Patents Examined by Anant A Gupta
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Patent number: 11957469Abstract: A modified nerve cuff electrode is designed to enhance the stability of neural recording and/or nerve stimulation. Any nerve cuff electrode includes a nerve cuff and a plurality of electrodes within the nerve cuff. While traditional nerve cuff electrodes have every one of the plurality of electrode contacts on the inner surface of the nerve cuff, in the modified nerve cuff electrode each of an inner surface and an outer surface of the nerve cuff has at least one electrode contact. The at least one electrode contact on the outer surface can be electrically isolated from the peripheral nerve to provide a stable reference or ground during recording or a stable pathway for a return current during stimulation to enhance the stability of the recording or the stimulation.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYInventors: Narendra Bhadra, Tina L. Vrabec, Niloy Bhadra, Kevin L Kilgore
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Patent number: 11944337Abstract: A surgical instrument with improved end-effector gripping force. The instrument comprises a shaft, which may be inserted into a body of a patient. The articulated end-effector is mounted on the distal extremity of the instrument shaft and comprises a plurality of links interconnected by a plurality of joints, whose movements are remotely actuated by the surgeon's hands. This remote actuation is accomplished through mechanical transmission, mainly along flexible elements, which are able to deliver motion from a set of actuation elements, placed at a proximal extremity of the shaft, to the instrument's articulated end-effector. The articulated end-effector further comprises one or more cam-and-follower mechanisms that are able to amplify the force transmitted by the flexible elements so that the actuation force at the instrument jaws is maximized and the tension on the transmission elements minimized, thus increasing the fatigue resistance and life of the instrument.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Distalmotion SAInventor: Ricardo Daniel Rita Beira
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Patent number: 11931566Abstract: The present invention relates to an implantable nerve stimulation device, which includes: a body part which is formed of a metal that ultrasonic waves can be transmitted, and includes a stimulation surface and a charging surface facing each other; a header part which is made of a non-metal and is located at one end of the body part; a cover which includes a stimulation electrode, a hinge part rotatably coupled to one side of the stimulation surface, and a coupling part detachably coupled to the other side of the stimulation surface, is positioned above the stimulation surface to interpose a nerve between the electrode and the stimulation surface; and power generation elements which are located inside the body part and are electrically connected to the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: ENERGY MINING Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Moon Park, Young Min Cho, Jang Mook Jeong
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Patent number: 11903683Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media for determining hemodynamic stability in a subject. In one example method, an optical signal is transmitted via at least one optical fiber in a set of one or more optical fibers partially disposed in a heart of the subject, wherein the at least one optical fiber in the set is configured to bend with the mechanical movement of the heart. A reflected portion of the optical signal is received via the at least one optical fiber, wherein changes in at least one parameter of the received reflected portion of the optical signal are indicative of the mechanical movement of the heart. A hemodynamic stability of the heart is determined based on the received reflected portion. Hemodynamic stability of the subject may further be determined based on thermal, ultrasound, and/or impedance signals measured in or near the heart.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: CHELAK MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INCInventors: Jie Cheng, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
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Patent number: 11890467Abstract: Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) can be used to treat tumors (and/or prevent metastases) in or near a person's neck by affixing a first transducer array (i.e., a set of electrode elements) to the person's head and affixing a second transducer array to the person's chest. Subsequently, an AC voltage at a desired frequency (e.g., 100-300 kHz) is applied between the first transducer array and the second transducer array. This induces an electric field that is strong enough to be effective (e.g., greater than 1 V/cm) in most of the person's neck. In some embodiments, the center of the first transducer array is positioned on the vertex of the head or on an upper surface of the person's head. In some embodiments, the second set of electrode elements is positioned immediately below the base of the neck.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Novocure GmbHInventors: Yissachar Avraham, Ariel Naveh, Zeev Bomzon
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Patent number: 11878163Abstract: Tumor treating fields (TTFields) can be delivered to a subject's body at higher field strengths by switching off one or more electrode elements in a transducer array that are overheating. This may be accomplished by using thermistors that sense the temperature of each electrode element. Portions of the wiring of each transducer array is shared between the electrode elements and the thermistors by using a plurality of conductors, each of which electrically connects (a) a pin of a connector, (b) a respective electrode element, and (c) a respective thermistor. In some embodiments, all of the thermistors are wired in series. In other embodiments, all the thermistors share a common connection.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Novocure GmbHInventor: Yoram Wasserman
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Patent number: 11872389Abstract: The present invention relates to a stimulation apparatus for applying electrical stimulation to a subject for stimulation application. Specifically, a stimulation apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a stimulation part comprising a first conductive member and a first surface which comes into contact with a subject for stimulation application and to which an alternating electric field transmitted from the subject for stimulation application upon contact is input; a conductive part comprising a second conductive member and positioned away from the stimulation part; and a connecting member for electrically connecting the stimulation part and conductive part.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: BARUN GONGHAK CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinkee Hong, Sangmin Lee
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Patent number: 11844726Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a thermally robust laser probe assembly comprising a cannula, wherein one or more optical fibers extend at least partially through the cannula for transmitting laser light from a laser source to a target location. The probe assembly further comprises a lens housed in the cannula and a protective component press-fitted to the distal end of the cannula, wherein the lens is positioned between the one or more optical fibers and the protective component.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Christopher Cook, Chenguang Diao, Mark Harrison Farley, Alireza Mirsepassi, Kambiz Parto, Ronald T. Smith
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Patent number: 11826570Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed to adjust programming of an implantable electrical neurostimulation device for treating chronic pain of a human subject, through the use of a dynamic model adapted to identify pain treatment parameters for a human patient and determine a best device operational program to implement the pain treatment parameters to address the chronic pain condition. In an example, the system to adjust programming of the neurostimulation device performs operations that: obtain data related to a state of pain of the human subject; identify pain treatment parameters using a dynamic model adapted to evaluate the pain treatment parameters in the human subject over a time period, based on the data related to the state of pain; and select a neurostimulation program for the neurostimulation device, corresponding to at least a portion of the identified pain treatment parameters.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Qinghuang Lin, Jeffrey Rogers, Giovanni Russo, Andrea Simonetto, Tigran Tchrakian
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Patent number: 11819269Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to an improved system and method for treatment of soft tissue, e.g., for treatment of a snoring condition. The system can include a laser source; a hand piece; and a device for directing radiation emitted by the laser source to a treatment area (e.g., an oral treatment area). In some cases, the handpiece can include an optical element (e.g., a lens) mounted within a replaceable cartridge and adapted to modulate a laser beam such that it is non-ablative, prior to its delivery to a treatment region. In various embodiments, the system includes a CO2 laser capable of performing treatment in a more efficient manner than conventional techniques.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Convergent Dental, Inc.Inventors: Charles Kerbage, Ali Badreddine, Stephen Couitt, Steve Miller, Nenad Jelisavcic
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Patent number: 11813061Abstract: The invention relates to an implantable electric multi-pole connection between an electric implant and an electric feed and discharge structure. The invention is characterised in that a flexible, film-like, electrically non-conductive, strip-shaped surface element is arranged between the implant and the feed and discharge structure. The surface element comprises at least one first surface, on which a number of electrodes n greater than of equal to two is arranged, which are respectively connected to the electric implant by means of electric connection conductors extending at least in parts inside the surface element. The electric feed and discharge structure comprises at least n lines which are electrically insulated from each other and which are electrically connected to one of the n electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: NEUROLOOP GMBHInventors: Fabian Kimmig, Tim Boretius, Dennis Plachta
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Patent number: 11805975Abstract: A medical instrument includes an instrument shaft with exit holes near a distal end of the shaft, a tool coupled to the distal end of the shaft, and a backend. The backend may include a mechanism that manipulates a drive element that extends through the shaft and couples to the tool, a fluid inlet, and a fluid channel assembly providing fluid communication between the fluid inlet and the proximal end of the shaft. Cleaning fluid is directed into the fluid inlet, through the fluid channel assembly, and into the shaft. A chassis or other structural piece of the backend may form part of the fluid channel assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht, S. Christopher Anderson, Thomas G. Cooper
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Patent number: 11794001Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide apparatus, systems and methods for stimulating tissue in the urinary tract to initiate or facilitate urination. One embodiment provides an external urinary sphincter stimulation (EUSS) catheter for stimulating the external urinary sphincter (EUS), where the EUSS catheter includes nerve stimulation electrodes (NSES) for delivering current to nerves within or around the EUS in order to relax the EUS prior to urination. Other embodiments provide a system for stimulating the EUS including the EUSS catheter and a controller operatively coupled to the EUSS catheter, where the controller includes a pulse generator for delivering current to the NSES. Other embodiments provide methods for positioning the EUSS catheter in the patient's body including in the EUS using a urethral approach. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for initiating and/or controlling urination for patients who have lost the ability to voluntarily urinate due to neurogenic bladder dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: InCube Labs, LLCInventor: Mir Imran
