Patents Examined by Marie Archer
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Patent number: 9439566Abstract: A re-wearable wireless device includes a reusable component to be secured to a disposable component. The reusable component includes a sensor interface to receive signals from an electrode secured to a living subject and monitors physiological and physical parameters associated with the living subject and a cellular wireless communication circuit. An adhesive base the device includes a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer partially covering the first adhesive layer around a perimeter thereof, where the first and second adhesive layers include different adhesives. A method of establishing a link between two wireless devices is also disclosed, where a first wireless device with an insignia representing a communication channel address identification is provided. An image of the insignia is captured with a mobile telephone computing device comprising an image sensor. The captured image is processed to extract the communication channel address identification represented by the insignia.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Proteus Digital Health, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Arne, Todd Thompson, Timothy Robertson, Robert Azevedo
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Patent number: 9433357Abstract: A system comprising a biometric monitoring device including a housing including a platform to receive at least one foot of the user, a body weight sensor to generate body weight data, processing circuitry to calculate user weight data which corresponds to the user's weight, using the body weight data, and communication circuitry to: (a) receive user identification data which identifies the user or a portable activity monitoring device, and (b) transmit the user weight data to data storage associated with the user identification data. The system further includes the portable activity monitoring device including a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the user's body, a sensor to generate sensor data, and communication circuitry to receive physiologic data which is based on the user weight data, and processing circuitry to calculate activity data using the sensor data and physiologic data.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.Inventors: Shelten Gee Jao Yuen, Eric Nathan Friedman, James Park
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Patent number: 9433372Abstract: Provided are a system, method and device for determining one or more physiological parameters of a person.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Zephyr Technology CorporationInventor: Brian K. Russell
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Patent number: 9433371Abstract: Virtual dipole signal amplification for in-body devices, such as implantable and ingestible devices, is provided. Aspects of the in-body deployable antennas of the invention include antennas configured to go from a first configuration to a second configuration following placement in a living body, e.g., via ingestion or implantation. Embodiments of the in-body devices are configured to emit a detectable signal upon contact with a target physiological site. Also provided are methods of making and using the devices of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Proteus Digital Health, Inc.Inventors: Hooman Hafezi, Benedict Costello, Timothy Robertson, Maria Casillas Holen
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Patent number: 9414784Abstract: A movement assessment apparatus configured to provide biofeedback to a user regarding one or more movements executed by the user is disclosed herein. The movement assessment apparatus generally includes a sensing device comprising one or more sensors, a data processing device operatively coupled to the sensing device, and a sensory output device operatively coupled to the data processing device. The data processing device is configured to determine executed motion data of a body portion of the user and/or executed motion data of an object manipulated by the user using one or more signals from the one or more sensors, to compare the executed motion data or a modified form of the executed motion data to baseline motion data of a reference motion, and to determine how closely the executed motion data or the modified form of the executed motion data conforms to the baseline motion data of the reference motion.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2015Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Bertec LimitedInventors: Necip Berme, Jan Jakub Ober
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Patent number: 9415010Abstract: The present invention provides for safe and reliable electronic circuitry that can be employed in ingestible compositions. The ingestible circuitry of the invention includes a solid support; a conductive element; and an electronic component. Each of the support, conductive element and electronic component are fabricated from an ingestible material. The ingestible circuitry finds use in a variety of different applications, including as components of ingestible identifiers, such as may be found in ingestible event markers, e.g., pharma-informatics enabled pharmaceutical compositions.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Proteus Digital Health, Inc.Inventors: Hooman Hafezi, Eric J. Snyder, Benedict Costello
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Patent number: 9402581Abstract: A computer-implemented method for improving psychophysiological function for performance of a subject under stress includes, after a plurality of sensors that monitor stress-indicating physiological parameters have been coupled to the subject, exposing the subject, using computer processes, to at least one training segment during which is determined a degree to which the subject has achieved a targeted level of least one stress-indicating physiological parameter as to be indicative of coherence in the subject. Additionally, the method includes providing, to the subject, feedback indicative of the degree to which the subject has achieved the targeted level of the at least one parameter as to be indicative of coherence in the subject.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Biofeedback Systems Design, LLCInventors: Daniel A. Kusik, Dejan Stankovic, Andrew M. Bourhis
