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7620450 Method and system for removing noise by using change in activity pattern  
A noise removal method and system using a change in activity pattern, in which it is recognized that noise components exist in different frequency bands and different filters for removing noise are...
7616988 System and method for detecting an involuntary muscle movement disorder  
Methods and systems are directed to evaluating a pathological condition and involve acquiring muscle movement signals, such as electromyogram (EMG) or accelerometer signals, and detecting the...
7612681 System and method for predicting fall risk for a resident  
A system for predicting fall risk for a resident is provided. The system includes a fall risk prediction subsystem, configured to predict a fall risk likelihood for a resident based on data...
7608050 Motion detector for a mobile device  
A portable electronic device comprises a motion sensor to detect motion and to generate motion data, and an activity monitor to detect user activity based on said motion data. A power detection...
7601126 Lameness evaluation systems and methods  
A wireless sensor-based lameness evaluation system detects and analyzes patterns of vertical head and pelvic motion of a four-legged animal in correlation with at least one limb movement. The...
7594891 Portable physiological parameter monitor  
A microprocessor unit receives input data from a work measuring station, a sphygmomanometer, and a heart rate sensor and combines such data to provide output signals to a display device indicative...
7591793 Infant movement analysis system and infant movement analysis method  
A system which extracts motion data from a video image of an infant, and determines synchronism, symmetry, and/or coordination among the limbs. The system uses the synchronism, symmetry, and/or...
7575554 Breathing monitoring device having a multi-point detector  
In medical situation, a self breathing holding method using no breathing monitoring device shows inferior accuracy in holding breathing by a patient with poor understanding of the self breathing...
7574371 Medical diagnosis management system  
A computerized medical diagnosis management system includes a central computer system comprising a data processor; at least one data interface operatively coupled to the data processor and...
7572225 Sleep logbook  
An approach to collecting and organizing information associated with events affecting sleep is presented. The sleep logbook system may acquire information associated with the sleep during periods...
7570064 Proximity detector comprising capacitive sensor  
A proximity detector employs a capacitive sensor, having: at least one detection antenna including numerous capacitive proximity sensors which each include a measuring electrode, the antenna being...
7567831 Respiratory measurement system and method related thereto  
A respiratory measurement system and a method for measuring respiratory motion are provided. The system includes a strapping device that is configured to be placed across a chest of a person. The...
7563234 Electromyographic (EMG) feedback during AMES treatment of individuals with severe neuromuscular deficits  
A method of rehabilitating a patient suffering partial or total loss of motor control of an appendicular joint caused by injury or neurological disorder but exhibiting clinically plegic (i.e.,...
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...
7542804 Neuromuscular stimulation to avoid pulmonary embolisms  
A system and method that provide a prophylactic treatment to a person, e.g., a patient, to avoid the occurrence of pulmonary embolisms by the system providing neuromuscular stimulation to a...
7541935 System and methods for monitoring caregiver performance  
Systems and methods for monitoring the performance of a caregiver are disclosed. The systems may be configured to monitor the movement of each caregiver in a network of caregivers. One such system...
7537573 Active muscle assistance and resistance device and method  
A method for controlling movement using an active powered device including an actuator, joint position sensor, muscle stress sensor, and control system. The device provides primarily muscle support...
7532977 Portable personal positioner  
A portable personal positioner for determining the geographical position of the user without employing the Global Positioning System (GPS) comprising a signal/position display and a traveling...
7520864 Muscle stretch sensor  
The methods and devices of a multi-functional operating interface for a care-taking machine. The multi-functional operating interface of the care-taking machine includes: muscle stretch sensor,...
7509263 Method and system for providing current industry specific data to physicians  
The present invention provides physicians access to formulary data as well as important clinical and practice management information at the point of care on easy-to-use handheld electronic devices....
7503900 Kinematic quantification of gait asymmetry based on bilateral cyclograms  
Kinematic quantification of gait asymmetry is achieved by plotting the values of the angles of corresponding joints and then comparing the resulting figure to the figure that would have been...
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...
7491181 Collecting activity and sleep quality information via a medical device  
A device, such as an implantable medical device (IMD) or a programming device, determines when a patient is attempting to sleep. When the device determines that the patient is attempting to sleep,...
7491180 Apparatus and methods for templating and placement of artificial discs  
A method of determining the size and/or placement of a prosthetic disc in a disc space between adjacent endplates of two vertebrae in a selected spinal area, comprising: using a computer to...
7488299 Method and apparatus for physiological testing  
A device and method to test the sincerity of physical effort of an individual. The device has a moveable member, a sensor for measuring force applied to the shaft; and a resistance means to vary...
