Surgery inventions 07/07

20070173682 - Controlled inflation of a pneumatic l-vad: A drive unit to control the peak pressure of air for the inflation of a left ventricular assist system is disclosed. The control of the peak pressure can address the problem of the “kick” experienced by patients when the peak inflation pressure reaches approximately 200 mm Hg. The peak pressure... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070173680 - Apparatus and method for performing therapeutic tissue ablation and brachytherapy: A method, therapeutic probe, and system for treating a tissue margin surrounding an interstitial cavity is provided. The interstitial cavity may be created by resecting tissue, e.g., malignant tissue, from the patient's body to create the interstitial cavity. The interstitial cavity may assume any shape, but in a typical method,... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070173681 - Electromagnetic field stimulator device for anatomic biophysical chondroprotection: Electromagnetic field stimulator device in which a current generator device supplies a solenoid with current the waveform of which includes the repetition of a ramp having a certain slope. This current causes the generation of an electromagnetic field that induces on a control probe irradiated by the electromagnetic field, an... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070173683 - In the ear auxiliary microphone system for behind the ear hearing prosthetic: An In The Ear (ITE) microphone improves the acoustic response of a Behind The Ear (BTE) Implantable Cochlear Stimulation (ICS) system during telephone use. An acoustic seal provided by holding a telephone earpiece against the ear provides improved coupling of low frequency (up to about 1 KHz) sound waves, sufficient... Agent: Advanced Bionics Corporation

20070173684 - Method of presenting audible and visual cues for synchronizing the breathing cycle with an external timing reference for purposes of synchronizing the heart rate variability cycle with the breathing cycle: The invention consists of a broad method of presenting audible and visual cues for synchronizing the breathing cycle with an external timing reference for purposes of synchronizing the heart rate variability cycle with the breathing cycle, thereby achieving coherence of the heart rate variability cycle. A family of audible and... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20070173685 - Method of implating a medical device using a suture tab extender: A method of implanting a surgically implantable band, the method comprising the steps of providing a band with an elongated body member having a first end with a first latching member positioned thereon, and a second end with a second latching member positioned thereon. The first latching member has a... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070173686 - Capsular endoscope device with an orientation/release mechanism: The present invention discloses a capsular endoscope device with an orientation/release mechanism. The capsular endoscope device of the present invention has a casing with the front end thereof having a hose, and the front end of the hose has a capsular-endoscope control device, which a capsular endoscope can be attached... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070173687 - External forceps channel device for endoscope: The present invention was made in the light of the foregoing backgrounds, and an object thereof is to provide a forceps channel add-on device for an endoscope, provided on an outer periphery of an insertion portion of the endoscope. The forceps channel add-on device for an endoscope is an external... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070173688 - Laproscope with flexible binocular camera: Disclosed herein is a stereoscopic laparoscope apparatus comprising a laparoscope, a computer adapted to convert and store image information of the patient's affected part from the laparoscope, and a monitor used to output the image information. The laparoscope comprises a supporting unit including a manipulator, and a pair of parallel... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20070173689 - Object observation system and method of controlling object observation system: An object observation system of the present invention has an observation apparatus for observing a body to be examined, a three-dimensional image recording apparatus for recording three-dimensional images, which are obtained in advance, of the body to be examined, and an image constructing apparatus for constructing a three-dimensional image based... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070173690 - Endoscope inserting direction detecting method and endoscope inserting direction detecting system: At step S1, a red image is acquired from among red, green, and blue images constituting a received endoscopic image. At step S2, M sampling-pixels (where M denotes an integer equal to or larger than 1) are selected from the data of the red image. At step S3, a gradient... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070173691 - Capsule-type medical device: A capsule-type medical device comprises a capsule main unit having functions for being inserted into the body cavity and performing medical acts such as taking images or the like. The capsule main unit comprises therein a magnet which is acted upon by external magnetism, and a spiral portion on the... Agent: Paul J. Esatto, Jr. Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070173692 - Endoscope image pick-up apparatus: An image pick-up unit inserted in the body picks up an image of the body, and transmits by radio the image to an extra-corporeal unit which is arranged outside the body. The image pick-up unit includes an image pick-up portion capturing an image, a data transmitting portion for transmitting the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070173693 - Endoscope: An endoscope (1000) comprising a flexible elongated solid body (110) comprising cavities wherein at the distal portion of the body there is a section with greater flexibility than other portions of the body, for enabling an operator to steer the head (200) along twists and convolutions and a stiffening mechanism... Agent: Mark M Friedman Bill Polkinghorn

20070173694 - Bending control device: At a distal end side of an insertion portion of an endoscope, an image pickup portion for capturing an image and a bending portion capable of being bent are provided, and a bending instruction operation portion executes a bending instruction operation for the bending portion. According to the bending instruction... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070173695 - Endoscope device: An endoscope device includes an objective lens group that is provided at a distal end of an insertion portion that is inserted into a lumen of a subject and is used to observe or photograph the subject, and an illumination device that is provided at a distal end of the... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070173696 - Capsular endoscope: According to the present invention, a capsular endoscope having at least an image pickup optical system, an illumination unit, an image pickup portion, and a circuit board comprises a marker shooting unit that indwells a marker member in a body cavity. Consequently, a predetermined marker is indwelled in a desired... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070173697 - Combined flexible and rigid intubating video laryngoscope: A combined flexible and rigid intubating video laryngoscope. The laryngoscope has a handle, and a rigid blade, having a proximal end connectible to the handle and a distal end projecting therefrom. The laryngoscope also has a flexible video endoscope having a distal end connectible near the distal end of the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070173702 - Automatic patient healthcare and treatment outcome monitoring system: A system generates criteria associating subjective narrative text describing a treatment outcome with acquired patient medical data and linking a narrative treatment outcome description to documented data during patient assessment documentation. A patient healthcare monitoring system includes an acquisition processor for automatically acquiring data representing outcomes of multiple corresponding assessments... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070173704 - Corporeal condition assessment and food selection: Disclosed are methods and systems for determining a body condition, for food selection by type and/or amount and for establishing a food identification system which may be used therewith.... Agent: Thomas H. Neighbors Iii

20070173703 - Method, apparatus, and medium for managing weight by using calorie consumption information: A method of managing weight by using calorie consumption information, the method including: receiving target information from a user; receiving calorie consumption data of the user; analyzing the calorie consumption data based on the target information; and providing feedback to the user for a result of the analyzing the calorie... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070173705 - Apparatus for monitoring health, wellness and fitness: The invention is a system for monitoring and reporting the activity level and caloric expenditure of an individual. The system has sensors in electronic communication with a wearable device. A processor is programmed to communicate with the sensor and a computing device to activity data from movement-related data. A remote... Agent: Bodymedia, Inc. C/o Portfolioip

