Patents Examined by Abid A Mustansir
  • Patent number: 11977082
    Abstract: Provided herein are epidermal microfluidic systems and methods that allow for the collection of biofluids in a wet or aquatic environment, for example, from the surface of the skin. The described systems allow for the efficient collection of biofluids, without loss of the biofluid to the surrounding environment or introduction of extraneous liquids from the environment. The described microfluidic systems are versatile and can provide information regarding a number of biofluid properties both electronically and colorimetrically/visually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: John A. Rogers, Jungil Choi, Johnathan T. Reeder
  • Patent number: 11974859
    Abstract: A system for detecting bioelectrical signals of a user comprising: a set of sensors configured to detect bioelectrical signals from the user, each sensor in the set of sensors configured to provide non-polarizable contact at the body of the user; an electronics subsystem comprising a power module configured to distribute power to the system and a signal processing module configured to receive signals from the set of sensors; a set of sensor interfaces coupling the set of sensors to the electronics subsystem and configured to facilitate noise isolation within the system; and a housing coupled to the electronics subsystem, wherein the housing facilitates coupling of the system to a head region of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Emotiv Inc.
    Inventors: Tan Le, Geoffrey Mackellar
  • Patent number: 11969232
    Abstract: An apparatus for non-invasively estimating bio-information includes an image sensor configured to acquire a first contact image of an object, based on the object being in contact with the image sensor, an actuator, and a processor configured to determine a contact position and a direction of the object, based on the acquired first contact image, and control the actuator to adjust a position of the image sensor, based on the determined contact position and the determined direction of the object so that a field of view (FOV) of the image sensor moves to a predefined measurement area on the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min Kang, Seung Woo Noh, Sang Yun Park, Jin Woo Choi
  • Patent number: 11950906
    Abstract: This disclosure is related to devices, systems, and techniques for performing patient parameter measurements. In some examples, a medical device system includes an optical sensor configured to measure ambient light and a tissue oxygen saturation parameter and processing circuitry configured to determine that a current measurement of the tissue oxygen saturation parameter is prompted and control the optical sensor to perform an ambient light measurement associated with the current measurement of the tissue oxygen saturation parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Kuhn, Can Cinbis, Saul E. Greenhut
  • Patent number: 11950682
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method of providing a hair treatment agent is provided. The method can have a detecting of at least one sensor value on hair of a user by employing at least one portable sensor, a determining of a hair condition of the user by employing the detected at least one sensor value, a computer-assisted determining of a user-specific hair treatment agent including the determined hair condition, and a preparing of the determined user-specific hair treatment agent by employing a hair treatment agent mixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Esther Kumpan-Bahrami, Jordan Katzarov, Georg Knuebel
  • Patent number: 11944452
    Abstract: An example method for detecting stability of a medical implant is provided. The method includes (a) applying a force to the medical implant with a probe, (b) based on the applied force, determining a response signal associated with a vibration of the medical implant, (c) comparing the determined response signal with a computer model of the medical implant, and (d) based on the comparison, determining an angular stiffness coefficient of the medical implant, wherein the angular stiffness coefficient indicates a stability of the medical implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: I-Yeu Shen, John A. Sorensen, Naseeba Khouja, Wei Che Tai
  • Patent number: 11944454
    Abstract: A system includes a garment and a sensor module. The garment includes an engagement feature. The garment is configured to encompass a first location on a body. The engagement feature is positioned in fixed alignment with the garment. The sensor module includes a sensor housing and includes a sensor having an electrical node. The sensor is configured to provide an electrical output on the node. The housing has a complementary feature. The complementary feature is configured to couple and decouple with the engagement feature. The electrical output is based on a measure of a physiological parameter associated with the body and is based on site information corresponding to the engagement feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NONIN MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Gregory Klimek, Gregory J. Rausch
  • Patent number: 11937905
