Surgery inventions 02/08

20080051621 - Magnetic device: The present invention is directed to a magnetic device for treating conditions such as incontinence, upper and lower back pain, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis in the hand and fingers, menstruation problems and prostate problems. The magnetic device in a preferred form consists of a mesh with spaced apart holding portions... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20080051622 - Hard magnetic object and method for adjusting the direction and position of a magnetic vector: According to the invention a hard magnetic object, which magnetic vector is as far as possible within the frame of a predetermined tolerance range, consists at least of one hard magnetic moulding (1) and at least one further moulded element (11), which are combined with each other in such a... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080051623 - Simplified implantable hearing aid transducer apparatus: An implantable hearing aid transducer apparatus provides a simplified approach for interface with a middle ear component. The transducer includes a transducer housing, an actuator for middle ear coupling, and a driver having a magnet or coil interconnected to the actuator to induce movement in response to driver signals. In... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080051624 - Scaffold and method for implanting cells: An improved method of implanting cells in the body of a patient includes positioning viable cells on a support structure. One or more blood vessels may be connected with the support structure to provide a flow of blood through the support structure. A support structure may be positioned at any... Agent: Paul D. Bianco: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini, & Bianco P.l.

20080051625 - Phalloplasty: A method of widening a penis wherein a dermal fat graft comprising a block of fat and attached dermis is excised from the patient, the penis is degloved, the dermal fat graft is sutured to the exposed Bucks fascia and then reducing the penile skin; said method further including the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080051626 - Fistulectomy method between first duct and second duct, ultrasonic endoscope, catheter with balloon, magnet retaining device, and magnet set: A fistulectomy method of forming a fistula between a first duct and a second duct includes sticking a puncture needle into the second duct from the inside of the first duct through a wall surface of the first duct and a wall surface of the second duct, arranging the puncture... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080051627 - Endoscopic insertion of balloon system and method: The present disclosure provides a method and system to facilitate endoscopic insertion of a balloon into tissues, such as submucosal tissues, and optional resection of tissues elevated by the balloon when inflated. The system includes an endoscope with a delivery system for a detachable balloon having a seal. The balloon... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20080051628 - Handheld portable medical viewing assembly for displaying medical images during medical procedures and intubation stylet: Adapter for mounting a handheld portable consumer device having a built-in digital camera and a built-in display screen on a handheld portable endoscope for rendering a handheld portable medical viewing assembly for displaying medical images during a medical procedure, for recording same for subsequent processing, and the like. An intubation... Agent: Harold L. Novick Nath & Associates PLLC

20080051630 - Endoscopic lubricating and gripping device: A non-invasive device for lubricating and facilitating the insertion and removal of an endoscope into a body cavity. In one embodiment, the device consists of an annular outer tube having an inner diameter sized to permit sliding of an endoscope therethrough. The outer surface of the outer tube may be... Agent: Cahill, Von Hellens & Glazer P.L.C

20080051629 - Internal treatment apparatus for a patient and an internal treatment system for a patient: An internal treatment apparatus for a patient having a flexible tubular body to be introduced into a patient includes a center opening for inserting therethrough an endoscope for observing a target site, the center opening being circular in cross section and disposed at a center of an end face of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080051632 - Endoscope apparatus: An endoscope apparatus 1 includes: an elongated insertion section 7 inserted into an object subject to image-pickup; a light source section 3 for emitting laser light; a power supply unit 8 for supplying electric power to the light source section 3; an enclosure section 10 disposed in the power supply... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080051631 - 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

20080051633 - Apparatus, system and method to indicate in-vivo device location: A system, apparatus and method may indicate in-vivo device (10) location within a body utilizing for example illumination irregularities for calculation of location. There may be provided with an in-vivo imaging device (24) a set of dedicated illumination sources (43) and a set of detectors (30) located on an in-vivo... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080051634 - Endoscope: An outer sheath of a metal film is provided on an outer peripheral surface of a tube base layer of a channel tube which is provided within an insertion section and has flexibility. A grounding circuit provided in an operation section and the metal film are connected, and electromagnetic shield... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080051635 - Capsule-type medical apparatus and drug delivery system using the same: A capsule-type medical apparatus holds a drug such that a drug release such as dissolution can be realized under the same condition as in a case where the drug is delivered to an interior of a living body by itself, and realizes confirmation on whether the drug delivered to the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

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20080051637 - Digital otoscope: A digital otoscope for capturing live and still digital images of body tissue and having associated optical characteristics that improve the quality of visual information gathered for medical inspection of both human and veterinary subjects. The digital otoscope includes a tip element having dimensions that are small enough to fit... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080051640 - Computerized medical diagnostic and treatment advice system: A system and method for providing computerized, knowledge-based medical diagnostic and treatment advice. The medical advice is provided to the general public over a telephone network. Two new authoring languages, interactive voice response and speech recognition are used to enable expert and general practitioner knowledge to be encoded for access... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080051638 - Computerized medical diagnostic and treatment advice system including network access: A system and method for providing computerized, knowledge-based medical diagnostic and treatment advice. The medical advice is provided to the general public over networks, such as a telephone network or a computer network. The invention also includes a stand-alone embodiment that may utilize occasional connectivity to a central computer by... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080051639 - Disease management system and method including pain code: A system and method for allowing a patient to access an automated process for managing a specified health problem called a disease. The system performs disease management in a fully automated manner, using periodic interactive dialogs with the patient to obtain health state measurements from the patient, to evaluate and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080051641 - Disease management system including a no response method: A system and method for allowing a patient to access an automated process for managing a specified health problem called a disease. The system performs disease management in a fully automated manner, using periodic interactive dialogs with the patient to obtain health state measurements from the patient, to evaluate and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080051642 - Device, system and method of displaying in -vivo images at variable rate: Devices, systems and methods for displaying in-vivo images at variable rate. For example, a system includes a processor to gradually increase a frame display rate of an in-vivo image stream based on a similarity among two or more in-vivo frames of the in-vivo image stream.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080051643 - Apparatus for measuring skin moisture content and it's operation method: An apparatus for measuring skin moisture content, the apparatus including: an electrode unit comprising a reference (R) electrode, a current (C) electrode, and a measuring (M) electrode; an operational amplifier including an inverting input terminal that is supplied to a first voltage and connects with the R electrode, and an... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080051644 - Lymphedema associated genes and model: The present invention identifies genes whose gene products are differentially expressed lymphedema tissues, particularly cutaneous tissue involved in whole organ response to lymphedema. The invention provides methods for diagnosing or assessing an individual's susceptibility to lymphedema. Also provided are therapeutic methods for treating a patient or methods for prophylactically treating... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20080051645 - Non-invasive methods of using spectral information in determining analyte concentrations: A non-invasive method of determining the concentration of an analyte uses Raman or fluorescence spectral information. A high-intensity band of light is applied to one side of skin tissue. The high-intensity light enters the skin tissue and generates a Raman or fluorescence signal. A Raman-generating material or fluorescence-generating material is... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080051646 - Probe for cellular oxygen: A probe for sensing and imaging intracellular oxygen comprises an oxygen-sensitive fluorescent or phosphorescent dye combined with a hydrophilic macromolecular carrier and a cell loading agent. A method for sensing cellular oxygen using the probe is also described.... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080051647 - Non-invasive acquisition of large nerve action potentials (naps) with closely spaced surface electrodes and reduced stimulus artifacts: The present invention addresses the foregoing problems associated with the prior art by providing a novel method and apparatus for, non-invasively detecting large nerve action potentials (NAPs) while effectively minimizing or substantially eliminating stimulus artifacts, even where the stimulation site and the detection site are in close physical proximity to... Agent: Mark J. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20080051648 - Medical image enhancement system: Provided herein is a medical imaging system that allows for real-time guidance of, for example, catheters for use in interventional procedures. In one arrangement, an imaging system is provided that generate a series of images or frames during a dye injection procedure. The system is operative to automatically detect frames... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080051649 - Prediction and treatment of brain tumor spread using mri and external beam radiation: The invention is based on the realization that brain cancer cells spread preferentially along paths of elevated water diffusion, such as along nerve fiber bundles, that can be measured by magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and the migration of cancer cells away from the primary tumor can be predicted... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080051650 - Digital modality modeling for medical and dental applications: A digital modality modeling system includes a computer with a digital memory adapted for storing patient densitometry information, an input and an output. An input subsystem includes a pair of source/receptor units mounted on a signal positioning subsystem, which is adapted for moving the source/receptor units through predetermined paths of... Agent: Mark Brown

20080051651 - Operation supporting device, method and program: Surgical operation supporting apparatus and method is disclosed in which based on a plurality of high-definition tomographic images of an operation site produced before surgery, a three-dimensional model of the operation site is generated, and a surface of the operation site is optically measured during the surgical operation, and further,... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20080051653 - System and method for image processing: Embodiments of the present invention may provide an image processing system and method for calculating the volume of a specific portion in a targeted body. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image processing system may comprise a volume data receiver, a user interface, a display and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080051652 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and diagnostic method of the apparatus: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention capable of operation with a three-dimensional ultrasonic image performs a scan with a 3D probe for a predetermined time to acquire 3D volume data, and displays a plurality of sections of a heart on a monitor display, in conducting a functional diagnosis... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080051654 - Medical imaging apparatus, an ultrasonic imaging apparatus, a viewer, and a method for recording ultrasonic images: An ultrasonic imaging apparatus acquires image data that shows ultrasonic images from an image-acquisition unit. The acquired image data becomes video data combined with screen data in a video-data-generating unit. A record-control unit sends to a superposition unit the video data combined with the image data. The superposition unit is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080051655 - Ultrasonic endoscope, therapeutic system, treatment method using therapeutic system, endoscopic system, treatment method using ultrasonic endoscope, t-bar, and t-bar suturing device: An ultrasonic endoscope includes an insertion section, an operation section, an optical observation system, and an ultrasonic observation system. The optical observation system is disposed in the insertable section, and has an objective lens located on a face of a distal end of the insertion section. The ultrasonic observing system... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080051656 - Method for using high intensity focused ultrasound: A plurality of concepts related to HIFU therapy are disclosed, including a technique to spatially track and display the relative positions of a HIFU focal point and an imaging plane from an ultrasound imager, so that a clinician can ensure that the HIFU focus remains in the image plane during... Agent: Law Offices Of Ronald M Anderson

20080051657 - Systems and methods for estimating the size and position of a medical device to be applied within a patient: The field of the invention relates to medical imaging systems, and more particularly to systems and methods for estimating the size and position of a stent or other medical device within a patient. In one embodiment, a medical imaging system includes an elongated tubular member having distal and proximal ends,... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20080051658 - Apparatus for automatic detection of lumen-intima and media-adventitia interfaces in a blood vessel: An apparatus (100) for defining the lumen-intima interface (11) and media-adventitia interface (12) of a blood vessel (1), for example the carotid artery, includes means (40) for acquisition of a two-dimensional representation (10), for example a B-mode representation generated by an ultrasonographic machine (50), of a cross section of the... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080051659 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus (ultrasonic elastograph) for measuring strain or elastic modulus of a tissue or an organ of a living body, creating a strain image or an elastic modulus image by assigning a hue to the measurement data corresponding to the measured value, combining these images with a black... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080051660 - Methods and apparatuses for medical imaging: A set of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) related systems, apparatuses and methods are disclosed. New catheter designs including contrast agent introduction subsystems and/or Doppler subsystems are disclosed. Methods for acquiring and analyzing Doppler data from intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheters are disclosed. RF-based detection of blood and/or contrast agents such as micro-bubbles... Agent: Robert W Strozier, P.l.l.c

