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Kaz Usa, Inc.

David Edward Quinn

John A Lane

Matthew David Mullin

Scott Andrew Martin

Craig M Meyerson

Matthew J Kinsley

Ray Douglas Stone

Michael J Anson

John R Strom

Tyson B Whitaker

Henry Joe Smith, Iii

Kenzi L Mudge

Dio Climaco Cavero

Alisa Robinson Salibra

Jeffrey M Cross

Jennifer M Grant

Raymond A Lia

Zhon Ye Chu

Shawn C St Pierre

Sean R Karla

John T Delaney

Nick H Nguyen

Robert L Vivenzio

David Lance Ribble

Kirsten M Emmons

Eric Michael Andreassen

Kristen L Stebbins

William N Cuipylo

David M Antos

Anthony P Wagner

Matt Kinsley

Marshal Singh Dhillon

Matthew J Banet

Steven D Baker

Timothy Joseph Receveur

Robert J Wood

Thomas F Heil

Douglas A Seim

Lori Ann Zapfe

Britten J Pipher

Stephen R Embree

Ibne Soreefan

Stacey A Fitzgibbons

Jotpreet Chahal

Richard McDuffie

Kenneth J Burdick

Gene J Wolfe

Collin Davidson

Eric Michael Lawson

Benjamin Freer

Richard Thrush

Frederik W Kroon

John D Seller

Clare L Corcoran

Ervin Goldfain

Michael T McMahon

Michael Allan Ehrhart

Thaddeus J Wawro

Steven R Slawson

Alan S Knieriem

Frank E Sauser

Daniel D Mawhinney

Fred Sterzer

Yongji Fu

Lauren Nicole Miller Hayward

Adam Paul Vallee

Erik Tang

James McCanna

Mark Dhillon

Jeffrey J Chiodo

Elaine Carole Montambeau

Joseph Buchanan

Charles N Stewart

John P Kroetz

Laleh Rabieirad

Whitney A Bouma

Henry J Smith

Matthew D Mulin

Joseph Buchanon

David S Young

John Lane

A method of determining a temperature of a patient includes determining that a temperature measurement device is located within at least one of a distance range and an alignment range of a portion of a measurement site of the patient, providing an indication to a user of the device that the device is located within the at least one of the distance range and the alignment range, and determining, with the device, a first temperature of a first location on the portion of the measurement site without contacting the patient with the device. Such a method also includes determining, with the device, a second temperature of a second location on the portion of the measurement site without contacting the patient with the device, wherein the second location is different from the first location. Such a method further includes determining a third temperature of the patient based on the first and second temperatures.

Noncontact thermometry systems and methods

A sensor device includes a housing defining a cavity, an inlet to receive fluid pumped from an instrument device, an outlet to return the fluid to a fluid reservoir, and a fluid channel defined inside the cavity between the inlet and the outlet. A heat pump is mounted inside the cavity, and has a side surface thermally coupled to the fluid channel and an opposite side surface thermally coupled to a plate. The heat pump is configured to induce a temperature change. A sensor unit is aligned with an aperture in the plate and includes an optical component and a thermal component. The optical component configured to measure a vascular endothelial response from the induced temperature change.

Sepsis detection and monitoring

Cover for a probe or the like

A protective cover for an insertion probe of a medical instrument. The cover contains a flexible tubular body that compliments the probe geometry and a radially disposed flange that surrounds the proximal end of the body. A series of snap-on fasteners removably connect the cover to the instrument. A camming surface is located on the outer face of the flange which coacts with a cam follower that is movably mounted upon the instrument to flex the cover sufficiently to open the fastener and release the cover from the instrument and move the cover axially toward the distal end of the tip.

IR thermometry probe cover

A system for detecting potential for infection includes a wound dressing and an electronics component. The wound dressing includes a temperature sensing layer and a cover layer comprising a substrate and a backing layer. The electronics component includes a power source, an electronic control unit (ECU), and a communications interface positioned within a housing and removably coupled to the temperature sensing layer of the wound dressing. The electronics component is configured to receive a plurality of temperature readings from the temperature sensing layer, and provide an indication of potential infection of the wound based the plurality of temperature readings. In various embodiments, each of the plurality of temperature readings corresponds to a temperature of an area around a wound. Methods for preventing infections using the system are also described.

Systems for recognizing temperature as a sign of surgical infection and methods of using the same

An example monitoring device for detecting and measuring a vital sign of a subject includes: a base; a battery mounted to the base; first and second transceivers attached to the base at opposing angles, and powered by the battery to transmit pulses and receive reflected pulses; an antenna powered by the battery, and configured to wirelessly transmit data acquired from the first and second transceivers; and a computing device powered by the battery, and operatively coupled to the first and second transceivers and the antenna, the computing device having a processing device and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing device, cause the monitoring device to determine a respiration rate by detecting a cyclical change in distance based on the reflected pulses.

Vital sign detection and measurement

A system for monitoring a patient includes an inflatable cuff configured to at least partially occlude an artery of the patient, and a sensor configured to determine a first parameter associated with the at least partially occluded artery and to generate an output signal indicative of the first parameter. The system also includes a processor configured to receive the output signal and information indicative of an occlusion efficiency of the cuff. The processor is configured to determine a hemodynamic parameter of the patient based on the output signal and the information.

Systems and methods for monitoring a patient

A head elevation apparatus configured to be positioned under a mattress may include a base panel and a top panel positioned on the base panel. The top panel may include a center panel hingedly coupled to the base panel. An upper flap may be hingedly coupled to the center panel. A lower flap may be hingedly coupled to the center panel.

Oblique hinged panels and bladder apparatus for sleep disorders

A method of determining a blood pressure of a patient includes determining a plurality of pressure pulses, wherein each pressure pulse of the plurality of pressure pulses comprises a profile having a maximum profile height. The method also includes determining a pulse score associated with the plurality of pressure pulses, wherein the pulse score is determined based on the profiles of the pressure pulses and the maximum profile heights. The method further includes determining that the pulse score is above a pulse score threshold, and generating, in response to determining that the pulse score is above the pulse score threshold, a pulse curve based on the maximum profile heights. The method also includes determining the blood pressure of the patient without completely occluding a blood vessel of the patient, wherein the blood pressure is determined based on a plurality of values corresponding to respective points on the pulse curve.

Systems and methods for blood pressure measurement

A method for estimating blood pressure of a care recipient includes establishing a pre-maneuver reference value of blood pressure and a companion nonreference value of blood pressure, subjecting the care recipient to a maneuver, establishing a post-maneuver reference value of blood pressure and a companion post-manuever nonreference value of blood pressure, establishing an operational post-maneuver nonreference value of blood pressure, and adjusting the operational value as a function of the pre-maneuver and post-maneuver values. An associated apparatus includes a sensor, a processor and a memory which contains instructions. The instructions, when executed, cause the processor to estimate blood pressure as a function of a pre-maneuver reference value of blood pressure, a companion pre-maneuver nonreference value of blood pressure, a post-maneuver reference value of blood pressure, a companion post-manuever nonreference value of blood pressure, and an operational value of blood pressure based on information sensed by the sensor.

Cuffless blood pressure determination with a patient specific, variable calibration

The invention provides a body-worn patch sensor for simultaneously measuring a blood pressure (BP), pulse oximetry (SpO2), and other vital signs and hemodynamic parameters from a patient. The patch sensor features a sensing portion having a flexible housing that is worn entirely on the patient's chest and encloses a battery, wireless transmitter, and all the sensor's sensing and electronic components. It measures electrocardiogram (ECG), impedance plethysmogram (IPG), photoplethysmogram (PPG), and phonocardiogram (PCG) waveforms, and collectively processes these to determine the vital signs and hemodynamic parameters. The sensor that measures PPG waveforms also includes a heating element to increase perfusion of tissue on the chest.

Patch-based physiological sensor

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system adapted for determining from sensor data collected for a patient over a period of time a normative condition of a biological function of the patient, generating provisioning information according to the normative condition, detecting a first sensor coupled to the patient, and providing the provisioning information to the first sensor to enable the first sensor to detect an abnormal state of the biological function of the patient. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Method and apparatus for managing sensors

A method of estimating oxygen saturation includes illuminating a target site with light of three different wavelengths, for example green, red and infrared, and detecting light returned from the site at each of the wavelengths. The method distinguishes between cardiac pulsatility and nonpulsatility based on a parameter of the return light of the shortest wavelength. The method formulates an estimate of oxygen saturation as a function of a parameter of the light of the two longer wavelengths taken at both a period of pulsatility and at a period of nonpulsatility. An oximeter adapted to carry out the method is also disclosed. Aspects of the method and oximeter may be used to estimate other physiological parameters.

Physiological monitoring and related methods

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