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for leveraging data from multiple data sources are described. A method includes receiving physiological data associated with a user from a wearable device and receiving additional data from an external device different from the wearable device, the additional data including at least data associated with characteristics of an environment associated with the user. The method further includes identifying one or more relationships between the collected physiological data and the characteristics of the environment associated with the user, and causing a graphical user interface (GUI) of a user device to display an indication of the one or more relationships, a message associated with the one or more relationships, or both. In some cases, the method includes causing the GUI to display instructions for selectively adjusting the one or more characteristics of the environment associated with the user based on the one or more relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Oura Health Oy
    Inventors: Robert Alexander Singleton, Steve Kent, Mika Erkkilä, Heli Tuulia Koskimäki, Michael Chapp
  • Patent number: 11937923
    Abstract: A non-invasive method to determine a current functional blood oxygen saturation level: acquiring, at a sampling frequency, a photoplethysmography light response for each wavelength of a plurality of at least three wavelengths, resulting respectively in a first, second and third raw data series, applying a low -pass filter to each of the first, second and third raw data series, resulting respectively in a first, second and third DC data series representing an unmodulated amplitude response determining respectively in a first, second and third AC data series representing an unmodulated amplitude response, applying a. computation engine to the first, second and third AC and DC data series, and determining therefrom a user current blood oxygen saturation level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: WITHINGS
    Inventors: Paul Edouard, Romain Kirszenblat
  • Patent number: 11937920
    Abstract: Intelligent real-time blood glucose monitoring system and method based on cloud big data is disclosed. The system includes an implantable dynamic glucose sensor, a smart phone, a blood glucose monitoring software application installed on the smart phone, a finger blood glucose meter, and a big data cloud server. By processing historical blood glucose measurement data of a user stored in the cloud, the monitoring system effectively corrects and influences signal differences produced by individual users so as to ensure the validity and accuracy of measurement signals during sensor operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MICROTECH MEDICAL (HANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fei Yu, Zhiyan Chen
  • Patent number: 11925438
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating body temperature of an object is provided. The apparatus for estimating body temperature includes: a sensor configured to obtain spectra through a plurality of light paths of an object; and a processor configured to obtain a temperature slope between temperatures corresponding to the plurality of light paths based on the spectra of the plurality of light paths and a reference spectrum measured at a reference temperature, and estimate the body temperature of the object based on the temperature slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hyun Nam, So Young Lee, Ka Ram Choi
  • Patent number: 11918324
    Abstract: A pulse transit time is measured non-invasively and used to calculate a blood pressure value. A method of determining one or more blood pressure values includes propagating an alternating drive current through a thorax of a subject via electrodes located on a wrist-worn device. Resulting voltage levels of the subject are sensed by the wrist-worn device. The voltage levels are processed to detect when a volume of blood is ejected from the left ventricle. Output from a pulse arrival sensor coupled to the wrist-worn device is processed to detect when a blood pressure pulse generated by ejection of the volume of blood from the left ventricle arrives at the wrist. A pulse transit time (PTT) for transit of the blood pressure pulse from the left ventricle to the wrist is calculated. One or more blood pressure values for the subject are determined based on the PTT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Sullivan, Wren Nancy Dougherty, Richard C. Kimoto, Erno Klaassen, Ravi K. Narasimhan, Stephen J. Waydo, Todd K. Whitehurst, Derek Park-Shing Young, Santiago Quijano, Zijing Zeng
  • Patent number: 11911155
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring blood oxygen saturation of a subject is provided. The apparatus includes a unit configured for wearing on the subject's upper arm, the unit comprising first and second light sources configured to emit light of first and second wavelengths and a photodetector configured to detect light of the first and second wavelengths, where the light sources are arranged to direct light into the upper arm and the photodetector is arranged to detect light reflected from within the upper arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CURRENT HEALTH LIMITED
    Inventors: Stewart Whiting, Samuel Moreland, Hugh Carter, Morgan Smith
  • Patent number: 11911154
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a skin-attached blood oxygen saturation detection system and a preparation method thereof. The system includes a front-end flexible blood oxygen saturation detection circuit and a back-end signal processing output module connected to each other. The front-end flexible blood oxygen saturation detection circuit uses a flexible packaging material to act as a packaging layer, a surface of the front-end flexible blood oxygen saturation detection circuit has an adhesive functional layer, and is configured to detect blood oxygen saturation of a human tissue through a reflective optical principle. The back-end signal processing output module is configured to transmit a blood oxygen saturation signal to a mobile terminal through a Bluetooth antenna transmission module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hao Wu, Xin Huang, Ganguang Yang
  • Patent number: 11903687
    Abstract: A triboelectric wearable device (100) and a method for physiological monitoring, comprising: a support element (101); a first element (102) consisting of a first metallic contact (102a) and a second metallic contact (102b) between which is placed a dielectric layer, said first element (102) being able to be placed in contact with a wrist (50) of a user and bonded to the support element (101); a second element (103) overlapped and bonded to the first element (102) and to the support element (101). The triboelectric wearable device (100) further comprises an electronic interface (104) for acquiring and processing the signal generated by means of the triboelectric effect in the blood vessels of the user near the wrist (50), said electronic interface (104) being housed into the support element (101) and connected to the first metallic contact (102a) and to the second metallic contact (102b) of the first element (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA′ DEGLI STUDI MAGNA GRAECIA DI CATANZARO
    Inventors: Antonino Secondo Fiorillo, Salvatore Andrea Pullano, Costantino Davide Critello
  • Patent number: 11903700
    Abstract: Systems, methods and devices for reducing noise in health monitoring including monitoring systems, methods and/or devices receiving a health signal and/or having at least one sensor for health monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: RDS
    Inventors: Mark P. Marriott, George Stefan Golda, Steve Hurwitz, Sam Eletr, Jeffrey C. Marshall, George E. Smith, Clifton J. Shak, Bruce O'Neil
  • Patent number: 11896401
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring personal health, the method comprising detecting a photoplethysmograph (PPG) wave, the PPG wave generated based on a combination of infra-red and red lights, transmitting the PPG wave to a server, the server processing the PPG wave to infer biometric statistics based on machine learned correlations generated from a training set of PPG waves and biometric data, receiving the biometric statistics from the server, and generating display data based on the biometric statistics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Helo Corp.
    Inventor: Fabio Galdi
  • Patent number: 11896402
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing and a PhotoPlethysmoGram (PPG) sensor disposed inside the housing. The PPG sensor may include a first Light Emitting Diode (LED) configured to generate light in a first wavelength band, a second LED configured to generate light in a second wavelength band, a third LED configured to generate light in a third wavelength band, a fourth LED configured to generate light in a fourth wavelength band, and a light receiving module including at least one photo diode. The electronic device may include a processor operatively coupled with the PPG sensor and a memory operatively coupled with the processor. The memory may include instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to measure optical densities of the light generated by the first LED to the fourth LED, and calculate a blood glucose value based at least in part on the measured optical densities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyejung Seo, Minji Kim, Jinho Kim, Taehan Jeon, Jeongmin Park
  • Patent number: 11890105
    Abstract: A method of operation of a compute system includes: generating a skin segmentation including a non-skin region and a skin prediction based on a patient image; generating a body part segmentation based on the patient image; generating a cropped image based on the skin segmentation and the body part segmentation with the cropped image includes the non-skin region based on the skin prediction; generating a psoriasis segmentation based on the cropped image and the skin prediction; generating intermediate scores for erythema, induration, desquamation for the cropped image; and generating a full body PASI score based a psoriasis segmentation and the intermediate scores on the for displaying on a device to assist in diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BelleTorus Corporation
    Inventors: Tien Dung Nguyen, Léa Mathilde Gazeau, Matthew Gregory Gloss, Thomas Hustache-Marmou, Kavita Mariwalla, Emily Kathryn McAnelly, Megan M. Morbitzer, Duong Thuy Nguyen, Hoang-Phuong Nguyen, Nga Thi Thuy Nguyen, Thang Duc Nguyen, Thi Thu Hang Nguyen, Clifford Perlis, Christopher C. Szajna, Jonathan Wolfe
  • Patent number: 11890084
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information may include a sensor configured to obtain a bio-signal from an object, and a processor configured to obtain a second-order differential signal of the bio-signal, and extract a progressive wave component from the bio-signal using, based on a first local minimum point of the second-order differential signal being stable, the first local minimum point of the second-order differential signal, or extract the progressive wave component from the bio-signal using, based on the first local minimum point of the second-order differential signal being unstable, a maximum amplitude point in a systolic portion of the bio-signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Soon Park, Ui Kun Kwon, Seung Keun Yoon, Dae Geun Jang