Surgery inventions 02/07

20070043254 - Underwear having detachable magnetic devices: An undergarment for applying a magnetic field to a wearer for therapy, such as for pain management due to menstrual cramping in a female. The undergarment being underwear having leg openings and a band that defines a waist opening. The underwear include an aperture adjacent or proximate to the band... Agent: Medler Ferro PLLC

20070043255 - Surgical instrument for treating female pelvic prolapse: A surgical instrument for treating female pelvic prolapse comprising a mesh sling for implanting into the pelvis of a female, which provides support to the urethra, the anterior vaginal wall, and the posterior vaginal wall with the sling defining a tissue-anchoring segment attached to opposite ends of the mesh sling.... Agent: Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.

20070043256 - Electroactive polymer based artificial sphincters and artificial muscle patches: Provided are artificial muscle patches, which are adapted to be implanted adjacent a patient's heart, and artificial sphincter cuffs, which are adapted to be implanted around a body lumen, such as the urethra, the anal canal, or the lower esophagus. The devices of the present invention comprise: (a) one or... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20070043257 - Cardiac restraint: A cardiac restraint device includes a central cavity that receives the heart. A chamber surrounding the cavity presses against the surface of the heart when the chamber is filled with fluid. The inner wall defining the chamber is deformable, so that it tends to expand into the cavity and contact... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20070043258 - Data download to imager chip using image sensor as a receptor: An imaging device having a CMOS photosensor array for capturing images is described in which the array is also used to input programming and/or data used to control the imaging operations. The data-input can be based upon variations in light color, value, intensity, and patterning, or any combinations of the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070043259 - Endoscope having a guide tube: An endoscope having a guide tube is described herein. The assembly has an endoscope which is slidably insertable within the lumen of a guide tube. The guide tube is configured to be rigidizable along its entire length from a relaxed configuration. The endoscope has a steerable distal portion to facilitate... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20070043260 - Insertion shape detecting probe: An insertion shape detecting probe includes shape detecting elements for generating or detecting magnetic field or magnetic; signal lines connected to the shape detecting elements; supporting members that support the shape detecting elements; inner sheaths into which the signal lines and the supporting members are inserted; and an outer sheath... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070043261 - Endoscope and method for inserting endoscope into colon: A first bendable section which can be bent in an arbitrary direction and a second bendable section which can be bent in the bending direction of this first bendable section are provided at the tip end side of an insertion portion. A balloon which is inflated/contracted by feed/discharge of a... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070043262 - Fluid supply for endoscope: An endoscopic apparatus and fluid supply unit is described. The endoscopic apparatus comprises an insertion member for insertion into said body lumen and having at least one channel through which a fluid medium is supplied to the body lumen. The endoscopic apparatus further comprises an operation handle, a control unit... Agent: Bruce E. Lilling Lilling & Lilling P.C.

20070043263 - Simultaneous magnetic control of multiple objects: A magnetic system controlling one or more objects that may be used in medical applications, industrial applications and construction applications. The applications will be of any complexity and range from the arbitrarily small to the arbitrarily large. The objects may have physical connections among themselves and to the main unit... Agent: Glenn Wakefield

20070043264 - Speculum: A speculum for accessing a body cavity or other opening may include an insertion portion having a wall with a barrel-like shape that forms a passageway extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the insertion portion. The wall of the insertion portion may have one or more... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070043265 - Patellar retractor and method of surgical procedure on knee: The distal end part of the retractor according to the invention is provided both with terminal tips for abutment on one of the femoral condylar walls which define therebetween the intercondylar space, and with a wing extending laterally in projection from this end part in order to form a frontal... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070043266 - Autostatic surgical separator: The present invention has as its object an autostatic surgical separator for performing surgical operations on patients. The separator comprises a filed opening ring being of the open or closed type and exteriorly provided with a succession of arcuate notches, pulling valvae of different configurations being provided with respective arms... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070043268 - Guided electrical transcranial stimulation (gets) technique: An optimal transcranial or intracranial application of electrical energy for is determined for therapeutic treatment. MRI or CAT scan data, or both, are obtained for a subject brain. Different electrical resistance values are assigned to portions of the subject brain based on the data. Electrode sites are selected. Based on... Agent: Attn: Jeffry S. Mann, Ph.d., J.d. Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP

20070043267 - Neuropsychological assessment of alternate perspectives and associated methods: A neuropsychological assessment of perception of emotional expression in other people tests an ability to understand mental functions such as belief, intention, deception, emotion, imagination, and pretending. In a particular embodiment, a first part assesses the ability to understand that others have their own thoughts, ideas, and feelings that may... Agent: Jacqueline E. Hartt, Ph.d Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20070043278 - Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to detect the light, and a memory storing values of skin temperature at which a motion... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (tyco International, Ltd.)

20070043279 - Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor, comprising, a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to receive the light, and a probe configured to contact a patient and provide an indication... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (tyco International, Ltd.)

20070043277 - Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to detect the light, and a memory storing an ambient light value for comparison with a... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (tyco International, Ltd.)

20070043276 - Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor, comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to receive the light, and a pressure switch that is sensitive to pressure present due to... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (tyco International, Ltd.)

20070043275 - Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a sensor for facilitating detection of a physiological characteristic of a patient. Specifically, one embodiment includes a detector configured to obtain signals from the patient, the signals being indicative of the physiological characteristic, an interface configured to send the signals to a monitor,... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (tyco International, Ltd.)

20070043273 - Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to detect the light, and a memory storing an optical shunting measurement for the oximeter sensor.... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (tyco International, Ltd.)

20070043274 - Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to detect the light a memory storing data, and a changeable encryption key to facilitate scrambling... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (tyco International, Ltd.)

20070043272 - Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor, comprising a plurality of light emitting elements configured to emit light, a light detector configured to receive the light, and a memory device that stores code to determine which... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (tyco International, Ltd.)

20070043271 - Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor, comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to receive the light, and a memory device that stores data comprising drift parameters indicative of... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (tyco International, Ltd.)

20070043270 - Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to detect the light, and a memory chip having a built-in trimmed resistor, the trimmed resistor... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (tyco International, Ltd.)

20070043269 - Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data: Embodiments of the present invention relate to pulse oximeter systems and methods. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter system including an oximeter sensor comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light having a wavelength, a light detector configured to receive the light, and a memory storing signal quality data... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (tyco International, Ltd.)

20070043280 - Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to detect the light, a resistor having a resistance value that is detectable by a monitor,... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (tyco International, Ltd.)

20070043281 - Method and device for non-invasive measurements of blood parameters: A method and system for non-invasive measurements in a patient's body in which several measurement sessions are performed on a measurement location. Each measurement session includes applying an external electromagnetic field to the measurement locations, detecting at least two responses of the measurement location, and generating data indicative of the... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070043282 - Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to receive the light, and an accelerometer configured to detect motion of the oximeter sensor.... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (tyco International, Ltd.)

