Patents Examined by Chu Chaun (JJ) Liu
  • Patent number: 9724023
    Abstract: A metabolic physical activity monitor measures metabolic analyte data using one or more wearable analyte sensors. The sensors may be incorporated into a self-contained device or communicatively coupled to an external computing device like a smartphone or computer or both. Sensors may be mounted on any body surface including the skin, under the eyelid or in the mouth. Metabolic Analyte biomarker data may include electrolytes, various metabolites, pCO2 and pO2 in sweat, saliva and tears. Sensor data are used to calculate specific biomarker values, including calorie expenditure. Sensor readings are taken for at least two points during a period of physical activity. Changes in readings are used to determine total and rate of caloric expenditure for the time period. Readings may also be used to evaluate a user's wellness. By using measured changes in relative values complex calibration procedures can be eliminated, while reproducibility is much more easily achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Mission Biomedical Scientific, Inc.
    Inventor: Francis Joseph Swenson
  • Patent number: 9700248
    Abstract: A concentration measurement apparatus includes a probe, having a light incidence section making measurement light incident on the head and a light detection section detecting the measurement light that has propagated through the interior of the head, and a CPU determining temporal relative change amounts of oxygenated hemoglobin concentration and deoxygenated hemoglobin concentration and determining a correlation coefficient of the relative change amounts and a polarity of a slope of a regression line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takeo Ozaki, Susumu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8406838
    Abstract: The apparatus for evaluating biological function of the present invention has living body probes 1, a behavioral information measuring part 2 and an apparatus body 3, and it utilizes near-infrared spectroscopy to evaluate biological function; apparatus body 3 has a controller 8 for calculating (based on light information from living body probes 1) a variety of parameters derived from two-dimensional diagrams showing relationships between changes in oxyhemoglobin and changes in deoxyhemoglobin and two-dimensional diagrams showing relationships between absolute amounts of oxyhemoglobin and absolute amounts of deoxyhemoglobin, a behavioral information input part for entering behavioral information measured by means of behavioral information measuring part 12, and a display part 10 for performing various types of image displays based on various parameters calculated by means of controller 8 and/or behavioral information entered in the behavioral information input part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Inventor: Toshinori Kato