Surgery inventions 07/08

20080183028 - Cable-free arthroscopy: The present invention relates to an arthroscopy apparatus, comprising at least three elements selected from: a conventional arthroscopic lens (12), to which there is coupled a power supply device or capsule, in the inside of which is the power source (1), and a miniature camera (8), characterized by not comprising... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080183029 - Telemetry sensing system for infant care apparatus: An infant warming apparatus for supporting an infant upon an infant bed. The apparatus has a sensor affixed to the skin of the infant to detect one or more physiological functions of the infant. A transmitter module is located within the sensor enclosure that includes an analog to digital converter... Agent: Roger M. Rathbun

20080183030 - system and method for treating chronic pain: In a method and system for treating pain or impairment a video imaging device obtains image frames of a continuous portion of the patient's body including a selected impaired member in proper spatial relationship to a facial image of the patient. A processor coupled to the imaging device processes the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080183031 - Method and apparatus for cystocele repair: A method for cystocele repair comprising the steps of: establishing four pathways in tissue around a bladder of a patient, introducing a strap into each of said pathways, and positioning beneath said bladder of said patient a support member having each said strap connected thereto such that said bladder of... Agent: Ams Research Corporation

20080183032 - Penis development correction device: The correction device mainly contains a main tube and a secondary tube for housing the penis, a belt for wearing around a user's waist, and a number of straps connecting the belt to the main and secondary tubes. The main and secondary tubes are attached in parallel together along their... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080183033 - Endoscope propulsion system and method: The present invention provides a system and method for active propulsion of devices, such as endoscopes, along cavities, such as body lumens. The propulsion system can be attached to a commercially available endoscope, or be provide affixed together, and moves the endoscope in a lumen by pulling it forward. The... Agent: Latimer, Mayberry & MatthewsIPLaw, LLP

20080183034 - Endoscope stand: A stand for supporting at least an operating handle and an insertion tube of an endoscopic apparatus is disclosed. The stand includes a hanger member and a post member. Said hanger member has a first shoulder portion adapted for supporting an umbilical cord of the endoscopic apparatus, an intermediate portion... Agent: Sean Liam Kelleher Kelleher & Lilling PLLC

20080183038 - Biological navigation device: A biological navigation device that can be attached or integrated with an elongated element, such as a colonoscope, is disclosed. The device can be used for navigation through a biological lumen. The device can have an everting tube controllably tearable substantially in the direction of the long axis of the... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080183037 - Endoscope and endoscope instrument, and endoscope system: An endoscope system 1 according to the present invention is configured to include an endoscope 2 and an instrument 3. A first pipeline system 20 and a second pipeline system 30 are formed in the endoscope 2. A tissue grasped by the instrument 3 is retracted into a forceps channel... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080183035 - Endoscopic accessory control mechanism: Devices and methods useful for manipulating tools at a surgical site are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, an accessory device is provided and can include an insertion member and a control wire. The insertion member can have a lumen for receiving a tool therethrough, such as an endoscope. The control... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080183036 - Systems and methods for unobstructed visualization and ablation: Systems and methods for unobstructed, visualization and ablation, particularly of the pulmonary veins, are described herein. Such a system may include a deployment catheter and an attached imaging hood deployable into an expanded configuration as well as one or more expandable anchors which are temporarily securable within a respective pulmonary... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080183039 - Balloon positioning system for endoscopic access: Devices and methods for endoscopic and/or laparoscopic surgery are provided. In one aspect, a surgical device is provided that includes an elongate member, such as an endoscope, having proximal and distal ends and a working channel associated therewith. An expandable member is also associated with the endoscope, and the expandable... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080183041 - Capsule-type medical apparatus: A capsule-type medical apparatus includes a capsule-shape sealed container accommodating an electric component for executing a predetermined function; and a switch unit arranged in a substantially center of the sealed container, and controlling supply of electric power for driving the electric component according to action of a magnetic field from... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080183040 - Endoscopic diagnosing system: In an endoscopic diagnosing system, signals are exchanged using radio waves at between an electronic endoscope, an operator's processor unit and a director's processor unit. The director's processor unit has a transmitting section that modulate into and transmit a radio wave an operation input signal inputted through a zooming button... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080183042 - Rod lens to be fitted in endoscopes: A rod lens is used for fitting in an endoscopes. The rod lens has a rod-shaped body which is made at least in a section of a flexible, transparent solid piece of plastic material. (FIG. 1)... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080183043 - Illumination apparatus for an image sensing means at the distal end of an endoscope: An illumination apparatus for an image sensor at the distal end of an endoscope includes an illumination carrier and a plurality of micro LEDs each including a main surface from which the emission is made, with a maximum lateral dilatation of less than 500 μm. The illumination carrier is associated... Agent: Schoppe, Zimmerman , Stockeller & Zinkler

20080183044 - Flexible surgical retractor and method of use: Disclosed herein are various embodiments that related to a surgical retractor. In certain embodiments, the systems may include a laterally expandable sleeve, sleeve activators, and insertion tools. In other embodiments, there is disclosed various methods of retraction during surgery. In some embodiments, the methods include expanding a sleeve using a... Agent: Carr LLP (ist)

20080183045 - Retractor device for cervical spinal fusion: A retractor device for cervical spinal fusion surgery. The retractor device includes a first post assembly having a first pin for mounting the first post assembly to a first vertebral body and a first rod coupled thereto in a multi-axial manner so that the first rod can be pivoted relative... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC Mi4 Spine, LLC

20080183046 - Surgical retractor with removable blades and method of use: Disclosed herein are various embodiments that related to a surgical retractor. In certain embodiments, the retractor may include a blade holder with a single blade tilting mechanism capable of adjusting the angle of a plurality of pivoting blades relative to the blade holder. In certain embodiments, the adjustment occurs from... Agent: Carr LLP (ist)

20080183048 - Electronic timed caller mattress: A system for monitoring the position of a patient and alerting a caregiver of the need to move the patient is provided, including a sensing device, a controller and at least one alerting device. The sensing device is located on top of or within the patient's mattress and sends signals... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080183047 - System and method for identifying a trigger of an illness: A system and method for identifying a potential trigger of an illness. Subject data including information about a subject, food consumption data including information about food consumed by the subject, and illness data including information about an illness experienced by the subject are forwarded to a server. The server also... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20080183054 - Combination level alarms and alarm persistence for patient monitoring: Combination level alarms and alarm persistence for patient monitoring, as well as related methods and apparatus, are disclosed. For a combination level alarm, respective values for multiple physiological conditions are received. A determination is made as to whether the received values satisfy respective alarm criteria for the physiological conditions, and... Agent: Smart & Biggar P.o. Box 2999, Station D

20080183051 - Multi-sensor system, device, and method for deriving human status information: The invention is a wireless communications device, such as a cellular telephone, having sensors to generate data indicative of a physiological or contextual parameters of a user. A processor on the wireless communications device is adapted derive physiological state information of the user from the contextual or physiological parameters. The... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080183052 - Multi-sensor system, device, and method for deriving human status information: The invention is a wireless communications device, such as a cellular telephone, having sensors to generate data indicative of a physiological or contextual parameters of a user. A processor on the wireless communications device is adapted derive physiological state information of the user from the contextual or physiological parameters. The... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080183053 - Optical power modulation vital sign detection method and measurement device: A vital sign measurement device includes a sensor fixation device, a sensor frame held by the sensor fixation device, an optical sensing system 104 held by the sensor frame, and an output unit. The sensor fixation device is adapted to be placed against an anatomical location of a subject, within... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080183049 - Remote management of captured image sequence: A system that can enable remote monitoring and/or compliance determination by viewing sequences of images captured during an event is disclosed. For example, the innovation can employ captured event sequences to enable a viewer or third party to assess a subject's activities and/or actions. The granularity of the capture of... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080183050 - State-based load shedding for physiological signals: A method of load-shedding in a system having a plurality of signal sources is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (a) for each signal source Si selected from a set of sources {S1, S2, . . . }, each source having state pi,k selected from a set of states... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20080183056 - Optical measurement instrument for living body: An optical measurement instrument for a living body having an optical fiber removed, which is composed so as to transmit a driving signal for the light source to a plurality of an irradiation parts, as well as to convert a transmitted and received signal, between a processing and control unit... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080183055 - Probe device: A probe device for optically measuring a condition of an object includes a light emitter for emitting a light to proceed into the object through a surface of the object, a light sensor for measuring an optical condition of the light proceeding from the surface through the object and subsequently... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080183057 - Display, data storage and alarm features of an adaptive oxygen controller: A bar graph display feature for clinical viewing of supplemental oxygen (SpO2) or blood oxygen percentage, Pulse Rate, and Fraction of Inspired Oxygen (FiO2) levels as derived from an adaptive supplemental oxygen controller is described. A bar graph is a moving histogram of SpO2, Pulse Rate, and FiO2 by using... Agent: The Law Office Of Paul Roath

20080183058 - Nuisance alarm reductions in a physiological monitor: A method and apparatus for controlling alarms in a medical diagnostic apparatus where an alarm is generated when a measured value for a physiological parameter is outside a specified range. The method continuously calculates a baseline value, and establishes dynamic thresholds that are related to and continuously track the baseline... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC Attn:IPLegal

20080183059 - System and method for assessing capillary vitality: A device for assessing capillary vitality comprises an inflatable cuff, a blood flow sensor and a pressure sensor in communication with the cuff, a pressure instrument in fluid communication with the cuff for inflation and deflation thereof, a microprocessor coupled to the pressure instrument for controlling airflow, at least one... Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP

20080183060 - Model predictive method and system for controlling and supervising insulin infusion: A system and method for controlling and monitoring a diabetes-management system through the use of a model that predicts or estimates future dynamic states of glucose and insulin from variables such as insulin delivery or exogenous glucose appearance as well as inherent physiological parameters. The model predictive estimator can be... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080183061 - System and methods for processing analyte sensor data: Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. During initial calibration, the analyte sensor data is evaluated over a period of time to determine stability of the sensor. The... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olsen & Bear, LLP

20080183062 - Method of distinguishing among type a and type b acute aortic dissection and acute myocardial infraction and kit for distinguishment: Provided is a method of distinguishing among Stanford type A acute aortic dissection, Stanford type B acute aortic dissection, and acute myocardial infarction, which are mutually similar in terms of clinical symptoms, and a kit for the distinguishment. Specifically, provided is a method of distinguishing among Stanford type A acute... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080183063 - Textile structure for detecting body surface electrical signals of human and signal detector using the same: A textile structure for detecting body surface electrical signals of human is provided. The textile structure includes a non-conductive textile, a conductive textile, and a plurality of test terminals. The non-conductive textile covers the human body. The conductive textile has a first region, a second region, and a third region.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080183065 - Medical laser target marker and its use: A medical laser target marker includes a retro-reflector for receiving and reflecting light, at least one first medical tracking marker, and at least one second medical tracking marker. The at least one first medical tracking marker is arranged on the laser target marker and has a first functional configuration. The... Agent: Don W. Bulson (brai)

20080183064 - Multi-sensor distortion detection method and system: A method for detecting EM field distorting includes sampling a sensor assembly positioned within a volume of interest to acquire measurements of EM fields within the volume of interest, and monitoring the measurements to detect EM field distortion within the volume of interest. The sensor assembly includes a set of... Agent: Ge Healthcare C/o Fletcher Yoder, PC

20080183066 - Systems and methods for determining the electrical activity of a material: A system and method to map a biological tissue of alternating electrical polarity having a boundary between a depolarized portion and a polarized portion is provided. The system includes a computer, a transducer probe, and a receiver. The transducer probe is in communication with the computer and configured to transmit... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080183067 - Accelerated shells trajectory mri acquisition: A method for prescribing a scan on an MRI system includes selecting a general pulse sequence to be used during a time-resolved imaging process of a subject using an MRI system. The method also includes setting a first set of scan parameters to more specifically prescribe the general pulse sequence... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080183068 - Integrated visualization of surgical navigational and neural monitoring information: This disclosure is directed to an apparatus for simultaneously displaying surgical navigational information and neuromonitoring information. The apparatus includes a video display terminal configured to display a visualization of anatomical structures of a patient and a computer operatively linked to the video display terminal. The computer is programmed to acquire... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080183069 - Medical diagnosis assistance system, medical care assistance device, and medical care assistance method: A medical diagnosis assistance system comprising an image data storage part, a substance distribution information acquiring part, a display part; and a control part. The image data storage part is configured to store image data of a brain function image. The substance distribution information acquiring part is configured to detect... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080183070 - Multi-mode medical device system with thermal ablation capability and methods of using same: A multi-mode medical device system and method of using same to perform an interventional procedure. The multi-mode medical device system includes a medical device and an electrical circuit coupled to the medical device. The electrical circuit includes an integrated tracking device (e.g., a solenoid) and an imaging/visualizing device (e.g., a... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080183071 - System and method for superimposing a representation of the tip of a catheter on an image acquired by a moving imager: A method displays a representation of the tip of a medical device located within a body region of interest of the body of a patient, on an image of the body region of interest, the image being acquired by an image detector of a moving imager. The method includes the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080183072 - Continuous field tomography: Methods for evaluating motion of a tissue, such as of a cardiac location, e.g., heart wall, via continuous field tomography are provided. In the subject methods, a continuous field (e.g., an electrical, mechanical, electro-mechanical, or other field) sensing element is stably associated with the tissue location. A property of the... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP (proteus Biomedical, Inc)