20070043283 - Method and apparatus for non-invasive monitoring of blood substances using self-sampled tears: A method and apparatus for non-invasively determining the concentration of a substance in blood, such as glucose, include a sample portion arranged for contacting an eye region of a user to obtain a tear fluid sample, a sensor in communication with the sample portion for generating a signal related to... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070043284 - Medical electrode and method of use: A medical electrode provides enablement for simultaneously connecting a plurality of medical electrical monitoring or testing instruments at a selected single location on a patient's body. The electrode includes a conductive layer with tabs mounted on an adhesive insulating layer attached by adhesion to the patient's skin. Apertures in the... Agent: Patent Law & Venture Group

20070043286 - Method and system for adapting a radiation therapy treatment plan based on a biological model: A system and method of adapting a radiation therapy treatment plan. The method includes the acts of preparing a treatment plan for a patient, acquiring images of the patient, performing deformable registration of the images, acquiring data relating to a radiation dose delivered to the patient, applying a biological model... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070043285 - Simulation of invasive procedures: A method for pre-planning and performing a cardiac procedure on a heart includes acquiring an image or map of the heart; displaying the image or map of the heart; marking at least one feature on the image or map; calculating dimensions of the at least one feature; identifying one or... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070043287 - Retrospective triggered mri of active or passive joint motion: A subject is placed on a patient support (16) with a bodily structure, such as a joint, within an imaging region (12) of a magnetic resonance imager (10). The bodily structure is moved continuously back and forth through a series of motion states, either manually or under power (70, 72).... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070043288 - Catheter tip tracking for interventional procedures monitored by magnetic resonance imaging: A tracking device (20, 20′) for tracking a tip (14) of an interventional instrument such as a catheter (10) during an interventional procedure performed on an associated subject (12) and monitored by magnetic resonance imaging includes a resonant circuit (22) disposed at the tip (14) of the catheter (10). The... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070043289 - Method and apparatus including use of metalloporphyrins for subsequent optimization of radiosurgery and radiotherapy: An apparatus and method for subsequent optimization of radiosurgery and radiotherapy is provided. The invention includes administering a metalloporphyrin to the patient, and then creating a 3-dimensional mapping of tissue through use of PET or SPECT. Malignant and pre-malignant tissue has an affinity for the metalloporphyrin. During treatment, real-time images... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070043290 - Method and apparatus for the detection of a bone fracture: Disclosed in this specification is a device configured to detect fractures in a bone by reflecting waves off of the bone. Certain parameters of the reflected wave are compared to a threshold condition. When the threshold condition is met, a first indication is generated. When the threshold condition is not... Agent: Howard J. Greenwald P.C.

20070043291 - Active template guide plate and system and method for utilizing same: A guide plate for inserting, into a body, instruments, such as needles, used for medical purposes, comprising a plurality of openings for receiving an instrument; for each of the openings, a sensor arrangement for detecting presence of an instrument when an instrument is received in an opening; and reporting apparatus... Agent: David Aker

20070043292 - Method for acquiring and evaluating vascular examination data: The invention relates to a method for acquiring and evaluating vascular examination data, comprising: acquisition of IVUS images of a vessel to be examined using an IVUS catheter; simultaneous acquisition of angiography data of the IVUS catheter having at least one angiography marker; acquisition of OCT images of the same... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070043293 - Measuring transducer movement methods and systems for multi-dimensional ultrasound imaging: Methods and systems for measuring transducer movement are provided. For example, free-hand scanning for three-dimensional imaging is provided. An optical sensor within the transducer measures motion along the skin surface similar to measuring movement of a personal computer mouse with an optical sensor. Alternatively or additionally, the transducer is tilted... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070043294 - Automatic detection method of spectral doppler blood flow velocity: A method and system for detecting spectral Doppler blood flow velocity are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining Doppler signals of the flow by demodulating, filtering, and analog-to-digital converting RF ultrasonic echoes; analyzing the spectrum of the Doppler signals to obtain each of the power spectral lines of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070043295 - Contrast agent manipulation with medical ultrasound imaging: Contrast agents are manipulated with acoustic radiation force while ultrasound imaging. Continuous waves for acoustic radiation force are transmitted. Substantially simultaneously, pulsed waves for imaging are transmitted. Low mechanical index continuous and pulsed waves may be used to increase binding efficiency of drug containing contrast agents with the tissue for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070043296 - Guided procedures for treating atrial fibrillation: A method for treating atrial fibrillation in a heart of a patient includes placing an ultrasonic catheter in a first chamber of the heart; acquiring two-dimensional ultrasonic images of a second chamber of the heart and at least a portion of surrounding structures of the second chamber using the ultrasonic... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070043297 - Ultrasonic coagulation and cutting apparatus: An ultrasonic coagulation and cutting apparatus includes: an ultrasonic transducer for a treatment using ultrasonic vibrations on body tissue; a probe for transmitting generated ultrasonic vibrations to the distal end thereof; a movable gripping member for cooperating with the outer surface of the probe in gripping therebetween body tissue; an... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070043298 - Implant transmitter: A monitoring system is provided that enables the monitoring of a heart in a living organism by continuously measuring both pressure and volume in a chamber of the heart, preferably the left ventricle (LV). The pressure and volume measurements are acquired using a single sensing tip and are communicated to... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20070043299 - Tracking progression of congestive heart failure via a force-frequency relationship: A system, method, or device monitor a force-frequency relationship exhibited by a patient's heart. A contractility characteristic, such as a heart sound characteristic of an S1 heart sound, is measured. The contractility characteristic indicates the forcefulness of a contraction of the heart. The frequency at which the heart is contracting... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070043300 - Methods of and apparatus for monitoring heart motions: A method of and an apparatus for monitoring the heart motion of a subject employ a probe which can be coupled to the aortic arch or to the thyroid cartilage of the subject for detecting movements caused by the heart motion and displaying the accelerations and displacement of the heart... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20070043302 - Apparatus for assuming information on the amount accumulated visceral fat of a human body: Disclosed is an apparatus for assuming the information on the amount accumulated visceral fat in a human body with a high degree of accuracy. It comprises: at least a unit for collecting pieces of information on the identification of the human body and a unit for collecting pieces of information... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070043303 - Method and apparatus for digital demodulation and further processing of signals obtained in the measurement of electrical bioimpedance or bioadmittance in an object: Methods and apparatus for digital demodulation of signals obtained in the measurement of electrical bioimpedance or bioadmittance of an object. One example comprises: generating an excitation signal of known frequency content; applying the excitation signal to the object; sensing a response signal of the object; sampling and digitizing the response... Agent: Timothy N. Ellis, Patent Attorney

20070043301 - Volume specific characterization of human skin by electrical immitance: This invention relates to a sensor assembly and a method for measuring characteristics of a surface, preferably skin, comprising a first pair of current supply electrodes coupled to a current source, providing an electrical current to the skin, at least one pickup electrodes at chosen positions relative to the current... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070043304 - Biological information monitoring system: To attain the object described above according to the present invention, there is provided a biological information monitoring system comprising a plurality of biological information sensor modules 1A and 1B attached to the right side and left side of a subject body, which sensor modules 1A and 1B each incorporate... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070043305 - Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue: A body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site has a housing and a penetrating member driver at least partially within the housing. At least one cartridge is in the housing. The cartridge includes an analyte sensor in a sample chamber configured to receive body fluid from a... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070043307 - Guide wire advancer assembly and methods for advancing a guide wire: A guide wire advancer (102) for advancing a guide wire (107) into a patient and including a body having a longitudinal axis. The body includes a first portion (110) adapted to allow a user to advance a guide wire along the longitudinal axis using a finger and a thumb, and... Agent: Monte & Mcgraw, PC

20070043306 - Medical devices with variable stiffness: Medical devices capable of having variable stiffness, and related methods, are disclosed. In some embodiments, a medical device includes an elongated member adapted to be inserted into a subject, and an electrorheological fluid carried by the elongated member.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070038014 - Radio guided seed localization of imaged lesions: A method of removing lesions by implanting a radioactive seed at the location of the lesion, locating the lesion with the radioactive seed, and removing the lesion with the radioactive seed. A kit is also provided by the present invention for use in removing lesions by implanting a radioactive seed... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070038015 - Rechargeable ionic-magnetic bracelet system: A rechargeable magnetic ionic bracelet system includes an ionic-magnetic bracelet and a recharger. The bracelet has an arm band portion and at least two terminals. The recharger can have a powerful magnet. The bracelet can be recharged by placing the terminals in contact with the magnetic poles of the recharger.... Agent: Gardner Groff Santos & Greenwald, P.C.

20070038016 - Impedance pump used in bypass grafts: A pump installed inside a graft in a body such as the human body to force fluid such as blood through that graft. The pump can be one which operates totally from the outside of the graft, forcing fluid through the graft without extending inside the graft. The pump can... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070038018 - Systems, methods and devices relating to a removable sleeve for an implantable sling: Devices and methods for delivering of a sling assembly and removal of the sleeve at least partially enclosing the sling through a single orifice of incision are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070038017 - Tubular implantable sling and related delivery systems, methods and devices: The invention generally relates to surgically implantable supportive slings. More specifically, in various embodiments, the invention is directed to systems, devices and methods relating to a surgically implantable supportive sling having an adjustable shape.... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070038019 - Erect vibration ring: A disposable erect vibration ring functioning as a sexual aid that is inserted onto the root of a penis to stimulate and massage the vagina and clitoris is comprised of an external part and a vibrator; the external part including a resilient ring integrated with an erect tube; the tube... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070038020 - Endoscope apparatus: An endoscope apparatus includes a head portion for capturing images, a flexible connecting member made of optical fibers, and a body. The connecting member is used to transmit image data and control signals. A lens is provided in the head portion and adjustable to obtain sharp and clear images. The... Agent: Morland C Fischer

20070038021 - Insertion device: An insertion device comprises an insertion unit to be inserted into a subject, an observation unit to be disposed at the tip side of this insertion unit, and a rotating unit for rotating the insertion unit further toward the base side than this observation unit centered on the insertion axial... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070038022 - Endoscopic instrument assembly with separable operative tip and associated medical method: In an insertion configuration, an endoscope assembly includes an insertion member with a distal end face and a working channel and further includes an instrument shaft extending through the working channel and an operative tip connected to the instrument shaft and extending in a plane oriented perpendicularly to the instrument... Agent: Coleman Sudol Sapone, P.C.

20070038023 - Endoscope: In an endoscope, air/water feed pipe lines are arranged through an elongated insertion portion having an image pickup unit at its front end. In an operation portion arranged at the rear end of the insertion portion, there are provided an antenna, and a wireless transmission unit for wirelessly transmitting, using... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070038024 - Endoscope electric connection device: An endoscope electric connection device accommodated within a scope connector for connecting an electronic endoscope and an external apparatus, the device including a first band having a first contact portion to which a signal line of a transmission cable for transmitting an image signal from an image pickup unit of... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070038025 - Endoscope balloon control device: Comprising first and second pumps for supplying or discharging air to or from a balloon for fixing attached to peripheral of a tip part of an overtube for an endoscope being inserted therethrough, after a balloon for fixing attached to a peripheral part of a tip part of an inserting... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070038026 - Endoscope balloon control device and abnormality determining method of the endoscope balloon control device: Comprising a pump for supplying or discharging gas to or from a balloon for fixing attached to a peripheral part of a tip part of an inserting unit of an endoscope; and a control unit for controlling a pressure inside the balloon by operating the pump based on the measured... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070038027 - Endoscope hole sealing part: An endoscope hole sealing part including a body portion which seals a screw hole into which a fixing member is inserted, the fixing member fixing a built-in part in an endoscope, and an end face which is one surface of the body portion and is the outer surface of the... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070038028 - Endoscope: An endoscope is provided wherein a variable rigidity portion is not restricted by a physical mechanism, and which allows a surgeon, in performing a rigidity varying operation, to operate the rigidity varying operation along with other operations without releasing inputting sections. The endoscope of the invention includes an inserting section... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070038029 - Endoscope: An endoscope includes a light source, an objective optical system, an optical system mover, a light amount detector, and a subject image generator. The light source emits illuminating light on a subject, and the reflected light of the illuminating light reflected on the subject, enters an objective optical system. The... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070038030 - Endoscope: An endoscope has a plurality of LEDs (Light-Emitting Diodes) that illuminate an object and are disposed at a tip portion of the endoscope, and a light-controller that controls an emission of the plurality of LEDs. The light-controller controls the plurality of LEDs so as to cause a luminance difference among... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070038031 - Endoscope distal end part: An endoscope distal end part of the invention includes a first illumination hole in which a first light guide is to be placed, a second illumination hole in which a second light guide is to be placed, a third illumination hole in which a third light guide is to be... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070038032 - Surgical retractor: A Surgical retractor, designed in particular for minimally invasive operations, consisting essentially of an elastic plate rolled up about an axis so as to form the side wall of a substantially truncated cone shape, the narrowest cross section of the truncated cone constituting the distal part of this retractor, when... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070038033 - Cassette based surgical retractor: The present invention provides a retractor featuring cassette assemblies that provide the blades for the retractor and include mechanisms for controlling the angulation and retraction of the blades. The use of such cassette assemblies allow for the addition or removal of blades on the retractor by attaching or detaching the... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070038034 - Systems and methods for performing percutaneous surgery: Percutaneous tooling and methods are used to perform a minimally invasive surgery. The tool includes an elongated driver and a number of blade members. The blades are movable from a retracted position to an expanded position. The percutaneous method includes inserting a wire selectively through the tissue surrounding a surgical... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070038037 - Method and apparatus for symptom-based order protocoling within the exam ordering process: A system and method to increase the efficiency of the healthcare system. Computer software for analyzing data and returning recommended procedure types based on the data. The data may include, for example, medical data, patient symptoms, patient vitals, patient history, chief complaint of a patient, intakes, outputs, physical information, medications,... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070038039 - Method and device for dynamically generating test scenarios for complex computer-controlled systems, e.g. for medical engineering installations: The invention relates to a method and a device for testing complex computer-aided installations, in particular medical engineering installations, which can be operated by different persons in different ways. A plurality of operating scenarios are recorded via a recording unit. The operating scenarios are analyzed into a sequence of operating... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070038035 - Method and system for screening and indicating individuals with hidden intent: A method and system and for screening and indicating individuals with hidden intent, wherein the system comprises: a) a working place for fulfillment of at least one stated assignment; b) a stimuli exposure block configured to exposure at least one stimuli to said working place within at least one exposure... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070038036 - Method for determining a stress severity index: A method for determining a stress severity index. The method includes determining a period of time engaged in an activity, determining a stress level index related to the activity, determining a cumulative exposure factor, and determining a stress severity index as a function of the period of time, the stress... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. 100 N.e. Adams Street