7485100 Microscopic dynamic mechanical analyzer  
An electromagnetic apparatus, comprises a conductive loop comprising two parallel conductive legs joined at a free end by a sample contacting member and a magnetic circuit that imposes a magnetic...
7481780 Method of calibration for the representation of knee kinematics and harness for use therewith  
A method for creating a frame of reference of a leg of a subject for subsequent 3-D kinematic analysis of the leg with non-invasive trackable references secured to the femur and the tibia of the...
7478009 Apparatus and method for evaluating a hypertonic condition  
An apparatus and method for evaluating a hypertonic condition in a movable extremity are described. The apparatus includes an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a force sensor and a data communication...
7473233 Automated system and method for determining drug testing  
An automated system and method for determining drug testing. The system enters a participant or subject into the system who is to be monitored during a probationary or other program for alcohol or...
7465253 Proprioception machine  
A proactive machine is used for assessing and improving a user's proprioception. The machine has a tilting platform upon which the user stands, a non-rotating tilting means connected to the...
7458943 Spine tilt monitor with biofeedback  
The present invention relates to a system and method for continually monitoring the spine of a user via device containing electromechanical transducer, processor, delay, transmitter, and a feedback...
7455648 Living body inspection apparatus  
A living body inspection apparatus including an oscillation coil which passes an AC current, a detection coil which detects an AC magnetic field generated from the detection coil, an amplification...
7455647 Dynamic spacer for total knee arthroplasty  
A dynamic spacer is provided for measuring flexion-extension gap during total knee arthroplasty. The dynamic spacer includes a first planar member having a lower tissue engaging surface, and a...
7454268 Manipulator  
A manipulator comprises an operation command unit provided with an attitude adjusting unit and an end effector control unit, a connecting unit having one end connected to the operation command...
7452336 Interactive neural training device  
An apparatus and method for rehabilitating patients and assessing tactile skills in response to visual stimuli generated from a portable neural training device. The device generates a visual output...
7450002 Method and apparatus for monitoring human activity pattern  
A method and apparatus for monitoring a human activity pattern irrespective of the wearing position of the sensor unit by a user and a direction of the sensor unit are provided. The method for...
7445605 Detection of apex motion for monitoring cardiac dysfunction  
Systems, devices and methods for detecting and monitoring cardiac dysfunction. The devices include motion sensors for detecting signals representative of the total movement of the heart, and of the...
7442172 Ligament tension gauge  
An apparatus and method for assessing tension of a ligament in a patient's body with less reliance on a subjective feel of a human examiner.
7433733 Motion measurement method, motion measurement system, and motion measurement program  
A method, system, and program enabling a variable varying with an animal's motions to be accurately measured. First, a reference relational expression representing a relation between myoelectric...
7431700 Body movement and respiration monitor  
A monitor which can detect respiration of a sleeping person without being affected by the attitude of the sleeping person or the indoor illumination light and can easily evaluate detected...
7427601 Method for treating tremor  
The present invention is directed to the use of a class of peptide compounds for treating essential tremor and other tremor syndromes.
7427272 Method for locating the mechanical axis of a femur  
There is described a method for determining a mechanical axis of a femur using a computer aided surgery system having an output device for displaying said mechanical axis, the method comprising:...
7427270 Sleep stage determination apparatus  
Disclosed is a sleep stage determination apparatus which comprises respiratory-signal detection means for detecting a variation of a respiratory signal from the body of a human subject, and...
7416537 Rehabilitative orthoses  
Instrumented orthoses with more sophisticated structures provide for coordinated support and rehabilitation of complex joints and multiple injured joints. Improved instrumented orthoses can include...
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...
7402143 Bio-filter pad for facilitating the detection of an occurrence of a physiological action and method therefor and fetal activity monitoring apparatus  
The present invention facilitates the detection of an occurrence of a physiological action imparting a displacement to a body part at a natural frequency signature by virtue of a bio-filter pad...
7402142 Method and processor for obtaining moments and torques in a biped walking system  
A method and processor for obtaining torques to be applied to joints of a leg of a biped walking system include obtaining moments acting around the joints of the leg, using the vertical component...
7399205 Plug and receptacle having wired and wireless coupling  
A plug and a communication module communicate wirelessly. The plug includes prongs that couple to sockets of a power outlet to receive power for a device associated with the plug. The plug carries...
7397931 Human identification apparatus and human searching/tracking apparatus  
A human identification apparatus, which can judge for identification of human images even in temporally-distant frames or frames shot with different cameras, judges whether or not persons...
RE40427 Apparatus and method for movement coordination analysis  
Methods and devices are provided for evaluating among the limbs of a subject the distribution of impairments of the subject's ability to coordinate the muscular contractions to execute effective...