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20080221419 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A HEALTH CONDITION - A system and method for monitoring a health condition are disclosed. The system includes a patient management application, a data store and a monitoring device. The monitoring device includes an optical sensor, a Doppler sensor, and a computing device adapted to provide health parameter values including oxygen saturation of the blood, blood flow, blood pressure, heart rate, and cardiac output. | 09-11-2008 |
20080249379 | INTEGRATED HEART MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A device for monitoring the heart of a patient including a housing, a computing device, an optical sensor adapted to provide signals to the computing device indicative of a distance from the optical sensor to a vessel carrying blood, as well a diameter of the vessel, a Doppler sensor adapted to provide signals to the computing device indicative of a velocity of the blood through the vessel, and an ECG sensor adapted to provide signals to the computing device indicative of a plurality of electrical stimuli that cause the heart to pump. The computing device uses signals from the optical sensor, the Doppler sensor, and the ECG sensor to compute parameters including oxygen saturation of the blood, blood flow, blood pressure, heart rate, and cardiac output. | 10-09-2008 |
20080275321 | OPTICAL SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING SAME - An apparatus for, and method of, sensing characteristics of a vessel and a fluid conveyed therein. | 11-06-2008 |
20080287800 | DOPPLER MOTION SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING SAME - An apparatus for, and method of, sensing characteristics of a vessel and a fluid conveyed therein. | 11-20-2008 |
20090048518 | DOPPLER MOTION SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING SAME - An apparatus for, and method of, sensing characteristics of a vessel and a fluid conveyed therein. | 02-19-2009 |
20090221882 | Implantable Biosensor Assembly and Health Monitoring system and Method including same - A biosensor assembly implantable in a subject's body for monitoring a medical condition of the subject includes a housing, one or more biosensors, a reference-data storage device for storing reference data corresponding to a normal condition of the subject, a transmitter, a battery, and a processor designed: (a) to compare the measured data, as it is sensed by the biosensors, with the reference data stored in said reference-data storage device; (b) to determine whether the measured data indicates a normal medical condition or an abnormal medical condition in the subject: and (c) upon determining that the measured data indicates an abnormal condition, to actuate the transmitter to transmit an alarm signal to a central station, to the subject, and/or to a caregiver | 09-03-2009 |
20130310691 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC AND AUTONOMOUS DETERMINATION OF HEMODYNAMIC AND CARDIAC PARAMETERS USING ULTRASOUND - The present disclosure relates to an ultrasound device, system and a method for determination of cardiac and/or hemodynamic parameters, and in particular, to such a system, and method in which the cardiac and/or hemodynamic parameters are determined in a non-invasive manner that is both automatic and autonomous and, therefore, does not depend on ultrasound imagery and/or a skilled caregiver analysis thereof. | 11-21-2013 |
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20090091749 | Multi mode inspection method and apparatus - An inspection system for inspecting an object, the system comprising an illuminator including at least one pulsed light source, a detector assembly, and a relative motion provider operative to provide motion of the object relative to the detector assembly, along an axis of motion, the detector assembly comprising a plurality of 2-dimensional detector units whose active areas are arranged at intervals. | 04-09-2009 |
20090201494 | Inspection Tools Supporting Multiple Operating States for Multiple Detector Arrangements - An inspection system can support operation in multiple states. For instance, when inspecting an article, such as a semiconductor wafer, the tool can switch between imaging multiple locations using respective detectors to another operating state wherein multiple detectors operating in multiple imaging modes inspect a single location. An inspection system may combine the use of multiple detectors for multiple locations and the use of multiple viewing angles or modes for the same locations and thereby achieve high throughput. The different imaging modes can comprise, for example, different collection angles, polarizations, different spectral bands, different attenuations, different focal positions relative to the wafer, and other different types of imaging. | 08-13-2009 |
20090225307 | WAFER INSPECTION USING SHORT-PULSED CONTINUOUS BROADBAND ILLUMINATION - An inspection system may be configured to inspect objects, such as semiconductor wafers, using narrow-pulse broadband illumination. The illumination may be obtained in some embodiments using a laser configured to emit light into a material having a spectral broadening effect. The inspection system can include various filters which may be selectively placed in the illumination and/or imaging path in order to tune the spectrum of light impinging on the wafer and the light that is detected. The filters may include selectable filters, fixed filters, and filters whose characteristics can be adjusted in-place. In some embodiments, filters may be used to match the illumination/detection spectra of different tools. Additionally, the broadband illumination may be tuned between inspections and/or during inspections for best results. The system may support Fourier filtering whereby light, related to repetitive features of the object and in one or more wavelength sub-bands of the illumination, may be filtered. | 09-10-2009 |
20090323053 | Optical Inspection Tools Featuring Light Shaping Diffusers - An optical inspection system or tool can be configured to adjust the distribution of light by using one or more diffusers. The diffusers can be variable in some embodiments. For example, the angular or spatial distribution of the illumination can be adjusted to minimize intensity of illumination outside of an imaged area to thereby reduce illumination loss. The angular or spatial distribution may additionally or alternatively be adjusted so that the illumination across an illuminated area is substantially uniform. The use of one or more diffusers may aid in the inspection of semiconductor objects including, but not limited to, semiconductor wafers and the like. | 12-31-2009 |
20120227501 | HANDHELD PROBE FOR TUBE INSPECTION USING APR - Exemplary embodiments of a handheld probe (HHP) of an Acoustic pulse reflectometry (APR) system are disclosed. Embodiments of the HHP can comprise a loudspeaker and microphone that are vibration isolated from each other and from the tube under test. In some embodiments the microphone can be isolated from the housing of the HHP. In other embodiments the housing of the HHP can be isolated from the loudspeaker. In another embodiment the housing of the probe can be isolated from the tube under test. Yet, some embodiments combine all of this isolation options. In such embodiment the loudspeaker is isolated from the housing, the housing is isolated from the tube under test, and the microphone is isolated from the housing, and so on. Isolation can be achieved by using materials that absorb vibration, material such as but not limited to rubber, foam, silicone, etc. | 09-13-2012 |
20150122030 | NON-TRAVERSING TUBE INSPECTION SYSTEM - Tube inspections are performed by combining the use of APR technology with GW technology. The reflections measured by both technologies are compared to each other and used to more specifically identify the type and location of a flaw or anomaly that appears in the interior of the tube. Further, embodiments of novel probes to be used in GW technique for inspecting tubes with mechanical waves having bandwidth that is equal to 150 KHz or more are disclosed. | 05-07-2015 |
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20140046999 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTENDING SCIM / SERVICE BROKER PROCESSING IMS INITIAL FILTER CRITERIA (IFC) FOR PIPELINE PROCESSING - In accordance with various embodiments, systems and methods that integrate pipeline processing into a SCIM are provided. Such a system can include a plurality of applications, executing on one or more application servers. Each application server operates on one or more microprocessors. The system can further include a SCIM, which is operable to manage activation of the plurality of applications in one or more application chains. Each application chain can include pipeline blocks comprising two or more back-to-back applications and the two or more applications in each pipeline block can be activated in a same order in a forward and a backwards direction. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047044 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING SESSION THRESHOLD FOR IMS SCIM/SERVICE BROKERING - In accordance with various embodiments, systems and methods that integrate threshold management into a SCIM/Service Broker are provided. Such a system can include a plurality of applications, executing on one or more application servers. The system can also include a SCIM/Service Broker which is operable to manage a threshold set by the applications. Each application can determine an application threshold, a current threshold and a met threshold. When an application receives a message from the SCIM/Service Broker, the application can determine if the met threshold exists and, if the met threshold exists, update the application threshold accordingly. The application can also determine if the application threshold has been met, and if the application threshold has been met, execute business logic associated with the application threshold and set a new application threshold. The application sends a request to SCIM/Service Broker requesting a new current threshold value be set. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047090 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING MEDIA RESOURCE FOR IMS SCIM/SERVICE BROKERING - In accordance with various embodiments, systems and methods that improve communication with a media server are provided. Such a system can include a plurality of applications, executing on one or more application servers. The system can also include a media server which is operable to play announcements requested by the plurality of applications to one or more parties in a call; and a SCIM. The SCIM is operable to buffer requests from the plurality of applications to play the announcements. When an application in a chain of applications requests that an announcement be played to a party, the SCIM can buffer the request, communicate with each remaining application in the chain of applications and buffer any requests to play an additional announcement to the party, open a connection to the media server, and instruct the media server to play each announcement associated with each buffered request. | 02-13-2014 |
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20140073284 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNIFIED CHARGING OVER IN AND IMS NETWORKS FOR SCIM / SERVICE BROKER - In accordance with various embodiments, systems and methods that provide unified charging across different network interfaces are provided. A system can include an online charging system, executing on one or more microprocessors, a SCIM, which is operable to manage communication between a plurality of subscribers over a plurality of different network interfaces, and a set of interworking charging modules that use a unified charging structure to provide mappings between network protocol parameters and capabilities. The interworking charging modules can be configured to provide a same charging behavior to a plurality of different network protocols. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074908 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EXTENDING IMS SCIM / SERVICE BROKER TO ENABLE APPLICATION SERVERS USING MSCML TO EXECUTE ON GSM CAMEL NETWORKS - Systems and methods provide unified user interaction across different network interfaces. A system to extend an IMS SCIM to enable application servers that use MSCML to execute on CAMEL (GSM) networks include an application server, including IMS applications using MSCML. The system includes a SCIM to manage communication between call parties and the applications. In a GSM network, when the IMS connects a call party to a media resource, the SCIM is configured to connect the call party to a MSC internal resource function, receive a message from the IMS applications which indicates an announcement to play to the call party and/or information to be collected from the call party, mediate the message into native CAMEL operations for the GSM network, and play the announcement and/or collect information indicated in the message. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTENDING IMS SCIM / SERVICE BROKER TO ENABLE APPLICATION SERVERS USING MSCML TO EXECUTE ON CDMA WIN NETWORKS - Systems and methods provide unified playing of announcements across different network interfaces. A system to extend an IMS SCIM to enable application servers using MSCML to play announcements to execute on WIN (CDMA) networks include an application server, including IMS applications. The system includes a SCIM to manage communication between call parties and the applications. In a CDMA network, which an open dialogue the SCIM is configured to respond to the IMS applications that then can play the announcement, receive a second message which indicates the announcement to play from the IMS applications, buffer the announcement indicated, and respond with a message to the IMS applications as if the announcements have been played. | 03-13-2014 |