20070038038 - Wearable human physiological and environmental data sensors and reporting system therefor: A method and apparatus is provided to detect the physiological and environmental status of an individual. The apparatus comprises a pod which is worn within a proximity zone of the body such that the mobility and flexibility of the body are not deleteriously affected by the presence of the apparatus.... Agent: Bodymedia, Inc. C/o Portfolioip

20070038040 - Arrangements, systems and methods capable of providing spectral-domain polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography: Systems, arrangements and methods for separating an electromagnetic radiation and obtaining information for a sample using an electromagnetic radiation are provided. In particular, the electromagnetic radiation can be separated into at least one first portion and at least one second portion according to at least one polarization and at least... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070038042 - Hyperspectral technology for assessing and treating diabetic foot and tissue disease: This invention relates generally to an index map comprising both pressure and perfusion information from a diabetic patient foot for the purpose of treatment. The index map may also be a map of perfusion and/or metabolism of the tissue (reflecting oxygen delivery and oxygen extraction, obtained by thermal imaging, hyperspectral... Agent: James Remenick Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20070038041 - Systems and methods for correcting optical reflectance measurements: We disclose measurement systems and methods for measuring analytes in target regions of samples that also include features overlying the target regions. The systems include: (a) a light source; (b) a detection system; (c) a set of at least first, second, and third light ports which transmit light from the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070038043 - Protector for a fibre-optic catheter: The invention presents modifications of a protector design for an optical fiber probe intended for studying an object. The object being studied can be a biological tissue, namely, a biological tissue of a living body, for example, an internal cavity of a living body. The invention ensures an effective optical... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070038044 - Analyte sensor: The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070038046 - Kinematic fluorescence measurement band: A kinematic fluorescence measurement band for use with a fluorescent light-emitting bead implanted within a user's body includes a band configured for secure and removable positioned about a portion of the user's body, a base plate configured for attachment to the band and an optical plate. The optical plate includes... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070038045 - Method for monitoring an implanted fluorescent light-emitting bead: A method for monitoring a fluorescent light-emitting bead implanted in a user's body includes removably adhering an adhesive plate of a kinematic adhesive fluorescence measurement patch to a user's body. The method also includes attaching an optical plate of the kinematic adhesive fluorescence measurement patch to the adhered adhesive plate... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070038047 - Method and apparatus for glucose level detection: An apparatus for determine a glucose level having a calibration module; an image acquisition module; an image compensation module; and, a dynamic pattern matching module. A method using the apparatus is also described.... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20070038048 - Combination sensor for determining physiological parameters on the skin of a patient: A combination sensor for the simultaneous use of different sensors for determining physiological parameters on the skin of a patient. The combination sensor includes a sensor carrier (1) which can be mounted on the body of the patient. Sensors are integrated in the sensor carrier for determining different physiological parameters... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070038049 - System for adjusting power employed by a medical device: A system for adjusting power employed by a medical device incorporating light emitting devices and being used for measuring patient medical parameters, includes a plurality of light emitting devices. A power unit is coupled to the light emitting devices and powers the light emitting devices responsive to respective control signals... Agent: Jack Schwartz & Associates

20070038050 - Device for use with reflective pulse oximetry: A device for measuring and recording blood saturation and heart rate from a human digit, the device includes at least one light source, providing light directed toward the surface of the human digit, the light being absorbed by and reflected from within the human digit, a light detector spaced apart... Agent: Daniel J Swirsky

20070038052 - Fiber optic assisted medical lead: Devices and methods for placing medical leads using minimally invasive techniques. One lead includes a lead body connected to a lead head having an aperture for providing fiber optic access to the interior of a helical electrode. The fiber optic shaft may be disposed within or along-side a drive shaft... Agent: Craig Taylor Law Office, PLLC

20070038051 - Method and apparatus for determining a characteristic of an in vivo sensor: Methods and systems are provided for determining a characteristic of an in vivo sensor. A transmit field, operative to induce a response signal in an associated in vivo sensor, is generated at a transmitting component having an associated orientation. The response signal is received at a receiving component, having an... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070038053 - Signal processing for measurement of physiological analytes: A method is provided for continually or continuously measuring the concentration of target chemical analytes present in a biological system, and processing analyte-specific signals to obtain a measurement value that is closely correlated with the concentration of the target chemical analyte in the biological system. One important application of the... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070038054 - Embedded bio-sensor system: Provided is a bio-sensor system which utilizes radio frequency identification technology and which includes a remote transponder in wireless communication with an implantable passively-powered on-chip transponder. The bio-sensor system is specifically adapted to provide a substantially stable and precise sensor reference voltage to a sensor assembly that is included with... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070038055 - Catheter having mapping assembly: A mapping catheter comprises a catheter body and a mapping assembly. The catheter body has an outer wall, proximal and distal ends, and at least one lumen extending therethrough. The mapping assembly comprises a generally straight proximal region attached to the catheter body, a generally circular main region distal the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070038056 - System and methods for locating and ablating arrhythomogenic tissues: A catheter for sensing electrical events about a selected annulus region of the heart and for treating tissue in the selected annulus region has a handle assembly, a shaft having a proximal end coupled to the handle assembly, a first expandable member provided at the distal end of the shaft,... Agent: Raymond Sun Law Offices Of Raymond Sun

