Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080221519 | System for Guiding a Probe Over the Surface of the Skin of a Patient or an Animal - The invention relates to a system for guiding a probe over the surface of the skin of a patient. Performing measurements with ultrasound techniques for small structures such as blood vessels need well-defined spatial relationship between the measuring probe and the tissue which has to be examined. The invention seeks to ensure a movement of the measuring probe in a controlled and precise way over the skin. Therefore, a system | 09-11-2008 |
20080275396 | Cannula Inserting System - The present invention provides a highly automated puncture system for inserting a cannula or a needle into a blood vessel of a person or an animal. The puncture system has an acquisition module that allows for determining at least a location of a blood vessel underneath of the surface of a skin and is further enabled to determine an optimal puncture location that is well suitable for inserting a cannula into the blood vessel. Further, the puncture system has an actuator for moving and aligning the cannula to a determined position. The system is further adapted to autonomously insert the cannula into the blood vessel for multiple purposes, such as blood withdrawal, venous medication and infusions. | 11-06-2008 |
20090118670 | Cannula inserting system - The invention relates to a highly automated puncture system for inserting a cannula or a needle into a blood vessel of a person or an animal. The puncture system has an acquisition module that allows for determining at least a location of a blood vessel underneath of the surface of a skin and is further enabled to determine an optimal puncture location that is potentially suitable for inserting a cannula into the blood vessel. Further, the puncture system has tissue analysis means to analyse the skin surface in the proximity of the puncture location to check whether the skin is suitable for punctuation. This prevents puncturing the skin at locations where scars, wound and the like can be found. | 05-07-2009 |
20090162888 | SAMPLE CONTROL FOR CORRECTION OF SAMPLE MATRIX EFFECTS IN ANALYTICAL DETECTION METHODS - Methods and systems are described suitable to determine the effects of sample matrix on the detection of a label so as to allow correction for these sample matrix effects when using the label in an analytical detection technique. The method is particularly advantageous for use in a disposable molecular diagnosis cartridge. | 06-25-2009 |
20090170070 | INCREASED SPECIFICITY OF ANALYTE DETECTION BY MEASUREMENT OF BOUND AND UNBOUND LABELS - The present invention describes the provision of an internal control in analytical techniques involving labeling of analytes, such as SERRS, for detection of an analyte, particularly a biomolecule in a sample, with improved accuracy. | 07-02-2009 |
20090171205 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING BLOOD VESSELS - A method and system for detecting blood vessels and precisely determining parameters in respect thereof, such as geometry, depth and diameter. Optical imaging, such as IR imaging, is used to obtain a general overview ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090198223 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARDIAC ABLATION USING LASER INDUCED OPTICAL BREAKDOWN - Systems and methods for achieving sub-surface, highly spatially selective cardiac ablation by means of laser induced optical breakdown (LIOB) are disclosed. Damage to non-targeted heart and artery/vein tissue is to be minimized according to the present disclosure. A catheter enters the heart, e.g., via a vein, and catheter location is determined/confirmed. Laser pulses are guided through the optical path within the catheter and, at or near the catheter end, a focusing structure is provided that focuses the laser radiation through the non-targeted vein/heart tissue into the targeted tissue. In the focusing structure, laser induced LIOB occurs and related mechanical effects affect the targeted tissue. | 08-06-2009 |
20090273778 | SURFACE ENHANCED RESONANT RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY - A method of performing surface-enhanced resonant Raman spectroscopy (SERRS) in respect of a sample ( | 11-05-2009 |
20090275823 | CANNULA INSERTING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a highly automated puncture system for inserting a cannula or a needle into a blood vessel of a person or an animal. The puncture system has an acquisition module that allows for determining at least one location of a blood vessel underneath the surface of a skin and that is further enabled to determine an optimal puncture location that is well suitable for inserting a cannula into the blood vessel. Further, the puncture system has an actuator for moving and aligning the cannula to a determined position. The system is further adapted to autonomously insert the cannula into the blood vessel for multiple purposes, such as blood withdrawal, venous medication and infusions. | 11-05-2009 |
20100196867 | PHANTOM FOR ULTRASOUND GUIDED NEEDLE INSERTION AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE PHANTOM - The invention relates to a phantom for simulating the ultrasound guided insertion of a needle in a blood vessel of a human body site. The phantom comprises: a skin mimicking layer ( | 08-05-2010 |