Patents Examined by Nathan M Le
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Patent number: 11744762Abstract: A gait activity learning assistance system, and an application method thereof, includes a main body, at least one movement detecting module, a control module, at least one driving module and at least one dynamic measurement module. The system is able to guide and induce a user to learn gait autonomously by disposing at least one force-transmission unit on at least one limb position of the user, besides, the system is able to measure a dynamic change of the at least one force-transmission unit by the at least one dynamic measurement module while user receiving a gait assistance, and send them back to the control module immediately for a real-time analysis.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityInventors: Chung-Huang Yu, Fu-Cheng Wang, Po-Yin Chen, Hsiao-Kuan Wu, Yu-You Lin, Kai-Lin Wu
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Patent number: 11712390Abstract: An oral rehabilitation device for rehabilitating the oral cavity of a user includes a device body, a first activating member, an upper-jaw member, a lower-jaw member, and a processing unit. The first activating member is disposed on an end of the device body. The upper-jaw member and the lower-jaw member are connected to the same end of the device body and are for contacting an upper jaw and lower jaw of the user, respectively. The processing unit is coupled to the first activating member and is used to control the first activating member to drive one of the upper-jaw member and the lower jaw member to open or close relative to the other of the upper-jaw member and the lower-jaw member, such that the upper jaw and the lower jaw can be rehabilitated. The present invention further discloses a medical treatment system to which the oral rehabilitation device is linked.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN MEDICAL FOUNDATION CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITALInventors: Mu-Kuan Chen, Gene Chen, Po-Te Lin, Chih-Hua Chen, Ming-Yu Hsieh, Mei-Hui Chang
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Patent number: 11696865Abstract: Provided is an artificial muscle device, including a plurality of heat transfer modules including a thermal conductive body in which a plurality of tunnels parallel to each other and a thermoelectric element contacting an outer surface of the thermal conductive body, a connection member connecting a first heat transfer module to a second heat transfer module, the connection member being folded or unfolded according to a distance between the first heat transfer module and the second heat transfer module, a thermal reaction driving member passing through each of the tunnels, the thermal reaction driving member being stretched or contracted in a longitudinal direction of the tunnel according to a temperature of the thermal reaction driving member, and a power transmission part connected to an end of the thermal reaction driving member.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Dongseon Jang
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Patent number: 11666504Abstract: The compression sleeve with massage rollers is a medical device. The compression sleeve with massage rollers applies a compressive pressure to an appendage of a patient. The compression sleeve with massage rollers is a mechanical device. The compression sleeve with massage rollers generates a kneading action that massages the appendage of the patient. The compression sleeve with massage rollers comprises a compression structure, a plurality of massage mechanisms, and a control circuit. The plurality of massage mechanisms and the control circuit attach to the compression structure. The control circuit electrically connects to the plurality of massage mechanisms. The control circuit controls the operation of the plurality of massage mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Inventor: Marlon Davis
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Patent number: 11660414Abstract: A retention assembly is for a patient interface device. The patient interface device includes a cushion member structured to engage a face of a patient. The retention assembly includes: a retention member structured to be coupled to the cushion member; a headgear member; a first interconnect member removably coupled to the retention member; and a second interconnect member removably coupled to the headgear member. The second interconnect member is removably coupled to the first interconnect member in order to couple the headgear member to the retention member.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Richard Thomas Haibach, Stephen George Hlopick, Robert Edward O'Grady
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Patent number: 11628116Abstract: A portable modular stretching apparatus has a basic structure of a base, central rod, pulley, cable system, and two legs jointed at the central rod and alongside the base. Attachments are then added for customized stretching. Attachments provide for hamstring, hips, quadriceps, knees, gastrocnemius, ankle, and metatarsal stretching, limberness, and extension, and hyperflexion. A person adds and removes the attachments based on the desired stretch routine, controls the tension, and removes the attachments, and folds the apparatus when complete.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventor: Ricardo Sosa
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Patent number: 11602482Abstract: A chair is disclosed for providing water and air adjustable massage. The massage chair includes a surface that is easy to clean, and water-filled rollers within the chair to apply a massaging effect to the body of the user thereon. Each water-filled roller incorporates a foam inner roller that is surrounded by either a cylindrical water-filled wrap or water-filled inserts. The massage chair incorporates a leg section to perform a percussive and vibrating massage on the legs of the user thereon. The massage chair has the ability to recline and to apply heat and/or cooling to the user thereon. The massage chair incorporates auto-sensing controls, massage pattern software, and Cloud Control Software that enables the owner in a commercial environment to establish the time for use, frequency, and price for the massage session.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Diferynt Innovation, LLCInventor: Todd Howe
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Patent number: 11602485Abstract: A method of stimulating hair growth on the scalp of a person's head using a device having a handle and a blade means, the method including the steps of: contacting the blade means on a first area of the scalp; moving the blade means in a continuous reciprocating motion on the scalp in a first direction and an opposite second direction for a first period of time to exfoliate skin on the first area, wherein the blade means remains in continuous contact with the scalp during the reciprocating motion until hair growth is detected in the first area.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: BOUNTIFULAIR PTY LTDInventor: Deborah Nicholls
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Patent number: 11590046Abstract: A flexible anchor member comprising a member for placement about a body part; at least one substantially inextensible textile element circumscribing the member and secured to itself or the member; and a force transfer coupler coupling a portion of the at least one substantially inextensible textile element to an actuator such that the substantially inextensible textile element constricts about the member for a duration of an applied force. Another flexible anchor member comprising an outer member including a substantially inextensible textile material configured for directing a force applied by an actuator to act upon all or a portion of the body part; an inner member for positioning between the body part and the outer member, a first surface of the inner member configured for frictionally engaging the body part or intervening clothing; and at least one coupler for coupling the outer member and the inner member.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Kathleen E. O'Donnell, Conor J. Walsh, Tiffany L. Wong
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Patent number: 11576836Abstract: A massage chair and a method of operating a massage chair, in which operations are controlled by executing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and/or machine learning algorithms in a 5G environment connected for Internet-of-Things. The method of operating a massage chair includes obtaining, from a user terminal, first information corresponding to geographic information generated by the user terminal, obtaining, from the user terminal, second information corresponding to motion information generated by the user terminal, obtaining, from the user terminal, third information corresponding to usage information of the user terminal, generating fourth information as additional information using one or more among the first information, the second information, and the third information, and determining an optimal driving mode with respect to a user of user terminal by using the first information to the fourth information.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Joong Keun Lee
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Patent number: 11564858Abstract: Provided is a walking assistance method and apparatus for providing an assistance torque to an ankle of a user. To provide an assistance torque to an ankle of a user, a first pressure value and a second pressure value are received from a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor, a ratio between the first pressure value and the second pressure value is calculated, a gain value is determined based on the ratio, an assistance torque value is calculated based on the ratio and the gain value, and a driver is controlled to output the assistance torque value.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youngjin Park, Seungyong Hyung, Hyun Do Choi, Jusuk Lee
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Patent number: 11559708Abstract: An electronic respiratory mask capable of filtering air that passes through is disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a face mask includes a body having an inner volume that surrounds the user's mouth when the body is placed over the user's mouth, a first electrode located on the body, the first electrode sized and shaped to allow air to pass between the inner volume of the body and an outside environment when the body is placed over the user's mouth, and a second electrode located on the body, the second electrode sized and shaped to allow air to pass between the inner volume of the body and the outside environment when the body is placed over the user's mouth, wherein the first and second electrode create an electric field gradient that is capable of suspending microbes as air passes between the inner volume of the body and the outside environment.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Inventors: Gleb Zilberstein, Yosef Krespi, Ron Hadani
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Patent number: 11517698Abstract: A nasal prong (230) for sealing with a nasal passage of a patient includes a head portion (235) structured to seal and/or sealingly communicate with the patient's nasal passage and a column or stalk structured to interconnect the head portion with a base. The head portion (235) is configured to direct gas in use away from the septum and/or posteriorly relative to the nasal passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Karthikeyan Selvarajan, David Rae Gale, Robin Garth Hitchcock, Muditha Pradeep Dantanarayana
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Patent number: 11499310Abstract: A gait assistance slab is provided. The gait assistance slab includes a body that includes an outer surface. The gait assistance slab further includes a plurality of sensors disposed inside the body. The gait assistance slab further includes a plurality of actuators disposed inside the body. The gait assistance slab further includes circuitry communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and the plurality of actuators. The circuitry detects a presence of a person on the outer surface based on an electric signal acquired from one of the plurality of sensors. The circuitry determines a level of actuation of one of the plurality of actuators based on the detected presence of the person and the acquired electric signal. The circuitry further controls, based on the determined level of actuation, the one of the plurality of actuators to assist gait of the person on the outer surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Don Herner, Charles Eddy, Daniel B. Gast
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Patent number: 11491081Abstract: A wearable stimulator device can be used to treat nausea and vomiting resulting from pregnancy, gastroparesis, virtual reality use, motion sickness, chemotherapy, and post-surgical nausea and vomiting, or other conditions by stimulating the P6 point of a user's forearm. A method of treating nausea includes monitoring one or more physiological parameters of a user via a wearable device, for example a smartwatch. Based on the one or more physiological parameters, the P6 point of the user's forearm can be stimulated for a predetermined time, for example via vibrational stimulation effected via a smartwatch or other wearable device. Data regarding the user's physiological parameters, stimulation sessions, and user-provided input regarding treatment efficacy and user symptoms can be collected and analyzed at scale to develop improved treatment regimes, for example modifying stimulation waveforms and/or timing, and identifying physiological parameters useful for predicting the onset of nausea.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Sense Relief Inc.Inventors: Andrei Akaikine, Sidhartha Ranjit Sinha, Moshe Zilversmit
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Patent number: 11452659Abstract: A joint actuator assembly incudes a motor, a rotating driving member driven by the motor for driving a driven component, and a transmission assembly located between the motor and the rotating driving member that provides speed reduction from the motor to the rotating driving member. The rotating driving member includes a magnetic/electrical coupling comprising a magnetic coupling component configured to magnetically couple with an opposing magnetic coupling of the driven component, and an electrical element configured to provide an electrical connection to an opposing electrical element of the driven component. The actuator and driven component may be combined into a mobility device including a magnetic/electrical coupling system comprising a first magnetic/electrical coupling on the actuator assembly that magnetically and electrically couples to a second magnetic/electrical coupling on the driven component.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Parker-Hannifin CorporationInventors: Ryan Farris, Steven Etheridge, Scott Morrison
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Patent number: 11439869Abstract: A positive exhalation pressure device increases the pressure gradient in the airways, thereby increasing oxygen saturation levels and decreasing the severity of hypoxia. Various embodiments of the device may be inserted into the nasal and/or oral cavities, or configured as mask devices covering the nasal and/or oral cavities. In some embodiments, the resistance of the device may be varied.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: TRUDELL MEDICAL INTERNATIONALInventors: Stephen Costella, Martin P. Foley, Alanna Kirchner, Robert Morton, Jason Collins, Jerry Grychowski
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Patent number: 11433195Abstract: A breathing device having an elongated body which may be cylindrical in shape. The body can be hollow so as to form the general shape of a tube. The tube has an opening and an exit. The user may interact with the device by placing their mouth in communication with the opening so that the user may exhale through their mouth into and through the hollow body of the device. The exit can comprise a connective part which may be configured to be coupled to one or more objects such as clothing, strings, necklaces and chains, bracelets, headbands and hair accessories, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventor: Todd Joseph Steinberg
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Patent number: 11426553Abstract: A portable gas delivery system 10 may generally comprise a gas container 20, a regulator 30, an adapter 40 to couple the regulator 30 to the container 20, and a tube or cannula 50 and/or a mask 60 fluidly connected to the container 20. Methods of making and using the portable gas delivery system are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Aeronics, Inc.Inventors: Blake W. Dube, Mark B. Spitz, Benjamin K. Matzke, Robert M. Miller
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Patent number: 11413209Abstract: A device comprising at least two ferrules, which may have a first ferrule (3) and a second ferrule (4), joined by elements by programmable elastic means (5) in the manner of elastic rods or straps with shape memory, wherein each ferrule (3) (4) has a housing (3.1) (4.1) for housing vibration-generating means (6) and (7) fed by means of cables (6.1) and (7.1), respectively, by a control unit which is in charge of controlling and adjusting vibration intensity, phase and speed, wherein the programmable elastic means is preferably a nickel-titanium alloy, and may be compressed air. A device is obtained that is simple to implement and apply in the treatment of arthritis and arthrosis disorders.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: DEMAC, S.A.Inventor: José Luis De La Torre Barreiro