GAIL D.

BAURA
Professor
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Bioengineering, system theory, medical devices, engineering ethics

CONTACT INFORMATION
909-607-0140
gail_baura@kgi.edu
http://www.kgi.edu/gailbaura

Dr. Gail Baura received a BSEE from Loyola Marymount
University in 1984, and an MSEE and MSBME from
Drexel University in 1987. She received a PhD in
bioengineering from the University of Washington in
1993. Between these graduate degrees, Dr. Baura worked
as a loop transmission systems engineer at AT&T Bell
Laboratories. Since graduate school, she has served
in a variety of research and development positions
at IVAC Corporation, Cardiotronics Systems, Alaris
Medical Systems, and VitalWave Corporation (now
Tensys Medical). Her most recent industrial position
was Vice President of Research and Chief Scientist at
CardioDynamics. In 2006, she returned to academia.
Dr. Baura is a senior member of IEEE, an associate editor
of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine,
an ABET program evaluator for bioengineering and
biomedical engineering, and a member of the Biomedical
Engineering Society Accreditation Activities Committee.
She holds 20 issued U.S. patents. Dr. Baura also serves
as an invited juror for the Medical Design Excellence
Awards and as an intellectual property expert witness.
She has written numerous engineering textbooks.
hospital environment is an infinite source of signal
distortion, filtering is a necessary requirement before
digital signal processing and/or control can be applied to
a signal of interest and may include the pseudorandom
binary sequence, adaptive filtering, time-frequency
analysis, and time-scale analysis. Once a signal of interest
has been sufficiently filtered, it may be modeled to enable
signal classification, prediction, control, and investigation
of underlying physiologic mechanisms. Typical
approaches include the ARMA (autoregressive with
moving average and exogenous input) model, artificial
neural networks, and fuzzy models.
KEY RESEARCH CAPABILITIES
The Baura lab includes a patient monitoring laboratory
with the ability to acquire, analyze, and process
traditional vital signs and new signals and is capable of
normal subject clinical studies, with approval from an
external Institutional Review Board.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Research in the Baura lab is focused on a new sensor

RESEARCH SYNOPSIS and detection algorithm for drowsiness monitoring and
on efficient methodologies for identifying candidate
Physiologic signals provide a wealth of information that biomarkers for obesity.
can be used to develop new medical devices. These signals
can be harnessed to enable diagnosis and monitor various
conditions. Because the clinical usage requirements for FUTURE RESEARCH INTERESTS
patient monitoring and diagnostic devices are so high, The Baura Lab is looking for collaborators at public
Dr. Baura utilizes system theory, the transdisciplinary universities who are interested in the retention rates of
study of the synthesis and design of systems and women in engineering.
the analysis of their performance , as the preferred
substitute for heuristic, empirical processing. Dr. Baura
has successfully applied a basic “toolkit” of system
theory algorithms to a variety of signals related to large
volume infusion and syringe pumps, electrocardiographs,
noninvasive continuous blood pressure monitors,
noninvasive continuous cardiac output monitors,
electronic thermometers, electroencephalographs, external
defibrillators, and pacemakers.
Dr. Baura divides system theory algorithms into three
categories: filtering, modeling, and control. Since the
SELECTED PATENTS SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Baura GD, Malecha J, Bouguerra R, inventors; Baura GD. Medical Device Technologies: A System-Based
Cardiodynamics International Corporation, assignee. Introduction Using Engineering Standards. Burlington,
Method and apparatus for signal assessment including MA / USA: Elsevier Academic Press; 2011.
event rejection. San Diego, CA / USA patent 7,570,989.
Baura GD. A Biosystems Approach to Industrial Patient
2009 Aug 4.
Monitoring & Diagnostic Devices. 1 ed. San Rafael, CA /
Miele FR, Mucci R, Baura GD, inventors; Tensys USA: Morgan & Claypool Publishers; 2008.
Medical I, assignee. Method and apparatus for the
Baura GD. Engineering Ethics: an Industrial Perspective.
noninvasive assessment of hemodynamic parameters
Burlington, MA / USA: Elsevier Academic Press;
including blood vessel location. San Diego, CA / USA
2006:1-256.
patent 7,503,896. 2009 Mar 17.
Baura GD. System Theory and Practical Applications of
Bradley PW, Baura GD, inventors; Cardio Dynamics
Biomedical Signals. 1 ed. Hoboken, NJ / USA: Wiley-
International Corporation, assignee. Methods and
IEEE Press; 2002:1-472.
apparatus for conducting electrical current. San Diego,
CA / USA patent 7,270,580. 2007 Sep 18. Baura GD. “The business of innovation: by integrating
system theory into their products, medtech companies
Baura GD, Malecha JR, Bradley PW, inventors;
can create a defensible portfolio of innovative medical
Cardiodynamics International Corporation, assignee.
devices”. MX Magazine 2005:50-55.
Apparatus and method for defibrillation of a living
subject. San Diego, CA / USA patent 7,149,576. 2006 Baura GD, Foster DM, Kaiyala K, Porte D, Kahn SE,
Dec 12. Schwartz MW. “Insulin transport from plasma into the
central nervous system is inhibited by dexamethasone in
Baura GD, Elf JO, inventors; Cardiodynamics
dogs”. Diabetes 1996;45(1):86-90.
International Corporation, assignee. Apparatus and
method for determining cardiac output in a living subject. Baura GD, Foster DM, Porte D, Kahn SE, Bergman
San Diego, CA / USA patent 6,636,754. 2003 Oct 21. RN, Cobelli C, Schwartz MW. “Saturable Transport of
Insulin from Plasma Into the Central-Nervous-System
Baura GD, inventor; VitalWave Corporation, assignee.
of Dogs In-Vivo - A Mechanism for Regulated Insulin
Method and apparatus for the noninvasive determination
Delivery to the Brain”. Journal of Clinical Investigation
of arterial blood pressure. San Diego, CA / USA patent
1993;92(4):1824-1830.
6,471,655. 2002 Oct 29.
Baura GD, inventor; Cardiotronics, assignee. Method
and apparatus for electrode and transthoracic impedance
estimation. Carlsbad, CA / USA patent 6,016,445. 2000
Jan 18.
Voss GI, Butterfield RD, Baura GD, Barnes CW,
inventors; IVAC Medical Systems I, assignee. Fluid flow
impedance monitoring system. San Diego, CA / USA
patent 5,609,576. 1997 Mar 11.

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