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Patent number: 11786230Abstract: A laparoscopic surgical apparatus for performing a surgical procedure through a single incision in a patient's body includes a gross positioning arm supported on a moveable platform, the gross positioner including a head; at least one articulated tool positioning apparatus coupled via a tool controller to an underside of the head, the articulated tool positioning apparatus being configured to receive a tool for performing surgical operations, the tool controller being actuated by the head to cause movements of the articulated tool positioning apparatus for performing surgical operations; and wherein the gross positioner is configured to permit the head to be positioned to facilitate insertion of the articulated tool positioning apparatus through the incision into the patient's body.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Rene Robert, David Allen Zitnick, Peter John Kenneth Cameron, Leonard M. Faria, Andrea Bajo
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Patent number: 11771402Abstract: Intraluminal medical devices, systems and methods are provided. In one embodiment, an intraluminal medical system includes a handheld interface device in communication with an intraluminal device to be positioned within a body lumen of a patient. The intraluminal device includes a sensor configured to obtain physiology data associated with the body lumen. The handheld interface device includes a housing sized and shaped for handheld use, a controller core disposed within the housing and configured to control a plurality of sensor types respectively associated with a plurality of intraluminal devices, a computing core disposed within the housing, and a first display integrated in the housing. The controller core is operable to identify the sensor of the intraluminal device, and control the sensor to obtain the physiology data associated with the body lumen.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph James Hoffman, Cesar Perez
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Patent number: 11766218Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for a garment comprising a fabric layer, a plurality of biometric sensors integrated into the fabric layer, and a connectivity layer integrated into the fabric layer. The connectivity layer can comprise signal conductors and power conductors coupled with each of the plurality of biometric sensors. The garment can further comprise a power source coupled with each of the power conductors and providing, via the power conductors of the connectivity layer, electrical power to each of the plurality of biometric sensors, a signal monitor coupled with the connectivity layer and receiving, via the signal conductors of the connectivity layer, a signal comprising biometric information from each of the plurality of biometric sensors, and a gateway coupled with the signal monitor, the gateway receiving the biometric information from the signal monitor and providing the biometric information to an external computer system.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Flex Ltd.Inventors: Mudhafar Hassan-Ali, Connor Meehan, Phuocan N. Nguyen, Anthony Joseph Piazza, Yolita C. Nugent, Adam M. Whiton, Jeffrey B. Cross, Biren Salunke, Syed Muhammad Abdullah, Allison E. Bowles, Dennis T. Nguyen, Mark A. Bergman
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Patent number: 11745019Abstract: Implementations provide a method that includes: placing a controller device over a surface region of the patient where the implantable wireless stimulation device has been implanted; configuring the controller device to (i) monitor a return loss representing electrical power reflected from the implantable wireless stimulation device to the controller device; (ii) compute a first path loss metric based on a first monitored return loss when the controller device is place over a first location within the surface region; (iii) compute a second path loss metric based on a second monitored return loss when the controller device is over a second location within the surface region; and (iv) generate a feedback to an operator to indicate whether the second path loss is smaller than the first path loss such that the controller device is placed at a location with more electrical energy non-inductively transferred to the implantable wireless stimulation device.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: CURONIX LLCInventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Patrick Larson, Richard LeBaron
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Patent number: 11745016Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed to establish programming of an implantable electrical neurostimulation device for treating pain of a human subject, through the use and adjustment of analgesic stimulation parameters based on trust dynamics and trust measurements. In an example, the system to establish programming of the neurostimulation device performs operations that: determine a trust measurement value that is derived from results of at least one commitment made with a human subject, via observable interactions; determine a modification of at least one neurostimulation programming parameter, based on the trust measurement value; and to cause the implantable neurostimulation device to implement the modification of the at least one neurostimulation programming parameter. Further examples are provided to produce and track the trust measurement value, as well as identify a pain susceptibility value and determine a receptiveness to analgesic effects based on these and other trust dynamics.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: James R. Kozloski, Anup Kalia, Jeffrey Rogers, Sara E. Berger
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Patent number: 11724102Abstract: Electrical stimulation of neural activity in the neural innervation of the spleen that is associated with neurovascular bundles provides a useful way to treat acute medical conditions, such as trauma, hemorrhaging and shock.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Galvani Bioelectronics LimitedInventors: Matteo Donega, Daniel John Chew, Margarita J. Vervoordeldonk, Isha Gupta
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Patent number: 11717675Abstract: A pacing system includes a signal generator and an electromechanical switch. The signal generator is configured to generate a pacing signal. The electromechanical switch has a plurality of outputs that are configured to be coupled to a plurality of electrodes inserted into a heart of a patient, each output configured to deliver the pacing signal to a respective electrode. The electromechanical switch is configured to route the pacing signal to no more than a single selected one of the outputs at any given time, so as to pace the heart using no more than a single selected one of the electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Assaf Govari, Vadim Gliner, Alon Boumendil, Ilya Sitnitsky, Stanislav Katzir, Yehuda Algawi