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7296361 |
Measuring device and method of measuring
a device for measuring dimensions in a hollow organ of the body, includes: a length of conduit; a measuring mechanism on one end of the conduit; and an indicator in connection with a second end of...
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7299093 |
Method and apparatus for avoidance of phrenic nerve stimulation during cardiac pacing
A cardiac rhythm management device in which an accelerometer is used to detect diaphragmatic or other skeletal muscle contraction associated with the output of a pacing pulse. Upon detection of...
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7295124 |
Reflex tester and method for measurement
A response measuring system for measuring the time required for a user or subject to respond to a prompting event includes a controller or computer connected to a plurality of annunciator driving...
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7295871 |
ECG signal processor and method
Chest compressions are measured and prompted to facilitate the effective administration of CPR. A displacement detector determines a displacement indicative signal indicative of the displacement of...
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7291118 |
Method for determining the risk of developing a skeletal condition
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for calculating postural deviation values indicative of a skeletal condition risk in a patient including the steps of obtaining position data...
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7288075 |
Methods and devices utilizing rheological materials
Impression devices are provided for making an impression of a desired feature. The impression devices include: a flexible bladder having a cavity formed therein, the flexible bladder being capable...
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7289885 |
Dual purpose media drive providing control path to shared robotic device in automated data storage library
A dual purpose media drive exchanges data with removable media items. The drive includes at least one port to receive various control signals, including (1) data exchange commands directing the...
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7280861 |
Diagnosis and classification of disease and disability using low frequency magnetic field designed pulses (Cnps)
The invention is directed to the use of magnetic field designed pulses for the diagnoses and classification of severity of disease states and disability in humans and animals.
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7278975 |
Method and apparatus for detecting a tremor induced in a subject
A method and apparatus are provided for detecting tremors induced in a subject that are indicative of stress, emotion, fatigue, deception or other similar psychological states. The apparatus...
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7277004 |
Bi-directional deflectable resistor
A system and method for a bi-directional deflectable resistor. The bi-directional deflectable resistor has a first layer of conductive material on a top surface of a substrate and a second layer of...
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7267649 |
Method and system for remote hemodynamic monitoring
A cardiac sensor system includes implanted cardiac sensor assemblies and an external controller which receives information from the implanted sensors. The sensors permit direct measurement of a...
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7258653 |
Postural awareness apparatus
A postural awareness apparatus includes a pad, signal means for producing a signal, detection means for determining a weight applied to the pad and activating the signal means when the weight...
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7252004 |
Imaging method and device employing sherar waves
An imaging method for observing the propagation of a shear wave simultaneously at a multitude of points in a diffusing viscoelastic medium. The shear wave is caused to be generated by firing at...
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7251593 |
Simulation system, method and computer-readable medium for human augmentation devices
A system, a method and a computer readable medium are provided for simulating a combined musculoskeletal and augmentation device system. The dynamics model of the combined musculoskeletal and...
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7232460 |
Nanodevices, microdevices and sensors on in-vivo structures and method for the same
An in-vivo method and apparatus is disclosed that comprises at least one sensor for determining changes in a human's an animal's body and reporting said changes outside the body. The sensor may be...
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7232415 |
System and method for noninvasively evaluating a limb suspected of compartment syndrome
A system and method are disclosed for noninvasively diagnosing limb compartment syndrome by measuring a quantitative modulus of hardness. In the preferred embodiment, a nonmovable pressure probe...
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7232416 |
Method and device for determining the anatomical condition of a human being or an animal and a strength training machine and a computer program which is saved to a memory medium
A method for determining the anatomic condition of components of the body of a human or of an animal is disclosed comprising producing a sound signal in a selected component of the body by at least...
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7225554 |
Apparatus and method for measuring a human head
The invention relates to apparatus and methods for measuring a human head. The apparatus disclosed herein involve the use of linear rulers, or rotating contacting members, coupled to a support...
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7223249 |
Method and apparatus for determining the depth of a gingival pocket
A method and apparatus are provided for determining the depth of a gingival pocket using ultra-sound signals transmitted transgingivally. Transgingival (through the gum) transmission of the...
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7220231 |
Walking condition determining device and method
A device and a method that permit easy and accurate determination of a walking condition regardless of differences in foot landing points on soles or lengths of legs of a walker are provided....
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7222000 |
Mobile videoconferencing platform with automatic shut-off features
A remote controlled robot system that includes a robot and a remote control station. A user can control movement of the robot from the remote control station. The remote control station may...
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7220235 |
Method and apparatus for enhancement of chest compressions during CPR
An apparatus for assisting a rescuer in performing chest compressions during CPR on a victim, the apparatus comprising a pad or other structure configured to be applied to the chest near or at the...
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7218993 |
Robot system and autonomous mobile robot
A robot system is provided and includes an autonomous mobile robot. In the system in which monitoring is performed using the autonomous mobile robot which travels along a predetermined path, an...
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7213601 |
Minimally-invasive devices and methods for treatment of congestive heart failure
A method of treatment of congestive heart failure comprises the steps of introducing an aortic occlusion catheter through a patient's peripheral artery, the aortic occlusion catheter having an...