20070173700 - Disease risk information display device and program: A disease risk information display device and program, for enabling straightforward understanding of which degree of risk there is to what kind of disease, is provided with an analysis processing section 18 for carrying out singular value decomposition taking medical data for a plurality of individuals as input data and... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070173698 - Fail-safe risk management system and methods: A medical diagnostic system and methods that use the complaints or symptoms presented by the patient, along with the physician's top-of-mind diagnoses, to identify in real-time a list of fail-safes that correspond to potential high-risk diagnoses that the patient may be suffering from. The fail-safes are preferably listed in rank... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20070173699 - Method and system for user sensitive pacing during rapid serial visual presentation: A method and system provide for user sensitive pacing in an image triage that is based on rapid serial visual presentation. The physical or cognitive state of a user is monitored during the image triage, and images are shown to the user at a predetermined image presentation rate. The image... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070173701 - Physiological measurement communications adapter: A sensor signal is input at a patient location and a physiological waveform responsive to the sensor signal is generated. The physiological waveform is wirelessly communicated from the patient location to a monitor location. The physiological waveform is adapted to a particular patient monitor at the monitor location. The adapted... Agent: Law Office Of Glenn R. Smith

20070173706 - Method and apparatus for insertion of a sensor: A device and method for delivering a device such as a sensor or fluid transport structure or a fluid transport structure sensor combination into, for example, mammalian skin. Such a device allows a sensor to penetrate mammalian skin without the use of an introducer device such as a needle. A... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070173707 - Method of and apparatus for detecting diseased tissue by sensing two bands of infrared radiation: A method of and apparatus for detecting diseased tissue based upon infrared imaging in two different bands of infrared wavelengths is described. The use of two series of infrared images taken in two different bands of infrared wavelengths increases sensitivity to the subtle temperature changes caused by diseased skin and... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Walton, PLLC

20070173708 - 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

20070173709 - Membranes for an analyte sensor: The present invention relates generally to devices for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to devices for measurement of glucose in a host that incorporate a hydrophilic electrode domain and/or a cellulosic-based interference domain.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070173710 - Membranes for an analyte sensor: The present invention relates generally to devices for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to devices for measurement of glucose in a host that incorporate a hydrophilic electrode domain and/or a cellulosic-based interference domain.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070173712 - Method of and system for stabilization of sensors: A blood glucose sensing system includes a sensor and a sensor electronics device. The sensor includes a plurality of electrodes. The sensor electronics device includes stabilization circuitry. The stabilization circuitry cases a first voltage to be applied to one of the electrodes for a first timeframe and causes a second... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070173711 - Sensor with layered electrodes: A thin film sensor, such as a glucose sensor, is provided for transcutaneous placement at a selected site within the body of a patient. The sensor includes several sensor layers that include conductive layers and includes a proximal segment defining conductive contacts adapted for electrical connection to a suitable monitor,... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070173713 - Method and apparatus for determining intra ocular pressure of an eye: A tonometer, which uses an applanation prism that reflects light inversely related to an applanated area of the cornea, determines intraocular pressure (IOP) by making initial contact with the cornea, and then pressing the prism against the eye through a predetermined departure range from the initial contact value. The departure... Agent: Brown & Michaels, PC 400 M & T Bank Building

20070173714 - In vivo image display apparatus, receiving apparatus, and image display system using same and image display method thereof: An object of the present invention is to alleviate an image diagnosing work in a work station or the like. In a viewer 7 for displaying, on a display unit 11, image data based on a radio signal transmitted from a capsule endoscope to be inserted into a subject, an... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070173716 - Method for planning an examination of a subject in an imaging system: In a method for planning an examination of an examination subject in the magnetic resonance system, wherein images of the examination subject are acquired at different table positions on which the examination subject rests, at least one overview image is generated with which further images in the examination subject are... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070173715 - Method of using a system including an assembly exposed to a cryogenic region: A method can be used to perform an operation on a system that includes an assembly and a vessel that includes a wall and a thermal shield. The method can include breaking a thermal connection between the assembly and the thermal shield, separating the assembly and a surface within the... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070173717 - Medical apparatus with a multi-modality interface: The invention relates to a medical examination and/or treatment apparatus comprising an x-ray image recording device, a radiation source, a radiation receiver, a control and processing device and an image generating device, wherein at least one invasive sensor device with an imaging system can be connected to the medical examination... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070173719 - Method and system for representing an examination region of a subject supplemented with information related to the intracorporeal influence of an agent: In a method and system for representation of at least one examination region of an examination subject, together with at least one item of information relating to the intracorporeal influence of at least one agent to be administered to the examination subject, which information is to be retained for a... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070173718 - Needle biopsy imaging system: Imaging techniques. Radiation is directed from a source onto a sample using an endoscope having cellular or subcellular resolution. The endoscope includes one or more fibers. The fibers have a proximate end and a distal end, and the distal end is lensless. A focal plane of the endoscope is substantially... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070173720 - Collagen density and structural change measurement and mapping in tissue: A method and system for two and three dimensional mapping of tissue density and/or structural changes from image data and/or spatial reflected or transmitted signal maps, and correlating the maps to changes in collagen density. The method and system includes the steps of: receiving an image or spatial maps of... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070173722 - Adaptive grating lobe suppression in ultrasound imaging: Adaptive grating lobe suppression is provided. Received ultrasound data is measured, compared or otherwise processed to determine the presence of grating lobe energy. A further process is then altered as a function of the level of grating lobe energy. In one embodiment, the adaptive grating lobe suppression is implemented in... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070173721 - Protocol-driven ultrasound examination: The present invention relates to a system and method for performing a protocol-driven ultrasound examination for generating an image of moving cardiac structure and blood of a heart. One embodiment comprises a front-end and at least one processor. The front end is arranged to transmit ultrasound waves into the moving... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070173723 - Ultrasonic enhanced-contrast imager and method: An ultrasonic enhanced-contrast imager and method includes an ultrasonic probe for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave to and from an organism, a transmitting section for transmitting an ultrasonic signal to the ultrasonic probe, a receiving section for processing a response signal ultrasonic wave received by the ultrasonic probe, a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070173724 - System and method for three-dimensional airway reconstruction, assessment and analysis: This invention relates to a system and method for three-dimensional airway reconstruction, assessment and analysis. Specifically, the invention relates to a system and method for acquiring one- and two-dimensional data regarding a cavity, such as an esophagus or an airway, and manipulating that data to reconstruct a three-dimensional geometrical object... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070173725 - Method of measuring superficial chemical species and apparatus for measuring the same: A method of processing skin surface observation measuring data able to address various sicknesses and reduce an error in sickness detection, and a measuring apparatus requiring no filter with a simple structure. The measuring apparatus comprises a means of applying a white light to a biological surface as a sample,... Agent: Sacco & Associates, Pa

