at risk for premature labor by sensing changes in the energy levels transmitted through the cervical tissue. In one...
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5398696 |
Isometric exercise method for lowering resting blood pressure and grip dynamometer useful therefor
The present invention is directed in one aspect to a protocol or method for lowering the resting systolic and diastolic blood pressures of patients. This protocol commences with a determination of...
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5396887 |
Apparatus and method for detecting contact pressure
An apparatus for performing an operation inside a body in the vicinity of a wall therein which includes a flexible elongate member having proximal and distal extremities. The distal extremity is...
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5379235 |
System and method for the measurement of mechanical properties of elastic materials
A system and method for measuring the biomechanical properties of a healing wound in a specimen which utilize a chamber for applying an increasingly negative pressure over time to an area of tissue...
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5377691 |
Plural-characteristic-measuring radial erectometer
A plural-characteristic-measuring radial erectometer is described for use by a male user in connection with treatment for impotency. The erectometer includes elongate band-like structure...
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5376093 |
Tibiofemoral alignment guide
A tibiofermoral alignment guide suitable for use during total knee replacement surgery, provides a means of measuring the angle subtended at the knee joint by the tibial axis relative to the...
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5373730 |
Skin compliance measurement device
A skin compliance measurement device for measuring the compliance of human skin. The skin compliance measurement device comprises a housing containing two flexible strips attached to the housing at...
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5370692 |
Rapid, customized bone prosthesis
Prosthetic bone implants are fabricated to approximately replicate a patient's original bone. Medical computer aided imaging techniques are applied to generate a data base representing the size and...
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5368044 |
Vibrational analysis of bones
Method and apparatus for clinically recording and comparing the stiffness of a body element in-vivo. The body element, preferably a long bone (14) is excited by a vibratory device (15) and various...
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5360014 |
Sizing apparatus for heart valve with supra annular suture ring
A sizing apparatus for a supra-annular heart valve comprising a sizing probe mounted on a bendable shaft. The sizing probe comprises a cylindrical body with a proximal surrounding lip, the body and...
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5360016 |
Force transducer for a joint prosthesis
A force transducer for a joint prosthesis is disclosed. The transducer includes A f5RUw,V,central body having a plurality of cavities formed therein from a lower surface. Each cavity defines a...
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5360015 |
Apparatus for study and reeducation of the ankle
The apparatus has a plate (1) pivotingly mounted on a horizontal axis (X--X') with stops (4) limiting the inclination of the plate (1) on either side of the axis. The inclination of the plate is...
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5358506 |
Approximating apparatus for surgical jaw structure
Approximating apparatus for surgical jaw structure is provided which effects substantially parallel approximation of first and second surgical jaw structure to permit substantially parallel working...
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5351408 |
Cervical measurement apparatus
Measurement apparatus for determining parameters of a patient's neck comprises a table for positioning the patient's torso during measurement, a head positioning mechanism disposed on the table for...
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5343874 |
Tract measuring device
A measuring device and method for determining the length of an incised tract or passage into which gastrostomy appliance is about to be installed. A trocar needle is used to incise a tract or...
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RE34663 |
Non-invasive determination of mechanical characteristics in the body
A non-invasive system and method for inducing vibrations in a selected element of the human body and detecting the nature of responses for determining mechanical characteristics of the element are...
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5329813 |
Grasp analysis apparatus
A grasp analysis apparatus and method by which the power of grasp exerted by the human hand can be measured, and by which a determination can be made related to the maximum effort of grasp that is...
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5327908 |
Surgical apparatus for measuring body tissue
An apparatus is provided for approximating the jaw structure of surgical instrumentation. The apparatus includes a first jaw structure and a second jaw structure. The second jaw structure is...
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5327656 |
Device for overall diameter measurement of a group of hairs or fibers (ODMOGH)
A device which measures the overall diameter of groups of hairs or fibers and reduces the work required to obtain their statistical parameters. In the preferred embodiment an outer hollow cylinder...
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5327907 |
Biomechanical measurement tool
A skeletal measurement device is disclosed in which concave arcuate calipers extend from a central housing containing a gear actuated dial scale. Upon expansion of the ends of the concave calipers...
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5318039 |
Method and an apparatus in electromyography
A method and apparatus for detecting muscular status in which electrodes are connected to the body muscles being investigated for producing analog myoelectric signals which are amplified in an...
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5316479 |
Firearm training system and method
A firearm training system is disclosed, which allows the measurement and display as a function of time of the hand grip force pattern applied to the grip of a firearm by a weapon hand of a shooter....
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5316016 |
Imaging balloon catheter and methods for use and manufacture
The present invention includes an imaging catheter for providing a three-dimensional representation of a body vessel wall. The imaging catheter includes an expandable deformable balloon which is...
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5303709 |
Retinal eye disease diagnostic system
Means and Method are provided for determining both the topography and the thickness of the nerve fiber layer at the fundus of the eye by measuring the polarization shift of the reflected probing...
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5303703 |
Combined neuroepithelial sample delivery electrode device and methods of using same
The invention relates to combined neuroepithelial electrode and sample delivery devices which deliver a stimulant to neuroepithelial tissue and measure the bioelectric response of the tissue to the...
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