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Surgery > Diagnostic Testing > Measuring Or Detecting Nonradioactive Constituent Of Body Liquid By Means Placed Against Or In Body Throughout Test > Infrared, Visible Light, Or Ultraviolet Radiation Directed On Or Through Body Or Constituent Released Therefrom > Bilirubin BilirubinBilirubin patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.10/26/06 - 20060241362 - Method and device for the mapping of intraretinal ph and device for the photocoagulation of peripheral retinal areas The invention relates to a method of mapping the intraretinal pH of a retina which is marked by a pH-dependent fluorescent marker, in which the retina is illuminated with a first excitation radiation. According to the invention, a first image of the fluorescence emitted by the retina is formed as ... 07/13/06 - 20060155178 - Multi-dimensional elastic light scattering A method of examining a sample includes measuring, as function of wavelength of light elastically scattered from the sample, at least 2 properties, selected from the group consisting of scattering angle theta of the light, scattering angle phi of the light, and polarization of the light. The scattering angle theta ... 06/22/06 - 20060135861 - Apparatus and method for blood analysis The present invention relates to an analysis apparatus, in particular a spectroscopic analysis apparatus, for blood analysis on vessels. An excitation system (exs) emits an excitation beam to excite a target region. A detection system (dsy) is provided for detecting and analyzing scattered radiation from the target region. Those areas ... 06/15/06 - 20060129036 - Apparatus for the ph determination of blood and method therefor The present invention relates to a spectroscopic apparatus for non-invasive in vivo analysis of blood and to a corresponding analysis method, in particular for direct determination of the pH value of the blood. From a Raman signal detected from an excited target region containing blood at least one predetermined pH ... 05/25/06 - 20060111622 - Apparatus and method for monitoring deep tissue temperature using broadband diffuse optical spectroscopy A method for noninvasively determining deep tissue temperature comprises measuring data relating to spectral shifts of chromophore absorption in tissue using broadband diffuse optical spectroscopy and generating a temperature reading corresponding to the spectral shift of an absorption peak of the chromophore. A bound water correction is made to the ... 05/04/06 - 20060094940 - Method for selecting wavelengths for optical data acquisition There is provided a method for optimizing wavelength selection for multiwavelength optical data acquisition of chromophores in a turbid medium. The optimization is based on the minimization of a criterion based on the variance matrix of chromophores estimate features. The method can advantageously be used to obtain physiological information from ... 05/04/06 - 20060094939 - Method and arrangement for optical coherence tomography The invention relates to a method for optical coherence tomography comprising the steps of: providing of a reference light beam and a measurement light beam, combining of the reference light beam and the measurement light beam to provide a combined light beam, modulating of the reference light beam, sampling of ... 04/06/06 - 20060074283 - Apparatuses and methods for non-invasively monitoring blood parameters An apparatus for monitoring vital sign parameters in a biological entity is disclosed. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes at least one light source for transmitting light through the biological entity and at least one photodetector for receiving light transmitted through the biological entity. At least one light source and ... 01/26/06 - 20060020182 - Saccharide-measuring fluorescent monomer, saccharide-measuring fluorescent sensor substance, and implantable, saccharide-measuring sensor wherein Q, Q′ and D3 may be the same or different, may be combined together into a fused ring, and are each a substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, and substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, acyl, oxyalkyl, carboxyl, carboxylate ester, carboxamido, ... 01/12/06 - 20060009686 - Dermatoscopy positioning apparatus for the head An apparatus for examining patients for nevi is described. The apparatus includes a head piece having at least one positioning means for positioning a patient's head in a reproducible position from one examination to another. The head piece further includes a camera that is connected to the head piece that ... 01/05/06 - 20060004268 - Blood sugar level measuring apparatus Blood sugar levels are measured non-invasively based on temperature measurement. Non-invasively measured blood sugar level values obtained by a temperature measurement scheme are corrected by blood oxygen saturation and blood flow volume, thereby stabilizing the measurement data. ... 12/22/05 - 20050283058 - Detection and monitoring of changes in mineralized tissues or calcified deposits by optical coherence tomography and raman spectroscopy Early dental caries detection is carried out by a method that combines optical coherence tomography (OCT) and Raman spectroscopy to provide morphological information and biochemical specificity for detecting and characterizing incipient carious lesions found in extracted human teeth. OCT imaging of tooth samples demonstrated increased light back-scattering intensity at sites ... 12/15/05 - 20050277817 - Noninvasive measurement system for monitoring activity condition of living body A noninvasive measurement system for monitoring activity condition of a living body is provided, which can accurately monitor activity condition of a desired region of a living body. The means for measuring activity information is equipped with the light emitting source unit 3 to emit a light beam toward a ... 12/15/05 - 20050277816 - Cytological analysis by raman spectroscopic imaging Raman molecular imaging is used to differentiate between normal and diseased cells or tissue. For instance benign and malignant lesions of bladder and other tissues can be distinguished, including epithelial tissues such as lung, prostate, kidney, breast, and colon, and non-epithelial tissues, such as bone marrow and brain. Raman scattering ... 11/24/05 - 20050261561 - Blood testing and therapeutic compound delivery system A system and method are provided for determining intravenous blood levels of a target compound contained in a blood vessel of a patient. The method includes the operation of detecting concentrations of the target compound within a patient's blood using a sensor device configured to optically test blood at a ... 11/17/05 - 20050256383 - Probe using diffuse-reflectance spectroscopy The invention provides a device and method for monitoring inflammation of the epithelium. The device consists of a head region, a handle region and an optical bundle. At least two of the optical fibers in the bundle are utilized as a source of radiation, these two fibers are at two ... 11/03/05 - 20050245796 - Non-invasive measurement of blood glucose using retinal imaging An apparatus carries out measurements of blood glucose in a repeatable, non-invasive manner by measurement of the rate of regeneration of retinal visual pigments, such as cone visual pigments. The rate of regeneration of visual pigments is dependent upon the blood glucose concentration, and by measuring the visual pigment regeneration ... 10/27/05 - 20050240089 - Method and computer program for assessing breast cancer risk A method and computer program for assessing breast cancer risk in a patient is disclosed. The method includes determining a cartilaginous volume of at least a portion of an anterior chest wall of the patient, detecting an asymmetry within the cartilaginous volume, and assessing breast cancer risk utilizing the detected ... 10/13/05 - 20050228247 - Methods, systems, and associated implantable devices for dynamic monitoring of physiological and biological properties of tumors Biocompatible sensors configured for implantation include a first body in communication with a plurality of remote sensor bodies to detect physiological parameters in vivo. ... 09/15/05 - 20050203354 - Probe using diffuse-reflectance spectroscopy The invention provides a device and method for monitoring inflammation of the epithelium. The device consists of a head region, a handle region and an optical bundle. At least two of the optical fibers in the bundle are utilized as a source of radiation, these two fibers are at two ... 09/15/05 - 20050203353 - Multiple purpose, portable apparatus for measurement, analysis and diagnosis The present invention pertains to a portable apparatus for quantitatively measuring the concentration of specific substances in test samples of a lateral flow or microplate assay in medical, biomedical and chemical applications, and for making subsequent analysis and diagnosis. The portable apparatus includes a sample tray for carrying and aligning ... 08/25/05 - 20050187441 - Laser-scanning examination apparatus A laser-scanning examination apparatus includes a laser light source; an optical fiber through which laser light generated in the laser light source is transmitted; a scan head including a casing for housing a laser scanning unit that scans the laser light transmitted by the optical fiber on a specimen, an ... 08/11/05 - 20050177033 - Biological photometer A biological photometer having, in its signal processing unit, a memory unit in which characteristics of hemoglobin change pattern of healthy case and various diseases are stored as reference template, characteristic extraction unit in which characteristic of hemoglobin change patterns are extracted from hemoglobin signals measured in a photometer unit, ... 08/04/05 - 20050171414 - Optical spectroscopy for the detection of ischemic tissue injury An optical method and apparatus is utilized to quantify ischemic tissue and/or organ injury. Such a method and apparatus is non-invasive, non-traumatic, portable, and can make measurements in a matter of seconds. Moreover, such a method and apparatus can be realized through optical fiber probes, making it possible to take ... 07/21/05 - 20050159657 - Surface plasmon resonance based nanoliter tear osmometer A medical diagnostic method utilizes a surface plasmon resonance apparatus provided with a sensing surface. A tear sample from an eye of a patient is placed into contact with the sensing surface. The surface plasmon resonance apparatus is then operated to determine osmolarity of the tear sample. ... 07/21/05 - 20050159656 - Method and apparatus for presentation of noninvasive glucose concentration information The invention relates to the extraction and/or presentation of glucose concentrations estimated as a function of time into a format that facilitates conveyance of the underlying information. More particularly, short term actions, such as exercise, diabetes drug treatment, and/or food intake, are correlated to glucose response profiles. Optionally, glucose concentration ... 06/02/05 - 20050119540 - Methods and devices for prediction of hypoglycemic events Described herein are methods, devices, and microprocessors useful for predicting a hypoglycemic event in a subject. The hypoglycemic predictive approach described herein utilizes information obtained from a data stream, e.g., frequently obtained glucose values (current and/or predicted), body temperature, and/or skin conductance, to predict incipient hypoglycemic events and to alert ... 06/02/05 - 20050119539 - System for analyzing the skin The present invention relates to a system for analyzing the skin of a subject, the system comprising: a camera for acquiring at least one image of the skin at a magnification that enables the pores and/or the spots of the skin to be observed; a display device for displaying simultaneously ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |