Respiratory Patents (Class 600/529)
  • Patent number: 11963756
    Abstract: Systems and methods to provide remote patient monitoring for viral-respiratory symptoms, including coronavirus or COVID-19 symptoms are disclosed, including a signal receiver circuit configured to receive first and second physiologic information of a patient, the first physiologic information comprising respiration rate information of a patient and the second physiologic information different than the first physiologic information, and an assessment circuit configured to determine an indication of patient viral-respiratory disease using the received first and second physiologic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Stolen, Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Rezwan Ahmed, Viktoria A. Averina
  • Patent number: 11937900
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of medical monitoring, and in particular non-contact monitoring and communication with other medical monitoring devices. Systems and methods are described for receiving a video signal of a medical monitoring device that is outputting a light signal, identifying the light signal emitted by the medical monitoring device from the video signal, decoding information from the light signal, and determining a communication from the decoded information related to a patient being monitored or the medical monitoring device itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, Keith Batchelder
  • Patent number: 11937938
    Abstract: Sleep conditions such as moderate-to-severe sleep apnea can be assessed using a multi-night assessments. A respiration signal (e.g., acquired from a sensor strip) can be processed via a computing device. The respiration signal can be segmented and the segments can be classified to identify one or more apnea/hypopnea events. In some examples, some of the segments can be normalized such that each segment input for classification can be of the same size. The identified one or more apnea/hypopnea events can be used to estimate a nightly parameter indicative of a severity of (or presence of) sleep apnea. The nightly parameters from a multi-night period can be used to estimate a multi-night parameter indicative of the severity of (or presence of) sleep apnea. In some examples, quality checks can be performed to filter out some data (e.g., to exclude data from entire nights or exclude a portion of data from individual nights).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Travis Bianchi, Alexander Mark Chan, Fredrik J. Sannholm, Lifeng Miao, Siddharth Khullar
  • Patent number: 11935548
    Abstract: A multi-channel signal encoding method includes obtaining a multi-channel signal of a current frame; determining an initial multi-channel parameter of the current frame; determining a difference parameter based on the initial multi-channel parameter of the current frame and multi-channel parameters of previous K frames of the current frame, where the difference parameter represents a difference between the initial multi-channel parameter of the current frame and the multi-channel parameters of the previous K frames, and K is an integer greater than or equal to one; determining a multi-channel parameter of the current frame based on the difference parameter and a characteristic parameter of the current frame; and encoding the multi-channel signal based on the multi-channel parameter of the current frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Xingtao Zhang, Haiting Li, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11918344
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems that analyze one or more analytes in a fluid, such as breath, emitted from a user. The methods and systems can detect one or more analytes in the breath of a user to provide alerts in response to discrepancies in medications taken by a user, verify one or more medications taken by a user, manage a medication regime of a user, and various other functions disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Eric Saunders, Jose Ricardo Dos Santos
  • Patent number: 11911162
    Abstract: A method is proposed for determining a pulse rate through a sound-sensing means placed on an individual's trachea, the method comprising a preliminary step for recording sound signals for a lengthy duration, wherein it comprises subsequently the following steps: filtering digital signals representative of the sound signals by using an adaptive filter, applying a lowpass filter to the signals obtained in order to select the signals comprised in a specified passband, selecting a first temporal portion of filtered digital signals of a specified duration, intercorrelation with a temporal portion of filtered digital signals that follows the first temporal portion in time and is of a same duration, searching (4.6) for the intercorrelation, computing the time interval corresponding to this temporal position and computing the corresponding pulse rate throughout the recording duration, to obtain a temporal series of pulse rates S1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CONTROLE INSTRUMENTATION ET DIAGNOSTIC ELECTRONIQUES—CIDELEC
    Inventors: Nathalie Freycenon, Roberto Longo
  • Patent number: 11904909
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides solutions for protecting the health of ride-sharing passengers by detecting passenger illnesses, and taking precautions to safely address potentially exposed vehicles. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for: collecting sensor-data corresponding with one or more AV passengers, determining a likelihood that at least one of the AV passengers is suffering from a physical illness, and transmitting a wellness notification to a fleet management system if the likelihood exceeds a predetermined threshold. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Olga Pronina