20080051661 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic method: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a Doppler velocity information acquiring unit, a region-of-interest-setting unit and an instantaneous flow calculating unit. The Doppler velocity information acquiring unit is configured to acquire three-dimensional Doppler velocity information from an object by a three-dimensional scan with transmission and reception of an ultrasonic wave. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080051662 - Arm brace for sonographers: A support for sonographers provides a path of force transmission from an ultrasound probe to the sonographer's upper arm bypassing the wrist, and thus reducing wrist injuries that can come from the need to tightly grip and restrain an ultrasound probe for long periods of time.... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080051663 - Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment and ultrasonic image generation method: The difference frequency component between a first fundamental wave of frequency f and a second fundamental wave of frequency f2 is caused to interact with a second harmonic wave, thereby to attain the enhancement of a second harmonic signal, etc., whereby a reflected wave component to be imaged is extracted... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080051664 - Autofluorescence detection and imaging of bladder cancer realized through a cystoscope: Near infrared imaging using elastic light scattering and tissue autofluorescence and utilizing interior examination techniques and equipment are explored for medical applications. The approach involves imaging using cross-polarized elastic light scattering and/or tissue autofluorescence in the Near Infra-Red (NIR) coupled with image processing and inter-image operations to differentiate human tissue... Agent: Michael D. Staggs Assistant Laboratory Counsel

20080051666 - Objective-lens guiding device and objective lens unit: Without setting an examination site, it is possible to easily position an end face of a narrow-diameter end portion at a suitable position with respect to an examination target, allowing an image of the examination site to be acquired quickly and easily. The invention provides an objective-lens guiding device comprising... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080051665 - Spectral unmixing for in-vivo imaging: Described herein are systems and methods for spectral unmixing of in vivo light data. The spectral unmixing separates image data according to spectra from multiple internal light sources in an effort to isolate one or more spectrum of interest. The spectral unmixing obtains images with a combination of different and... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080051667 - Method and device for measuring physiological parameters at the hand: A wrist-mounted device (100) for measuring at least one physiological parameter of the user. The present invention enables such a measurement to preferably be transformed into clinically useful information about the user. Such information may then optionally be sent to medical personnel, for example at a contact and/or monitoring center.... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20080051668 - System and method for automated diagnosis of atrial fibrillation through remote monitoring: A system and method for automated diagnosis of atrial fibrillation through remote monitoring is described. Physiological measures including data either recorded on a regular basis by a medical device or derived therefrom are stored. Physiological measures recorded during a baseline period are identified. Physiological measures including cardiac rhythm and changes... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20080051669 - Diagnosis of sleep apnea: The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for detecting sleep apnea by analyzing characteristic physiological oscillations of the heart rate variability (HRV). Starting from recorded ECG data of the patient, for example, as a long-term sequence of the changing RR intervals, the heart rate variability is examined using autocorrelation... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20080051670 - Patch sensor system for measuring vital signs: The invention provides a system for measuring vital signs from a patient that includes: 1) a first adhesive patch featuring a first electrode that measures a first electrical signal from the patient; 2) a second adhesive patch featuring a second electrode that measures a second electrical signal from the patient;... Agent: Triage Wireless, Inc. Matthew John Banet

20080051671 - Intravascular filter monitoring: Devices and methods for monitoring the flow of blood through an intravascular device are disclosed. An apparatus for monitoring blood flow in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an intravascular device coupled to an elongated member, a first sensor adapted to measure fluidic pressure proximal the... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20080051672 - Wireless ecg in implantable devices: An implantable medical device such as an implantable pacemaker or implantable cardioverter/defibrillator includes a programmable sensing circuit providing for sensing of a signal approximating a surface electrocardiogram (ECG) through implanted electrodes. With various electrode configurations, signals approximating various standard surface ECG signals are acquired without the need for attaching electrodes... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080051673 - Motor unit number estimation (mune) for the assessment of neuromuscular function: A method for the assessment of neuromuscular function by motor unit number estimation, comprising: (i) determining and controlling stimulation and data acquisition process via pre-configured electrode array so as to acquire stable and less uncertainty MU responses; (ii) pre-processing acquired MUs responses so as to attenuate noise, determine MUs activity... Agent: Mark J. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20080051674 - Respiratory therapy system including a nasal cannula assembly: A nasal cannula, for supplying a respiratory gas to a patient, comprising: a pair of spaced apart supply lines which each have a head at one end thereof with a discharge opening therein. The opposite end of each supply line is connectable to a respiratory gas source. Each head is... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080051675 - Insertion sleeve assembly: An insertion sleeve assembly consisting of a sleeve and an insertion instrument. The sleeve is made of a material that collapses after having been introduced into the body and on withdrawal of the biopsy needle. Cells are captured as a result. Such a material can be a material that is... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080051676 - Extendable wire guide system: A wire guide includes at least one body portion and a threaded hermaphroditic connector at an end of the at least one body portion adapted to threadably engage a second substantially identical threaded hermaphroditic connector.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080051677 - Method and apparatus for osteochondral autograft transplantation: An osteochondral transplantation procedure according to which a harvested graft is implanted in an area of a patient's body and is tracked relative to the area during the implantation. Images are displayed that correspond to the tracking.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080051678 - Method and device for measuring of oedema: The present invention concerns a method and a device for measurement and assessment of oedema, especially with regard to a combination of the two types of oedema called pitting oedema and brawny oedema. The method comprises the steps of reading the frequency of a freely and in resonance oscillating sensor,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080051679 - System and method for analyzing body mass: A body mass diagnostic system comprising input means for entry of at least one of weight data and other data and a computing device in communication with the input means. The computing device comprising a body mass index module for generating a BMI result for evaluation by a physician and... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20080045774 - Methods for treating drug addiction, obesity and epilepsy: This invention provides methods for treating diseases related to cerebral disturbances, such as drug addiction, obesity and epilepsy. A method for treating diseases related to cerebral disturbances comprises: (a) imaging the cerebrum of a patient, (b) identifying a locus of cerebral disturbance, and (c) irradiating the locus of cerebral disturbance... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20080045775 - Method and apparatus for affecting neurologic function and/or treating neurologic dysfunction through timed neural stimulation: A method of selectively inhibiting or driving neural discharge or activity in or from a specific brain area One embodiment of a system and/or method directed toward affecting neurologic function may apply conditioning stimuli to a set of target neural populations. The conditioning stimuli are intentionally timed to occur within... Agent: Leif Sloan Northstar Neuroscience

20080045778 - System for improving diastolic dysfunction: An elastic structure is introduced percutaneously into the left ventricle and attached to the walls of the ventricle. Over time the structure bonds firmly to the walls via scar tissue formation. The structure helps the ventricle expand and fill with blood during the diastolic period while having little affect on... Agent: Dan Gelbart

20080045779 - Ventricular assist device and related computer program product: A cardiac ventricular assist device or VAD includes a pumping unit with a variable-volume chamber capable of receiving a mass of blood, and a control unit to control the pumping unit to obtain contraction of the variable-volume chamber, with consequent expulsion of the blood collected in the chamber, and expansion... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080045781 - Urinary incontinence device: A urinary control device for sealing off at a neck and along the inside wall of a bladder to prevent leaking and dislodging of the device from within the bladder is disclosed. The device includes an inner tubular member. The device also includes an expandable sealing member. A deployable stiffening... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20080045784 - Phalloplasty technique: A technique for penal enlargement. The apparent length of the penis is first increased by cutting ligaments that attach the penis to the pubic bone. Then the girth of the penis is increased by making two cuts making two apertures in the penile skin near the base of the penis... Agent: John R. Ross

20080045773 - Positioning device and a procedure for treating the walls of a resection cavity: A positioning device (1) for treating the inner walls of a resection cavity, which was created by surgically removing of at least a portion of a tumor in a living body, characterized by the fact that the material of the device (1), part(s) of the device and accessories of the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080045776 - Means and methods for treating headaches: Disclosed is a system and method for treating headaches. The system employs a self-contained, battery operated, readily portable and easy-to-operate head-mounted magnetic depolarizer to generate a transient or time-varying high-intensity magnetic field into and around the user's head or neck. The magnetic depolarizer system can be used to depolarize the... Agent: Neuropace, Inc.

20080045777 - Electromagnetic drive for a ventricular assist device: An electromagnetic drive for use in a ventricular assist device. The electromagnetic drive provides adjustment to the device pressure according to the current through an electromagnet. The device includes a pair of U-shaped cores, each having a center section and two legs; one or more coils, each wound around a... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080045780 - Method for treating medical conditions using a microprocessor-based video game: Method for treating a medical condition in a human patient comprising choosing a psychological strategy for treating the medical condition, encoding electronic instructions for an interactive video game in such a way that the interactive video game implements the psychological strategy, loading the electronic instructions into a microprocessor-based unit (10,... Agent: Health Hero Network, Inc.

20080045782 - Floating sling for treatment of incontinence: Improved methods and apparatuses for treatment of fecal and urinary incontinence are provided. Methods of placing mesh support strips adjacent the urethra or rectum (as in positions of support for levator ani muscles) through minimal number of incisions, with minimal amount of mesh, are disclosed. Methods combining such mesh support... Agent: Ams Research Corporation

20080045783 - Multi-material incontinence treatment construction device: An implantable constriction device for treating an incontinent patient comprises an elongate composite structure adapted to constrict the urethra, urine bladder, anus, colon or rectum of the patient. The elongate composite structure is composed of a base material, such as hard silicone, making the composite structure self-supporting. Property improving means... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080045785 - High frequency operation device: A high frequency operation device comprises: a flexible sheath of an electric insulation member that is insertable into an operation device insertion channel in an endoscope; a high frequency knife mounted on the flexible sheath; and an operation section connected to the flexible sheath to project the high frequency knife... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080045786 - Rotational, translational and torqueing control members for an endoscopic instrument: A flexible endoscopic clip applier includes a flexible coil with a manual actuator coupled to one end and a jaw assembly coupled to the other end. A store of clips is arranged adjacent to the jaw assembly and a clip pusher is arranged adjacent to the store of clips. The... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20080045787 - Medical device made with a super alloy: A medical device with a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end having an operational interface, the distal end having a working element, and the shaft may include a super alloy. In one example embodiment, the shaft may include a cobalt base alloy. In another... Agent: Ganz Law, P.C.