20070173726 - Bio-signal detection device and method of managing health of user using the device: A bio-signal detection device and a method of managing the health of a user is used with a health management system. The device includes a main body having palm support portions formed on the top of both sides thereof, a sensing unit formed on at least one of the palm... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070173727 - Method and apparatus for isolating the vascular component in digital temerature monitoring: Methods and apparatus are provided for identifying and minimizing neurovascular contributions to determinations of endothelial function, including by digital temperature monitoring such that an accurate status of vascular reactivity can be obtained. Methods are also provided for identifying individuals having increased sympathetic nervous system activity impacting peripheral vascular function as... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070173728 - Cyclic variation of heart rate detection and treatment: Systems and methods provide for detection of repeated disordered breathing episodes and presence of cyclic variation of heart rate (CVHR) and/or associated presence of cyclic variations in hemodynamic changes resulting from such disordered breathing episodes. A therapy may be delivered to mitigate the CVHR. The therapy for CVHR mitigation or... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC

20070173729 - Simple approach to precisely 02 consumption, and anesthetic absorption during low flow anesthesia: A process for determining gas(x) consumption, wherein said gas(x) is selected from; a) an anesthetic such as but not limited to; i) N2O; ii) sevoflurane; iii) isoflurane; iv) halothane; v) desflurame; or the like b) Oxygen (O2).... Agent: Herman & Millman

20070173730 - Breathing biofeedback device: A breathing biofeedback device, having a microphone configured to acquire sounds of a user's breathing; a controller communicatively connected with the microphone, the controller processing the signals acquired by the microphone to produce an output signal, the controller processing the signal whereby the microphone signal is first pre-amplified to a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070173731 - Breath and breath condensate analysis system and associated methods: A system for collecting an exhaled breath sample and exhaled breath aerosol from a subject includes a condensation chamber having an outerwall defining an interior space. The outer wall has an inlet port and an outlet port therethrough in fluid communication with the interior space. The inlet port is placeable... Agent: Jacqueline E. Hartt, Ph.d Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20070173733 - Detection of and interaction using mental states: A method of detecting a mental state includes receiving, in a processor, bio-signals of a subject from one or more bio-signal detectors, and determining in the processor whether the bio-signals represent the presence of a particular mental state in the subject. A method of using the detected mental state includes... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070173732 - Method and apparatus for wireless brain interface: An implantable logic circuit configured to receive analog bioelectric signals from one or more implanted electrodes, perform amplification, A/D conversion of the received analog bioelectric signals, signal sampling, and to communicate the signals to a remote processing system over a wireless communications link. Power for the implantable logic circuit is... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070173734 - Method and system for removing noise by using change in activity pattern: A noise removal method and system using a change in activity pattern, in which it is recognized that noise components exist in different frequency bands and different filters for removing noise are stored according to each activity pattern, thereby optimally removing the noise components. A method of removing noise by... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070173735 - Vascular introduces with temperature monitoring probe and systems for endovascular temperature control: An introducer sheath/temperature probe assembly that is insertable into a blood vesel of a human or veterinary patent to measure the temperature of blood flowing through that blood vessel. The introducer sheath/temperature probe assembly may be used in conjunction with an indwelling heat exchange catheter system to warm or cool... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20070173736 - Apparatus and methods for endometrial biopsies: Apparatus and methods for endometrial biopsies, wherein an applicator is disposed on the distal end of an outer tube and an injection device is connected to the proximal end of the same tube. The applicator comprises one or more ridges on its outer surface that anchor the applicator in the... Agent: Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

20070173737 - Cell collection device: This invention relates generally to medical devices, and more particularly, an apparatus and method for collecting cells or tissue samples from the cervix of a patient for medical testing.... Agent: Theodore Allen, Esq Cytyc Corporation

20070173738 - Sampling device and method for obtaining samples of internal body substancesand method for producing a sampling device: A sampling device for obtaining samples of internal body substances in the digestive system is a swallowable capsule which allows a sample of the body substance to enter the capsule through an inlet which opens in the digestive tract following contact with the substance to be collected. The capsule inlet... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070173740 - Lancet integrated test element tape dispenser: A lancet integrated test element tape includes a plurality of lancet integrated test elements. The lancet integrated test elements each include a lancet configured to form an incision in tissue and a test element configured to analyze body fluid from the incision in the tissue. A cartridge includes a supply... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070173742 - Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue: These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site that includes an electrically powered drive force generator. A penetrating member is operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generator moves the member along a path out... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070173743 - Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue: These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site that includes an electrically powered drive force generator. A penetrating member is operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generator moves the member along a path out... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070173739 - Stack magazine system: A meter system for analyzing body fluids includes a supply magazine for storing a stack of test elements, a meter for analyzing fluid samples, and a transport system for transporting test elements from the supply magazine to the meter. The test element in one embodiment includes a lancet integrated test... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070173741 - Tissue penetration device: A body fluid sampling system is provided for use on a tissue site. A drive force generator is coupled to penetrating members. The penetrating members are at least partially housed in a penetrating member housing. The penetrating member housing has openings for the penetrating members. The penetrating members are launched... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070173745 - Rod length measuring instrument: There is disclosed an apparatus and method for measuring the distance between the bone anchors inserted into vertebrae comprising two legs pivotally coupled to each other, the two legs are also coupled to a proportional magnifier which is coupled to a scale. The proportional magnifier allows the scale to be... Agent: Carr LLP (ist)

20070173744 - System and method for detecting intervertebral disc alignment using vertebrae segmentation: A computer-implemented method for intervertebral disc alignment includes providing a spine image and a click point on the spine image, applying an adaptive thresholding technique to segment vertebrae regions at the click point from the spine image, and filtering segmented vertebrae regions with a morphological operation. The method further includes... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070167666 - Asymmetrical irradiation of a body cavity: The disclosure describes devices and methods for asymmetrical irradiation at a body cavity or site, such as after removal of tissue, e.g. biopsy or cancer. One device includes a lumen which is off-set or off-settable from a longitudinal axis to increase the intensity of radiation received from a radiation source... Agent: Edward J. Lynch Duane Morris LLP

20070167667 - Methods for asymmetrical irradiation of a body cavity: The disclosure describes devices and methods for asymmetrical irradiation at a body cavity or site, such as after removal of tissue, e.g. biopsy or cancer. One device includes a lumen which is off-set or off-settable from a longitudinal axis to increase the intensity of radiation received from a radiation source... Agent: Edward J. Lynch Duane Morris LLP