  • Patent number: 11883632
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system, methods and computer-readable medium products that provide safety constraints for an insulin-delivery management program. Various examples provide safety constraints for a control algorithm-based drug delivery system that provides automatic delivery of a drug based on sensor input. Glucose measurement values may be received at regular time intervals from a sensor. A processor may predict future glucose values based on prior glucose measurement values. The safety constraints assist in safe operation of the drug delivery system during various operational scenarios. In some examples, predicted future glucose values may be used to implement safety constraints that mitigate under-delivery or over-delivery of the drug while not overly burdening the user of the drug delivery system and without sacrificing performance of the drug delivery system. Other safety constraints are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason O'Connor, Joon Bok Lee, Trang Ly, Yibin Zheng, Thomas Arnold Peyser, Jennifer Lena Schneider
  • Patent number: 11877861
    Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium, and a method capable of, directly or indirectly, estimating sleep states of a user based on sensor data from movement sensors and/or optical sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: FITBIT, INC.
    Inventors: Conor Joseph Heneghan, Jacob Anthony Arnold, Zachary Todd Beattie, Alexandros A. Pantelopoulos, Allison Maya Russell, Philip Foeckler, Adrienne M. Tucker, Delisa Lopez, Belen Lafon, Atiyeh Ghoreyshi
  • Patent number: 11877841
    Abstract: A method for counting coughs is provided. The method includes acquiring a plurality of onset signals from the sound signal, wherein the onset signal has a predetermined time length; acquiring a plurality of spectrograms corresponding to each of the plurality of onset signals; determining whether each of the acquired plurality of spectrograms represents a cough using a cough determination model; and calculating a number of coughs included in the sound signal based on a time point of a cough signal. The cough signal is an onset signal corresponding to one spectrogram determined to represent the cough. When a time interval between a first time point of a first cough signal and a second time point of a second cough is within a reference time interval, the first cough signal and the second cough signal are regarded as one cough signal at the first time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: DAIN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jee Young Song, Ji Young Jung, Sang Youn Kang, Kyeong Yeon Doo, On Sub Kim, Ah Ra Lee
  • Patent number: 11857310
    Abstract: A physiological parameter processing apparatus includes an input interface section that acquires respiration data produced based on a respiratory gas that is obtained from at least one of a mouth and nose of a subject, and an analyzing section that analyzes in real time the respiration data acquired through the input interface section, and that produces analysis result data which can be displayed in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Kobayashi, Yukio Nonaka, Kazuri Higashi, Takayuki Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11857798
    Abstract: In some examples, a method for controlling delivery of cardiac therapy and cardiac sensing by a medical device system including electrodes for delivering the cardiac therapy may include storing, in a memory of the medical device system, a respective value for each of a plurality of cardiac therapy and/or sensing parameters and, in association with each of a plurality of heart position states, a respective modification of at least one of the cardiac therapy and/or sensing parameters. Such a method also may include determining a current one of the plurality of heart position states of the patient, modifying the at least one cardiac therapy and/or sensing parameter value according to the modification associated with the current heart position state, and controlling the delivery of the cardiac therapy and/or cardiac sensing according to the modified at least one cardiac therapy and/or sensing parameter value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Wilkinson, Darrell J. Swenson
  • Patent number: 11850032
    Abstract: Method and system for monitoring an internal electrical impedance of a biological object including Internal Thoracic Impedance (ITI) comprising placing two arrays of electrodes on opposite sides of the biological object, wherein each of said two arrays comprise three equally spaced electrodes; imposing an alternating electrical current between pairs of the electrodes and obtaining voltage signals representative of a voltage drop thereon, calculating two values of internal electrical impedance of the biological object corresponding to the uttermost electrodes of said two arrays of electrodes placed on the opposite sides of the biological object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CARDIOSET LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Shochat, Schmuel Gummer
  • Patent number: 11819328
