Patents Examined by Steven Douglas
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Patent number: 9937315Abstract: A mask for delivering breathable gas to a patient at positive pressure to treat sleep disordered breathing, may comprise: a rigid mask frame having a bore and an interfacing structure, the interfacing structure being located on the rigid mask frame and along a peripheral edge of the bore, said mask frame having no built-in or integral headgear attachment points; a sealing cushion provided to the rigid mask frame and adapted to form a seal with the patient's face, the rigid mask frame and the sealing cushion together forming, at least partly, a breathing cavity; and a headgear connector adapted to engage the interfacing structure with a snap-fit, said headgear connector including a pair of lower headgear clip anchors adapted to be engaged with respective ones of a pair of tower headgear clips to attach a pair of lower side straps, said headgear connector including a fixed forehead support.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: RESMED LIMITEDInventor: Robert Edward Henry
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Patent number: 9931265Abstract: A walk-assistive apparatus may include at least one joint that corresponds to at least one joint of a wearer, at least one link that connects the joint, and is rotated in response to rotation of the joint, a spring that is mounted in the link or the joint so that a length of the spring is changed in accordance with rotation of the link or the joint, and a processor that controls the change in the length of the spring to compensate for a weight by gravity when the wearer walks. Accordingly, the walk-assistive apparatus and a method of controlling the walk-assistive apparatus may use a mechanical element such as a spring to reduce energy, and weight compensation having uniform performance may be performed even in an arbitrary posture.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young Bo Shim, Young Do Kwon, Kyung Shik Roh
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Patent number: 9925346Abstract: Systems and methods for ventilation that allows the patient to trigger or initiate the delivery of a breath are provided. Further, systems and methods for triggering ventilation when exhalation flow is unknown or unreliable by the ventilator are provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Nancy F. Dong, Gabriel Sanchez
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Patent number: 9913954Abstract: A method of providing pressure support to a patient that includes determining a measure associated with an inspiratory time of the patient during therapy, delivering a flow of breathing gas to the patient at an inspiratory positive airway pressure (IPAP) level during at least a portion of an inspiratory phase of the patient, delivering the flow of breathing gas to the patient at an expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP) level that is less than the IPAP level during at least a portion of an expiratory phase of the patient, and automatically setting a rise time associated with a transition from the EPAP level to the IPAP level based on the measure associated with the inspiratory time of the patient. Also provided is a pressure support system adapted to perform the method.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Winslow Kevin Duff, Peter D. Hill
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Patent number: 9907692Abstract: Systems and methods directed to the art of therapeutic thermal compression are provided. A therapeutic device capable of providing various therapeutic stimuli, including thermal energy transfer and applied pressure. The therapeutic device has a heating/cooling system, a temperature moderating system, a compression system, and a control system which controls the amount of pressure applied, the degree of temperature applied, and the duration of each application of therapeutic stimuli.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: ZENITH TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS, LLCInventors: Gregory Binversie, William Sultan, William Corwin, John Bucher
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Patent number: 9907919Abstract: Especially during emergencies, there is a need for laryngeal mask heads with a ventral respiration chamber that has a cuff which surrounds the respiration chamber and which can be adjusted in size without having to be inflated. To meet said need, the laryngeal mask head comprises non-pneumatic structures to adjust the size of the mask head in the medial-lateral direction and the ventral-dorsal direction, which are preferably implemented by open, resilient channels extending in the same direction as the cuff.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: SINGULARITY AGInventor: Werner F. Dubach
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Patent number: 9895503Abstract: A mask system for treating sleep disordered breathing, comprising headgear, a shell/cushion including a channel adjacent a front aperture, a frame, an elbow including at least one undercut on a proximal end, a retaining ring including a rear flange adapted to be retainably insertable in the channel of the shell/cushion, and a front flange adapted to retainably engage with the at least one undercut of the elbow.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2013Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Michael Andrew Jones, Amal Shirley Amarasinghe, Timothy Tsun-Fai Fu, Perry David Lithgow, Jim Saada, Fiachra Marcus Sweeney
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Patent number: 9889059Abstract: A finger joint driving device is provided on a hand and causes a finger joint to be turned. The finger joint driving device includes a first base portion that is mounted on the hand, a first link portion that is turnably provided on the first base portion, a second link portion that is turnably provided on the first link portion, a second base portion that is mounted on the end side of a finger from the first base portion in the hand and is provided on the second link portion so as to relatively approach with respect to and to be separated from the first base portion, and a driving unit that drives the second link portion to be turned.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yutaka Arakawa
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Patent number: 9878118Abstract: A headgear for use with a mask includes a first strap being configured to engage a back of a patient's head and extend on either side of the patient's parietal bone behind the patient's ears and assume, in use, a substantially circular or oval shape. At least a portion of the first strap is substantially inextensible. The headgear also includes at least one second strap configured to removably connect the first strap to the mask. The second strap may be more extensible than the first strap. At least a portion of the first strap is self-supporting such that the headgear maintains a three dimensional shape when not in use. The substantially inextensible portion of the first strap is constructed to resiliently return to a predetermined shape when not in use. The arcuate region includes a first portion that may be arranged to align substantially parallel with a top of the patient's head and a second portion being arranged to align substantially to a rear surface of the patient's head.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Justin John Formica, Anthony Paul Barbara, Brent James Dravitzki, Philip John Gunning
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Patent number: 9878115Abstract: A system comprises a respiratory delivery arrangement adapted to cover at least one respiratory orifice of a patient. The system also comprises a first conduit having a first end and a second end, the second end connected to the respiratory delivery arrangement. A positive pressure is provided to the respiratory orifice via the first conduit and a second conduit having a third end and a fourth end, the fourth end connected to the respiratory delivery arrangement. An exhaled gas is extracted from the respiratory orifice by one or both of a valve configured to redirect flow through the respiratory delivery arrangement and a venturi opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: NEW YORK UNIVERSITYInventor: David M. Rapoport
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Patent number: 9877848Abstract: A finger joint driving device includes a first base portion that is mounted on an index finger, a pressure sensor that is provided between the first base portion and the index finger when the first base portion is mounted on the index finger, and a contact portion that is provided between the pressure sensor and the index finger and comes in contact with the pressure sensor in the mounted state. In addition, durometer hardness of the contact portion which is measured based on JIS K 6253 is equal to or greater than 50.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Tomo Ikebe
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Patent number: 9878120Abstract: A nasal cannula assembly is disclosed having a face mount part, in use resting against a user's face, which includes at least one nasal prong capable of being fitted into a person's nares. The cannula assembly also includes a manifold part, in fluid communication with the face mount part, having a single horizontal side gases entry. In particular, this cannula assembly is for supplying heated, humidified gases to a patient suffering from COPD. A tie or lanyard is disclosed for use with a breathing assistance apparatus such as a nasal cannula, face or nasal mask or tracheostomy connector. The tie or lanyard transfers the weight of the conduits supplying gases to the breathing assistance apparatus from the breathing assistance apparatus and distributes it onto the neck of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Craig Karl White, Jason Peter Van Beurden, Kevin Peter O'Donnell
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Patent number: 9872814Abstract: A method of treatment by vibration stimulation is provided. The method includes providing an expandable stimulation member adapted to impart vibrations to body tissue of a human subject; introducing the stimulation member into a body cavity of the human subject; expanding the stimulation member to a volume such that the stimulation member abuts against body tissue within the body cavity; bringing the stimulation member to vibrate such that vibrations are imparted to the body tissue in the body cavity of the human subject according to a vibration pattern, wherein the vibration pattern includes a main periodic element of a first frequency and an excitation stimulus of a second frequency higher than the first frequency.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: CHORDATE MEDICAL AGInventors: Jan-Erik Juto, Fredrik Juto, William Holm
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Patent number: 9867960Abstract: A humidifier can be integrated with a ventilator allowing it to continue humidification during patient transport. The humidifier can be placed at the ventilator outlet port and have a size that adds minimal resistance and compliance in the inspiratory arm of the patient circuit. The innermost core of the humidifier is the heater element that is positioned inside a hydrophobic membrane, allowing for humidification of the gas flowing around the hydrophobic membrane.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Mabini Arcilla, Smita Garde
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Patent number: 9867758Abstract: A device can comprise: a trigger chamber, having a trigger elastic wall and a trigger base wall, the trigger chamber configured for relative motion between the trigger elastic wall and the trigger base wall; a connecting line fluidly coupled to the trigger chamber, the connecting line having a substantially inelastic wall; a stimulation chamber fluidly coupled to the connecting line, the stimulation chamber having a stimulation elastic wall and a stimulation base wall, the stimulation chamber configured for relative motion between the stimulation elastic wall and the stimulation base wall, the stimulation elastic wall having an exterior surface; a plurality of projections coupled to the exterior surface; and a stabilizing frame, the stabilizing frame having a substantially rigid wall, the stabilizing frame having a plurality of apertures, the stabilizing frame extending over the stimulation chamber, the projections configured to extend through the apertures when the stimulation chamber is expanded.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Regents of the University of MinnesotaInventor: Khalafalla Bushara
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Patent number: 9861771Abstract: An assembly having: a container configured to contain a product, the container having an end having a dispensing end surface, a central axis which extends through the end, and a neck underneath the end, the neck having an outer surface which tapers outwardly away from the central axis as it extends in a direction towards the end; an accessory non-removably mounted on the end of the container, the accessory having a surface bearing against the dispensing end surface of the container, and a sleeve disposed about the neck so that an inner surface of the sleeve is in facing relation with the neck outer surface, and; an annular collar wedged between the sleeve inner surface and the neck outer surface and joined to the sleeve inner surface by a permanent joint.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Glaxo Group LimitedInventors: Peter John Brand, James William Godfrey, Paul Kenneth Rand, Duncan Robertson
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Patent number: 9861550Abstract: A method includes receiving an input indicative of at least one factor that contributes to the development of pressure ulcers; determining a risk score as a function of the input; comparing the risk score to a previous risk score; and at least one of activating a therapy configured to reduce the magnitude of the factor and notifying a caregiver if the risk score is greater than the previous risk score.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: David Ribble, Michelle McCleerey, Eric Agdeppa
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Patent number: 9849262Abstract: A nasal cannula assembly is disclosed having a face mount part, in use resting against a user's face, which includes at least one nasal prong capable of being fitted into a person's nares. The cannula assembly also includes a manifold part, in fluid communication with the face mount part, having a single horizontal side gases entry. In particular, this cannula assembly is for supplying heated, humidified gases to a patient suffering from COPD. A tie or lanyard is disclosed for use with a breathing assistance apparatus such as a nasal cannula, face or nasal mask or tracheostomy connector. The tie or lanyard transfers the weight of the conduits supplying gases to the breathing assistance apparatus from the breathing assistance apparatus and distributes it onto the neck of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Craig Karl White, Jason Peter Van Beurden, Kevin Peter O'Donnell
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Patent number: 9844483Abstract: A method for providing vestibular stimulation includes: providing an infant in a vestibular stimulation device; associating sensors to the infant; moving the vestibular stimulation device to provide vestibular stimulation treatment; and obtaining sensor data during the treatment. The vestibular stimulation device includes a holder member; a platform; a mechanical system coupling the holder member to the platform; sensors configured to detect one or more parameters of the infant; and a computing system having a user input and/or output interface operably coupled to the mechanical system and the sensors to provide mechanical data to the mechanical system in order to control movement of the holder member relative to the platform and to collect the one or more parameters of the living subject from the sensors.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: The University of KansasInventors: Steven M. Barlow, Douglas S. Kieweg, Emily Zimmerman
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Patent number: 9844639Abstract: Various embodiments of a patient interface device, such as a mask, nasal pillow, or nasal cannula, that includes an adhesive layer provided on a surface thereof that is structured to temporarily bond to the skin of a user of the patient interface device. The adhesive layer may include a bonding agent, such as a polymer gel, having a residual extraction force of between about 50 grams and about 200 grams.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Peter Chi Fai Ho