20070038057 - Garment for measuring physiological signal: Provided is a smart garment for measuring a physiological signal which can improve comfort and convenience of wear and correctly measure a physiological signal. The smart garment for measuring physiological signals includes an electrode which is made of an electro-conductive fabric and detects a physiological signal, a physiological signal transmission... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070038062 - Device and method for intraluminal imaging for the reconstruction of 3d image data sets: The invention relates to a device and a method for intraluminal imaging. The device features an imaging instrument and a transport unit, with which the imaging instrument is moved in a lumen at a defined speed over a defined distance. The device further features a rigid, i.e. mechanically-stable singly or... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070038060 - Identifying and treating bodily tissues using electromagnetically induced, time-reversed, acoustic signals: A method of detecting and treating cancerous or cancer-supporting tissue by applying low-power density electromagnetic signals to the tissue, inducing acoustic signals from a portion of the tissue that exhibits an electrical conductivity gradient, receiving the thus-induced acoustic signals and from them identifying the location of the tissue portion, applying... Agent: Gene W. Arant

20070038059 - Implant and instrument morphing: A method for morphing a surgical object for a surgical navigation system is provided. The method comprises providing a tracking system and a surgical tool detectable by the tracking system. Dimensional data is collected and analyzed on the surgical object by contacting the surgical tool with the surgical object at... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP

20070038064 - Magnetic navigation and imaging system: A system for imaging and magnetically navigating a medical device within an operating region in a subject's body is provided that comprises a first C-arm and a second C-arm. The system comprises an imaging beam source and an imaging beam receiver mounted on the first C-arm that are positioned to... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070038063 - Method for determining the position and orientation of an endoscopy capsule guided through an examination object by using a navigating magnetic field generated by means of a navigation device: A method is disclosed for determining the position and orientation of an endoscopy capsule guided through an examination object by using a navigating magnetic field generated by way of a navigation device. In the method, an X-ray machine is used to record radiation images in which the endoscopy capsule is... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070038065 - Operation of a remote medical navigation system using ultrasound image: A method of operating a remote medical navigation system using ultrasound, employs ultrasound imaging from a medical device to supplement or to replace conventional x-ray imaging of the operating region during navigation.... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070038058 - Patient tracking using a virtual image: An apparatus and method of tracking a patient using a virtual image.... Agent: Accuray/blakely

20070038066 - Processor controlled voltage-current analysis for nerve and muscle tissues: A device is disclosed for detecting a voltage potential from a tissue membrane. The device includes an input circuit, an output circuit and a digital signal processor. The input circuit receives a membrane voltage potential from an electrode. The output circuit receives an output command signal and provides a current... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070038061 - Three dimensional co-registration for intravascular diagnosis and therapy: A method and system are disclosed for creating, in a coordinated manner, graphical images of a body including vascular features from a combination of image data sources. The method includes initially creating an angiographic image of a vessel segment. The angiographic image is, for example, either a two or three... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070038067 - Living body inspection apparatus: Living body inspection apparatus which concurrently carries out proper measurement of movement of a living body and measurement of a magnetic field emanating from the living body. It includes a movement sensor which includes magnetic field generating means for generating a magnetic field and magnetic field receiving means attached to... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070038073 - Backprojection reconstruction method for undersampled mr imaging: Two-dimensional or three-dimensional, time-resolved MR frame images are acquired during a dynamic study of a subject. A composite MR image is produced and this is used to reconstruct each image frame by weighting the backprojection of each projection view acquired for that image frame. The composite image may be reconstructed... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070038070 - Determining patient-related information on the position and orientation of mr images by the individualisation of a body model: In a method for determination of patient-related information regarding the position and orientation of slice image exposures in magnetic resonance tomographic examinations, initial MR overview exposures (magnetic resonance overview exposures) of the body of the patient are produced. Using these initial MR overview exposures, a predetermined, parameterized anatomical body model... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070038069 - Magnetic resonance imaging method and apparatus: When performing imaging in synchronization with a biological movement of an examinee by using a pulse sequence applying a pre-saturation pulse, it is possible to reduce irregularities of echo signal intensity and artifact on the image generated by the irregularities. Especially, it is possible to prevent artifact attributed to blood... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070038072 - Method and device for determination of coefficients of a magnetic resonance diffusion tensor: In a method and apparatus for determination of coefficients of a diffusion tensor to describe a diffusion process within a subject, spatially-resolved, variously diffusion-coded diffusion data are generated from volume elements of the subject under consideration of control data for various diffusion codings. Intermediate diffusion data are generated for each... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070038071 - Method for producing mr (magnetic resonance) images of a moving object using navigator signals: A method for generating MR (magnetic resonance) images of a moving object with a repeating motion pattern at comparable motion states, wherein for at least one motion state, a set of MR data which is completely encoded for producing an MR image is provided from a plurality of successive individual... Agent: Kohler Schmid Moebus

20070038068 - Mr imaging method: The invention relates to an MR method for generating an image of a body part of a patient located in the examination volume of an MR device. According to the method, firstly MR signals are excited in the examination volume by means of a sequence of magnetic field gradient pulses... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070038075 - Catheter, catheter device, and imaging diagnostic device: The invention relates to a catheter for brachytherapy having a radiation source for generating β or γ rays. So that the catheter can be positioned as precisely as possible it is inventively proposed to provide an NMR device in the area of a free end of the catheter for generating... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070038074 - Method and device for locating magnetic implant source field: An apparatus and method for locating a magnetic implant in a surgical application using the field of a source magnet for the implant guiding field. The source magnet is an electromagnet having a separate calibrated magnetic field component in addition to the guiding field, so that both the magnitude and... Agent: Bryan K. Wheelock

20070038076 - Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus with means for dnp hyperpolarization: The invention provides an MRI apparatus capable of using a static magnetic filed magnet provided therein as a magnet for polarization, and performing DNP therein without changing a construction of a conventional MRI apparatus. A DNP means placed in the MRI apparatus includes a sample tube, cooling units for cooling... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070038077 - Stationary target imaging: Methods for imaging stationary targets, including thrombi, are disclosed. The methods allow the imaging of stationary targets in areas of the body subject to physiologic motion.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070038078 - Relative impedance measurement: A method for calibrating impedance includes coupling at least first, second, and third electrodes at respective locations to a surface of a body of a subject. A first current passing through the body between the first and second body-surface electrodes is measured, and a second current passing through the body... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070038079 - Fluoroscopic image guided surgery system with intraoperative registration: A system and apparatus allows the tracking of a selected body portion, instrument, or both. A tracking device can be interconnected to a body portion at a mounting site. A procedure can be performed at a location remote from the mounting site of the tracking device. The tracking device can... Agent: Harness Dickey And Pierce PLC

20070038080 - Devices and methods for presenting and regulating auxiliary information on an image display of a telesurgical system to assist an operator in performing a surgical procedure: A method of performing a surgical procedure on a patient is provided. The method typically comprises positioning a surgical work station of a robotically controlled surgical system and a patient on which a surgical procedure is to be performed in close proximity relative to each other, directing a field of... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20070038083 - Automatic velocity scale identification for medical diagnostic ultrasound: Velocity scale is automatically determined for ultrasound imaging. Receive signals corresponding to different pulse repetition intervals are used to estimate velocities. The different velocities are used to determine the velocity scale. For example, the different pulse repetition intervals are obtained by selecting different sets of signals from a group of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070038081 - Device and method for displaying ultrasound images of a vessel: The invention relates to a device and a method for displaying a vessel (2) with the aid of intravascular ultrasound images (1). A sequence of intravascular ultrasound images (I(E,x)) is generated by means of a probe (5) and stored in a memory (10) in a manner indexed by the associated... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070038082 - Medical diagnostic ultrasound transducer system for harmonics: A medical diagnostic ultrasound transducer system has at least a first and a second set of transducer layers of an element. Each set has one or more transducer layers with independent electrical access. A transmit event through a first set of transducer layers with broadband electrical signals generates acoustic signals... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070038088 - Medical imaging user interface and control scheme: An embodiment of the invention includes a method of capturing a series of images of a subject patient with a medical probe having a magnification factor, a frame rate, and an image resolution. The method includes the determining a relative motion between a subject patient and a medical probe and... Agent: Schox PLC

20070038084 - Method and apparatus for measuring anatomic structures: Methods, apparatus and systems for measuring a thickness of a portion of a multi-layer vessel based on at least one medical diagnostic image frame using an integrated ultrasound device is provided. The method includes for each x-coordinate determining a y-coordinate along an interface between each layer of the vessel including... Agent: The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20070038085 - Navigation among multiple breast ultrasound volumes: Navigation among breast ultrasound volumes derived from different volumetric ultrasonic scans of a same breast is described. On a display of a breast ultrasound workstation, a first image derived from a first ultrasonic volume is displayed. A user selection of a source region of interest (ROI) in the first image... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070038089 - Transurethral diagnostic method and treatment method using ultrasonic endoscope: An ultrasonic endoscope has an ultrasonic probe, an observation optical system and a channel for inserting a medical instrument. A transurethral diagnostic method using the ultrasonic endoscope comprising step of inserting an insertion portion of the ultrasonic endoscope toward a target diagnostic portion through a urethral, step of starting transmission... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070038086 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and method of ultrasonic measurement: An input unit of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus selects a display format of image data and time-series data in a dynamic image display mode and a freeze image display mode. And a display data generation unit compounds image data obtained by transmitting and receiving ultrasound to an object to be... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070038091 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic transmission method: A reference condition generation unit of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus generates a reference delay condition and a reference amplitude condition for determining delay time and amplitude of a driving pulse to be supplied to a transducer element at the time of non-simultaneous and parallel reception. A transmission condition generation unit... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070038087 - Ultrasonic image processing apparatus, ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, and ultrasonic image processing program: When a two-dimensional tomogram is to be displayed, motion information associated with a direction orthogonal to the tomogram is colored and mapped on the tomogram to be visualized by using the volume data of a TSI image. For example, a mapping image is generated by color-mapping shortening information at each... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070038090 - Ultrasound system for displaying an elastic image: The present invention relates to an ultrasound system comprising: an ultrasound diagnosis unit for providing ultrasound scanning information of a target object and stress information applied to the target object, the ultrasound diagnosis unit including a probe having a stress applying unit and a stress measuring sensor around a scan... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070038092 - Method and system for determining total body fat, and method and system for determining body composition: A method of determining the total body fat of a person comprises the steps in which a subcutaneous fat thickness is measured at four points on the person's body, located in the right anterior part of the left mid-thigh, in the left anterior part of the right mid-thigh, in the... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20070038093 - Method and system for fetal weight evaluation: A method for fetal weight estimation, comprising the following steps: (a) Ultrasonically measuring fetal biometric parameters; (b) Determining further physiological and phenomenological pregnancy parameters; (c) Determining the fetal weight by precision weighing at birth; (d) Creating a database of known sample cases; (e) Generating mathematical prediction models from the database... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070038094 - System and method for the creation of ultrasonic waves: A system for generating ultrasonic waves may be used for cosmetic and therapeutic treatments. The system includes an electrically controlled ultrasonic head that generates ultrasonic waves at multiple different frequencies. The system also includes a control unit that switches between the multiple frequencies. The system may switch the frequencies at... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070038095 - Ultrasound vibrometry: A method for measuring a mechanical property of a subject includes using an ultrasonic transducer to apply ultrasonic vibration pulses to a vibration origin in the subject in an on-off time sequence in order to impart a harmonic motion at a prescribed frequency to the subject, and when the vibration... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070038097 - Introducer: An introducer for use with an ultrasonic imaging system. The introducer comprises a tubular member having a connecting end, a positioning end, and a central lumen, the connecting end including a coupling for attaching the introducer to an ultrasonic imaging system, and the positioning end comprising a plug or other... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070038096 - Method of optimizing an ultrasound transducer: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed to optimize an acoustic transducer, such as an ultrasound transducer, for use in a therapy application, such as high intensity focused ultrasound. In one example, the thickness of a matching layer applied to a face of a transducer member is altered to optimize the transducer... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070038100 - Methods and systems for ultrasound delivery through a cranial aperture: A method for delivering ultrasound energy to a patient's intracranial space includes forming at least one aperture in the patient's skull, introducing at least one acoustically conductive medium into the intracranial space to contact brain tissue of the patient, advancing an ultrasound device at least partially through the aperture in... Agent: Raymond Sun Law Offices Of Raymond Sun

20070038099 - Sonodynamic treatment apparatus and method of controlling the same: In a sonodynamic treatment apparatus including: a first ultrasound radiating unit for radiating diagnostic ultrasound; a second ultrasound radiating unit for radiating treatment ultrasound; an echo detection unit for detecting an ultrasound echo; a diagnostic controller for radiating the diagnostic ultrasound with the first ultrasound radiating unit and detecting the... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070038098 - Ultrasound therapy: A method of treating a peripheral neuropathy, peripheral neurodegenerative disease, or peripheral nerve trauma is disclosed. The method includes the step of applying an ultrasound signal to an anatomical location on a patient.... Agent: Joel R. Petrow Smith & Nephew, Inc.

