Patents by Inventor Ming-Chou Ku

Ming-Chou Ku has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240041424
    Abstract: The present invention is an ultrasonic femoral head positioning device and hip-knee-ankle (HKA) angle measurement system. The ultrasonic femoral head positioning device includes an ultrasonic image capture unit for obtaining images of the femoral head, a gyroscope to verify the horizontal state of the ultrasonic image capture unit, and a processor coupled to the ultrasonic image capture unit and the gyroscope, the processor configured to receive the image of the femoral head from the ultrasonic image capture unit and a positioning signal generated by the gyroscope, and to overlay a middle reference line and a gravity vertical line on the image of the femoral head accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Ming-Chou KU, Yuan-Hsin TSAI
  • Publication number: 20210307736
    Abstract: A method for treating alopecia is disclosed. The method includes embedding a plurality of first implants and a plurality of second implants in subcutaneous tissue of scalp in accordance with an arrangement, each of the first implant and the second implant comprising a body and a plurality of hooks on the body, wherein in the said arrangement, each of the plurality of hooks on the plurality of first implants and the plurality of second implants is pointing upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: Ming-Chou Ku
  • Patent number: 10139607
    Abstract: A lightweight 3D stereoscopic surgical microscope has a body, a robot set, an image set, and an operating set. The body has a wheel seat, a housing mounted on the wheel seat, and a host computer mounted in the housing. The robot set is connected to the body and has a base mounted on the housing, a transversal lever mounted on the base, a lifting arm connected to the transversal lever, and a rotating arm connected to the lifting arm. The image set is connected to the robot set and has an outer casing connected to the rotating arm, at least one objective lens mounted in the outer casing, a main display screen mounted on the outer casing, an auxiliary display screen mounted beside the body. The operating set is connected to the robot set, is connected to the body and the image set and has two operating bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Visionnaire Medtech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chou Ku, Kai-Che Liu, Kun-Wei Lin, Ivan Ku, Shih-Chi Chan, Tong-Wen Wang, Tsuan-Kao Lin, I-Chun Lee
  • Publication number: 20180239123
    Abstract: A 3D stereo image display device for a surgical microscope is provided. The surgical microscope comprises a main body, a mechanical arm, and an operation assembly. The 3D stereo image display device has a shell, at least one objective lens, an image processing circuit and a screen. The at least one objective lens is mounted in the shell. The image processing circuit is mounted in the shell and is electrically connected to the at least one objective lens. The host computer has an image processor for converting images captured by the at least one objective lens into 3D stereo images. The screen is mounted on an outer surface of the shell and is electrically connected to the image processing circuit for displaying the 3D stereo images. Thus, the 3D stereo image display device is provided to prevent tiredness and improve applicability and convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Ming-Chou Ku, Kai-Che Liu, Kun-Wei Lin, Ivan Ku, Shih-Chi Chan, Tong-Wen Wang, I-Chun Lee, Siang-Cyun Wang
  • Patent number: 10025083
    Abstract: An adjustable dual-lens device for 3D stereoscopic surgical microscopes has an outer casing, an image set, and an adjusting set. The image set is mounted in the outer casing and has two lenses. The lenses are pivotally mounted in the outer casing at a spaced interval. The adjusting set is mounted in the outer casing and has two adjusting units. Each adjusting unit has a driving motor, a cam, and a limiting element. The driving motor is mounted in the outer casing adjacent to one of the lenses and has a driving shaft. The cam is eccentrically mounted around the driving shaft and is pressed against the lens that is adjacent to the driving motor. The limiting element is connected to the outer casing and the corresponding lens to enable the corresponding lens to press against the cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Visionnaire Medtech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chou Ku, Kai-Che Liu, Kun-Wei Lin, Ivan Ku, Shih-Chi Chan, Tong-Wen Wang, I-Chun Lee
  • Publication number: 20170351072
    Abstract: A lightweight 3D stereoscopic surgical microscope has a body, a robot set, an image set, and an operating set. The body has a wheel seat, a housing mounted on the wheel seat, and a host computer mounted in the housing. The robot set is connected to the body and has a base mounted on the housing, a transversal lever mounted on the base, a lifting arm connected to the transversal lever, and a rotating arm connected to the lifting arm. The image set is connected to the robot set and has an outer casing connected to the rotating arm, at least one objective lens mounted in the outer casing, a main display screen mounted on the outer casing, an auxiliary display screen mounted beside the body. The operating set is connected to the robot set, is connected to the body and the image set and has two operating bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Ming-Chou Ku, Kai-Che Liu, Kun-Wei Lin, Ivan Ku, Shih-Chi Chan, Tong-Wen Wang, Tsuan-Kao Lin, I-Chun Lee
  • Publication number: 20170351078
    Abstract: An adjustable dual-lens device for 3D stereoscopic surgical microscopes has an outer casing, an image set, and an adjusting set. The image set is mounted in the outer casing and has two lenses. The lenses are pivotally mounted in the outer casing at a spaced interval. The adjusting set is mounted in the outer casing and has two adjusting units. Each adjusting unit has a driving motor, a cam, and a limiting element. The driving motor is mounted in the outer casing adjacent to one of the lenses and has a driving shaft. The cam is eccentrically mounted around the driving shaft and is pressed against the lens that is adjacent to the driving motor. The limiting element is connected to the outer casing and the corresponding lens to enable the corresponding lens to press against the cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Ming-Chou Ku, Kai-Che Liu, Kun-Wei Lin, Ivan Ku, Shih-Chi Chan, Tong-Wen Wang, I-Chun Lee
  • Publication number: 20170351075
    Abstract: An adjustable light source device for a stereoscopic surgical microscope has a circuit board and multiple light sources. The circuit board is mounted in an outer casing of the stereoscopic surgical microscope and is electrically connected to a host computer of the stereoscopic surgical microscope. The light sources are electrically mounted on the circuit board at spaced intervals around two objective lenses of the stereoscopic surgical microscope and extend out of the outer casing. Each one of the light sources has a wavelength different from wavelengths of the other light sources and is controlled to emit light by an operating set of the stereoscopic surgical microscope via a program processing interface of the host computer sending signals to the circuit board. The adjustable light source device can emit lights with different wavelengths to enable the stereoscopic surgical microscope to capture clearer images for various surgical divisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Ming-Chou Ku, Kai-Che Liu, Kun-Wei Lin, Ivan Ku, Shih-Chi Chan, Tong-Wen Wang, I-Chun Lee
  • Publication number: 20110233977
    Abstract: A foldable wait support includes a foldable resilient board. The foldable resilient board includes a central portion, a pair of fordable portions and a pair of stand portions. Between the central portion and each of the fordable portions is formed with a first dent. Between each of the pair of fordable portions and each of the pair of stand portions is formed with a second dent. A first side of the foldable resilient board is provided with a female buckle strap which is located on the central portion to engage with a male buckle strap provided on one edge of each of the pair of stand portions. A second side of the foldable resilient board is provided with a binding strap and a loop which are located on the fordable portions. When folding, the first dents are folded towards the same direction, such that the foldable portions and the stand portions are folded over the first side of the central portion and the binding strap is to engage with the loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Ming-Chou KU
  • Patent number: 7788749
    Abstract: A foldable neck/waist support includes a foldable board and a soft pad. The foldable board includes a central flat portion, a pair of inner oblique portions extending from two opposing sides of the central flat portion, a pair of outer oblique portions extending from the pair of inner oblique portions, a pair of insertion portions extending from the pair of outer oblique portions. The soft pad is a rectangular sheet to be stuck on the central flat portion and the pair of inner oblique portions with adhesive to form one piece. The soft pad has two opposing ends extending over the pair of inner oblique portions. An engaging slot is not coated with adhesive. When fording the present invention, top dents formed on the foldable board are bent rearward such that the outer oblique portions and the insertion portions are folded behind the central flat portion. When assembling the present invention, the top dents are pushed forward and inner dents and outer dents are pushed rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Inventor: Ming-Chou Ku
  • Patent number: 5474554
    Abstract: A suture-wire device for fracture fixation is composed of a metal pin and a segment of wire. The anterior part of the device is a metal pin with sharp tip and a hole at the end where one segment or multiple segments of flexible wire is connected. The wire is embedded in the hole and tightly fixed by mechanical methods into one piece. An impactor is a metal cylinder with conical end having a trough which is slightly wider than the diameter of wire along the core of the impactor. After reduction of the fracture, two suture-wires are drilled across the fracture line in parallel. The impactor is applied onto a blunt end of the pin with the wire in the trough. The remaining part of the pins are then hammered into the bone by applying a force to the impactor. One of the wires of the two suture-wires is then bent and looped behind the tips of the pins which protrude from the other end of fractured bone. The two wires are then brought together and tightened, and the protruding ends of the pins are cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Inventor: Ming-Chou Ku