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Patent number: 9398880Abstract: A Wearable Orthopedic/Orthotic Device for diagnostics and therapy of an equine limb comprises a soft tissue compression material and a sheet of stretchable laminate material for soft tissue compression and bracing. The device includes a stretchable, porous and breathable polyurethane membrane to allow a certain degree of perspiration and heat to escape while retaining a therapeutic amount of heat. The device includes an intelligent textile layer, including fibertronics, organic electronics, other forms of e-textiles and sensors for monitoring parameters associated with tendon and ligament injuries in sub clinical time periods. The device may include an acoustic sensor for detecting the speed and frequency of sound traveling through underlying tissue onto which an acoustic signal is emitted. In a diagnostic monitoring method, parameters associated with the health tissue of the equine limb and body is wirelessly transmitted by the device to an external receiver for analysis.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2013Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Inventor: Kelly Annette Vanscoy Barnett
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Patent number: 9396308Abstract: A system and method that generates a physiological imagery of one or more parts of a patient's body are provided. The system and method combine one or more parameters relating to a particular part of the body and then generates the physiological imagery for the part of the body wherein the physiological imagery may have a characteristic that changes based on the state of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: HUMANA INC.Inventor: Ahmed Ghouri
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Patent number: 9357934Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for storing event markers. The value of a monitored physiological metric may be monitored and compared to a reference value. A patient monitoring system may compute a difference between a monitored metric and a reference value, and compare the difference to a threshold value to determine whether a physiological event has occurred. Based on the determination, a patient monitoring system may store an event marker, trigger a response, update a metric value, or perform any other suitable function.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2010Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett IrelandInventors: James N. Watson, Paul Stanley Addison, Rakesh Sethi, Keith Manning
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Patent number: 9339193Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of measuring physiological adaptability of a subject is described. The method may include receiving, from a first sensor, a first data signal indicating a first biological function of the subject. The method may also include receiving, from a second sensor, a second data signal indicating a second biological function of the subject. The method may also include calculating an adaptability of the subject based on the first data signal and the second data signal. The method may also include reporting the calculated adaptability.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2012Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Rudi Cilibrasi, David L. Marvit
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Patent number: 9326694Abstract: A mobile terminal for measuring a biological signal is disclosed. The mobile terminal for measuring a biological signal includes an electrocardiogram electrode unit having a first electrode provided in a front surface of a body of the mobile terminal and a second electrode provided in a first side surface of the mobile terminal body for measuring an electrocardiogram signal through the first electrode and the second electrode, a sensor unit provided in a second side surface of the mobile terminal body for measuring a pulse wave signal, a controller provided within the mobile terminal for analyzing the electrocardiogram signal received from the electrocardiogram electrode unit and the pulse wave signal received from the sensor unit and a radio frequency unit for transmitting an analyzed result by the control of the controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2009Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Geol Cho, Sang Hun Lee, Chul Ho Cho, Sun Tae Jung
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Patent number: 9320455Abstract: Ingestible event markers having high reliability are provided. Aspects of the ingestible event markers include a support, a control circuit, a first electrochemical material, a second electrochemical material and a membrane. In addition, the ingestible event markers may include one or more components that impart high reliability to the ingestible event marker. Further, the ingestible event markers may include an active agent. In some aspects, the active agent, such as a pharmaceutically active agent or a diagnostic agent may be associated with the membrane.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Proteus Digital Health, Inc.Inventors: Hooman Hafezi, Kityee Au-Yeung, Robert Duck, Maria Casillas Holen, Timothy Robertson, Benedict James Costello
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Patent number: 9282892Abstract: A method of displaying bio-information on a screen includes outputting basic bio-information of a plurality of bio-parameters indicating a condition of a patient on one display screen, determining an occurrence of an event related to the plurality of bio-parameters, converting the basic bio-information into detailed bio-information about one of the plurality of bio-parameters based on a result of the determining an occurrence of an event, and outputting the converted detailed bio-information on the one display screen.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2010Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun-il Sohn, Yoon-seo Koo, Hong-sig Kim, Kyoung-ho Kang
