Patents Examined by Christine H Matthews
  • Patent number: 11478656
    Abstract: A systemic human repair and enhancement system that provides stem cell therapy utilizing an apparatus and methods for administering a treatment schedule of non-invasive and drug-free narrow and specific 0.6180 Hz frequency continuous sine wave therapy to the patient's cells. The frequency therapy may be in-vivo and in-vitro applications. The frequency therapy stimulates systemic stem cell production, particularly at a tissue sites having loss of function due to a condition, aging, damage, and or disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventor: Blair A. Souter
  • Patent number: 11478665
    Abstract: Techniques for particle beam therapy include receiving a target region inside a subject for particle therapy, a minimum dose inside the target region, and a maximum dose inside the subject but outside target region. Multiple beam axis angles are determined, each involving a gantry angle and a couch position. Multiple spots within the target region are determined. For each beam axis angle a pristine particle scan beam (not coaxial with any other particle scan beam) is determined such that a Bragg Peak is directed to a spot, and repeated until every spot is subjected to a Bragg Peak or an intersection of two or more such pristine scan beams. Output data indicating the pristine beamlets is stored for operation of a particle beam therapy apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
    Inventors: James William Snider, III, William F. Regine, Mingyao Zhu, Katja Langen
  • Patent number: 11471666
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention provides a device, wherein the device comprises a skin patch, configured to attach to the skin surface of the perineum of a subject suffering from premature ejaculation, wherein the skin patch contains electrodes configured to deliver electrical impulses transcutaneously to the bulbcavernosus muscle of the subject, wherein the transcutaneously delivered electrical impulses are configured to treat premature ejaculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Virility Medical Ltd.
    Inventor: Tal Gollan
  • Patent number: 11471351
    Abstract: A system configured to enclose a premature fetus within an extracorporeal environment to promote growth of the fetus and increase viability of the fetus. The system includes a chamber having an interior space configured to enclose the fetus, a first fluid circuit that delivers sterile fluid to the chamber, and a second fluid system that transfers oxygen to the fetus. The system chamber includes a stop mechanism including a clamp and an actuator, the clamp positioned in the interior space, the actuator coupled to the clamp such that movement of the actuator moves the clamp, and the actuator positioned at least partially outside the interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Inventors: Alan Flake, Marcus Davey
  • Patent number: 11464995
    Abstract: An apparatus for muscle stimulation comprising a platform with an upper surface and a lower surface, a pair of cross rails mounted under the lower surface of the platform, a sled slidably mounted to the cross rails, a pair of sled rails mounted to the sled, a bracket slidably mounted to the sled rails, a handle secured to the bracket, wherein the handle allows an operator to adjust the location of the bracket to any location desired under the platform, a magnetic nerve/muscle stimulator mounted to the bracket which includes one or more magnets and one or more electrical coils and a control panel operationally associated with the magnetic nerve/muscle stimulator, the control panel controlling the power supplied to the magnetic nerve/muscle stimulator, wherein the magnetic never/muscle stimulator generates and directs a magnetic field into the anatomy of a patient positioned on the upper surface of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventor: Kenneth Paulus
  • Patent number: 11464939
    Abstract: A wearable apparatus capable of altering a physiological parameter such as the heart rate of a user to provide a relaxing or stimulating effect on the user is provided. The apparatus comprises a device capable of engaging the patient's skin to provide a rhythmic tactile stimulus to the user that can alter the user's heart rate and an arrangement for securing the device to the user such that the device can apply the stimulus to the user. The apparatus may be part of a system enabling the device to be controlled remotely. The apparatus may also be configured to provide additional tactile stimuli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Empathic Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Jack Christopher Hooper, Fotini Georgia Markopoulou Kalamara, Nell Bennett, Andreas Timothy Bilicki
  • Patent number: 11458326
    Abstract: Transcranial magnetic stimulation may be delivered to a subject based on a treatment plan. This treatment plan is generated using connectivity-image guidance to identify one or more optimal locations to stimulate based on network properties. In turn, a cortical column cosine principle may be applied to identify one or more particular subject locations at which to deliver TMS to the subject to the optimal locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Peter T. Fox, Jack L. Lancaster, Felipe Santiago Salinas
  • Patent number: 11462333
    Abstract: A telemedical apparatus, system, and method for providing medical services to a patient remotely using electronic communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Bruce A. Lev, Brandon E. Lev, Amaya S. Lev, Arianna B. Lev
  • Patent number: 11458279
    Abstract: A system in which a wearable device detects an electroencephalographic (EEG) response from a user during sleep-related activity, e.g. trying to fall asleep, being asleep or waking up, and outputs an audio signal that is tailored, based on the EEG response, to enhance the user's sleep experience. In particular, an audio, thermal and/or olfactory signal may be used to facilitate any one or more of (i) a smooth path into REM sleep, (ii) a reduced potential for sleep being disturbed, and (iii) exit from sleep at an optimum time. In one example, the system synchronizes properties of an audio signal comprising a dominant white and/or pink noise component with the identified sleep-related parameters. The synchronized properties can include any of intensity, frequency, tone, volume and rhythm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Thought Beanie Limited
    Inventors: Simon Harrison, Alyn Morgan
  • Patent number: 11458330
    Abstract: The invention describes method for delivering and positioning radio-isotopes. The method uses encapsulating free flowing medicament into a leak proof vehicle and positioning the vehicle into the body. Also provided is a system for delivering and positioning radio-isotopes into the body, the system comprising fluid radio-isotope encapsulated in a leak proof material and/or absorbable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Arnold Herskovic
  • Patent number: 11452839