20070167664 - Brachytherapy apparatus and methods of using same: Apparatus, systems and methods for delivering brachytherapy to a target tissue region of a human or other mammalian body. In some embodiments, a flexible brachytherapy device is implanted that includes a therapy delivery portion having one or more radioactive sources securely retained thereto, and a tail portion extending from the... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070167668 - Expandable brachytherapy device: A brachytherapy device for the provision of brachytherapy is disclosed. The brachytherapy device has at least one source lumen located outside a movable surface of the device. The source lumen may be secured to the movable outer surface in a manner whereby relative movement of the source lumen relative to... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20070167665 - Helical brachytherapy apparatus and methods of using same: Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for delivering brachytherapy into a target tissue region, e.g., a breast. In some embodiments, a flexible brachytherapy device is implanted that includes a therapy delivery portion having one or more radioactive sources securely retained thereto, and a tail portion extending from the therapy delivery... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070167669 - Ferromagnetic injection aneurysm repair: A method of treating an aneurysm includes injecting a ferromagnetic material into the aneurysm and applying a magnetic field to the ferromagnetic material to form a ball in the aneurysm.... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070167670 - Implantable cardiac assist device with a phased electrode array: The present invention provides a fully implantable cardiac massage apparatus having a phased electrode array. The cardiac massage apparatus of the invention can provide both “active” contraction of the heat, wherein the device electrically stimulates the heart to contract, or “passive” contraction of the heart, wherein the device squeezes the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070167671 - Dual feedback control system for implantable hearing instrument: The invention is directed to an implanted microphone having reduced sensitivity to vibration. In this regard, the microphone differentiates between the desirable and undesirable vibration by utilizing at least one motion sensor to produce a motion signal when an implanted microphone is in motion. This motion signal is used to... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20070167672 - Feedback sensing for a mechanical restrictive device: An apparatus comprises an implantable mechanically adjustable band configured to form a restriction in a patient. The band defines an inner diameter. The mechanical adjustability of the band is configured to permit the inner diameter defined by the band to be selectively varied. The apparatus further comprises an adjustment mechanism... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070167673 - Endoscope: In an endoscope, scopes that include a scope-side memory and a connector are selectively and detachably connected to a processor that includes a processor-side memory and a connection member. A parameter stored in the scope-side memory can be written to the processor-side memory. The connector that is connectable to the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070167674 - Endoscope, endoscope system, and method of manufacturing endoscope: An endoscope of the invention is the endoscope for applying a propulsion force in a direction of insertion axis of an insertion portion main body in accordance with rotation of the insertion portion main body based on driving force of a driving member, and the endoscope includes a flexible elongated... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070167677 - Endoscopic apparatus and method: The present invention is directed to a medical device, such as an endoscopic device, configured to be loaded into a channel of an endoscope prior to insertion of the endoscope into a body, and a method of performing an operative procedure with an endoscopic device. The endoscopic device comprises an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070167675 - Overtube and medical procedure via natural orifice using the same: An overtube according to this invention includes: an insertion part, that is inserted into a subject and has a lumen, through which a device insertion part of a device for performing a medical procedure inside a body of the subject is removably inserted, the insertion part being inserted into the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070167676 - Overtube and medical procedure via natural orifice using the same: An overtube according to this invention includes: an insertion part, that is inserted into a subject and has a lumen, through which a device insertion part of a device for performing a medical procedure inside a body of the subject is removably inserted, the insertion part being inserted into the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070167678 - Tools for implantation and extraction of posteriorly placed lumbar articial discs including: a totally wireless electronically embedded action-ended endoscope utilizing differential directional illumination with digitally controlled mirrors and/or prisms,: A hand manipulated endoscopic medical device is disclosed. The medical device includes a body having a proximal end, which is hand manipulated, and a distal end which includes a manipulator. A light emitting device is centrally disposed at the distal end. An imaging device is centrally disposed at the distal... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070167679 - Medical treatment endoscope: The medical treatment endoscope according to the present invention includes a sheath having a flexibility; at least one arm member having a bending part that projects out from a front end of the sheath and performs bending actions; an open/close mechanism which directs the arm member from a direction along... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070167680 - Medical treatment endoscope: The medical treatment endoscope according to the present invention includes a sheath having a flexibility; at least one arm member having a bending part that projects out from a front end of the sheath and performs bending actions; an open/close mechanism which directs the arm member from a direction along... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070167681 - Portable imaging system employing a miniature endoscope: A cart or man-portable system and method for performing endoscopic procedures is provided. A portable display device, such as a laptop computer, is coupled to a handle comprising a miniature camera and fiber optic illumination subsystem. A sterile disposable portion is fitted over the illumination subsystem and inserted into a... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070167682 - Endoscopic methods and devices for transnasal procedures: Medical devices, systems and methods that are useable to facilitate transnasal insertion and positioning of guidewires and various other devices and instruments at desired locations within the ear, nose, throat, paranasal sinuses or cranium.... Agent: Law Office Of Alan W. Cannon

20070167683 - Endoscopic system with integrated patient respiratory status indicator: The system 10 includes an endoscopic probe 20 and an expired air sampling device 24 functionally connected to a control console 28. In use, the endoscopic probe 20 is routed through a body lumen of a patient to, for example, visualize a selected region of a patient's body. As the... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070167684 - Endoscope device, endoscope system, and method for inserting endoscope device into body cavity: An endoscope device includes an insertion portion cover as an insertion portion main body insertable into an examinee's body and having flexibility, and a helical shaped portion as a propulsion force generating portion which is rotatably placed around an outer circumference of the insertion portion cover, centered around the axis... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070167685 - Endoscope: An endoscope comprises: a rubber member having a slide area with another member constituting the endoscope, wherein polyalkylsiloxane is coated over the slide area of the rubber member.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070167686 - Laryngoscope with camera attachement: The invention relates to medical devices for carrying out internal examination, such as laryngoscopes (1). The laryngoscope is provided with a camera element (7) within a channel (6) inside the blade (3).... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070167688 - Healthcare management systems and associated methods: The present invention relates to healthcare management systems and associated methods, including healthcare management methods in computing environments that provide prescription fulfillment management, care support services, patient opinion information, healthcare treatment adherence, and the ability to interface a healthcare management system with other systems. Certain aspects are directed toward a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070167689 - Method and system for enhancing a user experience using a user's physiological state: A method (50) of altering content provided to a user includes the steps of creating (60) a user profile based on past physiological measurements of the user, monitoring (74) at least one current physiological measurement of the user, and altering (82) the content provided to the user based on the... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070167690 - Mind-body correlation data evaluation apparatus and method of evaluating mind-body correlation data: A mind-body correlation data evaluation apparatus includes a stimulation providing section which provides stimulation to motivate an action of a subject, a physiological response data collecting section which collects physiological response data of the subject, a subjective rating and action rating data collecting section which collects subjective rating data and... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070167687 - Systems and methods for disease management: A web-based, interactive diagnosis, referral and reference system is used by physicians, patients, and others in the health care field to serve as a diagnostic, evaluation, and utilization tool/guide. The user may enter answer a series of guided questions to reach a diagnosis, obtain a physician referral and/or review literature... Agent: Gss Law Group

