Patents Examined by Filip Kowalewski
  • Patent number: 7338445
    Abstract: A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes at least one hard disk drive. A transmitter and receiver for produces and transmits signals. The medical monitor is in communication with the sensors, by which information on biological activity and states is stored on the at least one disk drive. An enclosure surrounds the at least one hard disk drive, where the enclosure includes a shock-proofing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Feliss, Donald Ray Gillis
  • Patent number: 7278967
    Abstract: A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes a primary disk drive and a secondary disk drive, where the secondary disk drive mirrors the primary disk drive. An enclosure surrounds at least one of the primary and secondary drives. A transmitter and receiver for produces and transmits signals. The medical monitor is in communication with the sensors, by which information on biological activity and states is stored on the primary disk drive, and the secondary disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Feliss, Donald Ray Gillis, Karl Arthur Flechsig
  • Patent number: 7223234
    Abstract: An apparatus, and related method, for determining one or more association variables is described. The apparatus includes at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one program module. The program module is stored in the memory and is configurable to be executed by the processor. The program module includes instructions for determining a statistical relationship between one or more temporal onsets corresponding to one or more events and a pattern of occurrence of a compound variable. The compound variable corresponds at least to a pattern of occurrence of a first variable and a pattern of occurrence of a second variable. The determining includes contributions from presence and absence information in the pattern of occurrence of the compound variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Monitrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Elliot Stupp, Chris Carpenter, Lawrence Newman, Gert Lanckriet
  • Patent number: 7214187
    Abstract: A method of detecting lie detection including the steps of first conditioning the subject to produce an involuntary physiological response triggered when the subject provides false statements; and secondly asking the subject to state whether each of series of statements presented to the subject are true. As the subject answers, the subject is monitored for the conditioned involuntary response. Detecting whether the subject is providing false statements is based on whether the involuntary response is observed during these answers. A system (19) for lie detection includes a computing device (21), a controller (40), and at least one conditioning interface (42, 44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: The University of Chicago
    Inventors: John T. Cacioppo, Tyler S. Lorig
  • Patent number: 7214188
    Abstract: A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes at least one hard disk drive. A transmitter and receiver for produces and transmits signals. The medical monitor is in communication with the sensors, by which information on biological activity and states is stored on the at least one disk drive. An enclosure surrounds the at least one hard disk drive, where the enclosure includes sound-proofing materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Feliss, Donald Ray Gillis
  • Patent number: 7201719
    Abstract: A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes an enclosure surrounding at least one hard disk drive, and also includes a transmitter and a receiver for producing and transmitting signals in the radio frequency range. The medical monitor is in communication with the sensors, by which information on biological activity and states is stored on the one or more hard disk drives. It also includes a recharging system including at least one rechargeable battery and an induction electronics interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Feliss, Donald Ray Gillis, Andrei Khrushudov, Remmelt Pit
  • Patent number: 7192398
    Abstract: A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes at least one hard disk drive. An enclosure surrounds the at least one hard disk drive. The medical monitor is in communication with the sensors, by which information on biological activity and states is stored on the at least one hard disk drive. A transmitter and receiver produces and transmits signals, and include a GPS transmitter and a receiver for producing and receiving transmission signals in the radio frequency range, where the GPS sends satellite communication signals via the public GPS frequencies and protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Feliss, Donald Ray Gillis, Karl Arthur Flechsig