20080183073 - Methods and apparatus for 3d route planning through hollow organs: Methods and apparatus assist in planning routes through hollow, branching organs in patients to optimize subsequent endoscopic procedures. Information is provided about the organ and a follow-on endoscopic procedure associated with the organ. The most appropriate navigable route or routes to a target region of interest (ROI) within the organ... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080183074 - Method and apparatus for coordinated display of anatomical and neuromonitoring information: The invention relates to an integrated surgical navigational and neuromonitoring system. The integrated system provides real-time visualization of an instrument relative to a visualization of patient anatomy. The integrated system also acquires and incorporates neuromonitoring information into the visualization of the patient anatomy. The integrated system is further capable of... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080183075 - Ultrasound catheter calibration with enhanced accuracy: An apparatus for calibration of a probe that includes a magnetic position sensor and an acoustic imaging device has a rigid mechanical framework. One or more field generators, fixed to the framework, generate a magnetic field of known spatial characteristics. An acoustic target assembly includes a phantom coupled to a... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080183076 - High-resolution mapping of bio-electric fields: A current source density mapping system includes an ultrasound transducer emitting an ultrasound wave traveling along an ultrasound beam directed at a mapping field in a region of living tissue and an ultrasound pulser delivering a transmit pulse to said ultrasound transducer. The system includes a timing device producing controlled... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080183077 - High intensity focused ultrasound path determination: Paths are determined for high intensity focused ultrasound. A subset of possible paths is selected for the application of high intensity focused ultrasound. Obstructions (e.g., bone or metal), tissue characteristics (e.g., organ or tissue sensitivity to heat or attenuation characteristic), distance, or another factor are used to select the scan... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080183079 - System and method for optimized spatio-temporal sampling: The present invention is directed to a system and method for spatial compounding on an ultrasound platform to achieve optimized spatio-temporal sampling. This is accomplished by a system and method for mixing the order of steered and straight rays fired within a frame. In one embodiment this is accomplished by... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080183078 - Ultrasound imaging system: An ultrasound imaging system (100). An exemplary system (100) includes a plurality of transducer elements (136) formed in subarrays (140) and a plurality of subarray circuit units (160′), with each circuit unit (160′) connected to a subarray (140) of the transducer elements (136). The circuitry in each unit (160′) comprises... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080183080 - Image guided catheter having deployable balloons and pericardial access procedure: An interventional medical device that incorporates an imaging system may be minimally invasive and equipped with an anchoring portion that may be slidable and fixed in a predetermined position of its elongate body outside the human body, the device further comprising deployable first and second balloons for also securing the... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080183081 - Precision illumination methods and systems: Methods and systems are provided for illuminating various materials using an LED system. These methods and systems can be applied to a plurality of materials, including biological entities, and may be employed to effect one or more changes in the illuminated material. Exemplary systems may be particularly configured and suitable... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080183082 - Method and apparatus for measuring heart-related parameters and deriving human status parameters from sensed physiological and contextual parameters: A monitor device and associated methodology are disclosed which provide a self contained, relatively small and continuously wearable package for the monitoring of heart related parameters, including ECG. The detection of heart related parameters is predicated on the location of inequipotential signals located within regions of the human body conventionally... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080183083 - Systems and methods for monitoring effectiveness of congestive heart failure therapy: A method for monitoring a patient includes measuring a series of consecutive pulse transit times (PTT's) of the patient, and processing the resulting PTT signal to detect a presence or absence of central sleep apnea (CSA). The method further includes determining an effectiveness of congestive heart failure therapy, which is... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080183084 - Electronic manometer: An electronic manometer comprises a manometer body installed with an operating unit, a tying strip, a pressure sensor, and a main control unit; wherein the operating unit sets the main control unit to adjust the pressure of the tying strip; the pressure sensor serves to measure blood pressure or to... Agent: Chao-man Tseng

20080183085 - Implantable medical device and method for physiological event monitoring: An implantable medical device uses a method for dynamically managing physiological signal monitoring. A physiological signal is sensed for detecting physiological events in response a first threshold. A determination is made whether a second threshold has been met in response to detecting physiological events. If the second threshold has been... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080183086 - System and method for ischemia classification with implantable medical device: An implantable medical device monitors ST segment data collected from EGM. ST trends are established and monitored over time. The IMD is able to discern whether the data indicate supply ischemia, demand ischemia, or other physiological causes. The IMD is then able to provide appropriate information and alerts.... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080183087 - System and method for ischemia classification with implantable medical device: An implantable medical device monitors ST segment data collected from EGM. ST trends are established and monitored over time. The IMD is able to discern whether the data indicate supply ischemia, demand ischemia, or other physiological causes. The IMD is then able to provide appropriate information and alerts.... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080183091 - Cardiac event categorization system: Disclosed are methods for detecting an acute myocardial infarction (i.e., a heart attack) at the earliest possible time and promptly warning the patient that he should immediately seek medical care. The present invention includes an implantable electronic system that can sense a change in the patient's electrogram that is indicative... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080183088 - Heart monitoring system and method: A system for heart monitoring comprises an IEGM input for an intracardiac electrocardiogram (IEGM) that is connected to an active filtering stage that is adapted to transform an incoming IEGM into an output ECG signal. The active filtering stage is connected to a filter characterization stage that is adapted to... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20080183090 - Method and apparatus for measuring heart-related parameters and deriving human status parameters from sensed physiological and contextual parameters: A monitor device and associated methodology are disclosed which provide a self contained, relatively small and continuously wearable package for the monitoring of heart related parameters, including ECG. The detection of heart related parameters is predicated on the location of inequipotential signals located within regions of the human body conventionally... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080183089 - Tissue ingrowth enhancement for shroud-based plate electrodes configured for chronic implantation: Apparatus and method according to the disclosure relate to substantially planar cardiac-sensing electrodes and a shroud member utilizing protruding surface features such as one or more discrete and/or elongated projections, bumps, bosses and the like. For example, the exposed exterior surface of an electrode includes one or more protruding features... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080183092 - Apparatus for monitoring fetal heart-beat: Apparatus for monitoring a fetal heart-beat is able to extract one or more fetal electrocardiograms (fECGs) from a composite signal detected at the abdomen of a pregnant woman. The apparatus includes specific low-noise components: a plurality of low-noise electrodes (1-3, R) for placement on the abdomen during pregnancy and a... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080183093 - Device and method for detecting cardiac impairments: Electrocardiogram (ECG) recorded signals are processed by a computer-implemented method to substantially remove extraneous signals to produce intermediary signals, and to separate the intermediary signals using a non-orthogonal transformation method such as independent component analysis to produce independent components of signals. The separated signals are displayed to help physicians to... Agent: William J. Kolegraff

20080183094 - Method and device for recovering and analyzing respiratory condensates: The invention relates to a method for analyzing components of exhaled air with the aid of electrochemical sensors and/or biosensors. Said components are determined by measuring and evaluating signals generated by one or several of the sensors during contact with said substances or reaction products obtained from said substances. The... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080183095 - Infant monitor: A breathing monitor and method for monitoring respiration, such as for detecting apnea events and/or preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome includes one or more variable inductance sensors that are configured to stretch and contract in response to breathing movements. Stretching and contraction are associated with an inductance change in the... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080183097 - Methods and systems for measuring a subject's susceptibility to a seizure: Systems and methods for monitoring physiological signals from a subject to determine the subject's susceptibility for having a seizure. Also includes are systems and methods for activating an alert when there is a communication error between an implanted device and the external assembly. Additionally included are systems and method for... Agent: Neurovista / Shay Glenn

20080183096 - Systems and methods for identifying a contra-ictal condition in a subject: The invention provides a method of monitoring a subject's neurological condition. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of analyzing a physiological signal (such as an EEG) from a subject to determine if the subject is in a contra-ictal condition; and if the subject is in a contra-ictal condition,... Agent: Neurovista / Shay Glenn

20080183098 - Chopper-stabilized instrumentation amplifier for impedance measurement: This disclosure describes a chopper stabilized instrumentation amplifier. The amplifier is configured to achieve stable measurements at low frequency with very low power consumption. The instrumentation amplifier uses a differential architecture and a mixer amplifier to substantially eliminate noise and offset from an output signal produced by the amplifier. Dynamic... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20080183099 - Tissue sample flushing system for biopsy device: A biopsy device for harvesting at least one tissue sample from a human or animal body, e.g. in percutaneous aspiration biopsy, includes a hollow needle with a distal end portion adapted to be introduced into the body. A sample-receiving device with a cavity is movable in the hollow needle between... Agent: C.r. Bard, Inc. Bard Peripheral Vascular

20080183100 - Wire-guided curette: A wire-guided curette and a method of thereof are described. The end portion of the curette is capable of scraping tissue for sampling. The end portion of the curette can also excise and/or sweep away strictures that are impeding passage through the body lumen. The curette comprises a lumen for... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080183101 - Salivary analysis: The present invention relates to the multivariate analysis of spectra from saliva for estimating the oral health of an individual or group of individuals. The technique enables rapid sampling and evaluation and is particularly useful for facilitating the screening and monitoring of participants in clinical trials, and for evaluating developmental... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080183102 - Urine collection device: A urine collection device made of a flexible, liquid-impermeable vessel or collection bag in which there is a urine entry site and which is sealed on all other sides, against loss of urine. The vessel may be a plastic bag, hermetically sealed against entry or exit of liquid except for... Agent: Ralph T. Lilore

20080183103 - Bulbous distal ended catheter: The present invention is a shaped catheter having an atraumatic tip portion which facilitates ease of navigation through the patient's vascular system. The catheter includes a shape-region formed at or near the distal end of the catheter. The shape is formed by placing the catheter over a shaping tool that... Agent: Faegre & Benson, LLP 32469

20080183105 - Anatomical measurement tool: A measuring device for measuring tunnel defects in tissue is disclosed. The measuring device can size the defect to aid future deployment of a tissue distension device. Exemplary tunnel defects are atrial septal defects, patent foramen ovales, left atrial appendages, mitral valve prolapse, and aortic valve defects. Methods for using... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080183104 - Device and method for determining the aperture angle of a joint: A device for determining the aperture angle of a joint includes a detection device for detecting positions of joint components and/or positions of structures connected to or to be connected to the joint and a computational unit for ascertaining the aperture angle of the joint based on the detected positions.... Agent: Don W. Bulson, Esq. Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, P.l.l.

20080183106 - Interactive baby timer system and method: Interactive fun, facts and functionality are incorporated into a pregnancy monitoring device. The system includes a contraction monitoring device and timer which are configured to detect contractions to enable a calculation of the length of the contraction and the time between the contractions. The device provides additional audio and visual... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080183107 - Apparatus and method for measurement of force exerted by the tongue and the lips and their applications in tests and therapies: An apparatus for measurement of force exerted by the tongue or the lips. The apparatus comprises a sensor assembly having a force-receiving element, a force transducer providing a sensor signal, and a shaft mechanically coupling the force applied to the force-receiving element to the force transducer. An apparatus for providing... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080183108 - Registration and stability test of a knee by recording two points on the knee: Disclosed is a method and device for testing the stability or mobility of the knee or knee joint and for calculating the isometry of the knee or knee joint. The method is performed by identifying and recording two points in the region of the knee or knee joint using a... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080177126 - Radiopharmaceutical administration methods, fluid delivery systems and components thereof: A fluid path set for a fluid delivery system includes a tube coil that is designed to optimally position one or more volumes of a pharmaceutical within an ionization chamber to optimally measure and prepare a pharmaceutical dose for administration to a patient. The tube coil may be maintained in... Agent: Gregory L Bradley Medrad Inc

20080177127 - Asymmetric radiation dosing devices and methods for brachytherapy: A brachytherapy treatment device includes at least one tubular insertion member, an expandable member, and means for deflecting the at least one tubular insertion member. The tubular insertion member has a longitudinal axis and proximal and distal ends. The expandable member is disposed on and surrounding the distal end of... Agent: Heather Larson Cytyc Corporation

20080177128 - Ferrofluidic cooling and acoustical noise reduction in magnetic stimulators: A ferrofluid chamber has a housing that is adapted to be coupled to a component that generates a magnetic field. The housing may be disposed around the component so as to insulate a noise-producing region of the component. The magnetic field may be of sufficient strength to stimulate anatomical tissue.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080177129 - Therapeutic magnetic pulser device: A therapeutic magnetic pulser device is disclosed that includes a signal processing unit, a base frequency generating unit, a frequency display unit, a signal to pulse conversion unit, and a pulsed magnetic field generating unit. In one operation the signal processing unit is adapted to generate signals based on an... Agent: Sam Chen

20080177130 - Cardiac ventricular geometry restoration device and treatment for heart failure: Methods for cardiac ventricular restoration include delivering an implantable expandable device into the ventricle via a catheter. The expandable device is anchored either to the wall of the left ventricle or to the inter-ventricular septum and then expanded. When expanded, the device assumes a size and shape which fills the... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.c.

20080177131 - Systems and methods of preparing a hybrid coronary bypass vascular graft intended for implantation into a mammal: Hybrid synthetic grafts and embodiments of systems and methods for producing hybrid vascular grafts that can yield implantable grafts that combine synthetic grafts with living cells. Embodiments of systems can include a pressure/flow loop subsystem having a steady flow system and an external flow loop system coupled to a specimen... Agent: Rene A. Vazquez

20080177132 - Implants and procedures for treatment of pelvic floor disorders: Implants for the treatment of pelvic support conditions and methods of implementing the same. The implants comprise relatively soft, flexible bodies and relatively strong arms extending in predetermined orientation therefrom. Methods and devices for placing the implants minimize trauma to the pelvic floor and provide well-anchored support to pelvic organs... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20080177133 - Wireless power supply system, capsulated endoscope, and capsulated endoscopic system: A power feeding system including a transmission antenna for wirelessly transmitting an electric power from a power source, and a receiver antenna having a receiver coil wound around an outer periphery of a substantially bar-like core for receiving the electric power which has been transmitted are provided. The core of... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080177135 - Lifting cap: An endoscope procedure instrument provided with: a tube part that is cylindrical in shape and attaches to the front end of the endoscope, the tube part having a slit provided to the side surface thereof extending along the direction of the central axis; and a grasping member that is disposed... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080177134 - Surgical treatment instrument: A surgical treatment instrument according to the invention includes an insertion portion, an operation portion provided on one end of the insertion portion, a treatment portion provided so as to extend from the other end of the insertion portion, two gripping members provided on the treatment portion, each having a... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080177136 - Detection of when a capsule camera enters into or goes out of a human body and associated operations: A method for detecting a capsule camera entering into or exiting the GI tract, includes (a) taking a first test image under the condition that an illumination system of the capsule camera is disabled; (b) taking a second test image under the same condition as the first test image; (c)... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080177137 - Electronic endoscope apparatus: An electronic endoscope apparatus has an endoscope unit and an image processing unit. The endoscope unit is configured to be inserted into the subject's body cavity and has a first communication control unit configured to perform bidirectional communication with the image processing unit via a signal line in time-division fashion.... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080177139 - Medical imaging probe with rotary encoder: The present invention provides minimally invasive imaging probe having an optical encoder integrated therewith for accurately measuring or estimating the rotational velocity near the distal end of the medical device, such as an imaging probe which undergoes rotational movement during scanning of surrounding tissue in bodily lumens and cavities.... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.c.