20070167693 - Display means for vital parameters: A display is connected to at least one sensor for detecting and transmitting physiological measurement values. In addition, one or more displays are used to present the measurement values and/or other associated data visually, acoustically, mechanically, or in some other way perceptible to the senses. A sequence control approach is... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070167694 - Integrated portable anesthesia and sedation monitoring apparatus: A system and method for performing monitoring of anesthesia and sedation in a patient includes a patient sensor integrating EEG, pulse oximetry, ECG, and AEP signal inputs, integrated analog hardware, digital hardware, and a digital signal processing system that executes a selected algorithm to process received signals representative of a... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070167691 - Multifunction infant monitoring system: A medical screening device (100) configured to measure and monitor combinations of blood chemistry, breath gasses, and bioelectrical signals such as evoked auditory signals and EEG signals associated with human auditory testing to facilitate detection of abnormal medical conditions or disorders in human patients by providing a cumulative index representative... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070167692 - Refrigerator with health monitoring system: A refrigerator with health monitoring system is provided. The refrigerator includes a chamber with a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface, a rear surface, side surfaces, and a control board on the top surface. The blood pressure measuring device is installed on the control board. The body temperature... Agent: Park Law Firm

20070167695 - Neutral electrode for hf surgery: The invention relates to a neutral electrode for HF surgery and to an electrically conductive gel. The neutral electrode comprises at least one electrically conductive section that can be brought into contact with a section of a patient's body. In order to enable the contact resistance to be reduced in... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070167696 - Multi-electrode lead: A multi-electrode lead (10) comprises an elongate carrier (12) having a longitudinal axis. A plurality of electrical conductors is carried by the carrier (12), a plurality of electrodes being connected in spaced relationship to each conductor. The electrodes (14) are arranged at axially spaced intervals along the carrier (12) so... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070167701 - Computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system with light source and associated method: A computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system comprises an image sensor and a light source. The image sensor is configured to sense an image of an area associated with an orthopaedic surgical site and has a field of view. The light source projects light distinct from any ambient lighting onto the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070167711 - Image diagnostic apparatus: In this invention, diagnosis efficiency can be improved. The first slice image is displayed through transmission corresponding to the transmitting degree preset by the first transmitting degree setting unit and the second slice image is displayed through transmission corresponding to the transmitting degree preset by the second transmitting degree setting... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070167705 - Integrated ultrasound imaging system: The present invention relates to systems and methods for performing integrated ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging procedures on a patient. An ultrasound probe is used within an MRI system to provide both imaging modalities for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070167708 - Marker for a navigation system and method for detecting a marker: A marker for a navigation system includes a reflective surface, and a light-absorbing, non-reflective or low-reflective object arranged at a defined distance from the reflective surface.... Agent: Don W. Bulson (brainlab)

20070167713 - Medical image diagnostic system: In issuing an order, a medical image diagnostic system acquires order issuance support information on the basis of a reference report or a reference image, which an order issuer uses as a basis of order creation. The medical image diagnostic system classifies the order issuance support information on the basis... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070167702 - Medical robotic system providing three-dimensional telestration: A medical robotic system provides 3D telestration over a 3D view of an anatomical structure by receiving a 2D telestration graphic input associated with one of a pair of stereoscopic images of the anatomical structure from a mentor surgeon, determining a corresponding 2D telestration graphic input in the other of... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20070167712 - Medical tracking system using a gamma camera: A medical tracking system includes a localization system operative to spatially localize medical instruments; a computer operative to assign absolute and/or relative positions of said instruments in a coordinate system; and at least one localizable gamma camera operative to detect gamma radiation emitted from a tracer material.... Agent: Don W. Bulson (brainlab)

20070167698 - Method and apparatus for alignment of a mobile fluoroscopic imaging system: A system and method for positioning a medical imaging unit is disclosed. The method may include accessing data from a plurality of sensors. The method may also include computing an optimal position for the medical imaging unit to acquire images of a point of interest. The computation may be based... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070167697 - Method and apparatus for automatically characterizing a malignancy: A malignancy probability is automatically calculated for one or more lesions. The malignancy probability is based on assessments of one or more malignancy characteristics for each lesion derived from two or more structural and/or functional image data sets. Likewise, in some embodiments, the malignancy probability is based on assessments of... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070167710 - Method and apparatus for inner wall extraction and stent strut detection using intravascular optical coherence tomography imaging: A method and apparatus for automatically detecting stent struts in an image is disclosed whereby the inner boundary, or lumen, of an artery wall is first detected automatically and intensity profiles along rays in the image are determined. In one embodiment, detection of the lumen boundary may be accomplished, for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070167706 - Method and apparatus for visually supporting an electrophysiological catheter application in the heart by means of bidirectional information transfer: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for visually supporting an electrophysiological catheter application in the heart. For the method, 3D image data of at least the heart, which is captured using a tomographic 3D imaging method prior to execution of the catheter application, and electroanatomical 3D mapping... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070167721 - Method and device for correction motion in imaging during a medical intervention: The present invention relates to a method and a device for correcting motion in imaging during a medical intervention, by which method a 3D tomographic image of a target area for the intervention is first recorded while there are one or more medical instruments in the target area that will... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070167700 - Method for accurate in vivo delivery of a therapeutic agent to a target area of an organ: In a method for accurately delivering a therapeutic agent to a target area of an organ of a living subject, such as for injecting stem cells into the myocardium of the heart, a 3D image, in which the target area and a delivery path thereto are visible, is obtained prior... Agent: Schiff Hardin LLP Patent Department

20070167703 - Method for determining a position of a magnetic source: A method for determining a position of a magnetic source includes measuring a magnetic field generated by the magnetic source and determining components of the three-dimensional magnetic flux density of the magnetic field at a plurality of points in space based on such measurement. The method also includes estimating a... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070167716 - Method for enhancing the accuracy of pet/ct images: A method is disclosed for obtaining linear attenuation coefficients for interpreting a PET scan of a region. The method is suitable for use when high molecular weight materials are present in the region, such as contrast agents or metal objects. The method includes obtaining first and second x-ray CT data... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070167699 - Methods and systems for segmentation and surface matching: A contoured surface map of a lesion within a patient is obtained by shifting a reference surface to an estimated location in operational images. The process can be repeated to minimize errors, and the contoured surface map can then be segmented.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070167719 - Readable probe array for in vivo use: A disposable high-density, optically readable polydeoxynucleotide array with integral fluorescence excitation and fluorescence emission channels is described. The compact array size allows integration into several types of interventional devices such as catheters, guidewires, needles, and trocars and may be used intraoperatively. Highly sensitive monitoring of the metabolic and disease pathways... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070167715 - Receiving device: A receiving device is capable of receiving a radio signal transmitted from a body-insertable device moving inside a subject and allows the subject to carry. The receiving device also includes a radio communication interface that enables radio communication via a radio communication network with a communication terminal device having a... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070167707 - Reconstruction method for images of the beating heart: Projection views of the moving heart and stationary background tissues are acquired and processed to provide corresponding moving tissue projection views. An average image is reconstructed in a conventional manner and a moving tissue image is reconstructed using a highly constrained backprojection method and a composite image formed from selected... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070167720 - Smart card control of medical devices: A method of exploiting a medical technology comprising: providing at least two types of medical systems incorporating the medical technology. Each of the systems has first capabilities useful in performing a first type of medical procedure, and second capabilities useful in performing a second type of medical procedure. One of... Agent: Bryan K. Wheelock

20070167717 - Structure assessment using spatial-frequency analysis: The disclosed innovation is a method for acquiring spatial frequency spectra from specific locations in a 3D sample using modifications of the current MRI techniques for localized NMR spectroscopy. The innovation in its simplest abstraction is to add the use of a read out gradient to the current NMR spectroscopy... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070167722 - Surgical navigation: Methods and apparatus are provided for locating the position, preferably in three dimensions, of a sensor by generating magnetic fields which are detected at the sensor. The magnetic fields are generated from a plurality of locations and, in one embodiment of the invention, enable both the orientation and location of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070167714 - System and method for bronchoscopic navigational assistance: A computer-based method for bronchoscopic navigational assistance, including: receiving first image data of a patient's lungs, the first image data acquired before a bronchoscopy is performed; receiving second image data of a portion of one of the patient's lungs that includes a bronchoscope, the second image data acquired during the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070167718 - System and method for performing a three-dimentional virtual examination of objects, such as internal organs: Methods for generating a three-dimensional visualization image of an object, such as an internal organ, using volume visualization techniques are provided. The techniques include a multi-scan imaging method; a multi-resolution imaging method; and a method for generating a skeleton of a complex three dimension object. The applications include virtual cystoscopy,... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070167704 - Transabdominal examination, monitoring and imaging of tissue: An optical examination technique employs an optical system (15, 45, 100, 150, 200, 260 or 300) for in vivo, non-invasive examination of internal tissue of a subject. The optical system includes an optical module (12 or 14), a controller and a processor. The optical module is arranged for placement on... Agent: Ivan David Zitkovsky Ph.d PC

20070167709 - Visual imaging system for ultrasonic probe: A non-invasive visual imaging system is provided, wherein the imaging system procures an image of a transducer position during diagnostic or therapeutic treatment. In addition, the system suitably provides for the transducer to capture patient information, such as acoustic, temperature, or ultrasonic images. For example, an ultrasonic image captured by... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20070167723 - Optical magnetometer array and method for making and using the same: An embodiment of the invention relates to a device comprising an array of optical magnetometers. The magnetometers comprise se a light source, a container having a chamber filled with an atomic vapor, and a photo detector capable of detecting optical properties of the atomic vapor. The substrate and the array... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070167724 - Fmri data acquisition system: A data acquisition system for use in conducting functional magnetic resonance imaging studies. fMRI studies can provide clues to the neurobiological basis of CNS disorders and reliable and quantifiable data relating to their symptoms. The data acquisition system includes a control station, a patient stimulus and response system and fMRI... Agent: John Horn Neurognostics, Inc.

20070167729 - Highly constrained magnetic resonance spectroscopy image reconstruction method: A series of image frames are acquired in which an MR parameter such as echo time (TE) is changed and the resulting image frames are employed to produce an MRS image of a metabolite. Scan time is reduced without sacrificing image quality by reconstructing a composite image from data acquired... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070167728 - Image acquisition and reconstruction method for functional magnetic resonance imaging: Acquisition of MR data during a fMRI study employs a hybrid PR pulse sequence to acquire projection views from which multi-slice image frames may be reconstructed that depict the BOLD response to an applied stimulus or performed task. Composite images are reconstructed at each slice using the combined interleaved projection... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070167735 - Implantable or insertable medical devices visible under magnetic resonance imaging: Disclosed is an implantable or insertable medical device comprising (a) a substrate and (b) a hydrogel polymer coating at a least a portion of the surface of the substrate, wherein the hydrogel polymer is adapted to render the medical device visible under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) upon insertion or implantation... Agent: Mayer Fortkort & Williams, PC 2nd Floor

20070167733 - Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus: Versatility and the quality of images are to be improved. As preparation pulses, a first RF pulse to flip along the yz plane spins oriented in a magnetostatic field direction in a subject; a velocity encoding gradient pulse which, in spins flipped by that first RF pulse, mutually shifts the... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (20459) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070167730 - Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and imaging method in the same: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an imaging unit applying a gradient magnetic field and a radio frequency pulse to an inspection body in an magnetostatic field and generating a magnetic resonance signal, a bed having a top panel for placing the inspection body thereon and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070167727 - Magnetic resonance spatial risk map for tissue outcome prediction: Diffusion weighted images and perfusion weighted images are acquired with an MRI system and used to produce low b, DWI, ADC, CBV, CBF, and MTT images of brain tissues following an ischemic event. These MRI physiological measurements are input along with a spatial location measurement to a generalized linear model... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070167732 - Magnetic resonance system and method for determining a diffusion-weighted image: In a method for determination of a diffusion-weighted image of an examination subject in a magnetic resonance system, a diffusion-weighted data set is acquired with magnetic diffusion gradients being activated; a diffusion-weighted image of the examination subject is calculated using this diffusion-weighted data set; dephasing or spoiler gradients are activated... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070167734 - Method and apparatus for automated tracking of non-linear vessel movement using mr imaging: A system and method is disclosed for tracking a moving object using magnetic resonance imaging. The technique includes acquiring a scout image scan having a number of image frames and extracting non-linear motion parameters from the number of image frames of the scout image scan. The technique includes prospectively shifting... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (gems)

20070167731 - Method of mr imaging: The invention provides, in a method of perfusion magnetic resonance imaging of a region of interest in a vascularized animal subject, said method comprising administering a contrast agent bolus into the vascular system of said subject; determining the magnetic resonance signal strength si(t) for voxels (i) of said region of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070167726 - Multi-mode medical device system and methods of manufacturing and using same: A multi-mode medical device system and method of performing an interventional procedure. The multi-mode medical device system can be capable of MR internal imaging and of being tracked using an MRI system. The multi-mode medical device system can include a medical device, and an electrical circuit coupled to the medical... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070167725 - Systems, methods and apparatus for an endo-rectal receive-only probe: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which a compact pod insertable into the rectum for Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRI/MRS) examination of the prostate and containing two receive coils, each connected to transmit blocking and pre-tuned trap circuitry which can be superimposed within the pod in close proximity,... Agent: Ramirez & Smith

20070167737 - Method for ecg-triggering a measuring sequence of a magnetic resonance device: Method for ECG triggering a measuring sequence of a magnetic resonance device, with ECG signals of a patient being detected over two channels, with the triggering of the measuring sequence being carried out when the ECG signal of at least one channel, said ECG signal being subjected to a digital... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070167736 - Mri biopsy apparatus incorporating an imageable penetrating portion: An obturator as part of a biopsy system enhances use with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) by indicating location of a side aperture in an encompassing cannula. The cannula (e.g., detached probe, sleeve sized to receive a core biopsy probe) includes a side aperture for taking a tissue sample. When the... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070167741 - Apparatus and method for registering a bone of a patient with a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system: An apparatus and method for registering a bone of a patient with a computer assisted surgery system includes a support frame and a number of magnetic sensor arrays movably coupled to the support frame. Each of the magnetic sensor arrays may be pivoted and translated with respect to the frame.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070167738 - Device and method for navigating a catheter: The invention relates to a device and a method for navigating a catheter in the vessel system or an intervention needle in an organ of a patient that is subject to a spontaneous movement due to heartbeat and/or respiration. In this connection, a movement model (11) that describes the displacement... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070167739 - Internally directed imaging and tracking system: A system and methods for enhancing non-invasive imaging and tracking by providing an internal marker detectable by an external imaging system is disclosed. The marker may be active or passive by either generating or reflecting energy. The imaging system may be utilized to optimize imaging parameters to compensate for aberrations... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070167743 - Intra-subject position detection system: An intra-subject position detection system includes a subject insertable device introduced into a subject, moving through the subject; and including a magnetic field generator that generates a magnetostatic field. The system also includes a position detecting device arranged outside the subject and obtaining position information of the subject insertable device... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070167740 - Magnetic stabilization of catheter location sensor: The present invention is directed to a stabilizing catheter for use with a cardiac reference catheter, having an elongated catheter body, a distal tip section, and a magnetic member that is situated in the distal tip section, wherein the magnetic member is adapted to attract the reference catheter and stabilize... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070167745 - Methods for delivering medical devices to a target implant site within a body vessel: Methods of delivering a medical device to a point of treatment in a body vessel are described. In methods according to the invention, a reference device comprising a plurality of reference markings and a medical device comprising at least one position marker are provided. The reference device is associated with... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20070167742 - Position detection in a magnetic field: This patent document discusses assemblies and methods for remotely detecting a position of a surgical instrument in the presence of a magnetic field. In varying examples, a position detection system includes an encoder coupled to move in concert with the instrument. The encoder includes an a translucent substrate and light... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070167744 - System and method for surgical navigation cross-reference to related applications: An integrated medical navigation system for use with at least one electromagnetic sensor and at least one device that may comprise at least one electromagnetic field generator coupled to the at least one device, a navigation interface configured to receive digitized signals from the at least one electromagnetic sensor, a... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20070167746 - Method and apapratus for calculating 3d volume of cerebral hemorrhage: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for appropriately calculating 3D volume of cerebral hemorrhage lesion. The present invention sets a ROI for normal cerebral parenchymal region and a ROI for cerebral hemorrhage lesion respectively for a plurality of continuous slice images obtained by imaging the head having cerebral... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070167747 - Catheter, apparatus and method for therapeutic embolization: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the therapeutic embolization of an aneurysm (1) as well as to a catheter. A plugging material (2) is injected via a catheter (5) inserted into the aneurysm (1). During the injection, the spatial position of an active locator (3), such... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070167748 - Medical radiation apparatus: A medical radiation apparatus has a beam source and a deflection apparatus, which can be activated by means of a data processing device according to a radiation schedule generated using a recording of tissue to be irradiated produced using a medical imaging diagnosis device, said data processing device being set... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070167750 - Operating method of an x-ray machine for examining a patient by use of a contrast agent: An operating method is disclosed for an X-ray machine for examining a patient by using a contrast agent in the case of which a preliminary examination is carried out for determining a contrast agent curve in the case of which a series of attenuation values relating to defined scanning instants... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070167749 - Tissue interventions using nuclear-emission image guidance: A method and apparatus for marking a lesion in a body part is provided. The method includes the steps of obtaining a first nuclear-emission image of the body part; determining a position of the lesion from the first image; percutaneously introducing a cannula to the determined position; inserting a wire... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070167766 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus: There is provides an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including a judgment unit which judges a folded back phenomenon of velocity based on signal information of a Doppler spectrum among signals received in a circulatory organ diagnostic region, a decision unit which decides whether the signals received are blood flow signals or... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070167763 - Apparatus and method for displaying an ultrasound image: Embodiments of the present invention may provide an apparatus and a method for displaying a 3-dimensional ultrasound image formed based on 2-dimensional ultrasound images. The method for displaying an ultrasound image, comprises: a) forming and storing a plurality of sequential 2-dimensional ultrasound images based on ultrasound echo signals reflected from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070167767 - Apparatus and method for non-invasive diagnosing of coronary artery disease: A non-invasive diagnostic tool and method for detecting an obstruction in a coronary artery, the diagnostic tool including a signal processor adapted to receive signals corresponding to a heart beat from a plurality of acoustic sensors attached to the chest of a patient. The signal processor is programmed to identify... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070167758 - Automated detection of cardiac motion using contrast markers: Techniques are provided for automatically detecting cardiac motion using contrast markers. The contrast markers can be located in images generated by an external imaging device. The contrast markers can be used for locating regions of interest in a heart and their relative motion. The techniques for determining cardiac motion are... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP (prts) (proteus Biomedical,inc)

20070167757 - Determining speed-of-sound factors in ultrasound images of a body: A method for determining speed-of-sound factors in ultrasound images of a body, includes: capturing at least two ultrasound images of an internal body region from different directions; registering the at least two ultrasound images with respect to a corresponding region in a body reference model; comparing two-dimensional registrations of each... Agent: Don W. Bulson (brainlab)

20070167764 - Impedance matching for ultrasound phased array elements: A system includes a transducer configured to emit ultrasound in response to receiving an electrical signal from a driving circuit. The transducer includes a first dimension that determines a frequency of the ultrasound and a second dimension that determines an impedance of the transducer. The frequency is independent of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070167768 - Method and an apparatus for recording bladder volume: A non-invasive method and apparatus for monitoring the bladder volume in humans or animals. The monitoring measurements are based on the analysis of ultrasound signals from at least two individual ultrasound transducer arrays. Each one individual ultrasound transducer array has a contact face, which is arranged in order to transmit... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20070167756 - Method and apparatus for improving local blood and lymph circulation: A processor (10) controls the operation of the device and preferably provides for a plurality of operational algorithms or modes. A program switch (18) allows the user to select which algorithm will be used. The processor drives an inverter (12), which drives a power amplifier or bridge (13). The output... Agent: Powell Goldstein LLP

20070167751 - Method and apparatus for vessel characterization: Techniques for characterizing a narrowing of a vessel are described. A location of a narrowing in a vessel is determined. A first velocity profile on a first surface is determined. The velocity profile corresponds to a fluid moving in the vessel and the first surface is in a region where... Agent: Steven Elliot Stupp Park Vaughan & Fleming, LLP

20070167755 - Methods of monitoring cellular death using low frequency ultrasound: A method of detecting cellular damage within a subject comprises transmitting low frequency ultrasound (20 MHz or below) into a selected site within the subject wherein the selected site has been exposed to a stress capable of causing cellular death at the selected site. At least a portion of ultrasound... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070167753 - System, method, and kit for positioning a monitor transducer on a patient: An improved patient monitoring system is described herein. In particular, the present invention provides an improved system, method, and kit for positioning and removably mounting, often repeatedly, a monitor transducer on a patient, for example, an external fetal monitor used during pregnancy and childbirth labor. The improved system of the... Agent: Smith Patent Consulting Consulting, LLC

20070167769 - Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to the present invention includes an ultrasonic endoscope having ultrasonic transducers for scanning ultrasonic wave in a living body three-dimensionally, an ultrasonic image creating portion of an ultrasonic observing apparatus for creating ultrasonic volume data based on an ultrasonic signal captured by the ultrasonic endoscope,... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070167754 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has first region display means for displaying an ultrasonic tomographic image or an endoscopic optical image on the full display screen of the monitor, second region display means for reducing the size of the optical image and displaying the image on a part of the screen,... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070167761 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus: This invention realizes high diagnosis efficiency in ultrasonic diagnosis. A start frame selecting unit selects a start frame corresponding to the time a display unit starts displaying slice images in chronological order, in slice images in a plurality of frames generated in chronological order by an image generating unit. The... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070167770 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an input unit that supplies information indicating an velocity range of interest of a moving body inside a subject body as an input; and a velocity range setting control unit that sets a variable detectable velocity range as a predetermined velocity range based on the... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070167765 - Ultrasound emitting device comprising a head frame: An ultrasound emitting device is disclosed. The ultrasound emitting device includes a sound head matrix comprising a first planar member, and a second planar member, wherein the first planar member is attached to the second planar member to form a V-shaped assembly comprising a first interior dihedral angle, where that... Agent: Dale F. Regelman

20070167760 - Ultrasound imaging system and method for forming a 3d ultrasound image of a target object: There is provided an ultrasound imaging system, which includes: an ultrasound diagnostic unit for providing 3D volume data of an object and its neighboring region, wherein the 3D volume data is formed with a number of frames; a pre-processing unit for selecting a predetermined number of key frames from the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070167759 - Ultrasound imaging system for displaying an original ultrasound image in a real size: The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system, comprising: an ultrasound image signal providing unit for providing ultrasound image signals corresponding to an ultrasound image having preset horizontal and vertical lengths; an image processing unit for forming a first ultrasound image based on the ultrasound image signals and adjusting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070167752 - Ultrasound imaging transducer array for synthetic aperture: Synthetic transmit aperture is provided for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging. A transducer may have separate transmit and receive elements. Broad beams are transmitted, allowing fewer transmit elements and/or more rapid scanning. A multidimensional receive array generates data in response to sequential transmissions, such as transmissions from different angles. The data is... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070167771 - Ultrasound location of anatomical landmarks: An ultrasound machine is disclosed that includes a method and apparatus for generating an image responsive to moving cardiac structure and for locating anatomical landmarks of the heart by generating received signals in response to ultrasound waves transmitted into and then backscattered from the moving cardiac structure over a time... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070167762 - Ultrasound system for interventional treatment: An ultrasound system includes an ultrasound diagnostic unit for transmitting ultrasound signals to a target object and producing ultrasound image signals; a wide-area image signal providing unit for providing wide-area image signals for a relatively wide area; an image processor for forming a reconstruction image by combining an ultrasound image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070167772 - Apparatus and method for optimized search for displacement estimation in elasticity imaging: A displacement estimation method is described that limits the exhaustive search for all points in a region of interest of a biological tissue by delivering the axial and lateral displacement maps in two phases. During the first phase, the method executes a limited search to determine axial and lateral displacement... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070167773 - High intensity focused ultrasound system: There is provided a high intensity focused ultrasound system, which includes a combination head unit for: producing first ultrasound signals for removing a first region to focus and transmit the signals onto the first region; producing second ultrasound signals for forming a 3D ultrasound image of the first region to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070167775 - Method and apparatus for protecting the rectal wall during cryoablation: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for protecting walls of a body cavity during thermal ablation of tissues near that body cavity, while enabling ultrasound monitoring of the ablation process. Heating protective devices and cooling protective devices are provided. Heatable/coolable ultrasound probes and heatable/coolable independent protective devices compatible... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20070167776 - Method and apparatus for protecting the rectal wall during cryoablation: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for protecting walls of a body cavity during thermal ablation of tissues near that body cavity, while enabling ultrasound monitoring of the ablation process. Heating protective devices and cooling protective devices are provided. Heatable/coolable ultrasound probes and heatable/coolable independent protective devices compatible... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20070167774 - Ultrasound diagnostic system and method of detecting lesion: An ultrasound diagnostic system and method of detecting thermal diffusion due to injection of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) are disclosed. According to the embodiments of the present invention, first receive signals are obtained by ultrasound echo signals from the lesion that did not undergo the HIFU and second receive... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070167777 - Ultrasonic image processing apparatus and control program for ultrasonic image processing apparatus: Motion information of a tissue at a plurality of positions in a subject to be examined which is obtained by transmission/reception of an ultrasonic wave is acquired. This information includes, for example, a quantitative value associated with the strain of the tissue in the subject or a quantitative value associated... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070167778 - Acoustic interrogation system and method of operation: A system for insonification and data collection of biological specimens and samples. The system comprises one or more transducers held in proximity to a cell or group of cells for a period of time and in a specific relationship. Methods of generating acoustic signals that are sent and received to... Agent: Donald N. Halgren

20070167781 - Hierarchical switching in ultra-high density ultrasound array: A focused ultrasound system comprises a transducer having a multiplicity of transducer elements, drive circuitry that generates and outputs a plurality of drive signals, each offset by a respective phase difference, and a controller for selectively coupling the drive signals to respective transducer elements, the controller including a plurality of... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070167782 - Methods and apparatus for conformable medical data acquisition pad and configurable imaging system: A conformable medical data acquisition pad and configurable imaging system. The conformable pad may comprise a carrier base having a plurality of transceivers in operative association with an interconnection network that communicates with a computer system. The data acquisition pad may be constructed with a flex circuit and at least... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20070167784 - Real-time elastic registration to determine temporal evolution of internal tissues for image-guided interventions: Techniques for indicating arrangement of moving target tissue in a living body include receiving first scan data based at least in part on a first mode of measuring with high spatial resolution over a first duration at a first time. Also received is second scan data representing a scan of... Agent: Eugene Molinelli Evans & Molinelli PLLC

20070167783 - Ultrasonic apparatus and method for generating audio signals using doppler: An ultrasound system provides Doppler spectral data indicative of a monitored moving fluid. The spectral data is analyzed according to the level of power in specified Doppler frequency ranges. Audio signals indicative of each analyzed range are generated to enable a user to audibly determine said range is in order... Agent: Plevy, Howard & Darcy, P.C.

20070167780 - Ultrasonic diagnostic scanner and method for processing ultrasonic signal: An ultrasonic diagnostic scanner is provided which includes a transmitting and receiving unit that transmits two kinds of ultrasonic waves with inverted phases to each of a plurality of scan