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7217356 Medical system, method and apparatus employing MEMS  
A biological suspension processing system is disclosed that may include a suspension treatment device for treating one or more components of a biological suspension, a first fluid flow path for...
7211063 Pressure sensor for therapeutic delivery device and method  
The present invention is an apparatus for treating a selected patient tissue or organ region, at the surface of such region. The apparatus has an accessing tool for accessing the patient region,...
7204823 Medication delivery system and monitor  
Systems and methods for the delivery and monitoring of a medication, such as insulin, to a recipient are provided. An exemplary feature-rich system comprises an infusion pump with a control system...
7174201 Position sensing system with integral location pad and position display  
Apparatus for performing a medical procedure on a tissue within a body of a subject includes a wireless tag which is fixed to the tissue and includes a first sensor coil. A second sensor coil is...
7148786 Network communication and message protocol for a medical perfusion system  
A network communication and messaging protocol for use in a medical perfusion system, provides the rules which govern how, among other things, information and data is conveyed between the various...
7147615 Needle dislodgement detection  
An apparatus for detecting dislodgement of a needle inserted into a patient includes a sensor for detecting wetness due to blood and a sensor holder to secure the sensor to the patient such that...
7112273 Volumetric fluid balance control for extracorporeal blood treatment  
A method and device for adjusting a volumetric flow balancing system for an extracorporeal blood treatment system receives a pressure signal and calculates a compensation factor that is used to...
7108680 Closed-loop drug delivery system  
A delivery system for a drug or bioactive agent includes an implantable pump and a delivery conduit that may be implanted in an organ or other tissue (e.g., the central or the peripheral nervous...
7094216 Injection system having a pressure isolation mechanism and/or a handheld controller  
An injector system includes a powered injector, a pressurizing chamber in operative connection with the powered injector, a fluid path in fluid connection with the pressurizing chamber, and a...
7092797 Flow monitoring system for a flow control apparatus  
A flow control apparatus having a flow monitoring system capable of detecting and identifying flow present within the administration feeding set loaded to the flow control apparatus is disclosed....
7083719 Medical system including vented tip protector  
A method, system and apparatus for performing peritoneal dialysis are provided. To this end, in part, a medical system is provided that includes (i) a liquid pump; (ii) tubing in communication with...
7079886 Apparatus and method for programming a KVO phase and a first phase of an injection procedure as a flushing medium phase  
A fluid injection arrangement in the context of patient imaging systems, in which phases of contrast medium injection and flushing medium injection can be freely and selectably ordered as to make...
7074205 Method and apparatus for power connection in a modular patient care system  
A modular patient care system having a central management unit module and one or more detachable functional units is described. Using unique mechanical and electrical features, the modular patient...
7072725 Implantable therapeutic substance infusion device configuration system  
The present invention provides for a software-based computing environment that uses data communication systems or networks, including the Internet and World Wide Web technologies, to implement a...
7067061 Method and a device for preparing a medical liquid  
A method for preparing a medical liquid from a liquid, such as water, and two concentrated solutions comprises the following steps: circulating the liquid in a conduit ( 15 ), at a flowrate...
7066883 Method and system for monitoring the course of therapy of a patient being therapeutically treated  
In a method and system for monitoring the course of therapy administered to a patient, at least one information value that requires a therapeutic and/or diagnostic measure and that is a direct or...
7044930 Multi-modular arrangement for anaesthesia  
The invention relates to an arrangement for inducing a state of anaesthesia in a living creature and maintaining the creature in that state by administering to the said creature an infused volume...
7044911 Gateway platform for biological monitoring and delivery of therapeutic compounds  
The invention relates to methods and devices for remote or distributed continuous monitoring of physiologically relevant states. The invention provides for methods to automatically detect...
7047058 Apparatuses, systems and methods for extravasation detection  
An apparatus for the detection of extravasation in an imaging procedure includes at least a first source of energy to supply imaging energy to tissue in the vicinity of a site and at least a first...
7044002 Method and device for monitoring the flow speed of an infusion solution  
Method and device for monitoring the flow speed of an infusion solution, such as with hemofiltration or hemodiafiltration. The device has a tube for conducting an infusion solution from a source of...
7008393 Blood processing system  
A blood processing system ( 2 ), includes a housing ( 4 ), to which a user control panel is mounted, having an access opening ( 47 ) therein. A cassette assembly ( 22 ), mounted to the housing for...
7008399 Electronically controlled device  
A device for injecting preparations is controlled by a sealed circuit block ( 10 ) containing integrated sensors ( 17, 21, 22, 23 24 ) which monitors selected parameters. Two pairs of integrated...
7004924 Methods, systems, and kits for the extracorporeal processing of blood  
Methods, systems, and kits for extracorporeally circulating and processing blood are described. The systems include a pump, a processing unit, and blood drawn return lines for accessing a patient's...
7001359 Implantable therapeutic substance infusion device with active longevity projection  
A medical device known as an implantable therapeutic substance delivery device is configured for implanting in humans to deliver a therapeutic substance such as pharmaceutical compositions, genetic...
6999854 Medical infusion pump capable of learning bolus time patterns and providing bolus alerts  
An apparatus and method are disclosed for improving a medical infusion pump. Users of medical infusion pumps, such as insulin pumps, require a bolus of a medication at predicable times of the day,...
6985870 Medication delivery system  
A medication delivery system ( 20 ) having features of the present invention comprises a medical container ( 26 ) holding a prescribed medication ( 27 ) to be delivered to a patient, a tag 24 ...
6981960 Closed-loop IV fluid flow control  
In a cosed-loop process, a controller uses a flow sensor to monitor the flow of a medicinal fluid being infused into a patient, to achieve a desired rate of flow. A relatively inexpensive...
6974437 Microprocessor controlled ambulatory medical apparatus with hand held communication device  
An implantable infusion pump possesses operational functionality that is, at least in part, controlled by software operating in two processor ICs which are configured to perform some different and...
6974438 Method and device for detecting malfunction in a gravity fed intravenous delivery system  
Described is an accurate, easy to use and inexpensive device and method for substantially immediate detection and indication of malfunction in an intravenous delivery system. The two piece device...
6949081 Sensing and interactive drug delivery  
An interactive drug delivery system includes a drug delivery module, an optical probe, a local controller, and an optional central controller. The drug delivery module is constructed and arranged...
6939111 Method and apparatus for controlling medical fluid pressure  
A method, system and apparatus for performing peritoneal dialysis are provided. To this end, in part, a method of controlling pressure in a medical fluid pump is provided. The method includes the...
6923784 Therapeutic treatment of disorders based on timing information  
Disclosed are techniques for operation of neurostimulation or drug delivery devices to stop treatment therapy during times when the patient does not need to be treated. Advantageously, the present...
6899695 Medication security apparatus and method  
A security device for a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) device receives a word or series of words spoken into it as a command by a patient and creates a voice print characteristic of the...
6901283 Adjusting a condition of a fluid medium to produce an image of a patient  
A system for producing an image of a patient preferably includes a source of contrast medium, a pressurizing unit operably associated with the source of contrast medium for injecting the contrast...
6893415 Medication delivery device  
A medication delivery device comprising a system that is able to sense if the delivery device is in actual physical contact with a human being or if the delivery device has been abandoned. The...
6890315 Method and apparatus for vein fluid removal in heart failure  
A method and apparatus for ultrafiltration of blood operating by removing blood from a peripheral blood vessel at a rate of less than two percent of total cardiac output of a patient, extracting...
6832200 Apparatus for closed-loop pharmaceutical delivery  
A method of dispensing a pharmaceutical senses electrical signal representative of a physical condition of a patient and dispenses a therapeutic drug to the patient from a drug delivery appliance...
6796956 Method and apparatus to control drug therapy dosages in an implantable pump  
An implantable drug infusion pump for delivering drug therapy to a patient and which also permits a patient to deliver or self-administer an additional bolus, reduces the likelihood of over dosage...
6780322 Hemofiltration system  
A multipurpose hemofiltration system ( 10 ) and method are disclosed for the removal of fluid and/or soluble waste from the blood of a patient. The system ( 10 ) continuously monitors the flow...
6768920 System for delivering pain-reduction medication  
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...
6758975 Automated peritoneal dialysis system and process with in-line sterilization of dialysate  
An automated peritoneal dialysis system for performing continuous peritoneal dialysis is disclosed which includes a fluid circuit for delivering unsterilized dialysate from an uninterrupted supply,...
6752779 Methods and apparatus for delivering fluids  
A system for delivering fluids which includes a pump (such as a peristaltic pump for example), a pump cartridge, a fluid reservoir, and a variety of fluid dispensers, including oral fluid...
6752787 Cost-sensitive application infusion device  
A reusable external infusion device infuses a fluid into an individual's body. The infusion device controls the rate that fluid flows from a reservoir inside a housing, through an external tube,...
6752928 Flow matching method and system using two transducers  
A property of unconnected first and second fluid flows is matched, such as, but not limited to, matching the flow rate of the replacement water stream with the waste water stream in kidney...
6740058 Surgical tool with integrated pressure and flow sensors  
A surgical tool with a rigid body including a needle portion for entering tissue includes a fluid flow channel formed therethrough. A sensor is integrally formed on the tool to detect changing...
6723086 Remote controlled transdermal medication delivery device  
A transdermal medication delivery device ( 20 ) for the remote controlled administration of medications ( 68, 70, 72 ) for absorption through the skin of a patient ( 22 ) includes a tubes ( 62 )...
6712796 High hysteresis valve  
A valve has a flow restrictor positioned outside of a lumen of a tube, which transitions between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The valve further contains a closing mechanism...
6679865 Fluid flow meter for gravity fed intravenous fluid delivery systems  
The present invention is a flow metering system for accurately metering and regulating the flow rate of fluid in a gravity fed intravenous fluid delivery system. The fluid flow is directed through...
6663586 System for collection of blood without damage  
A system for the collection of physiological fluids includes a vacuum source ( 14 ) that is controlled to provide low vacuum as a function of whether fluids are entering the system. The suction...
6659980 Methods, apparatuses, and uses for infusion pump fluid pressure and force detection  
An occlusion detection system detects an occlusion in a fluid path of an infusion pump. The infusion pump is for delivering fluid to a user. The infusion pump includes a housing, a motor, a...
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