    Abstract: A method of transplanting a sleep state of a first subject (donor) to a second subject (recipient) comprising: capturing a sleep state of the first subject represented by brain activity patterns; and transplanting the sleep state of the first subject in the second subject by inducing the brain activity patterns in the second subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Neuroenhancement Lab, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Poltorak
  • Patent number: 11457322
    Abstract: An implantable unit of a transcutaneous hearing device and a transcutaneous hearing device comprising the same are disclosed. The implantable unit comprises a receiver element configured to wirelessly receive an electromagnetic wave, a rectifier element configured to generate upper and lower half waveforms of the electromagnetic wave, and a vibrator element configured to electromechanically produce vibration using the half waveforms of the electromagnetic wave. The vibrator element comprises a first vibrator and a second vibrator. The first vibrator is configured to be driven by the upper half waveform of the electromagnetic wave, and the second vibrator is configured to be driven by the lower half waveform of the electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: OTICON MEDICAL A/S
    Inventor: Bengt Bern
  • Patent number: 11452882
    Abstract: A magnetic field generating-apparatus for biostimulation including: a core formed by magnetic material; and coils wound around portions of the cores, wherein the core includes at least two pairs of leg portions which are juxtaposed each other, in which for the respective two pairs of leg portions, there are provided gap-portions which mutually cross each other, the coils include first coil portions and second coil portions forming a first magnetic-path and a second magnetic-path between the two pairs of leg portions and the gap-portions respectively; and wherein there is generated a magnetic field of first direction which lies on the first magnetic-path, there is generated a magnetic field of second direction which lies on the second magnetic-path, and depending on a magnetic field formed by synthesizing the magnetic field of first direction and the magnetic field of second direction, a living body is stimulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SUMIDA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsugu Kawarai
  • Patent number: 11452669
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a massaging device such as a wearable massager. The wearable massager may include a moveable cover, a first magnet, a second magnet, a first shell, a second shell, a printed circuit board, a motor, and a battery. The wearable massager may be operated to provide a massaging effect to a wearer of the massager at a desired body part location at a desired time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Danxiao Information Techology Ltd.
    Inventor: Dan Liu
  • Patent number: 11449129
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multisensory case comprising at least one odor-diffusing device consisting of at least one odor-diffusing support and a ventilator as well as a device for generating an air flow. The odor-diffusing device and the device for generating an air flow are arranged one above the other. The invention also relates to an immersive device comprising a screen and at least two multisensory cases, each case comprising at least one device for generating air flows and a sound-generating device, and to a control device designed to manage the emission of sound and air by independently controlling each of the cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: THE LAB IN THE BAG
    Inventor: Jerôme Gachet
  • Patent number: 11439846
    Abstract: A system includes a computing system with a processor and computer readable storage medium with computer readable and executable instructions, including a radiation plan module, a radiation plan optimization module and a radiation plan visualization module. The processor is configured to execute the instructions, which causes the processor to construct and visually present, via a display monitor, a two-dimensional plot with three-dimensions of data from a radiation plan, and two dimensions along two axes of the plot and a third dimension represented through intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Torbjoern Vik, Harald Sepp Heese, Christoph Neukirchen, Alfonso Agatino Isola, Rolf Juergen Weese
  • Patent number: 11439845
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates a multi-leaf collimator. The multi-leaf collimator may include a plurality of leaf modules. Each leaf module of the plurality of leaf modules may include a leaf configured to shield a portion of beams emitted by a radiation source. The leaf may be movable along a guide rail of the multi-leaf collimator. Each leaf module may also include a drive mechanism including a first drive component and a second drive component. The first drive component and the second drive component may be both connected to the leaf. The first drive component and the second drive component may jointly actuate the leaf to move along the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Zhang, Kun Yang, Xiao Fang
  • Patent number: 11432992
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of sexy toys, in particular to a sexy vibrating egg with a vagina-shrinking function. According to the sexy vibrating egg with the vagina-shrinking function of the present invention, by providing the electrode modules, the vagina or clitoris can be better stimulated, and in combination with the vibration caused by the eccentric block driven by the motor, a greater stimulation required by women can be met, thus better improving the effect of flirting between partners. In addition, the sexy vibrating egg can be used for vagina-shrinking training when it is turned off or turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: Yiqun Tang
  • Patent number: 11435826
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device identifies a user on the basis of: a biological signal input unit for receiving the input of a user's biological signal detected through an electrode; a voice input unit for receiving the input of a voice signal; a biological signal inputted through the biological signal input unit; and a voice signal inputted through a microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuk Kang, Jae-bong Yoo, Duk-ki Hong, Kyung-soo Lim
  • Patent number: 11426599
    Abstract: A neuromodulator includes one or more coil sets. Each of the coil sets has three coils aligned to produce magnetic and electric fields in three different directions. A plurality of conductors couple the coils of the one or more coil sets to one or more input signals such that each of the coils is independently activated via an individually selectable current applied through the conductors. The individual activation creates a resultant field that is a combination of the magnetic and electric fields in three different directions for each of the coil sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Krishnan Thyagarajan, Bernard D. Casse, Christopher Paulson, George Daniel, Armin R. Volkel