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Patent number: 9277870Abstract: One variation of a method for monitoring sleep of a user includes: assigning a collective wakefulness model—generated from sleep data collected from a set of other users—to the user for a first time period; storing a first set of vitals data collected by a wearable device worn by the user during first time period; extrapolating, from the collective wakefulness model, a first waking time of the user for a first sleep event during first time period based on data in the first set of vitals data; queuing the first waking time for transmission to a mobile computing device linked to the account for presentation to a guardian of the user; in response to expiration of the first time period, generating an individual wakefulness model specific to the user based on the first set of vitals data collected during the first time period.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Sproutling, Inc.Inventors: Mathew Spolin, Christopher Bruce
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Patent number: 9268915Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for sample processing. A device may be provided, capable of receiving the sample, and performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample assay, and detection step. The device may be capable of performing multiple assays. The device may comprise one or more modules that may be capable of performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample assay, and detection step. The device may be capable of performing the steps using a small volume of sample.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Theranos, Inc.Inventors: Elizabeth Holmes, Sunny Balwani
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Patent number: 9247884Abstract: A system comprising a biometric monitoring device including a housing including a platform to receive at least one foot of the user, a body weight sensor to generate body weight data, processing circuitry to calculate user weight data which corresponds to the user's weight, using the body weight data, and communication circuitry to: (a) receive user identification data which identifies the user or a portable activity monitoring device, and (b) transmit the user weight data to data storage associated with the user identification data. The system further includes the portable activity monitoring device including a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the user's body, a sensor to generate sensor data, and communication circuitry to receive physiologic data which is based on the user weight data, and processing circuitry to calculate activity data using the sensor data and physiologic data.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.Inventors: Shelten Gee Jao Yuen, Eric Nathan Friedman, James Park
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Patent number: 9241668Abstract: A peripheral physiology inspection apparatus of smart phone is connected with a smart phone having a TRRS socket for performing a physiology inspection. The peripheral physiology inspection apparatus includes: an inspection main body including a first physiology sensing unit; a plurality of signal transmission units; and a TRRS terminal for connecting with the inspection main body via the signal transmission units. The TRRS terminal is corresponding to the TRRS socket for allowing the inspection main body to be electrically connected to the smart phone, thereby enabling the smart phone to analyze and process physiology signals inspected by and delivered from the inspection main body.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2011Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITYInventor: Dar-Bin Shieh
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Patent number: 9226705Abstract: A human body support, such as a chair, has a plurality of support segments that are arranged in an array. Each support segment has a protrusion elevation that is independently variable and controllable in its distance of protrusion elevation against the supported human body. A sensor is connected to a human body on the support and senses a human body parameter that can indicate the presence of drowsiness. A controller analyzes the sensed parameter to detect whether the sensed parameter is within a range indicating the presence of drowsiness. The controller applies a wave of varying segment protrusion elevation against the human body in response to the detection of drowsiness. The wave progresses in a direction from an inferior location on the human body toward a more superior location. Alternatively, a wave of electrical stimuli is applied by similarly positioned electrodes and causes periodic tightening and relaxing of proximate muscles.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Inventors: David G. Austin, Sharon M. Austin
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Patent number: 9223935Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for the measurement, aggregation and analysis of data collected using non-contact or minimally-contacting sensors provides quality of life parameters for individual subjects, particularly in the context of a controlled trial of interventions on human subjects (e.g., a clinical trial of a drug, or an evaluation of a consumer item such as a fragrance). In particular, non-contact or minimal-contact measurement of quality-of-life parameters such as sleep, stress, relaxation, drowsiness, temperature and emotional state of humans may be evaluated, together with automated sampling, storage, and transmission to a remote data analysis center. One component of the system is that the objective data is measured with as little disruption as possible to the normal behavior of the subject. The system can also support behavioral and pharmaceutical interventions aimed at improving quality of life.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2009Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: ResMed Sensor Technologies LimitedInventors: Conor Heneghan, Conor Hanley, Niall Fox, Alberto Zaffaroni, Philip De Chazal