20080177138 - Scanning mechanisms for imaging probe: The present invention provides scanning mechanisms for imaging probes using for imaging mammalian tissues and structures using high resolution imaging, including high frequency ultrasound and/or optical coherence tomography. The imaging probes include adjustable rotational drive mechanism for imparting rotational motion to an imaging assembly containing either optical or ultrasound transducers... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.c.

20080177140 - Cameras for fluorescence and reflectance imaging: A system for generating multi-wavelength fluorescence and reflectance images includes a single multi-mode light source for producing both multi-wavelength excitation light for fluorescence imaging and illumination light having red, green and blue components, light source filters positioned stationarily during an imaging mode and transmitting substantially all the multi-wavelength excitation light... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20080177141 - Memory-type two-section endoscopic system: The present invention provides a memory-type two-section endoscopic system, which includes an endoscope that comprises a light-emitting device, an image-capturing device, a storage module, and a transmission module adapted in a shell. A disconnectable cable connects to the shell, and can depart form the shell. When the endoscope examines the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080177142 - Endoscope with dilating insertion tube: An endoscope has an insertion tube with a nontapered or tapered dilator. The dilator may be inflated via a control handle connected to the insertion tube. The endoscope and insertion tube may be used to examine a patient and to relieve a blockage with the use of the insertion tube.... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20080177143 - Wireless power supply system, capsulated endoscope, and capsulated endosopic system: In a wireless power supply system including a power feeding system equipped with a transmission antenna for wirelessly transmitting an electric power from a power sources and a receiver antenna formed by winding a receiver coil around an outer periphery of a substantially bar-like core member for receiving the transmitted... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080177144 - Endoscope insertion portion: There is provided an endoscope insertion portion capable of illuminating a diseased part corresponding to a part of an endoscope image by irradiation light in an amount approximately the same as that in non-enlarged display, when displaying the part of the endoscope image in an enlarged manner. The endoscope insertion... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080177145 - Miniature fiber optic spectroscopy probes: The invention provides various fiber optic probe assemblies for the delivery and collection of light in small spaces. The provided probe assemblies are small, flexible and well suited to performing minimally invasive spectroscopic examinations of biological tissues in-vivo. The invention also provides intravascular catheters that include the fiber optic probe... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20080177146 - Double vision endotracheal tube installation system: A double vision endotracheal tube installation system is disclosed, said system comprising: a laryngoscope, comprising a handgrip and a blade, wherein the blade comprises a first image-capturing unit for capturing a first image; a hollow endotracheal tube; a tracheoscope, comprising a second image-capturing unit for capturing a second image, said... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080177147 - Laryngoscope: A laryngoscope for use with a disposable blade cover is provided. The laryngoscope comprises a handle and a blade. The laryngoscope further comprises an actuator system for selectively securing the disposable blade cover about at least a portion of the blade.... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.c.

20080177148 - Laryngoscope with a movable image-capturing unit: What is disclosed is a laryngoscope comprising a handgrip, a blade, and an image-capturing unit for capturing an image. The blade is connected to the handgrip, and the image-capturing unit is movably secured on the blade; in use, users may adjust the view of the laryngoscope by moving the image-capturing... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080177150 - Molecular sensors for bio-metric measurements and bio-assays: A sensor system, for performing measurement and diagnostic testing within a body comprises a sensor, for sensing a characteristic of the interior of a body under study, the sensor including a passive identification tag. The system further comprises a communication apparatus, to be disposed in proximity to the body, for... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080177154 - Portable device and method of communicating medical data information: A portable medical device for communication of medical data information has a medical device part that includes a first processor and first storage means, and means for executing one or more medical related functions, a communication device part comprising a second processor, second storage means, and communication means. The medical... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080177155 - Portable device and method of communicating medical data information: A portable medical device for communication of medical data information has a medical device part that includes a first processor and first storage means, and means for executing one or more medical related functions, a communication device part comprising a second processor, second storage means, and communication means. The medical... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080177152 - Response testing for conscious sedation utilizing a non-ear-canal-contacting speaker: A conscious sedation system and a request assembly for a response testing apparatus for a conscious sedation system. The conscious sedation system includes a controller which generates a request for a predetermined response from a patient and which analyses at least a response made by the patient to the request... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080177149 - System and method for collecting patient information from which diabetes therapy may be determined: A system is provided for collecting patient information from which diabetes therapy may be determined. The system may comprise a patient interface device, a patient notification device, an input device for entering patient information, and an information collecting unit. The information collecting unit may include a processor electrically coupled to... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080177151 - System and method for the orientation of surgical displays: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for arranging information displayed on a surgical display. Embodiments of the present invention can arrange information automatically or manually to orient information upright. Further embodiments of the present invention can arrange the placement of information displayed on the screen based... Agent: Armando Pastrana, Jr. Alcon Research, Ltd.

20080177153 - Therapeutic agent delivery systems and devices: Devices, systems and methods for delivering pre-determined quantities of an active ingredient to a biological system are provided.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney LLP

20080177156 - Ischemia detection using pressure sensor: This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for sensing a pulmonary artery pressure (“PAP”) signal of a pulmonary artery (“PA”) and computing an indication of a reduction of blood supply to at least a portion of a heart using information from the PAP signal. The reduction of... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080177157 - Lie detection via electrogastrography: The present invention provides a device and methods of lie detection utilizing electrogastrography to monitor changes in the gastric electric rhythm of a subject. Also provided are methods of discriminating between the stress of deception induced in a subject during a lie detection examination and the stress of the examination... Agent: Benjamin Aaron Adler Adler & Associates

20080177158 - System for detecting, monitoring, and reporting human status parameters: The invention is a system for detecting, monitoring, and reporting an individual's physiological or contextual status. The system works deriving a physiological or contextual status parameter of an individual using the system. The derivation utilizes two sensed parameters of the individual. The system is able to present the derived parameter... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080177159 - Tourniquet timer: A timer for tourniquet, adapted for application in a surgery, emergency or military situations to stop arterial blood loss in an injured limb, which is optionally activated by use of the tourniquet and/or optionally provided in association with a monitor for a plurality of tourniquets.... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080177160 - System and method for altering a display mode: A sensor, such as, for example, a gravity-responsive sensor, provides an output used to select an orientation of a display of a display device. For example, the output may indicate that the orientation of the display should comprise a portrait or landscape orientation, an orientation rotated, such as, for example,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080177161 - Reflective infrared ray artery waveform collector: A reflective infrared ray artery waveform collector comprises a housing module, a collecting module for collecting the artery waveforms, and a transmission module. The collecting module is disposed in the housing module and includes a circuit board, and a microprocessor and a reflective infrared ray sensor, both of which are... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20080177162 - Biosignal measurement apparatus and the method thereof: A biosignal measurement apparatus including: a headset; a member being detachable from the headset, and being attached onto an ear of a user; a PPG sensor being attached onto the member to detect a PPG signal from the ear of the user; and an acceleration sensor being attached onto the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080177163 - Volumetric image formation from optical scans of biological tissue with multiple applications including deep brain oxygenation level monitoring: Methods, systems, and related computer program products for non-invasive monitoring of a biological volume, such as a human brain, are described. In one preferred embodiment, each of a plurality of optical sources emits optical radiation into the biological volume each of a plurality of optical detectors detects optical radiation impinging... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080177164 - Lyotropic liquid crystal coated analyte monitoring device and methods of use: The present invention is directed to membranes composed liquid crystals having continuous aqueous channels, such as a lyotropic liquid crystal, including a cubic phase lyotropic liquid crystal, and to electrochemical sensors equipped with such membranes. The membranes are useful in limiting the diffusion of an analyte to a working electrode... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20080177165 - Correction factor testing using frequent blood glucose input: An apparatus comprising a user interface configured to generate an electrical signal to begin determination of an effective correction factor when prompted by a user, an input configured to receive sampled blood glucose data of a patient that is obtained during a specified time duration, including a time duration after... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080177166 - Ultrasensitive amperometric saliva glucose sensor strip: Methods and apparatus for measuring a carbohydrate in a fluid are presented. An amperometric glucose sensor system suitable for glucose monitoring in a biological sample other than blood includes a support member having a sample region defined thereon in fluid communication with a measurement zone including an electrode having an... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080177167 - Hermetic lead connector assembly: A hermetic lead connector assembly includes a hermetic lead connector having an open end, a lead connector outer surface and a lead connector inner surface defining a lead aperture and a rigid sleeve is disposed about the hermetic lead connector outer surface. The hermetic lead connector has one or more... Agent: Campbell Nelson Whipps, Llc

20080177168 - Ecg lead wire organizer and dispenser: An ECG lead set including an ECG electrode assembly and a lead set hub. ECG electrode includes at least one electrode configured to receive biopotential signals from a patient, a plug connector for connecting said ECG electrode assembly, a web, connected between the at least one electrode and the plug... Agent: Kendall (cdfs)

20080177169 - Angular filters for optical tomography of highly scattering media: An angular filter is provided, including a straight tunnel within a material, the tunnel having a roughened surface. When scattered light enters the tunnel, and strikes the roughened surface at a shallow angle, the scatter light is further scattered within the tunnel, striking the surface of the tunnel a multiplicity... Agent: Fasken Martineau Dumoulin, LLP

20080177170 - Microsensor system for application in biomechanics: A sensing system and method to detect and determine magnitude and direction of ciliary body movement within an eye of a patient is disclosed. The invention comprises a permanent magnet (PM) positioned in the ciliary body, and a sensing device (SD) positioned adjacent the ciliary body and configured to detect... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080177171 - Electrical patch panel for isolation environments: A through-hole panel is mounted on a barrier between a hot zone maintained at a selected isolation level and a cold zone not maintained at the selected isolation level. Hermetically sealed electrical feedthroughs each include a housing and cold- and hot-side electrical receptacles, and are hermetically sealed into through-holes of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080177172 - Two-dimensional or three-dimensional imaging of a target region in a hollow organ: A two-dimensional or three-dimensional imaging of a target region in a hollow organ is provided. A two- or three-dimensional reconstruction image dataset is reconstructed from two-dimensional images from the inside of the hollow organ that are recorded by via a rotating image recording device and displayed, with images covering the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080177173 - Reference array mounting bracket for use with a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system: A mounting bracket for use with a reference array of a computer assisted surgery system includes a base and an arcuate support frame coupled to the base. The base is configured to be secured to a bone of a patient. The arcuate support frame includes a plurality of mounts. Each... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080177177 - Detecting system of position and posture of capsule medical device: A detecting system of the position and the posture of a capsule medical device includes a main body of the capsule medical device that is inserted in a living body, a coil in a capsule that is arranged to the main body of the capsule medical device and forms a... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080177178 - Detecting system of position and posture of capsule medical device: A detecting system of the position and the posture of a capsule medical device includes a main body of the capsule medical device that is inserted in a living body, a coil in a capsule that is arranged to the main body of the capsule medical device and forms a... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080177174 - Determining inserted catheter end location and orientation: Catheterization device and method of using are provided for uniquely illuminating the distal end of the device in order to visualize the end-point location and orientation and to track the movement of the catheterization device within passageways in the body. Use of the present invention by tracking in real time... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt Llc

20080177175 - Esophageal mapping catheter: An esophageal mapping catheter enables a physician to map the location of the esophagus so as to avoid damaging the esophagus during radio frequency (RF) ablation procedures. Information from the esophageal mapping catheter is communicated to a patient information unit, communications unit and/or electroanatomic mapping system. The electroanatomic mapping system... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080177176 - Medical system comprising a detection device for detecting an object and comprising a storage device and method thereof: The invention relates to a medical system comprising a detection device for detecting an object in at least two dimensions by x-rays. The detection device is constructed to detect the object and to produce data comprising a 2D data record or a sequence of 2D data records over time representing... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080177179 - Target tissue locator for image guided radiotherapy: The present invention relates to different methods of delineating target tissue from non-target tissue using differences in radiographic properties of a medical device.... Agent: Cytyc Corporation

20080177180 - Ultrasonic image-guided tissue-damaging procedure: A method of damaging a target tissue of a subject is disclosed. The method comprises: (a) imaging a region containing the target tissue; (b) determining a focal region of a damaging radiation; (c) positioning the focal region onto the target tissue; and (d) damaging the target tissue by an effective... Agent: Martin D Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080177181 - Synchronizing ultrasound and ecg data: ECG data and ultrasound data are synchronized by adding a marker to both sets of data, then detecting the position of the markers in the data, and using the detected positions to align the two sets of data in time. This enables an operator to visualize which frame of ultrasound... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP Patent Department

20080177182 - Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method for acquiring ultrasonic image: A display controller causes a display to display a 3-dimensional B-mode image and a 3-dimensional colored Doppler image in a superimposed state. A marker generator generates three planar markers that are orthogonal to each other, and the display controller causes the display to display the three planar markers so as... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080177183 - Imaging probe with combined ultrasounds and optical means of imaging: The present invention provides an imaging probe for imaging mammalian tissues and structures using high resolution imaging, including high frequency ultrasound and optical coherence tomography. The imaging probes structures using high resolution imaging use combined high frequency ultrasound (IVUS) and optical imaging methods such as optical coherence tomography (OCT) and... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.c.

20080177184 - Micro vein 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: Bodner & O'rourke, LLP Attorneys At Law

20080177185 - Skin area detection imaging device: A skin area detection imaging device for detecting a skin area of a human body as an object comprises: two optical lenses to form two unit images on an imaging element by collecting light from the object illuminated by near-infrared light; a rolling shutter for sequentially reading the unit images;... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080177186 - Methods and apparatus for determining a treatment volume of a fluid treatment agent for treating the interior of a blood vessel: The methods of the invention include examining a blood vessel to be treated, preferably with the aid of ultrasound, calculating a volume of the portion of the blood vessel, and treating the portion with a volume of treatment agent where the volume of treatment agent is a function of the... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.c.

20080177187 - Portable device for measuring user's biosignals and method thereof: A portable biosignal measurement apparatus and the method is provided. The apparatus includes: a micro pump; a pressure supplier including a cuff which applies a pressure in a direction of a radial artery of a user's wrist by a fluid, which is flowed depending on pressure provided by the micro... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080177188 - Blood pressure monitoring system and method of having an extended optical range: A system and method for monitoring blood pressure of a wearer has an inflatable arm cuff that is selectably inflatable to differing air pressures that incorporates a fabric having both a light transmission property and a light reflection property when the fabric is illuminated with light having wavelength(s) in the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080177189 - Photoplethysmography sensor: A photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor includes: a conductive member contacting with the skin of a user; a luminous element disposed on the conductive member to emit light towards the skin of the user through the conductive member; and a photo detector detecting the light emitted towards the skin of the user.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080177192 - Determination of cellular electrical potentials: A method is provided for determining cellular electrical potentials using a state estimator. The state estimator is generated using at least an electrical source model and an electrical conduction model. One or more parameters or states of the state estimator are adjusted based on a measured electrocardiographic and/or a measured... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20080177191 - Ischemia detection using heart sound timing: A system comprising a heart sound sensor to produce a heart sound signal representative of at least one heart sound. A signal analyzer circuit measures a baseline time interval between a first detected physiologic cardiovascular event and at least one second detected physiologic cardiovascular event. At least one of the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080177193 - Method and apparatus for measuring heart-related parameters and deriving human status parameters from sensed physiological and contextual parameters: A monitor device and associated methodology are disclosed which provide a self contained, relatively small and continuously wearable package for the monitoring of heart related parameters, including ECG. The detection of heart related parameters is predicated on the location of inequipotential signals located within regions of the human body conventionally... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080177190 - Systems, devices and methods for acute autonomic stimulation: Various system embodiments comprise a medical device, comprising a flexible tether, a neural stimulation circuit, and a controller. The flexible tether is adapted to be fed into a patient's throat. The flexible tether includes a plurality of electrodes. The neural stimulation circuit is adapted to deliver neural stimulation. The controller... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080177194 - Heart attack detector: A system including an implantable trigger event detector and an implantable ischemia detector. The implantable trigger event detector is adapted to detect at least one first condition and to output a responsive trigger signal including information about whether the first condition has been detected. The implantable ischemia detector is adapted... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080177195 - Method for detecting and discriminating breathing patterns from respiratory signals: A signal representative of a patient's respiration is split into equal length epochs. A primary feature is extracted from each epoch that acts as a compressed representation of the signal events. Statistics are applied to the primary feature to produce one or more secondary features that represent the entire epoch.... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman Pc

20080177196 - Prosthetic devices and methods and systems related thereto: The present invention relates to systems and methods for controlling neural prosthetic devices and electrophysiological recording equipment, and for using the same in clinical operation. Various embodiments of the invention are directed to an algorithm for autonomously isolating and maintaining neural action potential recordings. The algorithm may be used in... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP/los Angeles

20080177197 - Method and apparatus for quantitatively evaluating mental states based on brain wave signal processing system: A noise-free portable EEG system is provided. The system has hardware and software and can evaluate mental state quantitatively. The quantitative data of mental states and their levels can be applied to various areas of brain-machine interface including consumer products, video game, toys, military and aerospace as well as biofeedback... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP

20080177198 - Skin moisture content measuring apparatus for reducing power consumption: An apparatus to measure 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 having an inverting input terminal connect with the R electrode, and having an output terminal connect with the C electrode;... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080177199 - System and method of using thermal and electrical conductivity of tissue: A system for planning, performing and/or evaluating the effectiveness of a therapeutic treatment of a target tissue is provided. The system includes at least one of a thermal conductivity probe including a microprobe sensor configured and adapted to measure a thermal conductivity in the target tissue in at least one... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20080177200 - Bone marrow harvesting drill: The bone marrow harvesting drill of the invention includes an inner needle having a cutting edge at the tip thereof; a tubular mantle that receives the inner needle thereinto so that the inner needle and the tubular mantle are detachably attached; and a lock mechanism that prevents the axial rotation... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080177201 - Urine specimen collection device: A urine specimen collection device includes a body adapted to support a specimen collector. The device includes a pull tab movably connected to the body, the pull tab being movable between a first position and a second position. The urine selectively flows through the body and into the specimen collector... Agent: Lindon & Lindon

20080177202 - Blood drawing device with flash detection: A device for drawing fluid from a lumen, and particularly blood from a blood vessel, is disclosed. The device may provide indication of the entry of an intravenous cannula into the lumen. The device may include a central body having an outer wall and an inner fluid passage. The device... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20080177203 - Surgical navigation planning system and method for placement of percutaneous instrumentation and implants: A system and method for placement of at least one implant comprising an imaging system configured for taking at least one image of a patient; a navigation system configured for tracking position and orientation of at least one implant; a computer configured to measure and calculate the position and orientation... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080177204 - Apparatus and method for detection of cervical dilation during labor: An instrument for measuring a dilatation of cervix uteri during the first stage of labor. The instrument has two elongated legs pivotally connected to each other. Each leg has a proximal end and a distal end; the top end has an attaching device that can be attached to an inner... Agent: Carlton Fields, Pa

20080171904 - Sequence pattern descriptors for transmembrane structural details: The relationship between an amino acid sequence of a protein and its three-dimensional structure is at the very core of structural biology and bioinformatics. The occurrence and conservation of non-canonical conformations is a “local” phenomenon, i.e., non-canonical conformations are encoded intra-helically by short peptide sequences (heptapeptides at most). Effective descriptors... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080171905 - Transvaginal delivery of bulking masses adjacent the urethra to alleviate female incontinence: Transvaginal delivery instrumentation and methods are disclosed for delivering a biocompatible bulking mass transvaginally into a target tissue mass between the vaginal and urethral walls to constrict the urethra to alleviate female incontinence. Delivery is effected by urging a selected portion of the tissue structure between the vaginal and urethral... Agent: Ams Research Corporation

20080171906 - Tissue performance via hydrolysis and cross-linking: A method for making a bioprosthetic device to reduce post-implantation mineralization of the device is provided. The method comprises providing a collagen-containing material, removing cell debris from the collagen-containing material, crosslinking the material, and removing at least a portion of ester bonds from the crosslinked collagen-containing material. Ester bonds can... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP Princeton Pike Corporate Center

20080171907 - Magnetic tissue grasping: Methods and devices are provided for grasping and manipulating tissue or organs. In an exemplary embodiment, a magnetic substance is introduced into an organ, and a magnetic element is positioned adjacent to the organ to generate a magnetic field between the magnetic element and the magnetic substance, such that the... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080171908 - Medical apparatus, treatment instrument for endoscope and endoscope apparatus: A biopsy forceps as one of treatment instruments for endoscope includes: a tubular coil sheath introduced into a body cavity through a treatment instrument channel included in an endoscope insertion portion; a treatment portion disposed closer to a distal end side than a distal end surface of the coil sheath;... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080171909 - Endoscope and endoscopic system: An endoscope of the present invention includes an insert section inserted in a subject body, an operation section provided on a base end side of the insert section, a grasping section provided to the operation section and formed to be substantially bilaterally symmetric to a reference line extending in a... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080171910 - Medical apparatus: A medical apparatus includes a medical device, a first support mechanism, a second support mechanism, and a resistance force generation mechanism. The first support mechanism has the medical device arranged therein, and a turning portion that is turned around a predetermined rotation axis. The second support mechanism has the first... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080171911 - Metal endoscope housing: A metal endoscope housing designed with longitudinal segments of different cross-sections and/or with a longitudinal axis which may be elbowed or arcuate, is characterized in that the housing consists of separate partial shells which are separated at separation lines running substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and which are joined... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080171912 - Basal blood pressure measuring method: In a basal blood pressure measuring method, an examinee presses a basal blood pressure measuring key after the examinee gets out of bed in the morning to start a sphygmomanometer to measure the basal blood pressure A microprocessor in the sphygmomanometer displays the measured basal blood pressure and date on... Agent: Hdsl

20080171915 - Biological signal measurement device, biological signal measurement method, and computer program: A biological signal measurement device includes: a circular or hyperbolic fitting section (101) to be worn on a part of a human body; a sensing section (103) which is provided to the fitting section (101), and senses a biological signal by being closely attached to a specific part of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080171914 - Device for determining a stress level of a person and providing feedback on the basis of the stress level as determined: A device (1) for determining a stress related condition of a person and providing feedback about this condition comprises body sensors (20) for detecting stress related body parameters, a stress assessing element (40), and a feedback device, wherein the stress assessing element (40) is designed for processing input provided by... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080171913 - Method and apparatus for monitoring long term and short term effects of a treatment: A method and apparatus for monitoring long term and short term effects of a medical treatment having a build-in dilemma between conflicting objectives are provided. A plot of the temporal development of a balance between long term and short term effects is obtained. Thereby is provided an illustrative and easy-to-use... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080171916 - Practical computer program that diagnoses diseases in actual patients: This algorithm and corresponding computer program emulates the diagnostic reasoning of a clinician. Accurate and efficient, it concludes only those final diagnoses that agree with the diseases that actually afflict a patient. A differential diagnosis list is created and the probability of each diagnosis is calculated with a novel procedure... Agent: Carlos Feder

20080171923 - Assessing autonomic activity using baroreflex analysis: An apparatus capable of being implanted in a patient's body, including a posture sensor, a heart rate sensor, and a processor coupled to the posture sensor and the heart rate sensor. The processor is configured to measure the patient's heart rate via the cardiac signal sensor, detect a change in... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080171919 - Input output device for use with body monitor: A monitoring apparatus that includes a sensor device and an I/O device in communication with the sensor device that generates derived data using the data from the sensor device. The derived data cannot be directly detected by the associated sensors. Alternatively, an apparatus that includes a wearable sensor device and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080171917 - Medical measuring apparatus: This invention discloses a medical measuring apparatus that includes a medical measuring body and a transparent display unit. The medical measuring body is used for measuring at least one physiological information such as body temperature, pulse, blood pressure, blood sugar, blood oxygen, uric acid, cholesterol, pH value, body fat or... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080171920 - Method and apparatus for auto journaling of body states and providing derived physiological states utilizing physiological and/or contextual parameter: Various methods and apparatuses for measuring a state parameter of an individual using signals based on one or more sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first set of signals is used in a first function to determine how a second set of signals is used in one or more... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080171921 - Method and apparatus for auto journaling of body states and providing derived physiological states utilizing physiological and/or contextual parameter: Various methods and apparatuses for measuring a state parameter of an individual using signals based on one or more sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first set of signals is used in a first function to determine how a second set of signals is used in one or more... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080171922 - Method and apparatus for auto journaling of body states and providing derived physiological states utilizing physiological and/or contextual parameter: Various methods and apparatuses for measuring a state parameter of an individual using signals based on one or more sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first set of signals is used in a first function to determine how a second set of signals is used in one or more... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080171918 - Multi-sensor system, device, and method for deriving human status information: The invention is a wireless communications device, such as a cellular telephone, having sensors to generate data indicative of a physiological or contextual parameters of a user. A processor on the wireless communications device is adapted derive physiological state information of the user from the contextual or physiological parameters. The... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080171924 - Noninvasive determination of alcohol in tissue: An apparatus and method for non-invasive determination of attributes of human tissue by quantitative infrared spectroscopy. The system includes subsystems optimized to contend with the complexities of the tissue spectrum, high signal-to-noise ratio and photometric accuracy requirements, tissue sampling errors, calibration maintenance problems, and calibration transfer problems. The subsystems include... Agent: General Counsel Inlight Solutions, Inc.

20080171925 - Apparatus and method for noninvasive human component measurement with optional optical length: This specification discloses a method and apparatus for noninvasive measurement of human body component, such as glucose, in vivo. The apparatus includes near infrared spectroscopy based laser sources driven at carrier frequency lying within the absorption line of the component. The apparatus also drive the laser diodes with a modulation... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080171926 - Device for monitoring arterial oxygen saturation: i

20080171927 - Physiological detector with a waterproof structure: A physiological detector with a waterproof structure installed on a glove body corresponding to a finger has a sealed casing for wrapping a detection element. The casing includes a conducting cylinder with an end electrically connected to the detection element and another end exposed from the casing and fixed onto... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080171928 - Methods and systems of classifying bleeding events: p