20070038105 - Apparatus and method for forming an ultrasound image in an ultrasound diagnostic system: The present invention relates to a method of forming an ultrasound image in an ultrasound diagnostic system, including: a) forming a plurality of 2-dimensional ultrasound images based on ultrasound echo signals reflected from a predetermined portion of a target object; b) setting a region of interest (ROI) on each 2-dimensional... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070038103 - Apparatus for obtaining ultrasonic image and method of obtaining ultrasonic image: A transmitting/receiving circuit drives an ultrasonic probe in accordance with a trigger signal based on an electrocardiographic waveform under the control of a control device so as to scan a plurality of regions, and obtains scan data for each region. During the scanning, the transmitting/receiving circuit causes the ultrasonic probe... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070038104 - Method and apparatus for displaying a color flow image in an ultrasound diagnostic system: The present invention relates to a method and an ultrasound diagnostic system for displaying a 3-dimensional color flow image performing a transparency treatment for a predetermined region. The method of displaying a color flow image, comprises: a) forming a plurality of 2-dimensional color flow images based on ultrasound echo signals;... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070038101 - Method of forming strain images: There is provided a method of forming strain images by decreasing the decorrelation of receive signals, which vary with time or space. More specifically, the decorrelation between the receive signals obtained with and without applying stress to a target subject is reduced to decrease an error, which occurs during the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070038106 - Ultrasound diagnostic system and method of automatically controlling brightness and contrast of a three-dimensional ultrasound image: The present invention relates to an ultrasound diagnostic system and method for automatically controlling the brightness and contrast of a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image. The method for automatically controlling the brightness and contrast of a 3D ultrasound image includes the steps of: creating 3D ultrasound image data based on ultrasound... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070038102 - Ultrasound reconstruction unit: An ultrasound reconstruction unit is provided. In one embodiment, a receive aperture control engine for the unit adaptively determines a set of reconstruction signals based on at least a series of selected echo signals and compares the size of a receive aperture with a predetermined number of reconstruction channels at... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070038107 - Delay adding device and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus: The present invention aims to provide a delay device having an analog delay line adaptable to a plurality of frequencies with a less number of taps. The analog delay line has a maximum delay amount equivalent to a wavelength from over a ⅜ wavelength of a predetermined maximum wavelength of... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070038108 - Ultrasound diagnostic flow imaging with coded excitation: Diagnostic ultrasound flow imaging is performed with coded excitation pulses. Due to the use of frequency coded excitation pulses, flow information may suffer from spatial misregistration and estimate errors. Spatial position shift in flow data is offset for alignment with B-mode or other imaging. The flow estimates are compensated for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070038109 - Transmission device for ultrasonic imaging system: The invention relates to an ultrasonic imaging system having an ultrasound intra-esophageal endoscope device for scanning a patient's organs, for use in particular with transesophageal echocardiography, and an intratracheal transmission device defining a transmission path for sound waves originating from the endoscope device. A transmission device is specially adapted for... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070038111 - Micromachined imaging transducer: The present invention generally relates to medical devices, and more particularly to an improved medical imaging device. In one embodiment, an imaging device includes a drive shaft having proximal and distal ends received within the lumen; and an imaging transducer assembly coupled to the distal end of the drive shaft... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070038110 - Motorized ultrasonic scanhead: A motorized scanhead device is capable of rotating an array transducer through 360 degrees of angular rotation in a manner such as to provide acquisition of images in successive scanning planes arranged around the principal axis of the device. The device can be incorporated in endoscopes (e.g., transesophageal endoscopes), laparoscopes,... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070038112 - Scanning probe with integrated electronics: An ultrasound cavital probe suitable for transrectal or other usage, includes an ultrasound probe, having an outer housing, a pair of motors within one end of the housing, a first shaft operatively associated with one of the motors to provide longitudinal movement to the ultrasound transducer, while a second shaft... Agent: Paul M. Denk

20070038113 - Puncture adaptor, ultrasonic probe for puncture, ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for puncture, method for detecting angle of puncture needle: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus including an ultrasonic probe transmitting and receiving ultrasound toward and from a subject, a puncture adaptor configured to be fixed to the ultrasonic probe and to hold a puncture needle, wherein the puncture adaptor has moving part movable in relation to the ultrasonic probe with the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070038114 - Ultrasonic imaging catheter: An ultrasonic imaging catheter apparatus and a method of using the same to scan the inner wall of a body lumen. The ultrasonic imaging catheter apparatus comprises: (a) a flexible elongate element adapted for insertion into a body lumen, the elongate element having distal and proximal ends; (b) an ultrasonic... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20070038115 - High intensity ultrasound apparatus methods and systems: A surgical clamp including a first arm and a second arm, a source of high intensity unfocused ultrasound the source coupled to the first arm, and an ultrasound reflector coupled to the second arm is provided. At least one of the first arm and the second arm is moveable to... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP

20070038120 - Depth-resolved spectroscopy method and apparatus: Methods and apparatus for depth-resolved spectroscopy. A ball lens may be used to redirect light from a fiber-optic probe so that the light intersects the detection region of a collection probe in a specific depth layer of the specimen. A fiber-optic probe may comprise a collection fiber proximal to a... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070038116 - Device and method for measuring scattering absorber: A scattering medium measuring apparatus is composed of: a measuring module 1 having an irradiation probe 11 and detection probes 61 and 71; and a measuring module 2 having an irradiation probe 21 and detection probes 81 and 91. There is also provided an optical delay device 22 between a... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070038122 - Diffuse optical tomography system and method of use: An improved diffuse optical tomography system for in vivo non-contact imaging includes an illumination source for illuminating a specimen, a spectrum source for projecting a spectrum onto the specimen, at least one sensor configured to capture the response of the specimen to the illumination and to the projection of said... Agent: Steven L. Nichols Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070038127 - Methods for diagnosing a neurodegenerative condition: The invention provides a method of diagnosing, prognosing, staging, and/or monitoring a mammalian amyloidogenic disorder or a predisposition thereto by detecting a protein or polypeptide aggregate in the cortical and/or supranuclear regions of an ocular lens of the mammal.... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.C.

20070038117 - Multi-spectral imaging endoscope system: Light is introduced into the body through an endoscope illumination system, which is capable of passing both UV and visible radiation through an illumination pathway. An image can then be viewed in real time, by eye or with an electronic imaging camera and displayed on a video monitor used by... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20070038125 - Oct-based imaging method: The present invention relates to an imaging method with an OCT catheter for visualizing molecular functional processes in vulnerable plaques of a blood vessel of the blood vessel system of a patient, with OCT images of the contrast medium-marked vulnerable plaque being generated during continuously controlled movement of the light-emitting... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070038121 - Optical coherence tomographic detection of cells and compositions: Provided herein are systems and methods for the detection of cells and compositions using optical coherence tomography.... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070038119 - Optical coherent tomographic (oct) imaging apparatus and method using a fiber bundle: A fiber-optic bundle based optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe method is demonstrated in a multimode optical fiber bundle based OCT system. The system can achieve a lateral resolution of 12 μm and an axial resolution of 10 μm using a super-luminescent diode source. This imaging approach eliminates any moving parts... Agent: Daniel L. Dawes Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman LLP