20080045788 - Method and device of imaging with an in vivo imager: There is provided an imager which may be used for capturing an object on only portion of its active area. This imager may further be used to capture additional optic information on one or more of its area that is unusable for the object. The additional optic information may be... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080045789 - Capsule endoscope: A capsule endoscope capable of implementing stereoscopic photography, with which protruding/recessed states are easily recognized, for a nearby subject. The capsule endoscope includes imaging devices for respectively imaging a common subject, a driving/sampling section which drives the imaging devices, focusing optical systems which correspond one-to-one with the imaging devices and... Agent: Taiyo Corporation

20080045790 - Self-propellable endoscopic apparatus and method: A self propelled, endoscopic apparatus formed of a flexible, fluid-filled toroid and a motorized or powerable frame The apparatus may be used to advance a variety of accessory devices into generally tubular spaces and environments for medical and non-medical applications. The apparatus when inserted into a tubular space or environment,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080045791 - Compact gynecological observation system for examination, imaging analysis and treatment: The invention is a medical imaging device designed for insertion into the vagina for medical examination, imaging, image analysis and treatment of the interior of the vagina. The device comprises a front assembly, optimally shaped to match the shape of the vaginal canal; imaging and illumination assemblies; a handle; and... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080045792 - Body -insertable apparatus and radio in-vivo information acquiring system: A capsule endoscope 3 as an example of a body-insertable apparatus includes a battery 100, a control information detecting circuit 31 to which driving power is supplied from the battery 100, a system control circuit 32, and a driving controller 34 that is arranged between the battery 100 and the... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080045793 - System and method for removing a protective cover from a medical instrument: According to one embodiment of the invention, a system for removing a cover from a medical instrument includes a flexible cover configured to cover at least a portion of a medical instrument, an insertion element coupled proximate a first end of the flexible cover, a pair of substantially parallel perforations... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080045794 - Steerable segmented endoscope and method of insertion: A steerable endoscope has an elongated body with a selectively steerable distal portion and an automatically controlled proximal portion. The endoscope body is inserted into a patient and the selectively steerable distal portion is used to select a desired path within the patient's body. When the endoscope body is advanced,... Agent: Shayglenn LLP

20080045795 - Variable shaft flexibility in endoscope: A flexible endoscope providing increased control to an operator or user, the flexible endoscope utilizing an ionic polymeric material positioned in the shaft of the endoscope, such that, upon application of an electrical current to the ionic polymeric material, the material contracts and becomes relatively rigid. The flexible endoscope may... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080045796 - Histofluorescent stain composition for endoscopy: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group; R3 represents a phenyl group or methyl group, to which R2c is bound; one to three of R2a, R2b and R2c represent —SO3M (wherein M represents an alkali metal atom or an alkaline earth metal atom), or —SO3NH4, and when... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080045798 - Capsule endoscope: where Ra is the radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the transparent dome, Rb is the radius of curvature of the objective-lens-side surface of the transparent dome, and L is a distance from the vertex of the object-side surface of the transparent dome to the most object-side surface... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080045797 - Endoscope attachment and endoscope: An object of the present invention is to provide an endoscope attachment which enables an endoscope to capture images of areas in front and at the sides of the endoscope. The endoscope attachment has: a transparent attaching part (100) which is used to attach the attachment to a probe of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080045799 - Multipurpose diseased tissue detection devices, systems, and methods: An autofluorescence light examination system having a plurality of modular parts includes a main body, a light source, and at least two detachable instruments. The main body is configured to deliver light to a target tissue and contains at least one optical element configured so that a user can directly... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20080045800 - Solid state illumination for endoscopy: Various embodiments for providing solid state illumination for endoscopy or borescopy are provided. Generally, various medical or industrial devices can include one or more solid state or other compact electro-optic illuminating devices located thereon. The solid state or compact electro-optic illuminating device can include, but is not limited to, a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080045801 - Intubation laryngoscope with detachable blades: An intubation laryngoscope having reusable and disposable blades adapted for both right and left-handed operation, an illumination system mounted on the laryngoscope handle, and an improved fastening appliance for detachable connection of the blades to the laryngoscope handle.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080045802 - Medical handle device and illumination apparatus: A medical handle device having an illumination apparatus with at least one optical semiconductor component and a method for manufacturing such a hand-held device are displayed. It is proposed that in order to adapt the hand-held device to the specific requirements of a medical application such as uniformly high light... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080045803 - Procedural cannula and support system for surgical procedures using natural orifice access: A system for performing minimally invasive medical procedures through a natural orifice includes an elongate support advanceable in a flexible state through a natural orifice and through an incision in a body organ into a body cavity. The elongate support is convertible to a rigid state within the body cavity.... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP

20080045806 - Method to transmit physiological and biometric data of a living being: s

20080045804 - Systems, devices, and methods for interpreting movement: According to some exemplary embodiments, a method or system can involve associating a plurality of biokinetographic comparison results with a first specific dysfunction from a group of specific dysfunctions, each of the biokinetographic comparison results obtained from a comparison of a biokinetographic value to a standard for a corresponding biokinetographic... Agent: Novak Druce Deluca & Quigg, LLP

20080045812 - Bias-probe rotation test of vestibular function: Apparatus and methods for rotation test stimulus and analysis methods overcome many of the limitations of traditional clinical tests of peripheral vestibular function. An embodiment includes a rotational stimuli applied to the rotational motion for testing that includes two separate components, a bias component and a probe component. The bias... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080045809 - Devices for measurement of medical and physiological parameters using mass storage device interfaces: Medical and physiological measurement systems for diagnosis analysis are provided, in particular for sleep and blood pressure diagnosis, which are given by simple and cost efficient designs, wherein the corresponding medical devices and/or medical data interface devices are equipped with such data communication ports that they appear as mass storage... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080045811 - Disease management system and method including significant symptom filtering: A system and method for allowing a patient to access an automated process for managing a specified health problem called a disease. The system performs disease management in a fully automated manner, using periodic interactive dialogs with the patient to obtain health state measurements from the patient, to evaluate and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080045805 - Method and system of indicating a condition of an individual: A system and method of indicating a condition of a tested individual, wherein sounds generated during testing the individual are processed to define a match with predefined criteria, wherein at least part of the received sounds are not discernible to human ears and at least some of the sounds are... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080045810 - Sine saturation transform: A transform for determining a physiological measurement is disclosed. The transform determines a basis function index from a physiological signal obtained through a physiological sensor. A basis function waveform is generated based on basis function index. The basis function waveform is then used to determine an optimized basis function waveform.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080045807 - System and methods for evaluating and monitoring wounds: A system and methods to evaluate and monitor the healing progress of a wound. At least two optical imaging devices are mounted on a support device in order to capture images. The images are resolved in order to be matched to create a depth map of the object. The depth... Agent: Valauskas & Pine LLC

20080045808 - Textile-based electrode: Textile-based electrodes include a fabric portion having stretch-recovery non-conductive yarns and an electrically conductive region having stretch-recovery electrically conductive yarn filaments. The electrodes can further include float yarns and can be configured in a textured or ribbed construction. When incorporated into a garment, the electrodes can be used to monitor... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080045813 - Cardiac monitoring and therapy using a device for providing pressure treatment of sleep disordered breathing: A method of using CPAP equipment to sense cardiogenic oscillations in a patient's airflow, and to monitor and treat the patient's cardiac condition. The apparatus diagnoses cardiac morbidity conditions, such as the existence of arrhythmias or other cardiac abnormalities, and influences and optimizes cardiac stroke volume. The apparatus further monitors... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080045814 - Method and system for the treatment of lesions: A system and method are provided for determining a medical condition of a patient. The system and method comprise providing hemodynamic monitoring, providing stenosis monitoring, retrieving hemodynamic parameters and stenosis parameters, analyzing the hemodynamic parameters and stenosis parameters, and providing a report indicative of an integrated analysis of the hemodynamic... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080045815 - Automatic and ambulatory monitoring of congestive heart failure patients: This invention provides methods for non-invasively monitoring patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) and for reporting and/or warning of changes in the patients' status. The methods gather physiological data and combine the data into parameters by which the severity of CHF can be judged. Preferred parameters include periodic breathing and... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20080045816 - Apparatus, method and medium measuring skin moisture content: An apparatus for measuring skin moisture content in a user's skin is provided. The apparatus may include a signal supplier to generate an out-of-phase signal from a voltage signal obtained from the user's skin and an in-phase signal from the voltage signal, a susceptance measurement unit to measure the susceptance... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080045817 - Apparatus and method for performing othogonal polarized spectral imaging (opsi): Provided is a method and an apparatus for detection of objects below the surface of diffuse scattering media, in particular blood capillaries in organs such as the skin of human beings, using Orthogonal Polarized Spectral Imaging (OPSI), according to the invention comprising the steps of: imaging the object in question... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080045818 - Laser vein contrast enhancer: It is known in the art to use an apparatus to enhance the visual appearance of the veins and arteries in a patient to facilitate insertion of needles into those veins and arteries. This application discloses a number of inventions that add additional data collection and presentation capabilities to a... Agent: Thomas A. O'rourke Bodner & O'rourke

20080045819 - Blood-sugar level management system: There is provided a mobile blood-sugar level measuring system enabling a diabetic patient to accurately and easily perform management of blood-sugar level measurement timing, management of changes in blood-sugar level, and further prediction of a future blood-sugar level. The blood-sugar level measuring system is formed by using a blood-sugar level... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080045820 - Method for building an algorithm for converting spectral information: A system for determining the concentration of an analyte in at least one body fluid in body tissue comprises an infrared light source, a body tissue interface, a detector, and a central processing unit. The body tissue interface is adapted to contact body tissue and to deliver light from the... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080045821 - System for determining the concentration of an analyte: A system for determining the concentration of an analyte in at least one body fluid in body tissue comprises an infrared light source, a body tissue interface, a detector, and a central processing unit. The body tissue interface is adapted to contact body tissue and to deliver light from the... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080045822 - Optical fibre catheter pulse oximeter: Apparatus for measuring the oxygen saturation level of blood at an internal measurement site in a human or animal patient by reflectance pulse oximetry, comprising first and second light sources (5, 10), a first optical fibre (30) for transferring light from at least one said light source to the internal... Agent: Winstead PC

20080045823 - Signal processing apparatus: The present disclosure describes a method and an apparatus for analyzing measured signals using various processing techniques. In certain embodiments, the measured signals are physiological signals. In certain embodiments, the measurements relate to blood constituent measurements including blood oxygen saturation.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080045824 - Silicone composition for biocompatible membrane: The present invention relates generally to biosensor materials. More specifically, this invention relates to a novel polymeric material that can be useful as a biocompatible membrane for use in biosensor applications.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080045825 - Condensate glucose analyzer: The present invention provides systems and methods for analyzing glucose present in exhaled breath condensate (EBC). In certain embodiments of the invention, electrochemical- or coulometric-based sensing technologies are used to analyze EBC for the presence and/or concentration of glucose.... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080045826 - Method and apparatus for visual neural stimulation: Existing epiretinal implants for the blind are designed to electrically stimulate large groups of surviving retinal neurons using a small number of electrodes with diameters of several hundred μm. To increase the spatial resolution of artificial sight, electrodes much smaller than those currently in use are desirable. In this study... Agent: Scott B. Dunbar Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.

20080045827 - Viewing system for control of ptca angiograms: A medical viewing system for processing and displaying a sequence a sequence of medical angiograms representing a balloon, moving in an artery, this system comprising extracting means for automatically extracting balloon image data in a phase of balloon expansion, and computing means for automatically defining and storing coordinates of a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080045828 - Accelerated shells trajectory mri acquisition: An MRI k-space data set is acquired using a series of shell k-space sampling trajectories of different radii. Off-resonance effects are reduced and fat-suppression can be improved by using a shorter TR for pulse sequences that sample at smaller radii. At larger radii sampling is repeated with the central axis... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080045829 - Pet-mri hybrid system: Embodiments of the present invention may provide a PET-MRI hybrid system capable of arranging a PET apparatus and an MRI apparatus in a line. An MRI room containing the MRI apparatus and a PET room containing the PET apparatus are provided at either side of a central waiting room as... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080045831 - Device for transferring a cradle for use with a medical imaging equipment: Embodiments of the present invention may provide a cradle transferring device, which moves and withdraws a cradle to and from an examination table of an MRI apparatus in a PET-MRI hybrid system. The cradle transferring device includes: a cradle, on which a subject lies; a shuttle table supporting the cradle... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080045830 - Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method: The invention relates to a Magnetic Resonance imaging apparatus having a cavity in which a body or a part of a body to be imaged can be housed and a patient support device (7), such as a patient bed, table or chair, comprising a patient supporting surface having such a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080045832 - Remote-sensing method and device: A remote-detection system is provided for monitoring changes in permittivity associated with physiological activity of a subject that is free to move. The system includes a source containing an oscillator configured to illuminate tissue of the subject with an electromagnetic signal beam. The system further includes a receiver configured to... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080045833 - Breast biopsy and needle localization using tomosynthesis systems: Methods, devices, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for performing mammography, such as utilizing tomosynthesis in combination with breast biopsy.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080045834 - System and method for delivering fluids to a balloon catheter: A fluid delivery system includes a first pressurizing device, a second pressurizing device, a reusable fluid path for delivering fluid to multiple patients and a per-patient disposable fluid path adapted to be connected to the reusable fluid path and operable to deliver fluid media to a balloon catheter in a... Agent: Gregory L Bradley Medrad Inc