    Abstract: Methods and systems for targeting, accessing and diagnosing diseased lung compartments are disclosed. The method comprises introducing a diagnostic catheter with an occluding member at its distal end into a lung segment via an assisted ventilation device; inflating the occluding member to isolate the lung segment; and performing a diagnostic procedure with the catheter while the patient is ventilated. The proximal end of the diagnostic catheter is configured to be attached to a console. The method may also comprise introducing the diagnostic catheter into the lung segment; inflating the occluding member to isolate the lung segment; and monitoring blood oxygen saturation. The method may further comprise introducing the diagnostic catheter into the lung segment; determining tidal flow volume in the lung segment; determining total lung capacity of the patient; and determining a flow rank value based on the tidal flow volume of the lung segment and the total lung capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Pulmonx Corporation
    Inventors: Surag Mantri, Srikanth Radhakrishnan
  • Patent number: 11817100
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of voice-to-text tagging for transcription of a human voice signal by one of an automatic speech recognition system, or a natural conversation, includes generating a speech-to-text verbal transcript of the verbal vocalizations of an audio signal at a verbal timestamp of the audio signal. A voice-to-text non-verbal transcript of the one or more non-verbal vocalizations of the audio signal is generated at a non-verbal timestamp of the audio signal. The non-verbal transcript and the verbal transcript are combined to generate an enhanced transcript.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert John Moore, Shun Jiang, Chung-hao Tan, Eric Young Liu, Saurabh Mishra, Lei Huang, Guangjie Ren
  • Patent number: 11813499
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for automatically adjusting an exercise prescription based on an exercise heart rate. The apparatus includes: a heart rate detection device, configured to detect a resting heart rate and a user's real-time exercise heart rate; an exercise movement library, configured to store various exercise instruction video and audio, and provide movement guidance for the user; an exercise guidance module, configured to retrieve and display movement video and audio from the exercise movement library to the user; and a central processing unit (CPU), configured to acquire the resting heart rate and the user's real-time exercise heart rate, calculate an effective exercise target heart rate range based on the resting heart rate, determine whether the real-time exercise heart rate falls within the effective exercise target heart rate range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: RPLUSHEALTH LIMITED
    Inventors: Chunshui He, Xi Chen, Jiang Huang, Fengming Yang, Chi Lei
  • Patent number: 11801356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (1; 1A) for use in connection with mechanical ventilation of a patient (3), provided by a ventilator (5). The system comprises a sensor arrangement (7; 7A; 7B) configured to register at least one signal (SLP; SLP(TA), SLP(CT); Se1-5; Se11-12), herein referred to as LP signal, related to muscular activity of at least one muscle (17, 19) in the laryngopharyngeal region (9) of said patient (3). Furthermore, the system comprises at least one control unit (11; 11A, 11B) configured to control the operation of said ventilator (5) based on said at least one LP signal, and/or to cause display of information related to said at least one LP signal on a display unit (13A, 13B) for monitoring said patient (3) and/or the operation of the ventilator (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: MAQUET CRITICAL CARE AB
    Inventor: Fredrik Jalde
  • Patent number: 11771381
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for processing physiological signals of a subject and in particular to a system for monitoring a (vascular) health parameter of a subject including such a device. The proposed device (10) comprises an input interface (11) for obtaining image data of a scene, said image data comprising a time sequence of image frames; an extraction unit (12) for extracting time-varying signals (92) indicative of cardiac-synchronous motion from said image data, wherein said time-varying signals (92) are motion signals indicative of a vascular micro-motion indicative of a vascular displacement waveform; a polarity determination (13) unit for determining a polarity of the time-varying signals, wherein the polarity corresponds to a phase of the time-varying signals; a combination unit (14) for combining time-varying depending on their polarity to obtain a combination signal; and an analysis unit (15) for determining a (vascular) health parameter based on the combination signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Gerard De Haan
  • Patent number: 11759120
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a plethysmograph. The plethysmograph comprises a housing defining a test cavity configured to enclose a test subject. The plethysmograph further comprises an optical filter providing a spectrally restricted optical access to the test cavity from an exterior of the housing, the optical filter being configured to at least partially transmit light in a transmission band ranging from about 560 nm to about 750 nm; and to at least partially block light in a blocking band ranging from about 380 nm to about 560 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SCIREQ SCIENTIFIC RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT INC.