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7214187 |
System and method for identification of false statements
A method of detecting lie detection including the steps of first conditioning the subject to produce an involuntary physiological response triggered when the subject provides false statements; and...
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7204798 |
Methods and systems for measuring cardiac parameters
Methods and systems of the present invention provide for measurement of various cardiac parameters. Methods generally involve causing a change in volume and/or pressure in a heart chamber,...
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7201725 |
Device and method for determining a depth of an incision
A device for determining the depth of an incision from the epidermal layer to a puncture in a blood vessel in which the device includes an elongated member which has a lumen extending from a distal...
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7201726 |
Method for physiological volume measurement and analysis
A repeatable patient-specific measurement technique, along with a technique for analyzing the data obtained. The process employs common anatomical reference points to guide the clinician performing...
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7198605 |
Response testing for conscious sedation utilizing a non-ear-canal-contacting speaker
A conscious sedation system and a request assembly for a response testing apparatus for a conscious sedation system. The conscious sedation system includes a controller which generates a request...
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7198607 |
Detector unit, an arrangement and a method for measuring and evaluating forces exerted on a human body
The invention relates an arrangement ( 10 ) for measuring and presenting forces exerted on body, describing the amount and intensity of physical exercise. The arrangement according to the invention...
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7195645 |
In vivo joint space measurement device and method
A joint endoprosthesis system has first and second prosthetic components. The second prosthetic component has a bearing surface. The interface of the bearing surface and the first prosthetic...
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7189208 |
Method for measuring heart electrophysiology
A mapping catheter is positioned in a heart chamber, and active electrode sites are activated to impose an electric field within the chamber. The blood volume and wall motion modulates the electric...
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7182737 |
Apparatus and method for measuring jaw motion
An apparatus for measuring jaw motion has a pair of fixed marker attached to both sides of face of patient, a pair of movable markers disposed to face the fixed marker in a spaced distance and to...
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7182736 |
Apparatus and method for assessing loads on adjacent bones
An apparatus ( 10 ) that utilizes microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology to provide an in vivo assessment of loads on adjacent bones ( 24 and 26 ) comprises a body ( 34 ) for insertion...
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7179231 |
Apparatus and method for analyzing nerve conduction
An apparatus for and method of conducting a nerve conduction study is provided. In response to predetermined stimulation from an excitation device, a signal is generated that travels through a...
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7181315 |
Manual-mode operating system for robot
A manual-mode operating system for a robot provided with an end-effector. The manual-mode operating system includes a display section including a screen for displaying an image of an end-effector;...
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7179234 |
Apparatus and method for characterizing contributions of forces associated with a body part of a subject
A method and apparatus for characterizing contributions of forces associated with a body part of a subject when the body part is involved in movement is provided. The method includes causing...
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7177722 |
Assembling method and apparatus
An assembling method and an apparatus for carrying out the method capable of efficiently, reliably and easily detecting an insertion and fitting position, for easy automatic assembly. In case a...
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7177723 |
Operational optimization after powering on a robotic data storage library
A robotic storage library is provided for reducing the transition time to reach an operational state following a transition from a power-off to a power-on state. The robotic storage library can...
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7172561 |
Spreader tensiometer for measuring tension in an intervertebral disc space
The present invention relates to a novel spreader tensiometer adapted for use in measuring tension in an intervertebral disc space.
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7172562 |
System, method and apparatus for locating, measuring and evaluating the enlargement of a foramen
A system, apparatus, and method for locating, measuring and evaluating the enlargement of a foramen are provided. An instrument has a handle, an angled region, and a tip to be inserted into the...
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7172560 |
Living body information acquiring apparatus and living body information acquiring method
A conventional living body information acquiring apparatus for measuring a skinfold thickness of a living body could not fix a relative position of skinfold thickness measuring means to the living...
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7171286 |
Healthcare tele-robotic system with a robot that also functions as a remote station
A robotic system that includes a plurality of robots that are linked to a plurality of remote stations. The robots have an input device and software that allows control of another robot. This...
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7166063 |
Brace compliance monitor
A brace compliance monitor is disclosed that includes a compliance sensor, a signal processor, and a display. Compliance data is displayed on the display to provide the patient or subject with...
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7166081 |
Method for locating, measuring, and evaluating the enlargement of a foramen
A method for locating, measuring and evaluating the enlargement of a foramen are provided. An instrument has a handle, an angled region, and a tip to be inserted into the foramen. An instrument can...
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7164970 |
Medical tele-robotic system
A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing. The robot may be controlled by a remote...
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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...
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7160257 |
Health management device for pregnant woman
A health management device for pregnant women calculates the amount of change in body fat and the amount of change in total body water between a non-pregnant period and the time of measurement...
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7158859 |
5 degrees of freedom mobile robot
A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot with at least five degrees of freedom and a teleconferencing function. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform...
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7158860 |
Healthcare tele-robotic system which allows parallel remote station observation
A robotic system that includes a mobile robot linked to a plurality of remote stations. The robot provides both audio and visual information to the stations. One of the remote stations, a primary...
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