20070038124 - Optical probe for arterial tissue analysis: The present invention relates to systems and methods used in the measurement of arterial tissue. Optical probes in accordance with the invention use optical fibers to deliver and collect light using a sidelooking catheter. Diffused white light and fluorescence scattering is collected and processed to provide for improved artery wall... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070038123 - Optical probe for raman scattering from arterial tissue: The present invention related to a Raman artery probe diagnostic system and a method of using the system for the diagnosis of vascular disease. A side looking catheter having light delivery and collection optical fibers can deliver infrared light in a radial direction from the catheter to diagnose atherosclerotic plaques... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070038118 - Subcutaneous tissue imager: An imaging device comprises a light source configured to illuminate a subcutaneous tissue structure with substantially coherent light, a sensor module, an imaging lens interposed between the subcutaneous tissue structure and the sensor module to focus an image of the subcutaneous tissue structure at the sensor module.... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070038126 - System and method for monitoring of end organ oxygenation by measurement of in vivo cellular energy status: A method is provided of measuring in vivo of an endogenous fluorophore in a tissue site. A known excitation wavelength of the endogenous flurophore is selected within a range of wavelengths at which the endogenous flurophore undergoes fluorescence. The tissue site is irradiated with irradiated light having at least the... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20070038130 - Blood pressure monitor capable of managing measurement value of multiple users: A blood pressure monitor includes a switch for designating a user who is a subject. The switch for designating a user also serves as a power switch. When this switch is pressed as the first step for blood pressure measurement, the blood pressure monitor is turned on. The blood pressure... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070038129 - Electronic blood pressure monitor calculating average value of blood pressure: Measured blood pressure data is stored in a memory in association with information related to a measurement time. In response to manipulation of a manipulation portion (memory recall switch), blood pressure data associated with the measurement time within a prescribed time period (for example, 10 minutes) from the measurement time... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070038128 - Electronic blood pressure monitor, and blood pressure measurement data processing apparatus and method: In an electronic blood pressure monitor, a data storing portion stores data of a blood pressure obtained by blood pressure measurement in a memory in association with a condition at the time of the blood pressure measurement. An average value calculation portion calculates average blood pressure data based on a... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070038133 - Blood pressure measuring device: A blood pressure monitor includes a cuff having an air bag, a main-unit casing in which an inflation/deflation mechanism for inflating/deflating the air bag is provided, a flexible air tube connecting the air bag and the inflation/deflation mechanism, and a retractor unit capable of drawing in the air tube that... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070038131 - Electronic blood pressure monitor: An electronic blood pressure monitor includes a display and a console. The console has a plurality of manipulation switches. The display has displaying areas associated with the manipulation switches, respectively, for displaying indications provided as the manipulation switches are operated. In operation, the electronic blood pressure monitor displays on display... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070038134 - Electronic blood pressure monitor: An electronic blood pressure monitor has a switch detecting whether a front cover is open or closed. When the front cover is opened by a subject, the switch detects that the cover is opened, and outputs a detection signal to a control portion. In control portion a CPU operates in... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070038132 - Electronic blood pressure monitor & data processing apparatus: At the time of blood pressure measurement by an electronic blood pressure monitor, a calculation portion calculates a blood pressure based on a pressure within a cuff detected by a pressure sensor, and outputs blood pressure data. A data storing portion stores the blood pressure data in a memory in... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070038135 - Portable physiological parameter detection/display assembly: A portable bio parameter detection/display assembly includes an optical sensor for engagement with an operator to acquire a pulse signal, an A/D converter converting the pulse signal into a digital format, a microprocessor for receiving the digital format pulse signal and proceeding with calculation of a pulse rate and at... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20070038136 - Tele-diagnostic device: A system, probe, and method for collecting a plurality of diagnostic information and transmitting the diagnostic information to a remote location. The system comprises a member contoured to at least a portion of a person's hand, and an interface unit in electrical communication with the member. The interface unit is... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070038137 - Cardio-function cafeteria system and methodology: A computer-based cafeteria system, accessible through a user interface, and a related methodology, for gathering, handling, observing, presenting and addressing cardio-function data from a selected patient. The methodology-implementing system includes: (a) structure for collecting, over extended time, plural-heartbeat, cardio-function data, including ECG and heart-sound data; (b) a computer connected to... Agent: Robert D. Varitz, P.C.

20070038138 - Detection of renal failure by cardiac implantable medical device: Morphological features within electrical cardiac signals are tracked and changes in features are monitored to detect renal failure. The morphological feature may be an interval between corresponding polarization events such as the interval between QRS-complexes and peaks of corresponding T-waves (QTmax interval); the interval between QRS-complexes and ends of corresponding... Agent: Pacesetter, Inc.

20070038139 - Chest tube air counters and methods: An air counter for use with a chest tube includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, at least one of which is configured to connect with the chest tube; a gas flow detection mechanism; and an electronic module having a memory for storing gas flow records. A method... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070038140 - Truncal visceral/subcutaneous fat measuring method and apparatus: A current applying electrode is placed on at least one body part which is highly useful in estimating a subcutaneous fat tissue volume on the truncal abdominal circumference, the other current applying electrode is placed on a body part protruding from the trunk, a voltage measuring electrode is placed in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070038141 - Temperature-measuring device with function indicator: A function indicator for a dual temperature sensor, which indicates the falling off of the sensor from the skin surface (4) of a patient. An evaluating device (2) determines the body temperature from a first measured temperature value (TA) and determines the contact of the dual temperature sensor (1) with... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070038142 - Method and device for delivering visual stimuli with head mounted display during vision training: A head mounted display for diagnosing or training vision of a subject. In one embodiment, the head mounted display includes a first display that presents a first visual image to a first eye of the subject in an identified position of regard with respect to a specified zone in the... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070038143 - Medical valve and method to monitor intra-abdominal pressure: An apparatus for monitoring the intra-abdominal pressure of a hospitalized patient includes a urinary catheter connected to a urine valve providing selectable communication between a discharge end of the urinary catheter and either a drain or a fluid source. Preferably, the urine valve is adapted for remote actuation and has... Agent: Trask Britt

20070038144 - Mri biopsy device localization fixture: A localization mechanism, or fixture, is used in conjunction with a breast coil for breast compression and for guiding a core biopsy instrument during prone biopsy procedures in both open and closed Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines. The localization fixture includes a three-dimensional Cartesian positionable guide for supporting and orienting... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070038145 - Post decompression marker introducer system: An apparatus for implanting a locatable marker at a target site within a tissue mass comprises an insertion device and a marker introducer system that is received within the insertion device. The marker introducer system is anchored in a compressed tissue mass and a locatable marker is deployed from the... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20070038146 - Biopsy device with fluid delivery to tissue specimens: The invention is directed to a system and method for separating and collecting one or more tissue specimens from a target site within a patient and flushing the specimen to remove b