Patents Assigned to KHN Solutions, Inc.
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Patent number: 11646120Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a user's intoxication including receiving a set of signals, derived from a set of samples collected from the user at a set of time points; providing a sobriety task to the user proximal to a time point of the set of time points; generating a performance dataset characterizing performance of the sobriety task by the user; receiving a supplementary dataset characterizing a demographic profile of the user and/or a physiological state of the user; determining a set of values of an intoxication metric, derived from the set of signals; generating a predicted temporal profile of the intoxication metric for the user based upon the set of values, the set of time points, and the supplementary dataset; generating an analysis of the user's sobriety based upon the performance dataset and the predicted temporal profile; and providing a notification to the user based upon the analysis.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, Pauline Anne Basaran, Stacey Ilene Rettus, Michael Jurgen Strasser, Imraan Aziz, John Paul Walton, Zachary Michael Saul
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Patent number: 11602306Abstract: A system for remote transdermal alcohol monitoring includes and/or interfaces with a transdermal alcohol sensing device. Additionally or alternatively, the system can include and/or interface with any or all of: a user device; a supplementary alcohol sensing device; a set of supplementary sensors; a computing subsystem; a user interface; and/or any other components. A method for remote transdermal alcohol monitoring includes: receiving a set of inputs; determining a set of outputs; and triggering an action based on the set of outputs.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Keith Harry Nothacker
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Patent number: 11471079Abstract: A system for transdermal alcohol sensing to be worn near a skin surface of a user, including: an alcohol sensor; a microporous membrane; a housing coupled to the alcohol sensor and the membrane, defining a volume between the alcohol sensor and a first membrane side, and fluidly isolating the volume from a second membrane side opposing the first membrane side; an electronics subsystem electrically coupled to the alcohol sensor, operable to power and receive signals from the alcohol sensor; and a fastener operable to position the second membrane side proximal the skin surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, Will Tammen, Imraan Aziz
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Patent number: 11393588Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a user's intoxication including receiving a set of signals, derived from a set of samples collected from the user at a set of time points; providing a sobriety task to the user proximal to a time point of the set of time points; generating a performance dataset characterizing performance of the sobriety task by the user; receiving a supplementary dataset characterizing a demographic profile of the user and/or a physiological state of the user; determining a set of values of an intoxication metric, derived from the set of signals; generating a predicted temporal profile of the intoxication metric for the user based upon the set of values, the set of time points, and the supplementary dataset; generating an analysis of the user's sobriety based upon the performance dataset and the predicted temporal profile; and providing a notification to the user based upon the analysis.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, Pauline Anne Basaran, Stacey Ilene Rettus, Michael Jurgen Strasser, Imraan Aziz, John Paul Walton, Zachary Michael Saul
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Patent number: 11324449Abstract: A method for monitoring intoxication of a user, the method including: receiving a set of samples from a body region of a user; generating an intoxication metric based on the set of samples; and providing a notification to the user based on the intoxication metric. The method can additionally or alternatively include: modifying operation of the transdermal alcohol sensing device based on the intoxication metric; determining contextual data; maintaining a hydration level of the transdermal alcohol sensing device; and any other suitable processes. A system for monitoring intoxication of a user including a sensor and a housing. The system can additionally or alternatively include any or all of: an inlet, a fastener, an electronics subsystem, a user device, and/or any other suitable component.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, William Tammen, Raymond Kampmeier
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Patent number: 11253196Abstract: A method for monitoring intoxication of a user, the method including: receiving a set of samples from a body region of a user; generating an intoxication metric based on the set of samples; and providing a notification to the user based on the intoxication metric. The method can additionally or alternatively include: modifying operation of the transdermal alcohol sensing device based on the intoxication metric; determining contextual data; maintaining a hydration level of the transdermal alcohol sensing device; and any other suitable processes. A system for monitoring intoxication of a user including a sensor and a housing. The system can additionally or alternatively include any or all of: an inlet, a fastener, an electronics subsystem, a user device, and/or any other suitable component.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, William Tammen, Raymond Kampmeier
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Patent number: 11154241Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a user's intoxication including receiving a set of signals, derived from a set of samples collected from the user at a set of time points; providing a sobriety task to the user proximal to a time point of the set of time points; generating a performance dataset characterizing performance of the sobriety task by the user; receiving a supplementary dataset characterizing a demographic profile of the user and/or a physiological state of the user; determining a set of values of an intoxication metric, derived from the set of signals; generating a predicted temporal profile of the intoxication metric for the user based upon the set of values, the set of time points, and the supplementary dataset; generating an analysis of the user's sobriety based upon the performance dataset and the predicted temporal profile; and providing a notification to the user based upon the analysis.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, Pauline Anne Basaran, Stacey Ilene Rettus, Michael Jurgen Strasser, Imraan Aziz, John Paul Walton, Zachary Michael Saul, Christopher Thomas Faykus