20080171929 - Method for standardizing spacing between electrodes, and medical tape electrodes: Standardization between paired electrodes is maintained in a medical device without needing a Mylar spreader, such as by forming the paired electrodes integrally with a tape part.... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080171931 - Device and procedure for cardiac treatment with a mri - x-ray hybrid system: A system and method of treating tachycardias and similar syndromes by the use of catheter ablation of scar tissue is described. The patient is imaged by an X-ray device and an MRI device and the images are fused so as to facilitate identification of scar tissue. The fused image or... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080171930 - Method and apparatus for positioning an instrument in a predetermined region within a patient's body: A method and apparatus for positioning an instrument in a predetermined region within a patient's body is disclosed herein generally having a custom fitted surgical guide template which corresponds to a digital model of the portion of the patient's body. The custom fitted surgical guide template is positionable about a... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080171932 - Method and system for lymph node detection using multiple mr sequences: A method and system for detecting lymph nodes in multiple complementary magnetic resonance (MR) sequences is disclosed. Anatomical landmarks, such as blood vessels, are extracted in a first MR sequence, such as an MR angiography (MRA) image. A search area is defined in at least one second MR sequence, such... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080171933 - System and method for computer aided septal defect diagnosis and surgery framework: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for detecting septal defects. In an embodiment, the method may include acquiring gated MRI data and heart atlas data. A registration of the gated MRI data and the heart atlas data may be performed as well as a flow-balance measurement.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080171934 - Vessel position and configuration imaging apparatus and methods: One or more markers or sensors are positioned in the vasculature of a patient to facilitate determining the location, configuration, and/or orientation of a vessel or certain aspects thereof (e.g., a branch vessel), determining the location, configuration and/or orientation of a endovascular devices prior to and during prosthesis deployment as... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20080171935 - Containment tubes and imaging systems employing same: An isolation system with imaging or radiation therapy capability is disclosed. At least one containment barrier (14, 15, 16, 17) defines an isolation region (10). An imaging or therapy system (20) is disposed outside of the isolation region. The containment barrier includes a substantially hollow tubular extension (24, 42, 44,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080171937 - Method and apparatus for surgical navigation: A surgical navigation system for navigating a region of a patient includes a non-invasive dynamic reference frame and/or fiducial marker, sensor tipped instruments, and isolator circuits. The dynamic reference frame may be repeatably placed on the patient in a precise location for guiding the instruments. The instruments may be precisely... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080171936 - Method and apparatus for the observation of a catheter a vessel system: The invention relates to a method and an examination apparatus (10) for the observation of a catheter (43) in a vessel system. First, a 3D model of the vessel system is reconstructed with the help of differently oriented X-ray projections (P1A, . . .) generated by a C-arm system (20)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080171938 - Ultrasonic operating apparatus: An apparatus comprises a high-frequency electric path. High-frequency electric path having an electric connection portion which performs the operation of connecting a sheath portion side electric path and a handle portion side electric path along with the operation of connecting the sheath portion and the handle portion. Electric connection portion... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080171939 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, imt measurement method, and imt measurement program: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus by which highly quantitative IMT (intima media thickness) measurement with little variations depending on examiners can be performed. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe for transmitting ultrasonic waves to an object to be inspected and receiving ultrasonic echoes generated by reflection of the ultrasonic... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080171940 - Sonographically guided transvaginal or transrectal pelvic abscess drainage using trocar method and biopsy guide attachment: A needle biopsy guide system is disclosed for attachment to an endoluminal ultrasound probe or like sonographic instrument. The device includes a biopsy-guide attachment that allows for trocar catheter placement for abscess drainage or like procedures, using the transvaginal or transrectal route under sonographic control. The device has a base... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20080171941 - Low power methods for pressure waveform signal sampling using implantable medical devices: Systems and methods for reducing power consumption in implantable medical devices (IMDs) in which an IMD implantable in an artery monitors blood pressure. A master device monitors a physiological signal, such as respiratory cycle, and instructs the IMD to take blood pressure measurements over a sampling interval, the duration of... Agent: Faegre & Benson, LLP 32469

20080171942 - Pressure measurement device: A device measures pressures in animals and humans and includes a pressure transmission catheter (PTC) filled with a pressure transmitting medium and implantable in an area in having a physiological pressure. A transducer communicates with the pressure transmitting medium to provide a pressure signal representing variations in the physiologic pressure... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080171944 - Devices, systems, and methods for peripheral arteriovenous fistula creation: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for the formation of an arteriovenous fistula in the limb of the patient. Embodiments include an apparatus for the creation, modification and maintenance of a fistula, including the modification of an existing dialysis fistula; and a method of supplying oxygenated blood to the venous... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080171943 - Method and apparatus for measuring heart-related parameters and deriving human status parameters from sensed physiological and contextual parameters: A monitor device and associated methodology are disclosed which provide a self contained, relatively small and continuously wearable package for the monitoring of heart related parameters, including ECG. The detection of heart related parameters is predicated on the location of inequipotential signals located within regions of the human body conventionally... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080171945 - Apparatus and method for measuring heart rate and other physiological data: Apparatus for measuring a user's heart rate and other physiological parameters derived from two electrodes at least one of which is in contact with the user's head. The second electrode is in contact with the user's skin. A heart rate detection circuit is coupled to the electrodes to detect the... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080171946 - Process and measuring instrument for determining the respiration rate: A process for determining the respiration rate of a patient by means of vessel plethysmography. Provisions are made according to the present invention for determining the electric impedance between at least two electrodes by means of a control and analysis unit connected to the body via a plurality of electrodes,... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080171947 - Breath alcohol-measuring device with an illuminated mouthpiece: A breath alcohol-measuring device is provided, which includes a mouthpiece which can be inserted or attached, with a blow-in opening and with a blow-out opening and with a hole for breathing gas sampling in the breath alcohol-measuring device. The breath alcohol-measuring device (2) is equipped with a radiation source (3)... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080171948 - Subdermal needles: Subdermal needle electrode assemblies that include needle electrodes and connectors for releasably coupling electrical leads to the needle electrodes. The needle electrodes and connectors can be single-use, disposable items and the electrical leads can be reusable. The connectors and needle electrodes can be configured so that the connectors can be... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20080171949 - Intraoperative electromagnetic apparatus and related technology: An apparatus capable of applying a first electromagnetic signal, e.g. an optical signal, to a tissue portion is described. The apparatus is also capable of applying a second electromagnetic signal from a different portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, e.g. a microwave signal, to the tissue portion. Signals returned from the... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080171950 - Systems and methods for a pregnancy monitoring device: Systems and methods are provided for characterizing electrical activity of a patient for making a pregnancy-related diagnosis. The system includes a wearable device for measuring an electrical impedance of a cervical tissue of the patient based on a signal applied to the cervical surface by the device. The system also... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080171951 - Integrated system for collecting, processing and transplanting cell subsets, including adult stem cells, for regenerative medicine: A system for the extraction, collection, processing and transplantation of cell subsets, including adult stem cells and platelets, in particular for tissue repair in regenerative medicine, comprises a set of disposable fluid-transport elements that are pre-connected or that include aseptic connectors for making interconnections between them in an aseptic manner... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20080171952 - Intermediate member, and a medical device and guide wire including such an intermediate member: An intermediate member is disposed between a first member made of a first metal material and a second member made of a second metal material having a different composition from that of the first metal material. The intermediate member is welded to the first member and the second member to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080167513 - Strontium-containing compounds for use in the prevention or treatment of necrotic bone conditions: A method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of an ostenonecrotic bone disease in a mammal in need thereof, such as, e.g., idiopathic or secondary osteonecrosis, avascular bone necrosis, glucocorticoid induced bone ischemia/osteonecrosis, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease and femoral head necrosis, the method comprising administering an effective dose of a strontium-containing compound (a)... Agent: Jones Day

20080167514 - Gynecological brachytherapy applicator and system: A vaginal brachytherapy applicator is versatile to different anatomies and more comfortable to the patient than prior applicators. An inflatable balloon on a shaft may be inelastic or elastic. In one embodiment the shaft is rotatable relative to the balloon for enabling a ring or band of dose delivery, for... Agent: Thomas M. Freiburger

20080167515 - Heart assist device utilising aortic deformation: The present invention relates to providing counter-pulsation heart assist by deforming the aorta. In a preferred embodiment, the deformation pressure is applied by cyclically, preferably in synchrony with the diastolic period of the heart. The deformation pressure may be applied to the outer wall of the aorta or to a... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20080167516 - Implantable microphone having sensitivity and frequency response: Implantable microphone devices that may be utilized in hearing systems are provided. An implantable microphone device allows the implantable microphone's frequency response and sensitivity to be selected. A microphone device with an increased membrane flexibility and a decreased acoustic compliance of the sealed cavity. Vibrations of a membrane are transmitted... Agent: Casimir Jones, S.c.

20080167517 - Prasanti-loka (bliss in mind) & method to teach: Method to create bliss in mind and induce sleep includes steps in its first preferred embodiment: 1. Calming mind of intrusive thoughts or decreasing of excited-signals in the brain to prepare for a sleep cycle by concentrating upon one principal thought. 2. Splitting mind to activate master-clock in the brain... Agent: M.r. Mikkilineni

20080167518 - Method and apparatus for adjustable sling for treatment of urinary stress incontinence: One embodiment of the present subject matter includes an implantable, adjustable sling for a body which includes an implantable sling cup connected to a first strap and a second strap, the first strap and the second strap adapted to be anchored within the body and at least one adjustable element... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080167519 - Prosthetic repair patch with integrated sutures: A prosthetic repair patch has a sheet and a plurality of sutures integrated there with. The sheet, with first and second sheet surfaces, completely under covers a hernia in the abdominal tissue of a patient with the first sheet surface adjacently abutting a first surface of the tissue that faces... Agent: Franz Bonsang Patent Agent

20080167520 - System and method for securing implants to soft tissue: Self-anchoring slings and deployment mechanisms for use therewith in selectively positioning a sling into position within the body. According to a preferred embodiment, a system is provided for securing a sling into fixed position within a target site of soft tissue within the body. The system includes an implantable sling... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080167521 - Method of in vivo monitoring using an imaging system including scanned beam imaging unit: A method of monitoring a condition within a patient's body includes locating a scanned beam imaging unit at an imaging location for a period of time to observe and characterize a portion of the patient's anatomy over at least a portion of the period of time. The scanned beam imaging... Agent: Christopher W. Elswick Thompson Hine LLP

20080167522 - Surgical instrument with wireless communication between control unit and sensor transponders: A surgical instrument, such as an endoscopic or laparoscopic instrument, comprising, according to various embodiments, an end effector comprising at least one sensor transponder. The surgical instrument also comprises a shaft having a distal end connected to the end effector and a handle connected to a proximate end of the... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20080167523 - Indwelling apparatus for body cavity introducing device and body cavity introducing device placing system: An indwelling apparatus (5) for holding a capsule endoscope (3) is arranged with a control device (57) including an optical sensor (73), a control board (66) configuring a controller and a reset circuit, a driver board (68) configuring an electromagnet driver, and an electromagnet (70), where when the optical sensor... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080167524 - Gastrointestinal tool over guiding element: Gastrointestinal apparatus (10) is provided, including a guiding element (16) and an inflatable mechanical device (96), adapted to pull the guiding element (16) through a colon of a patient. A gastrointestinal tool (12) is shaped to define a bore (14) therethrough, and the guiding element (16) is adapted to pass... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080167525 - Magnetically propelled capsule endoscopy: Magnetically propelled capsule endoscopy provides for the medical examination and treatment of the gastrointestinal tract, reproductive tract, trachea, lungs, vascular system or any accessible body cavity. The capsule will be steered throughout the system by an external magnetic field. This instrument will provide for various real time imaging modalities, for... Agent: Glenn Wakefield

20080167526 - Non-occlusive, laterally-constrained injection device: A flexible cytoscope having an injection device with a cross-sectional profile allowing for irrigation flow without the risk of buckling or lateral deflection of the injection device. The cross-sectional profile is configured such that the injection device is constrained by the cytoscope lumen. The cross-sectional profile of the injection device... Agent: Ams Research Corporation

20080167527 - Surgical systems and methods for biofilm removal, including a sheath for use therewith: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for one or more of reducing, removing, or preventing growth of bacterial biofilms are provided, including an endoscopic procedure using a surgical instrument adapted to dispense a pressurized flow of irrigant through a nozzle to substantially remove a layer of bacterial biofilm.... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC Attn: Md Matters

20080167528 - Assembling method of capsule medical apparatus and capsule medical apparatus: An assembling method of a capsule medical apparatus is provided. The capsule medical apparatus includes a sealed capsule container having an image pick-up unit which picks up an image of a portion illuminated by an illuminating unit, and an objective optical system which is arranged in front of the image... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080167529 - Endoscope insertion portion: An endoscope insertion portion of the invention comprises: a distal end portion; first image pickup means for obtaining a first observation image, the first image pickup means being disposed to the distal end portion; second image pickup means for obtaining a second observation image, the second image pickup means being... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080167530 - Laryngoscope: The present invention is a self-retaining laryngoscope composed of a palate brace or blade, a slider, and a tongue blade. The angulated tongue blade puts less force on the blade, reduces trauma, and is not conducive for mechanical failure. The slider interacts with the tongue blade by widening the opening... Agent: David G. Henry

20080167532 - Assessing cancer treatment responsiveness: This document provides methods and materials related to assessing the effectiveness of cancer treatments in mammals. For example, this document provides nucleic acids and polypeptides that can be analyzed to assess the effectiveness of a treatment (e.g., treatment with a PPARγ agonist) for cancer (e.g., anaplastic thyroid carcinoma) in mammals.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080167533 - Method and device for the assessment of bowel function: The present invention provides a method for assessing bowel function in a patient, comprising providing the patient with a numeric analog scale for at least one parameter which is a measure of bowel function; causing the patient to indicate on the numeric analog scale the amount and/or intensity of the... Agent: Duane Morris LLP Patent Department

20080167531 - System and method to monitor battery status in an implantable medical device: An implantable medical device includes a control circuit. A rechargeable battery is coupled to the control circuit. A battery monitoring circuit is coupled to one or more of the rechargeable battery and the control circuit. A telemetry circuit, coupled to the control circuit, is configured to transmit a battery status... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080167535 - Devices and systems for contextual and physiological-based reporting, entertainment, control of other devices, health assessment and therapy: A monitoring system comprises a module having at least one sensor to determine human status information. The device may be durable or disposable. A receiver may be provided to obtain and display data from the device. The device may also display the output data. The output data comprises both detected... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080167534 - Information collecting apparatus for collecting physiological parameters and method thereof: The present invention discloses an information collecting apparatus for collecting physiological parameters and the method is applied in the information collecting apparatus. When the information collecting apparatus receives a user's physiological parameter and determines that the physiological parameter does fall within the range of a monitoring limit value registered in... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080167540 - Method and apparatus based on combination of physiological parameters for assessment of analgesia during anesthesia or sedation: The invention relates to a method for monitoring a condition of a patient under anesthesia or sedation, whereupon one, two, three or more signals are acquired, and the signal(s) represent(s) cardiovascular and/or combined electrical biopotential on skull activity of the patient. From said signal or signals are derived or calculated... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080167536 - Method and apparatus for auto journaling of body states and providing derived physiological states utilizing physiological and/or contextual parameter: Various methods and apparatuses for measuring a state parameter of an individual using signals based on one or more sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first set of signals is used in a first function to determine how a second set of signals is used in one or more... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080167537 - Method and apparatus for auto journaling of body states and providing derived physiological states utilizing physiological and/or contextual parameter: Various methods and apparatuses for measuring a state parameter of an individual using signals based on one or more sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first set of signals is used in a first function to determine how a second set of signals is used in one or more... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080167538 - Method and apparatus for auto journaling of body states and providing derived physiological states utilizing physiological and/or contextual parameter: Various methods and apparatuses for measuring a state parameter of an individual using signals based on one or more sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first set of signals is used in a first function to determine how a second set of signals is used in one or more... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080167539 - Method and apparatus for auto journaling of body states and providing derived physiological states utilizing physiological and/or contextual parameter: Various methods and apparatuses for measuring a state parameter of an individual using signals based on one or more sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first set of signals is used in a first function to determine how a second set of signals is used in one or more... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080167541 - Interference suppression in spectral plethysmography: The invention relates to a patient monitoring device, especially to a pulse oximeter. For suppressing the effects of an interference source causing adverse modulation in one or more blood related signals input to the device, a power spectrum is derived for each blood related signal and the frequency of an... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080167543 - 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

20080167542 - Measuring and testing device for retractable medical devices: This invention relates to a measuring device, which includes a body. A digital display is located in the body, the digital display being configured to show at least a linear measurement. The measuring device also includes a holding portion coupled to the body and configured to slidably engage an elongate... Agent: Merit Medical Systems, Inc. C/o Stoel Rives, LLP

20080167544 - Compositions and methods for locating an internal bleeding site: The present invention relates to medical diagnostic techniques and more particularly to compositions and methods for locating an internal bleeding site in a subject.... Agent: Casimir Jones, S.c.

