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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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