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Patent number: 11006895Abstract: A method for monitoring intoxication of a user, the method including: receiving a set of samples from a body region of a user; generating an intoxication metric based on the set of samples; and providing a notification to the user based on the intoxication metric. The method can additionally or alternatively include: modifying operation of the transdermal alcohol sensing device based on the intoxication metric; determining contextual data; maintaining a hydration level of the transdermal alcohol sensing device; and any other suitable processes. A system for monitoring intoxication of a user including a sensor and a housing. The system can additionally or alternatively include any or all of: an inlet, a fastener, an electronics subsystem, a user device, and/or any other suitable component.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, William Tammen, Raymond Kampmeier
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Patent number: 10987038Abstract: A system for transdermal alcohol sensing to be worn near a skin surface of a user, including: an alcohol sensor; a microporous membrane; a housing coupled to the alcohol sensor and the membrane, defining a volume between the alcohol sensor and a first membrane side, and fluidly isolating the volume from a second membrane side opposing the first membrane side; an electronics subsystem electrically coupled to the alcohol sensor, operable to power and receive signals from the alcohol sensor; and a fastener operable to position the second membrane side proximal the skin surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, Will Tammen, Imraan Aziz
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Patent number: 10895568Abstract: A method and system for remotely monitoring intoxication of a user, comprising: prompting the user to provide a breath sample at a time point; at a breath sample acquisition device, generating a breath sample signal upon reception of the breath sample from the user, and broadcasting a unique signature proximal in time to the time point; using a sensor of a mobile computing device, generating an authentication signal derived from detection of the unique signature; at a processing system in communication with the mobile computing device and the sample acquisition device, receiving the breath sample signal and the authentication signal; generating a verification assessment that validates provision of the breath sample by the user; determining a value of an intoxication metric for the user based upon the breath sample signal; and transforming the verification assessment and the value of the intoxication metric into an analysis of intoxication of the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, Pauline Anne Basaran, Stacey Ilene Rettus, Zachary Michael Saul
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Patent number: 10653358Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a user's intoxication including receiving a set of signals, derived from a set of samples collected from the user at a set of time points; providing a sobriety task to the user proximal to a time point of the set of time points; generating a performance dataset characterizing performance of the sobriety task by the user; receiving a supplementary dataset characterizing a demographic profile of the user and/or a physiological state of the user; determining a set of values of an intoxication metric, derived from the set of signals; generating a predicted temporal profile of the intoxication metric for the user based upon the set of values, the set of time points, and the supplementary dataset; generating an analysis of the user's sobriety based upon the performance dataset and the predicted temporal profile; and providing a notification to the user based upon the analysis.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, Pauline Anne Basaran, Stacey Ilene Rettus, Michael Jurgen Strasser, Imraan Aziz, John Paul Walton, Zachary Michael Saul, Christopher Thomas Faykus
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Patent number: 10631767Abstract: A system for transdermal alcohol sensing to be worn near a skin surface of a user, including: an alcohol sensor; a microporous membrane; a housing coupled to the alcohol sensor and the membrane, defining a volume between the alcohol sensor and a first membrane side, and fluidly isolating the volume from a second membrane side opposing the first membrane side; an electronics subsystem electrically coupled to the alcohol sensor, operable to power and receive signals from the alcohol sensor; and a fastener operable to position the second membrane side proximal the skin surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, Will Tammen, Imraan Aziz
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Patent number: 10352923Abstract: A method and system for remotely monitoring intoxication of a user, comprising: prompting the user to provide a breath sample at a time point; at a breath sample acquisition device, generating a breath sample signal upon reception of the breath sample from the user, and broadcasting a unique signature proximal in time to the time point; using a sensor of a mobile computing device, generating an authentication signal derived from detection of the unique signature; at a processing system in communication with the mobile computing device and the sample acquisition device, receiving the breath sample signal and the authentication signal; generating a verification assessment that validates provision of the breath sample by the user; determining a value of an intoxication metric for the user based upon the breath sample signal; and transforming the verification assessment and the value of the intoxication metric into an analysis of intoxication of the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, Pauline Anne Basaran, Stacey Ilene Rettus, Zachary Michael Saul
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Patent number: D864775Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, Imraan Aziz, Will Tammen
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Patent number: D884525Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, Imraan Aziz, Will Tammen
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Patent number: D901317Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, William Tammen, Imraan Aziz, Raymond Kampmeier
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Patent number: D918071Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, William Tammen, Imraan Aziz, Raymond Kampmeier
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Patent number: D939365Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, William Tammen, Imraan Aziz, Raymond Kampmeier
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Patent number: D956588Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, William Tammen, Imraan Aziz, Raymond Kampmeier
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Patent number: D978691Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, William Tammen, Imraan Aziz, Raymond Kampmeier