    Inventors: Simon Altmejd, Annette Robichaud, Ilan Benjamin Urovitch, Camilo Guevara Garzon
  • Patent number: 11745009
    Abstract: Apparatus (100) for training oral muscle tone, the apparatus (100) includes a mouthpiece (103) having first electrode means (132a, 132b, 133a, 133b) associated with the mouthpiece (103) and second electrode means (152a, 152b) for location exterior of the mouth of the user, electrical circuitry operatively connected to the first (132a, 132b, 133a, 133b) and second (152a, 152b) electrode means, wherein the apparatus (100) is configured to provide, in use, via the first (132a, 132b, 133a, 133b) and/or second (152a, 152b) electrode means electrical stimulation to one or more oral muscles to increase resting muscle tone and/or muscle tone during sleep, the second electrode means (152a, 152b) including a first and second electrode (152a, 152b), the first and second electrodes (152a, 152b) of the second electrode means being located or locatable lateral of a midline of the face of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Signifier Medical Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Anshul Sama
  • Patent number: 11737678
    Abstract: Apparatus for performing impedance measurements on a subject. The apparatus includes a first processing system for determining an impedance measurement procedure and determining instructions corresponding to the measurement procedure. A second processing system is provided for receiving the instructions, using the instructions to generate control signals, with the control signals being used to apply one or more signals to the subject. The second processing system then receives first data indicative of the one or more signals applied to the subject, second data indicative of one or more signals measured across the subject and performs at least preliminary processing of the first and second data to thereby allow impedance values to be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ImpediMed Limited
    Inventors: Scott Chetham, Andrew William Ward, James McFarlane Kennedy
  • Patent number: 11735200
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a dual-microphone adaptive filtering algorithm for collecting body sound signals, characterized in that, using at least two microphones, a primary microphone and a secondary microphone, to collect signals; the primary microphone is used to collect noisy body sound signals, and the secondary microphone is used to collect environmental noise; applying a same high-pass filtering to signals collected by the primary microphone and signals collected by the secondary microphone; using a normalized least mean square algorithm on the primary microphone signals and the secondary microphone signals after the high-pass filtering to calculate a weight of the adaptive filter and to calculate an error signal to filter out environmental noise in the primary microphone signals; processing the error signal for a first time by a low-pass filtering to restore the body sound signals, to obtain the body sound signals output by the adaptive filtering algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, FOSHAN BAIBUTI MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongqiang Mo, Xiang Tian
  • Patent number: 11723549
    Abstract: An apparatus for capturing the electrical behavior of the human body during respiration and/or ventilation, the apparatus comprising ventilation elements, elements for capturing the impedance of the patient and at least one control unit. The impedance is captured using at least two electrically conductive electrodes, which capture the electrical behavior of the human body. The elements for capturing the impedance are configured to capture the change in the impedance of the human body over time during respiration and/or ventilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventors: Peter Kremeier, Sven Pulletz
  • Patent number: 11712194
    Abstract: A piezoelectric film sensor (3) of a swallowing sensor (1) includes a plurality of sensing portions (3A) and (3B) in a longitudinal direction of the neck region. The piezoelectric film sensor (3) is located within a range of movement of thyroid cartilage (103), which occurs along with swallowing, and is attached to skin of an anterior neck region (102). The piezoelectric film sensor (3) individually outputs analog signals (S1a) and (S2a) along with deformation of the plurality of sensing portions (3A) and (3B). The swallowing sensor (1) includes pre-processing units (21) and (22) and a signal processing unit (23). Each of the pre-processing units (21) and (22) separates the analog signal (S1a) or (S2a) into a displacement signal that is a low frequency component and a sound signal that is a high frequency component. The signal processing unit (23) determines whether the swallowing occurs based on the displacement signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Shimuta, Takayoshi Obata
  • Patent number: 11701029
    Abstract: A capnography system includes a CO2 sensing system having a CO2 sensor configured to measure a CO2 concentration in exhaled breath of a subject, a processor configured to derive one or more breath related parameters based on the measured CO2 concentration, and a communication unit. The capnography system includes a tubing system configured to allow flow of respiratory gasses therethrough. The tubing system includes a connector configured to connect the tubing system to the CO2 sensing system and a communication component configured to provide an indication of a type of the tubing system to the communication unit. The communication unit is configured to transfer data to the processor based on the indication obtained from the communication component, and the processor is configured to change or suggest a change of an operation mode of the CO2 sensing system based on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Oridion Medical 1987 Ltd.
    Inventor: Nadav Narkiss
  • Patent number: 11699523
    Abstract: Systems and methods for prescribing athletic activity to be performed by a user, and for adapting the prescribed athletic activity based on completed (e.g. ongoing) athletic performances by the user. A coaching plan may be automatically created that prescribes personalized athletic activities as a user trains towards a goal date. The athletic information may be received from one or more sensor devices associated with a user, and the coaching plan may be continuously or intermittently updated based on the received sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Sanders, Brett S. Kirby, David Clark, Clifton W. Bynum, Bradley W. Wilkins, Philip F. Skiba
  • Patent number: 11694798
    Abstract: Systems and methods for prescribing athletic activity to be performed by a user, and for adapting the prescribed athletic activity based on completed (e.g. ongoing) athletic performances by the user. A coaching plan may be automatically created that prescribes personalized athletic activities as a user trains towards a goal date. The athletic information may be received from one or more sensor devices associated with a user, and the coaching plan may be continuously or intermittently updated based on the received sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Sanders, Brett S. Kirby, David Clark, Clifton W. Bynum, Bradley W. Wilkins, Philip F. Skiba
  • Patent number: 11684286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable spirometer, comprising a housing and a mouthpiece being releasably connected to said housing, wherein the housing encloses a sensor unit being in fluid communication with a flow channel receiving part of a flow of exhaled or inhaled air from a main flow channel of the mouthpiece when connected to said housing, whereby the sensor unit is configured to measure one or more characteristics of part of the flow of exhaled or inhaled air passed to the sensor unit via the mouthpiece, characterised in that said sensor unit comprises at least one digital differential pressure sensor comprising a heating element and a temperature sensor arranged upstream of the heating element and a reference temperature sensor arranged downstream of the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: MOVE FINANCE HOLDING ApS, UDVIRK V/JØRGEN OLE KJÆR
    Inventor: Martin Bo Hansen
  • Patent number: 11670413
    Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to a surgical resource allocation system. Patients seeking a procedure can use the system to identify surgeons and surgical facilities. The patient can then use the system to book the procedure with a selected surgeon at a selected facility. In an example, a patient can indicate a need for a certain procedure. The patient can then provide criteria for a surgeon or facility, such as a desired location, desired time, surgeon rankings, and facility rankings. The system can then identify surgeons and facilities that match the criteria and present them for selection by the patient. The patient can then select the surgeon and facility with which the patient would like the procedure performed. With the surgeon and facility selected, the patient can then choose to book the procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Aspire Smart Health-Lancaster, LLC
    Inventor: Essam Abadir
  • Patent number: 11660062
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for recognizing crackles, including: processing collected lung sound signal to extract moist rale component for a respiratory cycle; calculating a power spectrum of the moist rale component, and, calculating at least one of a ratio of power of each preset frequency band to total power of all preset frequency bands and the total power of all the preset frequency bands as a frequency domain parameter, and/or calculating at least one of a ratio of the number of occurrence of moist rale and a maximum amplitude of moist rale in the entire inspiratory phase as a time domain parameter; inputting the frequency domain parameter and/or the time domain parameter serving as a parameter feature into a classification model for recognition. The present disclosure further provides a system for recognizing crackles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue Chen, Yong Zhang, Shuping Gai
  • Patent number: 11660078
    Abstract: A sample collection device including a collection tube at least partially defining a storage volume therein, a mouthpiece coupled to the collection tube, the mouthpiece defining a channel providing access to the storage volume, and a filter at least partially positioned within the channel, where the filter is configured to filter a sample as it passes through the channel and into the storage volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MAWI DNA TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Bassam El-Fahmawi
  • Patent number: 11654234
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system that includes a sensor for acquiring a physiological bioelectrical impedance signal from a patient functionally connected to the computing device. The computing device preferably analyzes the physiological bioelectrical impedance signal and provides outputs an assessment of minute ventilation of the patient based on the analyzed bioelectrical impedance signal. Preferably, the system monitors the signal over time, provides a control signal to an IV pump that instructs the IV Pump to automatically adjust medication levels by automatically lowering medication levels when respiration levels fall or completely stopping flow of the medication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Respiratory Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Jenny E. Freeman, Michael Lalli, Jordan Brayanov, Malcolm G. Bock
  • Patent number: 11633605
    Abstract: Systems and methods for stimulation of neurological tissue generate stimulation trains with temporal patterns of stimulation, in which the interval between electrical pulses (the inter-pulse intervals) changes or varies over time. Compared to conventional continuous, high rate pulse trains having regular (i.e., constant) inter-pulse intervals, the non-regular (i.e., not constant) pulse patterns or trains that embody features of the invention provide a lower average frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Warren M. Grill, Alan D. Dorval, II
  • Patent number: 11624454
    Abstract: A flow resistance insert of a flow rate measuring or flow rate control has contiguous discs between which at least one central axial flow duct is formed from which radial flow ducts branch off. The discs include alternating first discs and second discs. While the first discs are circumferentially closed ring discs, the second discs are circumferentially slotted one-piece ring discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventors: Juergen Wiedemann, Armin Arnold
  • Patent number: 11617917
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for non-linear breathing entrainment. As described herein, “breathing entrainment” refers to guiding a user's breath or breathing. According to an aspect, an initial breathing period and a final breathing period are selected. Based on the initial and final breathing periods, a non-linear breath rate per minute sequence is determined. A guiding stimulus is output and aligned with the non-linear breath rate per minute sequence. The guiding stimulus is non-linearly altered with the non-linear breath rate per minute sequence to align with the final breathing period over an interval of time. The non-linear alterations of the guiding stimulus vary based on an amount of time the guiding stimulus has been output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harsh A. Mankodi, David Rolland Crist, Christopher R. Paetsch, Joseph Rossi, Sara Adkins, Chia-Ling Li, Navaneethan Siva, Kathleen Elizabeth Kremer, Alexander de Raadt St James, Jeffrey Miller, Connor Rog, Stephen A. McDonald, Paul Naddaff, John Andrew Trotter, Victoria A. Grace
  • Patent number: 11617849
    Abstract: Various characteristics of a gas flow can be sensed at the end of a respiratory conduit near the patient interface using a sensing module. The sensing module can be removable from the patient end of the respiratory conduit for ease of use and ease of cleaning. The sensor module can transmit sensor data over the same wires used to heat the respiratory conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Jeremy Livingston Miller, Nordyn Alami, David Charles Rhodes
  • Patent number: 11607154
    Abstract: A non-contact respiratory monitoring system, method, and sensor are disclosed. The system includes a magnet and a sensor including a coil made of magnetic microwire. The magnetic microwire sensor coil is configured to detect motion of the magnet relative to the magnetic sensor coil. An alternating voltage across the magnetic microwire sensor coil is modified by a change in impedance of the magnetic microwire sensor coil caused by the change in the distance of the magnet from the magnetic microwire sensor coil. The non-contact respiratory monitoring method includes changing a distance of a magnet from a magnetic sensor coil. The sensor includes a coil composed of high quality melt-extracted amorphous microwire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Manh-Huong Phan, Ongard Thiabgoh, Tatiana Marie Eggers
  • Patent number: 11585750
    Abstract: An arrangement and a computer program product are provided for determining body surface characteristics. An arrangement includes an acquisition unit configured to detect body surface features by Multiple Spatially Resolved Reflection Spectroscopy (MSRRS) in a wavelength range between about 300 nm and about 1500 nm; a data storage unit to interrogate data using the characteristics; and a user interface comprising an output unit, wherein the user interface is configured to interact with a user. Further, the arrangement includes a portable computing unit configured for: interacting with a user and for evaluating the features and for determining the characteristics based on the features; obtaining from the data storage unit features of treatment products and/or application instructions for non-therapeutic treatment of a body surface according to the characteristics; and instructing the output unit to output information on the treatment products and/or application instructions to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Andreas Bock, Thomas Welss
  • Patent number: 11571144
    Abstract: A method of determining a CRF level for a user of a fitness tracking system includes receiving activity data from at least one activity sensor carried by the user during a number of workouts, the activity data including distance data for each of the number of workouts, and then generating workout data based on the activity data. The method further includes storing the workout data in a memory, the memory further including demographic data for the user. When the an attribute of the workout data is less than a threshold number, the method includes determining a first CRF level for the user based on a first CRF model. When the attribute of the workout data is greater than the threshold number, the method includes determining a second CRF level for the user based on a second CRF model, and displaying the first and second CRF levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Mazzoleni, Jeffrey Allen, F. Grant Kovach, Jeffrey Knight, Matthew Trexler
  • Patent number: 11568202
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for determining goodness of fit related to microphone placement capable of communicating with other electronic devices and an external server in a 5G communication network, in which an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and/or a machine learning algorithm are executed. The apparatus includes an inputter, a communicator, a storage, and a processor. As the apparatus is provided, sound recognition effects can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jae Pil Seo, Keun Sang Lee, Dong Hoon Yi, Byoung Gi Lee, Hyeon Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 11534107
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating a medical condition such as worsening heart failure (WHF) are described. A medical system may sense one or more physiological signals, and generate from the sensed physiological signals a signal metric trend indicating a progression of heart failure. A detector may detect a physiological event leading to WHF. A therapy control circuit may generate a therapy titration protocol using the generated signal metric trend. The therapy titration protocol includes a temporal profile of therapy dosage relative to a target dosage. The therapy control circuit may adjust the target dosage based on patient response. Therapies may be administered by a clinician or automatically delivered to the patient according to the therapy titration protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Viktoria A. Averina, Yi Zhang, Qi An
  • Patent number: 11538473
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, computer programs, and computer-readable media for processing a voice audio signal. A method includes receiving, at an electronic device, a voice audio signal, identifying spoken phrases within the voice audio signal based on the detection of voice activity or inactivity, dividing the voice audio signal into a plurality of segments based on the identified spoken phrases, and in accordance with a determination that a selected segment of the plurality of segments has a duration, Tseg, longer than a threshold duration, Tthresh, identifying a most likely location of a breath in the audio associated with the selected segment and dividing the selected segment into sub-segments based on the identified most likely location of a breath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Sonocent Limited
    Inventor: Roger Tucker
  • Patent number: 11508060
    Abstract: A computer aided method for analyzing fibrosis is provided. First, a segmentation algorithm is performed on a medical image to obtain a segmentation image. Circular fibrosis is detected according to the segmentation image to determine a score. In some cases, it is also necessary to determine a number of fibrosis bridges and the condition of fiber expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Pau-Choo Chung Chan, Nan-Haw Chow, Hung-Wen Tsai, Kuo-Sheng Cheng, Chun-Cheng Huang
  • Patent number: 11484675
    Abstract: An airway adaptor includes: a gas passage into which a respiratory gas of a subject is to flow; a respiratory gas introducing portion which is configured to guide the respiratory gas expired from at least one of nostrils and a mouth of the subject, to the gas passage; and an airway case on which a temperature sensor that is configured to detect a temperature change of the respiratory gas flowing into the gas passage is mountable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Takatori, Shinji Yamamori, Masayuki Inoue, Kota Saeki
  • Patent number: 11484211
    Abstract: A method for medical diagnosis includes recording voice signals due to sounds spoken by a patient and recording acoustic signals output, simultaneously with the voice signals, by an acoustic transducer in contact with a thorax of the patient. A transfer function is computed between the recorded voice signals and the recorded acoustic signals or between the recorded acoustic signals and the recorded voice signals. The computed transfer function is evaluated in order to assess a medical condition of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: CORDIO MEDICAL LTD.
    Inventor: Ilan D. Shallom
  • Patent number: 11464977
    Abstract: Apnea events may be detected based on a primary biomarker, e.g., respiration, in the one or more physiological signals. The apnea events may be characterized as one of an obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) event, a central sleep apnea (CSA) event, or a combination OSA/CSA event based on a secondary biomarker, e.g., a frequency spectrum or a morphology of the respirations in the one or more physiological signals. A first electrical stimulation may be provided to treat OSA in response to a first one or more of the apnea events being characterized as OSA events. A second electrical stimulation may be provided to treat CSA in response to a second one or more of apnea events being characterized as CSA events. A third electrical stimulation may be provided to treat combination OSA/CSA in response to a third one or more of the apnea events being characterized as combination OSA/CSA events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal C. Schulhauser, Avram Scheiner, Linnea R. Lentz
  • Patent number: 11457972
    Abstract: Methods for treating dyspnea with therapeutic renal neuromodulation and associated system and methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed to methods that block, reduce, and/or inhibit renal sympathetic nerve activity to achieve a reduction in central sympathetic tone. Renal sympathetic nerve activity may be altered or modulated along the afferent and/or efferent pathway. The achieved reduction in central sympathetic tone may carry therapeutic benefits for patients with dyspnea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC ARDIAN LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.
    Inventor: Paul A. Sobotka
  • Patent number: 11446456
    Abstract: A device for recording and displaying a pressure-volume curve, in which a gas stream is generated by a gas source under control of a control unit and conveyed via a hose to a patient, wherein a flow sensor determines the gas stream and the control unit computes and records the administered gas volume and wherein a pressure sensor determines the gas pressure and the control unit records the pressure and determines a pressure slope and determines a pressure-volume curve from the pressure and the volume and displays it on a display screen or stores it for a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventor: Peter Kremeier
  • Patent number: 11439837
    Abstract: A method for performing CPR with a mobile defibrillator (AED) unit can include detecting, via an application on a user device, a connection of a mobile AED unit to the user device; detecting, via the application, that pads have been attached to a subject, the pads comprising at least one accelerometer; recording, via the application, EKG measurements of the subject made by the pads; receiving accelerometer data from the at least one accelerometer; analyzing the accelerometer data to determine a breathing pattern of the subject; and based on the determined breathing pattern, initiating a CPR protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Defibrio AS
    Inventors: Jon Kåre Hansen, Bjarte Kjell Nore, Arne Bergby
  • Patent number: 11439320
    Abstract: A biological sound analyzing apparatus is provided with: an obtaining device configured to obtain first information regarding biological sounds in a first period; and an outputting device configured to output second information, which indicates a ratio of a generation time in which sounds indicating abnormality of a living body and included in the biological sounds are generated, with respect to the first period, on the basis of the first information. According to the biological sound analyzing apparatus, it is possible to preferably analyze information regarding the sounds indicating the abnormality because it can output the ratio of the generation time of the sounds indicating the abnormality and included in the biological sounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: AIR WATER BIODESIGN INC.
    Inventor: Ryushin Kametani