20080167545 - Clinical workflow for combined 2d/3d diagnostic and therapeutic phlebograph examinations using a robotic angiography system: A system for performing phlebographic examinations is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a patient support apparatus, a medical imaging device, and a processor coupled with the medical imaging device. The patient support apparatus is operative to support a patient in a resting position. The medical imaging device is... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080167546 - Methods for imaging the anatomy with an anatomically secured scanner assembly: A method for viewing a portion of a patient's anatomy that comprises placing a scanner assembly including an oscillating reflector in the anatomy, securing the scanner assembly to an anatomical structure, scanning the anatomy with the scanner assembly secured to the anatomical structure, collecting radiation returned from the scanned anatomy,... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080167547 - Systems and methods for planning medical procedures and designing medical devices based on anatomical scan deformations: A method of formulating a patient-specific plan for a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure performed upon a patient is provided. The method includes obtaining a standard plan based upon a scan of an anatomy of a standard anatomic specimen, the scan defining a standard scan. The method also includes scanning the... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080167548 - Tissue alteration with mri rf field: A system and method for altering a selective area of tissue in a patient uses an MRI system including a coil array having a plurality of separate coil elements. Each coil element is coupled to a respective one of the RF transmitters. The method includes identifying a target tissue area... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080167549 - Method for enhancing contrast produced by mri: A method for obtaining an image by MRI, comprising: administering at least one contrast agent to a subject in amounts effective to perform CEDST MRI analysis; and performing CEDST MRI analysis to produce an image of the subject. A number of different contrast agents can be used to practice the... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080167550 - Automatic improvement of tracking data for intraoperative c-arm images in image guided surgery: A system and method of determining a measure of accuracy of a registration mapping combining data indicative of spatial positions in a three-dimensional operating space and imaging data acquired with an imaging device located in a position and orientation in operating space is provided. A phantom is brought into a... Agent: Don W. Bulson (brai)

20080167551 - Feature emphasis and contextual cutaways for image visualization: A method for visualizing one or more objects of interest within a volume of imaging data includes the steps of receiving a volume of imaging data and displaying the one or more objects of interest within the volume by adaptively changing the amount of information displayed from the volume based... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080167552 - System and method of generating an image of a contrast agent injected into an imaged subject: An imaging system operable to generate an output image of a contrast agent injected in an imaged subject. The system includes a energy source, a detector, and a display. The detector generates a plurality of radiological images of the imaged subject. The system also includes a computer having a memory... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080167553 - Method and apparatus for monitoring labor parameter: A method for early detection of a pregnancy complication, including touching a position sensor to a point on a fetal presenting part of a fetus in a mother, and capturing a position of the position sensor, touching the position sensor to a set of points on the mother and capturing... Agent: David Klein Dekel Patent

20080167554 - Method and device for determining the motion vector of tissues in a biological medium: The invention relates to a method of determining the motion vector of tissues in a biological medium. This method comprises the steps of:—acquiring a sequence of echographical images at a given repetition rate,—digitalising said echographical images and storing the so-digitalised images,—defining a digital pseudo echographical pulse,—effecting in a plurality of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080167555 - High intensity focused ultrasound treatment head and system: The system comprises a therapeutic bed, a chamber, a combined head, a motional apparatus, a therapeutic power source, an imaging power source, a vacuum degassor, and a controller. The therapeutic transducer, the imaging transducer, and a rotator, together form the combined head. The combined head may also include an actuator.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080167556 - Systems and methods for delivering ultrasound energy: Systems and methods deliver ultrasound energy to an ultrasound transducer having an impedance subject to variations. The systems and methods electrically couple an ultrasound generator to the ultrasound transducer to deliver ultrasound energy.... Agent: Daniel D. Ryan Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080167557 - Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment and method for processing signal of ultrasonic diagnostic equipment: In the present invention, an image processing device is configured by including an ultrasonic wave transmitting section, an ultrasonic wave receiving section, a transmission and reception control section, a B mode signal processing section, a B mode image generating and storing section, an image synthesizing section, a Doppler signal processing... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080167558 - Fractional delay filter-based beamformer apparatus using post filtering: A beamforming apparatus is provided for improving beamforming accuracy by employing fractional delay filters in an interpolation process and reducing hardware complexity by using post-filtering technique. The beamforming apparatus of the present invention includes a post-filtering means implemented with fractional delay filters that combines block data, on the respective channels,... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080167559 - Non-invasive methods for determining the cardiovascular status of an individual: Non-invasive methods for determining the cardiovascular status of an individual comprising measuring the thickness of the artery intima layer and/or the artery media layer and determining the cardiovascular status of the individual based on the thickness of the intima layer and/or the intima to media (I/M) thickness ratio are provided.... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20080167560 - Self-aligning ivus catheter rotational core connector: The present invention provides self-aligning rotational connectors. In an non-limiting embodiment, a catheter system comprises a catheter connectable to a drive unit. The catheter includes a rotator, and at least one orientating feature extending proximally from the rotator, and configured to be inserted into an orienting slot of a shaft... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20080167561 - Force or pressure sensor and method for applying the same: The invention relates to a force or pressure sensor and a method for applying the same. The pressure sensor includes a substantially rigid, mechanical-load resistant frame, a flexible diaphragm secured over its peripheral rim to the frame, and a piezoelectric sensor diaphragm applied to the surface of the flexible diaphragm.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080167562 - Device for determining the transition between systole and diastole: Determining the transition between systole and diastole is important for pulse contour-analytical determination of hemodynamic, first of all cardiac output. During the temporal progression of arterial pressure P(t) on which pulse contour analysis is based, the transition between systole and diastole appears as a local minimum. This local slump of... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080167563 - Non-invasive blood flow monitor: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for measuring changes in blood flow. The apparatus includes a band capable of expansion or contraction that is configured for placement around a portion of a subject's body. The apparatus further includes at least one sensing mechanism operatively connected with the band, the at... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20080167564 - Techniques for accurately deriving physiologic parameters of a subject from photoplethysmographic measurements: Several techniques are disclosed for isolating either heart or breath rate data from a photoplethysmograph, which is a time domain signal such as from a pulse oximeter. The techniques involve the use of filtering in the frequency domain, after a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) has been conducted on a given... Agent: Blynn L. Shideler The Blk Law Group

20080167565 - Method and arrangement for obtaining diagnostic information of a patient: Method and arrangement for obtaining diagnostic information of a patient, the method comprising the steps of carrying out heart rate measurements of the patient at least during two sleep stages before the operation to obtain preoperative heart rate data, carrying out measurements containing information related to the different stages of... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080167566 - Systems and methods for determining systolic time intervals: A method and system for determining systolic time intervals, by analysis of radio frequency (RF) scatter patterns in conjunction with Electrocardiogram (ECG) data, is provided. An RF emitter is placed on the cardiac patient. The emitter includes two or more transmitting antennas which emit RF radiation into the cardiac patient,... Agent: Kang Lim

20080167567 - Prediction and prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgery patients: Systems and methods are provided for predicting the onset of postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) from electrocardiogram (ECG) data representing a patient. A signal processing component determines parameters representing the activity of the heart of the patient from the ECG data. A feature extraction component calculates a plurality of features useful... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080167568 - Device for detecting a gas volume flow: A device is provided for detecting a gas volume flow, especially for a respirator. The device includes a flow sensor, which surrounds a lumen for guiding the gas volume flow, and the flow sensor has an ultrasound transmitter with a sound generator (20) and an ultrasound receiver. The device has... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080167571 - Determination of treatment results prior to treatment or after few treatment events: Disclosed are methods and data on determining response to a drug or other therapy prior to administration by obtaining a direct neurocognitive brain function measurement; obtaining an indirect neurocognitive brain function measurement; and, assessing the direct neurocognitive brain function measurement and the indirect neurocognitive brain function measurement collectively to obtain... Agent: Alan Gevins

20080167570 - Neural event process: A neural event process, including receiving a neural response signal, decomposing the signal using at least one wavelet, differentiating phase data of the wavelets and the response signal to determine maxima and minima of the phase data and the signal, and processing the maxima and minima to determine peaks representing... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080167569 - Processing of physiological signal data in patient monitoring: The invention relates to processing of physiological signal data in patient monitoring. In order to alleviate the problems caused by suppression waveforms in the analysis of physiological signal data, measurement data is derived from a segment of the time series of physiological signal data and valid measurement data is collected... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080167572 - Systems, methods, and devices to determine and predict physilogical states of individuals and to administer therapy, reports, notifications, and the like therefor: The invention comprises systems, methods, and devices capable of deriving and predicting the occurrence of a number of physiological and conditional states and events based on sensed data. The systems, methods, and devices utilize the predicted and derived states for a number of health and wellness related applications including the... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080167573 - Systems, methods, and devices to determine and predict physilogical states of individuals and to administer therapy, reports, notifications, and the like therefor: The invention comprises systems, methods, and devices capable of deriving and predicting the occurrence of a number of physiological and conditional states and events based on sensed data. The systems, methods, and devices utilize the predicted and derived states for a number of health and wellness related applications including the... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080167574 - Multi-channel stimulation threshold detection algorithm for use in neurophysiology monitoring: The present invention relates generally to an algorithm aimed at neurophysiology monitoring, and more particularly to an algorithm capable of quickly finding stimulation thresholds over multiple channels of a neurophysiology monitoring system.... Agent: Jonathan Spangler Nu Vasive, Inc.

20080167575 - Audiologist equipment interface user database for providing aural rehabilitation of hearing loss across multiple dimensions of hearing: An audiometer system (100) includes a user (105), a sound room (110), a Speaker (115), a pair of headphones (120), a pair of leads (125) and (130), a button (135), and an audiometer (140). User (105) is an individual on whom a hearing test is to be administered. User (105)... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20080167576 - Three-dimensional micro spike and method of manufacturing the same: A micro spike having a three-dimensional structure made of single crystalline silicon and being capable of picking an enough amount of a tissue to examine the tissue while minimizing an examinee's pain with a minimal invasion when picking the tissue and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The... Agent: Head, Johnson & Kachigian

20080167577 - Vented phlebotomy needle with flashback chamber: A phlebotomy needle is disclosed which includes structure to facilitate visualization of flashback. In one embodiment, a central portion of the needle includes a hole or opening which communicates with a flow channel defined by the needle and a transparent housing is positioned about the opening to facilitate visualization of... Agent: Kendall (cdfs)

20080167578 - Integrated meter for analyzing biological samples: Analyte monitoring devices and methods therefore are provided. The devices integrate various functions of analyte monitoring, e.g., sample acquisition and testing.... Agent: Sf Bay Area Patents, LLC Attn: Andrew V. Smith, Ph.d.

20080167579 - Apparatus for determining the amount of milk breast-fed to a baby by convective heat transfer: The apparatus for determining the amount of milk breast-fed to a baby by convection heat transfer includes a nipple shield, a tube and a thermal dilution gauge. On the nipple region of a mother, the nipple shield is mounted. Then, the tube is used to pass milk to the baby.... Agent: Sean Liam Kelleher Kelleher & Lilling PLLC

20080167580 - Rehabilitation system: Apparatus (10) is provided for use with a shoe worn by a subject, the apparatus (10) including an insole system (20), adapted to be inserted into the shoe, the insole system (20) including a flexible insole (26) and at least one force sensor (28), adapted to generate a force measurement;... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080167581 - Determining parameters associated with a female pelvis and cervix: A method for calculating fetal parameters with reference to a female pelvis, the method including previously obtaining measurement of a pelvis of a woman, re-locating the pelvis by sensing a point on the pelvis and finding a spatial orientation of the point with the previously measured pelvis and one other... Agent: Dekel Patent Ltd., David Klein

20080167582 - Foot typing method: A method for classifying foot types by measuring the position of the Rearfoot Supinatory End Range of Motion, the Rearfoot Pronatory End Range of Motion, the Forefoot Supinatory End Range of Motion and the Forefoot Pronatory End Range of Motion, and classifying the foot based on the results of these... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20080167583 - Febrile convulsion alarm: A device and method for detecting febrile convulsions, the device including a detector for detecting motion of the device and providing an output corresponding thereto, a capacitor coupled to the detector and charged by the output of the detector, a resistor coupled to the capacitor to provide discharge of the... Agent: Deborah A. Gador

20080161632 - Method and apparatus for real time dosimetry: A method of determining the dose rate of a radiation source includes locating three or more detectors in the vicinity of the source. Each detector provides an output indicative of the amount of radiation received from the source and determining the location of the source from at least three of... Agent: Stites & Harbison Pllc

20080161633 - Expandable brachytherapy device with constant radiation source spacing: A brachytherapy device may include an expandable outer cage, an expandable inner cage positioned within the outer cage and configured to receive radioactive material at its perimeter, and a movable actuator configured to cause the outer and inner cages to expand simultaneously in response to movement of the actuator between... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080161634 - Tube connection apparatus: A tube connection apparatus enabling the connection of tube members to a chemical solution container for a radioactive contrast medium with exposure of a operator to the radiation minimized. When the container (400) is loaded to a container holding mechanism (315) located at a retreat position, the container (400) is... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080161635 - Devices for assembling strands comprising radioactive seeds: A cartridge may include a housing configured to contain a plurality of like items and a track inside the housing. The track extends in a first direction, and a plunger may be slidable along the track in the first direction and configured to urge the items toward a first end... Agent: Brian M. Burn, Esq. C. R. Bard Urological Division

20080161636 - Method and system for displaying the electric field generated on the brain by transcranial magnetic stimulation: A visualization surface representative of a portion of the brain at a depth below the head surface of the subject is generated by combining an actual representation of the head surface with an idealized representation of the head surface. The combining is a function of the depth and is performed... Agent: Norris Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.a.

20080161637 - Blood pump actuator and a blood pump system thereof: A blood pump actuator to generate a driving force for driving a blood pump is disclosed. The blood pump actuator includes: a motor unit having a stator and a rotor, and rotating to generate a rotating force; a cam unit to convert the rotating motion of the motor unit into... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080161638 - Sergical procedures and devices for increasing cardiac output of the heart: Methods and devices for passively assisting the cardiac function of the heart are disclosed. A method of increasing the cardiac output of a heart includes providing a site of surgical access to the portion of the heart to be restrained, reducing the cardiac expansion of the portion of the heart... Agent: Law Office Of Alan W. Cannon

20080161639 - Capsule medical apparatus and body-cavity observation method: A posture and a position of a capsule endoscope 31 in a fluid 7 are made unstable and susceptible to an influence of a flow of the fluid 7 by constructing the capsule endoscope in such a way that the capsule endoscope 31 is equipped in a capsule casing having... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080161640 - Method and apparatus for biliary access and stone retrieval: Endoscopes, endoscopic instruments, and methods for making and using the same. An illustrative endoscopic instrument includes a catheter that can extend through the working channel of an endoscope. The catheter may include an end effector passing region.... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, Llc

20080161641 - Procedure: A procedure for forming an opening in a luminal organ surface while observing images from an endoscope introduced into a luminal organ through a natural orifice, and performing observation and treatment of an organ in an abdominal cavity through the opening, including the steps of: inserting an endoscope into a... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080161643 - Capsule medical apparatus and control method for capsule medical apparatus: A capsule medical apparatus has a space setting unit which designates a space in vivo and a capsule which is inserted or swallowed in vivo. Further, the capsule medical apparatus has a recognizing unit which recognizes whether or not the capsule exists in the space set by the space setting... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080161642 - Method for capturing and displaying endoscopic maps: A method for capturing and displaying endoscopic maps is disclosed generally comprising providing an endoscope with a view vector that pivots relative to the longitudinal axis of the endoscope, programming a scan trajectory along which the view vector moves relative to the longitudinal axis of the endoscope to provide a... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc

20080161644 - Method of and apparatus for attaching an instrument to an organ wall: A method and apparatus for attaching an instrument to an organ utilizes a plurality of protrusions at the end of an overtube for mechanically engaging the end of an overtube to an organ wall. The apparatus, which is particularly suitable for transluminal surgery through a wall of the digestive tract... Agent: King & Schickli, Pllc

20080161645 - Advancement techniques for gastrointestinal tool with guiding element: Gastrointestinal apparatus (200) is provided for use with a fluid pressure source (240). The gastrointestinal apparatus (200) includes a guiding element (214), adapted to be inserted into a colon, and a piston head (220) coupled to a distal portion of the guiding element (214). The piston head (220) is adapted... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080161646 - Device for white balancing and appying an anti-fog agent to medical videoscopes prior to medical procedures: A device is configured for white balancing a medical videoscopic camera system prior to videoscopic medical procedures, as well as optionally simultaneously or non-simultaneously applying a fog-prohibiting agent to the distal lens of a medical videoscope such as an endoscope or laparoscope. The device combines a white balancing mechanism, protective... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080161647 - Device and method for multiple illumination fields of an in-vivo imaging device: A device and method for capturing images of the gastrointestinal tract, or other body lumens or cavities of a patient, captured using one or more illumination sources having different fields of illumination.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080161648 - Endoscope with optical fiber and fiber optics system: An endoscope has an optical fiber and at least one photo-detector. The optical fiber has a core that transmits illuminating light and at least one cladding that surrounds the core and transmits reflected light. The cladding has a refraction slope surface that is tapered toward a direction opposite the tip... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080161649 - Bone fusion system and method: A bone fusion system and method is disclosed. The system includes a bone mill having at least one docking station that is located at a position other than where a user inserts bone to be moresellated into the bone mill. This allows, for example, a surgeon to deposit moresellated bone... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd. 22nd Floor

20080161650 - Surgical access system and method of using the same: A surgical access system includes retractor for creating an access path between an incision site and a surgical site. The retractor includes a frame having a base member and a pair of generally curved rails extending therefrom. A tubular member is coupled to the frame and includes first and second... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, Llc

20080161653 - Cardio-respiratory fitness evaluation method and system: A cardio-respiratory fitness evaluation method is disclosed. Personal data is obtained according to an input operation and a submaximal exercise test is performed according to the personal data and a selected exercise mode. Physical parameters are retrieved and analyzed to determine whether abnormal signs are detected and, if not, the... Agent: Quintero Law Office, Pc

20080161654 - Method and apparatus for auto journaling of body states and providing derived physiological states utilizing physiological and/or contextual parameter: Various methods and apparatuses for measuring a state parameter of an individual using signals based on one or more sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first set of signals is used in a first function to determine how a second set of signals is used in one or more... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080161655 - Method and apparatus for auto journaling of body states and providing derived physiological states utilizing physiological and/or contextual parameter: Various methods and apparatuses for measuring a state parameter of an individual using signals based on one or more sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first set of signals is used in a first function to determine how a second set of signals is used in one or more... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080161656 - Resposable biosensor assembly and method: A device, system, and method for delivering a device such as a sensor or fluid transport structure or a fluid transport structure sensor combination into, for example, mammalian skin and receiving, analyzing, and displaying signals from the device such as a sensor are disclosed. A system in accordance with embodiments... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080161652 - Self-organizing maps in clinical diagnostics: The present invention provides methods for the diagnosis of a disease or condition in an individual. The methods employ a primary self-organizing map trained with biological marker profiles from tissues having known diseases or conditions, in combination with a secondary self-organizing map which displays a representation of a subset of... Agent: Richard J. Warburg Foley & Lardner LLP

20080161651 - Surrogate measure of patient compliance: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for measuring patient compliance. A method comprises detecting or receiving one or more first indications of a first action, the first action being consciously initiated by a patient in response to a request or instruction; and analyzing the first indications to... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080161657 - Device and method for automatic threshold setting: An implantable medical device for detecting physiological events includes a first sensor for sensing a first signal in a patient correlated to a first physiological condition, a second sensor for sensing a second signal in the patient corresponding to a second physiological condition and a third sensor for sensing a... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080161658 - Medical device data analysis device: The medical device data analysis device (57, 22) of the present invention are used for analyzing plural kinds of data of plural medical devices which have been obtained during an operation, and includes a data input portion for inputting the plural kinds of data outputted from the plural medical devices... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080161659 - Sensor system for measuring, transmitting, processing and representing physiological parameters: A sensor system serves for measuring, transmitting, processing and representing physiological parameters. The sensor system has least one sensor for measuring at least one physiological parameter. At least one data processing module is in a signal connection with the sensor via a signal cable. A display device serves to represent... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080161660 - System and method for acoustic information exchange involving an ingestible low power capsule: A method of communicating with an ingestible capsule includes detecting the location of the ingestible capsule, focusing a multi-sensor acoustic array on the ingestible capsule, and communicating an acoustic information exchange with the ingestible capsule via the multi-sensor acoustic array. The ingestible capsule includes a sensor that receives a stimulus... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080161661 - Derma diagnostic and automated data analysis system: Disclosed is a derma diagnostic and automated data analysis system configured to acquire an array of data pertaining to a subject and their skin disorders. This data is subjected to a comprehensive analysis that culminates in diagnoses, treatments, monitoring activity and health strategy implementation. The derma diagnostic and automated data... Agent: Theodore M. Gizewski

20080161662 - Intraoperative imaging of renal cortical tumors and cysts: The invention provides methods for visualizing renal tumors and for staging cysts during an operation by use of a fluorescent dye.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080161663 - Digital logic module of oximeter sensor probe: A digital logic module of oximeter sensor probe includes a detection probe, an operation circuit, and an integrated circuit. This digital logic module of oximeter sensor probe is provided with the light source driving function and the light source capturing function for reducing loading of the microprocessor, so that a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080161664 - Method and system for providing sensor redundancy: A closed loop system or semi-closed loop system for infusing insulin using sensor values applies a redundant sensor system as a fail-safe method against sensor failure. The redundant glucose sensors are used corroborate each other and a failing sensor is detected if the sensors no longer corroborate each other. The... Agent: Medtronic Minimed, Inc.

20080161665 - Ion sensor for long term use in complex medium: Devices and methods for measuring a target ion concentration uses an electrode pair. The pair includes a working electrode and a reference electrode. The working and reference electrodes are ion-selective electrodes (ISEs). The reference ISE can include a sodium ISE. The ISE pair interacts with body fluids where a target... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080161666 - Analyte devices and methods: Analyte monitoring devices and methods are provided. Embodiments include devices and methods to evaluate the suitability of calibration periods of time.... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20080161667 - Interactive device for monitoring and reporting glucose levels: A device for determining glucose levels in a patient having a CPU for receipt and analysis of data; a glucose tester means for testing the amount of glucose in the patient at the point of the test, providing the same information to the CPU, and the CPU for determining the... Agent: Mitchell A. Stein, Esq. Stein Law, P.c.

20080161668 - Filtering method for surface modeling: A system for mapping a tissue surface includes a probe for mapping a tissue surface, a localization system to measure a location data point indicative of the probe's location, a memory in which to store the location data point, a servo mechanism to move the probe along at least a... Agent: Sjm/afd-wiley

20080161669 - Cardiac navigation system including electrode array for use therewith: A cardiac navigation system including a mapping catheter, a control system coupled to the mapping catheter, an electrode array, and means for driving an electrical current across the electrode array. The mapping catheter includes means for sensing an electrical field. The control system includes means for receiving sensed signals from... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080161670 - Apparatus and method for expanding a stimulation lead body in situ: An implantable lead is provided with at least one extendable member to position therapy delivery elements, which may be electrodes or drug delivery ports, after the lead has been inserted into the body. The lead may formed as a resilient element which is contained in a retainer tube that may... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080161671 - Body surface mapping system: A body-surface mapping system is disclosed that uses a plurality of electrodes to map at least a portion of a human torso without having to adjust the positions of the electrodes. The body-surface mapping system energizes groupings or regions of electrodes, then compares and adjusts the current driven through each... Agent: Sjm/afd-wiley

20080161672 - Self-guided portable medical diagnostic system: The present invention provides a medical diagnostic device with an automatic moving mechanism. The device comprises an input interface for receiving instructions from an operator or from a remote device. A motion controller is coupled to the input interface for controlling movements of the diagnostic device based on the instructions... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080161673 - Method and system for adaptive vision modification: Methods and systems for modifying or enhancing vision are described. In exemplary embodiments, neural or neuromuscular activity is analyzed to determine a focus or other quality of a visual input, and the focus or quality information used as a basis for controlling an adjustable lens system or optical system.... Agent: Searete Llc Clarence T. Tegreene

20080161674 - Active in vivo spectroscopy: Technicines for active in vivo spectroscopy are provided. An active in vivo spectroscopy technique may include transmitting a signal over a first range of frequencies to a substance, detecting a signal over a second range of frequencies from the substance in vivo, producing a frequency spectrum based on the detected... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080161675 - Ultra-short mri body coil: A magnetic resonance imaging system (10) utilizes an ultra-short RF body coil (36). The ultra-short body coil (36) is shorter than the mechanical equivalent birdcage coil by at least a factor of two. Such coil provides equivalent (Bt) magnetic field-uniformity, while conforming to SAR limitations.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080161676 - Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a magnet having a two poles and a wall connecting the poles; the poles delimiting a patient-imaging space; and a table which is slidably connected to one of the two poles between the two poles and which table extends substantially parallel to the two... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080161677 - Methods relating to microsurgical robot system: A method of operating a surgical system. The method includes obtaining a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan in which magnetic resonance (MR) visible targets are located; registering a robotic arm to the MRI scan using a digitizing tool, the robotic arm including: multiple joints and multiple degrees of freedom; an... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p.

20080161678 - Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging condition setting unit, a scan performing unit and a blood flow image generating unit. The imaging condition setting unit sets a sequence accompanying application of a motion probing gradient pulse as an imaging condition. The scan performing unit performs an imaging scan... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080161679 - Method and apparatus for calibrating medical devices: A calibration apparatus for a medical device is disclosed herein. The calibration apparatus includes a locating member configured to locate a first predetermined portion of the medical device. The calibration apparatus also includes a calibration member positioned relative to the locating member such that, when the calibration apparatus is attached... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080161681 - Navigational reference dislodgement detection method & system: A method of tracking a position of a catheter within a patient includes securing a navigational reference at a reference location within the patient, defining the reference location as the origin of a coordinate system, determining a location of an electrode moving within the patient relative to that coordinate system,... Agent: Sjm/afd-wiley

20080161680 - System and method for surgical navigation of motion preservation prosthesis: An image guided surgical system and method for targeting the precise patient specific anatomical placement of surgical instruments and motion preservation implants with surgical navigation. The system and method comprising a surgical navigation system; at least one imaging system coupled to the surgical navigation system; at least one computer coupled... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080161682 - System and method for tracking positions of uniform marker geometries: A system and method for tracking a tracking device for use with a surgical navigation system is provided. The system and method can include at least one tracking device having a plurality of faces. The faces can be operable to generate a signal upon activation. Also included is a face... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080161683 - Method and system for analysis of bone density: s

20080161684 - Systems and methods for integrating a navigation field replaceable unit into a fluoroscopy system: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for imaging system calibration using a field replaceable unit. Certain embodiments provide a field replaceable unit for imaging system calibration. The unit includes an array of radio opaque fiducials arranged for use in image calibration for an imaging system. The... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080161685 - Imaging through silhouetting: Improved microwave imaging using a reflector. By providing a reflective surface in the range of the imaging system, additional information is available for imaging objects. The relative surface provides silhouette information on the object, and increases the effective thickness of the object to aid analysis.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080161686 - Methods and apparatus for controlling handheld medical devices: A handheld medical imaging apparatus includes a handheld unit configured to be held in one hand of a user and having a clickwheel configured to be operated by a single finger of a first hand and a display for displaying a medical image. The apparatus further includes an imaging transducer... Agent: Dean D. Small The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20080161688 - Portable ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system with docking station: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is described which is operable in the docked mode or in the portable mode. In the docked mode a portable ultrasound system (60) is docked with a docking station (50). The portable ultrasound system (60) is controlled by hard key controls on a control panel... Agent: Philips Medical Systems Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080161687 - Repeat biopsy system: Provided herein are improved biopsy systems and methods (i.e., utilities), which among other benefits, assist physicians with the selection biopsy sites based on temporally distinct images. More generally, the utilities allow for registering medical images such that information associated with a medical image obtained at a first time may be... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080161689 - A combined uterine activity and fetal heart rate monitoring device: A combinational fetal heart rate monitor and uterine activity measuring device for use on a pregnant patient. The fetal heart rate and uterine activity monitor comprising a plurality of electrodes disposed to be attached on the abdomen of the patient and an ultrasound transducers disposed to be attached on the... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080161690 - Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and a method for displaying diagnostic images: A transmitter/receiver scans a subject body with ultrasonic waves via an ultrasonic probe and obtains first ultrasonic data composed of ultrasonic data in a first coordinate system that is along a scanning line, and a coordinate conversion part included in an image generator performs an arithmetical operation by a GPU... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080161691 - Method and apparatus for tissue doppler imaging: A method for Tissue Doppler Imaging is provided. The method for Tissue, Doppler Imaging comprises steps of: a) transmitting ultrasound signals to a target area including the tissue to be imaged, and receiving the echo signals returned from the target area; b) performing Doppler estimation on Doppler signals extracted from... Agent: Mindray C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20080161694 - Device for rotating a transducer of an ultrasonic probe: Embodiments of the present invention may provide a device for rotating a transducer of an ultrasonic probe, which has a simple manufacturing process and a small size. The device may comprise: a drive motor; a pulley rotatably driven by the drive motor; wire-ropes wound around the pulley; a rotatable transducer... Agent: Jones Day

20080161692 - Devices and methods for ablation: An ablation device includes at least one ablation cell or element having a piezoelectric layer and the piezoelectric layer includes a surface interrupting feature that alters the ultrasound energy output of the piezoelectric layer compared to a piezoelectric layer of comparable size and shape having no surface interrupting feature. In... Agent: Sjm/afd-wiley

20080161693 - Immersion bag system for use with an ultrasound probe: An immersion bag system for use with an ultrasound probe to overcome near field artifact includes a flexible thin wall thickness immersion bag with an attached flexible collar having an integral internal seal. The immersion bag contains a gel or other ultrasound transmission medium and is sealingly and removably attached... Agent: Hugh D Jaeger, P.a.

20080161695 - Ultrasonic probe having a device for coupling a wire-rope to a transducer: Embodiments of the present invention may provide an ultrasonic probe having a device for coupling a wire-rope to a transducer. A worker can easily couple the wire-rope to the transducer and can conveniently adjust the tension of the wire-rope. The ultrasonic probe has a pair of wire-ropes transmitting a drive... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080161696 - Opto-acoustic imaging devices and methods: In one aspect, the invention relates to a probe. The probe includes a sheath, a flexible, bi-directionally rotatable, optical subsystem positioned within the sheath, the optical subsystem comprising a transmission fiber, the optical subsystem capable of transmitting and collecting light of a predetermined range of wavelengths along a first beam... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (formerly Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham)

20080161697 - Examination of subjects using photon migration with high directionality techniques: A spectroscopic method and system for examination of biological tissue includes multiple input ports optically connected to at least one light source, multiple detection ports optically connected to at least one detector, a radiation pattern controller coupled to the light source and detector, and a processor. The multiple input ports... Agent: Ivan David Zitkovsky Ph.d Pc

20080161698 - Method and system for intra luminal thrombus detection: A method for detecting a complete or partial obstruction in a vessel through an intervening fluid includes receiving spectroscopic responses at different locations of a vessel wall, e.g., a vein or artery, through an intervening fluid, preferably blood. Spectroscopic responses are generated by irradiating the vessel wall at different locations... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080161699 - Optical biopsy method for precancerous lesion diagnosis and an endoscope apparatus thereof: A optical Biopsy method and an apparatus are used in the diagnosis of precancerous lesion for locating the place and determining the level of malignant tumor. The apparatus comprises light source (1, 10) a light channel system, an endoscope (21) and a circuit system. The light sources include an excited... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.c.

20080161701 - Event registration for automatic threshold setting: An implantable medical device includes a sensor for sensing a first signal in a patient, detection circuitry for receiving the first signal, determining a parameter therefrom, and detecting a first event in response to the parameter. The device further includes control circuitry configured to receive a second signal corresponding to... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080161700 - Inter-relation between within-patient decompensation detection algorithm and between-patient stratifier to manage hf patients in a more efficient manner: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for using one or more inter-relations between within-patient detection methods and between-patient stratifier methods. A method comprises obtaining results of a first physiological assessment, wherein the first physiological assessment includes a between-patient assessment; and using the results to adjust one or... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080161702 - Examining device for examining an aortic valve and a pulmonary valve competency: An examining device for an aortic valve and a pulmonary valve competency has a cylinder and a liquid infusion catheter assembly. The cylinder has a proximal end, a distal end, a liquid channel and an air channel. The proximal end has a first opening and a transparent lens on the... Agent: Patenttm.us

20080161706 - Adaptive peak detection system and method for heart pulse: The present application discloses an adaptive system and a method for detection of heartbeat peaks. The adaptive detection system for heartbeat peaks includes: means for detecting peaks of ventricular or atrial heartbeat signals; and means for determining heart conditions according to a detected peak interval. Heart beats can be detected... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080161705 - Devices and methods for ablating near av groove: The invention encompasses a device, system and methods for ablating tissue, where a ablating device includes an elongated shaft having a flexible distal end, and at least one ablation element and at least one electrode detecting electrical signals of the heart, such that a user can assess whether the at... Agent: Sjm/afd-wiley

20080161703 - Method and apparatus for atrial arrhythmia detection: A medical device performs a method for detecting atrial arrhythmias. A signal including ventricular cycle length information is sensed in a patient and used to determine each difference between successive ventricular cycle lengths occurring during a predetermined time period. Each succeeding difference is stored as a data point in a... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080161707 - Method and apparatus for measuring heart-related parameters and deriving human status parameters from sensed physiological and contextual parameters: A monitor device and associated methodology are disclosed which provide a self contained, relatively small and continuously wearable package for the monitoring of heart related parameters, including ECG. The detection of heart related parameters is predicated on the location of inequipotential signals located within regions of the human body conventionally... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080161704 - Method and system or managing ecgs in a clinical trial: The present disclosure includes a method and system for managing ECGs in a clinical trial including a processor, storage media, ECG acquisition system, user interface device, and the appropriate databases configured to collect and store a set of trial specific drug ECG recordings. The system and method allows a trial... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080161708 - Detecting prolonged myocardial repolarization indicative of cardiac condition: The present invention comprises methods and apparatus for detecting prolonged myocardial repolarization as an indicator of cardiac conditions, including without limitation, transmural ischemia. In some embodiments, without limitation, the present invention comprises methods and apparatus to detect prolonged repolarization using electrocardiographic and electrophysiological tools and measurements.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080161709 - Breath monitoring apparatus and method: A breath monitoring apparatus is provided comprising a housing (4) on which is mounted, a means (6, 10, 12) to measure the volume of an inhaled breath of the user; and a means (8) to measure the gas content of an exhaled breath of a user. There is further provided... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080161710 - Signal quality determination and signal correction system and methods: A mainstream gas monitoring system and method that includes using a mainstream airway adapter and a gas sensing assembly associated with the airway adapter to measure an analyte of a gas flow through the adapter. A gas sensing portion outputs a signal indicative of the analyte in a gas flow... Agent: Michael W. Haas Respironics, Inc.

20080161711 - Temperature compensation of a respiratory gas sensor: A mainstream gas monitoring system and method that includes a mainstream airway adapter, and a gas sensing assembly associated with the mainstream airway adapter to measure an analyte of a gas flow through the adapter. A gas sensing portion outputs a signal indicative of the analyte in a gas flow... Agent: Michael W. Haas Respironics, Inc.

20080161714 - Analysis of multi-channel measurement data using orthogonal virtual channels: The present invention introduces a method for processing multichannel measurement data achieved especially in MEG and EEG measurements. The method uses a signal space separation (SSS) method and the orthogonality of lead fields in order to calculate linear transformation from physical measurement channels to virtual channels. The geometry related to... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080161712 - Low power device with contingent scheduling: Medical device systems and methods for operating medical device systems conserve energy by efficiently managing computational demands of the systems. A first analysis, having relatively lower computational processing demand than at least a second analysis, processes signals from a subject to determine a first estimate of a propensity for the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080161713 - Low power device with variable scheduling: Medical device systems and methods for operating medical device systems conserve energy by efficiently managing computational demands of the systems. Signals from a subject are processed and analyzed and an estimate of a propensity for a subject to have a neurological event is determined. Based on the results of the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080161715 - Systems, methods, and devices to determine and predict physilogical states of individuals and to administer therapy, reports, notifications, and the like therefor: The invention comprises systems, methods, and devices capable of deriving and predicting the occurrence of a number of physiological and conditional states and events based on sensed data. The systems, methods, and devices utilize the predicted and derived states for a number of health and wellness related applications including the... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080161716 - Device and method for pupil size modulation: A device and method are presented for drug-free, non-invasive, modulation of a size of a patient's pupil. The invention utilizes application of an external electric and/or magnetic field of desired properties to the patient's iris to thereby effect stimulation or neutralization of synapses and thus temporarily inducing mydriasis or miosis... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080161717 - Obesity treatment systems: In one embodiment, a pressure sensing system is described which transmits data to a patient management system external to a patient. The pressure sensing system can rigidly couple to an implantable port or flexibly couple to an implantable port. In some embodiments, the pressure sensing system communicates with a hydraulic... Agent: Larry W. Thrower

20080161718 - Evaporation valve: A pneumatic circuit and other components are provided for the operation of a medical device. The pneumatic circuit provides controlled pressurized air to a medical device for use during a medical procedure.... Agent: Ipadvisors

20080161719 - Biopsy needle with integrated guide pin: A biopsy needle assembly for use in a biopsy gun includes coaxially slidably engaged outer needle and inner needles. The inner needle defines a cavity adjacent its distal end for receiving a tissue sample. A first hub is attached to the proximal end of the inner needle, and a second... Agent: Promex Technologies, Llc

20080161720 - Registration system: A medical targeting and device introduction system includes an introducer having a cannula, a hemostatic valve and a hub. The cannula is defined, at least in part, by an inner lumen. The hub includes a latch to releasably secure the hub to a biopsy device. The hub includes a proximal... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080161721 - Evaporation valve: A pneumatic circuit and other components are provided for the operation of a medical device. The pneumatic circuit provides controlled pressurized air to a medical device for use during a medical procedure.... Agent: Ipadvisors

20080161722 - Aspiration device and method for cells and tissues: An aspiration device for cells or tissues loaded on a container includes a tubular body, a scraper disposed on the tubular body. The scraper scrapes cells or tissues from the container, and the scraped cells or tissues are suctioned into the tubular body. The scraper includes a connecting portion connected... Agent: Quintero Law Office, Pc

20080161723 - Infusion flow interruption method and apparatus: Disclosed are systems, apparatus and methods for determining information related to analyte(s) (e.g., concentration) in a sample such as biological fluid. An analysis system for determining information relating to at least one analyte in a sample of biological fluid can be configured to: withdraw the sample of biological fluid from... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080161724 - Integrated disposable for automatic or manual blood dosing: An integrated sampling device defines a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is connected to a channel for drawing fluid automatically towards a test media upon incision by an incision portion. The second opening is positioned over the test media allowing manual sampling of fluid if the... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080161725 - Integrated spot monitoring device with fluid sensor: A bodily fluid sampling device is operable to breach the skin surface and allow bodily fluid to emerge from the breach location. The bodily fluid sampling device further evaluates the amount of bodily fluid emerged from breach location and determines whether the amount is sufficient or insufficient for a particular... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080161726 - Guide wire: A guide wire includes a wire body having a tapered portion disposed on a distal end portion thereof and having an outside diameter progressively reduced toward a distal end thereof. The guide wire also includes a coil having a first coil portion covering an outer circumferential surface of the tapered... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080161727 - Guide wire: A guide wire includes a wire body having a tapered portion disposed on a distal end portion thereof and having an outside diameter progressively reduced toward a distal end thereof. The guide wire includes a coil disposed in covering relation to the distal end portion of the wire body and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080161728 - Guide wire and method of manufacturing guide wire: A guide wire includes a wire body in which a first wire disposed on the distal side and composed of a first material and a second wire disposed on the proximal side of the first wire and composed of a second material are connected to each other through an intermediate... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080161729 - Method for measuring the strength of healing bone and related tissues: A method of measuring healing strength of bone includes a bone fixation plate (14) implanted at the healing area between bone segments (12). The bone fixation plate (14) includes high aspect ratio material with electric current conduction properties responsive to strain. This method causes an induced, or directly applied, electric... Agent: Stephen Thomas Bush

20080161730 - Method and apparatus for chemical measurement of sphincters and narrowing regions in hollow biological organs: A method and apparatus are disclosed for measuring geometry and compliance in sphincters and other narrowing regions. The apparatus comprises a catheter with an inflatable balloon to be inserted and inflated in the narrowing region. Inside the balloon it is possible to make multiple cross-sectional area or diameter measurements in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080161731 - Apparatus, system, and method for monitoring the range of motion of a patient's joint: An apparatus, system, and method for monitoring the range of motion of a patient's knee includes a knee sleeve, a number of sensor circuits coupled to the knee sleeve, and a communication circuit coupled to the knee sleeve and electrically coupled to the sensor circuits. Each sensor circuit includes a... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP