Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080207999 | Endoscopic Capsule - An endoscopy capsule has a capsule housing containing at least one magnetic element that interacts with an extracorporeally applied magnetic field to magnetically navigate the endoscopy capsule within a body lumen of a patient. The capsule housing has a tube connected thereto that is composed of a flexible, non-rigid material, i.e., of insufficient rigidity to feed the capsule housing in the body lumen. The tube is provided with a feed path for providing any of a liquid agent, a gaseous agent, electrical power and data between the capsule housing an extracorporeal source. | 08-28-2008 |
20080249359 | Endoscopy System - An endoscopy system has an endo-robot that is navigable within an anatomical lumen of a patient by interacting with a magnetic field generated by an extracorporeal magnet system. The patient lies on a patient bed that is movable in one or more directions and/or orientations, and an obstacle detects objects in the movement path of the endo-robot in the anatomical lumen and produces a signal that causes the position and/or orientation of the patient bed to be altered dependent thereon. | 10-09-2008 |
20080262292 | Method and Device for Wireless Energy Transmission From a Magnet Coil System to a Working Capsule - In a method and device for wireless energy transmission between a magnetic coil system, having multiple excitation coils located outside of a patient, to a working capsule located in the patient, the working capsule has at least one induction coil, and a positioning device determines the position and orientation of the working capsule relative to the magnetic coil system. Using the position and orientation information, the magnetic coil system generates a first magnetic field that exerts a force on the working capsule at a location of the working capsule in the patient. The magnetic system also uses at least one of the position or the orientation to generate a second magnetic field for energy transmission to the working capsule at the location within the patient. | 10-23-2008 |
20090012811 | METHOD TO COLLECT AND OFFER CERTIFIED INFORMATION ON OPTIMIZED CLINICAL PROCESSES TO HEALTH INSTITUTIONS USING SEARCH ENGINES - A system and method develop and distribute model descriptions for benchmarked and optimized clinical workflows. Benchmarked clinical workflows may be developed and a corresponding database built. The database may be remotely searchable via a search engine over a communications network, such as the Internet. Remote health institution customers may remotely access and download virtual representations of benchmarked clinical workflows. The benchmarked clinical workflows may be modified or optimized to account for the characteristics and/or restrictions of a remote health institution. The savings associated with the benchmarked or optimized clinical workflows may be automatically derived and quantified with respect to manpower, money, and time. In one aspect, the benchmarked clinical workflows may have associated interactive software applications or include modifications to existing software applications that may operate on a customer's local workstation. The software applications may facilitate medical procedures and/or the operation of medical equipment, including medical imaging devices. | 01-08-2009 |
20090070137 | Method and system to optimize quality of patient care paths - A system and method for optimizing status of a care plan is described, the method including defining a care plan as worksteps associated by a rule-based process. Historical data is collected for a plurality of worksteps for such attributes as diagnosis, clinical outcome and cost. The data may be analyzed by data mining techniques so as to discover the optimum relationships between the patient symptoms, the worksteps and a success criteria. The success criteria may include correct diagnosis, equipment use efficiency, cost, and successful clinical outcome. The rule-based process may be modified to take account of the optimum relationships. A patient presenting with a constellation of symptoms may have the symptoms compared with care plans success ranking to determine an optimum care plan. | 03-12-2009 |
20090070146 | Method for managing the release of data - A system and method is described for managing the release of information from a personal electronic health record (EHR). A central data warehouse maintains at least a part of the HER along with at least a copy of a patient's permission plan for the release of data to others in the health care system. Requests for information may be made by addressees, each addressee possessing credentials. The system and method compares the credentials of the addressee with the personal permissions plan and releases the information permitted by the permissions plan. Where information is denied by the plan, the patient may be offered the opportunity to modify profiles of the plan so as to permit the release of information. The patient may be provided with background information on the need for release of the data, and legal aspects of the release of the data so as to make an informed choice. | 03-12-2009 |
20090076839 | SEMANTIC SEARCH SYSTEM - A semantic search is provided. The semantic search generates related terms that relate to a search term using a selected ontology domain. The related terms may be compared to information in a medical document. The semantic search may also generate related terms for the medical document. The related terms for the medical document may be compared to the related terms that relate to the search term. | 03-19-2009 |
20090077024 | SEARCH SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING A SECURED MEDICAL SERVER - A search system for searching a secured medical server is provided. The system includes a web-portal and a medical server. The web-portal communicates with a processor and a memory. The processor is operable to communicate with the memory, which is operable to store a medical server password and a medical server location. The medical server includes the medical documents and an access portal. The access portal protects the medical documents in the medical server. The access portal is operable to provide access to the medical documents when provided with the medical server password. The processor is operable to generate and transmit a request signal including a request for information and the medical server password to the healthdata server. | 03-19-2009 |
20100106039 | Unknown - Example embodiments relate to a device for measuring nitrogen monoxide in exhaled air by a gas sensor unit with at least one gas sensor. A device and/or method for oxidation of nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide may be included. The device and/or method for oxidation of nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide includes a non-consuming catalyst for catalyzing the oxidation of nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide. | 04-29-2010 |
20100143919 | In vitro assay for early diagnosis of diabetes mellitus type 1 - An in vitro assay is disclosed for early diagnosis of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus type 1. In at least one embodiment, the assay includes i) determining susceptibility markers for diabetes mellitus type 1 in a biological sample from a symptom-free individual; ii) determining inflammatory markers in the same or in a further biological sample from the individual; iii) determining the presence or the risk of developing insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus type 1 on the basis of the values obtained in i) and ii); and, possibly, iv) performing step ii) after a defined time interval or v) performing an imaging method for the pancreas. At least one embodiment is further directed to the use of this assay for monitoring the progression of a diabetes mellitus type 1 disease. | 06-10-2010 |
20100174505 | Conditioned medical testing - The invention refers to a computer implemented method, a computer system a test machine and a computer program product for executing conditioned and qualified test. An ordering instance may order a set of tests, comprising an initial test and a set of follow-up tests, wherein the execution of each of the follow-up tests is dependent of the result of the respective predecessor test, like the initial test. The conditions for executing the follow-up tests are dynamically definable and are analyzed automatically. | 07-08-2010 |
20100174555 | System for automatic clinical pathway optimization - At least one embodiment of the present invention refers to a method, a system, a computer readable medium and/or a computer program product for optimizing a clinical pathway. The clinical pathway includes a sequence of actions. In at least one embodiment, he method aims at finding the best suitable and optimal following action for a respective action. There is provided a set of rules, patient information data and optimization criteria. After having received a symptom or an action there is deduced a set of possible following actions. After having deduced all possible following actions, these possible following actions are evaluated by the optimization criteria. After evaluation the optimal following action is suggested as a result. | 07-08-2010 |
20110046497 | SENSOR PLATFORM FOR RESPIRATORY GAS ANALYSIS - An appliance is disclosed for measuring at least one gas analyte in exhaled air. In at least one embodiment, the appliance includes an inlet opening for the introduction of exhaled air (mouthpiece), at least one measuring chamber for receiving a sensor unit, and a conduit which provides a fluid connection from the opening to the measuring chamber, and wherein, depending on the gas analyte that is to be measured, a sensor unit with a suitable gas sensor can be introduced into the receiver. | 02-24-2011 |
20110072883 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL CONTROL VALVE FOR GAS MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS - A multifunctional control valve for gas measurement instruments, e.g., for respiratory gas analysis, is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the multifunctional control valve includes a first inlet opening, an outlet opening, a main line, and a bypass line, wherein a measurement chamber is in the main line, wherein the measurement chamber is arranged downstream of a first multiway valve which can selectively connect the main line or the bypass line with the inlet opening, and wherein the measurement chamber is arranged upstream of a second multiway valve which can selectively connect the main line or the bypass line with the outlet opening. | 03-31-2011 |
20110077544 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE GAS CONVERSION RATE IN A RESPIRATORY GAS ANALYZER - A method for optimizing a gas conversion rate in a respiratory gas analyzer, more particularly for nitric oxide (NO) in the respiratory gas, and an associated device are disclosed. | 03-31-2011 |
20110313257 | Method for Recording and Evaluation of Measurements Related to the Condition of a Patient for Configuration of a Portable, Patient-Controlled Device Operated to Record Said Measurements and Related Device - In a method for recording and evaluating measurements related to the condition of a patient for configuration of a portable, patient-controlled device operated to record the measurements,—at least one measurement describing the condition of the patient is recorded by the device,—the measurement and/or at least one parameter derived therefrom is/are transferred to an evaluation device via a communication connection,—the measurement and/or the parameter is/are evaluated by or on the evaluation device by an expert system and/or an expert to determine patient-specific information,—configuration data ascertained in consideration of the patient-specific information is transferred back to the device via the or another communication connection, and—the device is configured according to the configuration data. | 12-22-2011 |
20120065535 | GAS ANALYSIS APPARATUS HAVING A COMBINATION OF GAS DEHUMIDIFIER AND GAS CONVERTER - An apparatus for measuring nitrogen monoxide in exhaled air by way of a gas sensor unit ( | 03-15-2012 |
20130253944 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING QUALITY OF PERFORMANCE AND/OR COMPLIANCE WITH PROTOCOL OF A CLINICAL STUDY - A method is proposed for determining clinical study compliance. The method includes obtaining criteria for the clinical study and accessing stored clinical data relating to the clinical study. Thereafter, the criteria and clinical data are correlated to determine a measure of compliance with the criteria of the clinical study. | 09-26-2013 |
20130253945 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING QUALITY OF PERFORMANCE AND/OR COMPLIANCE WITH PROTOCOL OF A CLINICAL STUDY - A method is proposed for determining clinical study compliance. The method includes obtaining criteria for the clinical study and accessing stored clinical data relating to the clinical study. Thereafter, the criteria and clinical data are correlated to determine a measure of compliance with the criteria of the clinical study. | 09-26-2013 |