20080045835 - Enhancement of ultrasonic cavitation: The present invention is a two step method of enhancing the cavitational effect produced by ultrasound signals focused at a specific location in a medium. The first step is to use one or more transducers to apply the ultrasound signals to create a waveform that causes formation of bubbles at... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080045836 - Apparatus and method for displaying an ultrasound image: Embodiments of the present invention may provide an apparatus and a method of displaying a 3-dimensional ultrasound image formed based on 2-dimensional ultrasound images in an ultrasound diagnostic system. The method of displaying an ultrasound image in an ultrasound diagnostic system, comprises: a) forming a plurality of sequential 2-dimensional ultrasound... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080045837 - Ultrasound system and method for controlling steering angles of scan lines: An ultrasound system comprises: a probe having a transducer array of n transducer elements for transmitting ultrasound signals, said n transducer elements being associated with respective scan lines; a steering angle calculating unit for calculating steering angles of the scan lines by using series determined by a relation between the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080045838 - Ultrasonic transducer array, ultrasonic probe, ultrasonic endoscope and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus: In an ultrasonic transducer array in which plural kinds of ultrasonic transducers having different areas of ultrasonic transmission/reception surfaces are arranged, electric impedances among the ultrasonic transducers are made substantially equal. The ultrasonic transducer array, in which at least two kinds of ultrasonic transducers having different areas of ultrasonic transmission/reception... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080045839 - Determining the center of rotation of an implant: A device for determining a center of rotation of a medical implant having a spherical portion includes an abutment member, and a plurality of markers arranged in a fixed location relative to the abutment member. The abutment member includes including a first spherical surface for placing the spherical portion of... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080045840 - Optical examination device, system and method: As part of an examination device, an input or output optical coupler device for transmitting photons between an optical source or detector and an examined body part includes an array of optical fibers with end portions freely protruding as cantilevers from a support. The optical fibers have the end portions... Agent: Ivan David Zitkovsky Ph.d PC

20080045841 - Scanned laser vein contrast enhancer: The present invention is a Miniature Vein Enhancer that includes a Miniature Projection Head. The Miniature Projection Head may be operated in one of three modes, AFM, DBM, and RTM. The Miniature Projection Head of the present invention projects an image of the veins of a patient, which aids the... Agent: Thomas A. O'rourke Bodner & O'rourke, LLP

20080045842 - Conformable tissue contact catheter: The invention provides basket-style catheter probes that are configured to automatically radially expand or contract in response to widening or narrowing of a lumen so that contact with the lumen wall is maintained during probing. Related diagnostic systems and methods are also provided.... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20080045843 - Via-human-body information transmission system and transmitter-receiver: An electrode (104) of a transmitter-receiver (102) contacting with or capacitance-connected to a human body (101) and an electrode (108) of a receiver (106) contacting with or capacitance-connected to the human body (101) are electrically connected through the human body (101) (mainly, a chest part and a left arm). An... Agent: Bruce L Adams Adams & Wilks

20080045844 - Method and system for cardiovascular system diagnosis: The present invention is directed to a method and system for monitoring function and/or diagnosing dysfunction of the cardiovascular system of a human subject. The method comprise measuring pulse wave signals of the subject during rapid excitation of the cardiovascular system, analyzing the measured signals and computing indicators reflecting a... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080045845 - Apparatus and computer program for determining a patient's volemic status represented by cardiopulmonary blood volume: An apparatus for determining a patient's volemic status can make use of a physiological heart-lung interaction during spontaneous breathing or mechanical ventilation. Further, a computer program for determining the patient's volemic status has instructions for carrying out the steps of generating data of a physiological heart-lung interaction during spontaneous breathing... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080045846 - Method and system of determining nibp target inflation pressure using an sp02 plethysmograph signal: A method and system for operating a non-invasive blood pressure monitor that utilizes an SpO2 plethysmograph signal to determine the initial inflation pressure for the blood pressure cuff of the NIBP monitor. A pulse sensor is placed on the patient's limb distal to the blood pressure cuff such that as... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080045847 - Non-contact and passive measurement of arterial pulse through thermal ir imaging, and analysis of thermal ir imagery: A non-contact, passive method for measurement of arterial pulse from areas such as the major superficial arteries of the body through analysis of thermal IR images acquired by passive thermal IR imaging sensors, and through the modeling of the pulsatile nature of the blood flow and arterial pulse propagation in... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080045848 - Method and system for measuring the speed of blood flow: The invention relates to a method for measuring the speed of a particle such as a red blood cell moving inside a flow such as a flow of the blood, using a light scanning microscope. The inventive method comprises the following steps: acquisition of an image by x and y... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080045849 - Assessment of fetal reactivity by fetal heart rate analysis: The present invention relates to the field of fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring. In particular, it relates to monitoring during periods of so-called non-stationary fetal heart rate patterns, such as those that occur during labour. The invention provides an improved apparatus, method and computer program for more clear analysis of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080045850 - Implantable medical devices using heuristic filtering in cardiac event detection: Methods for performing cardiac signal analysis in an implanted medical device, and devices configured to perform illustrative methods of cardiac signal analysis. A cardiac signal is captured by an implanted device using implanted electrodes and, during at least certain conditions, the cardiac signal undergoes heuristic filtering. In some embodiments, heuristic... Agent: Ari Pramudji Pramudji Wendt & Tran, LLP

20080045851 - Methods and devices for determination of arrhythmia rate zone thresholds: Approaches for determining threshold values for one or more arrhythmia rate zones and/or the number of rate zones are described. A probability function for heart rate is determined using collected and measured heart rate values. One or more heart rate probability values are selected. Thresholds for arrhythmia rate zones are... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC

20080045852 - Detection of congestion from monitoring patient response to a recumbent position: Systems and methods obtain information that allows detection of whether a patient suffers from congestion by monitoring a response of the patient to a recumbent position of the patient's body. The patient may be monitored to determine a respiration pattern for a non-recumbent position such as standing and a respiration... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20080045853 - Methods and devices for determining brain state: The present invention relates to methods and devices for determining the state of a neural system. In one embodiment, a plurality of stimuli to the system can be delivered to the system, and then the resulting respective responses can be analyzed to determine whether the system state is static, or... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20080045854 - Human body impedance measurement device and its application: A device for measuring human body impedance, comprising a pair of input electrodes and a pair of output electrodes, a constant-current source, a voltage measurement unit and an operation processing unit The voltage measurement unit measures the voltage generate by the current from the constant-current source passing through the human... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20080045855 - Access devices for measuring temperature of a patient: An access device such as a catheter, or introducer, or any combination of the above is provided. Within the access device is at least one lumen, channel or instrument that carries or itself is a thermally active mass, such as infusion fluids, control wires, etc. A temperature sensor such as... Agent: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

20080045856 - Apparatus and method for electrical stimulation of human retina: An apparatus and method for retinal stimulation are shown. The method comprises varied parameters, including frequency, pulse width, and pattern of pulse trains to determine a stimulation pattern and visual perception threshold.... Agent: Scott B. Dunbar Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.

20080045857 - Bone marrow aspiration devices and related methods: Various devices and methods may be provided to aspirate bone marrow from an associated bone using a powered drive and an aspiration needle or aspiration needle set. Such aspiration devices and methods may also be used in association with stem cell transplant procedures. The aspiration devices may include a coupler... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080045858 - Device for transcutaneous biopsy of tissues: Device for taking a sample of biological tissue transcutaneously, comprising: a needle arrangement having a tubular-shaped body, having an end associable with a grip and being provided with an edge free at the opposite end, lamina elements movable between a neutral position wherein they lies near said tubular-shaped body and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080045859 - Devices and methods for in-vivo pathology diagnosis: An in vivo pathology diagnosis system includes a penetrating device that is at least one of an endoscope sheath and an endoscope, the penetrating device having irrigation and working channels with openings at a distal end chamber of the device. The device is structured for penetrating tissue until the distal... Agent: Indiano Vaughan LLP

20080045860 - Biopsy devices and related methods: Apparatus and methods provided to remove biopsy specimens from bone and/or associated bone marrow. A powered driver may rotate a biopsy needle at an optimum speed to obtain the biopsy specimen. A thread or a groove may be disposed on interior portions of the biopsy needle. The thread or groove... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080045861 - Medical procedures trays and related methods: Medical procedure trays and related methods are provided to accommodate joining a first non-sterile medical device with a second sterile medical device and maintaining required sterilization of the second sterile medical device to perform an associated medical procedure. One example of such medical procedures includes biopsy of a bone and/or... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080045862 - Systems, methods, and devices for sampling bodily fluid: A fluid sampling system is disclosed comprising a fluid drawing device and a fluid sampling device. In one embodiment, the fluid drawing device comprises a venous arterial blood management protection apparatus having a housing with a fill chamber in fluid communication with a patient injection site, a piston positionable within... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080045863 - guidewire structure including a medical guidewire: A guidewire structure includes a medical guidewire and an attached guidewire anchor having collapsed and expanded states. The anchor includes struts and defines in the expanded state an open structure. Another guidewire structure includes a medical guidewire, an attached guidewire anchor having collapsed and expanded states, and an overtube. The... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080039678 - Method and apparatus for treatment of vaginal anterior repairs: An apparatus for repairing cystocele including an adjustable support member, a pair of superior support arms continuously knitted with said support member, and a pair of inferior support arms continuously knitted with said support member, wherein the distance between the pair of superior support arms and pair of inferior support... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080039682 - Insertion assisting device: The insertion assisting device allows a penis, though having a decreased erectile function, to be inserted smoothly into a vagina and dissolves within a few minutes of insertion, so that the penis can be kept inserted in the vagina in a natural state of insertion. Thus, a good physical contact... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20080039675 - Capsule endoscope storage case: When an inner cover portion 42 is accommodated in a blister pack 41, a retention space area 40a for accommodating a capsule endoscope 2 is formed between the bottom face 42e of the inner cover portion 42 and the inside bottom face 41e2 of the blister pack 41. The capsule... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080039676 - Means and method for marking human tissue that may be malignant: Disclosed herein is a system for placing an elongated permanent magnet into a volume of tissue within a human body, including placement following a large core needle tissue biopsy procedure, where the tissue is suspected of being cancerous. The magnet's position is then detected by a magnet locating system that... Agent: Dr. Robert E. Fischell

20080039677 - Portable health device and associated methods: A portable health device comprises a housing at least one power source connected to the housing, a frequency oscillation device in communication with the power source, and at least one electromagnet carried by the housing and in communication with the at least one power source. The frequency oscillation device may... Agent: The Torpy Group, P.l.

20080039679 - Sphincteric control system: A sphincteric control system for controlling the function of a bodily organ, such as the bladder. The system comprises a first implanted sphincter (12) disposed about a portion of the bodily organ, a second implanted sphincter (13) disposed about a portion of the bodily organ, and a stimulator unit (20)... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080039680 - Process for enriching a population of sperm cells: Processes for selectively enriching a population of viable sperm cells with respect to a characteristic without physically sorting the cells are disclosed. The cells contained in such an enriched population benefit from the advantage of not being subjected to a sorting process. Processes of inseminating a female mammal and processes... Agent: Senniger Powers (mtc)

20080039681 - Shape memory devices and methods for reshaping heart anatomy: Systems, methods and devices are provided for treating heart failure patients suffering from various levels of heart dilation. Such heart dilation is treated by reshaping the heart anatomy with the use of shape memory elements. Such reshaping changes the geometry of portions of the heart, particularly the right or left... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20080039683 - Method of using thermochromic devices: A method of using a body cavity device of cylindrical, spherical, annular, or tubular form with thermochromic pigments that change color in response to temperature changes. The method can be used to induce stimulation within a body cavity and to discern the temperature within.... Agent: Bert P. Krages Ii Attorney At Law

20080039684 - High flow stone basket system: A medical device for viewing inside a body and for retrieving an object from a location within the body, the medical device comprising an endoscope having a tube defining a working channel and a basket engageable with the object. In one embodiment of the invention, the basket does not require... Agent: Applied Medical Resources Corporation

20080039685 - Endoscope system: An endoscope system comprises multiple types of treatment tools including a treatment-tool insertion unit, and a function unit having a function for performing treatment; an electrically-driven operation device which electrically drives the function unit; an electrically-driven advance/retreat device which electrically drives the treatment-tool insertion unit; a control device including at... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080039686 - Electronic endoscope apparatus and electronic endoscope system: An electronic endoscope apparatus has a distal part, an imaging unit, a light emitting unit, and a transmitting unit. The imaging unit converts light applied to the distal part, into an electrical signal. The light emitting unit converts the electrical signal supplied from the imaging unit, into an optical signal.... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080039688 - Body-insertable apparatus system: A body-insertable apparatus system includes a body-insertable apparatus introduced into a subject to acquire intra-subject information while moving inside the subject; and a position detecting apparatus detecting a position of the body-insertable apparatus inside the subject. The position detecting apparatus includes a magnetic field generator that generates a position detecting... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080039687 - Radio intra-subject information acquiring system: A capsule endoscope 2 that picks up images within a body cavity and a receiving device 3 that has a function of radio transmission and reception to and from the capsule endoscope 2 are provided. A display device 4 that displays a body cavity image based on data received by... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080039689 - Endoscope, endoscope apparatus, and method of connecting external equipment to endoscope: An endoscope according to an aspect of the invention includes an image pickup connector portion projecting from one end side of an endoscope connector and connected to a first electrical contact of a video processor, and a magnification change connector portion projecting from the other end side of the endoscope... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080039690 - Steerable multi linked device having multiple working ports: A steerable multi-linked device. The device includes a first multi-linked mechanism and a second multi-linked mechanism. The first mechanism defines a first plurality of grooves. The second mechanism defines a second plurality of grooves. The first and second pluralities of grooves cooperate to define at least two working ports along... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080039691 - Torque-transmitting, variably-flexible, corrugated insertion device and method for transmitting torque and variably flexing a corrugated insertion device: A torque-transmitting, variably-flexible, corrugated insertion device includes a hollow body having a proximal end with an entrance for receiving an instrument and a distal end with a tip for protrusion of the instrument. A vacuum-activated device transitions the hollow body between a relatively flexible condition and a relatively stiff condition.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080039692 - Image display device: A device for displaying in vivo images picked up inside a subject in a time series. The device automatically detects lesion images contained in all in vivo images picked up over the time series. The device displays an elongated display area having a time scale assigned along a longitudinal direction... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080039693 - Endoscope tip unit and endoscope with scanning optical fiber: An endoscope has an insertion portion and a tip unit detachably attached to a distal end of the insertion portion. The insertion portion is configured to be inserted into an object, and has a signal cable and a first optical fiber extending therethrough. The tip unit has a second optical... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080039694 - Endoscopic imaging apparatus and capsule-type endoscope: An endoscopic imaging includes an image sensor having a polygonal outline; a lens for focusing an image onto the image sensor; a lens support member abutting on the image sensor, and supporting the lens; and an abutting portion formed while extending from a lower edge portion of the lens support... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080039695 - Fluorescence endoscope system, fluoroscopy apparatus, fluoroscopy method, fluorescence-information processing apparatus, and fluorescence-information processing method: The invention provides a fluorescence endoscope system, a fluoroscopy apparatus, a fluoroscopy method, a fluorescence-information processing apparatus, and a fluorescence-information processing method which allow superior fluoroscopy by reducing the effect of autofluorescence. Provided are an excitation-light radiating part for irradiating an object under examination in a body cavity with excitation... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080039696 - Endoscope system: Spectral characteristics are controlled with high accuracy using a variable-spectrum device provided at the tip of a long insertion portion of an endoscope, thereby acquiring a sharp observation image. An endoscope system, at least a portion of which is to be inserted into the body cavity of a living organism... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080039697 - Endoscope system: The invention provides an endoscope system, a portion of which is adapted to be inserted inside a body cavity of a living organism for acquiring images of an acquisition target inside the body cavity, including a light source unit for selectively emitting excitation light with different spectral characteristics; an image... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080039698 - Cognitive processing: Methods for the determination of cognitive processing of an individual or groups of individuals are described. Deviation from a control range of cognitive processing is determined with reference to a standardized task. Methods comprise measurement of time to complete the standardized task in a group of control subjects, measurement of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080039699 - Medical measuring device: The invention relates to a medical measuring device (10) comprising at least one measuring apparatus (12, 14), which has at least one sensor (16, 18) for generating a measuring signal of a patient (20, 22). A measuring data detection device (24) is also provided, which is designed to exchange measuring... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080039701 - Dual-mode pulse oximeter: A portable stand alone patient monitor is dockable with a docking station attached to a patient bed. The portable monitor is configured to operate in a stand alone mode and a docked mode. The docking station can include a second local monitor.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080039700 - Hydration monitoring: Systems and techniques for monitoring hydration. In one implementation, a method includes measuring an electrical impedance of a region of a subject to generate an impedance measurement result, and wirelessly transmitting the data to a remote apparatus. The probe with which impedance is measured may in the form of a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080039702 - Method and system for providing calibration of an analyte sensor in an analyte monitoring system: Method and apparatus for providing calibration of analyte sensor including applying a control signal, detecting a measured response to the control signal, determining a variance in the detected measured response, and estimating a sensor sensitivity based on the variance in the detected measured response is provided... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20080039703 - Sensor: A physiological sensing device comprises an electrical sensor (4) for insertion into the tissue of a live animal and which measures the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the animal tissue. The device also includes an electrical cable (6) connected electrically at its distal end to the sensor (4). The... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080039704 - Calibration of analyte measurement device: A calibration system suitable for calibrating non-invasive glucose concentration measurement systems includes one or more continuous glucose measurement devices with the ability to make continuous glucose concentration measurements at multiple regions. The system can accumulate measurement data over period of time and can process the accumulated measurement data to generate... Agent: Josh Hogan

20080039706 - Intensity-based image registration using earth mover's distance: A method of aligning image having the steps of obtaining a first image, the first image having a corresponding first data set, obtaining a second image, the second having a corresponding second data set; learning a joint intensity distribution from a pair of prealigned images, and aligning the first image... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080039705 - Map based intuitive device control and sensing to navigate a medical device: A method is provided for adjusting a medical device given an image of the device position relative to an anatomical surface shown on a two-dimensional display, that includes using a user-input device to indicate a direction of adjustment of the device relative to the display.... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20080039707 - Medical image management method for managing medical images, and medical image management apparatus and report preparation method using the same: A first storage stores a first medical image, positional information in the first medical image and regional information corresponding to the positional information, respectively. A second storage stores second medical images. A display unit displays the first medical image and the second medical images stored in the second storage. A... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20080039708 - Apparatus and method for assessing body composition: A method for analyzing composition of a human body includes inducing a substantially homogeneous static magnetic field in the entire body. A substantially homogeneous radio frequency magnetic field is induced in the entire body so as to induce nuclear magnetic resonance effects in the body. Nuclear magnetic resonance signals emanating... Agent: Richard A. Fagin

20080039709 - Implantable mri compatible stimulation leads and antennas and related systems and methods: In vivo medical stimulation probes include an elongate lead having at least one stimulation electrode disposed on a distal portion thereof. The probes may include a plurality of axially spaced apart RF chokes disposed on and/or in an axially extending shielding layer of the lead in advance of the at... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080039711 - Registering mr patient data on the basis of generic models: A method for registering a non-patient-characteristic three-dimensional magnetic resonance data set (MR data set) to patient-characteristic data includes: producing or providing a non-patient-characteristic three-dimensional generic model of a body or body part containing body structure data; ascertaining or providing two-dimensional patient-characteristic detection data of a patient; using a transformation protocol... Agent: Don W. Bulson (brainlab)

20080039710 - Systems and methods using nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) spectroscopy to evaluate pain and degenerative properties of tissue: NMR spectroscopy is performed on intervertebral disc tissue. Extent of degeneration is determined based on the NMR spectroscopy. Correlation between NMR spectral regions and at least one of tissue degeneration and pain are made. Accordingly, NMR spectroscopy is used to determine location and/or extent of at least one of degeneration... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20080039713 - Dynamic tracking of moving targets: Treatment targets such as tumors or lesions, located within an anatomical region that undergoes motion (which may be periodic with cycle P), are dynamically tracked. A 4D mathematical model is established for the non-rigid motion and deformation of the anatomical region, from a set of CT or other 3D images.... Agent: Daniel E. Ovanezian Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080039712 - Movable integrated scanner for surgical imaging applications: A patient imaging system includes a patient support table, an MRI system including a cylindrical magnet and a PET system including positron detectors mounted in a ring. The magnet defines a cylindrical bore for receiving the patient on the table where the magnet is mounted for rotation about a vertical... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20080039714 - Magnetic resonance imaging system, a gradient coil, and a method of using the system: A cylindrical MRI system can be configured such that a patient does not have to be in a lying position during analysis. In a particular embodiment, the patient can sit during analysis. The cylindrical MRI system can be oriented such that a central axis is not parallel to the floor,... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080039716 - Method and system for determining the location of a medical instrument relative to a body structure: A method for determining a location of an object relative to a body structure includes: providing a location of a first part of the object relative to a second part of the object, said second part different from said first part; attaching a marker device to the body structure; detecting... Agent: Don W. Bulson (brainlab)

20080039717 - Simulated bone or tissue manipulation: The present invention is directed to a system and method for performing tissue, preferably bone tissue manipulation. The system and method may include implanting markers on opposite sides of a bone, fractured bone or tissue to facilitate bone or tissue manipulation, preferably in-situ closed fracture reduction. The markers are preferably... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP

20080039715 - Three-dimensional optical guidance for catheter placement: A system is provided comprising an optically-guided catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one lumen. A light-emitting means is coupled to the catheter, the catheter is inserted into place in the patient, and light is emitted as a point or points from a selected location,... Agent: Basam E. Nabulsi Mccarter & English, LLP

20080039718 - Platform for detection of tissue structure change: Aspects include methods and apparatuses for determining change over time in one or more measured regions of a body using a plurality of data sets obtained by analysis of applied signals to said region. The method may include transmitting and receiving one or more of electromagnetic wave signals, applied acoustic... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080039719 - Method for determining an optimal trigger time and device for ecg-triggered recording of an object: There is described a method for determining an optimal trigger time for an ECG-triggered recording of an object. In this respect, a time sequence of dynamic images is firstly acquired with simultaneous recording of an ECG signal, then a time in the cardiac cycle is assigned to each dynamic image,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080039720 - Methods for characterizing cancer and pre-cancer tissues: A quantitative method for determining tissue characteristics includes the steps of generating data for a dynamic optical curve over a period of time based on an optical property of a tissue, or portion thereof, that has been exposed to a biomarker and, based on the data, determining a value of... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080039721 - Method and apparatus for imaging using multiple imaging detectors: An imaging system comprises a plurality of imaging detectors for acquiring imaging data. The plurality of imaging detectors is configurable to be arranged proximate to an anatomy of interest within a patient. Each of the plurality of imaging detectors has a field of view (FOV) and at least a portion... Agent: Dean D. Small The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20080039723 - System and method for 3-d biopsy: A system and method (i.e, utility) are disclosed for positioning a needle in three-dimensions based on patient related statistics for extracting tissue during biopsy procedures. Aspects of the utility can be applied independently or serve as an aid to the urologist when regions of interest are hard to discern in... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080039722 - System and method for physiological signal exchange between an ep/hemo system and an ultrasound system: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for exchanging physiological signal data between an EP/Hemo system and an ultrasound system in an integrated EP/Hemo and ultrasound system environment. Certain embodiments of a method include obtaining physiological signal data; communicating the physiological signal data between the EP/Hemo system and the ultrasound system... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080039724 - Ultrasound transducer with improved imaging: An acoustic transducer, and in particular to an ultrasound transducer, provides high intensity focused ultrasound (“HIFU”) therapy to tissue and images the tissue.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080039725 - Adjustable tracing of spectral flow velocities: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces a spectral Doppler display on which a parameter such as peak or mean velocity is automatically traced. If the user is dissatisfied with the automatically drawn trace (30), the user can manipulate a cursor (88) on the display screen to grab a point (82,... Agent: Philips Medical Systems Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080039726 - Hysterography and intrauterine venography catheter: A single device is provided for performing hysterography and intrauterine venography having a marker that aids in positioning the device within the patient, having a bulb-tip to seal the cervix, having a bulb-tip opening to allow an image enhancing medium to be discharged from a needle and injected into the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080039727 - Ablative cardiac catheter system: The present invention relates to a catheter system that can be used to treat atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmias by ablating cardiac tissue comprising a catheter, a guide wire, and an ultrasonically driven mechanical ablation probe. The catheter system may further comprise means of delivering cryogenic energy to the... Agent: Bacoustics, LLC

20080039728 - Catheters and related systems and methods: This disclosure relates to catheters and related systems and methods. In some embodiments, a catheter defines a lumen and an aperture extending from an outer surface of the catheter to the lumen, and a waveguide is disposed within the lumen of the catheter.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080039729 - Living body measurement apparatus: Disclosed is a living body measurement apparatus including: a first light source placed on the surface of the skin in a living body and radiating a first light in a visible light wavelength range onto the surface of the skin; a second light source placed on the surface of the... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080039730 - Respiration monitoring for heart failure using implantable device: An implantable respiration monitor can be used to detect disordered breathing or periodic breathing events that can be categorized, such as according to one or more of sleep, exercise, and resting awake states. The categorized frequency of such events can be compared to independently specifiable thresholds, such as to trigger... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080039731 - Wearable pulse wave velocity blood pressure sensor and methods of calibration thereof: An apparatus and methods for performing a circulatory measurement on an extremity, such as a hand, of a subject. The circulatory measurement results in the derivation of an output circulatory metric that may encompass blood pressure or various other circulatory metrics. An indicator of an input circulatory metric at a... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080039732 - Blood flow monitor with venous and arterial sensors: A technique is disclosed for determining blood flow in a living body by changing the thermal energy level in the venous blood flow path and determining temperatures in both the venous and arterial blood flow paths. Blood flow is calculated as a function of the change in energy level and... Agent: Jemes L. Neal

20080039733 - Systems and methods for calibration of heart sounds: An auscultation system includes a transducer for generating an acoustic signal at a transducing location of the subject, and a sensor for receiving an attenuated acoustic signal at a sensing location of the subject. The attenuated signal received at the sensing location is digitized, and may be analyzed in the... Agent: Kang Lim

20080039734 - Method for measuring airway resistance: A method of characterizing the respiratory properties of a conscious living organism from a single respiratory waveform containing thoracic and nasal flow signal components is described that includes acquiring a single box flow waveform containing thoracic and nasal flow signal components, measuring the areas of peaks of the waveform, and... Agent: William J. Mason Maccord Mason PLLC

20080039735 - Respiratory monitor display: A respiratory monitor measures expiratory carbon dioxide. A display has a measurement indicator combined with a color indicator. The measurement indicator corresponds to a measured value of carbon dioxide. The color indicator corresponds to a predetermined range of carbon dioxide values including the measured value so as to provide a... Agent: Law Office Of Glenn R. Smith

20080039737 - Method and apparatus for measuring indices of brain activity during motivational and emotional function: A method and apparatus for evaluating motivational and emotional circuitry in the brain during paradigms focused on specific motivational functions, to directly determine which components and how much the motivational and emotional brain circuitry responds. This circuitry response answers questions focused on normal and abnormal behavior, along with questions regarding... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080039736 - Method for determining sleep stages: The present invention provides a method for determining sleep stages of an examinee, including detecting signals of the examinee with a biosignal detector, calculating a signal strength deviation value that indicates deviation of a signal strength of the detected signals, and determining a sleep stage by using the signal strength... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080039738 - Guided medical element implantation: A system for locating a target tissue site is described. The system includes a locating guide that frames an area of interest upon placement over skin of a patient, an electrode patch defining an aperture and including two or more electrodes for placement within the area of interest, and a... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20080039739 - System and method employing a thermocouple junction for monitoring of physiological parameters: Disclosed are systems and methods for enabling the acquisition of physiological parameters of a mammal or other specimen using thermo-mechanical responses (e.g., temperature, pressure and alternatively acceleration, pulse, position). In accordance with one example embodiment, a monitoring device for wired and/or wireless sensors is used to acquire a series of... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20080039740 - Apparatus for punch biopsy: A punch biopsy apparatus for removing all or a portion of a suspect dermal growth. A punch biopsy apparatus has: a hallow cylinder body; a coring blade at the base of the hallow cylinder body; and a scooping blade assembly installed through a pair of installation channels and pivotally secured... Agent: Kwok Wai Chiu

20080039741 - Breast-feeding device: The present invention provides a device and method for measuring the amount of milk supplied to a feeding infant. The device (10) comprises a cap (13) having a nipple-shaped region (10) with an inner surface (14) and an outer surface (16) and a duct (18) extending therebetween. The duct has... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080039742 - Clean margin assessment tool: An integrated tool is provided, having a tissue-type sensor, for determining the tissue type at a near zone volume of a tissue surface, and a distance-measuring sensor, for determining the distance to an interface with another tissue type, for (i) confirming an existence of a clean margin of healthy tissue... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080039743 - Methods for determining characteristics of an internal tissue opening: A medical system for treating an internal tissue opening can include a closure device and associated delivery device. The closure device can include a multi-cellular body portion operatively associated with a first anchor and a second anchor. The delivery device can include an actuating assembly configured to partially deploy the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080039744 - Method and apparatus for providing contraction information during labour: A system and apparatus for implementing a user interface for displaying uterine contraction information is provided. The graphical user interface displays first information conveying a rate of uterine contractions, the first information being derived at least in part on the basis of at least a portion of a contraction signal.... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080033229 - Music-synchronized low frequency stimulator: A music-synchronized low frequency stimulator is disclosed. In a low frequency stimulator that plays music such as classical music, pop song, folk song, etc. and generates a low frequency electric pulse in synchronization with the music for electrically stimulating and medically treating nerves of a human body, the music-synchronized low... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080033234 - Cardiac support device delivery tool with release mechanism: An apparatus for placing a cardiac support device (CSD) on a heart. The apparatus includes a body, a deployment mechanism on the body for supporting the CSD in an open position for placement on the heart, and a release mechanism coupled to the deployment mechanism for releasably mounting the CSD... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20080033228 - External counterpulsation (ecp) device for use in an ambulance or the like for heart attack patients to limit heart muscle damage: A method and system for treating a patient having an acute myocardial infarction. Such system may comprise at least one tank having a pressurized gas contained therein, at least one housing having a shell and being adapted to at least partially surround a body segment of the patient, a hose/valve... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080033232 - Devices, systems and methods for retracting, lifting, compressing, supporting or repositioning tissues or anatomical structures: Devices, systems and methods for retracting, lifting, compressing, supporting or repositioning tissues, organs, anatomical structures, grafts or other structures within the body of human or animal subjects for the purpose of treating a diseases or disorders and/or for cosmetic or reconstructive purposes and/or for research and development purposes or other... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080033231 - Method for treating urinary incontinence: A method for treating urinary incontinence includes the steps of inserting into the woman's vagina a first disposable device, removing the first disposable device, and inserting a second disposable device substantially identical to the first disposable device. The disposable devices have a working portion with opposed working surfaces to provide... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080033230 - Resilient device: An intravaginal device has a working portion (e.g., intravaginal urinary incontinence device suppository, tampon) and an anchoring portion comprising at least one member extending beyond at least one end of the working portion to maintain the working portion in place during use.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080033233 - Multilayer composite vascular access graft: A multilayer composite vascular access graft and a method of constructing such a graft are disclosed. The mcVAG has improved performance characteristics, which include desirable handling characteristics such as ease of suturing, kink resistance and the ability to serve as a cannulation route soon after the implant procedure.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080033235 - Cardiac disease treatment and device: A cardiac constraint device comprising a jacket of biological compatible material and an adjustment member. The jacket is adapted to be secured to the heart to snugly conform to an external geometry of the heart and assume a maximum adjusted volume to constrain circumferential expansion of the heart beyond the... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20080033236 - Endocardial splint and method therefor: A splint assembly includes an elongate body. An active fixation fastener is coupled substantially adjacent to a distal end of the elongate body. The splint assembly includes at least one flange coupled to the elongate body proximal the active fixation fastener. In one option, a stop of the at least... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080033237 - High-frequency tool for endoscope: A high-frequency treatment tool for an endoscope includes a transparent hood that can be detachably coupled to a distal end of an endoscope provided with two electrodes. Two high-frequency electrodes are provided at a tip end of the transparent hood and two contacts, each configured to electrically contact one of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080033238 - Treatment tool for endoscope: A treatment tool for an endoscope includes: a treatment portion that is positioned on a distal end side and of which at least a portion is formed from an electroconductive material; an operating wire that is formed from an electroconductive material and is connected to the treatment portion; a sheath... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20080033239 - Treatment instrument for endoscope: A clip device 1 that has a coil-shaped tubular body 6 that is inserted through a curvable treatment instrument insertion channel of an endoscope, the tubular body 6 includes a proximal side coil (first coil) 10 that has a spring constant per unit length of 15 N/mm to 500 N/mm... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080033240 - Auxiliary image display and manipulation on a computer display in a medical robotic system: To assist a surgeon performing a medical procedure, auxiliary images generally indicating internal details of an anatomic structure being treated are displayed and manipulated by the surgeon on a computer display screen to supplement primary images generally of an external view of the anatomic structure. A master input device controlling... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20080033242 - Intro-subject introduction apparatus, extracorporeal receiving apparatus, and intra-subject information gathering system: An intro-subject introduction apparatus which is introduced into the inside of a subject and is movable inside the subject includes an information acquisition section for acquiring intra-subject information. A wireless transmission section transmits a transmission signal including the acquired intra-subject information to an extracorporeal receiving apparatus provided outside the subject.... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080033241 - Left atrial appendage closure: Methods and apparatus for intraluminally or transluminally closing a left atrial appendage while under direct visualization are described herein. Such a system may include a deployment catheter and an attached imaging hood deployable into an expanded configuration. In use, the imaging hood is placed against or adjacent to a region... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080033243 - Method for activating an image collecting process: The present invention relates to a method for activating an image collecting process, comprising the step of releasing the power source of a component essential to the image collecting process from an inhibition imposed by an external magnet. In an embodiment of the invention the image collecting process is designed... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080033244 - Endoscopic insertion aid: An endoscopic insertion aid includes a hollow member having a communication path which provides communication between openings at the distal and proximal ends thereof. The hollow member includes a hollow member, an exposure portion and a guide portion. The hollow member insertion portion is inserted into a body cavity, having... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080033245 - Rotating self-traveling endoscope system, rotating self-traveling endoscope insertion assisting tool, and method for technique of inserting endoscope insertion portion into small intestine using rotating self-traveling endoscope: A rotating self-traveling endoscope system of the invention comprising an insertion portion having an image pickup unit at its distal end portion and a helical structure formed on the outer surface, a rotating driving device for rotating the insertion portion around a long axis, and a rotating self-traveling insertion assisting... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080033246 - Endoscopic insertion aid, endoscopic system, and method of inserting insertion portion of endoscope into body cavity by use of endoscopic insertion aid: An endoscopic insertion aid includes a tube member, a pipeline and a plurality of balloons. The tube member allows an insertion section of an endoscope to be inserted therethrough, and guides the longitudinal movement of the insertion section. The pipeline is provided in the tube member, and communicates with a... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080033247 - In vivo device with balloon stabilizer and valve: An in vivo imaging system is provided with a capsule having at least one balloon configured to orient the capsule in a consistent orientation relative to an internal organ; at least one valve configured to control the quantity of gas within the at least one balloon; and an imager encased... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20080033248 - Portable electronic device and capsule endoscope diagnosis system: The present invention is directed to reliably prevent a trouble that a battery is loaded either in a state where a ribbon is entirely housed in a battery housing or without a ribbon by a simple method using a ribbon. Guide parts (83, 84) are provided on both side walls... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080033249 - Laryngoscope blade: A laryngoscope blade is provided. The blade includes a base, a relatively straight main blade portion and a distal tip. The relatively straight main blade portion has a length that extends from the base. The distal tip has a length that extends from the main blade portion. The distal tip... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20080033250 - Instrument for manual operation: The present invention relates to an instrument for manual operation (1) comprising a stem (2), an attendant member (3) disposed at a distal end of the stem (2), and a hand grip (4) disposed at a proximal end of the stem (2), having a substantially round shape and being fixed... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20080033251 - Surgical retractor and method of use: A surgical retractor may be provided for a surgical procedure such as spinal surgery. The surgical retractor may include a pair of tissue retainers and a pair of separators. The separators may be positioned in channels of the tissue retainers to move distal ends of the tissue retainers apart, retract... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080033252 - Detection, measurement, and communication of physiological properties, and generation and communication of activation signals in response to physiological properties: A system for the detection, measurement, and communication of a value of one or more physiological property of a person, or other living organism, includes a sensor assembly structured to detect, measure, and communicate at least one value during a monitoring period. The sensor assembly may include an array of... Agent: Malloy & Malloy

20080033258 - Method for predicting onset/risk of atrial fibrillation (af): A method for predicting onset or risk of atrial fibrillation in a subject includes determining the presence of an oxidative stress marker, such as glutathione, cysteine, and/or a derivative of a reactive oxidative metabolite (DROM).... Agent: Dinesh Agarwal, P.C.

20080033256 - Remote wellness monitoring system with unversally accessible interface: This embodiment of the invention consists of an apparatus or home appliance unit embodied in a hardware entity running an embedded software program connected to a server computer via a phone line or high-speed internet. At home, the apparatus communicates with an optional set of medical health monitoring devices such... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20080033255 - Ambulatory medical device and method for communication between medical devices: An ambulatory medical device and a method of communication between medical devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, the medical device includes a module for communication with at least a second medical device wherein the module for communication is adapted to be activated by a value of a physiological parameter of... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080033257 - Communication system for capsule type medical apparatus, capsule type medical apparatus, and information receiver: A capsule type medical apparatus communication system of the present invention includes a capsule type medical apparatus and an information receiver, and the capsule type medical apparatus transmits towards the information receiver a communication confirmation signal which confirms the state of communication with the information receiver, while the information receiver,... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080033253 - Computer-implemented integrated health systems and methods: Computer-implemented integrated health systems and methods related to organs of the human body and to cancer. For example, a method and a system can be configured for choosing a strategy for an organ condition that maximizes a life score.... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20080033254 - Systems and methods for replacing signal data artifacts in a glucose sensor data stream: Systems and methods for detecting noise episodes and processing analyte sensor data responsive thereto. In some embodiments, processing analyte sensor data includes filtering the sensor data to reduce or eliminate the effects of the noise episode on the signal.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080033260 - Cardiac biosensor devices and methods: Implantable medical devices for cardiac care are provided that include a housing having a power source and control electronics; at least one lead extending from the housing and having one or more discrete reservoirs therein, each reservoir having an opening to an outer surface of the lead; one or more... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080033259 - Portable medical device for automatic electrical coherence analysis inside a patient: A portable medical device for automatically monitoring of electrical activity of target areas inside a patient is described. The medical device is based on a wireless communication network and includes a measuring unit that measures electrical signals at the surface of two target areas and a processing unit connected to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080033261 - Measuring blood glucose concentration: Apparatus for measuring blood glucose concentration comprises a laser source (14) capable of producing a radiation beam from a tunable laser, a collimator (12, 13) for collimating the radiation beam (21) to a small diameter, an optical arrangement (12, 13) for directing the collimated beam (21) through the anterior chamber... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20080033262 - Photoacoustic measurement of analyte concentration in the eye: In one aspect, the invention features a method and device for measuring blood concentration of a substance such as glucose in the aqueous humor by illuminating the aqueous humor with a light source at a frequency that is absorbed by the substance to the measured, and then sensing photoacoustically generated... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080033263 - Method and system for determining the contribution of hemoglobin and myoglobin to in vivo optical spectra: This document discusses, among other things, quantification of hemoglobin content, and therefore blood volume, of muscle. An analysis of the optical spectra can determine the ratio of hemoglobin (Hb) to myoglobin (Mb) content in intact muscle. The peak position of the in vivo optical spectra from intact tissue is used... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080033264 - Pulsoximetry measuring device: Disclosed is a pulsoximetry measuring device comprising a pulsoximetry sensor and a pulsoximetry module for evaluating and displaying the sensor signals. The device is characterized in that the pulsoximetry module is provided with a shield which is grounded only at one point while each signal path is equipped with a... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20080033265 - Method and apparatus for demodulating signals in a pulse oximetry system: A method and an apparatus measure blood oxygenation in a subject. A light source is activated to cause a first emission at a first wavelength and a second emission at a second wavelength. A detector detects a composite signal indicative of an attenuation of the first and second wavelengths by... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080033266 - Signal processing apparatus: The present disclosure describes a method and an apparatus for analyzing measured signals using various processing techniques. In certain embodiments, the measured signals are physiological signals. In certain embodiments, the measurements relate to blood constituent measurements including blood oxygen saturation.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080033267 - Sensor isolation: A noninvasive physiological sensor includes electrical isolation to isolate the patient and the sensor electronics from potentially harmful electrical surges.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080033268 - Method and apparatus for providing analyte sensor insertion: Devices and methods for positioning a portion of a sensor at a first predetermined location, displacing the portion of the sensor from the first predetermined location to a second predetermined location, and detecting one or signals associated with an analyte level of a patient at the second predetermined location are... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20080033269 - Catheter-free implantable needle biosensor: Electrochemical biosensors consisting of two or more needle-shaped electrodes for monitoring of molecules such as glucose in the subcutaneous tissue are provided. The two electrodes are parallel to each other, and are fixed perpendicularly to the planar side of a sensor base which provides skin fixation and electric connection. The... Agent: Qin Zhang

20080033271 - Analyte monitoring device and methods of use: An analyte monitor includes a sensor, a sensor control unit, and a display unit. The sensor has, for example, a substrate, a recessed channel formed in the substrate, and conductive material disposed in the recessed channel to form a working electrode. The sensor control unit typically has a housing adapted... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20080033273 - 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: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080033270 - Micro-analysis system: A micro-analysis system for determining the concentration of a species within a medium is disclosed, said system comprising storage means for the storage of fluids, comprising at least one first fluid reservoir holding reagent fluid and at least one second fluid reservoir holding carrier fluid, sensing means for collecting species... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080033272 - Tissue implantable sensors for measurement of blood solutes: A tissue-implantable sensor for measurement of solutes in fluids and gases, such as oxygen and glucose, is provided. The sensor includes a multiplicity of detectors, constructed and arranged to improve the probability that one or more detectors will have access to a vascular source at points in time sufficient to... Agent: Stacy L. Taylor Dla Piper US LLP

20080033274 - Device and method for monitoring the functioning of the lower esophageal sphincter: The present invention relates to a device for monitoring the functioning of the lower esophageal sphincter in mammals.... Agent: Nath & Associates PLLC

20080033275 - Method and apparatus for sample probe movement control: A prove interface method and apparatus for an optical based noninvasive analyzer includes an algorithm for controlling placement and/or orientation of the analyzer sample probe relative to a sample site in a dynamic and/or static fashion. The sample probe tip relative to a sample site is controlled with respect to... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080033276 - Return pad cable connector: A return pad cable connector, in accordance with the present disclosure, for use with a disposable return pad, includes a cord having a conductive wire disposed therethrough which conductive wire interconnects the return pad cable connector to an electrosurgical energy source. The return pad further includes a connector operatively coupled... Agent: Covidien

20080033277 - Systems and methods of gradient assisted volume rendering: A system and method for rendering an image that includes accessing image data and dividing the image data into one or more blocks. One or more corner points of the blocks are identified and rays are cast through voxel space of the image data in the direction of the corner... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080033278 - System and method for tracking medical device using magnetic resonance detection: A system and method for using magnetic resonance to track a medical device which attenuates interfering MR signals. The system comprises an MR tracking device comprising one or more radiofrequency (RF) tracking coils adapted to receive a magnetic resonance MR response signal from nuclei excited by an RF pulse. Ideally,... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20080033279 - Device for superposed mri and pet imaging: A device is disclosed for superposed MRI and PET imaging and includes an MRI tube that has a first field of view along its longitudinal direction, and a multiplicity of PET detection units arranged opposite one another in pairs about the longitudinal direction. In at least one embodiment the many... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080033280 - Marker delivery system with obturator: A marker delivery device is described which has an obturator with an elongated shaft, an inner lumen, a proximal end, and a substantially sealed distal end. One or more tissue markers are deployed within the inner lumen of the elongated shaft of the obturator. Preferably, the tissue marker(s) is disposed... Agent: Edward J. Lynch, Patent Attorney

20080033281 - Catheter for magnetic resonance-supporting interventional procedures: A catheter for magnetic resonance-supported interventional procedures has an electric cable that connects a first electric component attached to one catheter end with a second electric component attached to the other catheter end, with the electric cable being coiled at least in sections thereof.... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080033282 - Distortion-immune position tracking using redundant measurements: A method for tracking a position of an object includes using a field sensor associated with the object to measure field strengths of magnetic fields generated by two or more field generators, wherein a measurement of at least one of the field strengths is subject to a distortion. Rotation-invariant location... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080033283 - Apparatus for navigation and for fusion of ecographic and volumetric images of a patient which uses a combination of active and passive optical markers: The invention concerns an apparatus for fusion and navigation of ecographic and volumetric images of a patient (1) and for localization of an ecographic probe (2) connected with an ecographer (7) and/or of a surgical instrument (3) operating on the same patient. The unit comprises a plurality of passive (3)... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080033284 - Robotically controlled catheter and method of its calibration: A method of calibrating a robotic device, such as a cardiac catheter, includes oscillating the device on an actuation axis by applying an oscillation vector at an oscillation frequency. While oscillating, a location of the device is periodically measured to generate a plurality of location data points, which may express... Agent: Sjm/afd-wiley

20080033285 - Method for representing two-dimensional projection images and objects corresponding thereto: 2-D projection images show the variation over time of the distribution of a contrast medium in an examination subject. Each projection image comprises pixels having pixel values corresponding to one another in the projection images that are determined by identical areas of the examination subject. A computer subdivides an image... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080033286 - Fiducial marker for imaging localization and method of using the same: A fiducial implant for use in the body of a living being to enable the localization, e.g., radiographic, of targeted internal tissue. The implant is in the form of an elongated, e.g., rod-like, central section and a pair of end sections, each of said end sections is arranged so that... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080033287 - Shock wave imaging system: A system or apparatus 2 for visually displaying and treating a treatment volume 100 located in a human or animal body 1 is disclosed wherein the treatment volume 100 is detected by a location finding imaging instrument 10 and displayed on a monitor 12 and a treatment instrument 20 is... Agent: David L. King, Sr.

20080033288 - Method and apparatus for enhancement of medical images: Method and related apparatuses are described for performing automated ultrasound mammography with reduced nipple shadow effects. The breast is compressed in a direction generally toward the chest wall of the patient with one side of a compressive member which is preferably a membrane. The breast is scanned with an ultrasonic... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080033289 - Control apparatus for a medical examination apparatus: A control apparatus is disclosed, for a medical examination apparatus, for controlling a first injection of contrast agent for an examination, a breathing command and a recording of an examination image of an examination area of a patient after a circulation time has elapsed. In at least one embodiment, the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080033290 - Delivery of biological compounds to ischemic and/or infarcted tissue: The delivery of biological compounds to ischemic and/or infarcted tissue are described herein where such a system may include a deployment catheter and an attached imaging hood deployable into an expanded configuration. In use, the imaging hood is placed against or adjacent to a region of tissue to be imaged... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080033291 - Multi-dimensional image reconstruction and analysis for expert-system diagnosis: The present invention relates to the capabilities of a highly sensitive radioactive-emission camera, a result of a meticulous search for the many different effects that combine synergistically to increase sensitivity and spatial, spectral, and time resolutions. The new camera opens a new realm in SPECT-type imaging, making it viable for... Agent: Martin D Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080033292 - Ultrasound patient interface device: An ultrasound coupling device for acoustically coupling an ultrasound transducer with a patient's body comprises a fluid chamber having an ultrasound transducer interface for placing an ultrasound transducer in contact with water within said fluid chamber. The coupling device also has a patient interface comprising a water permeable membrane. The... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20080033294 - Phase selection for cardiac contrast assessment: In one embodiment, at least one visual characteristic from a selected image is used to automatically select an ultrasound image from a set of images from a plurality of heart cycles. In another embodiment, motion correction is performed on ultrasound images that are automatically selected from a plurality of ultrasound... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080033293 - User interface and methods for sonographic display device: A user interface for a sonographic device is disclosed that displays a sonographic image and at least one reference object corresponding to a catheter size. The reference object may be scaled in proportion to the sonographic image. In addition, the user interface may further display a plurality of vertical lines... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20080033295 - Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic imaging device: In an ultrasonic probe which acquires an elasticity image while pressing a subject, a contact surface which extends perpendicular to a pressing direction and which comes into contact with the subject is provided. Further, automatic pressing means configured to press a to-be-imaged portion of the subject with a predetermined pressure... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080033297 - Neural tissue stimulation, assessment, mapping, and therapy utilizing targeted acoustic mechanisms: A system is disclosed for the diagnostic or therapeutic treatment of a patient's neural tissues. The system includes at least a means to directly or indirectly acoustically expose or acoustically displace at least a first tissue portion. The system further includes a means to impose, directly or indirectly, an electromagnetic,... Agent: David W. Collins Intellectual Property Law

20080033296 - Methods for delivering materials into biological systems using sonic energy: Methods to facilitate delivering of materials into biological systems using sonic energy. The processes include a method of controllably disrupting cell membranes and/or cell walls in biological cells using sonic energy, methods of introducing materials into biological cells using sonic energy, and methods of correlating sonic energy exposure to material... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080033298 - Ultrasonic probe: An ultrasonic probe for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave, comprises a transmission-use inorganic piezoelectric element layer made of an inorganic material and for transmitting an ultrasonic wave; an organic piezoelectric element layer made of an organic material and for receiving an ultrasonic wave; and an electrode layer provided between... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080033299 - Beamforming method and apparatus used in ultrasonic imaging system: The present invention relates to a beamforming method used in an ultrasonic imaging system, the method comprises: receiving the reflected echo signal from the reception my by the transducer elements of the probe; transmit the received reflected echo signal by the transducer element to a receiving and processing channel to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080033300 - Systems and methods for monitoring temperature during electrosurgery or laser therapy: Systems that measure temperatures of tissue during electrosurgery or laser therapy of the tissue or organs is provided. One system provides a pyrometer that measures infrared electromagnetic energy emitted by a surface of a tissue or organ thereby determining a sub-surface temperature of the tissue or organ. The system further... Agent: Jones Day

20080033301 - Method for performing a procedure according to a biometric image: A method for performing a procedure on a patient, includes obtaining a biometric image representative of the patient and performing the procedure on the patient in accordance with the biometric image. The patient has an iris and the biometric image comprises an iris biometric image and the procedure comprises a... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080033302 - System and method for semi-automatic aortic aneurysm analysis: A method for automatically analyzing an aortic aneurysm includes providing a digitized 3-dimensional image volume of an aorta, determining which voxels in said image are likely to be lumen voxels, determining a distance of said lumen voxels from an aortic boundary, finding a centerline of the aorta in said image... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080033303 - Remote monitoring of patient cognitive function using implanted crm devices and a patient management system: This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for remote monitoring of patient cognitive function using implanted cardiac rhythm management (CRM) devices and a patient management system. The method comprising: presenting a cognitive test to a patient via a user interface; receiving a result of the cognitive test... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080033304 - Sleep state detection: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for determining sleep state, such as awake, sleeping, non-REM sleep, or REM sleep. Respiration and heart contractions are monitored. A cardio-respiratory ratio such as beats per breath is computed and used in the sleep state determination. Other information, such as heart... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080033306 - Apparatus and method for determining a physiologic parameter of a patient applying fourier transformation: The apparatus comprises a pressure sensor providing readings of a blood pressure of the patient and storage means for storing the readings as a pressure curve over time. Blood pressure is measured. The frequency difference between heart rate and breathing rate is used to separate the respiratory effect from the... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080033305 - Method and apparatus for continuous assessment of a cardiovascular parameter using the arterial pulse pressure propagation time and waveform: A method and apparatus for determining a cardiovascular parameter including receiving an input signal corresponding to an arterial blood pressure measurement over an interval that covers at least one cardiac cycle, determining a propagation time of the input signal, determining at least one statistical moment of the input signal, and... Agent: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

20080033307 - Intermittent pneumatic compression device with non-invasive blood pressure monitoring: A limb compression system for increasing the flow of venous blood in a patient comprises an inflatable cuff, a pump, a controller, and a pressure transducer. The system collects a signal from the pressure transducer indicative of the pressure in the cuff and uses the signal to determine the blood... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080033308 - Non-invasive blood pressure measurement apparatus and safety protection method: The present invention discloses a non-invasive blood pressure measurement apparatus and a safety protection method. In addition to a main pressure measurement circuit and a main microprocessor circuit, the measurement apparatus also includes an independently disposed assist pressure measurement circuit and an independently disposed assist microprocessor circuit. In normal measurement,... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080033309 - Blood pressure measurement device storing measurement data: A blood pressure measurement device includes a fixed main body unit and a removable display unit. The main body unit includes a cuff mounted on a region for measurement of a living body, a control unit including a CPU for measuring a blood pressure with adjusting a pressure of the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080033310 - Method and apparatus for arterial blood pressure measurement and individualized rectifying technology using this method: A method and an apparatus for indirect, quantitative estimation of beat-to-beat arterial blood pressure utilizing individualized rectifying technology. A function of TK=H(P) that describes the relationship between Korotkoff's sound delay time Tk and cuff pressure P is obtained by measuring different cuff pressures P and the corresponding Korotkoff's sound delay... Agent: Michael L. Crapenhoft C/o Hiroe And Associates

20080033311 - System and method for relating an individual's heart rate and power output during exercise: A system and method for relating heart rate and power output during exercise includes subjecting an individual to a physical activity that involves maintaining power output at a substantially constant level during a time period while monitoring heart rate. For an initial portion of the time period, there is a... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080033312 - Cardiac magnetic field diagnostic apparatus and evaluating method of three-dimensional localization of myocardial injury: A cardiac magnetic field diagnostic apparatus for evaluating intracardiac three-dimensional localization of a myocardial injury by means of cardiac magnetic field measurement and a three-dimensional localization evaluating method of myocardial injury are disclosed. A magnetic field distribution measuring instrument (1) creates magnetic field distribution data by contactless magnetic field measurement... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080033313 - Ecg-based differentiation of lqt1 and lqt2 mutation: A method differentiating LQT1 mutation from LQT2 mutation is disclosed. An ECG signal is obtained for a patient. At least a first ECG parameter and a second ECG parameter are determined from the ECG signal. A probability that the patient is an LQT1 carrier or an LQT2 carrier is determined... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20080033314 - Method for measuring cardiac output via an extracorporeal cardiopulmonary support circuit: A method for determining cardiac output in conjunction with flow through an extracorporeal circuit, wherein flow through an arterial line of the extracorporeal circuit is temporarily reversed and an indicator is passed through the cardiopulmonary circuit. A dilution curve is measured in the arterial line of the extracorporeal circuit during... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20080033315 - Method and sensor measuring skin impedance: A sensor measuring skin impedance includes a reference electrode, a current carrying electrode, and a measuring electrode for measuring impedance for current flowing between the reference electrode and the current carrying electrode. The measuring electrode is recessed with respect to the reference electrode and the current carrying electrode, allowing the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080033316 - System and method for measuring cross-sectional areas and pressure gradients in luminal organs: The invention comprises a system, catheter and method for measuring the cross-sectional areas and pressure gradients in any hollow organ, such as, for example, blood vessels. One embodiment of such a system includes: an impedance catheter capable of being introduced into a targeted site; a solution delivery source; a constant... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20080033317 - Method to design acoustic stimuli in the spectral domain for the recording of auditory steady-state responses (assr): The invention relates to a method to design and generate frequency-specific electrical or acoustical stimuli for the recording of auditory steady-state responses, ASSR, from human individuals, where the stimuli are generated as a combination of a series of three or more spectral components (i.e. pure tones), each having a specified... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080033319 - Self-contained test unit for testing body fluids: A self contained disposable test unit for testing body fluid comprises a body member and a support member. The support member is moveable with respect to the body member between a first position and a second position. The support member includes a body part receiving surface for receiving a patient's... Agent: E. Victor Indiano Indiano Vaughan LLP

20080033318 - Analyte test device: An analyte test device is constructed as an integrated, single-use, disposable cartridge which can be releasably installed into a compatible analyte test monitor. In use, the device can be used in conjunction with the monitor to lance the skin of a patient to create a blood sample and, in turn,... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20080033320 - Devices, systems and methods for extracting bodily fluid and monitoring an analyte therein: An interstitial fluid (ISF) extraction device includes a penetration member configured for penetrating a target site of a user's skin layer and, subsequently, residing in the user's skin layer and extracting an ISF sample therefrom and at least three concentrically-arranged pressure rings, each adapted for applying pressure to the user's... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080033321 - Device and method for detecting plagiocephaly in infants: Disclosed are devices and methods for detecting plagiocephaly in infants. The one-piece, semi-rigid device is positioned on the infant by placing the caliper's ear-tips in the infant's ears and positioning a planar connector segment approximately under the nose. A physician or caregiver can visually detect plagiocephaly by detecting misalignment between... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080033322 - Systems and methods for measuring cervical dilation: Systems and methods for measuring cervical dilation are provided that include two biocompatible fasteners affixed to opposing cervical or vaginal walls, and a biocompatible string coupled to the fasteners, yet free to slide between the fasteners. The string has ends extending outside the vaginal opening of the patient, so that... Agent: Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP